Harriet L. MacMillan

ORCID: 0000-0002-1223-706X
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Research Areas
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Abuse and Related Trauma
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

McMaster University
2016-2025

Canadian Paediatric Society
2024

Hamilton Health Sciences
2000-2024

Impact
2019-2023

Health Sciences Centre
2022

Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod
2022

Chedoke Hospital
1996-2021

Macmillan Cancer Support
2014-2021

Carleton University
2021

University of California, Davis
2021

The authors assessed lifetime psychopathology in a general population sample and compared the rates of five psychiatric disorder categories between those who reported childhood history either physical or sexual abuse did not.A modified version Composite International Diagnostic Interview self-completed questionnaire on child were administered to probability (N=7,016) Ontario residents 15 64 years age.Those reporting had significantly higher anxiety disorders, alcohol abuse/dependence,...

10.1176/appi.ajp.158.11.1878 article EN American Journal of Psychiatry 2001-11-01

<h3>Context.</h3> —Although child maltreatment is considered common, few community surveys have examined the prevalence of more than 1 type among both males and females. <h3>Objective.</h3> —To determine a history physical sexual abuse during childhood general population. <h3>Design.</h3> —General population survey. <h3>Setting.</h3> —Household dwellings in province Ontario, Canada. <h3>Participants.</h3> —A random sample (N=9953) residents aged 15 years older participated Ontario Health...

10.1001/jama.1997.03550020063039 article EN JAMA 1997-07-09

<h3>Background:</h3> Nationally representative Canadian data on the prevalence of child abuse and its relation with mental disorders are lacking. We used contemporary, nationally to examine 3 types (physical abuse, sexual exposure intimate partner violence) their association 14 conditions, including suicidal ideation suicide attempts. <h3>Methods:</h3> obtained from 2012 Community Health Survey: Mental Health, collected 10 provinces. Respondents aged 18 years older were asked about selected...

10.1503/cmaj.131792 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Canadian Medical Association Journal 2014-04-22

<h3>Context</h3>Whether intimate partner violence (IPV) screening reduces or improves health outcomes for women is unknown.<h3>Objective</h3>To determine the effectiveness of IPV and communication positive results to clinicians.<h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3>Randomized controlled trial conducted in 11 emergency departments, 12 family practices, 3 obstetrics/gynecology clinics Ontario, Canada, among 6743 English-speaking female patients aged 18 64 years who presented between July 2005...

10.1001/jama.2009.1089 article EN JAMA 2009-08-04

It is important to understand the epidemiology of intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by both males and females. Data were drawn from U.S. National Comorbidity Survey Replication. The relationships between physical IPV child abuse, mental disorders, suicidal ideation attempts among females examined. results indicate that sexual abuse was associated with males, whereas poor health outcomes for females, although sex differences are noted. experience a wider range compared males....

10.1177/0886260508322192 article EN Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2008-08-15

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) such as child abuse are related to poor health outcomes. Spanking has indicated a similar association with outcomes, but date not been considered an ACE. Physical and emotional have shown in previous research correlate highly may be nature spanking. To determine if spanking should ACE, this study aimed examine 1): the grouping of physical abuse; 2) associations adult problems accounts for additional model variance. Adult mental included depressive affect,...

10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.01.014 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Child Abuse & Neglect 2017-01-23

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common and related to substance use problems in adulthood. Less is known about these relationships adolescence if experiencing ACEs addition peer victimization (or bullying) would have an interaction or cumulative effect on the odds of adolescent use.Data were used from Well-Being Experiences Study (The WE Study), a cross-sectional survey adolescents aged 14-17 years (n = 1002) Manitoba, Canada collected between July 2017 October 2018. Statistical...

10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104504 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Child Abuse & Neglect 2020-05-08

A][7] An ongoing question in the field is whether health care professionals should routinely screen their female patients for exposure to IPV. 8 Previous studies have demonstrated that women will disclose experiences of violence response screening [3][4][5][6][7] ; however, few compared methods administration.In a review IPV primary setting, Chuang and Liebschutz 9 identified 2 main approaches screening: (1) verbal (questions asked by clinician) (2) self-administered meth-ods, including...

10.1001/jama.296.5.530 article EN JAMA 2006-08-02

Intimate partner violence against women (IPV) has been identified as a serious public health problem. Although the care system is an important site for identification and intervention, there have challenges in determining how professionals can best address this issue practice. We surveyed nurses physicians 2004 regarding their attitudes behaviours with respect to IPV, including whether they routinely inquire about well potentially relevant barriers, facilitators, experiential,...

10.1186/1471-2458-7-12 article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2007-01-24

The use of physical punishment is controversial. Few studies have examined the relationship between and a wide range mental disorders in nationally representative sample. current research investigated possible link harsh (ie, pushing, grabbing, shoving, slapping, hitting) absence more severe child maltreatment abuse, sexual emotional neglect, exposure to intimate partner violence) Axis I II disorders.Data were from National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol Related Conditions collected 2004...

10.1542/peds.2011-2947 article EN PEDIATRICS 2012-07-03
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