We are excited to announce that our lab director, Dr. Shalini Lal was an invited speaker at the Digital Health Canada / ANHIX Calgary Winter Conference on February 6th, 2024! 

Great news from the Canada Research Chairs Program and the University of Montreal! | Excellentes nouvelles du Programme des chaires de recherche du Canada et de l'Université de Montréal!

Antoine is a fourth-year undergraduate Psychology student at Concordia University. He is interested in the role technology can play in providing mental health care to youth by making services more accessible to them.

Our YMHTech team reunites yet again for another successful in-person lab day! | Notre équipe YMHTech se réunit à nouveau pour une journée de laboratoire en personne couronnée de succès!

August 12th marks the International Youth Day recognized by the United Nations (UN) | Le 12 août marque la Journée internationale de la jeunesse reconnue par les Nations Unies (ONU)

PRISM is a pilot study on a digital health referral innovation that has been developed, launched, and is currently being tested at an Aire ouverte site in Montréal, QC.

Check out YMHTech Lab director Dr. Shalini Lal’s previous article on E-mental health, and interview with People First Radio!

We are excited to feature one of the ongoing research programs at YMHtech lab:  Horyzons-Canada! We have completed Phases 1 and 2 of this research program and are in the process of implementing Phase 3. Further updates to come!

Check out this recent publication! Our lab director Dr. Shalini Lal, along with colleagues and YMHTech lab graduate student Nagi Abouzeid were published in the latest issue of CPA’s “Psynopsis” on telepsychology!

Our research assistant and future master’s student, Kira Rudakova, has been awarded the Complementary Exemption Bursary for International Students by the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal!

We are excited to announce that we presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s (CPA) 84th Annual National Convention!

We are thrilled to announce that our YMHTech lab director, Dr. Shalini Lal, will be attending the 2nd International Youth Mental Health Conference on June 9th and 10th 2023 in Hong-Kong to give an invited talk!

Check out this recent publication by our collaborators from the Orygen team and our YMHtech director Dr. Shalini Lal!

Our YMHTech lab director, Dr. Shalini Lal, presented at the SIRS 2023 Annual Congress! | Notre directrice de SJMtechno laboratoire avons présenté au congrès annuel SIRS 2023!

Good news! Our research assistant and future master’s student, Kira Rudakova, has been awarded the Host scholarship for the Ukrainian and Russian student community by the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)!

We are excited to announce that we will be presenting at the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) 84th Annual National Convention!

Check out our recent publication! Our lab director Dr. Shalini Lal, along with lab members, and colleagues published an article titled “Experiences of a Digital Mental Health Intervention from the Perspectives of Young People Recovering from First-Episode Psychosis: A Focus Group Study” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH).

Our master’s student Nagi Abouzeid presented at the Andrée Forget Scientifique Day “ Urban Spaces: Mobility and Social Inclusion” held on May 3 2023 at the School of Rehabilitation of the Université de Montréal | Notre étudiant à la maîtrise, Nagi Abouzeid, a présenté  en tant que conférencier e à la journée scientifique Andrée Forget « Espaces urbains: Mobilité et inclusion sociale », qui s’est déroulée le 3 mai 2023 à l’École de réadaptation de l’Université de Montréal. 

Check out our recent publication! Our lab director Dr. Shalini Lal, in collaboration with Dr. Amal Abdel-Baki and Dr. Rossana Peredo, published an article titled “Clinician perspectives on providing telepsychiatry services to young adults with first-episode psychosis during COVID-19” in the Early Intervention in Psychiatry journal.

Just Published! Nature Schizophrenia recently published “Digital health innovation to prevent relapse and support recovery in young people with first-episode psychosis: A pilot study of Horyzons-Canada” by our YMHTech lab director Dr. Shalini Lal in collaboration with researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australian Catholic University (ACU), and McGill University, along with members of our team.

Good news! Our master’s student, Tania Sabatino, has been awarded a Perseverance Scholarship by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal!

We are recruiting highly motivated candidates interested in pursuing applied health services research training at the post-doctoral level at the Université de Montréal!

Good news! Our master’s student, Nagi Abouzeid, and our postdoc, Dr. Hajin Lee, have been awarded the DIVERT Mental Health Fellowship.

Our YMHTech Lab Director Dr. Shalini Lal was selected for the 2023 Science Meets Parliament program!

Check out our recent publication! YMHtech lab director Dr. Shalini Lal published an article titled “Use of technology to provide mental health services to youth experiencing homelessness: Scoping review” in collaboration with lab members Sarah Elias, Vida Sieu and Dr. Rossana Peredo, in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR).

Check out our recent publication! YMHtech lab director Dr. Shalini Lal in collaboration with lab members and colleagues recently published an article titled “Young Adults’ Perspectives on Factors Related to Relapse After First-Episode Psychosis: Qualitative Focus Group Study”.