James Farquhar MD psychiatrist

James Farquhar MD,Dip.Psy.,FRCPC - Psychiatrist

Telephone (voice mail) : 514-761-6131 ext. 22288

Office at Douglas Hospital, 6875 Lasalle Boulevard, Verdun, Quebec, Canada H4H 1R3

Born in 1953 in Nova Scotia, Canada to fine parents and several wonderful brothers and sisters
Attended London Central Secondary School in London, Ontario
Finished Bachelor of Arts degree, "with high honors", at Princeton University in 1976 (on work-scholarship program)
Worked for three years as a newspaper reporter in the 1970s, mostly for the Montreal Star (no longer publishing)
Graduated as a medical doctor from University of Toronto, M.D., 1981
Completed a general medical internship at Montreal General Hospital, 1982
Four-year residency training program, earning the Diploma in Psychiatry, at hospitals of McGill University, ending in 1986
Ten years as in-patient and out-patient psychiatrist at Montreal General Hospital, helping people with the most difficult problems of mental health.
Almost a year of consultation-liaison psychiatry, helping people who have mental health difficulties along with physical problems in the hospital.
Working with others to develop an Assertive Community Treatment program based in Douglas Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in the Montreal area, since May 1997.
Member of the Assertive Community Treatment Association (nationwide U.S., which is sponsored by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill). I have attended two U.S. national conferences of ACTA. I am in touch with their communications and knowledge-dissemination people.

Interests:

Helping others know about Assertive Community Treatment as the best-known way of helping a large portion of de-institutionalized mentally ill people live satisfying lives in dignity and respect. A.C.T. greatly reduces their need for coming back to hospital again and again.
In particular, working with French-speaking friends to share this knowledge in French.
Networking with others, especially in Canada, to share A.C.T. knowledge and practice effectively and efficiently.
Finding, creating, and sharing texts and videos which will help share this knowledge.

Enjoying family life with wife and children, living in a residential part of Montreal.
If this is helpful, I speak English, French, and Italian too, and I stumble along in Spanish and Portuguese.
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There are two cute Montreal restaurant web-sites: http:///www.davinci.qc.ca and http://www.scoopnet.ca/chezqueux .