Amélie Achim

• Centre de recherche CERVO (Affilié à l’Université Laval)
• Centre thématique de recherche en neurosciences
• VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable (Reconnu FRQ - secteur santé)

Financements des 2 dernières années

• Flore Savard-Déry, Maîtrise en sciences de la réadaptation – avec mémoire
• Philippe Leclerc, Maîtrise en sciences cliniques et biomédicales - avec mémoire

Encadrements des 5 dernières années

• Audrey Cayouette, Doctorat en psychologie - recherche et intervention (orientation clinique)

Travaux de recherche des 5 dernières années

Approach and avoidance in schizophrenia: The influence of comorbid social anxiety disorder and of social anxiety symptoms severity. Schizophrenia research, 2026. Sossoumihen P, Doré J, Girard L, Thibaudeau É, Haesebaert F, Achim AM. DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2026.10.004

Decisions and decisional needs of patients with combined brain-heart conditions: a mixed methods systematic review European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2026. K B Lewis, J Armah, A M Julien, G Higdon, M Carley, A Badejoh, S Gessese, J G Fiedorowicz, D Stacey. DOI 10.1093/eurjcn/zvag155.132

Appraising the Quality of Patient Decision Aids for Brain and Heart Health: An Environmental Scan with a Health Equity Lens CJC Open, 2026. Krystina B. Lewis, Sandhya Goge, Alda Kiss, Meg Carley, Ann Marie Julien, Gloria Higdon, Jess G. Fiedorowicz, Ian D. Graham, Amélie M. Achim, Rob Beanlands, Semhal Gessese, Sharon Straus, Jodi Edwards, Mathieu Bujold, Sheldon Tobe, Dawn Stacey. DOI 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.03.012

Development of a patient decision aid prototype on the decision to continue, reduce or discontinue antipsychotic medication following remission of first-episode psychosis BJPsych Open, 2026. Laurent Béchard, Olivier Corbeil, Maxime Huot-Lavoie, Olivier Roy, Sébastien Brodeur, Emmanuelle Bouchard, Joanne Martel, Natalie Pavey, Amélie M. Achim, Matthew Menear, Marc-André Roy, Sophie Lauzier, Marie-France Demers. DOI 10.1192/bjo.2026.11034

Remote cognitive remediation combined with supported education in first-episode psychosis: challenging, yet promising Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 2026. Elisabeth Thibaudeau, Ariane Giguère-Rancourt, Tania Lecomte, Marc Corbière, Amal Abdel-Baki, Audrey Cayouette, Marc-André Roy, Amélie Achim, Martin Lepage, Til Wykes, Matteo Cella, Clare Reeder, Caroline Cellard.

Psychometric properties of the Social knowledge test (SKT) and the Combined stories test (COST) in people with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 2025. Amélie M. Achim, Elisabeth Thibaudeau, Frédéric Haesebaert, Audrey Cayouette, Caroline Cellard. DOI 10.1016/j.scog.2025.100373

Being well understood and generating interest during verbal interactions: the role of Theory of Mind and clinical symptoms in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2025. Audrey Cayouette, Caroline Cellard, Marion Fossard, Dominique Knutsen, Marc-André Roy, Maxime Rancourt, Stéphanie D'Amours, Rose Bourget, Laurie Bolduc, Amelie Achim. DOI 10.1098/rstb.2023.0506

Use of reference markers in the speech of people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Evidence from two referential communication tasks manipulating common ground with the interaction partner Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 2025. Amélie M. Achim, Dominique Knutsen, Marc-André Roy, Souleymane Gadio, Marion Fossard. DOI 10.1016/j.scog.2024.100343

Remote Cognitive Remediation Combined With Supported Education in First-Episode Psychosis: Challenging, Yet Promising Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 2025. Elisabeth Thibaudeau, Ariane Giguère-Rancourt, Tania Lecomte, Marc Corbière, Amal Abdel-Baki, Audrey Cayouette, Marc-André Roy, Amélie Achim, Martin Lepage, Til Wykes, Matteo Cella, Clare Reeder, Caroline Cellard. DOI 10.7870/cjcmh-2025-015

International perspective on social cognition in schizophrenia: current stage and the next steps European Psychiatry, 2025. Silvia Corbera, Matthew M. Kurtz, Amélie M. Achim, Giulia Agostoni, Isabelle Amado, Michal Assaf, Stefano Barlati, Margherita Bechi, Roberto Cavallaro, Satoru Ikezawa, Hiroki Okano, Ryo Okubo, Rafael Penadés, Takashi Uchino, Antonio Vita, Yuji Yamada, Morris D Bell. DOI 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.1776

Expériences de soins en télésanté lors de la pandémie de Covid-19 : une étude qualitative auprès d’usagers de services ayant des troubles de santé mentale et des maladies physiques chroniques Recherches sociographiques, 2025. Savannah Dubé, Myreille Bédard, Arnaud Duhoux, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Amélie M. Achim, Patrick Archambault, Virtue Bajurny, Marie Baron, Mylaine Breton, Marjorie Brochu, Jean-Daniel Carrier, Yves Couturier, Stefany Dufour, Martin Fortin, Morgane Gabet, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Ariane Girard, Anita Kothari, Audrey L’Espérance, Annie LeBlanc, Marie-Thérèse Lussier, Frances S. Mair, Emily Gard Marshall, Marie-Eve Poitras, Sophie Rivet, Maxime Sasseville, Brigitte Vachon, Sabrina Wong, Matthew Menear. DOI 10.7202/1121782ar

Quel rôle discursif donner à un marqueur de référence floue ? Lingvisticae Investigationes, 2024. Gilles Col, Marion Fossard, Mélanie Sandoz, Amélie M. Achim, Dominique Knutsen. DOI 10.1075/li.00119.col

Strategies for involving patients and the public in scaling initiatives in health and social services: A scoping review Health Expectations, 2024. Roberta de Carvalho Corôa, Ali Ben Charif, Vincent Robitaille, Diogo G. V. Mochcovitch, Mamane Abdoulaye Samri, Talagbe Gabin Akpo, Amédé Gogovor, Virginie Blanchette, Lucas Gomes Souza, Kathy Kastner, Amélie M. Achim, Robert K. D. McLean, Andrew Milat, France Légaré, The RePOS Network. DOI 10.1111/hex.14086

Speech markers to predict and prevent recurrent episodes of psychosis: A narrative overview and emerging opportunities Schizophrenia Research, 2024. Farida Zaher, Mariama Diallo, Amélie M. Achim, Ridha Joober, Marc-André Roy, Marie-France Demers, Priya Subramanian, Katie M. Lavigne, Martin Lepage, Daniela Gonzalez, Irnes Zeljkovic, Kristin Davis, Michael Mackinley, Priyadharshini Sabesan, Shalini Lal, Alban Voppel, Lena Palaniyappan. DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2024.02.036

Profiles of theory of mind impairments and personality in clinical and community samples: integrating the alternative DSM-5 model for personality disorders Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2024. Mireille Lampron, Amélie M. Achim, Dominick Gamache, Allyson Bernier, Stéphane Sabourin, Claudia Savard. DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1292680

Contrasting social knowledge and theory of mind patterns in adults with personality disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, and healthy controls Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 2023. Mireille Lampron, Claudia Savard, Allyson Bernier, Maude Payant, Stéphane Sabourin, Amélie M. Achim. DOI 10.1080/13546805.2023.2259021

Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care experiences of people with mental-physical multimorbidity: protocol for a mixed methods study BMC Primary Care, 2023. Matthew Menear, Arnaud Duhoux, Myreille Bédard, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Marie Baron, Mylaine Breton, Simon Courtemanche, Savannah Dubé, Stefany Dufour, Martin Fortin, Ariane Girard, Émilie Larouche-Côté, Audrey L’Espérance, Annie LeBlanc, Marie-Eve Poitras, Sophie Rivet, Maxime Sasseville, Amélie Achim, Patrick Archambault, Virtue Bajurny, Judith Belle Brown, Jean-Daniel Carrier, Nancy Côté, Yves Couturier, Maman Joyce Dogba, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Sergio Cortez Ghio, Emily Gard Marshall, Anita Kothari, Marie-Thérèse Lussier, Frances S. Mair, Susan Smith, Brigitte Vachon, Sabrina Wong. DOI 10.1186/s12875-023-02106-5

Natural Language Processing Markers for Psychosis and Other Psychiatric Disorders: Emerging Themes and Research Agenda From a Cross-Linguistic Workshop Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2023. Hugo Corona Hernández, Cheryl Corcoran, Amélie M Achim, Janna N de Boer, Tessel Boerma, Sanne G Brederoo, Guillermo A Cecchi, Silvia Ciampelli, Brita Elvevåg, Riccardo Fusaroli, Silvia Giordano, Mathias Hauglid, Arjan van Hessen, Wolfram Hinzen, Philipp Homan, Sybren F de Kloet, Sanne Koops, Gina R Kuperberg, Kritika Maheshwari, Natalia B Mota, Alberto Parola, Roberta Rocca, Iris E C Sommer, Khiet Truong, Alban E Voppel, Marieke van Vugt, Frank Wijnen, Lena Palaniyappan. DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbac215

Associations between theory of mind and clinical symptoms in recent onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023. Audrey Cayouette, Élisabeth Thibaudeau, Caroline Cellard, Marc-André Roy, Amélie M. Achim. DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1044682

The contribution of discursive and cognitive factors in referential choices made by elderly people during a narrative task Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 2023. Mélanie Sandoz, Katia Iglesias, Amélie M. Achim, Marion Fossard. DOI 10.1080/13825585.2022.2150141

The Canadian Network for Research in Schizophrenia and Psychoses: A Nationally Focused Approach to Psychosis and Schizophrenia Research The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2022. Tania Lecomte, Jean Addington, Chris Bowie, Martin Lepage, Stéphane Potvin, Jai Shah, Chris Summerville, Phil Tibbo. DOI 10.1177/07067437211009122

Further validation of the Cognitive Biases Questionnaire for psychosis BMC Psychiatry, 2022. Samson, C., Achim, A.M., Sicard, V., Gilker, A., Francoeur, A., Franck, N., Cloutier, B., Giguère, C.-E., Jean-Baptiste, F., Lecomte, T.. DOI 10.1186/s12888-022-04203-8

The other side of the social interaction: Theory of mind impairments in people with schizophrenia are linked to other people's difficulties in understanding them Schizophrenia Research, 2022. Achim, A.M., Roy, M.-A., Fossard, M.. DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2022.07.001

Comparing individual and collective management of referential choices in dialogue Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2022. Knutsen, D., Fossard, M., Achim, A.M.. DOI 10.1177/17470218211037117

Referential communication in people with recent-onset schizophrenia-spectrum disorders Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022. Achim, A.M., Achim, A., Fossard, M.. DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.971256

What areas of everyday functioning are affected by theory of mind deficits in recent-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders? Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2022. Achim, A.M., Thibaudeau, É., Huot, A., Cellard, C., Roy, M.-A.. DOI 10.1111/eip.13291

The neural correlates of referential communication: Taking advantage of sparse-sampling fMRI to study verbal communication with a real interaction partner Brain and Cognition, 2021. Achim, A.M., Deschamps, I., Thibaudeau, É., Loignon, A., Rousseau, L.-S., Fossard, M., Tremblay, P.. DOI 10.1016/j.bandc.2021.105801

Functional Impairments and Theory of Mind Deficits in Schizophrenia: A Meta-analysis of the Associations Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2021. Thibaudeau, E., Cellard, C., Turcotte, M., Achim, A.M.. DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbaa182