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NINET-IMH PAC Terms of References
Non-Invasive Neurostimulation Therapies (NINET) – Institute of Mental Health (IMH) Public Advisory Committee (PAC) Terms of Reference – Brenda Jagroop and NINET PAC members Background The NINET – IMH) at the UBC focuses on researching the clinical applications of non-invasive neurostimulation therapies and applying the research findings to clinical practice. The laboratory is committed to investigating the […]
NINET-IMH Newsletter (December 2019)
December 2019 www.ninet.med.ubc.ca PDF version of this newsletter can be found here Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! This is our 7th newsletter from the NINET Public Advisory Committee (PAC), comprised of members of the public, clinic patients, lab personnel and Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez. We focus on improvements at the clinic, on-going research, and […]
The Things that Matter
– Meghan Chen Let’s just get this out of the way first: everyone’s story is different, and I’m not going to even pretend to know what it feels like to have lived yours. If you told me your story, I couldn’t tell you that I understood – because I really don’t, and never truly will […]
HOPE or “How One Patient Evolves”
– Lisa Ridgway My name is Lisa Ridgway and I am a patient partner with the NINET lab at UBC. All the great people that work there, Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, and I have three things in common. First, we all believe that rTMS works as an effective, non-invasive treatment for many people who have mental illnesses. […]
NINET-IMH Newsletter (November 2019)
November 2019 www.ninet.med.ubc.ca PDF version of the newsletter can be found here Autumn comes to Vancouver! This is our 6th newsletter from the NINET Public Advisory Committee (PAC), comprised of members of the public, clinic patients, lab personnel and Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez. We focus on improvements at the clinic, on-going research, and how […]
Journaling for Mental Health (Or: Telepathy for Dummies)
Written by. Kevin Jiang Preamble In his book On Writing, legendary horror novelist Stephen King described the act of writing as “telepathy.” According to King, writing offers the purest distillation of one’s thoughts. I would have to agree (although I’m a little biased). As a species, we rely on communication to survive. I’d argue the […]
NINET-IMH Newsletter (June 2019)
June 2019 www.ninet.med.ubc.ca PDF version of the newsletter can be found here Welcome summer! This is our 5th newsletter from the NINET Public Advisory Committee (PAC), comprised of members of the public, clinic patients, lab personnel, and Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez. We meet regularly to discuss improvements at the clinic, on-going research, and to […]
NINET-IMH Newsletter (May 2019)
May 2019 www.ninet.med.ubc.ca PDF version of the newsletter can be found here Spring is fully underway and this is our 4th newsletter from the NINET Public Advisory Committee (PAC), comprised of members of the public, clinic patients, lab personnel and Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez. We meet monthly to discuss improvements at the clinic, on-going research, and to […]
Plants are Unbe’leaf’able
Written by. Liana Weinberg When I first heard about the NINET Plant Project I was skeptical and a little bit worried. Individual plants that each lab member would be responsible for taking care of? What if I forgot to water mine? What if I killed it? These fears ultimately led me to chose a plant […]