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        Dr. Margittai graduated from the University of Ottawa School of Medicine, in 1983, and completed her psychiatric residency training at the University of Toronto, in 1988. The fourth and final year of her residency was split between the Clark Institute (Psychosomatics unit), and the Toronto Western Hospital (Sleep Disorders service, and the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison service).

            
        For the next 20 years, Dr. Margittai was head of the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, and Coordinator of Undergraduate Psychiatric Education, at Womens College Hospital. She also introduced a Derm-Psych Clinic for dermatology patients with chronic skin conditions and co-morbid mental health issues.
         

        Concurrently, since 1996, Dr. Margittai has run a private psychiatric practice specializing in Women's Mental Health. This practice is no-longer able to accept new referrals.

         

        In 2007, after taking a week-long intensive training course in Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction given by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn (founder of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts), Dr. Margittai joined the staff of North York General Hospital in a part-time capacity, and introduced a Mindfulness group on Friday afternoons, to better address the psychological needs of patients with chronic medical illnesses.


        More recently, in 2011, Dr.Margittai relocated her private office - PsychSyt - to Yonge and Eglinton, and began offering MBSR groups there on Tuesday evenings.


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        2200 Yonge St. Suite 909

        Toronto, ON M4S2B6

        416-483-3778


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        PsychSyt - 2200 Yonge Street, Suite 909

        How to register for evening MBSR groups:

         

        a) have your doctor fax a referral form to intake at 416-487-6221 (download Referral) 

         

        b) you then phone Dr. Margittai (416-483-3778) to register for the next orientation

        session at 5:30 pm. (2019 orientations: March 20, September 11)

         

        c) Download and completely fill in ALL the registration forms, and make sure to

        bring it (6 pages) with you to the Orientation. (download Registration package)

         

        d) The Orientation lasts about 3.5 hours. All participants are expected to stay until

        the end, when a homework package will be distributed to those who sign up.

         

        e) The registration/ uninsured medical services fee is to be paid at that time (cash or

        personal cheque only, please). This is a one-time, non-refundable fee.

         

        f) The group will meet once a week, for a total of 7 consecutive sessions (including

        the Orientation), Wednesday evenings, from 5:30 to 8:30 pm.

         

        g) Registrants are expected to attend every session, sign-in at each visit, be punctual,

        stay till the end of each session, and do about 60 minutes of daily "homework" in-between

        the sessions. (See Pamphlet) 


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        NYGH - 4001 Leslie Street, Ground floor, Classroom B

        How to register for afternoon MBI-CHC groups:

         

        Dr. Margittai also offers a mindfulness program at the North York General Hospital: Mindfulness-based Interventions for Chronic Health Conditions (MBI-CHC). This is a physician-led, 9-week group program, on Friday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:30 pm.


        There are three sessions offered every year: Winter - from mid-February; Spring- from the end of May; and Fall - from mid-September. These sessions last 3.5 hours, and there is an expectation that participants do one hour of daily homework, in between the sessions.


        There is also an all-day silent retreat after the 6th week (Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm).

                                                                                       
        For more detailed information about this Hospital-based program, please consult the following:

        1) NYGH MBI-CHC Pamphlet

        2) NYGH Physician Referral

        3) NYGH Registration Package
        4) NYGH 2019 Orientations: Jan. 4th, March 8th, May 31st, & Sept. 13th  

         

        Physician referrals can be faxed to NYGH intake at 416-756-6671

        Patients must please call / personally speak with Dr. Margittai to actually register:

        416-483-3778



        Copyright 2018 Dr Katalin Margittai


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