Monthly Archives: January 2021

Social Media use and Suicidality

  New APEAL research, published in Computers in Human Behavior, suggests that different ways of using social media may be associated with mental health in different ways. The paper, authored by APEAL members Mila Kingsbury, Ian Colman, and Nathan Cantor, in conjunction … Continue reading

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24-hour movement guidelines and youth mental health

            Congratulations to APEAL PhD Candidate Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga, who has recently published two papers on the links between adolescents’ adherence to Canada’s 24-hour movement guidelines and their mental health.The papers, published in the Canadian Journal … Continue reading

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Research on contagion of non-suicidal self-injury

Congratulations to APEAL graduate Shaezeen Syed, whose research has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Her paper, ‘Adolescents’ knowledge of a peer’s non-suicidal self-injury and own non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality’ examines the contagion hypothesis for non-suicidal self-injury, with results suggesting that awareness … Continue reading

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