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PI: George, Tony P
The proposed CIHR Emerging Team in Concurrent Disorders based at CAMH in Toronto would be a hub for research and training in the biobehavioural investigations of mechanisms which explain the co-morbi…
PI: Ritz, Stacey A
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a serious disorder of blood sugar regulation resulting from destruction of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. In T1D, one's own immune system attacks the insulin-produc…
PI: Gill, Kathryn J
The objective of the proposed research is to study the process of implementation of a program of addiction/mental health intervention into primary health care settings. The research sites include thr…
Addressing mental health needs in the face of AIDS: A South African Perspective (working title)
Current research has unequivocally proven that to change outcomes for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, multi-disciplinary approaches are our best hope. For individuals affected by HIV/AIDS, the stre…
PI: Lye, Stephen J
Recent studies have clearly established a relationship between sub-optimal intrauterine and post-natal development, and later life predisposition to adult disease, including type II diabetes, hyperte…
PI: Rosenbaum, Peter L; Kohen, Dafna E; Lach, Lucyna M
Parenting is among the most challenging of human adult endeavours. When parents are raising children with lives that are ¿complicated¿ by long-term problems of physical or mental health, development …
GO4KIDDS: Great Outcomes for Kids Impacted by Severe Developmental Disabilities and their Families
PI: Perry, Adrienne; Bebko, James M; Minnes, Patricia M; Weiss, Jonathan A
This Proposal examines the health, well-being, and social inclusion of school-aged children with severe developmental/multiple disabilities (i.e., intellectual disability/mental retardation, often as…
Role of disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) gene in nicotine dependence: an integrated approach
PI: Yan, Yijin
Tobacco addiction through cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the world. It has become clear that tobacco addiction is the deadliest and kills nearly 4 million people annua…
PI: Rosychuk, Rhonda J; Newton, Mandi S
Eighty percent of psychiatric disorders begin when people are young. The pediatric mental health system, however, has been described as the "orphan's orphan" in Canadian health care, a term meant to …
PI: Rhodes, Anne E
The purpose of this project is to assess the feasibility of linking pre-existing individual level child and adolescent data from community mental health service agencies with health care administrati…
PI: Chen, Alice W; Waddell, Charlotte A
Knowledge about children's mental health is critical, as most adult mental disorders originate in childhood and 14% of children suffer from mental disorders that cause impairment in their lives. Ther…
Many young Canadian children experience poor physical, cognitive, communicative, and psychosocial development. Public health nurses have a long history of providing preventive services to families to…
PI: Elgar, Frank J
Depression and alcohol abuse are common health problems in Canada. Unfortunately, these problems also tend to run in families. Millions of children are put at risk for mental health problems as resul…
Can we predict adult health based on youth characteristics and experiences? This question is addressed in an interdisciplinary program of research that will use six waves of data to follow a cohort o…
PI: Douglas, Kevin S
Unfortunately, people who suffer from major mental disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression are at heightened risk to experience violence-related events in their lives.…
PI: Haque, Nasim
Nearly one in five Canadian adults experience a mental illness and this illness disproportionately affects people living in poor neighbourhoods. The total direct and indirect cost of mental health pr…
This research will use an innovative knowledge translation strategy to bring research on first episode psychosis to students and educators in rural secondary schools in Ontario and PEI. The first pha…
PI: Ryder, Andrew G
East Asians in Canada are often stereotyped as a model minority, with few psychosocial difficulties. The reality is that mental health problems in this population are underestimated and often treated…
PI: Szatmari, Peter; Bryson, Susan E; Fombonne, Eric
The Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) include autistic disorder (AD), Asperger syndrome (AS), and PDDNOS and affect roughly 1 in 165 children. Based on prevalence, cost of services, reduced quality of …
PI: Malla, Ashok K; Joober, Ridha
The generally poor long term outcome in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders is established relatively early in the first five "critical" years after onset. Specialized Early Intervention (S…
PI: Pedlar, David J
Workplace Reintegration of Veterans with Mental Disorders Mental health has special significance in the Canadian military and Veteran (former military) populations. For example, the rate of depressio…
PI: Leblanc, Vicki R; Regehr, Cheryl
Emergency services work is characterized by high stress situations requiring immediate intervention and by exposure to distressing events that are outside the experience of the general public. Dispat…
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the prevention of depressive relapse in the workplace
PI: Lau, Mark A
Depression is among the most costly of all health problems to employers. This is particularly true for the health service sector, which typically employs mostly women as depression is twice as preval…