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ARCH Lab MSc Candidate Receives a CIHR – Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship
Congratulations to Erica McDonald for being awarded a CIHR – Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship! This award will support Erica as she continues her thesis research entitled: “Informant Agreement in the WHODAS 2.0 in Youth with Mental Disorder and their Parents”. We are thrilled that the potential impact of this work and […]
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ARCH Lab Contributes to a Paper on the Influence of Early Trauma on Psychopathology in Adulthood
Within the literature, it is known that perinatal (right before and after birth) and later postnatal adversities (e.g., child sexual abuse) are predictors of psychopathology across the lifespan. However, research on the joint effects of perinatal and postnatal adversity on the longitudinal trajectories of mental health, specifically from adolescence through adulthood, is lacking. The ARCH […]
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ARCH Lab Contributes to a Paper Validating Two Scales in Young Adults with Epilepsy
The ARCH Lab contributed to a study titled “Validation of the Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-55 and QOLCE-16) for use by parents of young adults with childhood-onset epilepsy”. The objective of the study was to provide a reliable way of assessing long-term health-related quality of life in young adults with childhood-onset epilepsy. […]
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ARCH Lab Student Successfully Defends MSc Thesis
Congratulations to Tiana Ciccarelli for successfully defending her MSc thesis entitled “Steering clear of cannabis: an epidemiological study of traffic violations among emerging adults who engage in heavy or occasional use of cannabis”. This was the lab’s first virtual defence and she nailed it. It couldn’t have been easy presenting to a bunch of digital […]
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ARCH Lab Contributes to Two Papers on Childhood Epilepsy
The ARCH Lab has contributed to two papers examining childhood epilepsy, both of which contribute to the literature on pediatric epilepsy. The first, “Longitudinal trajectories of self-reported depressive symptoms in children with epilepsy“, examined symptoms of depression in children with epilepsy by using reports from 477 children and their parents. Participants were followed over 28 […]
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Perceived Needs for Mental Health Care in Young Adults with Cancer
Lab alumnus Jennie Tang along with Dr. Ferro and colleagues at the University of Waterloo recently published a paper entitled “Perceived Needs for Mental Health Care Among Emerging Adults With Cancer”. There are many challenges of living with cancer which can compound the normal stresses of navigating emerging adulthood and can lead to long-term psychiatric […]
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Gestational Thyroid Issues and Mental Health in Offspring
Thyroid problems are common during pregnancy and have been linked to neurocognitive impairments in children. Research has also suggested a link between thyroid function during pregnancy and symptoms of mental health problems in children. However, little is known about the risk of clinically significant psychiatric disorders in adolescence. ARCH Lab contributed to a study examining […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Paper on the Role of Hair Cortisol Concentration in the Association Between Parent Psychopathology and Child Mental Disorder
Dr. Ferro published a paper titled “Hair cortisol concentration mediates the association between parent and child psychopathology” that examined the role of hair cortisol concentration (HCC) in the association between parent psychopathology and child mental disorder. This research is important as there is a strong association between parent and child mental health. This study aimed […]
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ARCH Lab Alumnus Publishes Paper Examining Cortisol and Mental Disorder in Children with Chronic Physical Illnesses
An ARCH lab alumnus, Emily Kornelsen, published a paper using data from the REACH study, entitled “Hair cortisol concentration and mental disorder in children with chronic physical illness”. Cortisol is a hormone that is released in response to stressors, and levels found in hair are useful in understanding the effects of chronic physiological stress. This […]
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ARCH Lab Contributes to Paper on Shyness in Preterm Survivors and Their Offspring
Dr. Ferro contributed to a paper titled “The children of preterm survivors: shyness, parenting, and parental stress” that examined shyness, parenting and parental stress in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) survivors compared to those with normal birth weights (NBW). Specifically, researchers wanted to explore intergenerational transmission of shyness using data from a prospectively followed cohort […]
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