About the department
With exceptional educational programs and inspiring research, our department works to advance the field of psychiatry and mental healthcare. Learn more about our department.
Upcoming Events
W.O. McCormick Academic Day
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.
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.
People
The people that make up the Department of Psychiatry can be found throughout the Maritimes, Canada and the world.
Learn more about who they are.
Psychiatry Rounds
Continuing professional development
Psychiatry Rounds are now distributed using ZOOM.
Join the psychiatry rounds web conference
Passcode: 510555