François Gonon
Biographic Data
| ID | 982255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | François Gonon |
| GIVEN NAMES | François |
| FAMILY NAME | Gonon |
| SIGNATURE | GONON F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Bordeaux |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4007-7371 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Psychiatrie: Le déclin du modèle biomédical
Les recherches en neuropsychiatrie n’ont encore pas bénéficié aux patients et les perspectives cliniques du modèle biomédical paraissent bien lointaines. L’ oms recommande la prévention primaire visant les facteurs de risques sociaux des troubles mentaux. Elle préconise des soins de première ligne répondant aux besoins psychosociaux des personnes plutôt qu’à un diagnostic. Malheureusement, en France le modèle biomédical maintient pour l’instant s…
Response to Leboyer et al., 2026
International audience
Advocacy by nonprofit scientific institutions needs to be evidence-based: A case study
Scientific institutions, including universities and research centers, occasionally engage in advocacy to gain financial support. However, this can be problematic if they selectively present scientific evidence. We describe a case involving a French semi-public foundation dedicated to clinical research on four adult psychiatric disorders: autism without intellectual disability, treatment-resistant depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. T…
The political leaning of the neuroscience discourse about school education in the French press from 2000 to 2020
Political actors pay attention to newspapers because they stimulate them to address a topic, reflect public opinion, provide feedback to their decisions, and help them to generate effective messages. Previous surveys showed that this is true for scientific issues. It follows that the newspaper coverage of scientific issues should appear as politically oriented, as observed regarding climate change. Here, we tested this prediction regarding educat…
Évaluation des psychothérapies se référant à la psychanalyse. Une brève discussion des raisons et des méthodes
Ces vingt dernières années les thérapies se référant à la psychanalyse ont fait l’objet de plusieurs dizaines d’essais cliniques randomisés et contrôlés. Il en ressort qu’elles sont aussi efficaces que les autres psychothérapies basées sur la parole pour soigner les troubles mentaux les plus fréquents. Cependant, cette approche, issue de la médecine somatique, s’est avérée impuissante à éclairer le détail des processus thérapeutiques conduisant à…
À l’écoute des enfants hyperactifs
À propos d’un Responsum au sujet de la bénédiction des unions de personnes du même sexe
Le texte de la Congrégation pour la Doctrine de la Foi au sujet de la bénédiction des unions de personnes du même sexe, publié le 22 février 2021, a suscité de fortes réactions au sein de l’Église catholique. S’éloignant de prises de position idéologiques, trois théologiens creusent le sens anthropologique, moral et pastoral de cette détermination magistérielle à la lumière de la révélation chrétienne
Does newspapers coverage influence the citations count of scientific publications? An analysis of biomedical studies
Where to find accurate information on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder? A study of scientific distortions among French websites, newspapers, and television programs
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is the most frequent mental disorder among school-age children. This condition has given rise to a large mediatic coverage, which contributed to the shaping of the lay public's perceptions. We therefore conducted two studies on the way attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was portrayed in the TV programs and the lay-public press in France between 1995 and 2015, but the growing part played by the Intern…
Do newspapers preferentially cover biomedical studies involving national scientists
News value theory rates geographical proximity as an important factor in the process of issue selection by journalists. But does this apply to science journalism? Previous observational studies investigating whether newspapers preferentially cover scientific studies involving national scientists have generated conflicting answers. Here we used a database of 123 biomedical studies, 113 of them involving at least one research team working in eight …
Scientific Uncertainty in the Press: How Newspapers Describe Initial Biomedical Findings
Newspapers preferentially cover initial biomedical findings although they are often disconfirmed by subsequent studies. We analyzed 426 newspaper articles covering 40 initial biomedical studies associating a risk factor with 12 pathologies and published between 1988 and 2009. Most articles presented the study as initial but only 21% mentioned that it must be confirmed by replication. Headlines of articles with a replication statement were hyped l…
Does television reflect the evolution of scientific knowledge? The case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder coverage on French television
Biomedical findings mature from uncertain observations to validated facts. Although subsequent studies often refute initial appealing findings, newspapers privilege the latter and often fail to cover refutations. Thus, biomedical knowledge and media reporting may diverge with time. Here we investigated how French television reported on three scientific questions relative to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from 1995 to 2010: i) is …
Les virages du DSM: Enjeux scientifiques, économiques et politiques
La classification americaine des maladies mentales, connue par son acronyme, le DSM, est un exemple de classification des savoirs particulierement riche en revirements conceptuels. Depuis le virage du DSM-III en 1980, il se veut scientifique, universel et fonde sur la biologie. L’article pointe l’actuel paradoxe du DSM : alors que les scientifiques les plus eminents questionnent sa scientificite, ses utilisateurs toujours plus nombreux en font un…
L'épigénétique, la nouvelle biologie de l'histoire individuelle
National audience
La psychiatrie biologique: Une Bulle Spéculative
Ces dernières années, la psychiatrie biologique a pris un grand ascendant sur le traitement des troubles mentaux ; or, après des années d'annonces prometteuses, le bilan apparaît limité et discutable. Un retour s'impose donc sur la biologisation de la santé mentale, non seulement du côté de la prise en charge des patients mais aussi en ce qui concerne les critiques qui avaient été formulées à l'encontre des autres méthodes psychiatriques
La psychiatrie biologique: Une Bulle Spéculative
Ces dernières années, la psychiatrie biologique a pris un grand ascendant sur le traitement des troubles mentaux ; or, après des années d'annonces prometteuses, le bilan apparaît limité et discutable. Un retour s'impose donc sur la biologisation de la santé mentale, non seulement du côté de la prise en charge des patients mais aussi en ce qui concerne les critiques qui avaient été formulées à l'encontre des autres méthodes psychiatriques
Where to find accurate information on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder? A study of scientific distortions among French websites, newspapers, and television programs
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is the most frequent mental disorder among school-age children. This condition has given rise to a large mediatic coverage, which contributed to the shaping of the lay public's perceptions. We therefore conducted two studies on the way attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was portrayed in the TV programs and the lay-public press in France between 1995 and 2015, but the growing part played by the Intern…
Scientific Uncertainty in the Press: How Newspapers Describe Initial Biomedical Findings
Newspapers preferentially cover initial biomedical findings although they are often disconfirmed by subsequent studies. We analyzed 426 newspaper articles covering 40 initial biomedical studies associating a risk factor with 12 pathologies and published between 1988 and 2009. Most articles presented the study as initial but only 21% mentioned that it must be confirmed by replication. Headlines of articles with a replication statement were hyped l…
La psychiatrie biologique: Une Bulle Spéculative
Ces dernières années, la psychiatrie biologique a pris un grand ascendant sur le traitement des troubles mentaux ; or, après des années d'annonces prometteuses, le bilan apparaît limité et discutable. Un retour s'impose donc sur la biologisation de la santé mentale, non seulement du côté de la prise en charge des patients mais aussi en ce qui concerne les critiques qui avaient été formulées à l'encontre des autres méthodes psychiatriques
Les virages du DSM: Enjeux scientifiques, économiques et politiques
La classification americaine des maladies mentales, connue par son acronyme, le DSM, est un exemple de classification des savoirs particulierement riche en revirements conceptuels. Depuis le virage du DSM-III en 1980, il se veut scientifique, universel et fonde sur la biologie. L’article pointe l’actuel paradoxe du DSM : alors que les scientifiques les plus eminents questionnent sa scientificite, ses utilisateurs toujours plus nombreux en font un…
L'épigénétique, la nouvelle biologie de l'histoire individuelle
National audience
Does television reflect the evolution of scientific knowledge? The case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder coverage on French television
Biomedical findings mature from uncertain observations to validated facts. Although subsequent studies often refute initial appealing findings, newspapers privilege the latter and often fail to cover refutations. Thus, biomedical knowledge and media reporting may diverge with time. Here we investigated how French television reported on three scientific questions relative to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from 1995 to 2010: i) is …
Scientific Uncertainty in the Press: How Newspapers Describe Initial Biomedical Findings
Newspapers preferentially cover initial biomedical findings although they are often disconfirmed by subsequent studies. We analyzed 426 newspaper articles covering 40 initial biomedical studies associating a risk factor with 12 pathologies and published between 1988 and 2009. Most articles presented the study as initial but only 21% mentioned that it must be confirmed by replication. Headlines of articles with a replication statement were hyped l…
Do newspapers preferentially cover biomedical studies involving national scientists
News value theory rates geographical proximity as an important factor in the process of issue selection by journalists. But does this apply to science journalism? Previous observational studies investigating whether newspapers preferentially cover scientific studies involving national scientists have generated conflicting answers. Here we used a database of 123 biomedical studies, 113 of them involving at least one research team working in eight …
Does newspapers coverage influence the citations count of scientific publications? An analysis of biomedical studies
Where to find accurate information on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder? A study of scientific distortions among French websites, newspapers, and television programs
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is the most frequent mental disorder among school-age children. This condition has given rise to a large mediatic coverage, which contributed to the shaping of the lay public's perceptions. We therefore conducted two studies on the way attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was portrayed in the TV programs and the lay-public press in France between 1995 and 2015, but the growing part played by the Intern…
À propos d’un Responsum au sujet de la bénédiction des unions de personnes du même sexe
Le texte de la Congrégation pour la Doctrine de la Foi au sujet de la bénédiction des unions de personnes du même sexe, publié le 22 février 2021, a suscité de fortes réactions au sein de l’Église catholique. S’éloignant de prises de position idéologiques, trois théologiens creusent le sens anthropologique, moral et pastoral de cette détermination magistérielle à la lumière de la révélation chrétienne
À l’écoute des enfants hyperactifs
Évaluation des psychothérapies se référant à la psychanalyse. Une brève discussion des raisons et des méthodes
Ces vingt dernières années les thérapies se référant à la psychanalyse ont fait l’objet de plusieurs dizaines d’essais cliniques randomisés et contrôlés. Il en ressort qu’elles sont aussi efficaces que les autres psychothérapies basées sur la parole pour soigner les troubles mentaux les plus fréquents. Cependant, cette approche, issue de la médecine somatique, s’est avérée impuissante à éclairer le détail des processus thérapeutiques conduisant à…
The political leaning of the neuroscience discourse about school education in the French press from 2000 to 2020
Political actors pay attention to newspapers because they stimulate them to address a topic, reflect public opinion, provide feedback to their decisions, and help them to generate effective messages. Previous surveys showed that this is true for scientific issues. It follows that the newspaper coverage of scientific issues should appear as politically oriented, as observed regarding climate change. Here, we tested this prediction regarding educat…
Advocacy by nonprofit scientific institutions needs to be evidence-based: A case study
Scientific institutions, including universities and research centers, occasionally engage in advocacy to gain financial support. However, this can be problematic if they selectively present scientific evidence. We describe a case involving a French semi-public foundation dedicated to clinical research on four adult psychiatric disorders: autism without intellectual disability, treatment-resistant depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. T…
Psychiatrie: Le déclin du modèle biomédical
Les recherches en neuropsychiatrie n’ont encore pas bénéficié aux patients et les perspectives cliniques du modèle biomédical paraissent bien lointaines. L’ oms recommande la prévention primaire visant les facteurs de risques sociaux des troubles mentaux. Elle préconise des soins de première ligne répondant aux besoins psychosociaux des personnes plutôt qu’à un diagnostic. Malheureusement, en France le modèle biomédical maintient pour l’instant s…
Response to Leboyer et al., 2026
International audience
Political science (8 works) · Newspaper (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Humanities (5 works) · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (3 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works)