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MY LIFE Study Receives Full Funding from Canadian Institutes of Health Research
The ARCH Lab is very excited to announce that the Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE) Study has been fully funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research; this will allow us to continue following the MY LIFE cohort for many more years to come! The MY LIFE Study began in 2017, […]
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ARCH Lab Examines Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Youth With Physical-Mental Comorbidity
The ARCH Lab recently published a paper titled “Suicidal ideation and attempts among youth with physical-mental comorbidity in Canada: proposal for an epidemiological study” in JMIR Research Protocols. Evidence suggests that having a chronic physical illness (CPI; eg, asthma, diabetes, and epilepsy) is an independent risk factor for suicidality (ie, suicidal ideation or attempts) among […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Paper Validating OCHS-EBS-B in MY LIFE Study
The ARCH Lab recently published a paper titled “Validating the Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales-Brief Version (OCHS-EBS-B) in children with chronic physical illness” in the journal Child: Care, Health and Development using data from the ongoing MY LIFE Study. Children and youth with physical illness are at greater risk of developing mental health […]
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ARCH Lab Collaborates on Paper Examining Mental Health in Youth with Physical Disabilities
The ARCH Lab recently collaborated on a paper titled “Mental health practices in rehabilitation for youth with physical disabilities: a chart review study” that was recently published in the journal Disability and Rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to examine current interprofessional rehabilitation practices for physical and mental health services. To accomplish this, youth […]
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ARCH Lab Receives Funding to Study Mental Health of Youth with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Dr. Ferro and his team are pleased to announce the receipt of of the Addressing Mental Health in Paediatric Rheumatic Diseases Team Grant from Brain Canada, together with Cassie + Friends. This funding opportunity will advance efforts to better prevent, diagnose, and treat mental illnesses in children and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Rheumatic […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Another Paper using MY LIFE Study Data
The ARCH Lab has published another paper on the cohort participating in the Multimorbidity in Youth across the Life-course (MY LIFE) Study. The paper, “Continuity of mental disorders in children with chronic physical illness” was published in European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and includes data up to and including the 24-month follow-up. Authors examined the […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Paper on Gross Motor Skills in 3-5 Year-olds Using MY LIFE Study Data
The ARCH Lab recently published another paper using data from the Multimorbidity in Youth across the Life-course (MY LIFE) study titled “A Matched-Pair Analysis of Gross Motor Skills of 3- to 5-Year-Old Children With and Without a Chronic Physical Illness” in the journal Pediatric Exercise Science. Children ages 3-5 years participating in the MY LIFE study were […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Paper Using MY LIFE Study Data
The ARCH Lab recently published another paper using data from the Multimorbidity in Youth across the Life-course (MY LIFE) study titled “Self-concept in Adolescents with Physical-Mental Comorbidity” in the Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity. Authors analyzed data from 116 adolescents aged 10+ years with chronic physical illness, recruited from outpatient clinics at a pediatric hospital […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Paper on Parent-Child Agreement on Impact of Epilepsy
ARCH lab recently published a paper titled “Agreement in reporting restrictions in life between children with epilepsy and their parents’’ which was aimed to investigate the agreement between parents and children regarding restrictions associated with childhood epilepsy, using the Hague Restrictions in Childhood Epilepsy Scale (HARCES). This study, sampling from 90 parent-child dyads aged 9-17, […]
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ARCH Lab Collaborates on Paper Examining Parent Well-Being in Children with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
The ARCH lab recently collaborated on a paper titled “Trajectories of parent well-being in children with drug-resistant epilepsy” in the Journal of Epilepsia. This longitudinal cohort study was conducted across eight epilepsy centers in Canada to uncovered distinct trajectories of parent well-being over the first two years after their child’s evaluation for epilepsy surgery candidacy. […]
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