Dr. Dominique Morisano

Work featured in Media, Podcasts, and Books:

• 580 CFRA News Talk Radio (Ottawa)
  • Featured addictions expert/guest (April 6, 2024) CFRA Live – Should Ontario raise the legal drinking age?

• CTV News
  • Featured addictions expert (April 3, 2024) for CTV News Toronto (with Katherine DeClerq) Ontario will not raise drinking age or stop alcohol sale in corner stores despite concerns by chief medical officer
  • Featured expert/guest (January 8, 2024) for CTV News Northern Ontario (with Amanda Hicks) on the topic of goal-setting in the new year and “Dry January” 
  • Featured addictions expert/guest(April 18, 2020) 18% of Canadians Drinking more Alcohol (re: COVID-19)
  • Featured mental health expert/guest(April 5, 2020) Maintaining your Mental Health (re COVID-19):
  • Featured addictions expert/guest (March 21, 2020) re: COVID-19 and substance use  

• Toronto Star [print]
  • Smith, B. (January 31, 2024). I test-drove a drink-tracking app over a week of dates and parties. The results surprised me.
  • Cribb, R., Binks-Collier, M., & Keogh, D. (July 8, 2022). There was no evidence they drove after drinking. So why did they lose their licences for longer than Ontarians convicted of impaired driving?
  • Chong, J. (Nov 25, 2021) Testing finds dangerous chemicals in illegal cannabis: OPP
  • Sismondo, C. (May 18, 2021). Are the benefits of microdosing real? A study of LSD microdosing suggests the placebo effect plays a role
  • Armstrong, L. (May 9, 2020). More drinking, more pot use and fewer avenues to get help — the ‘forgotten crisis’ within COVID-19
  • McKnight, Z. (July 2, 2017). What to do when your dream vacation leaves you with the post-travel blues
  • McKnight, Z. (November 11, 2016). Bullet journaling will get you organized
  • Battersby, S-J. (May 23, 2016). Ex-patients talk about their time at Addiction Canada centres

• CBC 
  • CBC [radio]
    • Featured Clinical Psychologist for 13 syndicated morning radio interviews across the country on winter blues (January 29, 2024).
    • Featured Clinical Psychologist for 11 syndicated morning radio interviews across the country on anger management (September 1, 2023).
    • Featured Clinical Psychologist for Here and Now Toronto with Gill Deacon – April 24, 2023: The reality behind microdosing “magic mushrooms”
    • Featured Clinical Psychologist for interview with Alison Chiasson (December 6, 2022), “Boom in the ‘Sober-Curious’ Market”.
    • Featured Clinical Psychologist for 10 syndicated radio interviews across the country on alcohol and youth (December 23, 2022).
    • Consultant for A. Bender (April 14, 2021) on “If a pill could ease your heartbreak or enhance your relationship, would you take it?”
    • Featured Clinical Psychologist for 4 syndicated radio interviews across the country (e.g., Manitoba, Sudbury) on “Loneliness and Isolation Rise during COVID-19” (October 14, 2020).  
    • Featured Clinical Psychologist for 10 syndicated radio interviews across the country on “Cabin Fever Amid COVID-19” (March 30, 2020). Example: Ottawa Morning
    • Featured Clinical Psychologist for 14 syndicated radio interviews across the country on the WHO’s new category of gaming disorder (April, 2018). Two examples:
      • Ontario Morning from CBC Radio [first 10 minutes]
      • Radio Canada International
  • CBC News [print]
    • Featured expert commentator (May 23, 2023) for print piece by Bethany Lindsay and Lauren Pelley Cannabis use sending more pregnant Canadians to hospital, new study finds
    • Featured Clinical Psychologist (April 29, 2023) for print piece by Antonia Reed Some Canadians are microdosing magic mushrooms for their mental health, but research on benefits is slim
  • CBC News [tv].
    • Featured expert/guest (May 19, 2023) for CBC News Manitoba (with Josh Crabb) on the topic of mushroom dispensary and psychedelic therapies.
    • Featured expert/guest (December 6, 2022) for CBC News Toronto on the topic of Alcohol and Mocktails.
    • Featured expert/guest (October 1, 2022) on the topic of Art and Psychedelics.
  • Rad [Radio-Canada’s TikTok; Instagram division for 18-35 yo]
    • Featured mental health expert/guest (Jan 31, 2023) on the topic of alcohol consumption and the sober-curious movement in young adults. Journalist: Alessandra Rigano. Instagram link

• Yahoo! News
  • Araneta, P. (January 26, 2024). Can drinking alcohol change the way you look over time? Experts weigh in on puffy face, discolouration.
  • Adlakha, A. (Nov 11, 2022) Struggling Canadian war veterans are turning to psychedelics to recover from military trauma

• Chatelaine
  • Featured expert (December 15, 2023) for print piece by Rebecca Gao Does Dry January Actually Do Anything?

• StephenGray Vision: Spirituality, Psychedelics, A New Humanity [podcast and YouTube show]:
  • Special Guest (February 6, 2023). Psychedelics for Trauma and Addition 

• Psychedelics Today [podcast]:
  • Special Guest (January 27, 2023). PT384 – Vital Psychedelic Conversations with Dr Dominique Morisano, CPsych and Jessika Lagarde. 
  • Special Guest (May 3, 2022). PT315 – Dr. Dominique Morisano – From Research to Reality: Planning a Global Psychedelic Summit.

• On the Record News
  • Hughes, A. (January 25, 2023). Canada’s New Alcohol Guidelines — What Do They Mean for Students?

• Global News
  • Global National [tv and print]
    • Featured expert/guest on special segment (Jan 21, 2023). How to cope with withdrawal symptoms and How to keep your New Year’s resolutions [story 16:50-19:33]
    • Featured expert/guest (Jan 17, 2023). New alcohol consumption guidelines require a phased approach, experts say.
    • Featured expert/guest (Jan 14, 2023). Alcohol consumption on the decline for Gen Z, studies suggest.
    • Consultant (May 19, 2022) for Aya Al-Hakim on “Suicidal thoughts among Canadians significantly higher during COVID-19: StatCan“
    • Featured expert/guest (May 17 2022). Health Canada approves first Quebec patient for magic mushroom therapy.
  • ON Point with Alex Pierson [radio]
    • Featured expert/guest (July 12, 2022) on the topic of mental health and psychedelics treatment
    • Featured expert/guest (May 26, 2022) on the topic of mental health and psychedelics treatment 
    • Featured expert/guest (May 19, 2022) on the topic of suicidal ideation and the pandemic 
    • Featured mental health expert/guest (March 17, 2022) on the topic of pandemic substance use and habits 
  • Global News Radio with Alan Carter [radio]
    • Featured mental health expert/guest (May 14, 2021) on the topic of “How to avoid negative self-talk”
    • Featured mental health expert/guest (April 22, 2021) on the topic of “Can microdosing help with anxiety and depression?”

• AM640 Toronto
  • Featured expert/guest (December 17, 2022) on the topic of office fatigue and returning to the office 

• Celebrating Women in Psychedelics [podcast]:
  • Special Guest (December 11, 2022). Ep 3: Dr. Dominique Morisano – Mental Health for the Masses: The Potential and Pitfalls of Scaling Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy 

• The Pathways to Healing [podcast] with Trevor Bungay:
  • Special Guest (August 3, 2022, recorded ).  Special Guest (aired March 6, 2023). Ep. 4: Ketamine Assisted Therapy and Finding a New Baseline for Joy with Dr. Dominique Morisano

• Benefits Canada 
  • Lepage, S. (Dec 9, 2021). 2021 Mental Health Summit: Expanding the mental-health toolkit with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.

• Bloomberg Quicktake
  • Featured expert/guest (June 14, 2021) on the topic of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

• Thrive Global
  • Philistin, D. (June 1, 2021). “Dr. Dominique Morisano: “Get a good set of headphones, and suggest the same for your clients”

• Authority Magazine (medium.com)
  • Philistin, D. (May 19, 2021). “Telehealth Best Practices: Dr Dominique Morisano On How to Best Care For Your Patients When They Are Not Physically In Front Of You”

• Field Tripping [podcast]: 
  • Co-host (April 27, 2021). Episode with Dr. Julie Holland on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies and medicine
  • Co-host (October 27, 2020). Episode with Dan Boeckner and Devjoka (The Operators) on psychedelics and mental health

• Dalla Lana School of Public Health: What’s New? Faculty
  • Makanda, F. (April 20, 2021). Microdosing, a Placebo Effect

• CityNews
  • Featured addictions expert/guest (March 27, 2020) 
    • Are Liquor, Pot Stores an Essential Service?

• Canadian Press
  • Featured addictions expert (March 25, 2020). Reported across 10+ outlets. Example:
    •  P.E.I. to reopen some liquor stores, citing concerns about alcohol withdrawal

• Forward Drinking [podcast]: Featured guest; Spring 2020

• Vice
  • (August, 2016) Featured Clinical Psychologist on Daily Vice video news report on Rage Rooms and Anger Management

• Wall Street Journal:
  • Shellenbarger, S. (March 9, 2011). Making kids work on goals (and not just In soccer)
  • Shellenbarger, S. (March 30, 2011). Resources for setting goals

• Deseret News
  • Schulzke, E. (February 4, 2016). How writing down life goals helps students boost their semester grades
  • Schulzke, E. (March 14, 2016). http://m.deseretnews.com/photo/865646734

• Several textbooks and books (selected examples):
  • p. 151 in P. Streep & A. Bernstein (2015). Quitting (previously published as Mastering the Art of Quitting): Why We Fear It–and Why We Shouldn’t–in Life, Love, and Work. Boston: Da Capo Lifelong Books.
  • p. 169 in G. R. Shell (2013). Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success. Portfolio (Penguin Group).
  • “Time for Action: Research Prediction – Goals” (pp. 76-92) in Harrington, C. (2012). Student success in College: Doing what works! Wadsworth.
  • “Research Brief” (p. 45) in Schermerhorn, J. R. (2011). Introduction to Management. John Wiley & Sons.