Research
Placebo and Nocebo effects
- Learning about mental health problems (e.g., ADHD) can make healthy people falsely self-diagnose with them; a brief 10-minute add-on intervention can inoculate against it (The Independent).
- Simply framing a sham treatment as personalised increases its effectiveness due to placebo effect (National Post).
Smartphone addiction
- Co-authored several studies on
smartphone addiction:
its
rates
around the world,
its
relationship
with creativity,
and a
behavioural
intervention to reduce it.
This research now has a website with practical recommendations on how to reduce screen time.
Non-profit work
- Co-founded the Montreal Ukrainian Wellness Program - a mental health initiative that provides free support and psychotherapy to war-displaced Ukrainians in Quebec, Canada (McGill Health, CBC, CityNews).