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ARCH Lab Contributes to Paper Validating the Flourishing Scale in Canadian Youth
Positive mental health factors such as social wellbeing have been found to be protective against developing mental disorders such as depression. When adolescents have positive mental health they are more likely to thrive in areas such as academics and less likely to engage in risk taking behaviour. The secondary school environment presents an opportunity for […]
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ARCH Lab Contributes to Paper on Profile Analysis of Heavy Episodic Drinking in Emerging Adults
Among emerging adults, heavy episodic drinking (HED) is a major public health concern. Within the literature there is currently much heterogeneity within concurrent substance use and psychopathology. To begin to address this, ARCH Lab recently contributed to a paper titled “Latent Profile Analysis of Heavy Episodic Drinking in Emerging Adults: A Reinforcer Pathology Approach” which […]
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ARCH Lab Graduate Students Publish Paper on Psychometric Properties of Three Commonly Used Scales
ARCH Lab Graduate Students Megan Dol and Erica McDonald recently published a paper with Dr. Ferro titled “Psychometric properties of the CESD, STAI-T, and PSS among parents of children with mental illness”. The study looked at commonly used scales to assess psychological distress in adults to find out if the measures are still valid when […]
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Dr. Mark Ferro Appears on Behind The Numbers Podcast
Mark Ferro recently was recently featured on Gabirele Zitikyte’s podcast, Behind The Numbers, to discuss his research interests regarding the link between mental and physical health among youth. They further talked about his initial research interests with respect to pediatric epilepsy and how that led to an interest in a larger assessment related to youth […]
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ARCH Lab Contributes to Study on Child-Parent Agreement in Youth with Epilepsy
Arch Lab recently contributed to a study titled “Self-reported quality of life and degree of youth-parent agreement: A long-term follow-up of childhood-onset epilepsy”. The data used came from the Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Epilepsy Study, a 10-year longitudinal study which included children aged 4-12 years old with a new epilepsy diagnosis. While […]
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ARCH Lab Contributes to Study on Mode of Cannabis Use in Youth
ARCH Lab contributed to a study titled “Does how you use matter? The link between mode of use and cannabis-related risk”. Information on mode of use and cannabis-related risks are currently lacking, even though due to the recent legalization of cannabis there are more cannabis products available to consumers than ever before. This study looked […]
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New ARCH Lab Paper on Physical Morbidity and Service Use in Young People
The ARCH Lab recently published a paper titled “Physical Morbidity and Mental Health Care Among Young People”. The study looked at various associations between physical conditions and mental health service use among young people. Data came from 5,630 individuals aged 15–29 years in the Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health. Physical health problems were measured using […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Paper on Family Functioning and Child Mental Health
ARCH Lab published a paper titled “Child Mental Illness and Mental Health Service Use: Role of Family Functioning (Family Functioning and Child Mental Health).” The aim of the study was to identify domains of family functioning that are associated with likelihood of internalizing versus externalizing mental health disorder, health consultations, hospitalizations, and length of hospital […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Paper on Substance Use and Physical Illness Among Youth
ARCH Lab recently published a paper titled “Substance use disorders among youth with chronic physical illness”. This study estimated prevalence of substance use disorder in youth with chronic physical illness. Associations between different chronic physical illnesses with substance use disorder were explored and the study also tested whether mental disorder moderates these associations. Data come […]
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ARCH Lab Contributes to Study on Quality of Life Following a Childhood Epilepsy Diagnosis
ARCH Lab contributed to a study titled “Trajectories of quality of life 10 years following a diagnosis of epilepsy in childhood” which assessed the trajectories of health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) over a 10‐year period among children who had recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. Data came from the Health‐Related Quality of Life in Children With […]
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