Dr. Chachamovich is a psychiatrist with research expertise in Aboriginal mental health and in modern psychometric analyses. He received his doctorate in Psychiatry from UFRGS/Brazil and University of Edinburgh/UK, and has been involved for several years in multi-centre studies with the World Health Organization. He also completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at 91社区, which consisted of a comprehensive assessment of risk and protective factors for suicide completion among Inuit in the Territory of Nunavut.
At 91社区, he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry. He is also a member of the 91社区 Group for Suicide Studies, and the Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research (NAHMR). Dr. Chachamovich is co-director of the RUIS 91社区 Northern Mental Health Program. His teaching activities include supervision of residents in northern communities, as well as mentoring graduate students.
Based at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Dr. Chachamovich has a leadership position in advancing culturally-appropriate research and psychiatric care of the Aboriginal peoples in Quebec. He is the medical director of the Great North Mental Health Program, in charge of coordinating the psychiatric services in Cree and Inuit Communities in the province. His research interests include mental health interventions, suicide prevention, and development and聽adaptation聽of culturally-appropriate measurements in Aboriginal mental health.
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Selected Articles
EZER, H., CHACHAMOVICH, J. L. & CHACHAMOVICH, E. 2011. Do men and their wives see it the same way? Congruence within couples during the first year of prostate cancer.聽Psycho-oncology,听20,听155-64.
TRENTINI, C., WAGNER, G., CHACHAMOVICH, E., FIGUEIREDO, M., DA SILVA, L., HIRAKATA, V. & FLECK, M. 2011. Subjective perception of health in elderly inpatients.聽International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie.
ZACHIA, S., KNAUTH, D., GOLDIM, J. R., CHACHAMOVICH, J. R., CHACHAMOVICH, E., PAZ, A. H., FELBERBAUM, R., CROSIGNANI, P., TARLATZIS, B. C. & PASSOS, E. P. 2011. Assisted reproduction: what factors interfere in the professional's decisions? Are single women an issue?聽BMC women's health,听11,听21.
KAIPPER, M. B., CHACHAMOVICH, E., HIDALGO, M. P., TORRES, I. L. & CAUMO, W. 2010. Evaluation of the structure of Brazilian State-Trait Anxiety Inventory using a Rasch psychometric approach.聽Journal of psychosomatic research,听68,听223-33.
CHACHAMOVICH, E., FLECK, M. P. & POWER, M. 2010a. Is Geriatric Depression Scale-15 a suitable instrument for measuring depression in Brazil? Results of a Rasch analysis.聽Psychology, health & medicine,听15,听596-606.
CHACHAMOVICH, J. L., CHACHAMOVICH, E., EZER, H., CORDOVA, F. P., FLECK, M. M., KNAUTH, D. R. & PASSOS, E. P. 2010b. Psychological distress as predictor of quality of life in men experiencing infertility: a cross-sectional survey.聽Reproductive health,听7,听3.
CHACHAMOVICH, J. R., CHACHAMOVICH, E., EZER, H., FLECK, M. P., KNAUTH, D. & PASSOS, E. P. 2010c. Investigating quality of life and health-related quality of life in infertility: a systematic review.Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology,听31,听101-10.
CHACHAMOVICH, J. R., CHACHAMOVICH, E., EZER, H., FLECK, M. P., KNAUTH, D. R. & PASSOS, E. P. 2010d. Agreement on perceptions of quality of life in couples dealing with infertility.聽Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG,听39,557-65.
RABIN, E. G., HELDT, E., HIRAKATA, V. N., BITTELBRUNN, A. C., CHACHAMOVICH, E. & FLECK, M. P. 2009. Depression and perceptions of quality of life of breast cancer survivors and their male partners.聽Oncology nursing forum,听36,听贰153-8.
CHACHAMOVICH, E., FLECK, M. P. & POWER, M. 2009a. Literacy affected ability to adequately discriminate among categories in multipoint Likert Scales.聽Journal of clinical epidemiology,听62,听37-46.
CHACHAMOVICH, E., STEFANELLO, S., BOTEGA, N. & TURECKI, G. 2009b. [Which are the recent clinical findings regarding the association between depression and suicide?].聽Revista brasileira de psiquiatria,31 Suppl 1,听厂18-25.
CHACHAMOVICH, J., CHACHAMOVICH, E., FLECK, M. P., CORDOVA, F. P., KNAUTH, D. & PASSOS, E. 2009c. Congruence of quality of life among infertile men and women: findings from a couple-based study.聽Human reproduction,听24,听2151-7.
CHACHAMOVICH, E., FLECK, M., LAIDLAW, K. & POWER, M. 2008a. Impact of major depression and subsyndromal symptoms on quality of life and attitudes toward aging in an international sample of older adults. The Gerontologist, 48, 593-602.
CHACHAMOVICH, E., FLECK, M. P., TRENTINI, C. & POWER, M. 2008b. Brazilian WHOQOL-OLD Module version: a Rasch analysis of a new instrument. Revista de saude publica, 42, 308-16.
CHACHAMOVICH, E., FLECK, M. P., TRENTINI, C. M., LAIDLAW, K. & POWER, M. J. 2008c. Development and validation of the Brazilian version of the Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire (AAQ): An example of merging classical psychometric theory and the Rasch measurement model. Health and quality of life outcomes, 6, 5.
CHACHAMOVICH, E., TRENTINI, C. & FLECK, M. P. 2007a. Assessment of the psychometric performance of the WHOQOL-BREF instrument in a sample of Brazilian older adults. International psychogeriatrics / IPA, 19, 635-46.
CHACHAMOVICH, J. R., CHACHAMOVICH, E., ZACHIA, S., KNAUTH, D. & PASSOS, E. P. 2007b. What variables predict generic and health-related quality of life in a sample of Brazilian women experiencing infertility? Human reproduction, 22, 1946-52.
FLECK, M. P., CHACHAMOVICH, E. & TRENTINI, C. 2006. Development and validation of the Portuguese version of the WHOQOL-OLD module. Revista de saude publica, 40, 785-91.
SCHESTATSKY, P., ZANATTO, V. C., MARGIS, R., CHACHAMOVICH, E., RECHE, M., BATISTA, R. G., FRICKE, D. & RIEDER, C. R. 2006. Quality of life in a Brazilian sample of patients with Parkinson's disease and their caregivers.聽Revista brasileira de psiquiatria,听28,209-11.
TRENTINI, C. M., XAVIER, F. M., CHACHAMOVICH, E., ROCHA, N. S., HIRAKATA, V. N. & FLECK, M. P. 2005. The influence of somatic symptoms on the performance of elders in the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).聽Revista brasileira de psiquiatria,听27,听119-23.
KNIJNIK, D. Z., KAPCZINSKI, F., CHACHAMOVICH, E., MARGIS, R. & EIZIRIK, C. L. 2004. [Psychodynamic group treatment for generalized social phobia].聽Revista brasileira de psiquiatria,听26,听77-81.
FLECK, M. P., CHACHAMOVICH, E. & TRENTINI, C. M. 2003. [WHOQOL-OLD Project: method and focus group results in Brazil]. Revista de saude publica, 37, 793-9.
FLECK, M. P., LOUZADA, S., XAVIER, M., CHACHAMOVICH, E.,聽VIEIRA, G., SANTOS, L. & PINZON, V. 2000. [Application of the Portuguese version of the abbreviated instrument of quality life WHOQOL-bref].Revista de saude publica,听34,听178-83.
FLECK, M. P., LOUZADA, S., XAVIER, M., CHACHAMOVICH, E., VIEIRA, G., SANTOS, L. & PINZON, V. 1999. [Application of the Portuguese version of the instrument for the assessment of quality of life of the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-100)]. Revista de saude publica, 33, 198-205.听