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Spring 2023
Meaningful development and evaluation of mental health care services requires the involvement of individuals who use the services. However, the lived experiences of children and adolescents with mental health concerns as well as their parents/caregivers are seldom considered in studies seeking to...
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Telling the untold stories: Disrupting racism in children’s mental health resources through the narratives of East Asian parents
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Background: Evidence suggests that anti-Asian racism has a distinct impact on the mental health of East Asian children. There is a pressing need to develop child mental health resources for East Asian parents within the Canadian context. While health equity and anti-racism scholars across the...
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Children and Youth Mental Health: The Role of a Collaborative, School-Based Wraparound Support Intervention in Fostering Mental Health
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There is an increased recognition that early mental health interventions are needed in response to a growing mental health crisis among children and youth. Schools are promising sites for early intervention because they have existing infrastructure for accessing and engaging with students....
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Spring 2023
Background: Unhealthy diet is a well-established risk factor for developing many physical health conditions in adolescents (e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes). Evidence begins to emerge that unhealthy diet might also be implicated in the development of common mental disorders. While there is a...
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Contribution of the Big 5 personality traits to the mental health of Canadian adults and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
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The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) epidemic was first detected in China in December 2019 and spread to other countries quickly. Many studies have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected mental health. Individual differences such as personality could influence people’s responses to the...
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Fall 2023
The transition to motherhood carries significant challenges. Teen mothers, in particular, are disproportionately impacted by mental health challenges such as anxiety and depression, compounded by criticism, judgement, and stereotyping from others in the community. If not addressed, mental health...
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Mental health and addiction problems among vulnerable populations and the impact of a supportive text message intervention in one vulnerable group
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Background Mental health and addiction problems are prevalent among some groups such as the military, firefighters, the elderly, and residents who have experienced multiple disasters. Identifying the prevalence and predictors of mental health and addiction conditions is important for primary...
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Fall 2021
The overall purpose of this dissertation was to explore flourishing among Canadian university student-athletes and coaches. This was addressed via three studies. The purpose of the first study was to investigate mental health protective and risk factors among flourishing Canadian university...
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Fall 2018
Mental health disorders are an issue of epidemic proportions, affecting children and adolescents worldwide. Recent studies have suggested a link between lifestyle behaviours of diet, physical activity, screen time, and sleep with mental health in adolescence. However, a combined lifestyle...
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Mobile technology interventions for improving medication adherence in patients with mental health disorders
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ABSTRACT Poor medication adherence in the mental health population leads to compromised treatment outcomes and increased health care costs. Traditional interventions for medication adherence, while effective if addressing multiple determinants of medication-taking behavior, are expensive and...