Cécile Rousseau, MD

Research Focus: 

Research focuses on war trauma in children, family - reunification process during immigration, evaluation of school prevention programs for immigrant and refugee children.

Keywords: 
Mental Health, culture, immigrants, refugees, adolescents, trauma.
Location: 
Montreal Children's Hospital
Publications:
Rousseau, C., & Jamil, U. Muslim Families’ Understanding of, and Reaction to, ‘The War on Terror’. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 80, No. 4, 601–609; 2010
Rousseau, C., Benoit, M., Lacroix, L., & Gauthier, M.-F. Evaluation of a sandplay program for preschoolers in a multiethnic neighborhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50(6): 743-750; 2009
Rousseau, C., Hassan, G., Measham, T., & Lashley, M. Prevalence and correlates of conduct disorder and problem behavior in West Indian and Filipino immigrant adolescents. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. DOI 10.1007/s00787-007-0640-1; 2008
Rousseau, C., & Jamil, U. Meaning and perceived consequences of 9/11 for two Pakistani communities: From external intruders to the internalisation of a negative self-image. Anthropology and Medicine, 15(3): 163-174; 2008