Jessica Rassy

Université de Sherbrooke | UdeS · School of Nursing

Children and adolescents are a population at particular risk of experiencing adverse mental health repercussions related to pandemics. To understand vulnerability factors and repercussions of pandemics and related sanitary measures on children and adolescents’ mental health, we performed a scoping review to examine and synthesize literature. In tot...

Patients with mood disorders are at high risk of suicidality, and emergency departments (ED) are essential in the management of this risk. This study aims to (1) describe the suicidal thoughts and behaviours of patients with mood disorders who come to ED; (2) assess the psychometric properties of the Suicidal Behaviours Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R...

Topic: Public health measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted children and adolescents' (C&A) lives, affecting their sense of structure, predictability, and security. Purpose: To examine C&A' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to better understand how this context and its associated public health measure...

Almost half (48,5%) of all individuals who die by suicide visited the Emergency Department (ED) in the year preceding their death by suicide and for almost a third (29,5%) of these individuals, the ED visit occurred within the month preceding their death by suicide. The ED is a key location for suicide prevention. The aim of this study was to devel...

People living with mental illness have difficulty obtaining quality physical care services. Nurses find it hard to fully assume their role and adopt a person-centered approach when they care for people with both physical and mental health problems. A scoping review was carried out to document the breadth and depth of literature on nurse interventio...

In Quebec, nearly 3 persons still take their own lives every day, even though this number has been declining since 2000. Several institutional and community actors are involved in suicide prevention and several initiatives have contributed to the reduction of suicide rates. Despite this hard work, additional efforts are needed to intensify service...

Objective A suicide audit was pilot implemented in order to generate recommendations on how to improve suicide prevention. Methods Thirty-nine consecutive suicides that occurred in Montreal, Canada from January to October 2016 were audited. A retrospective analysis of their life trajectory and service utilization was conducted using the psychologi...

BACKGROUND The use of information and communications technology (ICT) in suicide prevention has progressed rapidly over the past decade. ICT plays a major role in suicide prevention but research regarding best and promising practices has lagged behind. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to scope the existing literature on ICT use in suicide preven...

Background: The use of information and communications technology (ICT) in suicide prevention has progressed rapidly over the past decade. ICT plays a major role in suicide prevention but research regarding best and promising practices has lagged behind. Objective: The aim of this paper is to scope the existing literature on ICT use in suicide pr...

Background: Suicide is a major public health concern. In 2017, the suicide rate in Canada was 11 per 100,000 inhabitants. According to literature, 1 in 5 people have experienced a death by suicide during their lifetime. The aim of this study was to describe the met and unmet needs of suicide-bereaved survivors and to provide postvention recommenda...

Context Audits conducted on medical records have been traditionally used in hospitals to assess and improve quality of medical care but have yet to be properly integrated and used for suicide prevention purposes. We aimed to (1) revise a quality of care grid and adapt it to an adult population of suicide attempters and (2) identify quality of care...

En 2019 s’est déroulé le colloque franco-canadien réunissant des chercheurs et des professionnels de la santé mentales des deux continents. Plusieurs études ont été présentées menant à des réflexions stimulantes. Dans ce texte, une doctorante et post-doctorante décrivent leur expérience et présentent les impacts positifs de leur participation sur l...

Introduction. Les données probantes démontrent que seule la littératie en santé mentale est efficace pour réduire les tentatives de suicide. Au Québec, le programme de littératie « Solidaires pour la Vie » (SPLV) a été déployé comme stratégie de prévention du suicide depuis 2000. Ce programme a rejoint 50-70% des adolescents, soit plus de 1 150 000...

Background Suicide is a major public health concern that affects some 3,500 individuals a year in Canada. According to the literature, each suicide affects an average of six people. The aim of this study was to describe the met and unmet needs of suicide-bereaved survivors and to formulate postvention recommendations. Methods In the context of an e...

Background: Suicide is a major public health concern. In 2017, the suicide rate in Canada was 11 per 100 000 inhabitants. According to the literature, 1 in 5 people have experienced a death by suicide during their lifetime. The aim of this study was to describe the met and unmet needs of suicide-bereaved survivors and to formulate postvention recom...

Background: Suicide is a major public health concern. In 2017, the suicide rate in Canada was 11 per 100 000 inhabitants. According to literature, 1 in 5 people have experienced a death by suicide during their lifetime. The aim of this study was to describe the met and unmet needs of suicide-bereaved survivors and to provide postvention recommendat...

Background: Suicide is a major public health concern. In 2017, the suicide rate in Canada was 11 per 100 000 inhabitants. According to literature, 1 in 5 people have experienced a death by suicide during their lifetime. The aim of this study was to describe the met and unmet needs of suicide-bereaved survivors and to provide postvention recommendat...

The purpose of this review was to identify the problems and needs associated with school reintegration after psychiatric hospitalization. Principles outlined by the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) for systematic mixed studies reviews were used to search 14 electronic databases with all possible lit...

De plus en plus d’adolescents à risque de suicide se tournent vers les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) pour chercher de l’aide. Or, à ce jour, aucune étude n’a exploré le processus de recherche d’aide par les TIC chez des adolescents à risque de suicide. Afin de pallier cette situation, une étude par théorisation ancrée a...

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for help-seeking is becoming more and more common for adolescents at risk of suicide. Objectives The aim of this current study was to better understand the help-seeking process of adolescents at risk for suicide. Methods A grounded theory methodology was used to describe the experience of...

Résumé Cet article explore les facteurs qui influencent la recherche d’aide des adolescents concernant les idées suicidaires. D’une part, certaines caractéristiques personnelles influencent la recherche d’aide, dont le sexe, l’âge, le groupe ethnique, ainsi que la présence de problèmes de santé mentale. D’autre part, il existe de nombreux obstacles...

Looking for help on the Internet by adolescents with suicidal thoughts: a concept analysis The help-seeking concept is largely used in the healthcare system and seems relatively well understood by healthcare professionals even though no consensus on this concept has yet been reached. More specifically, the Internet help-seeking concept by adolescen...

The help-seeking concept is largely used in the healthcare system and seems relatively well understood by healthcare professionals even though no consensus on this concept has yet been reached. More specifically, the Internet help-seeking concept by adolescents with suicidal thoughts has yet to be explored. To clarify this concept and eventually de...