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Amal Abdel-Baki

ResearcherUniversité de Montréal

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Amal Abdel-Baki

Researcher

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
36 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2019.

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Research

Psychosis Cannabis Clinical Trial Harm Reduction Technological Interventions Technological Intervention Biases Cognition

Latest papers

An appraisal of practice guidelines for early intervention services for psychosis: Using AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation) to enhance the quality and trustworthiness of guidelines in the future.
Schizophrenia research · 2026
Virtual Reality-Assisted Therapy Compared to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Assessor-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.
JMIR mental health · 2026
Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2026

All 74 publications

Latest funding

Expanding Research on High-Potency Cannabis Use in Psychosis: Longitudinal Neurobiological Investigations and Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Cannabis Use Disorder
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$2,350,000
Reducing Cannabis Use in Young Adults With Psychosis Using iCanChange, a Mobile Health App: a Clinical Trial (ReCAPiCC)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,036,577
A clinical trial of CHAMPS, an app-based cannabis harm reduction intervention for young adults with first episode psychosis who do not seek to reduce cannabis use
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$799,426

All 19 grants and awards

74 publications.

An appraisal of practice guidelines for early intervention services for psychosis: Using AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation) to enhance the quality and trustworthiness of guidelines in the future.

Ferrari M, Pawliuk N, Shah J, Abdel-Baki A, Tibbo P, Addington D, Roy MA, Joober R, MacDonald K, Iyer SN

Schizophrenia research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2026.06.005 PMID: 42418951

Virtual Reality-Assisted Therapy Compared to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Assessor-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

Beaudoin M, Potvin S, Giguère S, Giguère CÉ, Aardema F, Abdel-Baki A, De Benedictis L, Lipp O, Lalonde P, Stip E, Fortier A, Phraxayavong K, Dumais A

JMIR mental health2026

DOI: 10.2196/106791 PMID: 42748056

Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.

Bedirian J, Cowan T, Noël V, Lal S, Joober R, Shah J, Abdel-Baki A, Fuhrer R, Boksa P, Andersson N, MacDonald K, Morin CA, Levasseur MA, Vallianatos H, Augustine L, Friese K, Godin I, Urichuk L, Hutt-MacLeod D, Plourde V, Rabbitskin N, Reaume-Zimmer P, Rousseau C, Malla A, Iyer SN

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2026

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20250441 PMID: 41992106

Gaming Disorder in First Episode Psychosis: Prevalence and Impact on Symptomatology and Functioning in a Prospective Cohort Study.

Huot-Lavoie M, Corbeil O, Béchard L, Jomphe V, L'Heureux S, Abdel-Baki A, Essiambre AM, Thériault C, Salvini I, Roy O, Brodeur S, Rodriguez Cervantes PM, Desrosiers WJ, Giroux I, Dufour M, Khazaal Y, Demers MF, Roy MA

Schizophrenia bulletin2026

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf232 PMID: 41863358

Identifying Factors Influencing the Implementation of Early Intervention Services for Psychosis in Quebec, Canada: A Qualitative Study of Health Care Providers' Perspectives.

Bertulies-Esposito B, Pires de Oliveira Padilha P, Valle R, Iyer SN, Abdel-Baki A

Early intervention in psychiatry2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/eip.70104 PMID: 41036700

Factors shaping the decision-making process to continue or discontinue antipsychotics: exploratory qualitative study of 12 individuals in remission from first-episode psychosis.

Béchard L, Anderson E, Corbeil O, Huot-Lavoie M, Brodeur S, Abdel-Baki A, Massé C, Gabriel-Courval M, Coté MÈ, LeBlanc A, Roy MA, Demers MF, Lauzier S

BJPsych open2025

DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2025.10817 PMID: 40904211

Understanding the game experiences and mental health of youth: protocol for the Game-in-Action Quebec cohort study.

Paquin V, Raugh I, Davies M, Lepage M, Lavigne KM, Dion J, Abdel-Baki A, Shah JL, Iyer SN, Ferrari M

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103685 PMID: 40889981

Narratives in context: a cellphilm study of the social experiences of persons with psychosis from different ethnic, racial and migrant backgrounds.

Xavier SM, Both A, Ferrari M, Abdel-Baki A, Serres S, van den Bogerd N, Lemmers-Jansen I, van der Ven E, Iyer SN

Arts & health2025

DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2025.2551538 PMID: 40878786

Addressing the complex needs of homeless youth with early psychosis and comorbid substance use: a naturalistic longitudinal study of 10 years' experience with EQIIP SOL's specialized outreach service.

Todesco B, Padilha PPO, Rabouin D, Ouellet-Plamondon C, Jutras-Aswad D, Abdel-Baki A

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-025-02875-7 PMID: 40259034

Pathways to early intervention services involving police or ambulance and disengagement rates in racialized and immigrant youth compared to the White majority.

Boujelben I, D'Andrea G, Ouellet-Plamondon C, Artaud L, Villeneuve M, Shah J, Iyer SN, Abdel-Baki A

Schizophrenia research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2025.04.021 PMID: 40286435

Expanding Research on High-Potency Cannabis Use in Psychosis: Longitudinal Neurobiological Investigations and Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Cannabis Use Disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Team Grant: The Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium

Principal investigators: Potvin, Stéphane; Dumais, Alexandre; Palaniyappan, Lena K; Tibbo, Philip G

Keywords: Cannabis; Cognition; Longitudinal; Neuroimaging; Psychosis; Psychotherapy; Trial; Virtual Reality

$2,350,000

Reducing Cannabis Use in Young Adults With Psychosis Using iCanChange, a Mobile Health App: a Clinical Trial (ReCAPiCC)

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jutras-Aswad, Didier; Abdel-Baki, Amal M; Crockford, David N; Roy, Marc-André; Tibbo, Philip G

Keywords: Cannabis; Clinical Trial; Psychosis; Technological Intervention

$1,036,577

A clinical trial of CHAMPS, an app-based cannabis harm reduction intervention for young adults with first episode psychosis who do not seek to reduce cannabis use

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jutras-Aswad, Didier; Abdel-Baki, Amal M; Crockford, David N; Roy, Marc-André; Tibbo, Philip G

Keywords: Cannabis; Clinical Trial; Harm Reduction; Psychosis; Technological Interventions

$799,426

How Peers Influence Healthcare Teams' Homelessness Prevention and Care Practices: A Participatory Multiple Case Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Boivin, Antoine; Rouly, Ghislaine

Keywords: Cultural Safety; Heatlh Equity; Homelessness Prevention And Care; Integrated Care; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Interdisciplinary Research; Mixed Methods Research; Multiple Case Study; Participatory Research; Peer Support

$742,050

Consortium doctoral 2024 de l'ASAC : Développer les compétences et l'insertion professionnelles des futurs titulaires de doctorat en administration

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Keywords: Développement professionnel ; Insertion professionnelle ; Employabilité ; Doctorat ; Sciences de l'administration

$94,377

Développement d'ateliers de neuroéducation sensibles aux traumas: une approche concertée et orientée vers les besoins et les perceptions de jeunes vulnérables

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Cellard, Caroline

Keywords: Partenaires; Coconstruction; Clientèles vulnérables; Maltraitance; Trauma; Santé mentale; Trouble psychotique; Neuroéducation; Bien-être cognitif; Savoir expérientiel; Mobilisation des connaissances

$101,922

Développement d'ateliers de neuroéducation sensibles aux traumas: une approche concertée et orientée vers les besoins et les perceptions de jeunes vulnérables

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Cellard, Caroline

$65,939

How Peers in Healthcare Teams Transform Homelessness Prevention and Care Practices: A Participatory Multiple Case Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Boivin, Antoine; Rouly, Ghislaine

Keywords: Cultural Safety; Heatlh Equity; Homelessness Prevention And Care; Integrated Care; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Interdisciplinary Research; Multiple Case Study; Participatory Research; Peer Support; Qualitative Research

$100,000

Culturally adapting post-pandemic mental health services for Canadian Black youth with early psychosis and their families

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: Jarvis, G. Eric

Keywords: Culture; Mental Health Services; Black; Youth; Psychosis; Cultural Adaptation; Families; Minority; Immigrant; Access

$250,000

Mental health services and child welfare: understanding the practices, principles, values, and needs of youth mental health and child welfare service systems to improve mental health service integration for children and youth in care in a pan-Canadian context

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr:Standards for Children/Youth Mental Health Serv. - child welfare settings

Principal investigators: Khoury, Emmanuelle; Robinson, Beverley; Whalen, Christian; Goyette, Martin; Iyer, Srividya N

Keywords: Child And Youth Mental Health; Child Welfare Services; Mental Health Standards; System Coordination; System Delivery; System Integration

$199,956

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

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An appraisal of practice guidelines for early intervention services for psychosis: Using AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation) to enhance the quality and trustworthiness of guidelines in the future.

Virtual Reality-Assisted Therapy Compared to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Assessor-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.

Gaming Disorder in First Episode Psychosis: Prevalence and Impact on Symptomatology and Functioning in a Prospective Cohort Study.

Identifying Factors Influencing the Implementation of Early Intervention Services for Psychosis in Quebec, Canada: A Qualitative Study of Health Care Providers' Perspectives.

Factors shaping the decision-making process to continue or discontinue antipsychotics: exploratory qualitative study of 12 individuals in remission from first-episode psychosis.

Understanding the game experiences and mental health of youth: protocol for the Game-in-Action Quebec cohort study.

Narratives in context: a cellphilm study of the social experiences of persons with psychosis from different ethnic, racial and migrant backgrounds.

Addressing the complex needs of homeless youth with early psychosis and comorbid substance use: a naturalistic longitudinal study of 10 years' experience with EQIIP SOL's specialized outreach service.

Pathways to early intervention services involving police or ambulance and disengagement rates in racialized and immigrant youth compared to the White majority.

Expanding Research on High-Potency Cannabis Use in Psychosis: Longitudinal Neurobiological Investigations and Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Cannabis Use Disorder

Reducing Cannabis Use in Young Adults With Psychosis Using iCanChange, a Mobile Health App: a Clinical Trial (ReCAPiCC)

A clinical trial of CHAMPS, an app-based cannabis harm reduction intervention for young adults with first episode psychosis who do not seek to reduce cannabis use

How Peers Influence Healthcare Teams' Homelessness Prevention and Care Practices: A Participatory Multiple Case Study

Consortium doctoral 2024 de l'ASAC : Développer les compétences et l'insertion professionnelles des futurs titulaires de doctorat en administration

Développement d'ateliers de neuroéducation sensibles aux traumas: une approche concertée et orientée vers les besoins et les perceptions de jeunes vulnérables

Développement d'ateliers de neuroéducation sensibles aux traumas: une approche concertée et orientée vers les besoins et les perceptions de jeunes vulnérables

How Peers in Healthcare Teams Transform Homelessness Prevention and Care Practices: A Participatory Multiple Case Study

Culturally adapting post-pandemic mental health services for Canadian Black youth with early psychosis and their families

Mental health services and child welfare: understanding the practices, principles, values, and needs of youth mental health and child welfare service systems to improve mental health service integration for children and youth in care in a pan-Canadian context

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Amal Abdel-Baki

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Ashok Malla

Tania Lecomte

Didier Jutras-Aswad

Ridha Joober

Shalini Lal

Shalini Lal

Manuela Ferrari

Eric Latimer

Martin Lepage

Norbert Schmitz

Marie-France Demers

Martin Lepage

Srividya Iyer

Jai Shah

Srividya Iyer

Luigi De Benedictis

Benedikt Fischer

Annie LeBlanc

Patricia Boksa

Ross Norman

Thomas Brown

Alexandre Dumais

Tina Montreuil

Norma Rabbitskin

Lena Palaniyappan

Vickie Plourde

Daphne Hutt-MacLeod

Tovah Cowan

Stéphane Guay

Lena Palaniyappan

Vincent Paquin

Marie-Pascale Pomey