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Eccles H, Abramovich A, Patte KA, Elton-Marshall T, Racine N, Ferro MA, Edwards J, Anderson KK, Afifi TO, Geoffroy MC, Kingsbury M, Colman I. Mental disorders and suicidality in transgender and gender-diverse people. JAMA Network Open, 2024, 7(10), e2436883. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Chan CKY. P factor in children with chronic physical illness. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2024, 184, 111863. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Chan CKY, Browne DT, Colman I, Dubin JA, Duncan L. Suicidal ideation and attempts among youth with physical-mental comorbidity in Canada: proposal for an epidemiological study. JMIR Research Protocols, 2024, 13, e57103. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Arimoro OI, Ayilara OF, Dhuga GK, Duncan L, Sajobi TT. Validating the Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales-Brief Version (OCHS-EBS-B) in children with chronic physical illness. Child: Care, Health and Development, 2024, 50(4), e13300. Pubmed
Gohari MR, Doggett A, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Dubin JA, Hilario C, Leatherdale ST. Using random forest to identify correlates of depression symptoms among adolescents. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2024, In Press. Pubmed
Tremblay SM, Lal S, Ferro MA, Anaby DR. Mental health practices in rehabilitation for youth with physical disabilities: a chart review study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2024, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Chan CKY, Lipman EL, Lieshout RJV, Shanahan L, Gorter JW. Continuity of mental disorders in children with chronic physical illness. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2024, In Press. Pubmed
Cahill PT, Ferro MA, Ng S, Turkstra LS, Campbell WN. Core outcomes for speech-language services in Ontario schools: a group concept mapping study and guiding framework. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), 347. Pubmed
Bedard C, King-Dowling S, Timmons BW, Ferro MA. A matched-pair analysis of gross motor skills of 3- to 5-year-old children with and without a chronic physical illness. Pediatric Exercise Science, 2024, In Press. Pubmed
Bird BM, Belisario K, Minhas M, et al. Longitudinal examination of alcohol demand and alcohol-related reinforcement as predictors of heavy drinking and adverse alcohol consequences in emerging adults. Addiction, 2024, In Press. Pubmed
Cahill PT, Ng S, Turkstra LS, Ferro MA, Campbell WN. Exploring the valued outcomes of school-based speech-language therapy services: a sequential iterative design. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2024, 5, 1290800. Pubmed
Babiy Z, Layton H, Savoy CD, Xie F, Brown JSL, Bieling PJ, Streiner DL, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ. One-day peer-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy-based workshops for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2024, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Dol M, Patte KA, Leatherdale ST, Shanahan L. Self-concept in adolescents with physical-mental comorbidity. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 2023, 13, 26335565231211475. Pubmed
Bedard C, Ferro MA, Whitney R, RamachandranNair R. Agreement in reporting restrictions in life between children with epilepsy and their parents. Epilepsy Behaviour, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Smith ML, Puka K, Speechley KN, Ferro MA, Connolly MB, Major P, Gallagher A, Almubarak S, Hasal S, Ramachandrannair R, Andrade A, Xu Q, Leung E, Snead OC 3rd, Widjaja E. Trajectories of parent well-being in children with drug-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Gohari MR, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Haddad S, Wade TJ, Bélanger RE, Romano I, Leatherdale ST. Adolescents’ depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal evidence from COMPASS. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Doggett A, Belisario K, McDonald AJ, Ferro MA, Murphy JG, MacKillop J. Cannabis use frequency and cannabis-related consequences in high-risk young adults across cannabis legalization. JAMA Network Open, 2023, 6(9), e2336035. Pubmed
Rojulpote KV, Smith ML, Puka K, Speechley KN, Ferro MA, Connolly MB, Major P, Gallagher A, Almubarak S, Hasal S, Ramachandrannair R, Andrade A, Xu Q, Leung E, Snead OC 3rd, & Widjaja E. Pre-operative predictors of health-related quality of life two years after pediatric epilepsy surgery: a prospective cohort study. Seizure, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Patte KA, Battista K, Ferro MA, Bélanger RE, Wade TJ, Faulkner G, Pickett W, Riazi NA, Michaelson V, Carsley S, Leatherdale ST. School learning modes during the COVID-19 response and pre- to during pandemic mental health changes in a prospective cohort of Canadian adolescents. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Patte KA, Battista K, Ferro MA, Bélanger RE, Wade TJ, Faulkner G, Pickett W, Riazi NA, Michaelson V, Carsley S, Leatherdale ST. School learning modes during the COVID-19 response and pre- to during pandemic mental health changes in a prospective cohort of Canadian adolescents. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Merza D, Amani B, Savoy C, Babiy Z, Bieling PJ, Streiner DL, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ. Online peer-delivered group cognitive-behavioral therapy for postpartum depression: A randomized controlled trial. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA. Understanding multimorbidity early in life takes a step forward. The Lancet Public Health, 2023, 8(9), e662–e663. Article
Huh K, Layton H, Savoy CD, Ferro MA, Bieling PJ, Hicks A, Van Lieshout RJ. Online public health nurse-delivered group cognitive behavioral therapy for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled trial during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2023, 84(5), 22m14726. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Toulany A. Longitudinal association between youth multimorbidity and psychological distress: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Reed M, Bedard C, Perlman CM, Browne DT, Ferro MA. Family functioning and health-related quality of life in parents of children with mental illness. Journal of Child and Family Studies, In Press. Pubmed
Sajobi TT, Ayilara OF, Dhuga GK, Ferro MA. Response shift in parent-reported psychopathology in children with chronic physical illness. Quality of Life Research, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Smith ML, Puka K, Speechley KN, Ferro MA, Connolly MB, Major P, Gallagher A, Almubarak S, Hasal S, Ramachandrannair R, Andrade A, Xu Q, Leung E, Snead OC 3rd, Widjaja E. A longitudinal cohort study of mediators of health-related quality of life after pediatric epilepsy surgery or medical treatment. Epilepsia, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Widjaja E, Puka K, Speechley KN, Ferro MA, Connolly MB, Major P, Gallagher A, Almubarak S, Hasal S, Ramachandrannair R, Andrade A, Xu Q, Leung E, Snead OC 3rd, Smith ML. Trajectory of Health-Related Quality of Life After Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery. JAMA Network Open, 2023, 6(3), e234858. Pubmed
Tremblay S, Lal S, Xiang L, Ferro MA, Anaby D. Organization of rehabilitation services for youth with physical disabilities and mental health problems: a scoping review. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2023, 4:1085827. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Layton H, Savoy CD, Xie F, Brown JSL, Huh K, Bieling PJ, Streiner DL, Ferro MA, Haber-Evans E. In-person 1-day cognitive behavioral therapy-based workshops for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Bedard C, Timmons BW, Ferro MA. Exploratory examination of the association between physical-mental multimorbidity and physical activity in children. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023, In Press. Pubmed
Riazi NA, Battista K, Duncan MJ, Wade TJ, Pickett W, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST, Patte KA. Stronger together: coping behaviours and mental health changes of Canadian adolescents in early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health, 2023, 23(1), 319. Pubmed
McDonald EJ, Bedard C, Kirkpatrick SI, Perlman CM, Ferro MA. Psychometric properties and informant agreement of the WHODAS 2.0 in youth with mental disorder. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2023, 32(1), 38-49. Pubmed
Cahill PT, Ng S, Dix L, Ferro MA, Turkstra L, Campbell WN. Outcomes management practices in tiered school-based speech-language therapy: a Canadian example. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Dol M, Reed M, Ferro MA. Internalizing-externalizing comorbidity and impaired functioning in children. Children (Basel), 2022, 9(10), 1547. Pubmed
Doan N, Parker A, Rosati K, van Beers E, Ferro MA. Sleep duration and eating behaviours among adolescents: a scoping review. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice, 2022, 42(9), 384–397. Pubmed
Qureshi SA, Reaume SV, Bedard C, Ferro MA. Mental health of siblings of children with physical illness or physical-mental comorbidity. Child: Care, Health and Development, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Elgie M, Dol M, Basque D. Measurement invariance of the 12-item self-administered World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 across early and late adolescents in Canada. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Basque D, Elgie M, Dol M. Agreement of the 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 in parents and youth with physical illness living in Canada. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Dol M, Basque D, Elgie M. Validating the 12-item proxy-administered World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 in young children with chronic physical illness in Canada. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Whitney S, Bedard C, Mielke J, Browne DT, Ferro MA. Do subjective and objective measures of stress agree in a clinical sample of youth and their parents? Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2022, 11:100155. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Chan CKY, Vanderkooy JD, Horricks L, Duncan L, Lipman EL. Mental and psychosocial health among youth after their first psychiatric hospitalization: a feasibility study. BMC Research Notes, 2022, 15(1), 233. Pubmed
Bedard C , King-Dowling S, Obeid J, Timmons BW, Ferro MA. Correlates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in children with physical illness and physical-mental multimorbidity. Health Education & Behavior: The Official Publication of The Society for Public Health Education, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Gorter JW, Fehlings D, Ferro MA, Gonzalez A, Green AD, Hopmans SN, McCauley D, Palisano RJ, Rosenbaum P, Speller B, On Behalf Of The MyStory Study Group. Correlates of mental health in adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional analysis of the MyStory Project. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, 11(11), 3060. Pubmed
Krzeczkowski JE, Schmidt LA, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ. Follow the leader: Maternal transmission of physiological regulatory support to distressed infants in real-time. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 2022, 131(5), 524-534. Pubmed
Romano I, Ferro MA, Patte KA, Leatherdale ST. Measurement invariance of the GAD-7 and CESD-R-10 among adolescents in Canada. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2022, 47(5), 585-594. Pubmed
Khalil M, Almestkawy S, Omar T, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the quality of life in childhood epilepsy questionnaire (QOLCE-55). Epilepsy & behavior, 2022, 129, 108637. Pubmed
Janus M, Ryan J, Pottruff M, Reid-Westoby C, Brownell M, Bennett T, Birken CS, Duku E, Ferro MA, Forer B, Georgiades S, Gorter JW, Guhn M, Maguire J, Manson H, Pei J, Santos R, Coplan RJ. Population-based teacher-rated assessment of anxiety among Canadian kindergarten children. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Layton H, Savoy CD, Haber E, Feller A, Biscaro A, Bieling PJ, Ferro MA. Public health nurse-delivered group cognitive behavioural therapy for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled trial. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Qureshi S, Van Lieshout RJ, Lipman EL, Georgiades K, Gorter JW, Timmons BW, Shanahan L. Prevalence and correlates of physical-mental multimorbidity in outpatient children from a pediatric hospital in Canada. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Buchan MC, Whitney S, Leatherdale ST, Mielke JG, Gonzalez A, Ferro MA. Hair cortisol and health-related quality of life in children with mental disorder. Chronic Stress, 2021, 5, 24705470211047885. Pubmed
Romano I, Ferro MA, Patte KA, Leatherdale ST. Measurement invariance of the GAD-7 and CESD-R-10 among adolescents in Canada. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Otto C, Ravens-Sieberer U. Measuring health-related quality of life in young children with physical illness: psychometric properties of the parent-reported KIDSCREEN-27. Quality of Life Research, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Meyer S, Yessis J, Reaume SV, Lipman E, Gorter JW. COVID-19-related psychological and psychosocial distress among parents and youth with physical illness: a longitudinal study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021, 12: 761968. Pubmed
McDonald E, Whitney S, Horricks L, Lipman EL, Ferro MA. Parent-child agreement on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID). Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021, 30(4), 264-272. Pubmed
Amani B, Merza D, Savoy C, Streiner D, Bieling P, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ. Peer-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2021, 83(1), 21m13928. Pubmed
Williams GC, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Associations between longitudinal patterns of substance use and anxiety and depression symptoms among a sample of Canadian secondary school students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Layton H, Savoy CD, Brown JSL, Ferro MA, Streiner DL, Bieling PJ, Feller A, Hanna S. Effect of online 1-day cognitive behavioral therapy-based workshops plus usual care vs usual care alone for postpartum depression: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Qureshi SA, Shanahan L, Otto C, Ravens-Sieberer U. Health‑related quality of life in children with and without physical–mental multimorbidity. Quality of Life Research, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Cahill PT, Ferro MA, Campbell, WN, Ronen GM. Self-esteem mediates mental health outcomes in young people with epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2021, 26(9), 2072-2081. Pubmed
Romano I, Buchan C, Baiocco-Romano L, Ferro MA. Physical-mental multimorbidity in children and youth: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 2021, 11(5), e043124. Pubmed
Doggett A, Gohari MR , Godin KM, Ferro MA, Patte KA, Leatherdale ST. Cannabis use, screen time, and internalizing symptoms among Canadian youth: testing mediation pathways. Substance use & misuse, 2021, 56(8), 1232-1240. Pubmed
Williams GC, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Substance use classes and symptoms of anxiety and depression among Canadian secondary school students. Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada: research, policy and practice, 2021, 41(5), 153-164. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Van Lieshout RJ, Timmons B, Shanahan L, Gorter JW, Georgiades K, Boyle M. Cohort profile: multimorbidity in children and youth across the life-course (MY LIFE) study. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021, 30(2),104-115. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Browne DT. Mental health care costs among youth with comorbid mental disorders. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Ciccarelli TM, Leatherdale ST, Perlman C, Thompson K, Ferro MA. Steering clear: traffic violations among emerging adults who engage in habitual or casual cannabis use. Accident; analysis and prevention, 2021, 153, 106059. Pubmed
Faltyn M, Savoy C, Krzeczkowski JE, Ferro MA, Colman I, Van Lieshout RJ. Exploring links between prenatal adversity and adolescent psychiatric risk in a Canadian population-based sample. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2021, 42(6), 457-462. Pubmed
Swan C, Ferro MA, Thomspon K. Does how you use matter? The link between mode of use and cannabis-related risk. Addictive Behaviors, 2021, 112, 106620. Pubmed
Tompke BK, Ferro MA. Measurement invariance and informant discrepancies of the KIDSCREEN-27 in children with mental disorder. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021,16, 891-910. Article
McGuckin T, Ferro MA, Hammond D, Stewart S, Maloney-Hall B, Madi N, Porath A, Perlman, CM. How high? Trends in cannabis use prior to first admission to inpatient psychiatry in Ontario, Canada, between 2007 and 2017: À quelle hauteur? Les tendances de l’usage du cannabis avant la première hospitalisation en psychiatrie en Ontario, Canada entre 2007 et 2017. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, In Press. Article
Phillips NL, Widjaja E, Speechley K, Ferro M, Connolly M, Major P, Gallagher A, Ramachandrannair R, Almubarak S, Hasal S, Andrade A, Xu Q, Leung E, Snead OC, Smith ML. Longitudinal changes in emotional functioning following pediatric resective epilepsy surgery: 2-year follow-up. Epilepsy & Behavior, 114(Pt A), 107585. Pubmed
Sampasa-Kanyinga H, Chaput JP, Goldfield GS, Janssen I, Wang J, Hamilton HA, Ferro MA, Colman I. The Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines and psychological distress among adolescents. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2020, e706743720970863. Pubmed
Tajik-Parvinchi D, Davis A, Roth S, Rosenbaum P, Hopmans SN, Dudin A, Hall G, Gorter JW, MyStory Study Group. Functional connectivity and quality of life in young adults with cerebral palsy: a feasibility study. BMC Neurology, 2020, 20, 388. Pubmed
Romano I, Ferro MA, Patte KA, Diener E, Leatherdale ST. Measurement invariance of the Flourishing Scale among a large sample of Canadian adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17(21), 7800. Pubmed
Aleyan S, Ferro MA, Hitchman SC, Leatherdale ST. Does having one or more smoking friends mediate the transition from e-cigarette use to cigarette smoking? A longitudinal study of Canadian youth. Cancer Causes & Control, 2020, 32(1), 67-74. Pubmed
Dol M, McDonald E, Ferro MA. Psychometric properties of the CESD, STAI-T, and PSS among parents of children with mental illness. Journal of Family Studies, 2020, In Press. Article
Puka K, Ferro MA, Camfield CS, Levin SD, Smith ML, Wiebe S, Zou G, Speechley KN. Self-reported quality of life and degree of youth-parent agreement: A long-term follow-up of childhood-onset epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2020, 61(10), 2254-2264. Pubmed
Minhas M, Oshri A, Amlung M, Dennhardt A, Ferro MA, Halladay J, Munn C, Tucker J, Murphy J, MacKillop J. Latent Profile Analysis of Heavy Episodic Drinking in Emerging Adults: A Reinforcer Pathology Approach. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2020, 44(10), 2130-2140. Pubmed
Doan N, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Reluctancy towards Help-Seeking for Mental Health Concerns at Secondary School among Students in the COMPASS Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17(19), E7128. Pubmed
Reaume S, Luther A, Ferro MA. Physical Morbidity and Mental Health Care Among Young People. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2020, 38(3), 540. Article
Oltean I, Perlman C, Meyer S, Ferro MA. Child Mental Illness and Mental Health Service Use: Role of Family Functioning (Family Functioning and Child Mental Health). Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2020, 29, 2602–2613. Article
Luther AWM, Reaume SV, Qadeer RA, Thompson K, Ferro MA. Substance use disorders among youth with chronic physical illness. Addictive Behaviors, 2020, 110:106517. Pubmed
Puka K, Ferro MA, Camfield CS, Levin SD, Smith ML, Wiebe S, Zou G, Anderson KK, Speechley KN. Trajectories of quality of life 10 years following a diagnosis of epilepsy in childhood. Epilepsia, 2020, 61(7), 1453-1463. Pubmed
Puka K, Speechley KN, Ferro MA. Convulsive status epilepticus in children recently diagnosed with epilepsy and long-term health-related quality of life. Seizure, 2020, 80, 49-52. PubMed
Pei J, Reid‑Westoby C, Siddiqua A, Elshamy Y, Rorem D, Bennett T, Birken C, Coplan R, Duku E, Ferro MA, Forer B, Georgiades S, Gorter JW, Guhn M, Maguire J, Manson H, Santos R, Brownell M, Janus M. Teacher-Reported Prevalence of FASD in Kindergarten in Canada: Association with Child Development and Problems at Home. Journal of Autism Developmental Disorders, 2020, 51(2), 433-443. PubMed
Aleyan S, Hitchman SC, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Trends and predictors of exclusive e-cigarette use, exclusive smoking and dual use among youth in Canada. Addictive Behaviors, 2020, 109, 106481. Article
Lund J, Savoy C, Schmidt L, Ferro MA, Saigal S, Van Lieshout RJ. The influence of pre and postnatal adversity on depression and anxiety over two decades. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020, 271(2020), 178-184. Article
Jain P, Smith ML, Speechley KN, Ferro MA, Snead OC, Connolly M, Go C, Ramachandrannair R, Almubarak S, Andrade A, Widjaja E. Seizure freedom mediated the improvement in health-related quality of life following epilepsy surgery in children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 2020, 62(5), 600-608. Article
Rosic T, Avery L, Streiner DL, Ferro MA, Rosenbaum P, Cunningham C, Ronen GM. Longitudinal trajectories of self-reported depressive symptoms in children with epilepsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 2020, 62(5), 593-599. Pubmed
Tang J, Perlman C, Leatherdale ST, Ferro MA. Perceived needs for mental healthcare among emerging adults with cancer. Emerging Adulthood, 2020, In Press. Article
Young J, Savoy C, Colman I, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ. Psychiatric disorders in the adolescent offspring of mothers with thyroid problems during pregnancy. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2020, 51(3), 461-470. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Gonzalez A. Hair cortisol concentration mediates the association between parent and child psychopathology. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2020, 114(4), 104613. Pubmed
Puka K, Goodwin SW, Ferro MA, Smith ML, Widjaja E, Anderson KK, Speechley KN. 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. Epilepsy and behavior, 2020, 104(2020), 106904. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Layton H, Feller A, Ferro MA, Biscaro A, Bieling PJ. Public health nurse delivered group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for postpartum depression: A pilot study. Public Health Nursing, 2020, 37(1), 50-55. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Savoy CD, Ferro MA, Krzeczkowski JE, Colman I. Macrosomia and psychiatric risk in adolescence. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2020, 29(11), 1537-1545. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Favotto L, Ferro MA, Niccols A, Saigal S, Morrison K, Schmidt L. The children of preterm survivors: shyness, parenting, and parental stress. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 2020, 11(4), 410-414. Pubmed
Romano I, Butler A, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. High school bullying and mental disorder: an examination of the association with flourishing and emotional regulation. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2020, 2, 241-252. Article
Tompke BK, Tang J, Oltean II, Buchan MC, Reaume SV, Ferro MA. Measurement invariance of the WHODAS 2.0 across youth with and without physical or mental conditions. Assessment, 2020, 27 (7), 1490-1501. Pubmed
Doan N, Ferro MA. Sleep duration and eating behaviours in youth: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 2019, 9, e030457. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Van Lieshout RJ, Gorter JW, Shanahan L, Boyle M, Georgiades K, Timmons B. Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): protocol of a Canadian prospective study. BMJ Open, 2019, 9, e034544. Article
Kornelsen E, Buchan MC, Gonzalez A, Ferro MA. Hair cortisol concentration and mental disorder in children with chronic physical illness. Chronic Stress, 2019, 3, doi: 10.1177/2470547019875116. Pubmed
Fayed N, Avery L, Davis AM, Streiner DL, Ferro M, Rosenbaum P, Cunningham C, Lach L, Boyle M, Glidden G, Ronen GM. Parent proxy discrepancy groups of quality of life in childhood epilepsy. Value in Health, 2019, 22(7), 822-828. Pubmed
Petker TD, Halladay J, Vedelago L, Ferro MA, Tucker J, Goldman MS, Murphy JG, MacKillop J. Predictors of aging out of heavy episodic drinking in emerging adults: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 2019, 8, 230. Pubmed
Butler A, Romano I, Patte K, Ferro MA, de Groh M, Jiang Y, Leatherdale ST. Psychological correlates and binge drinking behaviours among Canadian youth: a cross-sectional analysis of the mental health pilot data from the COMPASS study. BMJ Open, 2019, 9(6), e028558. Pubmed
Boyle MH, Georgiades K, Duncan L, Comeau J, Wang L, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study – methodology. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 237-245. Pubmed
Georgiades K, Duncan L, Wang L, Comeau J, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Six-month prevalence of mental disorders and service contacts among children and youth in Ontario: evidence from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 246-255. Pubmed
Comeau J, Georgiades K, Duncan L, Wang L, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Changes in the prevalence of child and youth mental disorders and perceived need for professional help between 1983 and 2014: evidence from the Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 256-264. Pubmed
Boyle MH, Georgiades K, Duncan L, Wang L, Comeau J, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Poverty, neighbourhood antisocial behaviour and child mental health problems: findings from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 285-293. Pubmed
Duncan L, Georgiades K, Birch S, Comeau J, Wang L, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Children’s mental health need and expenditures in Ontario: findings from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 275-284. Pubmed
Georgiades K, Boylan K, Duncan L, Wang L, Colman I, Rhodes AE, Bennett K, Comeau J, Manion I, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Prevalence and correlates of youth suicidal ideation and attempts: evidence from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 265-274. Pubmed
Waddell C, Georgiades K, Duncan L, Comeau J, Reid GJ, O’Briain W, Lampard R, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). 2014 Ontario Child Health Study findings: policy implications for Canada. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 227-231. Pubmed
Boyle MH, Duncan L, Georgiades K, Comeau J, Reid GJ, O’Briain W, Lampard R, Waddell C, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Tracking children’s mental health in the 21st century: lessons from the 2014 OCHS. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 232-236. Pubmed
Reaume SV, Ferro MA. Chronicity of mental comorbidity in children with new-onset physical illness. Child: Care, Health and Development, 2019, 45(4), 559-567. Pubmed
Brown DMY, Mahlberg N, Pohl D, Timmons BW, Bray SR, Streiner DL, Ferro MA, Hamer S, Rosenbaum PL, Ronen GM. Can behavioral strategies increase physical activity and influence depressive symptoms and quality of life among children with epilepsy? Results of a randomized controlled trial. Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019, 94, 158-166. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Layton H, Rangan M, Ferro MA, Brown JSL, Bieling PJ. Treating postpartum depression with 1-day cognitive behavioural therapy-based workshops. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2019, 41(5), 591-592. Pubmed
Ferro MA. The psychometric properties of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) in an epidemiological sample of Canadian youth. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2019, 64(9), 647-657. Pubmed
Duncan L, Georgiades K, Wang L, Comeau J, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Szatmari P, Bennett K, MacMillan HL, Lipman EL, Janus M, Kata A, Boyle MH. The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) part I: a checklist for dimensional measurement of selected DSM-5 Disorders. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(6), 423-433. Pubmed
Boyle MH, Duncan L, Georgiades K, Wang L, Comeau J, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Szatmari P, MacMillan HL, Bennett K, Janus M, Lipman EL, Kata A. The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) part II: psychometric adequacy for categorical measurement of selected DSM-5 disorders. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(6), 434-442. Pubmed
Oltean II, Ferro MA. Agreement of child and parent-proxy reported health-related quality of life in children with mental disorder. Quality of Life Research, 2019, 28(3), 703-712. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Van Lieshout RJ, Boyle MH, Gorter JW, MacMillan HL, Gonzalez A, Georgiades K. Mental-physical multimorbidity in youth: associations with individual, family, and health service use outcomes. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2019, 50(3), 400-410. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Traffic violations among young people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(7), 511-515. Pubmed
Qadeer RA, Georgiades K, Boyle MH, Ferro MA. An epidemiological study of substance use disorders among emerging and young adults. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(5), 313-320. Pubmed
Puka K, Ferro MA, Anderson KK, Speechley KN. Prevalence and trajectories of depressive symptoms among mothers of children with newly-diagnosed epilepsy: a longitudinal 10-year study. Epilepsia, 2019, 60(2), 358-366. Pubmed
Goodwin S, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Measurement equivalence of the short-form Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-16). Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019, 90(2019), 142-147. Pubmed
Butler A, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Interrelationships among depression, anxiety, flourishing, and cannabis use in youth. Addictive Behaviors, 2019, 89(2019), 206-215. Pubmed
Qadeer RA, Wong FC, MacKillop J, Ferro MA. A comparative study of substance use in young adolescents with and without chronic health conditions. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2018, 27(5-6), 297-304. Article
Romano I, Buchan MC, Ferro MA. Multimorbidity in children and youth: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 2018, 8, e022413. Article
Janus M, Brownell M, Reid-Westoby C, Bennett T, Birken C, Coplan R, Duku E, Ferro MA, Forer B, Georgiades S, Gorter JW, Guhn M, Maguire JL, Manson H, Pei J, Santos R. Establishing a protocol for building a pan-Canadian population-based monitoring system for early childhood development for children with health disorders – Canadian Children’s Health in Context Study (CCHICS). BMJ Open, 2018, 8, e023688. Article
England-Mason G, Casey B, Ferro MA, Tonmyr L, MacMillan H, Gonzalez A. Child maltreatment and adult multimorbidity: results from the Canadian Community Health Survey. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2018, 109(4), 561-572. Article
Van Lieshout RJ, Ferro MA, Schmidt LA, Boyle MH, Saigal S, Morrison KM, Mathewson KJ. Trajectories of psychopathology in extremely low birth weight survivors from early adolescence to adulthood: a 20-year longitudinal study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2018, 59(11), 1192-1200. Pubmed
Goodwin S, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Development and assessment of the Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-16). Epilepsia, 2018, 59(3), 668-678. Pubmed
Puka K, Tavares TP, Anderson KK, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. A systematic review of quality of life in parents of children with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 2018, 82, 38-45. Pubmed
Zelman JJ, Ferro MA. The Parental Stress Scale: psychometric properties in families of children with chronic health conditions. Journal of Family Relations, 2018, 67(2), 240-252. Article
Choi C, Ferro MA. Comparing self-concept among youth currently receiving inpatient versus outpatient mental health services. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2018, 27(1), 57–62. Article
Dobson KG, Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Schmidt LA, Saigal S, Van Lieshout RJ. How do childhood intelligence and early psychosocial adversity influence income attainment among adult extremely low birth weight survivors? A test of the cognitive reserve hypothesis. Development and Psychopathology, 2018, 30(4),1421-1434. Pubmed
Duncan L, Georgiades K, Wang L, Van Lieshout RJ, MacMillan HL, Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Szatmari P, Bennett KJ, Kata A, Janus M, Boyle MH. Psychometric evaluation of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID). Psychological Assessment, 2018, 30(7), 916-928. Pubmed
Day K, Dobson KG, Schmidt LA, Ferro MA, Saigal S, Boyle MH, Van Lieshout RJ. Exposure to overprotective parenting and psychopathology in extremely low birth weight survivors in adulthood. Child: Care, Health and Development, 2018, 44(2), 234-239. Pubmed
Butler A, Van Lieshout RJ, Lipman EL, MacMillan HL, Gonzalez A, Gorter JW, Georgiades K, Speechley KN, Boyle MH, Ferro MA. Mental disorder in children with physical conditions: a pilot study. BMJ Open, 2018, 8, e019011. Article
Poole KL, Schmidt LA, Ferro MA, Missiuna C, Saigal S, Boyle MH, Van Lieshout RJ. Early developmental influences on self-esteem trajectories from adolescence through adulthood: impact of birth weight and motor skills. Development and Psychopathology, 2018, 30(1), 113-123. Pubmed
Qadeer RA, Ferro MA. Child–parent agreement on health-related quality of life in children with newly diagnosed chronic health conditions: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2018, 23(1), 99-108. Article
Ferro MA, Rhodes A, *Kimber M, *Duncan L, Boyle MH, Georgiades K, Gonzalez A, MacMillan H. Suicidal behaviour among young people with self-report chronic illness. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017, 62(12), 845-853. Pubmed
Qadeer RA, Shanahan L, Ferro MA. Chronic disruptive pain in young people with and without chronic conditions: the moderating role of psychiatric disorder. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2017, 17(2017), 30-36. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Tang J. Psychometric properties of the Self-Perception Profile for Children in children with chronic physical conditions. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2017, 26(2), 119-124. Article
Ferro MA, Avery L, Fayed N, Streiner DL, Cunningham CE, Boyle MH, Lach L, Glidden G, Rosenbaum PL, Ronen GM; QUALITÉ group. Child- and parent-reported quality of life trajectories in children with epilepsy: a prospective cohort study. Epilepsia, 2017, 58(7), 1277-1287. Pubmed
Conway L, Widjaja E, Smith ML, Speechley KN, Ferro MA. Validating the shortened Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-55) in a sample of children with drug-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2017, 58(4), 646-656. PubMed
Dobson KG, Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Schmidt LA, Saigal S, Van Lieshout RJ. Socioeconomic attainment of extremely low birth weight survivors: the role of early cognition. Pediatrics, 2017, 139(3), e20162545. PubMed
Boyle MH, Duncan L, Georgiades K, Bennett KJ, Gonzalez A, Van Lieshout RJ, Szatmari P, MacMillan HL, Kata A, Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Janus M. Classifying child and adolescent psychiatric disorder by problem checklists and standardized interviews. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 2017, 26(4), e1544. PubMed
Van Lieshout RJ, Yang L, Haber E, Ferro MA. Evaluating the effectiveness of a brief cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for perinatal depression. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 2017, 20(1), 225-228. PubMed
†Saigal S, †Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Schmidt LA, Morrison KM, Boyle MH. Health-related quality of life trajectories of extremely low birth weight survivors into adulthood. Journal of Pediatrics, 2016, 179(December), 68-73. †Authors contributed equally to this work and are both considered first author. PubMed
Savoy C, Ferro MA, Schmidt LA, Saigal S, Van Lieshout RJ. Prenatal betamethasone exposure and psychopathology risk in extremely low birth weight survivors in the third and fourth decades of life. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2016, 74(December), 278-285. PubMed
Wathen CN, Tanaka M, MacGregor JCD, Ferro MA, McKee C, Boyle M, Ford-Gilboe M, MacMillan HL. Trajectories for women who disclose intimate partner violence in health care settings: the key role of abuse severity. International Journal of Public Health, 2016, 61(8), 873-882. PubMed
Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Ohayon H, Scott J. Emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents and young adults with food allergy. Allergy 2016, 71(4):532-540. PubMed
Ferro MA, Goodwin S, Sabaz M, Speechley KN. Measurement equivalence of the newly developed Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-55). Epilepsia 2016, 57(3):427-435. PubMed
Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Scott J, Alati R, Mamun AA, Dingle K. Condition-specific associations of symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescents and young adults with asthma and food allergy. Journal of Asthma 2016, 53(3):282-288. PubMed
Ferro MA. Major depressive disorder, suicidal behavior, bipolar disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder among emerging adults with and without chronic health conditions. Epidemiology & Psychiatric Sciences 2016, 25(5):462-474. PubMed
Conway L, Smith ML, Ferro MA, Speechley KN, Connolly MB, Snead OC, Widjaja E, PEPSQOL Study Team. Correlates of health-related quality of life in children with drug resistant epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2016, 57(8), 1256-1264. PubMed
Kimber M, Rehm J, Ferro MA. Measurement invariance of the WHODAS 2.0 in a population-based sample of youth. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(11): e0142385. Article
Ferro MA. Mediated moderation of the relation between maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms: role of adolescent physical health. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2015, 50(11):1743-1751. PubMed
Ferro MA, Gorter JW, Boyle MH. Trajectories of depressive symptoms in Canadian emerging adults. American Journal of Public Health 2015, 105(11):2322-2327. PubMed
Van Lieshout RJ, Boyle MH, Schmidt LA, Saigal S, Ferro MA. Measurement invariance across parent and self-ratings of extremely low birth weight survivors and normal birth weight controls in childhood and adolescence on the Child Behavior Checklist and Youth Self Report. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2015, 40(8):825-833. PubMed
Goodwin S, Lambrinos AL, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Development and assessment of a shortened Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-55). Epilepsia 2015, 56(6):864-872. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Avison WR. Trajectories of maternal depression and subsequent psychological functioning in adolescents with and without chronic physical illness. Health Psychology 2015, 34(8):820-828. PubMed
Ferro MA, Gorter JW, Boyle MH. Trajectories of depressive symptoms during the transition to young adulthood: the role of chronic illness. Journal of Affective Disorders 2015, 174(2015):594-601. PubMed
Ferro MA. Family matters – social competence in children with epilepsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2015, 57(1):6-7. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH. The impact of chronic physical illness, maternal depressive symptoms, family functioning, and self-esteem on symptoms of anxiety and depression in children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 2015, 43(1):177-187. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Alati R, Scott J, Dingle K. Maternal psychological distress partially mediates physician visits in a population-based sample of adolescents with asthma. Journal of Asthma 2015, 52(2):170-175. PubMed
Ferro MA. Risk factors for health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a meta-analysis. Epilepsia 2014, 55(11):1722-31. PubMed
Ferro MA, Chin R, Camfield CS, Wiebe S, Levin SD, Speechley KN. Convulsive status epilepticus and health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy. Neurology 2014; 83(8):752-757. PubMed
Ferro MA. Missing data in longitudinal studies: cross-sectional multiple imputation provides similar estimates to full-information maximum likelihood. Annals of Epidemiology 2014; 24(1):75-77. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Dingle K, Scott J. The Child Behavior Checklist and Youth Self-Report in adolescents with epilepsy: testing measurement invariance of the Attention and Thought Problems subscales. Epilepsy & Behavior 2014; 31:34-42. PubMed
Tan M, Dyck BA, Gabriele J, Daya R, Thomas N, Sookram C, Basu D, Ferro MA, Mishra R. Synapsin II gene expression in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of brain specimens from patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The Pharmacogenomics Journal 2014; 14(1):63-69. PubMed
Ferro MA. Adolescents and young adults with physical illness: a comparative study of psychological distress. Acta Paediatrica 2014; 103(1):e32-e37. PubMed
Ferro MA, Camfield, CS, Levin SD, Smith ML, Wiebe S, Zou GY, Speechley KN. Trajectories of health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a cohort study. Epilepsia 2013; 54(11):1889-1897. PubMed
Lubarda J, Groleau S, Thomas N, Ferro M, Mishra R, Gabriele J. Dysregulation of novel catecholamine-regulated protein 40 (CRP40) in Parkinson’s disease patients. Movement Disorders 2013; 28(10):1460-1461. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH. Self-concept among children and adolescents with a chronic illness: a meta-analytic review. Health Psychology 2013; 32(8):839-848. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH. Brief report: Testing measurement invariance and differences in self-concept between adolescents with and without physical illness or developmental disability. J Adolescence 2013; 36(5):947-951. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Stability of latent classes in group-based trajectory modeling of depressive symptoms in mothers of children with epilepsy: an internal validation study using a bootstrapping procedure. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2013; 48(7):1077-1086. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH. Longitudinal invariance of measurement and structure of global self-concept: a population-based study examining trajectories among adolescents with and without chronic illness. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2013; 38(4):425-437. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Factor structure and longitudinal invariance of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in adult women: application in mothers of children with epilepsy. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 2013; 16(2):159-166. PubMed
Ferro MA, Landgraf JM, Speechley KN. Factor structure of the Child Health Questionnaire Parent Form-50 and predictors of health-related quality of life in children newly diagnosed with epilepsy. Quality of Life Research 2013; 22(8):2201-2211. PubMed
Groleau SE, Lubarda J, Thomas N, Ferro MA, Pristupa ZB, Mishra RK, Gabriele JP. Human blood analysis reveals dysregulation of the novel catecholamine-regulated protein 40 (CRP40) in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2013; 43(1):203-206. PubMed
Speechley KN, Ferro MA, Camfield CS, Huang W, Levin SD, Smith ML, Wiebe S, Zou GY. Quality of life in children with new-onset epilepsy: a two-year prospective cohort study. Neurology 2012; 79(15):1548-1555. PubMed
Ferro MA, Ferro AL, Boyle MH. A systematic review of self-concept in adolescents with epilepsy. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2012; 37(9):945-958. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Examining clinically relevant levels of depressive symptoms in mothers following a diagnosis of epilepsy in their children: a prospective analysis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2012; 47(9):1419-1428. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Depressive symptoms in mothers of children with epilepsy: a comparison of growth curve and latent class modeling. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2012; 12(1):44-61. Article
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. What about dads? An exploratory analysis of depressive symptoms in paternal primary caregivers of children with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior 2012; 23(1):90-91. PubMed
Ferro MA. A population-based study of the prevalence and sociodemographic risk factors of self-reported epilepsy among adults in the United Kingdom. Seizure 2011; 20(10):784-788. PubMed
Dyck B, Bayaert M, Ferro M, Mishra R. Medial prefrontal cortical synapsin II knock-down induces behavioral abnormalities in the rat: Examining synapsin II in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2011; 130(1-3):250-259. PubMed
Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN. Prevalence and trajectories of depressive symptoms in mothers of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy. Epilepsia 2011; 52(2):326-336. PubMed
Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN. The impact of maternal depressive symptoms on health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a prospective study of family environment as mediators and moderators. Epilepsia 2011; 52(2):316-325. PubMed
Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN. Do depressive symptoms affect mothers’ reports of child outcomes in children with new-onset epilepsy? Quality of Life Research 2010; 19(7):955-964. PubMed
Gabriele JP, Pontoriero GF, Thomas N, Ferro MA, Mahadevan G, MacCrimmon DJ, Pristupa ZB, Mishra RK. Antipsychotic drug use is correlated with CRP40/mortalin mRNA expression in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of human postmortem brain specimens. Schizophrenia Research 2010; 119(1-3):228-231. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Depressive symptoms among mothers of children with epilepsy: a review of prevalence, associated factors, and impact on children. Epilepsia 2009; 50(11):2344-2354. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Complementary and alternative medicine use in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a systematic review of prevalence and evidence. Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine 2008; 5(1):33. Article
Ferro MA, Leis A, Doll R, Chiu L, Chung M, Barroetavena MC. The impact of acculturation on the use of traditional Chinese medicine in newly diagnosed Chinese cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer 2007; 15(8):985-992. PubMed
Leis A, Ferro MA. Complementary and alternative medicine: responding to the needs of cancer patients. Oncology Exchange 2006; 5(4):57-60. Article
Gorter JW, Fehlings D, Ferro MA, Gonzalez A, Green AD, Hopmans SN, McCauley D, Palisano RJ, Rosenbaum P, Speller B, On Behalf Of The MyStory Study Group. Correlates of mental health in adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional analysis of the MyStory Project. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, 11(11), 3060. Pubmed
Krzeczkowski JE, Schmidt LA, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ. Follow the leader: Maternal transmission of physiological regulatory support to distressed infants in real-time. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 2022, 131(5), 524-534. Pubmed
Romano I, Ferro MA, Patte KA, Leatherdale ST. Measurement invariance of the GAD-7 and CESD-R-10 among adolescents in Canada. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2022, 47(5), 585-594. Pubmed
Khalil M, Almestkawy S, Omar T, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the quality of life in childhood epilepsy questionnaire (QOLCE-55). Epilepsy & behavior, 2022, 129, 108637. Pubmed
Janus M, Ryan J, Pottruff M, Reid-Westoby C, Brownell M, Bennett T, Birken CS, Duku E, Ferro MA, Forer B, Georgiades S, Gorter JW, Guhn M, Maguire J, Manson H, Pei J, Santos R, Coplan RJ. Population-based teacher-rated assessment of anxiety among Canadian kindergarten children. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Layton H, Savoy CD, Haber E, Feller A, Biscaro A, Bieling PJ, Ferro MA. Public health nurse-delivered group cognitive behavioural therapy for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled trial. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Qureshi S, Van Lieshout RJ, Lipman EL, Georgiades K, Gorter JW, Timmons BW, Shanahan L. Prevalence and correlates of physical-mental multimorbidity in outpatient children from a pediatric hospital in Canada. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2022, In Press. Pubmed
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Buchan MC, Whitney S, Leatherdale ST, Mielke JG, Gonzalez A, Ferro MA. Hair cortisol and health-related quality of life in children with mental disorder. Chronic Stress, 2021, 5, 24705470211047885. Pubmed
Romano I, Ferro MA, Patte KA, Leatherdale ST. Measurement invariance of the GAD-7 and CESD-R-10 among adolescents in Canada. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Otto C, Ravens-Sieberer U. Measuring health-related quality of life in young children with physical illness: psychometric properties of the parent-reported KIDSCREEN-27. Quality of Life Research, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Meyer S, Yessis J, Reaume SV, Lipman E, Gorter JW. COVID-19-related psychological and psychosocial distress among parents and youth with physical illness: a longitudinal study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021, 12: 761968. Pubmed
McDonald E, Whitney S, Horricks L, Lipman EL, Ferro MA. Parent-child agreement on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID). Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021, 30(4), 264-272. Pubmed
Amani B, Merza D, Savoy C, Streiner D, Bieling P, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ. Peer-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for postpartum depression: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2021, 83(1), 21m13928. Pubmed
Williams GC, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Associations between longitudinal patterns of substance use and anxiety and depression symptoms among a sample of Canadian secondary school students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Layton H, Savoy CD, Brown JSL, Ferro MA, Streiner DL, Bieling PJ, Feller A, Hanna S. Effect of online 1-day cognitive behavioral therapy-based workshops plus usual care vs usual care alone for postpartum depression: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Qureshi SA, Shanahan L, Otto C, Ravens-Sieberer U. Health‑related quality of life in children with and without physical–mental multimorbidity. Quality of Life Research, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Cahill PT, Ferro MA, Campbell, WN, Ronen GM. Self-esteem mediates mental health outcomes in young people with epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2021, 26(9), 2072-2081. Pubmed
Romano I, Buchan C, Baiocco-Romano L, Ferro MA. Physical-mental multimorbidity in children and youth: a scoping review. BMJ open, 2021, 11(5), e043124. Pubmed
Doggett A, Gohari MR , Godin KM, Ferro MA, Patte KA, Leatherdale ST. Cannabis use, screen time, and internalizing symptoms among Canadian youth: testing mediation pathways. Substance use & misuse, 2021, 56(8), 1232-1240. Pubmed
Williams GC, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Substance use classes and symptoms of anxiety and depression among Canadian secondary school students. Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada: research, policy and practice, 2021, 41(5), 153-164. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Van Lieshout RJ, Timmons B, Shanahan L, Gorter JW, Georgiades K, Boyle M. Cohort profile: multimorbidity in children and youth across the life-course (MY LIFE) study. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021, 30(2),104-115. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Browne DT. Mental health care costs among youth with comorbid mental disorders. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 2021, In Press. Pubmed
Ciccarelli TM, Leatherdale ST, Perlman C, Thompson K, Ferro MA. Steering clear: traffic violations among emerging adults who engage in habitual or casual cannabis use. Accident; analysis and prevention, 2021, 153, 106059. Pubmed
Faltyn M, Savoy C, Krzeczkowski JE, Ferro MA, Colman I, Van Lieshout RJ. Exploring links between prenatal adversity and adolescent psychiatric risk in a Canadian population-based sample. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2021, 42(6), 457-462. Pubmed
Swan C, Ferro MA, Thomspon K. Does how you use matter? The link between mode of use and cannabis-related risk. Addictive Behaviors, 2021, 112, 106620. Pubmed
Tompke BK, Ferro MA. Measurement invariance and informant discrepancies of the KIDSCREEN-27 in children with mental disorder. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021,16, 891-910. Article
McGuckin T, Ferro MA, Hammond D, Stewart S, Maloney-Hall B, Madi N, Porath A, Perlman, CM. How high? Trends in cannabis use prior to first admission to inpatient psychiatry in Ontario, Canada, between 2007 and 2017: À quelle hauteur? Les tendances de l’usage du cannabis avant la première hospitalisation en psychiatrie en Ontario, Canada entre 2007 et 2017. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, In Press. Article
Phillips NL, Widjaja E, Speechley K, Ferro M, Connolly M, Major P, Gallagher A, Ramachandrannair R, Almubarak S, Hasal S, Andrade A, Xu Q, Leung E, Snead OC, Smith ML. Longitudinal changes in emotional functioning following pediatric resective epilepsy surgery: 2-year follow-up. Epilepsy & Behavior, 114(Pt A), 107585. Pubmed
Sampasa-Kanyinga H, Chaput JP, Goldfield GS, Janssen I, Wang J, Hamilton HA, Ferro MA, Colman I. The Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines and psychological distress among adolescents. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2020, e706743720970863. Pubmed
Tajik-Parvinchi D, Davis A, Roth S, Rosenbaum P, Hopmans SN, Dudin A, Hall G, Gorter JW, MyStory Study Group. Functional connectivity and quality of life in young adults with cerebral palsy: a feasibility study. BMC Neurology, 2020, 20, 388. Pubmed
Romano I, Ferro MA, Patte KA, Diener E, Leatherdale ST. Measurement invariance of the Flourishing Scale among a large sample of Canadian adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17(21), 7800. Pubmed
Aleyan S, Ferro MA, Hitchman SC, Leatherdale ST. Does having one or more smoking friends mediate the transition from e-cigarette use to cigarette smoking? A longitudinal study of Canadian youth. Cancer Causes & Control, 2020, 32(1), 67-74. Pubmed
Dol M, McDonald E, Ferro MA. Psychometric properties of the CESD, STAI-T, and PSS among parents of children with mental illness. Journal of Family Studies, 2020, In Press. Article
Puka K, Ferro MA, Camfield CS, Levin SD, Smith ML, Wiebe S, Zou G, Speechley KN. Self-reported quality of life and degree of youth-parent agreement: A long-term follow-up of childhood-onset epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2020, 61(10), 2254-2264. Pubmed
Minhas M, Oshri A, Amlung M, Dennhardt A, Ferro MA, Halladay J, Munn C, Tucker J, Murphy J, MacKillop J. Latent Profile Analysis of Heavy Episodic Drinking in Emerging Adults: A Reinforcer Pathology Approach. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2020, 44(10), 2130-2140. Pubmed
Doan N, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Reluctancy towards Help-Seeking for Mental Health Concerns at Secondary School among Students in the COMPASS Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17(19), E7128. Pubmed
Reaume S, Luther A, Ferro MA. Physical Morbidity and Mental Health Care Among Young People. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2020, 38(3), 540. Article
Oltean I, Perlman C, Meyer S, Ferro MA. Child Mental Illness and Mental Health Service Use: Role of Family Functioning (Family Functioning and Child Mental Health). Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2020, 29, 2602–2613. Article
Luther AWM, Reaume SV, Qadeer RA, Thompson K, Ferro MA. Substance use disorders among youth with chronic physical illness. Addictive Behaviors, 2020, 110:106517. Pubmed
Puka K, Ferro MA, Camfield CS, Levin SD, Smith ML, Wiebe S, Zou G, Anderson KK, Speechley KN. Trajectories of quality of life 10 years following a diagnosis of epilepsy in childhood. Epilepsia, 2020, 61(7), 1453-1463. Pubmed
Puka K, Speechley KN, Ferro MA. Convulsive status epilepticus in children recently diagnosed with epilepsy and long-term health-related quality of life. Seizure, 2020, 80, 49-52. PubMed
Pei J, Reid‑Westoby C, Siddiqua A, Elshamy Y, Rorem D, Bennett T, Birken C, Coplan R, Duku E, Ferro MA, Forer B, Georgiades S, Gorter JW, Guhn M, Maguire J, Manson H, Santos R, Brownell M, Janus M. Teacher-Reported Prevalence of FASD in Kindergarten in Canada: Association with Child Development and Problems at Home. Journal of Autism Developmental Disorders, 2020, 51(2), 433-443. PubMed
Aleyan S, Hitchman SC, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Trends and predictors of exclusive e-cigarette use, exclusive smoking and dual use among youth in Canada. Addictive Behaviors, 2020, 109, 106481. Article
Lund J, Savoy C, Schmidt L, Ferro MA, Saigal S, Van Lieshout RJ. The influence of pre and postnatal adversity on depression and anxiety over two decades. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020, 271(2020), 178-184. Article
Jain P, Smith ML, Speechley KN, Ferro MA, Snead OC, Connolly M, Go C, Ramachandrannair R, Almubarak S, Andrade A, Widjaja E. Seizure freedom mediated the improvement in health-related quality of life following epilepsy surgery in children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 2020, 62(5), 600-608. Article
Rosic T, Avery L, Streiner DL, Ferro MA, Rosenbaum P, Cunningham C, Ronen GM. Longitudinal trajectories of self-reported depressive symptoms in children with epilepsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 2020, 62(5), 593-599. Pubmed
Tang J, Perlman C, Leatherdale ST, Ferro MA. Perceived needs for mental healthcare among emerging adults with cancer. Emerging Adulthood, 2020, In Press. Article
Young J, Savoy C, Colman I, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ. Psychiatric disorders in the adolescent offspring of mothers with thyroid problems during pregnancy. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2020, 51(3), 461-470. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Gonzalez A. Hair cortisol concentration mediates the association between parent and child psychopathology. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2020, 114(4), 104613. Pubmed
Puka K, Goodwin SW, Ferro MA, Smith ML, Widjaja E, Anderson KK, Speechley KN. 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. Epilepsy and behavior, 2020, 104(2020), 106904. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Layton H, Feller A, Ferro MA, Biscaro A, Bieling PJ. Public health nurse delivered group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for postpartum depression: A pilot study. Public Health Nursing, 2020, 37(1), 50-55. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Savoy CD, Ferro MA, Krzeczkowski JE, Colman I. Macrosomia and psychiatric risk in adolescence. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2020, 29(11), 1537-1545. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Favotto L, Ferro MA, Niccols A, Saigal S, Morrison K, Schmidt L. The children of preterm survivors: shyness, parenting, and parental stress. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 2020, 11(4), 410-414. Pubmed
Romano I, Butler A, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. High school bullying and mental disorder: an examination of the association with flourishing and emotional regulation. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2020, 2, 241-252. Article
Tompke BK, Tang J, Oltean II, Buchan MC, Reaume SV, Ferro MA. Measurement invariance of the WHODAS 2.0 across youth with and without physical or mental conditions. Assessment, 2020, 27 (7), 1490-1501. Pubmed
Doan N, Ferro MA. Sleep duration and eating behaviours in youth: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 2019, 9, e030457. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Van Lieshout RJ, Gorter JW, Shanahan L, Boyle M, Georgiades K, Timmons B. Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): protocol of a Canadian prospective study. BMJ Open, 2019, 9, e034544. Article
Kornelsen E, Buchan MC, Gonzalez A, Ferro MA. Hair cortisol concentration and mental disorder in children with chronic physical illness. Chronic Stress, 2019, 3, doi: 10.1177/2470547019875116. Pubmed
Fayed N, Avery L, Davis AM, Streiner DL, Ferro M, Rosenbaum P, Cunningham C, Lach L, Boyle M, Glidden G, Ronen GM. Parent proxy discrepancy groups of quality of life in childhood epilepsy. Value in Health, 2019, 22(7), 822-828. Pubmed
Petker TD, Halladay J, Vedelago L, Ferro MA, Tucker J, Goldman MS, Murphy JG, MacKillop J. Predictors of aging out of heavy episodic drinking in emerging adults: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 2019, 8, 230. Pubmed
Butler A, Romano I, Patte K, Ferro MA, de Groh M, Jiang Y, Leatherdale ST. Psychological correlates and binge drinking behaviours among Canadian youth: a cross-sectional analysis of the mental health pilot data from the COMPASS study. BMJ Open, 2019, 9(6), e028558. Pubmed
Boyle MH, Georgiades K, Duncan L, Comeau J, Wang L, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study – methodology. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 237-245. Pubmed
Georgiades K, Duncan L, Wang L, Comeau J, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Six-month prevalence of mental disorders and service contacts among children and youth in Ontario: evidence from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 246-255. Pubmed
Comeau J, Georgiades K, Duncan L, Wang L, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Changes in the prevalence of child and youth mental disorders and perceived need for professional help between 1983 and 2014: evidence from the Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 256-264. Pubmed
Boyle MH, Georgiades K, Duncan L, Wang L, Comeau J, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Poverty, neighbourhood antisocial behaviour and child mental health problems: findings from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 285-293. Pubmed
Duncan L, Georgiades K, Birch S, Comeau J, Wang L, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Children’s mental health need and expenditures in Ontario: findings from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 275-284. Pubmed
Georgiades K, Boylan K, Duncan L, Wang L, Colman I, Rhodes AE, Bennett K, Comeau J, Manion I, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Prevalence and correlates of youth suicidal ideation and attempts: evidence from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 265-274. Pubmed
Waddell C, Georgiades K, Duncan L, Comeau J, Reid GJ, O’Briain W, Lampard R, Boyle MH, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). 2014 Ontario Child Health Study findings: policy implications for Canada. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 227-231. Pubmed
Boyle MH, Duncan L, Georgiades K, Comeau J, Reid GJ, O’Briain W, Lampard R, Waddell C, & the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team (2019). Tracking children’s mental health in the 21st century: lessons from the 2014 OCHS. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(4), 232-236. Pubmed
Reaume SV, Ferro MA. Chronicity of mental comorbidity in children with new-onset physical illness. Child: Care, Health and Development, 2019, 45(4), 559-567. Pubmed
Brown DMY, Mahlberg N, Pohl D, Timmons BW, Bray SR, Streiner DL, Ferro MA, Hamer S, Rosenbaum PL, Ronen GM. Can behavioral strategies increase physical activity and influence depressive symptoms and quality of life among children with epilepsy? Results of a randomized controlled trial. Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019, 94, 158-166. Pubmed
Van Lieshout RJ, Layton H, Rangan M, Ferro MA, Brown JSL, Bieling PJ. Treating postpartum depression with 1-day cognitive behavioural therapy-based workshops. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2019, 41(5), 591-592. Pubmed
Ferro MA. The psychometric properties of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) in an epidemiological sample of Canadian youth. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2019, 64(9), 647-657. Pubmed
Duncan L, Georgiades K, Wang L, Comeau J, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Szatmari P, Bennett K, MacMillan HL, Lipman EL, Janus M, Kata A, Boyle MH. The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) part I: a checklist for dimensional measurement of selected DSM-5 Disorders. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(6), 423-433. Pubmed
Boyle MH, Duncan L, Georgiades K, Wang L, Comeau J, Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Szatmari P, MacMillan HL, Bennett K, Janus M, Lipman EL, Kata A. The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) part II: psychometric adequacy for categorical measurement of selected DSM-5 disorders. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(6), 434-442. Pubmed
Oltean II, Ferro MA. Agreement of child and parent-proxy reported health-related quality of life in children with mental disorder. Quality of Life Research, 2019, 28(3), 703-712. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Van Lieshout RJ, Boyle MH, Gorter JW, MacMillan HL, Gonzalez A, Georgiades K. Mental-physical multimorbidity in youth: associations with individual, family, and health service use outcomes. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2019, 50(3), 400-410. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Traffic violations among young people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(7), 511-515. Pubmed
Qadeer RA, Georgiades K, Boyle MH, Ferro MA. An epidemiological study of substance use disorders among emerging and young adults. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 64(5), 313-320. Pubmed
Puka K, Ferro MA, Anderson KK, Speechley KN. Prevalence and trajectories of depressive symptoms among mothers of children with newly-diagnosed epilepsy: a longitudinal 10-year study. Epilepsia, 2019, 60(2), 358-366. Pubmed
Goodwin S, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Measurement equivalence of the short-form Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-16). Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019, 90(2019), 142-147. Pubmed
Butler A, Patte KA, Ferro MA, Leatherdale ST. Interrelationships among depression, anxiety, flourishing, and cannabis use in youth. Addictive Behaviors, 2019, 89(2019), 206-215. Pubmed
Qadeer RA, Wong FC, MacKillop J, Ferro MA. A comparative study of substance use in young adolescents with and without chronic health conditions. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2018, 27(5-6), 297-304. Article
Romano I, Buchan MC, Ferro MA. Multimorbidity in children and youth: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 2018, 8, e022413. Article
Janus M, Brownell M, Reid-Westoby C, Bennett T, Birken C, Coplan R, Duku E, Ferro MA, Forer B, Georgiades S, Gorter JW, Guhn M, Maguire JL, Manson H, Pei J, Santos R. Establishing a protocol for building a pan-Canadian population-based monitoring system for early childhood development for children with health disorders – Canadian Children’s Health in Context Study (CCHICS). BMJ Open, 2018, 8, e023688. Article
England-Mason G, Casey B, Ferro MA, Tonmyr L, MacMillan H, Gonzalez A. Child maltreatment and adult multimorbidity: results from the Canadian Community Health Survey. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2018, 109(4), 561-572. Article
Van Lieshout RJ, Ferro MA, Schmidt LA, Boyle MH, Saigal S, Morrison KM, Mathewson KJ. Trajectories of psychopathology in extremely low birth weight survivors from early adolescence to adulthood: a 20-year longitudinal study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2018, 59(11), 1192-1200. Pubmed
Goodwin S, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Development and assessment of the Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-16). Epilepsia, 2018, 59(3), 668-678. Pubmed
Puka K, Tavares TP, Anderson KK, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. A systematic review of quality of life in parents of children with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 2018, 82, 38-45. Pubmed
Zelman JJ, Ferro MA. The Parental Stress Scale: psychometric properties in families of children with chronic health conditions. Journal of Family Relations, 2018, 67(2), 240-252. Article
Choi C, Ferro MA. Comparing self-concept among youth currently receiving inpatient versus outpatient mental health services. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2018, 27(1), 57–62. Article
Dobson KG, Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Schmidt LA, Saigal S, Van Lieshout RJ. How do childhood intelligence and early psychosocial adversity influence income attainment among adult extremely low birth weight survivors? A test of the cognitive reserve hypothesis. Development and Psychopathology, 2018, 30(4),1421-1434. Pubmed
Duncan L, Georgiades K, Wang L, Van Lieshout RJ, MacMillan HL, Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Szatmari P, Bennett KJ, Kata A, Janus M, Boyle MH. Psychometric evaluation of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID). Psychological Assessment, 2018, 30(7), 916-928. Pubmed
Day K, Dobson KG, Schmidt LA, Ferro MA, Saigal S, Boyle MH, Van Lieshout RJ. Exposure to overprotective parenting and psychopathology in extremely low birth weight survivors in adulthood. Child: Care, Health and Development, 2018, 44(2), 234-239. Pubmed
Butler A, Van Lieshout RJ, Lipman EL, MacMillan HL, Gonzalez A, Gorter JW, Georgiades K, Speechley KN, Boyle MH, Ferro MA. Mental disorder in children with physical conditions: a pilot study. BMJ Open, 2018, 8, e019011. Article
Poole KL, Schmidt LA, Ferro MA, Missiuna C, Saigal S, Boyle MH, Van Lieshout RJ. Early developmental influences on self-esteem trajectories from adolescence through adulthood: impact of birth weight and motor skills. Development and Psychopathology, 2018, 30(1), 113-123. Pubmed
Qadeer RA, Ferro MA. Child–parent agreement on health-related quality of life in children with newly diagnosed chronic health conditions: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2018, 23(1), 99-108. Article
Ferro MA, Rhodes A, *Kimber M, *Duncan L, Boyle MH, Georgiades K, Gonzalez A, MacMillan H. Suicidal behaviour among young people with self-report chronic illness. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017, 62(12), 845-853. Pubmed
Qadeer RA, Shanahan L, Ferro MA. Chronic disruptive pain in young people with and without chronic conditions: the moderating role of psychiatric disorder. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2017, 17(2017), 30-36. Pubmed
Ferro MA, Tang J. Psychometric properties of the Self-Perception Profile for Children in children with chronic physical conditions. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2017, 26(2), 119-124. Article
Ferro MA, Avery L, Fayed N, Streiner DL, Cunningham CE, Boyle MH, Lach L, Glidden G, Rosenbaum PL, Ronen GM; QUALITÉ group. Child- and parent-reported quality of life trajectories in children with epilepsy: a prospective cohort study. Epilepsia, 2017, 58(7), 1277-1287. Pubmed
Conway L, Widjaja E, Smith ML, Speechley KN, Ferro MA. Validating the shortened Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-55) in a sample of children with drug-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2017, 58(4), 646-656. PubMed
Dobson KG, Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Schmidt LA, Saigal S, Van Lieshout RJ. Socioeconomic attainment of extremely low birth weight survivors: the role of early cognition. Pediatrics, 2017, 139(3), e20162545. PubMed
Boyle MH, Duncan L, Georgiades K, Bennett KJ, Gonzalez A, Van Lieshout RJ, Szatmari P, MacMillan HL, Kata A, Ferro MA, Lipman EL, Janus M. Classifying child and adolescent psychiatric disorder by problem checklists and standardized interviews. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 2017, 26(4), e1544. PubMed
Van Lieshout RJ, Yang L, Haber E, Ferro MA. Evaluating the effectiveness of a brief cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for perinatal depression. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 2017, 20(1), 225-228. PubMed
†Saigal S, †Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Schmidt LA, Morrison KM, Boyle MH. Health-related quality of life trajectories of extremely low birth weight survivors into adulthood. Journal of Pediatrics, 2016, 179(December), 68-73. †Authors contributed equally to this work and are both considered first author. PubMed
Savoy C, Ferro MA, Schmidt LA, Saigal S, Van Lieshout RJ. Prenatal betamethasone exposure and psychopathology risk in extremely low birth weight survivors in the third and fourth decades of life. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2016, 74(December), 278-285. PubMed
Wathen CN, Tanaka M, MacGregor JCD, Ferro MA, McKee C, Boyle M, Ford-Gilboe M, MacMillan HL. Trajectories for women who disclose intimate partner violence in health care settings: the key role of abuse severity. International Journal of Public Health, 2016, 61(8), 873-882. PubMed
Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Ohayon H, Scott J. Emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents and young adults with food allergy. Allergy 2016, 71(4):532-540. PubMed
Ferro MA, Goodwin S, Sabaz M, Speechley KN. Measurement equivalence of the newly developed Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-55). Epilepsia 2016, 57(3):427-435. PubMed
Ferro MA, Van Lieshout RJ, Scott J, Alati R, Mamun AA, Dingle K. Condition-specific associations of symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescents and young adults with asthma and food allergy. Journal of Asthma 2016, 53(3):282-288. PubMed
Ferro MA. Major depressive disorder, suicidal behavior, bipolar disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder among emerging adults with and without chronic health conditions. Epidemiology & Psychiatric Sciences 2016, 25(5):462-474. PubMed
Conway L, Smith ML, Ferro MA, Speechley KN, Connolly MB, Snead OC, Widjaja E, PEPSQOL Study Team. Correlates of health-related quality of life in children with drug resistant epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2016, 57(8), 1256-1264. PubMed
Kimber M, Rehm J, Ferro MA. Measurement invariance of the WHODAS 2.0 in a population-based sample of youth. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(11): e0142385. Article
Ferro MA. Mediated moderation of the relation between maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms: role of adolescent physical health. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2015, 50(11):1743-1751. PubMed
Ferro MA, Gorter JW, Boyle MH. Trajectories of depressive symptoms in Canadian emerging adults. American Journal of Public Health 2015, 105(11):2322-2327. PubMed
Van Lieshout RJ, Boyle MH, Schmidt LA, Saigal S, Ferro MA. Measurement invariance across parent and self-ratings of extremely low birth weight survivors and normal birth weight controls in childhood and adolescence on the Child Behavior Checklist and Youth Self Report. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2015, 40(8):825-833. PubMed
Goodwin S, Lambrinos AL, Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Development and assessment of a shortened Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-55). Epilepsia 2015, 56(6):864-872. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Avison WR. Trajectories of maternal depression and subsequent psychological functioning in adolescents with and without chronic physical illness. Health Psychology 2015, 34(8):820-828. PubMed
Ferro MA, Gorter JW, Boyle MH. Trajectories of depressive symptoms during the transition to young adulthood: the role of chronic illness. Journal of Affective Disorders 2015, 174(2015):594-601. PubMed
Ferro MA. Family matters – social competence in children with epilepsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2015, 57(1):6-7. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH. The impact of chronic physical illness, maternal depressive symptoms, family functioning, and self-esteem on symptoms of anxiety and depression in children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 2015, 43(1):177-187. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Alati R, Scott J, Dingle K. Maternal psychological distress partially mediates physician visits in a population-based sample of adolescents with asthma. Journal of Asthma 2015, 52(2):170-175. PubMed
Ferro MA. Risk factors for health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a meta-analysis. Epilepsia 2014, 55(11):1722-31. PubMed
Ferro MA, Chin R, Camfield CS, Wiebe S, Levin SD, Speechley KN. Convulsive status epilepticus and health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy. Neurology 2014; 83(8):752-757. PubMed
Ferro MA. Missing data in longitudinal studies: cross-sectional multiple imputation provides similar estimates to full-information maximum likelihood. Annals of Epidemiology 2014; 24(1):75-77. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH, Dingle K, Scott J. The Child Behavior Checklist and Youth Self-Report in adolescents with epilepsy: testing measurement invariance of the Attention and Thought Problems subscales. Epilepsy & Behavior 2014; 31:34-42. PubMed
Tan M, Dyck BA, Gabriele J, Daya R, Thomas N, Sookram C, Basu D, Ferro MA, Mishra R. Synapsin II gene expression in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of brain specimens from patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The Pharmacogenomics Journal 2014; 14(1):63-69. PubMed
Ferro MA. Adolescents and young adults with physical illness: a comparative study of psychological distress. Acta Paediatrica 2014; 103(1):e32-e37. PubMed
Ferro MA, Camfield, CS, Levin SD, Smith ML, Wiebe S, Zou GY, Speechley KN. Trajectories of health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a cohort study. Epilepsia 2013; 54(11):1889-1897. PubMed
Lubarda J, Groleau S, Thomas N, Ferro M, Mishra R, Gabriele J. Dysregulation of novel catecholamine-regulated protein 40 (CRP40) in Parkinson’s disease patients. Movement Disorders 2013; 28(10):1460-1461. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH. Self-concept among children and adolescents with a chronic illness: a meta-analytic review. Health Psychology 2013; 32(8):839-848. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH. Brief report: Testing measurement invariance and differences in self-concept between adolescents with and without physical illness or developmental disability. J Adolescence 2013; 36(5):947-951. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Stability of latent classes in group-based trajectory modeling of depressive symptoms in mothers of children with epilepsy: an internal validation study using a bootstrapping procedure. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2013; 48(7):1077-1086. PubMed
Ferro MA, Boyle MH. Longitudinal invariance of measurement and structure of global self-concept: a population-based study examining trajectories among adolescents with and without chronic illness. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2013; 38(4):425-437. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Factor structure and longitudinal invariance of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in adult women: application in mothers of children with epilepsy. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 2013; 16(2):159-166. PubMed
Ferro MA, Landgraf JM, Speechley KN. Factor structure of the Child Health Questionnaire Parent Form-50 and predictors of health-related quality of life in children newly diagnosed with epilepsy. Quality of Life Research 2013; 22(8):2201-2211. PubMed
Groleau SE, Lubarda J, Thomas N, Ferro MA, Pristupa ZB, Mishra RK, Gabriele JP. Human blood analysis reveals dysregulation of the novel catecholamine-regulated protein 40 (CRP40) in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2013; 43(1):203-206. PubMed
Speechley KN, Ferro MA, Camfield CS, Huang W, Levin SD, Smith ML, Wiebe S, Zou GY. Quality of life in children with new-onset epilepsy: a two-year prospective cohort study. Neurology 2012; 79(15):1548-1555. PubMed
Ferro MA, Ferro AL, Boyle MH. A systematic review of self-concept in adolescents with epilepsy. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2012; 37(9):945-958. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Examining clinically relevant levels of depressive symptoms in mothers following a diagnosis of epilepsy in their children: a prospective analysis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2012; 47(9):1419-1428. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Depressive symptoms in mothers of children with epilepsy: a comparison of growth curve and latent class modeling. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2012; 12(1):44-61. Article
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. What about dads? An exploratory analysis of depressive symptoms in paternal primary caregivers of children with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior 2012; 23(1):90-91. PubMed
Ferro MA. A population-based study of the prevalence and sociodemographic risk factors of self-reported epilepsy among adults in the United Kingdom. Seizure 2011; 20(10):784-788. PubMed
Dyck B, Bayaert M, Ferro M, Mishra R. Medial prefrontal cortical synapsin II knock-down induces behavioral abnormalities in the rat: Examining synapsin II in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2011; 130(1-3):250-259. PubMed
Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN. Prevalence and trajectories of depressive symptoms in mothers of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy. Epilepsia 2011; 52(2):326-336. PubMed
Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN. The impact of maternal depressive symptoms on health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a prospective study of family environment as mediators and moderators. Epilepsia 2011; 52(2):316-325. PubMed
Ferro MA, Avison WR, Campbell MK, Speechley KN. Do depressive symptoms affect mothers’ reports of child outcomes in children with new-onset epilepsy? Quality of Life Research 2010; 19(7):955-964. PubMed
Gabriele JP, Pontoriero GF, Thomas N, Ferro MA, Mahadevan G, MacCrimmon DJ, Pristupa ZB, Mishra RK. Antipsychotic drug use is correlated with CRP40/mortalin mRNA expression in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of human postmortem brain specimens. Schizophrenia Research 2010; 119(1-3):228-231. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Depressive symptoms among mothers of children with epilepsy: a review of prevalence, associated factors, and impact on children. Epilepsia 2009; 50(11):2344-2354. PubMed
Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Complementary and alternative medicine use in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a systematic review of prevalence and evidence. Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine 2008; 5(1):33. Article
Ferro MA, Leis A, Doll R, Chiu L, Chung M, Barroetavena MC. The impact of acculturation on the use of traditional Chinese medicine in newly diagnosed Chinese cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer 2007; 15(8):985-992. PubMed
Leis A, Ferro MA. Complementary and alternative medicine: responding to the needs of cancer patients. Oncology Exchange 2006; 5(4):57-60. Article
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