Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1989-04-20
Invested on: 1989-10-18
Whether as director of the Centre for Psychiatric Research at Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital, professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal, founding president of the Mental Illness Foundation or president of l'Association des psychiatres du Québec, this Quebec psychiatrist has done a great deal to improve the quality of care offered to the mentally ill as well as to demystify and educate the general public about the causes, nature and treament of mental disorders.