https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3557-5264
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Courtois
Associate Professor (MD, PhD) of psychopathology and clinical psychology – University of Tours (UT), France.
Research Unit: EE 1901 Qualipsy (‘Qualité de vie et santé psychologique’)
RNSR code: 201923473L (Quality of life and psychological health)
Part-time hospital psychiatrist (Psychiatric University Clinic, University Hospital of Tours, France). Responsible of the CRIAVS Centre-Val de Loire (“Centre ressources pour les intervenants auprès des auteurs de violences sexuelles”: regional resource centre for people working with sexual offenders).
Other activities
Teaching manager (with Wissam El Hage and Pauline Saint-Martin) of the university diploma “Violences sexuelles et psychotraumatologie” (Sexual violences and psychotraumatology) (UT)
Organiser of an international colloquium: “De la séduction à l’agression. La question du harcèlement” (november 29 & 30, 2021) (From seduction to aggression. About harassment). Organization: QualiPsy (UT), IRJI (UT) and CRIAVS-CVL (CHU de Tours), with support of Le STUDIUM Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies.
In charge of the “Master of Psychology” specialization (UT)
Research committee member of the national coordination of the centers for perpetrators of intimate partner violence (CPCA : centres de prise en charge des auteurs de violences conjugales)
Research areas
Psychopathological processes, individual vulnerabilities, risk and protective factors of the behavior of adults reflecting difficulty adapting to change.
• Becoming an adult: risk behaviors, addictions, risky sexual behavior
• Interpersonal relationships: violence, sexual violence, domestic violence, harassment
• Life history, adverse environment, coping with illness: personality, resilience, psychological health and quality of life
These themes come within the scope of clinical psychology, the psychology of health, or forensic psychiatry and psychology.
Projects (QualiPsy, UT)
Project leader - ANR (AAPG 2021): FRIDA (2022-2025) “From fantasies to problematic sexual behavior and sexual violence in youth aged 18 to 25” (Des fantasmes aux comportements sexuels problématiques et aux violences sexuelles des jeunes de 18 à 25 ans) (funding: k€ 490). Partners: LLPL EA 4638 (UA); Inserm U1253 iBrain (UT); Inserm CIC-P 1415 (CHU Tours); CogNAC (UQTR); SCAN Lab (U Birmingham); SPL (UMONS); ICCC (U Montréal).
Project leader - IreSP (Public health) / Inserm (AAP 2020): SE&SR (2021-2023) “Testing a prevention program of intimate partner violence “Safe Dates” among young people aged 18-25 years” (funding: k€ 97). Partners: FRAPS-IREPS Centre-Val de Loire; EES EA 7505 (UT), LLPL EA 4638 (UA) .
Project leader - DGOS 2018 (PREPS-18-0815): EV-AICS (2019-2022) “Impact of a structured clinical assessment (MIDSA), its restitution and support for change on the engagement in the care of sexual offenders: An open-label multicentre randomised controlled trial” [including 5 hospital centers/ CRIAVS: Tours, Poitiers, Lyon, Lille et Montpellier]. Promotor: CHU de Tours (funding: k€ 338). Partners: Inserm CIC-P 1415 (CHU Tours), Inserm U1253 iBrain (UT), LPPL EA 4638 (UA), CICC (Montréal).
Project leader - Studium Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies (Consortium 2018): ARSA (2019-2021) “Assessment of Risk of Sexual Assault: psychological adjustment, neuropsychological and psychiatric determinants”.
Doctoral award co-financed by the University of Tours (65 k€) and the University of Mons (54 k€) (“50/50”) on the theme: “Psychopathy, sexual coercion and intimate partner violence in young adults” in a cotutelle program (2021-2024) (Ph.D Student: L. Gosselin - Supervisors: R. Courtois, C. Potard (France) /T. Pham (Belgium)).
As an associated team: Cancéropôle Grand Ouest. Project MACCADI (D Moussata - 2019-2022) “Alternative and complementary medicines in patients with gastrointestinal cancer”.
Previous positions
Past-president of the AFERTP (Association Francophone d’Etude et Recherche sur les Troubles de la Personnalité / Francophone association for study and research on personality disorders)
Past-medical leader of departmental hospital structures for adolescent care (during more of 10 years)
Past-teaching manager of the university diploma “Clinique des violences sexuelles : psychopathologie, prises en charge, évaluations criminologiques et coordination” (Psychopathology of sexual violence, care, criminological assessment…) (University of Tours)
Education
Accreditation to supervise research (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), Université de Tours, 2010)
PhD in Public health / Psychology (double doctoral degree: Bordeaux2 / Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), 2000)
Master's in Psychology (Sorbonne University, 1995) and in anthropology (University of Tours, 1995)
Medical doctor (University of Tours, 1993)