Professors Normand (Université du Québec en Outaouais, Ottawa/Gatineau) and Amori Mikami (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) have started a new study in fall 2013. The study will compare the efficacy of two new parent-based intervention programs. These programs are designed to teach parents how to help their child (6-11 years of age) with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) make and keep good friends. Researchers will investig [...]

Marie Michèle Soucisse, one of the doctoral students at IRPCMH under the supervision of Dr. Normand, presented the results of her doctoral thesis at the ISRCAP (International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology) biennial conference in June 2015. This scientific meeting was held in Portland, Oregon, and gathered some of the world's leading experts and trainees on child and adolescent mental health.

Joanna Guiet, IRPCMH's research coordinator and undergraduate student in psychology at the Université du Québec en Outaouais under the supervision of Dr. Normand, recently presented the results of her honours thesis at the 2nd Annual ADHD Research Day of the Canadian ADHD Research Network. Dr. Normand also presented the recent findings of a study that includes colleagues from Toronto, London (United Kingdom) and Melbourne (Australia). This scient [...]

Dr. Sébastien Normand, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at UQO and Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Program on Children's Mental Helathsanté (IRPCMH), will give a conference on November 4, 2015 at Montfort Hospital on the controversies and empirical evidence about the psychosocial treatments of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) for children and adolescents. ADHD is a persistent neurodevelopmental disorde [...]