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

Friday, April 25, 2025, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Atlantica Hotel Halifax

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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, 2025.

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Expanding access, enhancing care: The role of rapid access programs and digital tools in meeting individual and community mental health needs

Join the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry and the Mental Health and Addiction Program at Nova Scotia Health Central Zone in celebration of the second anniversary of the Rapid Access and Stabilization Program (RASP).

Friday, May 2, 2025, 12 to 1:30 p.m. ADT
In person & Online

Learn more and register.