Recent lab publication examines suicidal behaviour in non-depressed youth
In their recent paper “Predictors of Suicidal Behaviors in Canadian Adolescents with No Recent History of Depression“, Murray Weeks and Ian Colman examine factors associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in the absence of…
APEAL research on youth mental health
Congratulations to Nathalie MacKinnon and Ian Colman on their recently published article in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Their study compared suicidal ideation in transition aged youth (ages 18-24) versus adults (ages 25-44). They found…
APEAL Lab student wins prestigious haiku contest!
In what might be the greatest thing to happen to the APEAL Lab (at least since we published a paper in the Christmas edition of the BMJ), one of our own has won the Epidemiology…
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
Lab research shows effect of prenatal stress on offspring depression
Kudos to Dr. Mila Kingsbury, and her lab co-authors Murray Weeks, Nathalie MacKinnon, Jennifer Dykxhoorn, and Ian Colman, for their recent paper in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) on prenatal stress and offspring depression. This paper used data…
Posted: July 27, 2016 at 1:10 pm
Michael and Jen’s recent publication on child abuse and suicide
In the article, “Child abuse and the prevalence of suicide attempts among those reporting suicide ideation,” published recently in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Michael Martin (lead author and APEAL Lab PhD student) and Jen Dykxhoorn (co-author and APEAL Lab MSc alumnus) conclude that most individuals who attempt…
Posted: June 16, 2016 at 9:38 am