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Eric Latimer, PhD

Dr Latimer is a Research Scientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. ĚýA 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 QuĂ©bec. ĚýHe 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. ĚýĚýCurrently he is also completing a CIHR-funded study that implemented and evaluated the strengths model of case management in several sites in Ontario, QuĂ©bec and Newfoundland.Ěý He has served as consultant to the QuĂ©bec government as well as research teams in Europe and North America. He was an associate editor of the Canadian journal,ĚýHealthcare PolicyĚý(2011 – 2019),Ěýand is a fellow of the QuĂ©bec research group CIRANO.Ěý He teaches economic evaluation of health programs in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at Â鶹Çř.

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


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.Ěý“Economic Evaluation of Extended Early Intervention Service vs Regular Care Following 2 Years of Early Intervention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial” (2020),ĚýSchizophrenia Bulletin, Published online September,Ěýdoi: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), “Cost-effectiveness of Housing First with Assertive Community Treatment: Results from the Canadian At Home/Chez Soi trial”,ĚýPsychiatric Services,ĚýPublished online August 25.

Latimer, E., Bordeleau, F., MĂ©thot, C., Barrie, T., Ferkranus, A., Lurie, S., & Whitley, R. (2020), “Implementation of supported employment in the context of a national Canadian program: Facilitators, barriers and strategies”,ĚýPsychiatric 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), “Cost-effectiveness of Housing First with Intensive Case Management for homeless people with mental illness:Ěý Results from the multi-site Canadian At Home/Chez Soi trial”, August 21,ĚýJAMA Network Open.

Latimer, E., & Bordeleau, F. Dénombrement des personnes en situation d’itinérance au Québec le 24 avril 2018. Québec, QC: Ministère de la Santé 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), “The costs of services for homeless people with mental illness in five Canadian cities : Results from a large prospective follow-up study”,ĚýCMAJ OpenĚý5(3), E576-E585,ĚýDOI:10.9778/cmajo.20170018.

Poremski, D., Braithwaite, E., Nisenbaum, R., Stergiopoulos, V., Distasio, ĚýJ., & Latimer, E. (2016), "Effects of Housing First on employment and income of homeless individuals: results of a randomized trial.",ĚýPsychiatric servicesĚý67 (6), 603-609.

Ly, A. & Latimer, E. (2015), “Housing first impacts on costs and associated cost offsets:Ěý A review of the literature”,ĚýCanadian Journal of Psychiatry, 60 (11), 475-487.Ěý

Poremski, D., Whitley, R., & Latimer, E. (2015), “Building trust with people receiving supported employment and Housing First services”,ĚýPsychiatric Rehabilitation JournalĚý Mar 30, ePub ahead of print.

Stergiopoulos, V., Hwang, S., Gozdzik, A.,ĚýNisenbaum, R.,ĚýLatimer, E.,ĚýRabouin, D., Adair, C., Bourque, J., Connelly, J., Frankish, J., Katz, L., Mason, K., Misir, V., O’Brien, K., Streiner, D., Sareen, J., SchĂĽtz, C., Singer, A., Vasiliadis, H.M., & Goering, P. (2015), “Scattered-Site Housing First with Intensive Case Management for Homeless Adults with Mental Illness: 24 Month Outcomes of a Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial,”ĚýĚýJournal of the American Medical AssociationĚý313(9): 909-915.

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

Latimer, E., Gariepy, G., & Greenfield,ĚýB. (2014), "Cost-effectiveness of a rapid response team intervention for suicidal youths presenting at an emergency department”ĚýCan J of PsychiatryĚý56(6), 310 – 318. Ěý

Latimer, E., Naidu, A., Moodie, E., Clark, R., Malla, A., Tamblyn, R., & Wynant, W. (2014), “Variation in long-term antipsychotic polypharmacy and high-dose prescribing across physicians and hospitals”,ĚýPsychiatric Services, 65 (10), 1210 – 1217.

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

Latimer, E., Clark, R., Malla, A., Moodie, E., Tamblyn, R., & Naidu, A. (2013), “Underprescribing of Clozapine and Unexplained Variation in Use across Hospitals and Regions in the Canadian Province of Québec”, Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses, April, 33-41.

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

Latimer, E., Clark, R., Malla, A., Moodie, E., Tamblyn, R., & Naidu, A. (2013), “Underprescribing of Clozapine and Unexplained Variation in Use across Hospitals and Regions in the Canadian Province of QuĂ©bec”,ĚýClinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses,ĚýApril,Ěý33-41.

Knapp, K., Patel, A., Curran, C.,ĚýLatimer, E., Catty, J., Becker, T., Drake, R.E., Fioritti, A., Killian, R., Lauber, C., Rössler, W., Tomov, T., van Busschbach, J., Comas-Herrera, A., White, S., Wiersma, D., & Burns, T. (2013), Supported employment: Cost-effectiveness across six European sites.ĚýWorld PsychiatryĚý12:1, 60-68.

Vasiliadis, H-M, Dionne, P-A, PrĂ©ville M., Gentil, L., Berbiche, D., &ĚýLatimer, E.ĚýThe excess healthcare costs associated with depression and anxiety in elderly living in the community.Ěý American Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryĚý2012 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print].

Drake, R., &ĚýLatimer, E.Ěý(2012),, “Lessons learned in developing community mental health care in North America”,ĚýWorld PsychiatryĚý11 (1) 47-51.

LeBlanc, L., Tourigny, M., Boyer, T.,ĚýLatimer, É., & Crocker, A. (2012),Ěý“Profils d`Ă©volution des personnes ateintes de troubles mentaux graves et recevant un service de soutien d`intensitĂ© variable.ĚýRevue Canadienne de SantĂ© Mentale et CommunautaireĚý31 (1), 33 – 44.

Dionne, P.A., Vasiliadis, H-M.,ĚýLatimer, E., Berbiche, D., & PrĂ©ville, M. (2012) “The Economic Impact of Inappropriate Prescribing of Benzodiazepines and Related Drug Interactions in the Elderly".ĚýPsychiatric Services,ĚýDec, 15.

Goering, P., Girard, V., Aubry, T., Barker, J., Fortanier, C.,ĚýLatimer, E., Laval, C., & Tinland, A., (2012), «ĚýConduite d’essais relatifs aux politiques qui soutiennent le modèle d’intervention accordant la prioritĂ© au logementĚý: l’histoire de deux paysĚý»,ĚýLien Social et PolitiqueĚý67,Ěý161–182.

Lloyd-Evans,ĚýB., Marwaha, S., Burns, T., Secker, J.,ĚýLatimer, E., Blizard, R., Killaspy, H., Totman, J., Tanskanen, S., & Johnson, S.Ěý(2012) “The nature and correlates of paid and unpaid work among service users of London Community Mental Health Teams”,ĚýEpidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences,ĚýAvailable on CJO 2012 doi:10.1017/S2045796012000534.

Goering, P., Streiner, D., Adair, C., Aubry, T., Barker, J., Distasio, J., Hwang, S., Komaroff, J.,ĚýLatimer, 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;Ěý1:e000323 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000323.

Latimer, E.,Ěý&ĚýRabouin, D.Ěý(2011), “Le soutien d’intensitĂ© variable Ă  l’heure du rĂ©tablissement: Enseignements des etudes expĂ©rimentales et quasi-expĂ©rimentales”,ĚýSantĂ© mentale au QuĂ©becĚýXXXVI, 1, 13-34.Ěý

Latimer, E., Bond, G., & Drake, R. (2011), “Economic approaches to improving access to evidence-based and recovery-oriented services for people with severe mental illness”,ĚýCanadian Journal of PsychiatryĚý56:9, 523 – 529.

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

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