Medical Programs

When used by professional therapists in all of its facets, music has the ability to heal. At the Montreal General Hospital (MGH), music is used to connect with patients of the Mental Health Mission. Through regular sessions, patients get to access their emotions, express their feelings, and open new doors to healing. What is music …

The Injury Prevention Program’s goal is to decrease risky behaviour and traumatic injury. It promotes prevention through collaborative partnerships, presentations, workshops, kiosks, campaigns and community events. A new website, Code Trauma, was launched in 2020. High schools from the Greater Montreal area are invited to partake in an educational tour of the Dr. David S. …

Psychosis is a serious but treatable medical condition which causes significant distress and disorientation to the person experiencing it and to their families. It tends to emerge during adolescence and young adulthood and affects 3.5% of the population, both male and female. But there is hope. Early and effective treatment can change the course of …

Specializing in acute neurotrauma and early rehabilitation, the MGH multidisciplinary Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Program treats over 1300 inpatients and outpatients each year from Montreal, Montérégie and northern Quebec. It closely follows them from their admission to their discharge and has a rigorous protocol to ensure the most appropriate aftercare. It also ensures the continuity …

The Recovery Transition Program is aimed at improving patients’ experiences through their trajectory of care and enhancing long-term recovery by reducing relapses and readmissions, while improving quality of life. This is achieved by creating a new program of services –delivered by trained volunteer Peer Mentors – that supports recovery and promotes self-management practices among patients …

The goal of surgery is to provide an effective and durable solution to a clinical problem. Unfortunately, the “cost” of surgery to the patient is often the recovery phase during which the patient is limited in function, feeling fatigue and pain.  The goal of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) concept, implemented at the MUHC …

What is Opal? Opal is a mobile application that offers patients the tools they need to better understand their condition and manage their appointments and wait times. Originally developed for people with cancer, it is intended to make wait times before and after appointments a little more tolerable. To do this, Opal gives patients access …