Charles M Morin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5412312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles M Morin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles M |
| FAMILY NAME | Morin |
| SIGNATURE | MORIN C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Laval |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8649-8895 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mental health among healthcare workers during Covid-19
Introduction: Preventive measures have been implemented in hospitals during COVID-19, but how these guidelines affected mental health among healthcare workers (HCWs) remains to be determined. On another note, reliable psychological and blood-based markers are needed to promptly identify HCWs at-risk to develop distress. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) originating from brain cross the blood-brain barrier and are detectable in blood, giving them a hig…
Subtyping at‐risk adolescents for predicting response toward insomnia prevention program
BACKGROUND: Previous study has shown that a brief cognitive-behavioral prevention insomnia program could reduce 71% risk of developing insomnia among at-risk adolescents. This study aimed to evaluate the differential response to insomnia prevention in subgroups of at-risk adolescents. METHODS: Adolescents with a family history of insomnia and subthreshold insomnia symptoms were randomly assigned to a 4-week insomnia prevention program or nonactiv…
Effect of a prescription digital therapeutic for chronic insomnia on post-treatment insomnia severity, depression, and anxiety symptoms
ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT04325464
Associations between changes in habitual sleep duration and lower self-rated health among Covid-19 survivors
Changes in habitual sleep duration following SARS-CoV-2 infection were associated with lower SRH. Decreased or increased habitual sleep duration might have a bidirectional relation with post-COVID-19 symptoms. Further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms underlying these relationships for in order to improve SRH in individuals with COVID-19
The Experience and Perceived Consequences of the 2016 Fort McMurray Fires and Evacuation
Few studies have examined the scope of the subjective experience during and after a natural disaster. This qualitative study explored the perceptions of persons affected by the wildfires and evacuation of Fort McMurray in 2016. The objectives were to document (1) the experience of the evacuation, and (2) the biopsychosocial consequences of the wildfires as perceived by evacuees from Fort McMurray 3 months and 3 years after evacuation. This study …
Psychological Symptoms Among Evacuees From the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfires
Background: The 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada) led to a massive displacement of 88,000 people and destroyed 2,400 homes. Although no direct human fatality resulted, many individuals feared for their lives or those of their loved ones. Objectives: (1) To estimate the prevalence of post-traumatic stress, major depressive, insomnia, generalized anxiety, and substance use disorders in the adult population of Fort McMurray 1 year af…
Sleep and circadian rhythm in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Post-Traumatic Stress among Evacuees from the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfires
This study documents post-traumatic stress symptoms after the May 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada). A sample of 379 evacuees completed an online questionnaire from July to September 2016, and a subsample of 55 completed a psychiatric/psychological diagnostic interview. According to a self-report questionnaire, 62.5% of respondents had a provisional post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The interview confirmed that 29.1% met crit…
Barriers and facilitators to following the Dietary Guidelines for Americans reported by rural, Northern Plains American-Indian children
Objective The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) promote healthy dietary choices for all Americans aged 2 years and older; however, the majority of Americans do not meet recommendations. The goal of the present study was to identify both barriers and facilitators to adherence to DGA recommendations for consumption of five recommended food groups: grains (specifically whole grains), vegetables, fruits, meat/beans and milk (specifically reduced…
Barriers and Facilitators to Being Physically Active on a Rural U.S. Northern Plains American Indian Reservation
The objective of the present study was to identify barriers to and facilitators of physical activity among American Indian adults living on a rural, U.S. Northern Plains reservation using the nominal group technique (NGT). NGT is a method of data generation and interpretation that combines aspects of qualitative (free generation of responses) and quantitative (systematic ranking of responses) methodologies. Adults participated in one of two NGT s…
The Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
Nature and Treatment of Insomnia
There is a strong association between sleep and health. Both mental and physical health are very much dependent on adequate sleep quality and duration; likewise, healthy sleep is much dependent on good physical and mental health. Not surprisingly, there is a very high rate of comorbidity between sleep disturbances and mental and physical health problems. Insomnia is the most common of all sleep disorders, affecting nearly 25% of all adults at lea…
The Consensus Sleep Diary
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To present an expert consensus, standardized, patient-informed sleep diary. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sleep diaries from the original expert panel of 25 attendees of the Pittsburgh Assessment Conference(1) were collected and reviewed. A smaller subset of experts formed a committee and reviewed the compiled diaries. Items deemed essential were included in a Core sleep diary, and those deemed optional were retained for an expanded diar…
Sleep and Society
This chapter demonstrates how sleep is inextricably linked to ‘society’. Part 1 illustrates how sleep and its disorders are historically and culturally divergent and that ‘where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ we sleep differ depending on the society in which we live. Part 2 focuses in more detail on the ‘private’ nature of Western sleep. Sleep is affected by the social context where it occurs, and is thus influenced by household composition, power, gender, so…
The Insomnia Severity Index
BACKGROUND: Although insomnia is a prevalent complaint with significant morbidity, it often remains unrecognized and untreated. Brief and valid instruments are needed both for screening and outcome assessment. This study examined psychometric indices of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) to detect cases of insomnia in a population-based sample and to evaluate treatment response in a clinical sample. METHODS: Participants were 959 individuals selec…
Le traitement cognitivo-comportemental de l’insomnie et son utilisation lors de l’arrêt des hypnotiques
L’insomnie constitue un problème de santé très répandu menant souvent à l’utilisation d’hypnotiques. Parmi les agents pharmacologiques disponibles pour traiter l’insomnie, les benzodiazépines (BZD) sont les plus prescrites. Bien qu’efficaces pour améliorer le sommeil à court terme, les BZD présentent certains effets indésirables, entraînent des risques de tolérance et de dépendance, et augmentent le risque d’accidents de la route, de chutes et de…
Sevrage des benzodiazépines chez des patients souffrant du Trouble d’anxiété généralisée
Les benzodiazépines sont souvent prescrites pour le traitement à court terme du Trouble d’anxiété généralisée (TAG). La nature chronique du TAG entraîne une prise prolongée de ces psychotropes sur plusieurs mois et plusieurs années, entraînant ainsi une dépendance psychologique et physique. La présente étude vise à déterminer si la combinaison d’une thérapie comportementale et cognitive et d’un sevrage médicamenteux graduel facilite l’arrêt des b…
Role of Stress, Arousal, and Coping Skills in Primary Insomnia
OBJECTIVE: Although stress is often presumed to cause sleep disturbances, little research has documented the role of stressful life events in primary insomnia. The present study examined the relationship of stress and coping skills, and the potential mediating role of presleep arousal, to sleep patterns in good sleepers and insomnia sufferers. METHODS: The sample was composed of 67 participants (38 women, 29 men; mean age, 39.6 years), 40 individ…
Chronic Insomnia and Immune Functioning
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to investigate whether clinical insomnia is associated with immune alterations by comparing immune functioning between patients with chronic insomnia and good sleepers. METHODS: The good sleepers group was composed of 19 adults with a regular sleep schedule and no complaint of sleep disturbances. The insomnia group was composed of 17 adults meeting criteria for a chronic primary insomnia disorder. Peripheral …
The Nature of Insomnia and the Need to Refine Our Diagnostic Criteria
Ecole de Psychologie Université Laval Quebec GK P Canada Ecole de Psychologie Université Laval Quebec G1K 7P4 Canada
Effects of chronic insomnia and use of benzodiazepines on daytimeperformance in older adults
This study evaluated the impact of insomnia and chronic use of benzodiazepines on the cognitive and psychomotor performance of older adults. Three conditions, matched on age, gender, and education, were compared: 20 prolonged users of benzodiazepines for insomnia, 20 unmedicated insomniacs, and 20 good sleepers. The participants completed neuropsychological tests of memory, attention/concentration, psychomotor speed, and executive functions, as w…
Sleep and Society
This chapter demonstrates how sleep is inextricably linked to ‘society’. Part 1 illustrates how sleep and its disorders are historically and culturally divergent and that ‘where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ we sleep differ depending on the society in which we live. Part 2 focuses in more detail on the ‘private’ nature of Western sleep. Sleep is affected by the social context where it occurs, and is thus influenced by household composition, power, gender, so…
Effects of chronic insomnia and use of benzodiazepines on daytimeperformance in older adults
This study evaluated the impact of insomnia and chronic use of benzodiazepines on the cognitive and psychomotor performance of older adults. Three conditions, matched on age, gender, and education, were compared: 20 prolonged users of benzodiazepines for insomnia, 20 unmedicated insomniacs, and 20 good sleepers. The participants completed neuropsychological tests of memory, attention/concentration, psychomotor speed, and executive functions, as w…
The Nature of Insomnia and the Need to Refine Our Diagnostic Criteria
Ecole de Psychologie Université Laval Quebec GK P Canada Ecole de Psychologie Université Laval Quebec G1K 7P4 Canada
Effects of chronic insomnia and use of benzodiazepines on daytimeperformance in older adults
This study evaluated the impact of insomnia and chronic use of benzodiazepines on the cognitive and psychomotor performance of older adults. Three conditions, matched on age, gender, and education, were compared: 20 prolonged users of benzodiazepines for insomnia, 20 unmedicated insomniacs, and 20 good sleepers. The participants completed neuropsychological tests of memory, attention/concentration, psychomotor speed, and executive functions, as w…
Role of Stress, Arousal, and Coping Skills in Primary Insomnia
OBJECTIVE: Although stress is often presumed to cause sleep disturbances, little research has documented the role of stressful life events in primary insomnia. The present study examined the relationship of stress and coping skills, and the potential mediating role of presleep arousal, to sleep patterns in good sleepers and insomnia sufferers. METHODS: The sample was composed of 67 participants (38 women, 29 men; mean age, 39.6 years), 40 individ…
Chronic Insomnia and Immune Functioning
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to investigate whether clinical insomnia is associated with immune alterations by comparing immune functioning between patients with chronic insomnia and good sleepers. METHODS: The good sleepers group was composed of 19 adults with a regular sleep schedule and no complaint of sleep disturbances. The insomnia group was composed of 17 adults meeting criteria for a chronic primary insomnia disorder. Peripheral …
Le traitement cognitivo-comportemental de l’insomnie et son utilisation lors de l’arrêt des hypnotiques
L’insomnie constitue un problème de santé très répandu menant souvent à l’utilisation d’hypnotiques. Parmi les agents pharmacologiques disponibles pour traiter l’insomnie, les benzodiazépines (BZD) sont les plus prescrites. Bien qu’efficaces pour améliorer le sommeil à court terme, les BZD présentent certains effets indésirables, entraînent des risques de tolérance et de dépendance, et augmentent le risque d’accidents de la route, de chutes et de…
Sevrage des benzodiazépines chez des patients souffrant du Trouble d’anxiété généralisée
Les benzodiazépines sont souvent prescrites pour le traitement à court terme du Trouble d’anxiété généralisée (TAG). La nature chronique du TAG entraîne une prise prolongée de ces psychotropes sur plusieurs mois et plusieurs années, entraînant ainsi une dépendance psychologique et physique. La présente étude vise à déterminer si la combinaison d’une thérapie comportementale et cognitive et d’un sevrage médicamenteux graduel facilite l’arrêt des b…
The Insomnia Severity Index
BACKGROUND: Although insomnia is a prevalent complaint with significant morbidity, it often remains unrecognized and untreated. Brief and valid instruments are needed both for screening and outcome assessment. This study examined psychometric indices of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) to detect cases of insomnia in a population-based sample and to evaluate treatment response in a clinical sample. METHODS: Participants were 959 individuals selec…
The Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
Nature and Treatment of Insomnia
There is a strong association between sleep and health. Both mental and physical health are very much dependent on adequate sleep quality and duration; likewise, healthy sleep is much dependent on good physical and mental health. Not surprisingly, there is a very high rate of comorbidity between sleep disturbances and mental and physical health problems. Insomnia is the most common of all sleep disorders, affecting nearly 25% of all adults at lea…
The Consensus Sleep Diary
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To present an expert consensus, standardized, patient-informed sleep diary. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sleep diaries from the original expert panel of 25 attendees of the Pittsburgh Assessment Conference(1) were collected and reviewed. A smaller subset of experts formed a committee and reviewed the compiled diaries. Items deemed essential were included in a Core sleep diary, and those deemed optional were retained for an expanded diar…
Sleep and Society
This chapter demonstrates how sleep is inextricably linked to ‘society’. Part 1 illustrates how sleep and its disorders are historically and culturally divergent and that ‘where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ we sleep differ depending on the society in which we live. Part 2 focuses in more detail on the ‘private’ nature of Western sleep. Sleep is affected by the social context where it occurs, and is thus influenced by household composition, power, gender, so…
Barriers and Facilitators to Being Physically Active on a Rural U.S. Northern Plains American Indian Reservation
The objective of the present study was to identify barriers to and facilitators of physical activity among American Indian adults living on a rural, U.S. Northern Plains reservation using the nominal group technique (NGT). NGT is a method of data generation and interpretation that combines aspects of qualitative (free generation of responses) and quantitative (systematic ranking of responses) methodologies. Adults participated in one of two NGT s…
Barriers and facilitators to following the Dietary Guidelines for Americans reported by rural, Northern Plains American-Indian children
Objective The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) promote healthy dietary choices for all Americans aged 2 years and older; however, the majority of Americans do not meet recommendations. The goal of the present study was to identify both barriers and facilitators to adherence to DGA recommendations for consumption of five recommended food groups: grains (specifically whole grains), vegetables, fruits, meat/beans and milk (specifically reduced…
Post-Traumatic Stress among Evacuees from the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfires
This study documents post-traumatic stress symptoms after the May 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada). A sample of 379 evacuees completed an online questionnaire from July to September 2016, and a subsample of 55 completed a psychiatric/psychological diagnostic interview. According to a self-report questionnaire, 62.5% of respondents had a provisional post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The interview confirmed that 29.1% met crit…
Sleep and circadian rhythm in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
The Experience and Perceived Consequences of the 2016 Fort McMurray Fires and Evacuation
Few studies have examined the scope of the subjective experience during and after a natural disaster. This qualitative study explored the perceptions of persons affected by the wildfires and evacuation of Fort McMurray in 2016. The objectives were to document (1) the experience of the evacuation, and (2) the biopsychosocial consequences of the wildfires as perceived by evacuees from Fort McMurray 3 months and 3 years after evacuation. This study …
Psychological Symptoms Among Evacuees From the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfires
Background: The 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada) led to a massive displacement of 88,000 people and destroyed 2,400 homes. Although no direct human fatality resulted, many individuals feared for their lives or those of their loved ones. Objectives: (1) To estimate the prevalence of post-traumatic stress, major depressive, insomnia, generalized anxiety, and substance use disorders in the adult population of Fort McMurray 1 year af…
Associations between changes in habitual sleep duration and lower self-rated health among Covid-19 survivors
Changes in habitual sleep duration following SARS-CoV-2 infection were associated with lower SRH. Decreased or increased habitual sleep duration might have a bidirectional relation with post-COVID-19 symptoms. Further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms underlying these relationships for in order to improve SRH in individuals with COVID-19
Subtyping at‐risk adolescents for predicting response toward insomnia prevention program
BACKGROUND: Previous study has shown that a brief cognitive-behavioral prevention insomnia program could reduce 71% risk of developing insomnia among at-risk adolescents. This study aimed to evaluate the differential response to insomnia prevention in subgroups of at-risk adolescents. METHODS: Adolescents with a family history of insomnia and subthreshold insomnia symptoms were randomly assigned to a 4-week insomnia prevention program or nonactiv…
Effect of a prescription digital therapeutic for chronic insomnia on post-treatment insomnia severity, depression, and anxiety symptoms
ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT04325464
Mental health among healthcare workers during Covid-19
Introduction: Preventive measures have been implemented in hospitals during COVID-19, but how these guidelines affected mental health among healthcare workers (HCWs) remains to be determined. On another note, reliable psychological and blood-based markers are needed to promptly identify HCWs at-risk to develop distress. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) originating from brain cross the blood-brain barrier and are detectable in blood, giving them a hig…
Medicine (17 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Psychiatry (14 works) · Sleep and related disorders (12 works) · Insomnia (11 works) · Sleep and Wakefulness Research (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Circadian rhythm and melatonin (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works)