Dec 2, 2022

News Roundup - November 2022

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By Anita Mazumdar-Moscato

Our faculty members frequently make appearances in the media as expert consultants or authors. This article summarizes the faculty media appearances that were featured in our Department newsletter in November 2022.

Bipolar I vs Bipolar II: What are the Major Differences in Presentation and Treatment?

Psychiatric Times. November 3, 2022. Featuring Dr. Roger McIntyre.

Dr. McIntyre utilizes his expertise to lead a presentation about the differences between Bipolar I and Bipolar II disorder. 

 

Police apprehensions are a traumatic last resort for those with mental illness. So why is their number soaring?

The Toronto Star. November 7, 2022. Featuring Dr. David Gratzer.

Dr. Gratzer speaks about how the increase in police apprehensions reflect the failures of a chronically underfunded system.

 

Canada will soon allow assisted dying for mental illness. Has there been enough time to get it right?

The Globe and Mail. November 11, 2022. Featuring Dr. Sonu Gaind, Dr. Madeline Li, and Dr. Tarek Rajji.

Faculty members discuss the challenges of establishing safe, fair MAiD regulations and the ongoing discussion around establishing new guidelines as Canada’s MAiD laws change.

 

From Africana development to decarbonization: 34 U of T researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs

U of T News. November 16, 2022. Featuring Dr. Muhammad Ishrat Husain.

Dr. Husain is presented as a new Canada Research Chair along with thirty-four other U of T researchers. Congratulations!

 

How to support struggling employees

HR Reporter. November 21, 2022. Featuring Dr. Katy Kamkar.

Dr. Kamkar investigates the ways in which businesses can support their employees, and emphasizes the importance of workplace mental-health prevention and intervention.

 

Powerful Mental Health Discoveries with Dr. Daphne Voineskos

Startup Canada podcast. November 22, 2022. Featuring Dr. Daphne Voineskos.

Dr. Voineskos speaks on her research surrounding the neurobiological mechanisms and abnormalities in depression and her goal to translate these findings into clinical care.

 

Is a Diagnostic Test to Blame for Why We Know So Little about Autism in Girls?

Scientific American. November 22, 2022. Featuring Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai.

Dr. Lai explores the issue of the underrepresentation of women and girls in the diagnosis of autism, and explains the importance of the unique patterns that appear in autistic patients of different genders.

 

Virtual clinic providing critical care to trans patients at risk due to Ontario funding changes 

CBC News. November 26, 2022. Featuring Dr. Wayne Baici.

Dr. Baici explains how the closure of the clinic could harm transgender people in Ontario.

 

Mood Stabilizers, Particularly Lithium, Potential Lifesavers in Bipolar Disorder - MedScape. November 28, 2022. Featuring Dr. Roger McIntyre.

Dr. McIntyre comments on the growing confluence of data from observational studies indicating that lithium especially is capable of reducing all-cause mortality suicide mortality and natural mortality.

 

Working across disciplines, U of T and UHN researchers are rapidly revolutionizing lung transplant surgery

UofT News. November 29, 2022. Featuring Dr. Ana Cristina Andreazza.

Dr. discusses heading an interdisciplinary team working to improve how we store lungs during transplants.