Joel Paris, MD
About the Author
Joel Paris, MD, is a psychiatrist who is renowned for his research on personality disorders. He obtained an MD from McGill University in 1964, where he also trained in psychiatry. Dr. Paris’ main diagnosis of interest, borderline personality disorder, affects 1% of the population and it is associated with repeated suicide attempts. Dr. Paris’ research program aims to learn more about the causes of personality disorder, how they develop during childhood and adolescence and how patients recover over time. Dr. Paris collaborates with numerous researchers within the McGill network. These collaborations have employed the methods of neuroendocrine challenge, neuropsychological assessment, behaviour genetics and molecular genetics and include studies aimed at the prediction of suicide ideas and suicide attempts in young women. The primary hypothesis is that personality traits (impulsivity and affective instability) will be the predictors of suicidality.
