The Shifting Landscape

Serge Bourque is the Senior Health Consultant with the Government of New Brunswick’s Department of Health, Addiction and Mental Health Services Division. With over 20 years of experience as a clinical social worker, he has worked in diverse settings including withdrawal management, youth treatment, adult mental health services as the gambling treatment specialist, and as Clinical Coordinator for group services in Moncton.

As senior health consultant, Serge leads efforts to improve gambling and substance use services in New Brunswick, including expanding treatment programs, integrating outpatient withdrawal management, and launching outreach teams to support unhoused individuals with coordinated health, substance use/harmful gambling and mental health care.

Dr. Youssef Allami is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at Université Laval. Prior to joining the university, he worked as a clinician at Montreal’s largest public addiction rehabilitation center. His research now focuses on psychological factors influencing the severity of harm related to various addictive behaviours. He explores care access pathways and the psychological mechanisms underlying addictions, including the interaction between addictive behaviours and other mental health problems.

Dr. Andrew Hyoun Soo Kim is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University. His clinical interests are in providing evidence-based care for people with co-occurring addictions and mental health difficulties. Relatedly, his research interest lies in developing an integrated treatment for substance and behavioural addictions and their mental health comorbidities.