A5074282856- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
2016-2025
McMaster University
2016-2025
University of Toronto
2000-2024
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
2024
Impact
2024
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
2024
St Joseph's Health Care
2020
Mersey Care NHS Trust
2017
Queen Mary University of London
2012
St. Joseph's Hospital
2004
The State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA; M. J. Ree, C. MacLeod, D. French, & V. Locke, 2000) was designed to assess cognitive somatic symptoms of anxiety as they pertain one's mood in the moment (state) general (trait). This study extended previous psychometric findings a clinical sample validated STICSA against well-published measure anxiety, (STAI; Spielberger, 1983). Patients (N=567) at an disorders clinic were administered battery questionnaires. results...
The Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and Phobia are companion measures for assessing symptoms of social anxiety phobia. scales have good reliability validity across several samples, however, exploratory confirmatory factor analyses yielded solutions comprising substantially different item content structures. These discrepancies likely the result analyzing items from each scale separately or simultaneously. current investigation sets out to assess those scales, both simultaneously separately,...
A significant number of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients continue to experience symptoms that interfere with their functioning following cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Providing an additional augmentation treatment CBT could help reduce these residual symptoms. Mindfulness interventions facilitate less reactivity thoughts and feelings may be helpful for suffering from OCD The purpose the current randomized waitlist control trial was evaluate feasibility impact providing...
This preliminary study examined the relationship between anxiety disorders and self-reported history of teasing or bullying experiences, comparing individuals with social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder without agoraphobia. Given that aversive conditioning such as severe teasing, have been proposed to play a role in development phobia core feature is fear situations which person may be embarrassed humiliated, we hypothesized group would higher rate than groups....
The purpose of this study was to explore possible differences in the experience and expression anger across four anxiety disorder groups non-clinical controls. Anger assessed by two measures, Reaction Inventory Aggression Questionnaire, 112 individuals who met DSM-IV criteria for panic (PD) with or without agoraphobia (n=40), obsessive-compulsive (OCD; n=30), social phobia, (SOC; n=28), specific phobia (SPC; n=14) as well controls (n=49). Patients PD, OCD, SOC reported a significantly...
Coupling between EEG delta and beta oscillations is enhanced among anxious healthy individuals during anticipatory anxiety. coupling patterns associated with psychotherapy have not yet been quantified in socially individuals. In this study, we used a double baseline, repeated measures design, which 25 adults principal diagnosis of social anxiety disorder completed 12 weekly sessions standardized group cognitive behavioral therapy four assessments: two at pretreatment, one midtreatment,...