Interests and fields of expertise

Severe psychiatric disorders:

• Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders (schizoaffective disorder, bipolar affective disorder)
• First episodes of psychosis (FEP)
• Concurrent disorders – primary psychiatric disorder combined with substance use disorder

Clinical, research and/or teaching experience:

• Psychiatrist in Intensive Milieu Monitoring (IMM) at CISSSO: 2011-2017
• Development of the FEP team in the Outaouais since 2016.
• Psychiatrist at the CISSSO FEP clinic: 2016-2020
• Psychiatrist at the FEP program at the Inter-Section: 2020-.
• Founder of REPIT-Psychosis: Research and Teaching on Innovative Practices in the Treatment of Psychosis
• Chief of Psychiatric Extended Care – CISSSO: 2014-2016 and Head of Community Support and Rehabilitation: 2016-2020

      Trainings given to peers:

• Presentation on psychoeducational tools and the new paradigm of early mental health care to over 20 FEP teams in Quebec
• Courses on psychotic disorders and psychopharmacology of psychotic disorders to medical students at the University of Ottawa and McGill since 2012
• Oral antipsychotics
• Injectable or “long-acting” antipsychotics (LAAP)
• Clozaril (clozapine)
• Holistic treatment modalities, longitudinal care, integrative team approach, early approach, family engagement, individualized psychoeducation, shared decision-making
• Complementary treatment modalities: existential psychotherapy, CBT, supportive therapy, arts-based approach (https://www.foliart.org/)

      Presentations at major mental health conferences, especially those        dealing with psychosis:

• Gatineau Mental Health Conference (local)
• AMPQ: Association des Médecins Psychiatres du Québec (provincial)
• JASM: Journées annuelles de santé mentale (provincial)
• AQRP: Association québécoise pour la réadaptation psychosociale (provincial)
• AQIISM: Association québécoise des infirmières et infirmiers en santé mentale (provincial)
• AQPPEP: Association québécoise des programmes pour premières épisodes psychotiques (provincial)
• CPA: Canadian Psychiatric Association (national)
• CMHA: Canadian Mental Health Association (national)
• JIPEJAAD: Journées internationales de pathologies émergentes du jeune adulte et de l’adolescent (international)
• IEPA: International Early Psychosis Association and IEPA-f: the francophone branch of International Early Psychosis Association (international)
• INTERVOICE: The International Hearing Voices Network (international)

Common psychiatric disorders:

• Mood disorders: major depression, adjustment disorder
• Anxiety disorders (social anxiety – performance anxiety; generalized anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic disorder)
• Substance-related and addictive disorders
• Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD)
• Personality disorders/traits

Clinical, research and/or teaching experience:

• Psychiatrist at the Pierre-Janet OHSU psychiatric outpatient clinic: 2011-2020
• Psychiatrist at the adult mental health unit of CISSSO-Hull Hospital: 2012-2017
• Consultant Psychiatrist at the CISSSO Emergency Department: 2011-2020
• Responding psychiatrist (MSRP) at the GMF du Faubourg (Hull): 2013-2018
• General Psychiatrist: Clinique L’ÉQUi-libre: 2020

Training given to peers:

• Cameleo CPD training
• CISSSO Research Day
• Montebello Scientific Days
• CISSSO Addiction Day – Cannabis presentation
  Web file: https://www.psychiatrieenligne.ca/formation/dossiers/cannabis
• Special radio show on the topic of cannabis legalization 2018: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/sur-le-vif/episodes/402168/audio-fil-du-mercredi-7-mars-2018

Forensic Psychiatry:

Forensic psychiatry: treatment order, criminal responsibility assessment, fitness to appear assessment

Clinical, research and/or teaching experiences:

• Psychiatrist at the Pierre-Janet CISSSO Psycholegal Residency: 2019-2020
• Forensic assessments: criminal responsibility assessments, fitness to stand trial assessments of patients at CISSSO Pierre-Janet. Assessments for treatment orders, TAQ follow-up, etc.

Psychotherapy:

• Maintenance of my certification and competency as a psychotherapist (CMQ).
• Special interest in telemedicine and teletherapy: http://visio.lequi-libre.ca
• Founder of REPIT-Psychosis: Research and Teaching on Innovative Practices in the Treatment of Psychosis, which focuses on psychoeducation as the primary means of initial intervention
• Eclectic psychotherapeutic approach combined in a pragmatic way
• Supportive therapy
• Psychodynamic therapy – brief and long term
• CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)
• IPT (Interpersonal therapy)
• ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
• Full consciousness – Mindfulness
• Existential psychotherapy, humanistic approach (Yalom, Frankl)
• Narrative therapy
• Advocate of experiential therapies (via arts, physical activation, therapeutic encounter, nature and adventure intervention, pet therapy, voice hearing)
• Interest in innovative therapies: use of information technology in psychotherapeutic practice; virtual reality; etc…
• I am not at all a fan of analytical therapy (Freud), but sensitive to the psychodynamic aspects inherent in all encounters, interpersonal and human experiences: identification, projection, transference, counter-transference, conscious, unconscious, defenses, explicit, implicit, etc…