A5067673543- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Family Support in Illness
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Child Therapy and Development
Dalhousie University
2016-2025
Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre
2015-2024
Alberta Hospital Edmonton
2019-2020
Nova Scotia Health Authority
2019
Harvard University
2001
Massachusetts General Hospital
2001
Crozer-Keystone Health System
1998
The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale's 20-item version is well-validated and reliable detecting depressive symptoms in adolescents community samples. A shortened version, CES-D 10 has not been validated with adolescents, but demonstrated strong psychometrics other populations. purpose of this study was to test the factorial validity internal consistency adolescents. Using data from 156 a previous community-based study, we tested three models underlying factors...
Severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression, is responsible for a substantial proportion of disability in the population. This article describes aims design research study that takes novel approach to targeted prevention SMI. It based on rationale early developmental antecedents SMI are likely be more malleable than fully developed mood or psychotic disorders low-risk interventions targeting may reduce risk Families Overcoming Risks Building...
Mobile device-based tools to help adolescents practice skills outside of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) sessions for treating an anxiety disorder may lead greater treatment gains.This study aimed develop, design, and test the acceptability, learnability, heuristics, usability MindClimb, a smartphone-based app with use between CBT plan complete exposure activities using (cognitive, relaxation, practice, reward) learned in treatment.This 3-phase took place from August 2015 December 2018....
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Mental health and addictions services increasingly recommend offering both virtual in-person care modalities. Understanding when is appropriate requires careful consideration of individual needs recognition potential tensions among clients, caregivers, clinicians to balance varying perspectives considerations. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> To explore how on mental can be balanced support shared decision-making in child adolescent services....
While attentional biases towards negative stimuli have previously been linked to the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders, a current limitation this research involves use static images for stimuli, as they cannot adequately depict dynamic nature real-life interactions. Since in those with elevated remain understudied using more naturalistic such social videos, purpose explorative study was novel modern eye-tracking equipment further investigate anxious emerging, female adults....
Background Internalizing disorders are the most common psychiatric problems observed among youth in Canada. Sadly, with internalizing often avoid seeking clinical help and rarely receive adequate treatment. Current methods of assessing usually rely on subjective symptom ratings, but symptoms frequently underreported, which creates a barrier to accurate assessment these youth. Therefore, novel tools that use objective data need be developed meet highest standards reliability, feasibility,...
ABSTRACT: The prognosis and methods of treating headaches were studied in a group children, 10 years after their initial diagnosis 1983. Follow-up was achieved for 77 patients (81%). Headaches persisted 72.7% but much improved 81.3%. Medication use uncommon, with non-prescription medications used by 30.3% prescription only two. These data suggest that although childhood onset are likely to persist, children who receive early education regarding the non-pharmaceutical headache control appear...
Abstract Background Children of parents with mood and psychotic disorders are at elevated risk for a range behavioral emotional problems. However, as the usual reporter psychopathology in children is parent, reports early problems may be biased by parents' own experience mental illness their state. Methods Independent observers rated using Test Observation Form 378 youth between ages 4 24 (mean = 11.01, s.d . 4.40) who had parent major depressive disorder, bipolar schizophrenia, or no...
Background Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and lower cognitive ability have been linked with increased likelihood of exposure to adversity. We hypothesized that these associations may be partly due genetic factors. Methods calculated polygenic scores for ADHD intelligence assessed psychopathology general in a sample 297 youth aged 5–27 years enriched offspring parents mood psychotic disorders. an adversity score as mean 10 indicators, including socio‐economic disadvantage,...
Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) increases treatment access for adolescents with anxiety; however, completion rates of iCBT programs are typically low. Understanding adolescents' experiences iCBT, what program features and changes in anxiety (minimal clinically important difference [MCID]) to them, may help explain improve use impact.Within a randomized controlled trial comparing six-session adolescent anxiety, Being Real, Easing Anxiety: Tools Helping Electronically...
Psychotic symptoms are common in children and adolescents may be early manifestations of liability to severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia. SMI psychotic associated with impairment executive functions. However, previous studies have not differentiated between 'cold' 'hot' We hypothesized that the propensity for is specifically functions, such as decision-making context uncertain rewards losses.In a cohort 156 youth (mean age 12.5, range 7-24 years) enriched familial risk SMI,...
BACKGROUND: Stimulants, such as methylphenidate, are among the most commonly used medications in children and adolescents. Psychotic symptoms have been reported rare adverse reactions to stimulants but not systematically inquired about previous studies. Family history of mental illness may increase vulnerability drug-induced psychotic symptoms. We examined association between stimulant use sons daughters parents with major mood disorders. METHODS: assessed symptoms, psychotic-like...
Parents of children with intellectual and developmental disorders often experience potentially traumatic events while caring for their children. Heightened posttraumatic stress (PTS) growth (PTG) have been found in this population. We aimed to explore risk protective factors PTS PTG. A cross-sectional study was conducted 385 parents (average age M = 43.14 years, SD 7.40; 95.3% mothers). Parenting trauma showed an adverse effect on developing (beta 0.25, p < .01) a positive role promoting PTG...
<h3>Importance</h3> Although anxiety disorders are known to run in families, the relative contribution of genes and environment is unclear. Patterns sex-specific transmission may point different pathways how parents pass down their children; however, association parent offspring sex with has not been previously studied. <h3>Objective</h3> To examine whether from children specific. <h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3> This cross-sectional family study recruited participants general...