Valerie Testa

ORCID: 0000-0003-0772-8515
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Research Areas
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Health, Medicine and Society
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • linguistics and terminology studies
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Medical Research and Practices
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Healthcare Systems and Practices
  • Medical and Biological Sciences
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
  • Linguistics and Discourse Analysis

University of Ottawa
2017-2023

Ottawa Hospital
2017-2023

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
2019-2023

Public Health Agency of Canada
2023

Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment
2020

Terms in the current glossary are arranged alphabetically by most commonly used synonym. Most of terms have two complementary definitions: a “general public definition” or introductory definition, geared towards wider readership, and an “academic definition,” which may be more detailed, “expert.” There is some overlap between definitions, readers choose to read either both.

10.24095/hpcdp.43.10/11.09 article EN cc-by Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada 2023-11-01

Blended therapy describes the use of computerised combined with face-to-face to extend depth, range and nature therapy. We wanted develop a treatment manual for randomised trial blended combining problem solving smartphone app in men who present hospital self-harm.To describe experience receiving delivering therapy.After completion therapy, semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted participants their treatment. Two independent coders analysed material using thematic, grounded...

10.1136/eb-2017-102764 article EN Evidence-Based Mental Health 2017-10-13

Highlights • The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the essential role of public safety personnel in serving and protecting all Canadians.• Public were reporting challenges with mental health well-being before pandemic; accordingly, new stressors may mean need additional resources to sustainably help them us.• This article suggests elements support that be attainable avenues for supporting wellbeing during protracted stress caused by pandemic.• Sustained self-care critical maintaining pandemic.

10.24095/hpcdp.40.11/12.04 article EN cc-by Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada 2020-09-01

Background Depression is a common mental disorder with high social burden and significant impact on suicidality quality of life. Treatment often limited to drug therapies because long waiting times see psychological therapists face face, despite several guidelines recommending that treatments should be first-line interventions for mild moderate depression. Objective We aimed evaluate, among patients waitlist receive secondary health care services depression, how effective coach-guided...

10.2196/15001 article EN cc-by Journal of Medical Internet Research 2019-12-17

Abstract Background Patients who present to emergency departments after intentional self-harm are at an increased risk of dying by suicide. This applies particularly men, represent nearly two-thirds those die suicide in Ontario. One way potentially addressing this gap is offer a course blended problem-solving therapy, comprised brief evidence-based psychotherapy for individuals suicide, facilitated the use patient-facing smartphone application and clinician-facing “dashboard.” approach has...

10.1186/s13063-020-04424-w article EN cc-by Trials 2020-11-13

First responders and other public safety personnel (PSP; e.g. correctional workers, firefighters, paramedics, police, communicators) are often exposed to events that have the potential be psychologically traumatizing. Such exposures may contribute poor mental health outcomes a greater need seek care. However, theoretically driven, structured qualitative study of barriers facilitators help-seeking behaviours has not yet been undertaken in this population. This used Theoretical Domains...

10.24095/hpcdp.43.10/11.02 article FR publisher-specific-oa Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada 2023-11-01

Points saillants• La pandémie de COVID-19 a mis en évidence le rôle essentiel du personnel sécurité publique dans service et la protection l'en semble des Canadiens.• Le signalant déjà problèmes santé mentale bienêtre avant même COVID-19, les nouveaux facteurs stress pourraient augmenter besoins ressources supplémentaires chez ce afin qu'il soit capable nous aider à long terme.• Cet article propose divers éléments soutien pouvant constituer pistes pertinentes vue favo riser pendant pé riode...

10.24095/hpcdp.40.11/12.04f article FR cc-by Promotion de la santé et prévention des maladies chroniques au Canada 2020-09-01

Abstract Background: Patients who present to Emergency Departments (ED) after intentional self-harm are at an increased risk of dying by suicide. This applies particularly men, represent nearly two-thirds those die suicide in Ontario. One way potentially addressing this gap is offer a course blended problem-solving therapy (PST), comprised brief evidence-based psychotherapy for individuals at-risk suicide, facilitated the use patient-facing smartphone application and clinician-facing...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-21847/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2020-04-09

<sec> <title>Introduction</title> Les premiers répondants comme les autres membres du personnel de sécurité publique (travailleurs correctionnels, pompiers, ambulanciers paramédicaux, policiers, agents des communications en publique, etc.) sont souvent exposés à événements potentiellement traumatisants sur le plan psychologique. Ces expositions susceptibles contribuer problèmes santé mentale et un besoin accru soins mentale. Pourtant, aucune étude qualitative structurée fondée théoriquement...

10.24095/hpcdp.43.10/11.02f article FR publisher-specific-oa Promotion de la santé et prévention des maladies chroniques au Canada 2023-11-01

前言 混合疗法描述了使用计算机化治疗与面对面治疗相结合的方法,以扩展面对面治疗的深度、范围和性质。我们想要开发一种治疗手册,在因自残入院的男性患者身上进行结合面对面的问题解决和一款智能手机应用程序(APP)的混合治疗随机试验。 对象 开发一种治疗手册,并描述接受和提供混合治疗的经验。 方法 在完成混合治疗后,与参与者进行了半结构式的定性访谈,以描述他们的治疗经验。两个独立的编码人员使用一种主题的、基于理论的方法分析了这些材料。 发现 7名男性参加了本研究,其中6人完成了定性访谈。确定的两个主要主题是信任和联系。参与者参加了85%的预约。 结论 在治疗手册中,我们通过在面对面访谈部分中允许时间讨论APP,从而强调了信任和联系的主题,以确保治疗师熟悉这款APP,并知道如何应对技术问题。对信任和联系的认同提出了新的问题,即与其强调治疗与技术相结合,不如关注人的重要性。 临床意义 临床医生和APP开发人员需要关注技术与治疗的关系,因为信任和良好的沟通很容易被破坏,从而导致患者不再应用APP。混合疗法可能会增加面对面治疗的持久性...

10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-9742.2018.08.120 article EN BMJ 2018-08-18

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Depression is a common mental disorder with high social burden and significant impact on suicidality quality of life. Treatment often limited to drug therapies because long waiting times see psychological therapists face face, despite several guidelines recommending that treatments should be first-line interventions for mild moderate depression. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> We aimed evaluate, among patients waitlist receive secondary health care services...

10.2196/preprints.15001 preprint EN 2019-07-05

Abstract Background Patients who present to Emergency Departments (ED) after intentional self-harm receive variable levels care in Ontario. Many are not assessed by a mental health professional following discharge from ED and do psychological services available the community as many of these covered provincial insurance. with hospital more likely die suicide premature death other means compared general population. This risk is elevated men, represent two-thirds those One way potentially...

10.21203/rs.2.21009/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2020-01-16

Abstract Background: Patients who present to Emergency Departments (ED) after intentional self-harm are at an increased risk of dying by suicide. This applies particularly men, represent nearly two-thirds those die suicide in Ontario. One way potentially addressing this gap is offer a course blended problem-solving therapy (PST), comprised brief evidence-based psychotherapy for individuals at-risk suicide, facilitated the use patient-facing smartphone application and clinician-facing...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-21847/v2 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2020-05-18
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