​Dr. L. Trevor Young
​Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
250 College Street, Ste. 835
Toronto, ON M5T 1R8
416-979-6948
ltrevor.young@utoronto.ca

Dr. Young is Chair, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist at CAMH. He has received numerous awards including the Douglas Utting Award for outstanding contributions in the field of mood disorders, the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology Heinz Lehmann Award, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has led several large clinical programs including the Mood Disorders Program at Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, which received the American Psychiatric Services Gold Achievement Award. In 2009, he was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Areas of Research
As an active clinician-scientist, Dr. Young’s principal research interest includes understanding the molecular basis of bipolar disorder and its treatment, and how to apply these findings to the clinical setting. He is widely published and well funded by peer-reviewed granting agencies. His research is particularly focused on understanding the processes that lead to long-term changes in brain structure and function in patients with bipolar disorder and how these changes can be targeted by mood stabilizing drugs.

Publications
View Dr. Young's publications on PubMed.