The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica.Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such as this edited, multidisciplinary collection is needed. This book confronts the vulne...

Décrire cinquante ans d’histoire de la revue Santé mentale au Québec est un défi ; c’est plus qu’un case report. C’est peut-être, au fond, un vaste kèze riporte : une histoire collective, culturellement ouverte, faite de rencontres singulières, de cas partagés et de savoirs construits à partir de patients bien réels. Depuis les origines des sciences de la santé, l’observation attentive d’un patient singulier a souvent constitué l’un des moteurs du progrès scientifique. Avant même l’émergen...

Researchers who participate in IEA studies have a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with their counterparts from many different countries and disciplinary backgrounds over a period of several years on questions of shared academic interest. Once the data for a given study have been collected and the first round of international reports published, however, opportunities for that kind of collaboration tend to be much less frequent. A major strength of IEA studies compared to other la...