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Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl)
Epidemiology (Sunnyvale), an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-1165
Epidemiology 2017
October 23-25, 2017
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EPIDEMIOLOGY & PUBLIC HEALTH
October 23-25, 2017 | Paris, France
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International Conference on
Jean Caron, Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 2017, 7:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-1165-C1-016
WHAT COULD IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE
POPULATION?
M
ental health is more than the absence of mental illness or mental disorders. It constitutes a form of complete well-being
and favors our capacity to enjoy life and to face the challenges we confront. Quality of life and well-being are important
indicators of mental health, so it is important to know the parameters affecting them, in order to develop programs of mental
health promotion. After more than 25 years of research on quality of life and well-being of different populations: general
population, economically disadvantaged populations, people with mental disorders and their families, we will present the
results of research on these populations. We will also present the main parameters related or that predict the quality of life and
well-being through important research identified by a literature review.
Biography
Jean Caron studies the mental health of populations, the assessment of mental health services and the validation of psychometric instruments. He joined the Psychosocial
Research Division of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in 1998 and became an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University. He currently leads the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team in Social and Psychiatric Epidemiology. He is also an associate researcher at the Institut de Santé Publique of the Université
de Montréal and the Instituto de Saude Colletiva of the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil. His recent studies have identified determinants of psychological distress
quality of life and well-being among different populations. Jean Caron’s research has received national and international recognition. He was a visiting professor in the
Department of Social Psychology at the University of Seville, in Spain. He is a consultant in social and psychiatric epidemiology to the Public Health Agency of Canada,
Statistics Canada, the Quebec Department of Public Health, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
jean.caron@mcgill.caJean Caron
McGill University, Canada