Marcelo Berlim
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Berlim is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. He is also a staff psychiatrist and responsible for the Brain Stimulation Unit at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (DMHUI). Dr. Berlim has conducted research on quality of life in depression and is currently involved in studies using brain stimulation techniques and functional magnetic resonance imaging in mood disorders. In his clinical practice, he specializes in the evaluation and management of treatment-resistant depressive disorders and also in the use of novel brain stimulation techniques (e.g., repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) for treating major psychiatric illnesses. Dr. Berlim is affiliated with the Depressive Disorders Program and the Mood, Anxiety and Impulsivity-Secondary Care Clinic, both at the DMHUI.
Research Interest
Adult psychiatry, treatment-resistant depressive disorders, brain stimulation in psychiatry
Publications
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High frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for major depression: Dissociated effects on psychopathology and neurocognition. Tovar-Perdomo S, McGirr A, Van den Eynde F, Rodrigues Dos Santos N, Berlim MT.
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Investigation of miR-1202, miR-135a, and miR-16 in Major Depressive Disorder and Antidepressant Response. Fiori LM, Lopez JP, Richard-Devantoy S, Berlim M, Chachamovich E, Jollant F, Foster J, Rotzinger S, Kennedy SH, Turecki G.
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Differing Time of Onset of Concurrent TMS-fMRI during Associative Memory Encoding: A Measure of Dynamic Connectivity. Hawco C, Armony JL, Daskalakis ZJ, Berlim MT, Chakravarty MM, Pike GB, Lepage M.
