Gustavo Turecki
Gustavo Turecki (born May 11, 1965) is a Canadian psychiatrist, suicidologist, neuroscientist who is a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair Tier in Major Depressive Disorder and Suicide. He is the sitting Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, the Scientific Director of the Douglas Research Centre, and the Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the ''Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal'' (CIUSSS ODIM). He works at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, where he heads both the McGill Group for Suicide Studies and the Depressive Disorders Program, and is the co-director of the Douglas Bell-Canada Brain Bank.Turecki is both a clinician and a neuroscientist. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed publications and 30 book chapters examining the influence of life experiences on brain function and their relationship to depression and suicide risk. One of his major contributions is the first description of the long-term impact of childhood abuse on the brain, particularly how it affects the activity of key genes involved in the stress response. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Véronique Beaudoin, Monique Séguin, Nadia Chawky, William Affleck, Eduardo Chachamovich, Gustavo TureckiGet access
Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2018)
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2by William Affleck, Eduardo Chachamovich, Nadia Chawky, Guy Beauchamp, Gustavo Turecki, Monique SéguinGet access
Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2020)
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5by Eduardo Chachamovich, Jack Haggarty, Margaret Cargo, Jack Hicks, Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gustavo TureckiGet access
Published in International Journal of Circumpolar Health (2013)
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