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Mental Health
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emergency-crisis and acute careAligned with the clinical services offered to children, adolescents, adults including seniors, and their families, are a variety of clinic research programs and activities. Additionally, there are strong links between our clinicians and the basic science and brain imaging researchers affiliated with Lawson and The University of Western Ontario.Common to our child & adolescent, adult, and geriatric programs is research into better understanding and subsequently preventing suicide. Our research relating to emergency-crisis and acute care includes: risk and protective factors relating to suicide, development of clinical measures, and evaluating psychotherapeutic approaches with at risk populations. Similarly, all of our major programs are studying new models of health care delivery, involving enhanced use of interprofessional teams and shared mental health care. Examples of more focused significant areas of research include that of pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic interventions in Mood, Anxiety, and Psychotic Disorders. We are also engaged in basic science research including strategies to better understand the genetics and brain receptors associated with Schizophrenia. Our participation in brain imaging research, with a particular focus on Mood Disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Schizophrenia connect the basic science world to applied research. 
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