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Papers by Amnon Suissa

Journal of psychiatry, Aug 4, 2015

Presses de l'Université du Québec eBooks, 2017

Si Internet est aujourd’hui omnipresent et un outil quasi indispensable dans nos relations social... more Si Internet est aujourd’hui omnipresent et un outil quasi indispensable dans nos relations sociales et economiques, son usage parfois abusif peut causer des problemes de cyberdependance. Vous trouvez que votre enfant passe trop de temps devant les ecrans?? Qu’en penser?? Que faire?? En decrivant les enjeux psychosociaux entourant la problematique complexe des cyberaddictions, cet ouvrage trace un portrait sociologique critique de l’economie du savoir, des metadonnees et des «?prophetes?» de la Silicon Valley. Plus concretement, il met en lumiere les conditions propices a la cyberdependance avec le telephone intelligent, Facebook et les jeux videos. Axe sur les preoccupations parentales, cet essai s’adresse tant aux parents qu’aux intervenants qui œuvrent, de pres ou de loin, aupres des jeunes pour les sensibiliser aux problemes potentiels de la cyberdependance et les outiller a l’aide de pratiques innovantes et preventives. Il veut aider les parents a accompagner leurs enfants de maniere securitaire pour qu’ils vivent une experience positive de l’usage d’Internet, sans leur imposer des restrictions a tout prix, sans tomber dans l’abus.

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Problèmes sociaux – Tome I, 2001

International Archives of Addiction Research and Medicine, 2015

is a professor with the school of social work at Université du Québec à Montréal. He teaches cour... more is a professor with the school of social work at Université du Québec à Montréal. He teaches courses on addictions as a social problem and the methodology of social intervention. With a constructivist approach to social problems, he is interested in the social determinants of addictions and their impact on intervention processes. He has a background in family therapy and sociology and is the author of several books and one hundred scientific articles on the phenomenon of medicalization of behaviors understood as pathologies or even diseases. These include Le monde des AA: The world of AA with PUQ, Quebec University Press (2009), Pourquoi l'alcoolisme n'est pas une maladie Why Alcoholism is not a disease (2007) and Le jeu compulsif: vérités et mensonges Pathological Gambling: trues and lies (2005) with Éditions Fidès. Dr Suissa is often invited in Canada and abroad for scientific interventions, conferences, trainings and research collaborations.

Éducation et francophonie, 2003

À partir d’une réflexion théorique et d’observations cliniques, cet article tente d’analyser cert... more À partir d’une réflexion théorique et d’observations cliniques, cet article tente d’analyser certains enjeux sociaux et thérapeutiques dans un contexte d’intervention entre familles et thérapeutes. À cette fin, l’article emprunte une démarche d’analyse sociale critique en trois parties. La première partie effectue un survol des changements sociaux contemporains ayant eu un certain impact sur les dynamiques familiales. La deuxième partie touche la question de l’étiquetage sociofamilial des problèmes associés souvent à la déviance par les intervenants d’une part, et les conséquences de ces processus d’étiquetage sur les résultats de prise en charge, d’autre part. Comme alternatives à ces effets, les concepts de compétence, information pertinente, temps, chaos et processus sont suggérés afin de donner du pouvoir aux membres des familles et permettre aux intervenants de se sentir plus à l’aise avec les difficultés parfois chaotiques des familles. En troisième partie, un exemple de cas e...

The phenomenon of family violence associated with addictions in general, and with gambling in par... more The phenomenon of family violence associated with addictions in general, and with gambling in particular, is analyzed by the medical model in North America as being a disorder of impulsion, pathology or a disease. This approach, which permits, socially and legally, to label the gambler as suffering from a disease or pathology has certain consequences for the individual, his family members and the society. From a sociological and systemic perspective, this article attempts to identify some markers in these family dynamics with gambling and family violence issues.

Psychology of …, 2010

The aim of this study was to evaluate suicides with a history of problem gambling (PG) and others... more The aim of this study was to evaluate suicides with a history of problem gambling (PG) and others with no such history (NPG) and to compare the two on mental health problems and service utilization. Data on a sample of 49 PG suicides and 73 NPG suicides were obtained from informants and hospital records. Psychopathology was prevalent in both groups, but problem gamblers were twice as likely to have a personality disorder. Moreover, PG suicides were less in contact with mental health services in their last month, their last year, and their lifetime. NPG suicides consulted specialized services from 3 (last month and last year) to 13 times (lifetime) as often as their PG counterparts. Lower service utilization associated with PG suicides argues in favor of stepping up detection, engagement in care and treatment with respect to problem gambling, especially when comorbidity is present.

Studies in Religion Sciences Religieuses, Sep 1, 2007

Nouvelles Pratiques Sociales, 2007

Psychotropes, Oct 30, 2014

Trabajo Social Y Salud, 1999