International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372

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Raymond Tempier Author

Subjects of specialization
Cumulative stress; Mental health; Disasters; Earthquakes; Probability sample; Haitians

Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Biography

Dr. Raymond Tempier has been Chief of the Psychiatry Department at Hôpital Montfort since July 2011 to July 2013 and is a professor of psychiatry with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He is also a cross-appointed professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He leads the mental health research team based at the Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital Montfort.


Publications

Research Article Open Access

Mental Health Symptoms in Post-earthquake Miami Haitians: Cumulative Effect of Disaster-related Stressful Events

Author(s):

Antoine Messiah, Guillaume Vaiva, Erick Gokalsing, Raymond Tempier, Naomie Jean and Juan M Acuna

Purpose: This study evaluated correlates of mental health symptoms among Haitians living in Miami-Dade County, 2-3 years following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, using 3 types of exposure variables: (1) basic exposure status (direct/indirect/no), (2) total of earthquake-related stressful events, (3) a combination of the two former variables. The novelty of the design was that it allowed studying disaster-related accumulated stress among people indirectly exposed to a disaster, which had not been done previously to the investigators’ knowledge.

Methods: A random-sample household survey was conducted from October 2011 through December 2012, in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Haitian participa... view moreĀ»

DOI: 10.4172/2471-4372.1000111

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