June 11, 2014

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• Agence QMI published an article about a study conducted by Mark Ellenbogen, professor in the Department of Psychology and a CRDH researcher, in collaboration with graduate student, Rami Nijjar. Their study revealed that children of parents with Bipolar Disorder are more susceptible to psychosocial problems, most notably risky sexual behaviour. The study demonstrated the need for psychiatry to implicate the entire family to ensure everyone has the coping skills needed to live with the illness The article was reprised by Le Journal de Quèbec, Le Journal de Montréal, Canoë Santé and TVA Nouvelles. La Presse Canadienne also published an article about the research, which was reprised by La Presse, Radio-Canada, Le Journal Métro, La Tribune, L’Actualité, MSN Technologie, and 98,5 FM. The study also appears in Psych-Central, University Herald, Science 2.0, Science Codex, Medical Xpress, News Medical, Press-News Org, Headlines and Global News, Armenian Medical Network, EurekaAlert!, Health News Network and Health Canal.
  
  
• Framtida (Dutch-langauge) publishes a story about research conducted by Damon Matthews, professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, that found that seven countries account for more than 60 percent of the global warming between 1906 and 2005. This study is unique because it assigns a temperature change value to each country that reflects its contribution to observed global warming

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