A lifeline for new and expecting parents
A new, online course supports people navigating symptoms of anxiety and depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Archive: Mental health
Treating everyone – and every species – with equal concern
Engaging with animals through guided interventions is a form of social justice.
Making a difference
Project ReportNeedles.ca aims to reduce overdoses
Ending the cycle of trauma
A new trauma-focused prenatal group program aims to interrupt the generational cycle of trauma.
Easing the burden
Online therapy is helping to protect the mental health of public safety personnel and their families.
U of R mental-health researcher awarded Order of Canada
Dr. Gordon Asmundson has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his ongoing research, mentorship, and clinical practice in the field of mental health.
U of R psychologist elected into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dr. Gordon Asmundson is a newly elected fellow in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Federal government provides $20 million to U of R for PTSI research and treatment
Public Health Agency of Canada provides $20 million to U of R researchers to support and deliver mental health interventions to frontline health care workers, public safety personnel, and their families.
PSPNET helping hundreds of public safety personnel manage and maintain their mental health
PSPNET program expands to the Maritimes thanks to financial support from the Medavie Health Foundation and partners.
Mood and the menopause transition
Research shows depression during perimenopause is more common than you might think.
Funding announced for U of R health researchers to improve health outcomes
Research funding enables U of R researchers to address health challenges and improve health outcomes for the people of Saskatchewan.
Fractured: The gap between mental well-being and farming
Psychology master’s student Cynthia Beck is tailoring an internet-delivered cognitive behaviour course to address the particular needs of farmers and those working in agricultural environments.
Writing the book on COVID-19 responses
Psychologist Dr. Gordon Asmundson is tracking emotional and behavioural responses to COVID-19, which change rapidly, just like the science itself.
A studio without walls
This art-based research project is delivered to older adults over the phone helping to combat the social isolation of COVID-19.
Accolades
Accolades recognizes a few of the honours U of R researchers have received in recent months.
Empowering mothers living with schizophrenia
Exploring the lived experiences of mothers living with schizophrenia.
Digital connections
A new online resource helps child services workers support the mental health and well-being of vulnerable children and adolescents.
Funding (CIHR)
U of R researchers awarded Canadian Institutes of Health Research funding
Accolades
Recognizing the accomplishments of U of R researchers
Funding
Funding U of R research with impact
LOOK
Trevor Grant and Layton Burton help fight mental illness and stigma through filmmaking.
Accolades
Recognizing U of R researchers
Funding
Funding U of R research with impact
#SeePainMoreClearly
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos launched a worldwide social media campaign to raise awareness about the assessment and management of pain in older patients with dementia.
Natural mood boost in just five minutes
Feeling stressed? Try sitting in a park for five minutes; it might be exactly what you need to boost your mood. That’s what two psychology undergraduate students working in the emerging field of environmental psychology will tell you.
Funding
Funding U of R research with impact
A doorway to culture
Reconnecting with cultural and traditional ways of knowing and being is increasingly seen as a significant part of the healing and learning process for Indigenous peoples, whose culture has been historically and systemically oppressed through colonization.