Department of Psychiatry

Faculty of Medicine

Edward Yuzda

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Email: ward.yuzda@gnb.ca
Phone: 506-658-3199
Mailing Address: 
Mental Health Services
55 Union St., 3rd Floor
Saint John, NB E2L 5B7
 
Research Topics:
  • Primary care
  • Psychotherapy
  • Personality disorder


Education

BSc (Psychology) – University of Alberta
MSC (Psychiatry)(Dean’s Honor List) – McGill University
MD – University of Calgary
PGY 1-2 – Dalhousie University
PGY 3-5 – University of Alberta

Research interests

Dr. Yuzda has received extensive training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Interpersonal Group Psychotherapy.

His research interests include the management of common mental illnesses like depression in the Primary Care setting and the use of Group Therapy in At-Risk populations in the Military and Youth.

He is a fan of Banjo music, dinosaurs, and the color purple.

Selected awards and honours

  • Clinician of the Year Award (Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University)(2012)
  • Specialist Physician of the Year Award (Family Medicine Teaching Unit, Dalhousie University)(2012)