Nicolas Berthelot

Nicolas Berthelot,
Ph.D.

Psychologist
Canada Research Chair on Developmental Trauma

Full professor, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière
Departement of Nursing

Regular researcher, Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur le développement de l’enfant et la famille (CEIDEF)
Regular researcher, Groupe de recherche et d’intervention auprès des enfants vulnérables et négligés (GRIN)
Associate researcher, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec (CRIUSMQ)


Research Interests

Nicolas Berthelot is full professor in mental health at the department of Nursing of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR). He holds the Canada research chair in developmental trauma. He is also a clinical psychologist working with adolescents and adults. 

The research of his team focus on the developmental mechanisms of risk, resilience and psychopathology in the context of childhood trauma and on the intergenerational impacts of child maltreatment. Nicolas Berthelot collaborates with colleagues from different disciplines in the conception, implementation and evaluation of personalized clinical interventions with survivors of child abuse or neglect in order to prevent a wide array of psychological and physical health problems in this population.


Key Publications

Berthelot, N.,* Drouin-Maziade, C., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Lemieux, R., Sériès, T., & Lacharité, C. (2021). Evaluation of the acceptability of a prenatal program for women with histories of childhood trauma: STEP (Supporting the Transition to and Engagement in Parenthood). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, article #772206, 1-8. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.772706

Berthelot, N.,* Savard, C., Lemieux, R., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Ensink, K., Godbout, N. (2021). Development and validation of a self-report measure assessing failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships. Child Abuse and Neglect. Published online March 8 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105017

Berthelot, N., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Lemieux, R., Drouin-Maziade, C., Maziade, M. (2020). Paucity of intervention research in childhood trauma contrasts with the long known relation with negative outcomes : is trauma research translational enough? Mental Health & Prevention, 19, 1-6. doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2020.200189.

Berthelot, N., Lemieux, R., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Drouin-Maziade, C., Martel, E., & Maziade, M. (2020). Uptrend in distress and psychiatric symptomatology in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 99(7), 848-855. doi:10.1111/AOGS.13925

Berthelot, N., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Drouin-Maziade, C., Duguay, G., Milot, T., Lemieux, R., Lacharité, C., St-Laurent, D., Dubois-Comtois, K. (2020). Parental cannabis use: Contradictory discourses in the media, governmental publications and the scientific literature. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(3), 333-335. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2019.09.026.

Berthelot, N., Lemieux. R., & Maziade, M. (2019). Shortfall of intervention research over correlational research in childhood maltreatment. JAMA Pediatrics, 173(11), 1009-1010. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1684.

Berthelot, N., Lemieux. R., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Lacharité, C., & Muzik, M. (2019). The protective role of mentalizing: Reflective functioning as a mediator between trauma, psychopathology and parental attitude in expecting parents. Child Abuse and Neglect, 95, 104065, doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104065.

Berthelot, N., Lemieux. R., Garon-Bissonnette, J., & Muzik, M. (2020). Prenatal attachment, parental confidence and mental health in expecting parents: The role of childhood trauma. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 65(1), 85-95. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13034.


Prizes and awards

Prix Relève Scientifique de l’UQTR - volet sciences naturelles, génie, et sciences de la santé (2019)

Prix d’excellence de la relève du Réseau des Universités du Québec - volet sciences humaines et sociales, arts et lettres (2018)


Keywords: 

Child abuse and neglect; developmental psychopathology; intergenerational transmission of child abuse; transition to parenthood; children at high risk of schizophrenia or affective disorders; attachment and mentalization; clinical practice with victims of childhood trauma



 
nicolas.berthelot@uqtr.ca

  
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Recent news

Grant worth almost $1M for a project for parents exposed to traumatic events in their childhood
2017-02-15

Recent Publications

Paccalet T, Gilbert E, Berthelot N, Marquet P, Jomphe V, Lussier D, et al.. Liability indicators aggregate many years before transition to illness in offspring descending from kindreds affected by schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Schizophr Res. 2016;175(1-3):186-192.
Maheux J, Collin-Vézina D, Macintosh H, Berthelot N, Hétu S. Capacités de mentalisation spécifique au trauma auprès d’adultes ayant subi des agressions sexuelles durant l’enfance. Revue québécoise de psychologie. 2016;37:93–115.
Berthelot N, Ensink K, Drouin-Maziade C. Les défis de la parentalité chez les victimes de maltraitance en enfance. In Éléments pour une psychologie de la maltraitance. . Paris, France: Éditions Publibook Université; 2016. pp. 53-76.
Ensink K, Normandin L, Plamondon A, Berthelot N, Fonagy P. Intergenerational pathways from reflective functioning to infant attachment through parenting. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. 2016;48(1):9 - 18.
Ensink K, Berthelot N, Biberdzic M, Normandin L. The mirror paradigm: Assessing the embodied self in the context of abuse. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 2016;33(3):389 - 405.
Berthelot N. La mentalisation : au cœur de la pratique clinique et de la santé mentale. [Internet]. 2016;37(3):1 - 5. https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1040157ar
Sirois M, Berthelot N, Drouin-Maziade C, Germain P, Martel M-J. Implications de la maltraitance en enfance pour les soins périnataux. Soins Pediatr Pueric. 2015;(284):44-7.
Ensink K, Fonagy P, Berthelot N, Normandin L, Bernazzani O. Response: Behind the closed doors of mentalizing. A commentary on "Another step closer to measuring the ghosts in the nursery: preliminary validation of the Trauma Reflective Functioning Scale". Front Psychol. 2015;6:697.
Berthelot N, Paccalet T, Gilbert E, Moreau I, Mérette C, Gingras N, et al.. Childhood abuse and neglect may induce deficits in cognitive precursors of psychosis in high-risk children. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2015;40(5):336-43.
Berthelot N, Ensink K, Bernazzani O, Normandin L, Luyten P, Fonagy P. Intergenerational transmission of attachment in abused and neglected mothers: the role of trauma-specific reflective functioning. Infant Ment Health J. 2015;36(2):200-12.

Funding / Support / Partners

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