Our research
informs
Suicide
Prevention
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in youth. The Youth Suicide Prevention Research Team conducts longitudinal research to track the development of suicide and understand more about the modifiable risk and protective factors and prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and mortality in youth. The team also contributes to intervention for building good mental health.
Recent publications
Vergunst, F., Commisso, M., Geoffroy, MC., Temcheff, C., Poirier, M., Park, J., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Cote, SM., & Orri M. (2022). Association of childhood externalizing, internalizing and comorbid symptoms with long-term economic and social outcomes. European Psychiatry, 65(S1), S434-S434. doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1102
Watkins-Martin, K., Bolanis, D., Richard-Devantoy, S., Pennestri, MH., Malboeuf-Hurtubise, C., Philippe, F., Guindon, J., Gouin, JP., Ouellet-Morin, I., & Geoffroy, MC. (2022). The effects of walking in nature on the negative and positive affect in adult psychiatric outpatients with major depressive disorder: A randomized-controlled study. Journal of Affective Disorders, S0165–0327(22)00977-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.121
Perret, L.C., Boivin, M., Moreau-Vaillancourt, G., Andlauer, T. F. M., Paquin, S., Langevin, S., Girard, A., Turecki, G., O’Donnell, K., Tremblay, R. E., Côté, S. M., Gouin, JP., Ouellet-Morin, I., & Geoffroy, MC. (2022). Polygenic risk, peer victimization and depressive symptoms in adolescence: Results from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Children Development. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13706
Beaudry, G., Drouin, O., Gravel, J., Smyrnova, A., Bender, A., Orri, M., Geoffroy, MC., & Chadi, N. (2022). A comparative analysis of pediatric mental health-related emergency department utilization in Montréal, Canada before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Annals of General Psychiatry, 21, 1–17. doi: 10.1186/s12991-022-00398-y
Geoffroy, MC., Bouchard, S., Per, M., Khoury, B., Chartrand, E., Renaud, J., Turecki, G., Colman, I., & Orri, M. (2022). Prevalence of suicidal ideation and behaviors in children aged 12 years and under: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Psychiatry, 9(9), 703–714. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00193-6

Suicide claims
700 000 lives
globally
each year

Recent dissemination
Marche en nature contre les sentiments négatifs
Développer son réseau de soutien pour une bonne santé mentale
Covid-19: Young adults have been resilient
Marche en nature contre les sentiments négatifs
Développer son réseau de soutien pour une bonne santé mentale
Covid-19: Young adults have been resilient

Quick facts about us
Dr. Geoffroy was recently awarded funding by Fond de recherche du Québec (FRQ) to lead an interuniversity research team on youth suicide prevention
established in 2018
Canada Research
Chair in
Youth Suicide Prevention


Dr. Geoffroy
The research team is led by Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy. She is an Assistant Professor in the department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association), an Associate member in the department of psychiatry at McGill University and a Canada Research Chair holder.