DPRD Programme

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Vanessa

Gonçalves

Examining Mitochondrial DNA Variants in the Risk for Schizophrenia

Danica

Johnson

Assessing Cognitive Outcomes in Treatment-Resistant Depression following Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy

Kevan

Clifford

A midlife neurostructural signature of transcriptome-based

Ayan

Dey

Beyond Antidepressant Effects: rTMS, Cognition, and Functional Outcomes in Treatment Resistant Depression Management

Giselle

Mirfallah

Synaptic Density in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Insights from In vivo Molecular Imaging — A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  

Rodrigo

Mansur

Semaglutide for the Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Colin

Hawco

Precision Functional Brain Imaging in Psychotic Disorders

Ramzi

Halabi

A systematic exploration of which digital biomarkers are the most accurate to detect depressive episodes in bipolar disorder

Diana Kate

Orsini

An Interim Blinding Integrity Analysis of a Randomized, Double-blind, Midazolam-controlled Phase II Clinical Trial Investigating Repeated Ketamine Infusions for Treatment Resistant Bipolar Disorder

Beatrice

Todesco

Addressing the Complex Needs of Homeless Youth with Early Psychosis and Comorbid Substance Use: A Naturalistic Longitudinal Study of 10 Years' Experience with EQIIP  SOL's Specialized Outreach Service

Mohamed

Abdelhack

Revealing the Role of Medications in the Elevated Risk of Cardiovascular Disorders in Women With Bipolar Disorder Using Machine Learning

Ryma

Bendel

Effect of Continuation Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life in Remitted Psychotic Depression

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Navi

Ram

Individual factors of response to executive functioning training (Mega Team) in ADHD children 

Julia

Gallucci

Neurobiological Clusters of Youth with Distressing Psychotic-Like Experiences 

Nidhi

Kulkarni

Association between Polygenic Risk for Cardiovascular Disease and Neurocognitive Performance in Relation to Youth Bipolar Disorder

Susan

Zahir

Psychometric Properties of the Toronto Obsessive-Compulsive Scale 24-Item Version   

Sohom

Dey

Genetic modulation of sleep and its role in ADHD and disruptive behaviors: A multimodal longitudinal study

 Enoch

Ng

18 Hz stimulation with an H1 coil and intermittent theta burst stimulation using a figure-8 coil in youth compared to adults with depression: a retrospective analysis of open-label treatment

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Clarize

Donato

Grey matter microstructure predicts cognitive performance and remission in treatment-resistant late-life depression 

Jeanette

Hui

Accelerated Sequential Bilateral Theta Burst Stimulation in Late-Life Depression (ACCELDER Trial)

Simin

Jin

Cardiovascular Risk Predicts Suicide Risk among Canadian Youth with Mood Disorders

Daniel

Felsky

Identifying Psychosocial and Ecological Determinants of Enthusiasm In Youth: Integrative Cross-Sectional Analysis Using Machine Learning

Jessica

Hira

Assessing hyperexcitability in the context of cortical gray matter structures and white matter integrity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and motor cortex of Alzheimer’s dementia patients

Justin

Levinsky

Maternal Inflammation and Offspring Neurodevelopment: A Stepwise Staging Model for Understanding Psychiatric Risk 

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Kowsar

Teymouri

Immune Genes in Schizophrenia: Associations with Clinical Subtypes and Brain Expression Patterns

Jessica

Hur

Altered Selective Attention in Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ayla

Sadeghi

Cannabis Use during an Intensive Virtual Treatment Program for Alcohol Use Disorder

Katie

Göke

The Effects of rTMS on Self-Reported Quality of Life in Younger and Older Adults with Major Depressive Disorder

Sara

Di Luch

Evaluating the Association between Antidepressant Efficacy and Dissociation with Ketamine in Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression (TRBD)

Shannen

Kyte

Virtual reality for the treatment of auditory hallucination in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

David

Wiercigroch

Mobilizing measurement: Pre-appointment digital dissemination of patient-reported symptom-based scales improves completion rates across a large, multidisciplinary medical psychiatry clinic

Onjoli

Krywiak

Performance Accuracy on a Gamified Social Cognition Task Predicts Fearlessness of Death

Noah

Chisamore

Comparing Antidepressant Effects of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy in Individuals that were Unmedicated at Initial Screening Versus Individuals Discontinuing Medications for Study Participation

Ryan

Brudner

Examining Mystical Experiences as a Predictor of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Amanda

Seyler

Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of Large Language Models for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Systematic Review

Andrea

Lawson

Bridges to Patient Satisfaction: Trauma and Race and Ethnicity among Perinatal Women Receiving Behavioural Activation Treatment

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Lucy

Barker

Adverse psychiatric outcomes among perinatal adolescents: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Olivia

Carere

The Impact of Family Interactions on Child and Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic and in the Recovery Period

Andi Delphine

Li

Facial emotion recognition moderates link between autistic traits and irritability, but not ADHD traits and irritability in children and youth

Robert

Levitan

 A new model to study season-of-conception effects on child 
neurodevelopment based on maternal history of seasonal affective disorder

Ayesha

Rashidi

Understanding the Dimensions of Social Cognition in Autism Spectrum and Schizophrenia
Spectrum Disorders

 Alyssa 

Cannitelli

Parent Reported Speech Milestones are Associated with Psychotic Spectrum Symptoms and Presence of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Mental Health Help Seeking Youth: Preliminary Results from the TAY CAMH Cohort Study 

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Nicole

Andrejek

From clinical research to practice: An implementation assessment of task-sharing and telemedicine to increase access to mental healthcare

Mikaela

Dimick

Elevated C-reactive Protein is Associated with Suicide Attempts in Youth with Bipolar Disorder

Megan

George

Alleviating Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Advanced Ovarian Cancer: A Feasibility Study of a Trauma-Focused Psychotherapeutic Intervention 

Josh

Orson

An approach to analyzing a lived experience traumatic brain injury anthology to help address future educational needs

Saadia 

Sediqzadah

Slipping through the cracks: health service use and costs for patients with functional neurological disorder in Ontario

Andrew

Lustig

Ambivalence in Cannabis-Focused Reddit Communities: A Corpus Linguistic and Sentiment Analysis

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First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Sara

Afjeh

Calcium Pathway Dysregulation in Sex-Specific Differences of Age of Onset in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia: A Transcriptomic and Machine Learning Approach

Saarah

Haque

 Remission of alcohol use disorder following traumatic brain injury with focal orbitofrontal cortex hemorrhage: case report 

Hannah

Kearney

Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare for Women and Gender-Diverse Individuals in Early Psychosis Intervention Settings: Service User and Clinician Perspectives

Chloe

Lau

Divergent Pathways of Impulsivity in Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A Combined Self-Report and Performance-Based Approach

Jiyun (Jenny)

Lee

The impact of the suicide of ‘Parasite’ actor Lee Sun Kyun on suicide rates in South Korea: a time-series analysis

Michael

Mak

Treatment Considerations in Co-morbid Schizophrenia and Narcolepsy: A Case Review

Mythili

Nair

What Patients With a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences Want from Trauma Therapy: A mixed-methods study protocol

Oghenetega 

Otevwe

The Pathways Project: Exploring Substance Use Trajectories in Adults Seeking Support for Substance Use Health

Viet-Linh Luke

Pham-Kim-Nghiem-Phu

Investigating the Role of Theta-Gamma Coupling in Working Memory Difficulties in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Martin

Rotenberg

A geospatial analysis of Early Psychosis Intervention programs in Toronto, Canada

Christin

Schifani

Preliminary Evaluation of Synaptic Density in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis and First Episode Psychosis: A [18F]SynVesT-1 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging Study.

Victoria

Telford

A Model for Community-based Recruitment for Dementia Clinical Trials

Sarah

Vo

Mentors' and Mentees' Perspectives: Lessons Learned from a Department-Wide Mentorship Program in Psychiatry

Henry

Xie

Umbrella Review of Pharmacological and Behavioural Sleep Interventions in ADHD Across the Lifespan 

Annie

Yu

“Terrified by my own thoughts, I finally reached out”: Barriers and facilitators to physicians and trainees seeking help for suicidality

Number

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Sydney

Barber

Clinical Characteristics associated with Comorbid Anxiety Disorders among Youth with and At Risk for Bipolar Disorder

Matisse

Blundell

Experiences of children and caregivers accessing emergency care for suicidal behaviour and self-harm

Samantha

Burns

Health Behaviours among Adolescents with Depression

Katherine

Cost

Temporal Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Psychometric Validation of Washington/UNICEF Measure of Functioning in the 2019 and 2023 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth

Isabella

De Luca

Health Behaviours & Depression Among Children and Adolescents: A Review of Interventional Reviews

Max

Hemmerich

Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of Traumatic Brain Injury in Youth with Bipolar Disorder

Nhu

Huynh

Examining Associations between Irritability Dimensions and Polygenic Risks of Childhood Psychiatric Disorders 

Naima

Javaid

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Child, Youth and Family Service Enhances Wait Times in Outpatient Clinics

Adeline

Lacroix

Mental Health in Autistic People: A Review of Sex Differences and Female Vulnerabilities

Madison

MacKinnon

Psychiatric Care Continuity for Ontarian Youth Transitioning to Adult Care

Madison

Moloney

EMPOWER Phase Two: The co-development of a novel social-emotional learning curriculum for youth ages 11-14 in after school programs 

Alexandra

Puchiele

Exploring Polygenic Risk for Insomnia in Relation to Sleep Disturbance and Psychiatric Correlates in Youth

Shelley

Rafailov

The relationship between social determinants of health and access to special education among children and youth in Canada.

Mehwish

Rana

Associations Between the Dietary Inflammatory Index, Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and C-Reactive Protein in the Ontario Birth Study

Alysha

Sultan

Correlates of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder among Youth with Bipolar Disorder

Gabrielle

Walach

Neurostructural Correlates of Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease in Youth with Bipolar Disorder

Karen

Wang

SCOPE-KIDS: A Collaborative Care Model for Delivering Urgent Youth Mental Health Care

Number

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Suze

Berkhout

"It’s an Impossible Task”: Evidence, Transparency, and the Place of Narrative in Transplant Assessments for Alcohol-Related Liver Disease

Emily

Lau

Death Anxiety Among Patients with Advanced Cancer Receiving Outpatient Palliative Care

Madeline

Sanders

Evaluation of the Consult-Liaison Service for Psychiatric Inpatients with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Kathleen

Sheehan

Characterizing medical patients with delirium:
A cohort study comparing ICD-10 codes and a
validated chart review method

Number

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Ishitaa

Arikirevula

The role of hippocampal subfield and medial temporal lobe volumes in subjective cognitive decline

Danielle

Bukovsky

The role of hippocampal subfield and medial temporal lobe volumes in subjective cognitive decline

Ari

Cuperfain

Examining the effects of excessive alcohol use on verbal memory retrieval processes in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

Oriel

Feldman

Assessment of Clinical Factors that Predict Response to Nabilone for Agitation in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Control Trial

Francis

Fernandes

Neuropsychiatric Symptom Prevalence in Cognitively Intact Subjects with Alzheimer’s Pathology

Daniel

Kapustin

Neurostructural Sequelae of Neuropsychiatric Symptom Clusters

Xiaoyu

Men

PRS for Stroke Associated with Increased Risk of Venlafaxine Side Effects in Older Adults with Depression

Helen

Musulan

Insular Cortical Thickness Distinguishes Subjective Cognitive Decline from Normal Cognitive Aging

Tiffany

Pan

The Effect of Nabilone on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease: A secondary analysis

Krushnaa

Sankhe

Assessing the relationship between peripheral biomarkers and methylphenidate treatment response and remission: secondary analysis of the ADMET 2 study¬¬

 Almira

Siddiqui

Differentiating apathy and depression across neurodegenerative disorders: sex-specific associations with severity and location of white matter hyperintensities

 Alexander

Simmons

Examining barriers to access to long-term care (LTC) for CAMH geriatric psychiatry inpatients who are designated alternate level of care (ALC)

Seema

Singh

Impact Of Seasonal Variation on Cognitive Ability in Individuals with Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Hui Jue

Wang

Identifying a combination of biomarkers to predict treatment response to nabilone for the treatment of agitation in Alzheimer’s disease – a secondary analysis 

Number

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Sidra

Anjum

AI Conversational Agent to Improve Varenicline Adherence: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.

Ayan

Dey

Pathways to Recovery: Subjective Memory Impairment and Insomnia as Key Mediators Between Post-rTMS Depression and Functional Outcomes in Treatment-Resistant Depression

Suzan

Farhang-Sardroodi

Genome-Wide Multi-Trait Analysis of Smoking Behaviours and Schizophrenia Reveals New Biological Insights and Potential Opportunities for Drug Repurposing

Rheina

Firdiawati

A multimodal imaging investigation of brain fatty acid amide hydrolase using [C-11]CURB: a preliminary analysis of resting state connectivity in individuals with social anxiety disorder

Parker

Grant

Reliability and Convergent Validity of Subjective Anhedonia Measures in People with Co-Occurring Major Depression and Cannabis Use Disorder

Tianyi

Liu

Biological Mechanism Driven Polygenic Risk Scores in Psychiatric Research: A Systematic Review

 Leen

Magarbeh

Polygenic risk score analysis of antidepressant treatment outcomes:  A CAN-BIND-1 study report 

Nicholas

Neufeld

Normative brain measures related to abdominal adipose composition in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Lindsay

Oliver

Individualized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Targeting using Bayesian Optimization Of NeuroStimulation (BOONStim)

Christina

Pereira

Endocannabinoid Metabolism Inversely Correlated with Alcohol Use Behaviours in Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder:  A [11C]CURB PET Investigation

Christopher

Pople

Connectivity-guided, interleaved iTBS-fMRI demonstrates subcortical target engagement and predicts therapeutic response in treatment-resistant depression

Jennie

Pouget

Mapping transcriptional and epigenetic profiles in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) at single-cell resolution to uncover molecular mechanisms in schizophrenia 

Joshua

Poulin

Acute Functional Brain Changes Associated with Psilocybin in Healthy Adults and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Lena

Quilty

Concurrent Mental Health Conditions in Adults Seeking Treatment for Substance Use Disorder: An Investigation in a Novel Prospective Cohort

Fooroogh

Raeisi Makiani

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents LPS-induced dysregulation on GABAergic interneuron markers in mouse hippocampus 

Sara

Rezaei

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents LPS-induced dysregulation on GABAergic interneuron markers in mouse hippocampus 

Julia

Ryan

Effects of Extended Cannabis Abstinence on Verbal Learning and Memory in Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder and Cannabis Use Disorder

Alexandra

Sas

Feasibility, Implementation, and Real-World Effectiveness of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Tobacco Smoking Cessation

Maria Teodora 

Secara

Transdiagnostic Profiles of BOLD Signal Variability in Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Associations with Cognitive Functioning and Neurobiology

Rubab

Shafiq 

Whole-Brain Structural Covariance Network Analysis of Stress Susceptibility and Resilience in Mice

Emily

Wiljer

A Klotho-FGF23 Axis Mechanistic Polygenic Score Predicts Longevity Phenotypes in Mid-Late Life

Linas

Wilkialis

Polysubstance Use Disorders in Individuals with Cannabis Use Disorder: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample (NESARC)

Clement 

Zai

A genome-wide association study of tardive dyskinesia

Number

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

Sikky Shiqi

Chen

Harry Potter-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills Curriculum: Impact on Mental Health and Program Satisfaction among Middle Schoolers

Jia Hong

Dai

Impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma on sexualized methamphetamine use and psychosis in men who have sex with men

Molly

Gao

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapies: Dualist Underpinnings and Epistemological Limitations

82

Yun Chen

Pang

Virtual Reality to Enhance Patient Education Regarding ECT

83

Katey

Park

Internalized weight bias is a stronger predictor of binge eating and emotional eating than perceived weight-based discrimination: A longitudinal study with metabolic and bariatric surgery patients

84

Sophie

Soklaridis

Our Communities, Our Outcomes: Co-producing Pan-Canadian Recovery College Metrics

Number

First name

Last name 

Abstract Title

 Naser

Alfodari

Implementing a new quality standard for caring for patients with Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia in Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care.

Susan

Campisi

“I think it made me more positive”: Insights into a Personalized Nutrition Intervention for Adolescent Depression

Rebecca

Charow

Bridging the gap between mental health care and artificial intelligence adoption through reflective learning 

Orville

Li

The Active Waiting Room: A Novel Approach to Improve Physical and Mental Health in Early Psychosis Patients

Gaurav

Mehta

Role of occupation and education in cardiometabolic outcomes in patients with serious mental illness. 

Wegdan

Rashad

Integrating Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment Within Addiction Services: Lessons Learned from a Quality Improvement Initiative at COMPASS, CAMH

Nikhita

Singhal

Still Implicit One Year Later? Evaluating the Long-Term Impact of Unconscious Bias Training on Psychiatry Faculty

Claire

Stanley

A Novel Use of a Fidelity Assessment Tool in Quality Improvement 

Rosalie

Steinberg

Did My Psychiatrist Write That? Using Artificial Intelligence to Create Caring Contact Messages Following Discharge

Omer

Syed

Early Improvement, But Not Non-Improvement, Predicts Subsequent Antidepressant Response To Ketamine

Leah

Tackaberry-Giddens

Safety and Privacy Considerations Among Digital Health Technologies for Opioid Use Disorder: A Scoping Review  

Valentina

Tamayo Velasquez

The Development and Piloting of a Machine Learning Prediction Alerting System for Adverse Events in Psychiatry

Mirkamal

Tolend

Deep learning-based time-series analysis of self-reported and wearable data to predict mood, energy, and anxiety in bipolar disorder 

Caroline

Wanderley Espinola

Reduced Anesthesia Dosing in Electroconvulsive Therapy During COVID-19: Tolerability and Outcomes from a Large Cohort

Stanley

Wong

Efficacy and safety of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials