neuroscience including brain development

Alexithymia is the reduced or inability to identify and describe one's emotions. When asked to describe feelings, people with alexithymia will more often describe the physical corporeal response to the feeling, rather than the complex emotion itself.  Prior research has linked alexithymia to people with mental health disorders such as depression.  Now, a team of Max Plank Society researchers in Germany have found a link between psychopathy and alexithymia.  

Two researchers from the Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine, Graciela Pineyro and Tomas Paus, have published their study this month which links Cannabis use to a thinning of the cerebral cortex in adolescents.  

Cells and Molecules Underpinning Cannabis-Related Variations in Cortical Thickness during Adolescence | Journal of Neuroscience

It's often interesting to see what mainstream news outlets pick up regarding mental health and addiction research.  CNN in the states has a compelling piece today on a 2021 study comparing the longer-term results of SSRI vs. psilocybin for depression treatment.

Psilocybin: Searching for the antidepressant of the future | CNN

Webinar details: November 4, 2024 | Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET

Facilitator: Michel Jones, MSW, RSW, RP

Supporting Indigenous clients: Understanding the neuroscience of trauma and resilience

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Date: June 5, 2024
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Jennifer Mervyn, MA, PhD

Description:
 

This program provides a comprehensive introduction to key aspects of early childhood and brain development, as well as the crucial role caregivers and educators play in helping children learn effective stress-management strategies. This program contains practice and curriculum-based strategies to help young children learn how to manage stress.

The program features skill-based activities that:
- Help children gain a sense of control

Neuroscience of trauma and resilience: What we need to understand about the brain to support healing

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

The sexuality of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a topic of growing interest. The research, however, shows a lack of sex education tailored to the needs of these individuals.

Supporting Indigenous clients: Understanding the neuroscience of trauma and resilience

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Date: October 26, 2022
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST
Facilitators: Jennifer Mervyn, MA, PhD and Dwight Ballantyne, Founder, The Ballantyne Project

As we collectively and cautiously emerge from the pandemic, young people (ages 17 to 25) are navigating education experiences and circumstances that might look more normal than they have in a few years. Young people are transitioning through high school, into post-secondary and into the work force after experiencing several challenges and restrictions during COVID-19.

Supporting Indigenous clients: Understanding the neuroscience of trauma and resilience

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Date: October 26, 2022
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST
Facilitators: Jennifer Mervyn, MA, PhD and Dwight Ballantyne, Founder, The Ballantyne Project

This webinar is presented by CAMH’s Institute for Mental Health Policy Research.

Join a special talk by Professor Roland R. Griffiths.

Facilitated by Annette Kussin, MSW,RSW, Psychotherapist, MFT

The Mathison Centre, CAN-BIND, and Mental Health Literacy are organizing a talk for youth about their mental health. Join the discussion about mental health and stress as youth share their experiences. Interested in a career in brain science or mental health? Meet neuroscientists, social workers, and psychiatrists who are sharing their stories! And come along as a neuroscientist leads you through a voyage through the normal and stressed human brain, with vivid brain imaging.

This program from Strong Minds Strong Kids, Psychology Canada provides a comprehensive introduction to key aspects of early childhood and brain development, as well as the crucial role caregivers and educators play in helping children learn effective stress-management strategies. This program contains practice and curriculum-based strategies to help young children learn how to manage stress.

• 1.5 hour recording on the fundamentals of stress management