This talk, titled “Why we get old and die, and what to do about it” was presented in the amphitheatre of the Redpath Museum, on 2018-10-11. Download a pdf of the slides and my speaker notes. Handout for the presentation.
Read moreSlides and notes for the presentation, “Why we get old and die, and what to do about it” can be found here. Update 2020-07-23: This handout needs to be updated to include recent research suggesting that dietary fructose is something to be avoided because it raises insulin levels. Executive Summary…
Read moreThis is the text of a talk given to members of the Westmount Rotary Club, 2017-6-14 The diseases of aging include cancer, heart disease, dementia, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosis, and stroke. Oh, and type 2 diabetes. It is likely that all of us have relatives or friends with these afflictions. Possibly…
Read moreThis was a very condensed version of my talk, “Why we get old and die, and what to do about it”. As ex-mayor Peter Trent is reported to have said when informed of the title, “Sounds depressing, like some of Leonard Cohen — music to slash your wrists to. But…
Read moreThis presentation was given jointly by Dr. Carol Brebion and myself at Clinical Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, SMBD – Jewish General Hospital, on 1997-10-9. Notes Slides
Read moreThis talk was given at Palliative Care McGill Rounds, at the Montreal General Hospital, on 2004-2-11, and at Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Rounds, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, on 2004-2-19. Presentation slides with notes
Read moreThis talk was to the inpatient psychiatry team (4 East) at the SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, on 1998-11-5. Notes Slides
Read moreBelow is the text of a welcoming speech I made, as Program Director of the Psychogeriatrics Programme, to a group of foster home proprietors, at an annual event called the Proprietors’ Day Seminar, put on by the Psychogeriatric Residences Team at Douglas Hospital. Merci beaucoup, Dr Tahta, pour votre introduction.…
Read moreThis presentation was given at the 4th Annual Inter-Hospital Stroke Team Conference, SMBD – Jewish General Hospital, on 1998-10-23. Notes Slides
Read morePresentation given to “Friends for Mental Health”, a self-help group of friends and relatives of the mentally ill; Dorval, Québec, on 2000-11-15. Slides and notes
Read moreTalk to the Senior Citizens’ Forum of Montreal, on 1993-5-31. mental health & the elderly
Read morePresentation to Family Physicians at Clinical Day, “Psychiatric Issues in Family Medicine”, McGill University Department of Family Medicine, Hotel Europa, Montréal, on 1998-5-15. Handout Slides
Read moreThis presentation was given to the physicians at Ste. Anne’s Hospital, in Medicine Rounds, on 2006-1-31. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes here.
Read moreThis is a slightly modified version of a presentation entitled “Age is Just a Number: the Psychology of Staying Young”, which was first given on 2000-4-28, as part of the Roslyn Liebling Memorial Lecture Series on Aging: Myth and Reality; sponsored by the Auxiliary of the SMBE-Jewish General Hospital; in…
Read moreThis presentation was most recently given at the Westmount Healthy City Project, on 2015-10-29. It was also presented at: Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas Grand Rounds, 2013-5-23 Jewish General Hospital Department of Psychiatry Clinical Grand Rounds, 2012-4-12 McGill Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds, Montreal General Hospital, 2012-1-24 Ste. Anne’s Hospital, Continuing…
Read moreI made a presentation about my classifier to Emily Coffey, at the time a PhD candidate in the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and her colleagues, on 2011-1-21. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
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This presentation was given to staff of CSSS Cavendish on 2010-10-6, at CHSLD Julius Richardson. download a pdf with the presentation slides and notes
Read moreThis presentation was given on 2008-11-17 at Ste. Anne’s Hospital in the Department of Psychiatry Conference Series, and on 2008-11-20 to the Head Nurses at Ste. Anne’s Hospital. It had previously been presented to staff of CSSS Cavendish on 2008-10-8, at Centre d’Accueil Henri-Bradet. Download a pdf of the slides and…
Read moreThis presentation was part of a conference on Aromatherapy, given jointly by Lydia Nassar, nurse in the Inpatient Stabilization Programme, and myself, at Ste. Anne’s Hospital. Click to download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreConference given at Ste. Anne’s Hospital on 2007-9-18, as part of the Department of Psychiatry Conference Series. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
Read moreConference given at Ste. Anne’s Hospital on 2007-2-13, as part of the Department of Psychiatry Conference Series. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read morePresentation at Ste. Anne’s Hospital: a clinical case conference, part of the Department of Psychiatry Education Series. Please note that the downloadable file does not include the clinical case history, to protect confidentiality. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreThis presentation was given on 2006-9-5 at Ste. Anne’s Hospital, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec. Earlier versions of this talk were presented at: • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Rounds, Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, 2002-6-28 • Department of Psychiatry Clinical Grand Rounds, Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, 2002-9-12 •…
Read morePresented at Ste. Anne’s Hospital 2006-5-9 and on 2006-6-1. Some proverbs about sleep: “One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.” —John Rays (1627-1705): A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs, 1670 “Plough deep while sluggards sleep.” —Benjamin franklin (1706-1790): Maxim prefixed to Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1757 “The early bird catches…
Read moreThis presentation was made to the GPs at Ste. Anne’s Hospital. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreThis presentation was given on 2006-1-12 at Ste. Anne’s Hospital, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec. An earlier version of this talk, entitled “Vitamin B12 deficiency: a silent epidemic? was given at: • Department of Psychiatry Clinical Grand Rounds, Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, 2000-11-9 • Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds,…
Read moreConsultation-Liaison Rounds, 05-3-3, at the SMBD – Jewish General Hospital Article: Stockhorst, U., and R. Pietrowsky (2004) Physiol Behav 83:3-11. Olfactory perception, communication, and the nose-to-brain pathway. Abstract: The present paper’s aim is of to give an overview about the basic knowledge as well as actual topics of olfaction–with a…
Read morePresented at Clinical Grand Rounds, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, ICFP Amphitheatre, on 2004-12-9. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreThis presentation was part of a panel discussion at the Community Conference: Protecting the vulnerable: the financial abuse of the elderly. Gelber Conference Centre, Montreal, on 2004-6-10. Download a pdf of the presentation slides.
Read morePresentation as part of a panel discussion, AMI-Quebec, Montreal, QC, on 2003-11-24. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreThis was presented on 2003-9-19 at the McGill Division of Geriatric Medicine First Annual Interdisciplinary Geriatric Seminar, titled “Promoting partnership through protocols: intervention strategies for dementia care”, held at the Ruby Foo Hotel, Montreal. It was also presented on 2003-9-18 at Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Rounds, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal. Download a…
Read moreThis presentation was given at Clinical Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, on 2003-9-11. Download a pdf of the presentation slides.
Read moreTraining session for personnel participating in “Depression Screening Day”, CLSC René-Cassin, Côte St-Luc, QC, 2001-10-2 Download a pdf of the slides and notes.
Read moreThis was an invited lecture, given at Grand Rounds, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD on 2000-6-16, and again that day at Grand Rounds, Rheumatology Department, NIH. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreThis invited lecture was given on 2000-1-22 at the l’Esprit Cancer Rehabilitation Conference, held at the Renaissance Hotel du Parc, Montreal, Quebec. It was also presented at the Thursday Seminar series, Research & Training Building Conference Room, Allan Memorial Institute, Montreal, on 1999-5-13; at the Palliative Care McGill Rounds, Mount…
Read moreTalk to Merck-Frosst employees, Merck-Frosst Pharmaceuticals, Montreal, QC, on 1998-5-28. Download a pdf of the presentation Download a pdf of the presentation slides
Read moreThis presentation was given at the Sylvia Hamovitch Day Conference on 1996-11-29, put on by the Psychogeriatrics Service of the Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC. Download a pdf of the slides and notes.
Read moreThis talk was given to staff at CLSC René-Cassin, 1996-3-28. I am going to tell you a story. It’s about Mrs. A., who is 86 years old, a widow living in her own apartment since her husband died 12 years ago. She and her husband were both born in Poland,…
Read moreA panel discussion between Dr. Arthur Propst, psychoanalyst, and myself, on the role of medication. This took place on 1996-2-14, as part of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society Extension Program, in Montreal. Three stories patient on MAOI with hypertensive crisis I would like to start by telling you a story. It…
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