Dr. Nasreen Khatri
Registered Clinical Psychologist, Gerontologist and Neuroscientist, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest
Aging and mental health, women's mental health, brain health, depression, anxiety, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), mindfulness, dementia, workplace mental health, prevention, healthy lifestyle, mindfulness, social media, technology and the brain
Media
Bell Let's Talk: The effects of anxiety disorders
Clinical psychologist Dr. Nasreen Khatri weighs in on anxiety disorders and how treatment can help.
Bell Let's Talk Day
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/metro-morning/segment/15495142
Do we need a Ministry of Loneliness in Canada?
Get a handle on stress
Good Times MagazineOnline
URL: http://wendyhaaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Get-a-Handle-on-Stress.pdf
Why loneliness can be as unhealthy as smoking 15 cigarettes a day
CBC News, August 16, 2017Online
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/loneliness-public-health-psychologist-1.4249637
Do you know how to keep your brain healthy?
Canadian Living, February 14, 2017Online
Leading Women, Building Communities Award
Baycrest, April 28, 2016Online
URL: http://www.baycrest.org/news/baycrest-researcher-recognized-as-one-of-ontarios-leading-women/
Toronto psychologist Dr. Nasreen Khatri talks about the toll our rushed lives take on our brains
Post City Magazine, May 23, 2014Online
Depression ups women's risk of dementia
The Globe and Mail, October 18, 2011Online
Biography
Dr. Nasreen Khatri is an award-winning registered clinical psychologist, gerontologist, neuroscientist, and educator who specializes in the assessment, treatment and research of mood and anxiety disorders in older adults. A graduate of McGill University, from 2001 - 2004 Khatri completed her clinical internship and CIHR-funded post-doctorate at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). From 2004 to 2012, she led the Mood and Related Disorders Clinic and founded the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) service at Baycrest.
In 2012, Khatri joined the Rotman Research Institute, a brain institute fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, where she studies how depression impacts the aging brain, the neural link between depression in mid-life and the subsequent onset of dementia and she innovates non-drug treatments for depression and anxiety in older adults. Khatri’s research has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada (ASC), The Ministry for Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC), The Government of Canada, and in 2013 she was awarded the Women of Baycrest Innovators in Research Award.
Khatri consults on Psychological Health and Safety Standards in the Workplace to the public and private sector. She is the first Scientist-in-Residence at The Challenge Factory, a career and talent management company. She has completed over 300 presentations.
Khatri and her work have been cited in the media, including CBC - The National, CTV News, The Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, Canadian Living, The Wall Street Journal (US) and The Daily Mail (UK). She blogs for The Huffington Post on the topic of Mind your Mood: Depression and the Aging Brain.
She served as a subject matter expert and keynote speaker for Bell Let's Talk Day 2017. Khatri is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Psychology Foundation of Canada (PFC), the Expert Advisory Board of Canadian Health and Lifestyle Magazine, the Women's Brain Health Initiative (WBHI) and the Bell Community Fund Advisory Committee.
Khatri received the Premier Wynne-nominated 2016 Leading Women, Building Communities Award.