Alain Brunet

Biographic Data

ID90780
NAMEAlain Brunet
GIVEN NAMESAlain
FAMILY NAMEBrunet
SIGNATUREBRUNET A
AFFILIATIONSMcGill University
ORCID0000-0003-2185-1704
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS28
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT28
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Mental health of Royal Canadian Mounted Police after the first year of service

    R Nicholas Carleton, Katie L Andrews et al.ARTICLEPolice Practice and Research2026

    Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) frequently report symptoms consistent with positive screens for one or more mental health disorders (65%), but RCMP cadets evidence a much lower prevalence (7.3%) prior to deployment. The differences in mental health between cadets and experienced RCMP implicates mental health challenges to be related to service experiences; however, less is known about how mental health changes during the first year of servic…

  • Perspectives sur l’accès et la qualité des services psychosociaux en cancer du sein

    Open AccessJustine Fortin, Clarisse Defer et al.ARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2024

    Contexte L’expérience de recevoir un diagnostic de cancer du sein mène à être confronté à de l’inconnu et à de l’incertitude. Dans certains cas, les patient(e)s développent des symptômes de détresse psychologique après l’annonce du diagnostic, ce qui peut avoir une influence négative durant et à la suite des traitements. Au Québec, il existe plusieurs cliniques de cancer du sein qui semblent offrir une évaluation psychologique à leurs patient(e)s…

  • Men’s stories of living with breast cancer

    Émilie Rudd, Justine Fortin et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Men & Masculinity2023

  • Assessing the impact of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) protocol and Emotional Resilience Skills Training (ERST) among diverse public safety personnel

    Open AccessR Nicholas Carleton, Michelle McCarron et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2022

    ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05530642. Registered 1 September 2022-Retrospectively registered. The subsequent PSP PTSI Study results are expected to benefit the mental health of all participants and, ultimately, all PSP

  • Traumatic stress in Canadian lawyers

    Marie‐Jeanne Leonard, Helen‐Maria Vasiliadis et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2021

    Lawyers exposed to trauma-related cases represent an at-risk group for PTSD. The findings highlight the powerful impacts that interpersonal relationships and self-care may have in buffering this health hazard. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

  • When the Lawyer Becomes Traumatized

    Open AccessMarie‐Jeanne Leonard, Daniel Saumier et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2020

    Lawyers can be exposed to cases involving traumatic elements of crimes. Such exposure may result in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and have adverse effects on the lawyers’ capacities to work. A scoping review was conducted to summarize original investigations of work-related PTSD among lawyers in terms of (a) trauma exposure conceptualization and operationalization, (b) symptom severity, (c) prevalence, and (d) risk factors. The…

  • Characteristics of Adolescents Affected by Mass Psychogenic Illness Outbreaks in Schools in Nepal

    Open AccessRam P Sapkota, Alain Brunet et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2020

    This paper presents the first systematic case-control study of correlates of mass psychogenic illness (MPI) in an adolescent school population. MPI is generally construed as a dissociative phenomenon spread by social contagion to individuals who are prone to dissociation. We sought to test if the correlates of dissociative experiences most commonly proposed in the literature could predict caseness among students affected by episodes of mass psych…

  • Mental Health Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

    Open AccessHala Kerbage, Filippo Marranconi et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2020Cited by: 4References: 44

    We applied semi-structured and in-depth interviews to explore the perceptions and experiences of 60 practitioners/policymakers and 25 Syrian participants involved in mental health services for refugees in Lebanon. Refugees were found to view their distress as a normal shared reaction to adversity while professionals perceived it as symptomatic of mental illness. Practitioners viewed Syrian culture as an obstacle to providing care and prioritized …

  • Mental Disorder Symptoms among Public Safety Personnel in Canada

    Open AccessR Nicholas Carleton, Tracie O Afifi et al.ARTICLEThe Canadian Journal of Psychiatry2018

    BACKGROUND: Canadian public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional workers, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers) are exposed to potentially traumatic events as a function of their work. Such exposures contribute to the risk of developing clinically significant symptoms related to mental disorders. The current study was designed to provide estimates of mental disorder symptom frequencies and severities for Canadian PSP. METHO…

  • Longitudinal analysis of quality of life across the trauma spectrum

    Eva Monson, Jean Caron et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2017

    Research needs to focus on understanding more than just global indices of quality of life when it comes to the trauma spectrum. Additional research remains necessary to fully understand these complex relationships over time. (PsycINFO Database Record

  • Psychometric Validation of the English and French Versions of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)

    Open AccessAndrea R Ashbaugh, Stephanie A Houle et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2016

    The purpose of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of a French version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and to further validate the existing English version of the measure. Undergraduate students (n = 838 English, n = 262 French) completed the PCL-5 as well as other self-report symptom measures of PTSD and depression online. Bo…

  • Prevalence and severity of trauma- and stressor-related symptoms among jurors

    Open AccessMichelle Lonergan, Marie-Eve Leclerc et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2016

  • La présence et la gravité des troubles de santé mentale sont-elles liées à la nature de la crise, à la dangerosité et aux services de crise offerts

    Open AccessAnnie Aimé, Line Leblanc et al.ARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2014

    Au Québec, les centres de crise ont été développés dans le contexte de la désinstitutionnalisation, ce qui a mené à une offre de services devant répondre aux besoins d’une clientèle hétérogène. À ce jour, encore peu d’études ont décrit et comparé les profils cliniques des personnes qui effectuent une demande d’aide à un centre de crise en considérant la présence ou non d’un trouble de santé mentale et la nature de celui-ci. Les dossiers de 1170 n…

  • Two-year follow-up of a brief dyadic cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to prevent PTSD

    Isabeau Bousquet Des Groseilliers, André Marchand et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2013

  • Robin Shapiro, The Trauma Treatment Handbook

    Open AccessAndrea R Ashbaugh, Alain Brunet et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatry2011References: 3

  • Patterns and Predictors of Treatment Delay for Mental Disorders in a Nationally Representative, Active Canadian Military Sample

    Deniz Fikretoglu, Aihua Liu et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2010References: 24

    BACKGROUND: Although mental disorders constitute a significant public health problem in military populations, little is known about whether military members seek mental health treatment in a timely manner. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine delays in making the initial treatment contact for various mental disorders in a military population. DESIGN: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the Canadian Community …

  • Children’s Enduring PTSD Symptoms are Related to Their Family’s Adaptability and Cohesion

    Open AccessPhilippe Birmes, Jean-Philippe Raynaud et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2009Cited by: 3References: 45

  • La création d’une nouvelle génération d’études épidémiologiques en santé mentale

    Open AccessJean Caron, M Tousignant et al.ARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2008

    Grâce à une subvention des Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC), il se développe actuellement une nouvelle génération d’études en épidémiologie sociale et psychiatrique dans une zone circonscrite se situant dans le sud-ouest de Montréal où vivent 258 000 personnes. Ce programme de recherche repose sur une étude prospective longitudinale visant à identifier les déterminants de la santé mentale de la population, et sur quatre études spé…

  • Twelve Month Use of Mental Health Services in a Nationally Representative, Active Military Sample

    Deniz Fikretoglu, Stéphane Guay et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2008References: 19

    BACKGROUND: Mental disorders constitute a significant public health problem in active military populations. However, very little is known about patterns of mental health service use in these populations. OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study was to examine the patterns and predictors of mental health service use in active Canadian Force members. Additional objectives included identification of barriers to service use. DESIGN: A cross-se…

  • Prévalence du trouble de stress post-traumatique chez des chauffeurs d’autobus

    Open AccessRichard Boyer, Alain BrunetARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2007

    Plusieurs rapports indiquent que les employés du transport en commun constituent un groupe de travailleurs risquant de vivre des événements traumatiques. Cependant, il n'y a que peu de données scientifiques sur l'impact de tels événements dans cette population. Lors d'une enquête épidémiologique menée auprès des chauffeurs d'autobus de la STCUM, un peu plus du tiers des chauffeurs rapportent un événement traumatique au travail. De ces événements,…

  • Expositions récurrentes aux événements traumatiques

    Open AccessAlain BrunetARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2007

    Deux grandes hypothèses opposées ont été formulées quant à l'impact d'un événement traumatique sur l'adversité future: l'inoculation et la vulnérabilité croissante. Un examen des travaux supportant ces hypothèses indique qu'elles ne sont pas aussi antagonistes qu'elles en ont l'air. Il apparaît possible de les intégrer en une théorie unique dans la mesure où les circonstances favorisant l'une ou l'autre

  • La tempête de verglas

    Open AccessSuzanne King, Ronald G Barr et al.ARTICLESanté mentale au Québec2006

    Depuis plusieurs années, des études ont démontré que les événements stressants pendant la grossesse affectent le niveau de développement neurologique, de même que le fonctionnement cognitif et psychologique ultérieurs de l'enfant. Par exemple, Mednick (1997) a examiné l'impact d'un important séisme survenu en Chine sur le développement intellectuel et psychologique d'enfants à naître. Vingt-trois ans plus tard, des différences significatives dans…

  • Notre Colette

    Open AccessAlain Brunet, Edmonde Charles-Roux et al.BOOKNotre Colette2004

    « Notre » Colette... Des regards croisés se posent dans ces pages sur une œuvre décidément inclassable. Si la vie de l’écrivain – particulièrement dans son rapport à l’histoire – pique la curiosité au moins autant que ses livres, ceux-ci fournissent matière à de nouvelles réflexions : ils nous concernent, ici et maintenant, parce qu’ils évoquent une jouissance et des amours sans frontières, parce qu’ils chantent le culte de l’instant dilaté et ma…

  • Critical Incident Exposure and Sleep Quality in Police Officers

    Thomas C Neylan, Thomas J Metzler et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2002

    OBJECTIVE: Police officers face many stressors that may negatively impact sleep quality. This study compares subjective sleep quality in police officers with that in control subjects not involved in police or emergency services. We examined the effects of critical incident exposure (trauma exposure) and routine (nontraumatic) work environment stressors on sleep quality after controlling for the effects of work shift schedule. METHODS: Subjective …

  • The Peritraumatic Distress Inventory

    Alain Brunet, Daniel S Weiss et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Psychiatry2001

    OBJECTIVE: Meeting criterion A2 for the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in DSM-IV requires that an individual have high levels of distress during or after the traumatic event. Because of the paucity of valid and reliable instruments for assessing such responses, the authors developed a 13-item self-report measure, the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory, to obtain a quantitative measure of the level of distress experienced during a…