Dominick Gamache

Dominick Gamache, Ph.D. serves as an Associate Professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, working as a Psychologist with research focused on Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience. His institutional affiliation includes office space at the Centre de traitement le Faubourg Saint-Jean and contact through dominick.gamache@uqtr.ca.

Dr. Gamache's research centers on personality disorders with particular emphasis on evaluation and treatment methodologies. His work examines premature treatment dropout in patients with personality disorders, leading to the development of the Treatment Attrition-Retention Scale for Personality Disorders. He investigates variables associated with therapeutic relationships including alliance, collaboration, transference, and counter-transference during psychodynamic psychotherapy. Additionally, he has launched a significant research program examining stalking behaviors in young adult love relationships. His methodological contributions include developing and validating measures of psychodynamic variables such as personality organization and transference.

Analysis of his recent publications (2022-2025) reveals a strong focus on the DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders across multiple research domains. His work spans clinical applications, forensic contexts (particularly stalking behaviors), relationship dynamics, and psychometric validation. The research demonstrates interdisciplinary approaches combining clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and forensic psychology with consistent methodological rigor in scale development and validation.

Dr. Gamache maintains an active research program with numerous collaborative projects, evidenced by his extensive publication record in high-impact journals including Journal of Personality Disorders, Journal of Personality Assessment, and Frontiers in Psychiatry. His work bridges theoretical psychodynamic concepts with empirical validation, contributing significantly to personality disorders research and clinical practice.