St-Amour, Samuel
Romain, Ahmed Jérôme http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1690-1375
Karelis, Antony
Abdel-Baki, Amal
Article History
Received: 13 December 2018
Accepted: 5 June 2019
First Online: 18 June 2019
Compliance with ethical guidelines
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: S. St-Amour, A.J. Romain, A. Karelis and A. Abdel-Baki declare that they have no competing interests.
: To be included, participants had to be between 18 and 65 years of age, with a diagnosis of severe mental illness (with psychotic features) including major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia according to the DSM-IV-TR and established by a certified psychiatrist, and be followed in one of the clinics of the Department of Psychiatry of the CHUM (e.g., first-episode psychosis clinic, patients aligned care team, affective disorders clinic). Participants were referred to our study by their treating psychiatrist. They had to have a sufficient comprehension of French (spoken and written) and their mental health condition stable enough to understand the questionnaires and provide informed consent. Before completing the questionnaires, the study was explained to the participants by a research assistant and gave their consent to participate. In the present study, it was required by the ethics committee that none of the questions and questionnaires should be mandatory. The present protocol was approved by the ethic committee of the Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM).