APEAL research links early life stress, mental health, and migraine
APEAL trainee Nicole Hammond has published a first-author paper in Headache. The paper showed that early life stressors including family dysfunction, punitive parenting, and parental depressive symptoms are associated with migraine headache in adolescence, and…
APEAL lab at CAPE
The annual scientific symposium of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology was held this year in beautiful Quebec City. This year’s conference focused on the use of administrative health data in psychiatric epidemiology research. With lab…
Good neighbourhoods may mitigate effects of life stress
New research from APEAL lab suggests that neighbourhood social cohesion (i.e., sense of trust and shared responsibility within the neighbourhood) may protect adolescents from some of the known negative consequences of experiencing stressful events in…
About APEAL
The Applied Psychiatric Epidemiology Across the Lifecourse (APEAL) program of research examines a variety of long-term processes surrounding common mental disorders and their treatment, including suicidal behaviour. Our research has a particular focus on early developmental and environmental stressors, and the long-term outcomes of common mental disorders.
Our lab is currently running projects funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Norlien Foundation, the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, and the SickKids Foundation.
More Stories from the Lab
APEAL research on an international stage
APEAL lab members had a strong presence at this year’s meetings of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology (IFPE) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Director Ian Colman, research associate Mila Kingsbury, and MSc student Shaezeen Syed collaborated with members of University of Waterloo’s ARCH lab to…
Posted: April 23, 2019 at 12:44 pm
APEAL student recognized at research day
The School of Epidemiology and Public Health held its annual research day on Friday, March 1st. APEAL lab PhD Candidate François Thériault was awarded the Robert Spasoff prize for best presentation by a PhD student, for his presentation: “Pain and risk of major depression in the Canadian…
Posted: March 5, 2019 at 10:57 am