Featured Publications
Climate awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth: a qualitative study in a middle-income country
Chou D, Abelama Neto E, Thomas I, Martin A, Benoit L. Climate awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth: a qualitative study in a middle-income country. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2023, 45: 258-267. PMID: 37015325, PMCID: PMC10288477, DOI: 10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal perceptionSelf-care strategiesDevelopmental levelDifferent socioeconomic contextsQualitative studyInterpretative Phenomenological Analysis frameworkMental healthCollective levelYoung childrenDistinctive perceptionsRole modelsBrazilian childrenYoung peoplePerceptionEffective communicationChildrenFocus groups
2022
Perspectives on Climate Change and Pediatric Mental Health: a Qualitative Analysis of Interviews with Researchers in the Field
Wortzel J, Lee J, Benoit L, Rubano A, Pinsky E. Perspectives on Climate Change and Pediatric Mental Health: a Qualitative Analysis of Interviews with Researchers in the Field. Academic Psychiatry 2022, 46: 562-568. PMID: 36149577, PMCID: PMC10954300, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-022-01707-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Review: Ecological awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth and their parents – a qualitative study of newspaper narratives
Benoit L, Thomas I, Martin A. Review: Ecological awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth and their parents – a qualitative study of newspaper narratives. Child And Adolescent Mental Health 2021, 27: 47-58. PMID: 34687125, DOI: 10.1111/camh.12514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClimate crisisYoung peopleYouth-led activismClimate change anxietyPatterns of discourseYoung activistsClimate changePress narrativesDiscourse analysisClimate actionImmature waysUltimate saviourYouth concernsSources of meaningNewspaper articlesNewspaper narrativesAttitudes of childrenInnocent victimsParadigmatic wayQualitative studyNVivo softwareEnvironmental actionsRespective perspectivesAmerican newspapersDefensive stanceA Systematic Review of Somatic Symptoms in School Refusal
Li A, Guessoum S, Ibrahim N, Lefèvre H, Moro M, Benoit L. A Systematic Review of Somatic Symptoms in School Refusal. Psychosomatic Medicine 2021, 83: 715-723. PMID: 33951013, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000000956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic symptomsSystematic reviewIdentifiable physical diseaseSchool refusalDialectical behavior therapyAbdominal painPsychologist/psychiatristJoint achesThird-wave behavioral therapyPsychiatric referralPsychological comorbiditiesExpression therapyBreathing trainingSuccessful therapyFirst complaintPhysicians' lackSymptomsBehavioral therapyTherapyPhysical diseasePsycINFO databasesDaily practiceMultidisciplinary approachBehavior therapyAnxiety management