@APEAL_Lab

Tweeting about mental health, epidemiology, and public health from the University of Ottawa. He/him.

 Ottawa, Ontario
psychepi.com
Joined November 2011
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Replying to @MariaBOspina @TIPS_SPIIE @queensu
Felicitaciones, Maria! Very well deserved.
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Many congratulations, Dr. Lindsey!!!
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The @APEAL_Lab is recruiting for a post-doc focused on supportive factors for mental health of transgender and gender diverse youth: psychepi.com/2024/10/18/post…. Please share widely!
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Sobering new @APEAL_Lab research shows that we need better supports for transgender and gender diverse people.
JAMA Network Open@JAMANetworkOpen3 Oct 2024
A nationally representative study from Canada found that transgender and gender diverse people are at a higher risk of past year and lifetime mental health disorders, substance use disorder, and suicidal behavior, compared to the cisgender population. ja.ma/47XXLoE
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Important work from Heidi Eccles (@APEAL_Lab ) who used population-based data to identify higher prevalence of mental disorders and suicidal behavior in transgender and gender-diverse people compared with the cisgender population. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

Mental Disorders and Suicidality in Transgender and Gender-Diverse People

This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence and risk of mental disorders, substance use disorders, and suicidal behaviors among transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) and cisgender Canadians.

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🚨UPCOMING EVENTS🚨: EDI in Research Workshop Series Join us next week for the first of four workshops: Building an inclusive environment! Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET Location: RGN Room 2029 Please RSVP: surveymonkey.ca/r/EDISEPT
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We are recruiting a PhD candidate in the GenEd project! "Why do educational difficulties run in families? Genetically sensitive observational and intervention research on home learning environment" @drElsje @lervag finn.no/job/fulltime/ad.html…
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Eiko Fried@EikoFried14 Sep 2024
Two days ago, a lawfirm filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against 6 commercial publishers (incl Elsevier & Wiley) in the federal district court in New York. They allege a 3-part scheme on part of publishers. 🧵 lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/…
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Exciting discussion on the future of psychiatric epidemiology by Dr. Merikangas. @EPAPsyEpi have organized a brilliant conference!!
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Our next Congress in 2026 has just been announced...Brescia 2026! Mark it in your diaries, and thanks to our supporter Prof Giovanni de Girolamo for agreeing to organise. #EPAPsyEpi24 #EPAPsyEpi26
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Before our opening plenary, @WesselyS pays tribute to Sir David Goldberg, 1934-2024, who passed away last week. He changed the field, providing better understanding of pop'n mental health, & its social determinants. He will be greatly missed for his work, kindness & spirit
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We were deeply saddened to learn of Professor Sir David Goldberg's passing this week. He was a titan of social psychiatry, & designed the Clinical Interview Schedule & General Health Questionnaire, two vital measures of mental wellbeing, amongst many other achievements
Professor Sir David Goldberg

ALT Professor Sir David Goldberg

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A masterpiece of a paper on the #SocialDeterminants of #MentalHealth. Universal parenting interventions and supports are key. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Very cool post-doc opportunity at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (@Folkehelseinst) on young adult #mentalhealth and labour force exclusion: 945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Re…
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More evidence that guaranteed cash transfers results in improved health outcomes. We discuss this in our World Psychiatry review of social determinants of mental health: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/….

The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations

People exposed to more unfavourable social circumstances are more vulnerable to poor mental health over their life course, in ways that are often determined by structural factors which generate and...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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@JAMA_current22 Jul 2024
A low-income community near Boston assigned individuals by lottery to receive a monthly cash benefit. Those who received the benefit had less use of the ED, particularly for behavioral health & substance use, and decreased hospital admissions from the ED. ja.ma/3LAS3hU
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Our amazing team includes @racinen2, @MCGeoffroy, @Karen_Patte, Tara Elton-Marshall, @DrLeatherdale, @HasinanisaH, and @MilaKingsbury. I couldn't be luckier to work with such a brilliant, motivated, and supportive group.
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Delighted that @CIHR_IRSC is supporting new @APEAL_Lab research on supportive factors for mental health of gender diverse youth! Can't wait to get to work with superstar co-PI @IAlexAbramovich, a team of great collaborators, and our wonderful community partner, @juliemalbogat.
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First Nations Canadians under age 60 were 6-7 times (!!) more likely to die from Covid in 2020/21 compared to non-Indigenous Canadians. Shocking new report from @StatCan_eng: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/…
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Distressed adults with learning disabilities are less likely to perceive a need for help and less likely to seek treatment compared to those without learning disabilities. New @APEAL_Lab research led by MSc student Seana Semchishen: link.springer.com/article/10…
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I didn’t even notice the extra fingers!!
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