News & Events

What's happening in the mental health community

News relevant to the Department of Psychiatry will be posted here in between issues of Headlines.

W.O. McCormick Academic Day 2024

Friday, April 26, 2024
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Westin Nova Scotian Hotel (in person)

This year's theme is Alcohol Use Disorders and Mental Health: An Update.

Learn more and register.

Annual Student Writing Competition

Canadian medical students and residents are invited to submit reflective essays, poetry or short fiction that explore the intersection of mental health and the humanities to the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Annual Student Writing Contest.

Submission deadline: May 1, 2024

View the competition flyer for more information.

Dalhousie Global Mental Health Guest Lecture Series Inaugural Lecture

Global mental health and sustainable development: challenges and opportunities
Dr. Shekhar Saxena, Professor, Practice of Global Mental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; and, Former Director, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization.

Friday, May 3, 2024
3 to 4:30 p.m. Atlantic Time

In person at the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub in Halifax, NS & Online.

Learn more and register.