Psychology and public policy: The story of a Canadian Housing First project for homeless people with mental illness.
At Home/Chez Soi was a Canadian research demonstration project that tested the impacts of the Pathways Housing First model on people experiencing serious mental illness and homelessness in 5 cities across the country. In this article, we tell the 10-year story of At Home/Chez Soi, its positive outcomes, and how it contributed to transformative change in public policy from “treatment first” to “housing first” to end homelessness for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. The lessons learned from this story demonstrate how psychology can influence public policy. In the policy arena, psychologists can ...
Source: Canadian Psychology - January 30, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Effet des interventions en résolution de problèmes à énoncé verbal chez les adolescents ayant un trouble des apprentissages ou des difficultés en mathématiques : Revue de littérature systématique.
The current systematic literature review focuses on the effects of word problem-solving interventions for adolescents with learning mathematics disabilities or difficulties. A research has been realised in October 2017 on 6 databases and updated in October 2018 on 1 database. Sixteen published experimental studies and 2 master’s theses in speech-language pathology were identified in the field of health, psychology, pedagogy, and speech-language pathology. Several types of approach were identified: cognitive strategy instruction, mathematical representation of problems (schema-based instruction, manipulatives), indirect i...
Source: Canadian Psychology - January 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
L’efficacité des interventions éducatives de groupe à l’intention des parents qui vivent une séparation conflictuelle: Une méta-analyse.
Separation and divorce are common family realities. In 2016, almost 2 out of 10 children in Canada were living in single parent families and 1 child out of 10 was living in a blended family, mainly because of the separation of their parents. In light of this phenomenon affecting a large number of families, interventions have been introduced to help separating parents to develop better parenting and co-parenting skills. The main objective of this meta-analysis is to determine the effectiveness of group intervention programs for separating or divorcing parents in post-breakup conflict. The two key targets of the programs, im...
Source: Canadian Psychology - January 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Comment favoriser le recrutement des parents dans les programmes d’éducation parentale ?
This article identifies strategies and factors that are likely to promote or hinder the recruitment of parents into PEPs, based on an overview of documentation about parental engagement. The action model of Chen’s program theory (Chen, 2015) was used to organize and present results based on components included in the implementation of programs. It appears that the effectiveness of parent recruitment strategies into PEPs is poorly documented, but different factors can influence the recruitment. In particular, the involvement of practitioners in promoting PEPs and the ecological context of families are factors to consider ...
Source: Canadian Psychology - December 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Transdiagnostic neurocognitive deficits in psychiatry: A review of meta-analyses.
Several meta-analyses have been published that evaluate the impact of psychiatric disorders on neuropsychological functioning. The first objective was to investigate transdiagnostic neurocognitive impairments across several psychiatric disorders. The second objective was to document transdiagnostic neurocognitive impairments across the life span. A literature search was conducted to identify all meta-analyses of neurocognitive deficits in psychiatry published prior to August, 2017. The following psychiatric disorders were considered: mood disorders, psychotic disorders, autism spectrum disorders, attention-deficit/hyperact...
Source: Canadian Psychology - November 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Phénotypes cognitifs dans la dystrophie musculaire de Duchenne: Revue de la littérature et perspectives (neuro) développementales.
The objective of this review of the literature is to analyze the cognitive profile of children with DMD according to a developmental perspective and the link between cognitive phenotype and genotype. A systematic search of PubMed and PsycINFO identified 48 articles of interest. In the absence of systematic intellectual deficiency in the pathology, variable cognitive impairments were found. While visuo-perceptive capacity was generally maintained, verbal capacities were affected. More subtly, written language, short-term memory, working memory, cognitive flexibility and, more generally, executive functions seem to be vulner...
Source: Canadian Psychology - September 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Le mensonge prosocial chez l’enfant : « Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité ! ».
Although lying is considered morally reprehensible, everybody lies, and do so from early childhood. Indeed, from the age of 4, children are able to lie to preserve self-interest (i.e., antisocial lie) as well as for the benefit of others (i.e., prosocial lie). Children tell prosocial lies in order to avoid hurting, to please or to comfort others, but also to protect or help others at their own expense. The current article provides a critical literature review on prosocial lies and their development. After presenting the paradigms used in the literature to study prosocial lies in children, the development of this kind of li...
Source: Canadian Psychology - July 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Outcome and progress monitoring in psychotherapy: Report of a Canadian Psychological Association Task Force.
In this report, we reviewed the research on outcome and progress monitoring, including barriers to their implementation. The research indicates that outcome monitoring (the assessment, at both intake and at the cessation of treatment, of patient functioning), and progress monitoring (repeated assessment of patient progress during therapy with continuous feedback to the therapist on the patient’s status) by using psychometrically sound instruments, has the potential to benefit both psychological service providers and the populations they serve. However, despite ethical imperatives to do so, the majority of psychotherapist...
Source: Canadian Psychology - June 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The practice of psychotherapy in Quebec: What have we learned from clinicians, and where should we take it from here.
This study provides a snapshot of the current populations being served, the cost and length of treatment, the clinical tools being used in practice, and current referral routes and collaboration with other health professionals, among other variables. The second survey looked to the future of psychotherapy service delivery, and documented psychologist and psychotherapist attitudes toward a potential government-funded model of psychotherapy (N = 1,275). Comparisons were made within each study looking at differences in attitudes and practice characteristics among respondents of different clinical groups (e.g., years of experi...
Source: Canadian Psychology - May 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“Publishing excellence in Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne”: Correction to Goghari (2019).
Reports an error in "Publishing excellence in Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne" by Vina M. Goghari (Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, 2019[Feb], Vol 60[1], 1-2). In the article, there was a misprint within the editorial. Dr. Vina M. Goghari is the first racialized female editor of Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne. Dr. Helen M. Annis was the first female editor of Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne. Dr. Annis served as editor from 1983 to 1987. The online version of this article has been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2019-05962-001.) The n...
Source: Canadian Psychology - March 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“Revue de la littérature relative au burnout parental”: Correction to Sánchez-Rodríguez et al. (2019).
Reports an error in "Revue de la littérature relative au burnout parental" by Raquel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Sarah Perier, Stacey Callahan and Natalène Séjourné (Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, Advanced Online Publication, Feb 04, 2019, np). Reports an error in “Revue de la littérature relative au burnout parental” by Raquel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Sarah Perier, Stacey Callahan, and Natalène Séjourné (Canadian Psychology, Advance online publication. February 4, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cap0000168), there were a number of corrections that were missed by production throughout the article. The title w...
Source: Canadian Psychology - March 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Interdit d’interdire? Vers une meilleure compréhension de l’autonomie et des règles au sein des relations parents-adolescents.
In developmental psychology, developing a sense of autonomy is claimed to be an important goal for adolescents. Nevertheless, the question of whether autonomy is always positive for adolescents is a highly debated issue. The goal of this review paper is to provide an overview of research distinguishing between two definitions of autonomy (autonomy as independence, and autonomy as self-endorsed functioning), and how this distinction helps understanding under which conditions autonomy is positive for adolescent development. Further, this paper discusses how this distinction also helps clarifying under which conditions parent...
Source: Canadian Psychology - February 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility assessments: Advocating for changes to the Canadian criminal code.
This article reviews the historical and contemporary evidence-based and advocacy-driven efforts to change the CCC to allow qualified professionals such as clinical-forensic psychologists to conduct assessments of criminal responsibility and fitness to stand trial. We argue that the training and experience of clinical-forensic psychologists places them in a unique and qualified position to conduct these challenging types of forensic evaluations. We therefore recommend that the Canadian federal government consider changing section 672 of the CCC to allow assessments of fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility to be...
Source: Canadian Psychology - February 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Revue de la littérature relative au burnout parental.
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne on Feb 28 2019 (see record 2019-11080-001). Reports an error in “Revue de la littérature relative au burnout parental” by Raquel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Sarah Perier, Stacey Callahan, and Natalène Séjourné (Canadian Psychology, Advance online publication. February 4, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cap0000168), there were a number of corrections that were missed by production throughout the article. The title was also incorrectly published as “Revue nous avons réduit le titre de la littérature relative...
Source: Canadian Psychology - February 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Mice are people too: Increasing evidence for cognitive, emotional and social capabilities in laboratory rodents.
Despite continuing concern over anthroporphism, the past few decades have seen a huge increase in studies of the cognitive, emotional and social abilities of nonhuman animals. The current review focuses on research in these domains using laboratory rodents, especially rats and mice, as subjects. Evidence is accumulating that rodents are capable of any number of abilities and attributes once thought to be the sole domain of humans, including metacognition, empathy, and even personality. The combination of advanced behavioral paradigms with molecular genetic techniques promises to reveal both principles and mechanisms underl...
Source: Canadian Psychology - February 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
