BRC member contributes to world-class Commission

Dr. Rudolf Uher

Canadian Research Chair in Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Dr. Rudolf Uher, is the only Canadian commissioner to contribute to a Lancet-World Psychiatric Association Commission on depression. Titled Time for United Action on Depression, the study was released late Tuesday, February 15. The Lancet is a family of medical journals that are among the world’s oldest and most-known.

“There has been a lot of negative messaging about depression and its treatments,” said Dr. Uher. “The Commission brings solid science-based consensus on how to tackle the leading cause of distress and disability on a global scale. The Commission will mobilize resources to make effective treatments available to people living with depression and those at risk, early enough to make a difference in their lives.”

Dr. Uher’s contributions to the Commission are significant. In Nova Scotia, the province reports higher numbers of mental health disorders than the national rate. N.S. reports 41.7 per cent compared to the national 33.1 per cent.

Dr. Uher is a longtime member of the Brain Repair Centre. Born in the Czech Republic, Dr. Uher is proud to call Nova Scotia his home. He works as a researcher and professor at Dalhousie University and is a practicing psychiatrist, treating patients with bipolar disorder and depression at the Mood Disorders Clinic. Read more on him in the Dalhousie faculty page here.