A5037801371- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- American History and Culture
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Data Visualization and Analytics
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Mormonism, Religion, and History
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
Tufts Medical Center
2025
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
2013-2024
University of Ottawa
2013-2023
Rowland Foundation
2023
University of Toronto
2017-2021
The Scarborough Hospital
2021
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
2013-2017
University of Charleston
2014-2016
Douglas Mental Health University Institute
2016
Wilfrid Laurier University
2016
Abstract Objective Victims of child abuse may be at increased risk acting on suicide ideation, although this has not been empirically tested. We estimated the attempts associated with among individuals who reported ideation. Methods Secondary analysis data from population-based Canadian Community Health Survey Mental ( n = 828). This survey included various structured questionnaires, including Composite International Diagnostic Interview to assess mental illness and suicidal thoughts...
Inmates who experienced childhood trauma have higher rates of institutional violence. However, the potential intermediate roles co-occurring mental health and substance use needs early justice involvement not previously been considered. The current study examined relationships between trauma, health, abuse, youth criminal charges, violence during first 180 days incarceration. As secondary aims, we explored whether these associations differed by sex or for inmates Aboriginal ethnicity....
Objective: Prevention of self-injurious behaviour is an important priority in correctional settings given higher rates among inmates. Our study estimated the reported incidence self-injury during first 180 days prison and tested potential risk protective factors using official records. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort secondary data for 5154 admissions to Correctional Service Canada 2011. Relative risks were with Poisson regression. Recursive partitioning was used create...
We present BonZeb-a suite of modular Bonsai packages which allow high-resolution zebrafish tracking with dynamic visual feedback. is an increasingly popular software platform that accelerating the standardization experimental protocols within neurosciences due to its speed, flexibility, and minimal programming overhead. BonZeb can be implemented into novel existing workflows for online behavioral offline batch processing. demonstrate run a variety configurations used gaining insights neural...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding adolescents’ perceptions food insecurity and diet quality, impact that these factors have on mental health. Design/methodology/approach This study used a community-based research approach. It gathered qualitative data from 11 in-depth interviews conducted with adolescents aged 13-19. Participants were recruited through various programmes they attended at community organization in Toronto. Findings Overall, results indicate...
While there is general consensus about the need to increase access mental health treatment, it debated whether screening an effective solution. We examined treatment use by inmates in a prison system that offers universal screening.We conducted observational study of 7,965 consecutive admissions Canadian prisons. described patterns from admission until first release, death, or March, 2015 (median 14-month follow-up). explored association between results and time contact duration episode,...
Background The value of screening for mental illness has increasingly been questioned in low prevalence settings due to high false positive rates. However, since rates are related prevalence, may be more effective higher settings, including correctional institutions. We compared the yield (i.e. newly detected cases) and efficiency positives) five protocols detect prisons against use health history taking (the prior approach detecting illness). Methods Findings estimated accuracy six...
Public safety personnel have regular and often intense exposure to potentially traumatic events at work, especially workplace violence in the case of correctional workers. Subsequently, workers are higher risk developing mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder. up 4 times more likely experience suicidal ideation, attempts, death by suicide compared general population. Despite this high prevalence, help-seeking behaviors from public low due stigma irregular work hours...
Abstract Background There are high rates of mental disorder in correctional environments, so effective health screening is needed. Implementation the computerised screen Correctional Service Canada has led to improved identification offenders with needs but false positives. Aims The goal this study evaluate use an iterative classification tree (ICT) approach compared a simple binary using cut‐off scores on tools. Methods A total 504 consecutive admissions federal prison completed and were...
Objective: Disparities in mental health care exist between regional and demographic groups. While screening is recommended as part of a correctional strategy, little work has been done to explore whether it can narrow disparities access care. We compared treatment rates by sex, race, age, region relation results. Methods: conducted retrospective cohort study using administrative data. All 7965 admissions the prison system were followed for median 14 months. Results: Males non-Indigenous...
AbstractThe Depression Hopelessness Suicide Screening Form (DHS) includes 12 ‘critical items’, which have not been validated for the prospective prediction of self-harm. We conducted a retrospective cohort study (N = 4196) to validate ability DHS critical items prospectively predict inmates with at least one incident self-harm during first six months imprisonment. While were highly sensitive (89.5%) predicting incidents self-harm, 51.3% endorsed item. Five reflecting more recent and specific...
People in prisons have high levels of trauma exposure throughout their lives. Presentations are often complex, with a prevalence PTSD and CPTSD other mental health comorbidities. Prisons themselves can be stressful traumatising environments. There challenges the delivery effective treatments for CPTSD. is need development clinical pathways these conditions that embedded within trauma-informed organisational approaches. Responding to this need, report result multidisciplinary expert consensus...