Dr. Raymond W. Lam

Was on Global TV Morning Show with Jennifer Palma talking about digital technologies in mental health and our studies, www.WorkingWithDepression.ca

https://www.vchri.ca//ask-expert-grey-winter-days-are-brin

My brief comments on a landmark study linking circadian rhythms to mood disorders. https://www.reuters.com//disrupted-sleep-cycles-linked-wit

Proud to receive Distinguished Life Fellow medal from the American Psychiatric Association!

We are hosting the 14th biennial World Congress of Biological Psychiatry in Vancouver in June, 2019. Have a look at the Welcome video that we made! www.wfsbp-congress.org/home/

Giving a plenary talk on CANMAT depression guidelines to >300 psychiatrists in Shanghai.

Excellent and productive startup meeting in Shanghai for our new EMBED study. Thanks to my co-Principal Investigator, Prof Chen Jun from the Shanghai Mental Health Centre, for the outstanding arrangements!

Congratulations to CREST.BD member Dr. Lakshmi Yatham for receiving the Gerald L. Klerman Senior Investigator Award from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alli...ance! Also of note is that Dr. Yatham led the publication of the newly minted 2018 CANMAT/ISBD bipolar disorder treatment guidelines in the journal Bipolar Disorders. Please see the link to the publication in the comments. For those of you who would prefer a video summary of the 70+ page guidelines document:

After some technical difficulties migrating to a new server, I am happy to announce that www.MoodFx.ca is back up and running!

The APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health held a successful colloquium in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, last month! http://english.vov.vn//apec-officials-hail-highlevel-meeti

In Paris with my THINC colleagues presenting at the ECNP congress.

Privileged to show the Mood Disorders Centre to UBC President Ono during his tour of the CBH. We briefly talked about www.canbind.ca and the APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health (http://mentalhealth.apec.org), and will meet later to discuss in more detail.

A successful inaugural meeting with many of our core partners from around the Asia-Pacific #apecmh2017 http://mentalhealth.apec.org

We are hosting the inaugural international conference for the APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health. And we have lovely weather for the meeting! http://mentalhealth.apec.org

Happy new year, everyone!

Getting the winter blues? We've updated our SAD and Light Therapy information site. www.UBCsad.ca

*sigh* Getting tired of the hyperbole with science stories trumpeting novel but incremental biological findings in depression.

THINC on the Bund - with my colleagues after a successful Expert Forum in Shanghai! THINCcognition.com

Mood Disorders Clinical Update 2016! Join us in Vancouver on Nov. 5, 2016. Registration info at www.MoodDisordersCPD.ca

With my co-presenters Drs. Diane McIntosh, Pratap Chokka & Wei-Yi Song at 20th Annual Mood Conference in Victoria.

Giving Grand Rounds in Calgary and Edmonton on the new CANMAT Depression Guidelines.

We launched the new CANMAT Depression Guidelines to a standing-room only crowd at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychiatric Association in Toronto last week. http://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca///new-canmat-guidelines

Presenting research on cognitive dysfunction in depression at the ECNP conference in Vienna (with my co-presenters).

Yeah! Our "CANMAT 2016 Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder" are now published in the September issue of Can Journal Psychiatry! http://cpa.sagepub.com/content/61/9?etoc

Happy Birthday, Canada!

A nifty promo teaser video of our @APEC Digital Hub initiative http://bit.ly/1URziTe

UBC bats it out of the park - appoints new President renowned for his academic excellence, promotion of diversity in education, and mental health advocacy (in part because of his lived experience with depression). https://www.ubc.ca/newpresident/santa-ono/

Good luck! Martin Bauman's ride across Canada for mental health! Follow & contribute https://m-mdsc.akaraisin.com/12195/?Lang=en-CA

Professor Harriet Feilotter talking about biomarkers in depression and www.CANBIND.ca on TVO http://tvo.org//the-agenda-with-steve/depression-signposts

With Finance Minister Bill Morneau and MHCC CEO Louise Bradley at World Bank/WHO summit on Global Mental Health.

Great video from Kelty Mental Health that we had the pleasure of seeing at the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS) conference -- and have watched several more times since!

In honor of #WorldBipolarDay, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders' President Dr. Manuel Sanchez de Carmona will present a webinar discussing the lin...ks between creativity, artistic genius, and bipolar disorder. The webinar is free when you watch it live on March 29th at 3:00pm EDT. To register for the English language webinar, click here: bit.ly/2191eYe See more

Another blog post by Dr. Diane McIntosh - who knew she was so prolific! http://www.huffingtonpost.ca//when-psychiatrists-wont-talk

Great blog post by my colleague, Dr. Diane McIntosh, on Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca//mental-illness-stigma_b_9312

On Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, join @CANBIND @DrRaymondLam downtown for a free public event, Searching for a Test for Depression: http://ow.ly/Yx6V0