User profiles for Alain Lesage

alain lesage

université de montréal
Verified email at ssss.gouv.qc.ca
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Risk factors for suicide completion in major depression: a case-control study of impulsive and aggressive behaviors in men

A Dumais, AD Lesage, M Alda… - American Journal of …, 2005 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: Major depression is a major risk factor for suicide. However, not all individuals
with major depression commit suicide. Impulsive and aggressive behaviors have been …

Suicide and mental disorders: a case-control study of young men.

AD Lesage, R Boyer, F Grunberg, C Vanier… - The American journal …, 1994 - europepmc.org
Objective By means of the psychological autopsy method and a case-control design, the
authors examined the association of specific mental disorders and comorbidity with suicide …

Impulsive-aggressive behaviours and completed suicide across the life cycle: a predisposition for younger age of suicide

…, J Renaud, A Bureau, M Seguin, A Lesage… - Psychological …, 2008 - cambridge.org
BackgroundIt is unclear whether the association between impulsive-aggressive behaviours
and suicide exists across different ages.MethodVia psychological autopsy, we examined a …

Prediction of level of serotonin 2A receptor binding by serotonin receptor 2A genetic variation in postmortem brain samples from subjects who did or did not commit …

…, K Dewar, T Antonetti, AD Lesage… - American Journal of …, 1999 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: Postmortem studies have indicated that suicide victims have greater serotonin
receptor 2A (5-HTR 2A ) binding in prefrontal brain regions. However, there remains some …

Major depression in individuals with a history of childhood physical or sexual abuse: relationship to neurovegetative features, mania, and gender

RD Levitan, SV Parikh, AD Lesage… - American Journal of …, 1998 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective:Numerous studies have linked childhood trauma with depressive symptoms over
the life span. However, it is not known whether particular neurovegetative symptom clusters …

The relationship between work stress and mental disorders in men and women: findings from a population-based study

JL Wang, A Lesage, N Schmitz… - Journal of Epidemiology & …, 2008 - jech.bmj.com
Objectives: This analysis estimated the gender-specific associations between work stress,
major depression, anxiety disorders and any mental disorder, adjusting for the effects of …

Is violent method of suicide a behavioral marker of lifetime aggression?

A Dumais, AD Lesage, A Lalovic… - American Journal of …, 2005 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether the method of
suicide is a valid behavioral marker of a lifetime history of aggression. METHOD: The authors …

Characterization of impulsivity in suicide completers: clinical, behavioral and psychosocial dimensions

H Zouk, M Tousignant, M Seguin, A Lesage… - Journal of affective …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Impulsivity is a personality trait thought to be linked to suicide. Yet, not all
suicides are highly impulsive. We aimed to better understand clinical, behavioral and …

Familial aggregation of suicidal behavior: a family study of male suicide completers from the general population

…, G Riopel, N Chawky, AD Lesage… - American Journal of …, 2005 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: This study compared suicidality in families of adult male suicide completers and
community comparison subjects. METHOD: Two hundred forty-seven relatives of 25 male …

Risk factors for suicide completion in borderline personality disorder: a case-control study of cluster B comorbidity and impulsive aggression.

A McGirr, J Paris, A Lesage, J Renaud… - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - psychiatrist.com
Background: Borderline personality disorder is a major risk factor for suicidal behavior, yet
prediction of suicide completion remains unclear. It has been proposed that impulsivity and …