@article{belleville_efficacy_2023,

title = {Efficacy of a Therapist-Assisted Self-Help Internet-Based Intervention Targeting PTSD, Depression, and Insomnia Symptoms After a Disaster: A Randomized Controlled Trial},

author = {G. Belleville and M. -C. Ouellet and V. Békés and J. Lebel and C. M. Morin and S. Bouchard and S. Guay and N. Bergeron and S. Ghosh and T. Campbell and F. P. Macmaster},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85140981202&doi=10.1016%2fj.beth.2022.08.004&partnerID=40&md5=261383919bbdaa149ac0eeb6d3317fc0},

doi = {10.1016/j.beth.2022.08.004},

issn = {00057894 (ISSN)},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

journal = {Behavior Therapy},

volume = {54},

number = {2},

pages = {230–246},

abstract = {This study aimed at evaluating the efficacy of an online CBT intervention with limited therapist contact targeting a range of posttraumatic symptoms among evacuees from the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires. One hundred and thirty-six residents of Fort McMurray who reported either moderate PTSD symptoms (PCL-5 ≥ 23) or mild PTSD symptoms (PCL-5 ≥ 10) with moderate depression (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) or subthreshold insomnia symptoms (ISI ≥ 8) were randomized either to a treatment (n = 69) or a waitlist condition (n = 67). Participants were on average 45 years old, and mostly identified as White (82%) and as women (76%). Primary outcomes were PTSD, depression, and insomnia symptoms. Secondary outcomes were anxiety symptoms and disability. Significant Assessment Time × Treatment Condition interactions were observed on all outcomes, indicating that access to the treatment led to a decrease in posttraumatic stress (F[1,117.04] = 12.128},

note = {Publisher: Elsevier Inc.},

keywords = {adult, Anxiety, article, clinical effectiveness, clinical feature, cognitive behavioral therapy, controlled study, Depression, disaster, Disasters, disease severity, e-mental health, female, human, Humans, insomnia, Internet-Based Intervention, major clinical study, male, Middle Aged, natural disaster, physical disability, Post-Traumatic, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychotherapist, PTSD, randomized controlled trial, risk factor, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Stress Disorders, telepsychotherapy, treatment outcome, wildfire},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{parent_inclusive_2023,

title = {An inclusive typology of youths convicted of sexual or non-sexual crime},

author = {G. Parent and M. -È. Piché and C. Laurier and J. -P. Guay and R. A. Knight},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85148584903&doi=10.1080%2f13552600.2023.2179677&partnerID=40&md5=73d279407da667041cc1768c3be328e6},

doi = {10.1080/13552600.2023.2179677},

issn = {13552600 (ISSN)},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Sexual Aggression},

abstract = {This study examines the characteristics of youths convicted of sexual crimes (YSC) and youths convicted of non-sexual crimes (YNSC) to create an inclusive typology of clinical characteristics associated with sexual and general delinquency. The sample consisted of 391 justice-involved male youths aged 14–20. Participants completed either the Multidimensional Assessment of Sex and Aggression (MASA) or the Multidimensional Inventory of Development, Sex, and Aggression (MIDSA). Four profiles were identified based on a three-step latent profile analysis (LPA): Normal/Neurotic Delinquents, Macho Delinquents, Sexualised Delinquents, and Psychopathic Sexualised Delinquents. The youths in these profiles differed in the nature and intensity of their clinical characteristics and the incidence of their sexual and non-sexual delinquency. PRACTICE IMPACT STATEMENT: The distribution of YSCs and YNSCs across the four profiles shows that these are not completely distinct populations. Although two profiles in the typology comprised mainly YSCs, YNSCs were present in all profiles. This highlights the importance of rejecting the idea of one-size-fits-all treatment for these youth. The study also highlights the importance of basing treatment on the clinical characteristics and needs of justice-involved youth rather than on their index offence. © 2023 National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers.},

note = {Publisher: Routledge},

keywords = {Adolescent, adult, aggression, article, clinical feature, Crime, human, incidence, justice, Justice-involved youth, juvenile, male, sex determination, sexual aggression, sexual crime, sexual delinquency, Treatment, typology},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{bouchard_side_2009,

title = {Side effects of immersions in virtual reality for people suffering from anxiety disorders},

author = {S. Bouchard and J. St-Jacques and P. Renaud and B. K. Wiederhold},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79951669278&partnerID=40&md5=95f1086038ef0b2259780162f8c2082f},

issn = {17849934},

year  = {2009},

date = {2009-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation},

volume = {2},

number = {2},

pages = {127–137},

abstract = {Side effects caused by immersions in virtual reality (VR) have been documented in experimental studies and with healthy people. With the growing interest of VR applications to assess and treat mental disorders, empirical information on side effects in clinical populations is needed. Three studies were conducted to: (a) describe symptoms and scores on the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) in a sample of 157 adults immersed in VR to treat their phobias, (b) compare exposure treatments involving more or less actions and motions (N = 34); and (c) document the usefulness of assessing symptoms prior to the immersion in VR and following up 26 phobic patients 24 hours post-immersion. Overall, results show that most participants experienced slight side effects, symptoms were strong even before immersion in VR and there are no reasons to be generally concerned with health and safety issues within 24 hours after therapy sessions. Exposure in VR to treat fear of flying was associated with fewer side effects than for other anxiety disorders. The scores on the SSQ were much higher than in studies conducted with non-clinical samples, raising several research questions. Side effects should not be a source of worries but they must be closely monitored and systematically reported in outcome studies. © Virtual Reality Medical Institute.},

keywords = {Anxiety disorder, article, body movement, clinical feature, cybersickness, disorientation, Fear, human, intermethod comparison, medical assessment, motion sickness, named inventories, nausea, patient safety, phobia, questionnaires and rating scales, Simulator Sickness Questionnaire, virtual reality},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{fiset_inducing_2006,

title = {Inducing letter-by-letter dyslexia in normal readers},

author = {D. Fiset and F. Gosselin and C. Blais and M. Arguin},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33749435964&doi=10.1162%2fjocn.2006.18.9.1466&partnerID=40&md5=edc961f6e18a7de0811cbc0e7ce9be1d},

doi = {10.1162/jocn.2006.18.9.1466},

issn = {0898929X},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience},

volume = {18},

number = {9},

pages = {1466–1476},

abstract = {Letter-by-letter (LBL) dyslexia is an acquired reading disorder characterized by very slow reading and a large linear word length effect. This suggests the use of a sequential LBL strategy, in sharp contrast with the parallel letter processing used by normal subjects. Recently, we have proposed that the reading difficulty of LBL dyslexics is due to a deficit in discriminating visually similar letters based on parallel letter processing [Arguin, M., Fiset, S., & Bub, D. Sequential and parallel letter processing in letter-by-letter dyslexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 19, 535-555, 2002]. The visual mechanisms underlying this deficit and the LBL strategy, however, are still unknown. In this article, we propose that LBL dyslexic patients have lost the ability to use, for parallel letter processing, the optimal spatial frequency band for letter and word recognition. We claim that, instead, they rely on lower spatial frequencies for parallel processing, that these lower spatial frequencies produce confusions between visually similar letters, and that the LBL compensatory strategy allows them to extract higher spatial frequencies. The LBL strategy would thus increase the spatial resolution of the visual system, effectively resolving the issue pertaining to between-letter similarity. In Experiments 1 and 2, we succeeded in replicating the main features characterizing LBL dyslexia by having normal individuals read low-contrast, high-pass-filtered words. Experiment 3, conducted in LBL dyslexic L.H., shows that, indeed, the letter confusability effect is based on low spatial frequencies, whereas this effect was not supported by high spatial frequencies. © 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.},

keywords = {Acquired, adult, analysis of variance, article, Brain Damage, Chronic, clinical feature, confusion, Contrast Sensitivity, controlled study, Dyslexia, Functional Laterality, human, human experiment, Humans, Infarction, male, Mental Processes, parallel design, Pattern Recognition, Photic Stimulation, Posterior Cerebral Artery, priority journal, reaction time, Reading, Reference Values, spatial frequency discrimination, Visual, visual discrimination, Visual Perception, visual system, word recognition},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{maziade_negative_1995,

title = {Negative, psychoticism, and disorganized dimensions in patients with familial schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: Continuity and discontinuity between the major psychoses},

author = {M. Maziade and M. -A. Roy and M. Martinez and D. Cliche and J. -P. Fournier and Y. Garneau and L. Nicole and N. Montgrain and C. Dion and A. -M. Ponton and A. Potvin and J. -C. Lavallée and A. Pirès and S. Bouchard and P. Boutin and F. Brisebois and C. Mérette},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0029096330&doi=10.1176%2fajp.152.10.1458&partnerID=40&md5=6fa581c2751f28442a0b6823a5669e91},

doi = {10.1176/ajp.152.10.1458},

issn = {0002953X},

year  = {1995},

date = {1995-01-01},

journal = {American Journal of Psychiatry},

volume = {152},

number = {10},

pages = {1458–1463},

abstract = {Objective: This study aimed to answer the following questions: 1) Can we reliably measure the psychopathologic dimensions of schizophrenia by using a lifetime frame and by rating acute and interepisode periods separately? 2) Can we reproduce in subjects with familial schizophrenia the characteristic three-factor structure of schizophrenic symptoms that has been found previously ill general groups of schizophrenic patients? 3) Is the factor structure also present in familial bipolar disorder? Method: Lifetime measures of psychotic symptoms were taken through a slightly modified version of the Comprehensive Assessment of Symptoms and History for 138 patients with highly familial DSM-III-R schizophrenia (N=51), bipolar disorder (N=44), or spectrum disorders (N=43). Symptoms were rated separately in the acute episodes and in the stabilized interepisode intervals across the patients' lives. Results: A satisfactory level of reliability was obtained. In this highly familial study group, the positive/negative factorial distinction was replicated, as was a three-factor model similar to that observed in prior general groups of schizophrenic patients. These factors were also present in bipolar affective disorder. The negative, psychoticism, and disorganized factor model applied more to the acute phase of illness than to the stabilized state. Conclusions: These findings offer an empirical basis for testing biological or genetic variables in relation to negative/positive symptom dimensions, rather than diagnoses. Observations of a shared structure for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder suggest some continuity in the causes of these disorders.},

note = {Publisher: American Psychiatric Association},

keywords = {article, clinical feature, disease association, disease predisposition, genetic variability, human, major clinical study, manic depressive psychosis, priority journal, psychiatric diagnosis, psychosis, rating scale, reliability, schizophrenia},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}