Mental Health and the Elderly
Talk to the Senior Citizens’ Forum of Montreal, on 1993-5-31. mental health & the elderly
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Presentation 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
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This lecture was given to McGill psychiatry residents as part of the Diploma Course, Geriatric Psychiatry Block, on 2011-3-15. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
Read moreGrille de sommeil, caféine, humeur
This one-page form is for charting sleep behaviour, caffeine consumption, and mood. There are spaces for charting every hour (once daily for mood), 24 hours per day, for a month. Download a pdf of the form.
Read moreRe: “Sleepless in Canada” (August 2008) (letter)
This letter to the editor of “Canadian Psychiatry Aujourd’hui” , a newspaper published by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, appeared in the October 2008 issue (volume 4, no. 5) While I enjoyed the articles on sleep in your August 2008 issue, I felt that the headlines were misleading. For example, the…
Read moreSleep and anxiety disorders in the elderly
Lecture given annually between 2002 and 2008 as part of the McGill Department of Psychiatry Diploma Course, Geriatric Psychiatry Block. Most recently given on 2008-5-13. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes. Outline Sleep Characteristics of sleep Sleep complaints Epidemiology & Importance of Sleep Disorders Approach to the…
Read moreDoes too much sleep cause depression?
Presented 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 moreGeriatric Psychopharmacology for Psychiatry Residents
This lecture, spread over two sessions, was delivered annually to the SMBD – Jewish General Hospital psychiatry residents from 2003 to 2005. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
Read moreLooking after our own health: what can we do?
Presentation as part of a panel discussion, AMI-Quebec, Montreal, QC, on 2003-11-24. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreWhat causes insomnia?
This article was published on the website of Scientific American, on 2003-5-12. download a pdf file of the web article. An edited version appeared in the print edition of Scientific American, October 2003. Download a pdf file of the print article. The articles were republished in 2006 in the print and online…
Read morePharmacology of sleep disorders
This lecture was given to psychiatry residents at the Jewish General Hospital annually, over several years ending in 2005. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
Read moreAre insomniacs sleep deprived?
Letter to the Editor of the Montreal Gazette. Every couple of weeks or so, there appears an article about sleep, most recently “A mounting sleep debt is nothing to yawn about” (Gazette 2002-12-03) Typically, the authors decry the high prevalence of insufficient sleep, the deleterious effects of sleep deprivation, the…
Read moreFatigue and sleep in cancer and fibromyalgia: can too much sleep be bad for you?
This 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 moreFatigue and sleep in cancer: Can too much sleep be bad for you?
This 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 moreSleep, depression, fatigue, and insomnia
Sleep, Depression, Fatigue, and Insomnia Henry Olders, MD, FRCPC12 August 1998 IntroductionRecent research indicates that an important cause of depression may be sleeping too much; specifically, too much Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. In those individuals without a genetic predisposition to depression, too much REM sleep can cause some depressive…
Read moreDoes excessive sleep cause insomnia, depression and fatigue?
This 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.
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