海角社区

Eric Latimer, PhD

Dr Latimer is a Research Scientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. 听A health economist, his research interests focus on community-based supports for people with severe mental illness, particularly their economic aspects. He has also conducted research on the use of antipsychotic medications in Qu茅bec. 听He has been lead investigator for the Montreal site, and lead economist nationally, of the $110 million Chez Soi / At Home research and demonstration study on homelessness and mental illness, which tested the Housing First approach using nine concurrent trials in five Canadian cities. 听听Currently he is also completing a CIHR-funded study that implemented and evaluated the strengths model of case management in several sites in Ontario, Qu茅bec and Newfoundland.听 He has served as consultant to the Qu茅bec government as well as research teams in Europe and North America. He was an associate editor of the Canadian journal,听Healthcare Policy听(2011 鈥 2019),and is a fellow of the Qu茅bec research group CIRANO.听 He teaches economic evaluation of health programs in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at 海角社区.

eric.latimer [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (Email)听|听


Selected Articles

Groff, M., Latimer, E., Joober, R., Iyer, S.N., Schmitz, N., Abadi, S., Abdel-Baki, A., Casacalenda, N., Margolese, H.C., Jarvis, G.E., & Malla, A.听鈥Economic Evaluation of Extended Early Intervention Service vs Regular Care Following 2 Years of Early Intervention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial鈥 (2020),听Schizophrenia Bulletin, Published online September,听doi:10.1093/schbul/sbaa130.

Latimer, E.A., Rabouin, D., Cao, Z., Ly, A., Powell, G., Aubry, T., Distasio, J., Hwang, S.W., Somers, J.M., Bayoumi, A.M., Mitton, C., Moodie, E.E.M., & Goering, P.N. (2020), 鈥淐ost-effectiveness of Housing First with Assertive Community Treatment: Results from the Canadian At Home/Chez Soi trial鈥,听Psychiatric Services,听Published online August 25.

Latimer, E., Bordeleau, F., M茅thot, C., Barrie, T., Ferkranus, A., Lurie, S., & Whitley, R. (2020), 鈥淚mplementation of supported employment in the context of a national Canadian program: Facilitators, barriers and strategies鈥,听Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, March, 43 (1), 2-8.

Latimer, E.A., Rabouin, D., Cao, Z., Ly, A., Powell, G., Adair, C.E., Sareen, J., Stergiopoulos, V., Somers, J.M., Moodie, E.E.M., Pinto, A.D., Veldhuizen, S., & Goering, P.N. (2019), 鈥淐ost-effectiveness of Housing First with Intensive Case Management for homeless people with mental illness:听 Results from the multi-site Canadian At Home/Chez Soi trial鈥, August 21,听JAMA Network Open.

Latimer, E., & Bordeleau, F. D茅nombrement des personnes en situation d鈥檌tin茅rance au Qu茅bec le 24 avril 2018. Qu茅bec, QC: Minist猫re de la Sant茅 et des Services sociaux; 2019 March 25, approximately 600 pages.

Latimer, E., Rabouin, D., Cao, Z., Ly, A., Powell, G., Aubry, T., Distasio, J., Hwang, S.W., Somers, J.M., Stergiopoulos, V., Veldhuizen, S., Erica, E.M., Moodie, E.E.M., Lesage, A., & Goering, P.N. (2017), 鈥淭he costs of services for homeless people with mental illness in five Canadian cities : Results from a large prospective follow-up study鈥,听CMAJ Open听5(3), E576-E585,听DOI:10.9778/cmajo.20170018.

Poremski, D., Braithwaite, E., Nisenbaum, R., Stergiopoulos, V., Distasio, 听J., & Latimer, E. (2016), "Effects of Housing First on employment and income of homeless individuals: results of a randomized trial.",听Psychiatric services听67 (6), 603-609.

Ly, A. & Latimer, E. (2015), 鈥淗ousing first impacts on costs and associated cost offsets:听 A review of the literature鈥,听Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 60 (11), 475-487.听

Poremski, D., Whitley, R., & Latimer, E. (2015), 鈥淏uilding trust with people receiving supported employment and Housing First services鈥,听Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal听 Mar 30, ePub ahead of print.

Stergiopoulos, V., Hwang, S., Gozdzik, A.,听Nisenbaum, R.,听Latimer, E.,听Rabouin, D., Adair, C., Bourque, J., Connelly, J., Frankish, J., Katz, L., Mason, K., Misir, V., O鈥橞rien, K., Streiner, D., Sareen, J., Sch眉tz, C., Singer, A., Vasiliadis, H.M., & Goering, P. (2015), 鈥淪cattered-Site Housing First with Intensive Case Management for Homeless Adults with Mental Illness: 24 Month Outcomes of a Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial,鈥澨Journal of the American Medical Association听313(9): 909-915.

Aubry, T.,听Adair, C., Tsemberis, S., Streiner, D., McGarvey, K., Sareen, J., Veldhuizen, S., Kopp, B., Patterson, M.,听Latimer, E., &听Goering, P. (2015) "One Year Findings of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Housing First with ACT in Five Canadian Cities",听Psychiatric Services, published online February 2,听.

Latimer, E., Gariepy, G., & Greenfield,听B. (2014), "Cost-effectiveness of a rapid response team intervention for suicidal youths presenting at an emergency department鈥澨Can J of Psychiatry听56(6), 310 鈥 318.

Latimer, E., Naidu, A., Moodie, E., Clark, R., Malla, A., Tamblyn, R., & Wynant, W. (2014), 鈥淰ariation in long-term antipsychotic polypharmacy and high-dose prescribing across physicians and hospitals鈥,听Psychiatric Services, 65 (10), 1210 鈥 1217.

Knapp, M., Patel, A., Curran, C., Latimer, E., Catty, J., Becker, T., Drake, R.E. , Fioritti, A., Kilian, R., Lauber, C., R枚ssler, W., Tomov, T., van Busschbach, J., Comas-Herrera, A., White, S., Wiersma, D., & Burns, T. (2013), 鈥淪upported employment: Cost-effectiveness across six European sites鈥, World Psychiatry 12(1): 60-68.

Latimer, E., Clark, R., Malla, A., Moodie, E., Tamblyn, R., & Naidu, A. (2013), 鈥淯nderprescribing of Clozapine and Unexplained Variation in Use across Hospitals and Regions in the Canadian Province of Qu茅bec鈥, Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses, April, 33-41.

Latimer, E., Bond, G., & Drake R (2011), 鈥淓conomic approaches to improving access to evidence-based and recovery-oriented services for people with severe mental illness鈥, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 56:9, 523鈥529.

Latimer, E., Clark, R., Malla, A., Moodie, E., Tamblyn, R., & Naidu, A. (2013), 鈥淯nderprescribing of Clozapine and Unexplained Variation in Use across Hospitals and Regions in the Canadian Province of Qu茅bec鈥,听Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses,听April,听33-41.

Knapp, K., Patel, A., Curran, C.,听Latimer, E., Catty, J., Becker, T., Drake, R.E., Fioritti, A., Killian, R., Lauber, C., R枚ssler, W., Tomov, T., van Busschbach, J., Comas-Herrera, A., White, S., Wiersma, D., & Burns, T. (2013), Supported employment: Cost-effectiveness across six European sites.听World Psychiatry听12:1, 60-68.

Vasiliadis, H-M, Dionne, P-A, Pr茅ville M., Gentil, L., Berbiche, D., &听Latimer, E.听The excess healthcare costs associated with depression and anxiety in elderly living in the community.听 American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry听2012 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print].

Drake, R., &听Latimer, E.听(2012),, 鈥淟essons learned in developing community mental health care in North America鈥,听World Psychiatry听11 (1) 47-51.

LeBlanc, L., Tourigny, M., Boyer, T.,听Latimer, 脡., & Crocker, A. (2012),听鈥淧rofils d`茅volution des personnes ateintes de troubles mentaux graves et recevant un service de soutien d`intensit茅 variable.听Revue Canadienne de Sant茅 Mentale et Communautaire听31 (1), 33 鈥 44.

Dionne, P.A., Vasiliadis, H-M.,听Latimer, E., Berbiche, D., & Pr茅ville, M. (2012) 鈥淭he Economic Impact of Inappropriate Prescribing of Benzodiazepines and Related Drug Interactions in the Elderly".听Psychiatric Services,听Dec, 15.

Goering, P., Girard, V., Aubry, T., Barker, J., Fortanier, C.,听Latimer, E., Laval, C., & Tinland, A., (2012), 芦听Conduite d鈥檈ssais relatifs aux politiques qui soutiennent le mod猫le d鈥檌ntervention accordant la priorit茅 au logement听: l鈥檋istoire de deux pays听禄,听Lien Social et Politique听67,听161鈥182.

Lloyd-Evans,B., Marwaha, S., Burns, T., Secker, J.,听Latimer, E., Blizard, R., Killaspy, H., Totman, J., Tanskanen, S., & Johnson, S.听(2012) 鈥淭he nature and correlates of paid and unpaid work among service users of London Community Mental Health Teams鈥,听Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences,听Available on CJO 2012 doi:10.1017/S2045796012000534.

Goering, P., Streiner, D., Adair, C., Aubry, T., Barker, J., Distasio, J., Hwang, S., Komaroff, J.,听Latimer, E., Somers, J., & Zabkiewicz, D. (2011), "The At Home/Chez Soi trial protocol: A pragmatic, multi-site, randomized controlled trial of a Housing First intervention for homeless individuals with mental illness in five Canadian cities", BMJ Open 2011;听1:e000323 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000323.

Latimer, E.,听&听Rabouin, D.听(2011), 鈥淟e soutien d鈥檌ntensit茅 variable 脿 l鈥檋eure du r茅tablissement: Enseignements des etudes exp茅rimentales et quasi-exp茅rimentales鈥,听Sant茅 mentale au Qu茅bec听XXXVI, 1, 13-34.听

Latimer, E., Bond, G., & Drake, R. (2011), 鈥淓conomic approaches to improving access to evidence-based and recovery-oriented services for people with severe mental illness鈥,听Canadian Journal of Psychiatry听56:9, 523 鈥 529.

Latimer, E., Lecomte, T., Becker, D., Drake, R., Duclos, I., Piat, M., Lahaie, N., St-Pierre, M.S., Therrien, C., & Xie, H. (2006), 鈥淕eneralisability of the individual placement and support model of supported employment: results of a Canadian randomised controlled trial鈥, British Journal of Psychiatry, 189:55-73.

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