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October 2025

Teens use chatbots as a lifeline, but the consequences can be dire

Piece in the Montreal Gazette on artificial empathy, AI companions, and what clinicians should know about how teens use conversational AI.

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October 2025

TikTok is still here.
What can parents do?

Evidence-based practical advice for navigating social media in the family context, published in the Montreal Gazette.

Read in Montreal Gazette →

Fall XX

MSc supervision opportunity

Research-based M.Sc. in Mental Health at McGill, starting fall XX.

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OP-ED October 2025

Teens use chatbots as a lifeline — but the consequences can be dire

Dr. Paquin in the Montreal Gazette on artificial empathy, AI companions, and what clinicians should know about how teens use conversational AI.

Read in Montreal Gazette →

OP-ED 2025

TikTok is still here. What can parents do?

Evidence-based practical advice for navigating social media in the family context, published in the Montreal Gazette.

Read in Montreal Gazette →

RECRUITMENT Fall 2026

MSc supervision opportunity now open

Accepting applications for the research-based Master of Science in Mental Health at McGill University. Mixed-methods thesis on youth and digital culture.

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PUBLICATION 2025

New paper: Critical realism for digital culture research

Published in Qualitative Health Research — proposing long-view, critical-realist principles for studying digital culture and mental health.

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PUBLICATION 2024

Adolescent media use trajectories linked to psychotic experiences

Published in JAMA Psychiatry — using data from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development to trace how adolescent media use patterns predict later psychotic experiences.

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PUBLICATION 2025

Limiting screen time for mental health: A rapid review of systematic reviews

Published in Santé mentale au Québec — taking stock of what we actually know about restricting screen time for youth mental health.

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