Vincent Paquin
@vincepaquin.bsky.social
PhD student and psychiatrist interested in digital culture(s) and mental health. Montréal ~ him/lui
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Près de 96 % utilisent Internet à des fins personnelles, et 89 % sont actifs sur les réseaux sociaux.
Le numérique continue de transformer les habitudes culturelles des Québécois
www.ledevoir.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Près de 96 % utilisent Internet à des fins personnelles, et 89 % sont actifs sur les réseaux sociaux.
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On this July 4, liberate the field from cross-sectional “mediation analysis” - check out this new paper discussing an alternative. I bet it’s an instant classic. My sense is that folks continue bad practices bc they don’t know what else to do. This solves that
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
July 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
On this July 4, liberate the field from cross-sectional “mediation analysis” - check out this new paper discussing an alternative. I bet it’s an instant classic. My sense is that folks continue bad practices bc they don’t know what else to do. This solves that
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Do phone restrictions improve teens' mental health? 📱
No, according to this cross-sectional study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Of 30 schools in the UK, attending those that restrict phone use was not associated with better mental health.
No, according to this cross-sectional study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Of 30 schools in the UK, attending those that restrict phone use was not associated with better mental health.
School phone policies and their association with mental wellbeing, phone use, and social media use (SMART Schools): a cross-sectional observational study
There is no evidence that restrictive school policies are associated with overall
phone and social media use or better mental wellbeing in adolescents. The findings
do not provide evidence to support ...
www.thelancet.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Do phone restrictions improve teens' mental health? 📱
No, according to this cross-sectional study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Of 30 schools in the UK, attending those that restrict phone use was not associated with better mental health.
No, according to this cross-sectional study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Of 30 schools in the UK, attending those that restrict phone use was not associated with better mental health.
TikTok is still here. What can parents do?
Avoiding social media altogether is not going to help protect young people.
Our op-ed in the @mtlgazette.bsky.social: www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-e...
#TikTok #PsychSciSky
Avoiding social media altogether is not going to help protect young people.
Our op-ed in the @mtlgazette.bsky.social: www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-e...
#TikTok #PsychSciSky
Opinion: TikTok is still here. What can parents do?
While we may think that the best thing for kids’ mental health is to avoid social media, the reality is more complicated.
www.montrealgazette.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
TikTok is still here. What can parents do?
Avoiding social media altogether is not going to help protect young people.
Our op-ed in the @mtlgazette.bsky.social: www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-e...
#TikTok #PsychSciSky
Avoiding social media altogether is not going to help protect young people.
Our op-ed in the @mtlgazette.bsky.social: www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-e...
#TikTok #PsychSciSky
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My public health students @mcgill.ca were lucky to meet @stephanienolen.bsky.social today, and learn about how journalists cover global and public health and why journalism matters, now more than ever
Merci beaucoup, Stephanie 🙏🏽
Merci beaucoup, Stephanie 🙏🏽
March 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My public health students @mcgill.ca were lucky to meet @stephanienolen.bsky.social today, and learn about how journalists cover global and public health and why journalism matters, now more than ever
Merci beaucoup, Stephanie 🙏🏽
Merci beaucoup, Stephanie 🙏🏽
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Interesting new pub @collabrapsychology.bsky.social on how pre-registration have impacts on theory development by encouraging scientists to think more deeply earlier on in a project.
Not a meta-scientist but, I think this tracks on my personal experience.
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
Not a meta-scientist but, I think this tracks on my personal experience.
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
When Hypothesis Preregistration Feeds Into Theory Development
Study preregistrations and theory development have been proposed as independent strategies for improving the quality, transparency, robustness, and reproducibility of research. Yet, a discussion of ho...
online.ucpress.edu
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Interesting new pub @collabrapsychology.bsky.social on how pre-registration have impacts on theory development by encouraging scientists to think more deeply earlier on in a project.
Not a meta-scientist but, I think this tracks on my personal experience.
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
Not a meta-scientist but, I think this tracks on my personal experience.
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
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We talk a lot about why adolescent girls report more low mood and anxiety, and why this might be getting worse.
But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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Adolescent girls’ explanations of high rates of low mood and anxiety in their population: a co-produced qualitative study - BMC Women's Health
Background From early adolescence, girls face greater risk of experiencing low mood and anxiety relative to boys, with recent evidence that this may be worsening. There is a paucity of mental health r...
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We talk a lot about why adolescent girls report more low mood and anxiety, and why this might be getting worse.
But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
1/8
But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
1/8
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Structural disadvantage and social isolation disproportionately affect people with mental health problems and may erode trust in institutions.
Our new preprint highlights the importance of addressing these factors to foster a more trusting society:
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Our new preprint highlights the importance of addressing these factors to foster a more trusting society:
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
December 10, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Structural disadvantage and social isolation disproportionately affect people with mental health problems and may erode trust in institutions.
Our new preprint highlights the importance of addressing these factors to foster a more trusting society:
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Our new preprint highlights the importance of addressing these factors to foster a more trusting society:
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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I wrote about all the ways Jonathan Haidt gets it wrong and how early Haidt would not have been happy with later Haidt.
newrepublic.com/article/1903...
Are Cell Phones Really Destroying Kids’ Mental Health?
Jonathan Haidt once heralded an “ultrasocial” world. Now he’s one of social media’s most prominent critics.
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I wrote about all the ways Jonathan Haidt gets it wrong and how early Haidt would not have been happy with later Haidt.
newrepublic.com/article/1903...
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Dans @lapresse.ca : @mashdash.bsky.social strikes again! ⬆️↗️
Aux Halles de la gare : « Au total, il a donc installé sept grands panneaux indiquant clairement où aller pour prendre un train, le métro, un autobus et même pour se rendre à des rues à proximité »
#remmtl #transportcollectif #Wayfinding
Aux Halles de la gare : « Au total, il a donc installé sept grands panneaux indiquant clairement où aller pour prendre un train, le métro, un autobus et même pour se rendre à des rues à proximité »
#remmtl #transportcollectif #Wayfinding
Un étudiant corrige à nouveau la signalisation autour du REM
On n’est jamais mieux servi que par soi-même, veut l’adage. Et Dashiell Friesen l’a bien compris. Le jeune étudiant en graphisme a décidé pour la deuxième fois d’améliorer la signalisation déficiente ...
www.lapresse.ca
January 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Dans @lapresse.ca : @mashdash.bsky.social strikes again! ⬆️↗️
Aux Halles de la gare : « Au total, il a donc installé sept grands panneaux indiquant clairement où aller pour prendre un train, le métro, un autobus et même pour se rendre à des rues à proximité »
#remmtl #transportcollectif #Wayfinding
Aux Halles de la gare : « Au total, il a donc installé sept grands panneaux indiquant clairement où aller pour prendre un train, le métro, un autobus et même pour se rendre à des rues à proximité »
#remmtl #transportcollectif #Wayfinding
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Par ici le privé: Clic Santé propose une majorité de rendez-vous dans des cliniques privées, pour des services payants, montre une analyse de La Presse. Une enquête de Charles-Éric Blais-Poulin et
@jeanhuguesroy.bsky.social lp.ca/4wlcEd via @lapresse.ca
@jeanhuguesroy.bsky.social lp.ca/4wlcEd via @lapresse.ca
Dossier | Clic Santé | Par ici le privé (4 articles)
Clic Santé propose une majorité de rendez-vous dans des cliniques privées, pour des services payants, montre une analyse de La Presse. Québec, qui dit vouloir endiguer la place du privé en santé, comp...
lp.ca
December 10, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Par ici le privé: Clic Santé propose une majorité de rendez-vous dans des cliniques privées, pour des services payants, montre une analyse de La Presse. Une enquête de Charles-Éric Blais-Poulin et
@jeanhuguesroy.bsky.social lp.ca/4wlcEd via @lapresse.ca
@jeanhuguesroy.bsky.social lp.ca/4wlcEd via @lapresse.ca
Structural disadvantage and social isolation disproportionately affect people with mental health problems and may erode trust in institutions.
Our new preprint highlights the importance of addressing these factors to foster a more trusting society:
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Our new preprint highlights the importance of addressing these factors to foster a more trusting society:
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
December 10, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Structural disadvantage and social isolation disproportionately affect people with mental health problems and may erode trust in institutions.
Our new preprint highlights the importance of addressing these factors to foster a more trusting society:
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Our new preprint highlights the importance of addressing these factors to foster a more trusting society:
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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Some recent work, for the Bluesky crowd,
A review of my new book, The Avatar Faculty
doi.org/10.1093/jaar...
A review of my new book, The Avatar Faculty
doi.org/10.1093/jaar...
November 26, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Some recent work, for the Bluesky crowd,
A review of my new book, The Avatar Faculty
doi.org/10.1093/jaar...
A review of my new book, The Avatar Faculty
doi.org/10.1093/jaar...
What is the effect of reducing social media use or abstaining from it entirely? Many experimental studies have examined this question but found mixed results.
I recommend this preprint that identifies methodological issues in current research: osf.io/preprints/ps...
I recommend this preprint that identifies methodological issues in current research: osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 26, 2024 at 12:24 PM
What is the effect of reducing social media use or abstaining from it entirely? Many experimental studies have examined this question but found mixed results.
I recommend this preprint that identifies methodological issues in current research: osf.io/preprints/ps...
I recommend this preprint that identifies methodological issues in current research: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Vous avez entre 16 et 25 ans, jouez aux jeux vidéo, et résidez au Québec? Nous recherchons des participant.e.s pour compléter un questionnaire anonyme en ligne. Une carte cadeau est offerte pour toute participation.
Pour en savoir plus: portal.rimuhc.ca/cim/redcap/s...
Pour en savoir plus: portal.rimuhc.ca/cim/redcap/s...
November 18, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Vous avez entre 16 et 25 ans, jouez aux jeux vidéo, et résidez au Québec? Nous recherchons des participant.e.s pour compléter un questionnaire anonyme en ligne. Une carte cadeau est offerte pour toute participation.
Pour en savoir plus: portal.rimuhc.ca/cim/redcap/s...
Pour en savoir plus: portal.rimuhc.ca/cim/redcap/s...
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🎇ANNONCE!🎇
L’édition 2025 du colloque annuel de l’ACÉJ/CGSA sera un événement hybride co-organisé par le TAG Lab à l’Université Concordia à Montréal, Québec, du 7 au 10 juin. Le thème cette année est « Arrêts ».
La date limite de soumission est le vendredi 13 décembre 2024 à 23h59 HNE
🎇ANNONCE!🎇
L’édition 2025 du colloque annuel de l’ACÉJ/CGSA sera un événement hybride co-organisé par le TAG Lab à l’Université Concordia à Montréal, Québec, du 7 au 10 juin. Le thème cette année est « Arrêts ».
La date limite de soumission est le vendredi 13 décembre 2024 à 23h59 HNE
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a microphone and a glass of tea
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a microphone and a glass of tea
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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🎇ANNONCE!🎇
L’édition 2025 du colloque annuel de l’ACÉJ/CGSA sera un événement hybride co-organisé par le TAG Lab à l’Université Concordia à Montréal, Québec, du 7 au 10 juin. Le thème cette année est « Arrêts ».
La date limite de soumission est le vendredi 13 décembre 2024 à 23h59 HNE
🎇ANNONCE!🎇
L’édition 2025 du colloque annuel de l’ACÉJ/CGSA sera un événement hybride co-organisé par le TAG Lab à l’Université Concordia à Montréal, Québec, du 7 au 10 juin. Le thème cette année est « Arrêts ».
La date limite de soumission est le vendredi 13 décembre 2024 à 23h59 HNE
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New preprint on fan cultures in mental health care 📺
osf.io/4b3md
Taking the furry fandom as a case study, we discuss how identity, technology, stigma, and community interface with fan culture and mental health — and how clinicians can explore these aspects of a person’s background.
osf.io/4b3md
Taking the furry fandom as a case study, we discuss how identity, technology, stigma, and community interface with fan culture and mental health — and how clinicians can explore these aspects of a person’s background.
OSF
osf.io
September 3, 2024 at 11:18 AM
New preprint on fan cultures in mental health care 📺
osf.io/4b3md
Taking the furry fandom as a case study, we discuss how identity, technology, stigma, and community interface with fan culture and mental health — and how clinicians can explore these aspects of a person’s background.
osf.io/4b3md
Taking the furry fandom as a case study, we discuss how identity, technology, stigma, and community interface with fan culture and mental health — and how clinicians can explore these aspects of a person’s background.
New preprint on fan cultures in mental health care 📺
osf.io/4b3md
Taking the furry fandom as a case study, we discuss how identity, technology, stigma, and community interface with fan culture and mental health — and how clinicians can explore these aspects of a person’s background.
osf.io/4b3md
Taking the furry fandom as a case study, we discuss how identity, technology, stigma, and community interface with fan culture and mental health — and how clinicians can explore these aspects of a person’s background.
OSF
osf.io
September 3, 2024 at 11:18 AM
New preprint on fan cultures in mental health care 📺
osf.io/4b3md
Taking the furry fandom as a case study, we discuss how identity, technology, stigma, and community interface with fan culture and mental health — and how clinicians can explore these aspects of a person’s background.
osf.io/4b3md
Taking the furry fandom as a case study, we discuss how identity, technology, stigma, and community interface with fan culture and mental health — and how clinicians can explore these aspects of a person’s background.
Our paper on media use and paranoia is now published:
doi.org/10.2196/59198
We found that social media use was associated with subsequently lower paranoia in a sample of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
#PsychSciSky
doi.org/10.2196/59198
We found that social media use was associated with subsequently lower paranoia in a sample of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
#PsychSciSky
Media Use and Its Associations With Paranoia in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: Ecological Momentary Assessment
Background: Paranoia is a spectrum of fear-related experiences that spans diagnostic categories and is influenced by social and cognitive factors. The extent to which social media and other types of m...
doi.org
July 8, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Our paper on media use and paranoia is now published:
doi.org/10.2196/59198
We found that social media use was associated with subsequently lower paranoia in a sample of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
#PsychSciSky
doi.org/10.2196/59198
We found that social media use was associated with subsequently lower paranoia in a sample of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
#PsychSciSky
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New preprint by @bsiepe.bsky.social & our WARN-D lab.
We collected information on sleep, tiredness & stress with both EMA and sensor data, and try to find out to which degree these are associated contemporaneously in a large dataset (n~800) with many timepoints (t~360).
Brief 🧵
We collected information on sleep, tiredness & stress with both EMA and sensor data, and try to find out to which degree these are associated contemporaneously in a large dataset (n~800) with many timepoints (t~360).
Brief 🧵
July 5, 2024 at 6:46 AM
New preprint by @bsiepe.bsky.social & our WARN-D lab.
We collected information on sleep, tiredness & stress with both EMA and sensor data, and try to find out to which degree these are associated contemporaneously in a large dataset (n~800) with many timepoints (t~360).
Brief 🧵
We collected information on sleep, tiredness & stress with both EMA and sensor data, and try to find out to which degree these are associated contemporaneously in a large dataset (n~800) with many timepoints (t~360).
Brief 🧵
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Hello Blue Skyers "Digital Futures of Graduate Study in the Humanities" is currently available for pre-order! My contribution is in spectacular company, as you'll see.
The book has been skillfully edited by
@gabrielh.bsky.social, Anouk Lang, and @sjappleford.bsky.social
Thanks for the shares!
May 21, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Hello Blue Skyers "Digital Futures of Graduate Study in the Humanities" is currently available for pre-order! My contribution is in spectacular company, as you'll see.
The book has been skillfully edited by
@gabrielh.bsky.social, Anouk Lang, and @sjappleford.bsky.social
Thanks for the shares!
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"Although the reasons for the recent rise in MH problems among youth in the US is undoubtedly multifactorial, I believe that the crisis among parents that has unfolded over the past 2 decades is the #1 contributor..."
#mentalhealth #digitalwellbeing
craigsewall.substack.com/p/the-kids-p...
#mentalhealth #digitalwellbeing
craigsewall.substack.com/p/the-kids-p...
The Kid(‘s Parents) Are Not Alright
How the panic surrounding social media and smartphones distract us from a far more substantial cause of the youth mental health crisis
craigsewall.substack.com
May 11, 2024 at 11:39 AM
"Although the reasons for the recent rise in MH problems among youth in the US is undoubtedly multifactorial, I believe that the crisis among parents that has unfolded over the past 2 decades is the #1 contributor..."
#mentalhealth #digitalwellbeing
craigsewall.substack.com/p/the-kids-p...
#mentalhealth #digitalwellbeing
craigsewall.substack.com/p/the-kids-p...
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Could loneliness lead to conspiracy beliefs? Our new study published in Nature Communications reveals that those experiencing loneliness in adolescence and who remain lonely into adulthood are more likely to endorse conspiracist worldviews. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Loneliness trajectories over three decades are associated with conspiracist worldviews in midlife - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show that elevated loneliness in adolescence and increasing loneliness over three decades is associated with heightened conspiracy beliefs in midlife.
www.nature.com
April 29, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Could loneliness lead to conspiracy beliefs? Our new study published in Nature Communications reveals that those experiencing loneliness in adolescence and who remain lonely into adulthood are more likely to endorse conspiracist worldviews. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Is adolescent media use associated with psychotic experiences (PEs)? 🎮
Our new paper does not provide evidence that media use is an independent risk factor for PEs.
Instead, media use & PEs seem to be (modestly) associated through shared risk factors.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Our new paper does not provide evidence that media use is an independent risk factor for PEs.
Instead, media use & PEs seem to be (modestly) associated through shared risk factors.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Adolescent Media Use and Psychotic Experiences
This cohort study examines data for participants of the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development to analyze adolescent trajectories of media use for
jamanetwork.com
April 16, 2024 at 12:10 PM