André Plamondon
andre-plamondon.bsky.social
André Plamondon
@andre-plamondon.bsky.social
Professor at Laval University. Interested in child and parental psychopathology, and the factors that contribute to them. Also interested in quantitative methods.
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So...my undergrad thesis student is doing a quality analysis of studies found in meta-analyses. She identified a few and we contacted the authors to request their effect sizes and other variables for the studies in their papers.

Here's what happened:

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The Impact of Social Media on Adolescent Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis | Scientia Psychiatrica
Introduction: The proliferation of social media has raised significant concerns about its potential effects on the mental health of adolescents. This meta-analysis aims to provide a comprehensive asse...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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a man with his hands folded and the words oh my god yes behind him
ALT: a man with his hands folded and the words oh my god yes behind him
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November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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We've launched COPE (Caregiver Online #PsychoEducation) a website for caregivers of children who have experienced trauma. We want to connect with mental health practitioners to get it into the hands of caregivers. Watch the video and register to access all the resources. www.copewithtrauma.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it

It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀

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November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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New preprint! A Crowdsourced Megastudy of 12 Digital Single-Session Interventions for Depression in American Adults

What's the best way to help someone overcome depression with just 10 minutes of their time online? We ran a trial (n=7,505) testing 12 diverse interventions.

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August 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The Washington Times picked up on my panel presentation
@childrenandscreens.bsky.social #MediaAndMinds25 warning that digitally distracted parenting is on the rise. Check out the article and other media engagement from our lab madiganlab.org/media-engage... #ChildDevelopment
#DigitalMedia
July 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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there is no clearer universal across academic institutions than the dysfunction of a university website — not a day goes by that I don't think of this xkcd
February 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New paper out in JCPP on the potential mechanisms linking maternal adverse childhood experiences and their offspring's socio-emotional and cognitive outcomes @sherimadigan.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background This longitudinal study with multi-informant (maternal, paternal, and experimenter) and multimethod (questionnaires, behavioral observations, and standardized assessments) data tests an i...
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January 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM