Emotional memory: the link between the cranial trauma and the posttraumatic stress disorder

Cranial traumas (CT) arise following a shock to the head by an object, due to the violent impact and the torsion of the brain causing cerebral tissue damage. The CT is often accompanied by a loss of conscience that varies depending on the gravity of the CT.

Even softer ones can still cause troubles of various types: cognitive (loss of memory, difficulty of concentration, etc.), chronic pain, difficulty of psycho affective sphere (depression, posttraumatic stress disorder).

In neurology and neuropsychology, we are often brought to see individuals with head injuries that led to cranial...

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Posted on 19 Mar 2010
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H1N1: How do you cope?

Take part in our study on how you cope with H1N1 information: http://h1n1coping.mcgill.ca

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Posted on 16 Dec 2009
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Polytechnique : Autopsie psychologique d’un tueur

On commémorera, le 6 décembre, les 20 ans de la tuerie de Polytechnique. Dans sa lettre testament (1), Marc Lépine mentionne que ce sont les féministes qui ont gâché sa vie, ce qui explique l’homicide-suicide qu’il s’apprête à commettre. Bien sûr, comme Boris Cyrulnik (2) le montre si bien, les carences en nourritures affectives et les traumatismes de l’enfance ne produisent pas inéluctablement des monstres. Mais bien souvent dans le passé des grands meurtriers et des tyrans on retrouve de profondes carences affectives et de la violence (3). Y a-t-il quelque chose dans le passé de Marc...

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Posted on 04 Dec 2009
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Celebrating Remembrance Day

On November 11 we celebrate Veterans’ Day. We pay tribute to the Canadians who served their country in warfare, fighting for justice, security and freedom. We wear red poppies on our lapels honouring those who perished, as well as the survivors of the battlefields.

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Posted on 06 Nov 2009
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Afghanistan: The Shocking Face of War

Today, we celebrate a controversial anniversary. On October 7, 2001, less than a month after 9/11, the government of George Bush launched the military operation Enduring Freedom. Troops from the United States and several other countries, including Canada, were sent to Afghanistan with the goal of uprooting terrorism on its own ground.

Combat, injuries, death threats, rape, witnessing torture and death are all too common experiences during a war. Being etched in the memory, we know that these vivid recollections made of smells, feelings, sounds, and screams can leave their mark in the...

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Posted on 06 Oct 2009
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Dawson Tragedy: Help Via the Internet?

Aside from being a major communication and information searching tool, the Internet is often portrayed in the media as a deep dark space where the danger is lurking around like a giant spider spreading its net to elude, seduce and corrupt children and defraud and mislead adults. This reputation in part is well deserved. The censure of the Internet content and transactions even when existent is weak and slow to keep up with exponentially multiplying web pages.

The underbelly of the human expression found its way to the Internet where a lot of dark and heinous thoughts and acts are brewing...

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Posted on 11 Sep 2009
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Info-Trauma.org: 2 months post-launch

What is Info-trauma.org’s situation 2 months after being launched on the Internet? According to Google Analytics, 5600 visitors from 61 countries and territories have visited the Info-trauma web site 7445 times. Visitors consulted 28 738 pages on Info-trauma and spent an average of 5 minutes on the site. The overall visibility of Info-trauma on the Internet needs improvement. However, active and passive tactics will be developed (i.e. links and key words) in the following months in order to solve the problem. Most of the visitors access the website directly (76,5%) while others access it...

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Posted on 27 Jul 2009
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Info-trauma.org: An online resource on trauma

Info-trauma.org is a website made by Alain Brunet, PhD, researcher and professor at McGill University, and his research labratory on psychological trauma at the Douglas Institute.  One of the current main focuses is to transfer knowledge on traumatic events, risk factors and treatments to the public via the Internet. The website has actualized at the end of 2005 with the financial aid of INUKSHUK (© Fido) and the help of Christophe Herbert, a psychologist who manages the project. The multimedia services of McGill (Instructional Multimedia Services – IMS) and Eric Smith are used for the...

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Posted on 06 Apr 2009
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