Local postpartum depression study highlights value of peer moms

November 25, 2021

A study conducted in Brantford has demonstrated that mothers who have recovered from postpartum depression could, with training, “significantly” help other women.

Post-partum survivors launch therapy sessions for struggling mothers

November 18, 2021

The best cure for mothers struggling with post-partum depression may be speaking with those who have come out the other side.

McMaster expert researching pandemic PTSD in health-care professionals

October 20, 2021

The impact of COVID-19 on health-care professionals is the subject of a major international study on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) being led by Margaret McKinnon.

An Orange Shirt Day message from Paul O’Byrne, Dean and Vice-President

September 29, 2021

On Thursday, McMaster’s Faculty of Health Sciences joins Canadians across the country in collective solidarity to mark the country’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, also known as Orange Shirt Day.

Online talk therapy can help mothers with postpartum depression

September 8, 2021

A one-day online therapy session can help treat postpartum depression (PPD), says a study led by McMaster University scientists.

Two Health Sciences professors named to Royal Society of Canada

September 7, 2021

Two professors of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences are being honoured for their work by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).

Nearly two-thirds of middle-aged and older adults in Canada report adverse childhood experiences

March 15, 2021 by Laura Lawson

New research from McMaster University has found that roughly three in every five Canadian adults aged 45 to 85 have been exposed to childhood abuse, neglect, intimate partner violence or other household adversity.

New chair in autism sets roadmap for enhanced collaboration

March 11, 2021

By building ongoing collaboration, Stelios Georgiades will spend the next decade in a new chair, working with his team to improve care for children with autism and other neurodevelopment conditions in Hamilton and across Canada.

2nd Annual Review Course in Psychiatry

March 1, 2021

McMaster Children's Hospital Chair in Autism and Neurodevelopment

February 22, 2021

I am very pleased to be able to announce that thanks to the generous support of Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) and the HHS Foundation we have created a new Chair, the McMaster Children's Hospital Chair in Autism and Neurodevelopment.

Unanimous support for VP Faculty of Health Sciences' second term

February 12, 2021

Paul O’Byrne has been reappointed to a second five-year term as vice-president and dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Resident Fellow and Appreciation Week

February 8, 2021

As you may be aware, February 8th to the 12th isResident and Fellow Acknowledgement and Appreciation Week and on behalf of us all, I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude to all our residents - in our general psychiatry program, and our forensic, child, and geriatric subspecialty programs - and our Fellows who are either completing their fellowships or who have done so in the last year.

Black History Month

February 7, 2021

Since 1996 February has been officially designated as Black History Month in Canada and is a time to celebrate the many achievements and contributions of Black Canadians and their communities who have done so much to make Canada the culturally diverse, compassionate, and prosperous nation it is today.

Bernice Downey appointed first associate dean, Indigenous Health

December 16, 2020

Bernice Downey, who has led the Faculty of Health Sciences’ Indigenous Health Initiative since 2017, has been appointed as the Faculty’s first associate dean, Indigenous Health.