Francine Ferland

ORCID: 0000-0003-2105-887X
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Research Areas
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
  • Health, Medicine and Society
  • Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Education, sociology, and vocational training
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Social Sciences and Governance
  • Wine Industry and Tourism
  • Social Policies and Family
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • French Urban and Social Studies
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Child Therapy and Development
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory

Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
2015-2025

Université Laval
2006-2025

Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches
2014-2025

Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale
2017-2025

Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
2016-2025

Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Vieille-Capitale
2017-2025

Capital University
2024

Centres Intégré Universitaires de Santé et de Services Sociaux
2016-2024

Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux des Laurentides
2015-2022

Quebec Rehabilitation Research Network
2013-2018

Playfulness is normally associated with children and remains poorly documented in adulthood. Studies have confirmed that playfulness present adulthood but do not provide any information on its specific nature. An enhanced comprehension of needed to determine possible use occupational therapy intervention an adult clientele. A qualitative study led a conceptual definition can be defined as internal predisposition characterized by creativity, curiosity, pleasure, sense humor, spontaneity. This...

10.1177/153944920502500103 article EN OTJR Occupational Therapy Journal of Research 2005-01-01

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between availability of gambling activities and participation in gambling, maximum amount money lost 1 day to number pathological gamblers. Method: Two random samples (1002 1257 adults) were surveyed 7 years apart using South Oaks Gambling Screen identify Results: Seven later, significantly more people reported having gambled, gamblers had increased by 75%. Conclusions: These findings support hypothesis that increases are related problem

10.1177/070674379904400807 article EN The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 1999-10-01

Objective: Legalized gambling opportunities have markedly increased in most industrialized countries. While authors agree that the rate of pathological gamblers is related to accessibility activities, no published studies yet empirically estimated impact introduction new activities within a longitudinal study. Thus, we evaluate opening casino on among nearby inhabitants. Method A random sample 457 respondents from Hull area (experimental group) and 423 Quebec City (control completed South...

10.1177/070674370004500904 article EN The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 2000-11-01

The consequences of pathological gambling negatively impact many aspects the life both gambler and his relatives. This exploratory study compared gambler's perceptions in spouse with that had same consequences. Seven couples, each including a male gambler, participated study. Members couple individually completed questionnaire. descriptive analyses showed member mentioned, addition to financial consequences, different stemming from behaviour gambler. revealed perceived she experienced, as...

10.4309/jgi.2008.22.5 article EN Journal of Gambling Issues 2008-12-01

10.1007/s10488-018-0889-3 article EN Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2018-08-03

This study assessed the possible differences in classification of adolescent gamblers when using South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA; K. C. Winters, R. D. Stinchfield, & J. Fulkerson, 1993) versus a clinical interview that was based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria pathological gambling. A total 631 adolescents ages 15-17 years participated two phases study. Results revealed 93 who had been...

10.1037/0893-164x.19.3.271 article EN Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 2005-09-01

Neurophysiological and behavioral similarities have been evidenced between excessive food consumption leading to obesity addiction other substances. In accordance, was defined following the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for substance dependence. The aim of this pilot study identify a subgroup women suffering from (n = 11), compare them substance-use disorder 23), seeking treatment compulsive overeating but free 12) on addiction-related characteristics (reward sensitivity, impulsivity,...

10.4236/health.2012.412a214 article EN Health 2012-01-01

Context. Couple treatment for pathological gambling is an innovative strategy. There are some results supporting its potential effectiveness, but little known about the subjective experiences of participants. Objective. The aim this article to document gamblers and their partners participating in one two treatments, namely individual or couple. Method. In a study aiming evaluate efficacy Integrative Treatment Pathological Gambling (ICT-PG), couples who were entering specialized addiction...

10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02344 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2018-01-24

Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a growing problem worldwide. High ED users have been historically targeted to reduce and associated high costs. Patients with psychiatric disorders, including substance-related disorders (SRDs), are among the largest contributors use. Since EDs meant for urgent cases, they not an appropriate setting treating recurrent patients or replacing outpatient care. Identifying user profiles in terms of perceived barriers care, service use, sociodemographic...

10.3390/ijerph21020234 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2024-02-16

Identifying profiles of people with mental and substance use disorders who emergency departments may help guide the development interventions more appropriate to their particular characteristics needs.To develop a typology for frequency visits department health reasons based on Andersen model.Questionnaires were completed by patients attended an (n = 320), recruited in Quebec (Canada), administrative data obtained related sociodemographic/socioeconomic characteristics, diagnoses including...

10.1192/bjo.2020.39 article EN cc-by-nc-nd BJPsych Open 2020-06-03
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