Clinical Research Department: Research Annual Report 2003

The Clinical Research Department continues to support clinical research activities by producing publications, making presentations to the community and academic audiences, funding specific research proposals and providing start-up funds to "clinician-scientists" located in various clinical and research sections at CAMH.
During 2002/2003, the department funded studies by Dr. Carolina Cristi (Interpersonal Therapy Clinic, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program), Dr. Christine Wekerle (Child Psychiatry) and Dr. Peter Farvolden (Personality and Psychopathology Research Section). Dr. Beth Sproule has received continued research "start-up" funds.

Ms Justine Joseph, a student in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, also received funding, to examine race-related stressors, non-race-related stressors and the relation of these stressors to depression in Canadians of African descent.

Drs. Tony Toneatto and Bruna Brands received travel funds to attend international and national conferences on addiction. Dr. Brands has also received "bridge funding" for her work in a variety of areas related to addiction.

We collaborated with the Law and Mental Health and Child Psychiatry programs to support a conference at camh on risk assessment across the lifespan, addressing the probability of antisocial behaviour and violence across the lifespan. Dr. Nasreen Khatri, a post-doctoral fellow funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research, also received support from our department to advance her training in the area of depression and women.

Following previous investment in "between-program initiatives," Drs. Peter Farvolden, R. Michael Bagby and Tony Toneatto received renewed funding from the Ontario Problem Gaming Foundation to study personality variables in people who gamble.

The Personality and Psychopathology Research Section underwent an external review during the Fall of 2002. The review was conducted by Dr. Joel Paris, from the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, and Dr. Paul T. Costa, Jr., from the National Institute of Health (USA). This review produced uniformly positive appraisal, citing our section as one of the top personality disorder programs on the international stage and arguing for its expansion.

Dr. L. Trevor Young was appointed Acting Head of the Mood and Anxiety Research Section. Dr. R. Michael Bagby, who was the Acting Director of the department, was appointed Director in 2002.

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Clinical Research Department: Research Annual Report 2003

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