Elise Cournoyer Lemaire

Douglas Research Centre - McGill University · Psychiatry

This study aimed to describe and understand the links between musical activities (i.e. listening, playing, attending festive events, belonging to music-based communities) and the addictive trajectory of homeless young adults who experience problematic psychoactive substance (PS) use. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 15 hom...

This study explores the impact of the pandemic on mental health and the strategies put in place to overcome these challenges, from the perspective of young adults who experience social precarity and PS use in Montreal. This collaborative study used a descriptive qualitative design. Ten semi-directed interviews were conducted with young adults aged...

Issues Music is among the most frequently used medium to promote young adults' well‐being. To that aim, the efficiency of music is explained by its capacity to modulate emotions through its effect on the brain's reward pathways. Hence, music could help individuals suffering from dysregulations in these pathways, whose experience of positive emotion...

Music is increasingly considered to promote the health and well-being of clinical populations treated in hospital and psychiatric settings. Research shows numerous benefits of music on physical and mental health issues by responding to psychological, emotional, social and physical needs. However, while music's benefits are largely supported among c...

To promote the population’s adherence to COVID-19 public health preventive measures, the Quebec (Canada) government solicited the assistance of local music artists. This commentary aims to demonstrate how music has been utilized to communicate the public health recommendations relative to the COVID-19 pandemic and to discuss the relevance of using...

Contexte. Malgré les besoins psychosociaux que présentent les jeunes adultes en situation d’itinérance qui consomment des substances psychoactives, ils sont peu nombreux à fréquenter les services d’aide. Bien qu’ils s’appuient sur des ressources personnelles pour favoriser leur bien-être, celles-ci demeurent peu étudiées. La littérature suggère que...

Ce projet photovoix vise à mieux comprendre les ressources qu'utilisent les jeunes adultes en situation d'itinérance qui consomment des substances psychoactives pour favoriser leur bien-être global. Plus spécifiquement, des jeunes concerné.e.s ont choisi d'adresser cette question : Quelle est la place de la musique au travers des épreuves de la vie...

Homeless young adults are particularly vulnerable to the harmful consequences of problematic psychoactive substance (PAS) use. Problematic PAS use leads to the dysregulation of the brain reward pathways and in turn to difficulties regulating emotions and PAS use. Through its impact on the reward pathways, music could promote the well-being of those...

RÉSUMÉ Les jeunes adultes vivant en situation d’itinérance sont particulièrement vulnérables aux conséquences néfastes de la consommation problématique de substances psychoactives (SPA). Bien que plusieurs sortent du cycle de la consommation sans l’aide des services, la littérature est centrée sur leurs difficultés alors que les moyens qu’ils utili...

Most university students report studying while listening to background music. While studying encompasses a range of cognitive processes, it particularly involves the memorization of new information. However, results from the literature regarding the effect of background music on long-term episodic memory (i.e. long-term memory for spatiotemporal ev...