Report into crash released
Killer on the loose
Harbour Air going electric
PM ups attacks on Poilievre
CRA will get the money: PM
PM tight-lipped on TikTok
Ukraine uses new missiles
Biden signs war aid measure
New US rules for airlines 
BoC officials split on rate cut
Big loss for Boeing 
Metro sales edged higher
Vees dominating Vipers
Warriors snakebitten in loss
Iginla off to Europe
Perry teams with Lu Kala
Megan denies harassment
Swift ‘one of the family’
States of Mind
Can flu make baby bipolar?
Prenatal infection and bipolar disorder When it comes to establishing exactly what causes most psychiatric conditions, we still have a lot to learn. We know...
New hope for schizophrenia
New hope in schizophrenia research Research out of Johns Hopkins University may be the start of a promising development for the treatment of schizophrenia. ...
Managing ADHD: Mistakes
Although a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder puts an end to questions about frustrating symptoms and experiences, it does not mean life instantly gets...
Assisted dying legislation
In February 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada, in a unanimous decision (Carter v Canada), confirmed that in certain defined circumstances, Canadians have the...
Stem cell research: Bipolar
Stem cell research in bipolar disorder When most of us think of stem cells, we think of ethical controversy, umbilical cord blood banks, growing new tissues and...
Autism: New findings
Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition surrounded by a lot of misinformation, rumours and fear. Characterized by social and communication...
The health gap
I have written many times about the impact of poverty on mental and physical health. The Canadian Medical Association lists poverty as the leading factor...
Suicide: The darkest face
Suicide is the darkest face of mental illness. It is tragic when someone takes their own life in a desperate bid to end mental suffering. In Canada, about...
Make it less sad
10 ways to support someone with depression Watching a loved one struggle with depression is difficult. It’s hard to see a person you care about feeling...
The last child
Nature deficit disorder and how it relates to children In the past couple of years there has been a fair amount of media coverage of a phenomenon called Nature...
Genetics of bipolar
Genetics of bipolar disorder When it comes to the brain - how it works and what happens when things go wrong - we still have much to learn. It is sometimes...
Latest eating disorder?
Orthorexia These days pretty much everyone has a friend or family member who seems to be pre-occupied with healthy eating. There are eating trends to match...
Chronic stress and the brain
Chronic stress changes the brain We have known for some time that chronic stress is not good for our physical or mental health. Along with various negative...
Better to forget? Sometimes
Usually when the topic of memory comes up, I am writing about ways to enhance it or how to identify and deal with signs of memory loss associated with age or...
Nature is good for you
We’ve known this intuitively since – well, since forever. Nature is good for us. Even before there was Western medicine as we now know it, people...
Inevitability of failure
Failure is an inevitable part of life. We all experience times when we fall short of expectations in some way, when we do not succeed in an endeavour or...
Inheriting memory
The nature nurture question is more complex and interconnected than it sounds - one fascinating example of this is found in the idea that memory could be...
Feeling the rage
Intermittent explosive disorder Over the years I have written columns about most of the commonly occurring psychiatric disorders. One disorder that hasn’t...
Borderline personality
Borderline Personality Disorder Recovery Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a very disruptive condition, and one of the most difficult to manage in a...
Food addiction
A new year often means a resolution to shed some pounds put on over the previous months. As we all get going on those goals, it might be helpful to know there...
