Vincent Paquin is a psychiatrist and Assistant Professor affiliated with the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University. He is based at the Jewish General Hospital where he provides outpatient care in the Culturally Focused First Episode of Psychosis Program. He studied medicine at Université Laval and completed his residency in psychiatry at McGill University. His research fellowship at Maastricht University focused on the relationship between digital media use, trust, and psychosis spectrum outcomes. He also completed the M.Sc. in Mental Health and Clinician-Investigator Program at McGill University.
Dr. Paquin’s research aims to understand how digital media practices influence the mental health of adolescents and young adults and to support the adaptation of psychosocial services and policies to their digital culture. His work relies on both qualitative and quantitative methods, drawing on theories and concepts from cultural psychiatry, media psychology, and communication. Current areas of focus include human-chatbot interactions, technological addictions, and online communities. He is available for research supervision of students.
vincent.paquin2 [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Selected Articles
Paquin, V., Plante, C.N., Nickrenz, E. (in press). Cultural psychiatry across (cyber)spaces: Understanding the role of fan cultures in mental health. Transcultural Psychiatry.
Paquin, V. (in press). "Excuse yourself, let hope in": Examining the process of recovery in Hazbin Hotel and fan communities. Transformative Works and Cultures.
Paquin, V. (2025). Taking the Long View on Digital Culture and Mental Health: Principles From Critical Realism. Qualitative Health Research, online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323251389814
Paquin, V., Miconi, D., Aversa, S., Johnson-Lafleur, J., Cote, S.M., Geoffroy, M.C., Gülöksüz, S. (2025). Social and Mental Health Pathways to Institutional Trust: A Cohort Study. Social Science & Medicine, 379, 118199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118199
Paquin, V., Aversa, S., Nickrenz, E., Jarvis, G.E., Park, M., Ferrari, M., Shah, J.L. (2025). Integrating the digital culture of youth in clinical mental health assessments: protocol for the codesign and pilot test of an interview method. BMJ Open, 15(11), e104200. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104200
Paquin, V. (2025). Limiter le temps d’écran pour la santé mentale : une approche clinique individualisée et socioculturelle. Santé mentale au Québec, 50(1), 399–404. https://doi.org/10.7202/1121417ar
Paquin, V., Raugh, I., Davies, M., Lepage, M., Lavigne, K.M., Dion, J., Abdel-Baki, A., Shah, J.L., Iyer, S.N., Ferrari, M. (2025) Understanding the Game Experiences and Mental Health of Youth: Protocol for the Game-in-Action Quebec Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 15, e103685. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103685
Vidal, C., Philippe, F.L., Geoffroy, M.C., Paquin, V. (2025) The Role of Social Media Use and Associated Risk and Protective Behaviors on Depression in Youth Adults: A Longitudinal and Network Perspective. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 23, 3672–3688. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01313-0
Paquin, V., Ackerman, R.A., Depp, C.A., Moore, R.C., Harvey, P.D., Pinkham, A.E. (2024) Media Use and its Associations with Paranoia in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: Ecological Momentary Assessment. JMIR Mental Health, 11, e59198. http://doi.org/10.2196/59198
Paquin V., Philippe, F.L., Shannon, H., Guimond, S., Ouellet-Morin, I., Geoffroy, M.C. (2024). Associations between digital media use and psychotic experiences in young adults of Quebec, Canada: a longitudinal study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59, 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02537-6
Paquin, V., Ferrari, M., Rej, S., Boivin, M., Ouellet-Morin, I., Geoffroy, M.C., Shah, J.L. (2024) Trajectories of Adolescent Media Use and their Associations with Psychotic Experiences. JAMA Psychiatry, 81(7), 708–716. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.0384
Gomez-Carrillo, A., Paquin, V., Dumas, G., Kirmayer, L.J. (2023). Restoring the Missing Person to Personalized Medicine and Precision Psychiatry. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, 1041433. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1041433
Paquin, V., Ferrari, M., Sekhon, H., Rej, S. (2023) Time to Think “Meta”: A Critical Viewpoint on the Risks and Benefits of Virtual Worlds for Mental Health. JMIR Serious Games, 11, e43388. https://doi.org/10.2196/43388