APEAL lab research has been featured in a recent article for the Christian Science Monitor. The article highlights research on teen suicide and prevention, including a recent paper APEAL lab on suicide contagion. Click here…
Congratulations to APEAL lab Ph.D. student Michael Martin, who was recently awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. His current research is investigating rates of change in mental health problems over the first year of incarceration…
Congratulations to Dr. Murray Weeks, whose first-author paper on the association between cognitive development in childhood and symptoms of anxiety/depression in adolescence was accepted for publication in the Journal of Affective Disorders. The paper showed…
The APEAL Lab was well represented at the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Leipzig, Germany, in June. MSc student Marc-André Bélair presented a paper entitled “Movement as medicine: The relationship between physical activity and…
A recent APEAL Lab paper on suicide contagion in the CMAJ generated worldwide media attention. The paper, entitled “Association between exposure to suicide and suicidality outcomes in youth” caught the eye of CNN, CBS, CTV,…
A new paper on outcomes of adolescent depression from Kiyuri Naicker, a PhD student in the APEAL Lab, was published this month in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The paper, entitled “Social, demographic, and health…
The APEAL Lab recently collaborated with Dr. Felice Jacka, based at Deakin University in Australia and an expert in the field examining diet and mental health, on a study examining the relationship between fruit and…
The APEAL Lab is delighted to announce success in the September 2012 open operating grant competition of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, receiving $410,418 to support a project entitled “The burden of depression on…
Congratulations to Rebecca North, who recently published a paper in PLoS ONE entitled “Early Neurodevelopment and Self-Reported Adolescent Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in a National Canadian Cohort Study”. This study, which was the focus…
Congratulations to APEAL M.Sc. student Marc-André Bélair who received a Leadership Award from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine on December 12, 2012 for his achievements in being a student leader.