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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.
        Since 2020, all groups have been offered virtually.
        Location

        Toronto, ONT

        416-483-3778


        Please Contact Us By Phone - NOT email: 416-483-3778 
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        PsychSyt - Virtual Zoom Sessions

        How to register for the virtual MBSR groups:

         

        a) have your doctor fax a referral form directly to me at 416-487-6221 (download External link opens in new tab or windowReferral) 

         

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

        (2023 groups will ALL be conducted virtually via the internet):    

        Winter group begins Friday 10:15 am January 27;   

        Spring group begins Friday 10:15 am April 14

        Fall group begins on Friday 10:15 am September 22

         

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

        email it (6 pages) just prior to the first session. (download External link opens in new tab or windowRegistration package)

         

        d) Each session lasts about 3.5 hours (Fri. 10:15 - 1:45).

        Participants are expected to stay until the end, when a homework package will be explained and distributed by email.

         

        e) The registration / uninsured medical services fee is due at the time of signing up

        (e-transfer only, please). This is a one-time, non-refundable fee.

         

        f) The group will meet once a week, for a total of 8 consecutive sessions; please block off the time on your calendar, make it a priority and reschedule other appointments.


        g) Registrants are expected to attend every session, be punctual, treat it as if it were in person (ie - leave camera on), stay till the end of each session, and do about 60 minutes of daily "homework" in-between the sessions. (See External link opens in new tab or windowPamphlet) 


        h) Useful information about the virtual session set-up: External link opens in new tab or windowhttps://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206175806


        i) Important documentary about the MBSR group:  

        External link opens in new tab or windowhttps://www.mindfulnesscds.com/pages/bill-moyers-special


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        NYGH - 4001 Leslie Street, Ground floor, Classroom B


        How to register for  MMC groups: DUE to the  COVID19 isolation requirements, these groups will only offered virtually, through my PsychSyt office (information on the left).

          

         Dr. Margittai usually offers a mindfulness program at the North York General Hospital: Mindfulness for Medical Conditions (MMC). This is a physician-led, 9-week group program, on Fridays, for 3.5 hours.  (POSTPONED INDEFINATELY - instead, online via ZOOM, virtual groups will be offered. Please call Dr. Margittai to register: 416-483-3778.)

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        There are four sessions offered every year: Winter - from mid-January; Spring- from early April; Summer - from early June; 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 External link opens in new tab or windowPamphlet

        2) NYGH Physician External link opens in new tab or windowReferral

        3) NYGH Registration External link opens in new tab or windowPackage
        4) NYGH 2020---> Sessions will all be done virtually via internet - See PsychSyt information on leftExternal link opens in new tab or window 

         

        Physician referrals can be faxed to Dr. Margittai at 416-487-6221

        (Faxing a referral does not automatically guarantee registration into the group.)

        Patients must please call / leave detailed contact information, so you personally speak

        with Dr. Margittai to actually register:

        416-483-3778

        Copyright 2022 Dr Katalin Margittai


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