Michel Perreault

Biographic Data

ID3603234
NAMEMichel Perreault
GIVEN NAMESMichel
FAMILY NAMEPerreault
SIGNATUREPERREAULT M
AFFILIATIONSMcGill University
ORCID0000-0002-8049-1588
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS45
TOTAL CITATIONS25
AUTHOR COUNT45
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Processes and experiences of women after leaving a shelter: A scoping review

    Karla Jacobsen, Laurence Roy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Distress and…2026

    After a shelter stay, women frequently face continued housing and economic instability. This scoping review, which is a companion paper to our scoping review on outcomes for women post-shelter (Jacobsen et al. [2024]. Outcomes for women after leaving a shelter: A scoping review of the quantitative evidence. Women’s Studies International Forum, 105, 102921.), explores the experiences of women post-shelter stay, and factors that affect this transit…

  • Implementation facilitators and barriers to the expansion of a peer-led overdose prevention program

    Michel Perreault, Marie-Anne Ferlatte et al.ARTICLEDrugs Education Prevention and…2024

    In Canada, there has been a substantial increase of opioid overdoses in recent years. PROFAN, a peer-led overdose prevention initiative, was successfully implemented in Montreal, Quebec, for people who use drugs (PWUD), or those likely to witness overdoses. The worsening of the situation during the COVID-19 pandemic sparked the need to expand the program across the province. Individual interviews were conducted with 17 key informants from 12 heal…

  • Outcomes for women after leaving a shelter: A scoping review of the quantitative evidence

    Open AccessKarla Jacobsen, Laurence Roy et al.ARTICLEWomen s Studies International Forum2024

    Women and single mother families constitute one of the fastest growing segments of individuals experiencing homelessness. While women experiencing homelessness may temporarily use emergency shelters, second-stage shelters, or transitional housing, whose services range from basic life necessities to extensive supports, many women experience ongoing housing instability after leaving a shelter. We conducted a scoping review to explore outcomes for w…

  • Implementing injectable opioid agonist treatment: A survey of professionals in the field of opioid use disorders

    Léonie Archambault, Marie-Ève Goyer et al.ARTICLEDrugs Education Prevention and…2023

    Background Engagement of health care professionals represents an important factor for successful implementation of new practices. To support these professionals’ involvement, it is essential to understand their perspective. This study describes the perspective of professionals in the field of opioid use disorder (OUD), in the province of Quebec (Canada), regarding appropriateness of iOAT for their patients and the obstacles to its implementation.…

  • Impact of participation in a peer-led overdose program for people who use drugs

    Michel Perreault, Marie-Anne Ferlatte et al.ARTICLEDrugs Education Prevention and…2023

    Opioid overdose prevention training programs represent harm reduction initiatives for people who use drugs (PWUD). While studies have investigated their impact after participants have intervened in overdose situations, the impact of the training alone has not been examined in detail. This study explores the personal impact, including benefits and apprehensions, for PWUD who participated in a peer-led overdose prevention program and did not interv…

  • People with opioid use disorders: A taxonomy of treatment entrants to support the development of a profile‐based approach to care

    Open AccessLéonie Archambault, K Bertrand et al.ARTICLEDrug and Alcohol Review2023

  • Usages d’opioïdes et réduction des méfaits: Pratiques et traitements émergents

    Open AccessMichel Perreault, Jorges Flores-Aranda et al.ARTICLEDrogues santé et société2021

    Usages d’opioïdes et réduction des méfaits : pratiques et traitements émergents. Un article de la revue Drogues, santé et société (Usages d’opioïdes et réduction des méfaits) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit

  • Implantation d’un programme de prévention des surdoses géré par des pairs: L’expérience de PROFAN

    Open AccessMichel Perreault, Marie-Anne Ferlatte et al.ARTICLEDrogues santé et société2021

    Contexte : PROFAN est un programme de prévention des surdoses initié en 2015 par l’organisme de pairs Méta d’Âme pour faire face à la « crise » des opioïdes qui commençait à sévir à Montréal. Au cours de sessions d’une journée, les pairs forment des « secouristes » pour intervenir dans les cas de surdoses.Objectif : La description du programme et son évaluation visent à mettre en lumière les facteurs qui ont contribué au développement de PROFAN p…

  • Le parcours québécois vers un traitement injectable pour le trouble d’usage d’opioïdes

    Open AccessLéonie Archambault, Marie-Ève Goyer et al.ARTICLEDrogues santé et société2021

    L’efficacité des traitements par agonistes opioïdes oraux tels que la méthadone et la buprénorphine-naloxone pour le trouble lié à l’usage d’opioïdes a été démontrée en termes de rétention des patients en traitement, d’arrêt ou diminution de consommation d’opioïdes illicites, de réduction de la mortalité et de la morbidité et de réduction des risques de contracter le VIH et l’hépatite C pour les usagers qui utilisent un mode d’administration par …

  • Drogues et santé: Perspectives de personnes qui consomment par injection à Montréal

    Open AccessHélène Poliquin, K Bertrand et al.ARTICLEDrogues santé et société2021

    Introduction. Les personnes qui font usage de drogues par injection (PUDI) sont confrontées à de multiples menaces à leur santé et à leur vie, alors qu’elles sont sujettes à la répression et à la marginalisation sociale. Méthodologie. Une étude qualitative a été réalisée dans le but de comprendre les liens qu’établissent des PUDI entre l’usage de substances psychoactives (SPA) et la santé, ainsi que d’explorer leurs perceptions quant à leur état …

  • Perspectives of people with opioid use disorder on improving addiction treatments and services

    Élise Lachapelle, Léonie Archambault et al.ARTICLEDrugs Education Prevention and…2021

    In North America, the recent increase in opioid-related deaths has highlighted a need to consult people with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) on how to improve treatments, namely in terms of service access and patient retention. The aim of this study is to explore experiential perspectives on how to improve accessibility and retention in OUD treatments. Four focus groups were conducted with a total of 27 people with former or current OUD, from treatment…

  • Work-life balance as a personal responsibility: The impact on strategies for coping with interrole conflict

    Michel Perreault, Niamh PowerARTICLEJournal of Occupational Science2021Cited by: 2References: 8

    In a neoliberal socio-political climate, there is increased pressure at work as well as greater expectations regarding the performance of non-work roles. These factors compound the challenge of coping with interrole conflict. In more economically developed countries, work-life balance is a term that has come to dominate the conceptualization of interrole conflict negotiation within public discourse. The manner in which this term has been adopted …

  • Group Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP): A Pilot Study for Bipolar Depression

    Open AccessLiliane Sayegh, El Hadj Touré et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2020

    Bipolar patients in a depressive episode appear to benefit from the same 20-week group CBASP model designed originally for the treatment of Persistent Depressive Disorder. Bipolar patients seem more easily mobilized both during and outside of group therapy sessions and report more interpersonal confidence and more agency than unipolar depressed patients

  • Montreal Cross‐Training Program: The contribution of positional clarification activities to help bridge fragmented prevention and treatment services for co‐occurring disorders

    Open AccessMichel Perreault, Diana Milton et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2019References: 3

    Co-occurring disorders in mental health and addiction present a high prevalence, but services available to prevent and treat them are often fragmented. Cross-training activities have been used to help minimise breaks in service continuity. This study assesses to what extent positional clarification (a specific type of cross-training activity) can help bridge fragmented services for co-occurring disorders by providing information and promoting int…

  • Experiences of peer-trainers in a take-home naloxone program: Results from a qualitative study

    Open AccessCarley Marshall, Michel Perreault et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2017

  • Cross-training to work better together with women in Quebec who use substances: Care providers’ perceptions

    Open AccessNadia L’espérance, K Bertrand et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2016Cited by: 3References: 1

    Some authors have called attention to the lack of service integration related to evaluation and treatment of parental substance abuse, an ongoing challenge for service providers. A cross-training project involving exchanges (immersion sessions) among clinical teams was established to improve the integration, effectiveness and coherence of interventions for pregnant women and mothers with problematic substance use, and to prevent negative impacts …

  • Perspective de pairs aidants sur leur expérience d’animation d’un programme d’autotraitement du trouble panique

    Open AccessMichel Perreault, Serge Bouchard et al.ARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2015

    Objectif : Les groupes de soutien permettent de rejoindre des personnes atteintes de troubles anxieux qui ne sont pas desservies ou ne le sont que partiellement par les services de la santé. La présente étude porte sur le recours à des pairs aidants pour l’animation d’un programme d’autotraitement (Zéro-ATAQ). Leur point de vue sur ce programme a été documenté de manière à déterminer les aspects qui pourraient en être améliorés. Méthode : Onze pa…

  • Contextual determinants of decentralization of epidemiological surveillance for the family health team

    Open AccessSilvone Santa Barbara Da Silva Santos, Silvone Santa Bárbara Da Silva et al.ARTICLEInterface - Comunicação Saúde…2015Cited by: 2References: 3

    This study examines the contextual determinants of implementing decentralization of epidemiological surveillance for the family health team, in a municipality in the state of Bahia, Brazil. This was an evaluative study using the political model of implementation analysis. Data were obtained through document analysis and semi-structured interviews with managers and healthcare workers. Five themes emerged: planning; training of human resources; org…

  • Enhancing Critical Reflection of Brazilian Community Health Agents’ Awareness of Social Determinants of Health

    Open AccessMargareth Santos Zanchetta, Bukola Salami et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2014

    This project aims to assess how Brazilian community health agents’ critical awareness of the social determinants of health was enhanced and led to a greater understanding of the major structural changes necessary to sustain health promotion initiatives. Educational workshops inspired by Paulo Freire’s ideas on critical pedagogy were delivered to 82 community health agents in three Brazilian cities. The workshops utilized evocative objects to link…

  • Facteurs associés à l’exposition élevée aux médicaments psychotropes identifiés lors d’une étude épidémiologique montréalaise

    Open AccessMichel Perreault, Djemaâ-Samia Mechakra-Tahiri et al.ARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2013

    L’article examine les associations entre l’exposition élevée aux médicaments psychotropes, la présence d’un diagnostic de trouble mental et les caractéristiques sociodémographiques chez la population adulte. Un questionnaire a été passé par entrevue auprès de 2433 personnes de 15 ans et plus dans le cadre de l’enquête ZEPSOM (zone épidémiologique du sud-ouest de Montréal). Les déterminants de leur consommation de psychotropes ont fait l’objet d’a…

  • Comprehensive determinants of health service utilisation for mental health reasons in a canadian catchment area

    Open AccessMarie‐josée Fleury, Guy Grenier et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2012

    Our study broke new ground by uncovering the impact of longstanding violence victimisation, and the proportion of homeownership on mental health service utilisation among this population. It also confirmed the prominence of some variables (gender, age, emotional problems and self-perceived mental health) as key enabling variables of health-seeking. There should be better promotion of strategies designed to change the attitudes of males and youths…

  • A vacation for the homeless: Evaluating a collaborative community respite programme in Canada through clients’ perspectives

    Open AccessMichel Perreault, Annie Jaimes et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2012Cited by: 3References: 9

    This study assesses the Urban Breakaway Project, a collaborative project offering a structured vacation in the countryside of the province of Quebec intended for homeless (or street) youths. The objective of this study was to document participants' perspectives regarding this project by examining their satisfaction, intention to change following their stay and perceived improvement with respect to their life situation. Another goal of this resear…

  • Predictors of Caregiver Satisfaction with Mental Health Services

    Open AccessMichel Perreault, Michel Rousseau et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2011References: 29

  • Meilleures pratiques et formation dans le contexte du continuum des services en santé mentale et en toxicomanie: Le programme de formation croisée du sud-ouest de Montréal

    Open AccessMichel Perreault, Daniela Wiethaueper et al.ARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2009

    This article presents the cross training program in Montreal's south-west. The authors underline that the context of post-deinstitutionalization and mental health service integration impose new roles to professionals who work within these different networks of services. Cross training thus appears as a model that is particularly adapted to their needs in order to optimize their interventions. The model is presented with a review of the most recen…

  • Trouble panique avec agoraphobie et trouble d’anxiété sociale: Recours aux pairs-aidants et accès au traitement

    Open AccessMichel Perreault, Mariko Chartier-Otis et al.ARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2009

    Trouble panique avec agoraphobie et trouble d’anxiété sociale : recours aux pairs-aidants et accès au traitement. An article from journal Santé mentale au Québec (Santé mentale en première ligne), on Érudit