Jean Jacob, University of Ottawa

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Mental Health Psychiatry Ethics Nursing Quality Of Care Risk Assssment Systematic Review Violence

Latest papers

Formal Coercion and the Moral Division of Labor: Moving Beyond Role Conflicts in Psychiatric Nursing.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2025
When Psychiatric Services Become a Waiting Room: Situational Analysis of Involuntary Commitment and Treatment as Experienced by Patients and Nurses.
Clinical nursing research · 2025
Discursive constructions of family functions in forensic psychiatry: A critical ethnographic perspective.
Health (London, England : 1997) · 2024 · senior author

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Violence Risk Assessment in Clinical Psychiatry: A Systematic Review
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$80,000
Survivre à la contrainte : Analyse situationnelle de la coercition en milieu psychiatrique à partir du point de vue des personnes concernées
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$73,130
Vers une compréhension phénoménologique du stress traumatique secondaire en milieu psychiatrique
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$120,000

All 6 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Formal Coercion and the Moral Division of Labor: Moving Beyond Role Conflicts in Psychiatric Nursing.

Pariseau-Legault P, Ouellet G, Bernheim E, Goulet MH, Jacob JD, Labrecque-Lebeau L, Holmes D

Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing2025

DOI: 10.1111/jpm.70016 PMID: 40755295

02

When Psychiatric Services Become a Waiting Room: Situational Analysis of Involuntary Commitment and Treatment as Experienced by Patients and Nurses.

Pariseau-Legault P, Pelosse D, Bernheim E, Goulet MH, Ouellet G, Labrecque-Lebeau L, Jacob JD, Holmes D

Clinical nursing research2025

DOI: 10.1177/10547738251321067 PMID: 40071832

03

Discursive constructions of family functions in forensic psychiatry: A critical ethnographic perspective.

Domingue JL, Jacob JD

Health (London, England : 1997)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/13634593231185263 PMID: 37391908

04

A critical ethnographic perspective on risk and dangerousness in forensic psychiatry.

Domingue JL, Jacob JD, Perron A, Pariseau-Legault P, Foth T

Nursing inquiry2023

DOI: 10.1111/nin.12521 PMID: 36049045

05

Nurses' perspectives on human rights when coercion is used in psychiatry: a systematic review protocol of qualitative evidence.

Pariseau-Legault P, Vallée-Ouimet S, Goulet MH, Jacob JD

Systematic reviews2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-019-1224-0 PMID: 31815660

06

Incorporating a Physical Activity Program into an Assertive Community Treatment Team: Impact and Strategies.

Guérin E, Dupuis JP, Jacob JD, Prud'homme D

Community mental health journal2019

DOI: 10.1007/s10597-019-00440-6 PMID: 31290032

07

Using Facebook and LinkedIn to Recruit Nurses for an Online Survey.

Stokes Y, Vandyk A, Squires J, Jacob JD, Gifford W

Western journal of nursing research2019

DOI: 10.1177/0193945917740706 PMID: 29113542

08

Exploring Nurses' Knowledge and Experiences Related to Trauma-Informed Care.

Stokes Y, Jacob JD, Gifford W, Squires J, Vandyk A

Global qualitative nursing research2017

DOI: 10.1177/2333393617734510 PMID: 29085862

Violence Risk Assessment in Clinical Psychiatry: A Systematic Review

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jacob, Jean Daniel; Vandyk, Amanda

Keywords: Mental Health; Psychiatry; Risk Assssment; Systematic Review; Violence

$80,000

Survivre à la contrainte : Analyse situationnelle de la coercition en milieu psychiatrique à partir du point de vue des personnes concernées

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Pariseau-Legault, Pierre

Keywords: coercition; intervention psychosociale; psychiatrie; rétablissement; justice; droits humains; justice procédurale; analyse situationnelle; recherche qualitative; éthique

$73,130

Vers une compréhension phénoménologique du stress traumatique secondaire en milieu psychiatrique

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Holmes, Dave; Perron, Amélie M

Keywords: Psychiatrie; Soins Infirmiers; Stress; Traumatisme Secondaire; Violence

$120,000

Forum sur l'état des droits en santé mentale

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Jacob, Jean Daniel

Keywords: droits; santé mentale; santé et service sociaux; personnes utilisatrices de services; abus de droits; psychiatrie; imposition de soins; stigmatisation; discrimination; profilage social; qualité des services; éthique; risque

$24,318

Treatment or Control: Toward a Phenomenological Understanding of the Use of Chemical Restraints in Mental Health Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Holmes, Dave; Jacob, Jean Daniel

Keywords: Chemical Restraints; Ethics; Mental Health; Nursing; Psychiatry; Quality Of Care

$100,000

Understanding the use of mechanical restraints in psychiatry: A phenomenological study

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Holmes, Dave; Jacob, Jean Daniel

Keywords: Ethics; Mechanical Restraints; Mental Health; Nursing; Psychiatry; Quality Of Care

$62,720

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Nursing Sciences
Human Kinetics

Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Amanda Vandyk

Nursing Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Wendy Gifford

Nursing Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Jean-Laurent Domingue

Nursing Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Janet Squires

Nursing Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Dave Holmes

Nursing Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Denis Prud'homme

Human Kinetics

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Thomas Foth

Nursing Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Mental Health Dear Professor Jacob, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Formal Coercion and the Moral Division of Labor: Moving Beyond Role Conflicts in Psychiatric Nursing." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Violence Risk Assessment in Clinical Psychiatry: A Systematic Review" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]