Aline Drapeau

Research areas

Academic profile

Junior I FRSQ

Research Interests

Psychosocial epidemiology; social anchorages, gender and utilisation of services; culture and attitudes toward mental illness and help seeking; validation of measurement tools; statistics
Projects on validity of survey reports of utilisation of services vs admin databases; recovery project with HLHL rehab services coordinators.

Recents Publications

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Drapeau, A., Boyer, R., & Diallo, F. B. (2011). Discrepancies between survey and administrative data on the use of mental health services in the general population: findings from a study conducted in Quebec. BMC Public Health, 11(1), 837. Pubmed 

Dumais, A., Larue, C., Drapeau, A., Menard, G., & Giguere Allard, M. (2011). Prevalence and correlates of seclusion with or without restraint in a Canadian psychiatric hospital: a 2-year retrospective audit. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 18(5), 394-402. Pubme

Marchand, A., Drapeau, A., & Beaulieu-Prevost, D. (2011). Psychological distress in Canada: The role of employment and reasons of non-employment. The International journal of social psychiatry. Pubmed 

Larue, C., Dumais, A., Drapeau, A., Menard, G., & Goulet, M. H. (2010). Nursing practices recorded in reports of episodes of seclusion. Issues in mental health nursing, 31(12), 785-792. Pubmed

Drapeau, A., Beaulieu-Prevost, D., Marchand, A., Boyer, R., Preville, M., & Kairouz, S. (2010). A life-course and time perspective on the construct validity of psychological distress in women and men. Measurement invariance of the K6 across gender. BMC medical research methodology, 10(1), 68. Pubmed

Drapeau A , Boyer R, Lesage A (2009) The influence of social anchorage on the gender difference in the use of mental health services. J Behavioral Health Services & Research (sous presse)

Wang JL, Lesage A, Schmitz N, Drapeau A (2008) "The Relationship between Work Stress and Mental Disorders in men and women: Findings from a Population – Based Study". J Epidemiology and Community Health 62: 42-47.

Drapeau A. (2006) "Book Review : FL Ahearn (ed) Psychosocial Wellness of Refugees." Transcultual Psychiatry 43:147-149.

Drapeau A, Lesage A, Boyer R. (2005) "Is the Statistical Association Between Sex and the Use of Services for Mental Health Reasons Confounded or Modified by the Social Anchorage of Individuals?" Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 50: 401-405

Drapeau A, Rousseau C, Boivin J-F. (2005) "La mesure de la santé mentale dans l'Enquête socioéconomique et de santé intégrée et longitudinale". Ruptures 10: 118-132

Bernard P, Lemay M, Bourdon S, Charbonneau J, Helly D, Courtemanche R, Drouin C, Plante N, Drapeau A, Lefebvre P, Ornstein M, Paquet G (2005). "Bonnaître, débattre et décider: la contribution d'une Enquête socioéconomique et de santé intégrée et longitudinale". Ruptures 10: 77-94.

Rousseau C, Drapeau A, Lacroix L, Bagilishya D, Heusch N (2005). "Evaluation of a Classroom Program of Creative Expression Workshops for Refugee and Immigrant Children." J Child Psychology & Psychiatry. 45 : 180-185.

Rousseau C, Drapeau A (2004) "Premigration Exposure to Political Violence Among Independent Immigrants and its Association with Emotional Distress." J Nervous & Mental Disease. 192 : 852-856.

Rousseau C, Drapeau A, Platt R (2004). "Family Environment and Psychiatric Symptoms in Adolescent Cambodian Refugees: Influence of Time, Gender and Acculturation". Medicine, Conflict and Survival. 10: 151-165.

Rousseau C, Drapeau A, Rahimi S. (2003) "The Complexity of Trauma Response: A Four-Year Follow-Up of Adolescents Cambodian Refugees." Child Abuse & Neglect. 27: 1277-1290.

Rousseau C, Drapeau A (2003). "Are Refugee Children an at Risk Group?:A Longitudinal study of Cambodian Adolescents." J Refugee Studies. 16 : 67-81.