The students and faculty gathered in the Centre for Mental Health Research on September 29, 2017 to bid farewell to our CMHR Director, Dr. Ian Nicholson. We are grateful to Ian for his dedicated service to CMHR training and education, clinical services, and research.
The Centre for Mental Health Research was pleased to host Dr. Carole Sinclair for a workshop on “Revisions to the Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists, Fourth Edition (CPA, 2017)". Dr. Sinclair, chair for the last several years of the Canadian Psychological Association Ethics Committee, walked through the history of the code and how it has developed to meet the needs of our profession in Canada.
The Centre for Mental Health Research is proud that the important service with refugee mental health provided by one of the Department of Psychology's doctoral student's, Brenda Chiang, and one of our adjunct faculty, Dr. Nicole Ethier, is highlighted in the current issue of the Faculty of Arts' publication for its alumni and friends, Arts & Letters.
Working with the University of Waterloo Recreation Committee, clinical psychology graduate students gave a series of three talks in July of this year for the community within our university. A series of talks on topics such as “Mental Health 101: Facts, Myths, and Resources”, “Understanding and Overcoming Depression and Anxiety”, and “Mental Health in Childhood and Parenting” attracted a range of people from across campus, with over 50 people in attendance over the series. Combining lectures, videos, and interactive discussions with those in attendance, the presentations were all well received.
Earlier this month, at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 78th National Convention in Toronto, the University of Waterloo’s Clinical Psychology students were a strong presence. Our students were involved in 9 posters and 3 talks during the three days of the convention at the Fairmont Royal York.
Clinical graduate students were strong representatives of the Department of Psychology at this year’s 7th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Cognitive & Behavioural Therapies held in mid-May in Ottawa, ON.
Congratulations to Clinical Psychology doctoral candidate, Mengran Xu, for the wide attention he has received for the importance of his research into mindful meditation.
The Centre for Mental Health Research would like to thank Dr. Michelle Lebyman, from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, for an outstanding clinical workshop on “Working Through Clinical Challenges: A DBT Perspective”
The Psychology Department and the Centre for Mental Health Research are excited to provide a full day Spring Workshop focusing on DBT on May 5th, 2017. For further information, please see our Michelle Leybman Save the Date poster.