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Tips On Practicing Mindfulness At Home

Release Date: April 22, 2020
Dr. Zindel Segal (Professor of Psychology and Co-Founder of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy) shares practical tips on mindfulness practice from home. He also recommends some useful resources.

Sleep Hygiene Tips From The Community

Release Date: April 30, 2020
Maryanne, a Community Advisory Committee member at CAN-BIND and a person with lived experience with depression shares some of her sleep hygiene tips.

Eating Habits During Stressful Times

Release Date: May 12, 2020
Dr. Elisa Brietzke (Professor of Psychiatry, Queen’s University) shares her expertise on eating during stressful times and how eating habits can actually affect our mental health.

How Does Diet Affect Mental Health?

Release Date: May 12, 2020
Dr. Elisa Brietzke (Professor of Psychiatry, Queen’s University) discusses how our diets affect our mental health. We also ask her about what is the best diet for mental wellness?

Managing Insomnia During COVID-19 Times

Release Date: May 12, 2020
Having trouble falling sleep? Benicio Frey (Associate Professor of Psychiatry, McMaster University) shares some practical advise on how to manage insomnia.

COVID-19 Tips for Good Sleep

Release Date: May 12, 2020
Dr. Benicio Frey (Associate Professor of Psychiatry, McMaster University) discusses how sleep affects our mental health. He also gives some great tips on how to get good sleep during these startling times.

Digital Resources to Support Your Mental Health

Release Date: May 05, 2020
Dr. Lena Quilty (Psychologist and Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) shares some digital resources to support mental health during the challenging times of COVID-19.

COVID-19 Self Care: Resetting Expectations and Physical Activity

Release Date: April 27, 2020
Dr. Guy Faulkner (Professor at School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia) shares some self-care tips during the challenging times of COVID-19 and it starts with resetting our self expectations.

How Much Physical Activity Do We Need?

Release Date: April 27, 2020
Dr. Guy Faulkner (Professor at School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia) speaks about how to much physical activity we need to stay physically and mentally healthy.

How Does Physical Activity Improve Wellbeing?

Release Date: April 27, 2020
Dr. Guy Faulkner (Professor at School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia) speaks about how physical activity impacts our mental well-being.

Can Meditation Help Us Cope With Stress?

Release Date: April 22, 2020
Dr. Zindel Segal (Professor of Psychology and Co-Founder of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy) shares perspectives on how we can use meditation in our lives to cope with stress as well as tips on managing negative thoughts.

Self-Care Tips During COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date: April 22, 2020
What are some self-care tips during the challenging times of COVID-19? Dr. Zindel Segal provides some great advises; being kind to oneself!

Can Glowing Fish Help With Depression?

Release Date: January 10, 2018

Dr. Brock Schuman of The CAN-BIND Program tells us how glowing, see-through zebrafish can help with depression research.

CAN-BIND Wellness and Gratitude Tree

Release Date: April 27, 2017
This is a time-lapse video of our wellness and gratitude tree from the 2017 CAN-BIND Family and Friends Day. Participants shared wellness tips and things they are grateful for. Music by the Department of Music, University of Toronto is featured in the video.

Why Are Biomarkers Important In Treating Depression?

Release Date: February 23, 2017
In this video, Dr. Harriet Feilotter, Associate Professor at Queen’s University Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, explains what depression biomarkers are and why they are so important.

What Can We Do About Suicide?

Release Date: November 12, 2015
Yvonne Bergmans, PhD, Suicide Interventionist with the ASR Chair in Suicide and Depression Studies at St. Michael’s Hospital, discusses why it’s important to talk about suicide, who is at risk, and how to prevent it.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) – What is it and what can we do about it?

Release Date: August 14, 2015
Dr. Raymond Lam describes Seasonal Affective Disorder, its origins and symptoms, and what we can do to treat it. Dr. Lam is Professor and Head of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, and Director of the Mood Disorders Centre of Excellence at UBC Hospital within the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. He is also the Co-lead of CAN-BIND’s Clinical Platform.

Machine Learning for Depression Research

Release Date: September 11, 2015
In this video, Dr. Joseph Geraci explains why machine learning is useful for depression research, what it is exactly, and how it can be applied.

Mobile Health (m-health) for Depression

Release Date: August 19, 2015
In this video, CAN-BIND Trainee, Anisette Ruda, describes what mobile health (m-health) is and how it can be used in the management of depression. Mood-FX: www.moodfx.ca is an example of an m-health app for depression symptom tracking and management.

The Role of microRNA in Depression Research

Release Date: May 02, 2018
In this video, Dr. Gustavo Turecki explains what microRNA is and how it may help us better understand depression, and improve depression treatment selection. MicroRNAs, among other biological factors, are being researched in the CAN-BIND-1 study. The study aims to identify important biological markers that can accurately predict an individual’s treatment response to antidepressant medication.

Self-Management Strategies for Depression

Release Date: October 18, 2017

Learn about strategies and techniques for managing depression. This video was made with our partners at CREST.BD, a collaborative research and knowledge exchange network studying psychosocial issues in bipolar disorder (BD).

CAN-BIND Wellness and Gratitude Tree

Treating Depression- What can we do?

Release Date: September 25, 2014
This video introduces a groundbreaking new study in depression, called CAN-BIND-1. The study aims to shorten the path from depression diagnosis to getting the right treatment.