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A new study led by core Offord member Amanda Sim shows that screenings of a locally-produced narrative film about parenting led to a significant reduction in physical violence against children in Asia. McMaster Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences Read more: offordcentre.com/the-power-of-c…

📢 Check out this commentary in Journal of Adolescent Health from Offord researchers. It covers the pandemic-related factors to consider when evaluating how well evidence on youth's mental health service use during COVID-19 applies to different settings. Read: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#Congratulations to AYM Postdoc Nicole Dryburgh, PhD for delivering a wonderful presentation on youth's relationships, #mentalhealth, and measurement promotion at the The Offord Centre for Child Studies's Lunch and Learn today!

AYM's #research and #team members are featured in the The Offord Centre for Child Studies's 2024 Impact Report. Thank you to the Offord community and its partners for an insightful year! 🎉✨

Thank you to Offord postdoctoral fellow Nicole Dryburgh for taking part in our lunch and learn series! Dr. Dryburgh spoke about the importance of advancing youth mental health through interpersonal relationships.

📢 New research alert: What factors are linked to higher use of intense mental health care in kids and teens? The study, published in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, from Offord and McMaster Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences researchers dive into the key insights to guide support. Read: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

Congratulations to AYM postdoc, Dr Emma Nolan for being appointed as a Lecturer in Psychology and Mental Health within the School of Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast! 👏 Read more about Emma's new role here: aym.mcmaster.ca/aym-postdoctor…

Having such a brilliant time at the American PsychoPathological Association 2025 conference. This year’s focus is on social determinants of psychopathology. Such a pleasure presenting our McMaster Advancing Youth Mental Health (AYM) Team work on measurement of youth mental health and longitudinal changes in functional difficulties 😊

📢 NEW 📢 The AYM Team has launched a platform for sharing #CHSCY research proposals and publications on Open Science Framework (OSF). Learn more about OSF will support our commitment to following our Guiding Principle of #Research Integrity: mailchi.mp/81ecf50e94f0/c…

Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Sim, AYM Affiliate and The Offord Centre for Child Studies Member, who received a #Research Grant through SickKids Foundation and CIHR! This supports her work co-designing and testing an intervention to improve the #mentalhealth of refugee families: sickkidsfoundation.com/aboutus/grants…

📢 New pub w/ MacART members Drs. Chen, Szatmari, Duku, Bennett & Georgiades! 📖 “Sex-Differential Trajectories of Domain-Specific Associations Between Autistic Traits & Co-Occurring Emotional-Behavioral Concerns in Autistic Children”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.100… #Autism #Research

📄 New article feature! New findings from the #Ontario School Mental Health Surveys show it is important to support both student and #teacher mental health. 🏫 Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1186/s40359… Vanessa De Rubeis Jillian Halladay (she/her) Kathy Georgiades

#Congratulations to Dr. Mahdis Kamali (Mahdis Kamali) who has successfully defended her #PhD in Health Research Methodology McMaster University! 👏 Read more about Mahdis' PhD and time at AYM here: aym.mcmaster.ca/aym-trainee-su…

MSc student Ryan Miller's research shows that targeted efforts should be made to ensure low-income households have their healthcare needs met to avoid poorer health outcomes. #MCHRD2025 #ChildHealth #Research #Presentation

📄 New article feature! Data from the #Ontario School Mental Health Principal Survey was used to develop the "School Organizational Conditions for Mental Health Programming Measure." 🧠 Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s12310… Nicole Dryburgh, PhD Kathy Georgiades

Thank you to McMaster Child Health Research for creating space for us to present our work and learn from others! We look forward to sharing team photos and updates from the day 📸

#Congratulations to AYM team members (Ryan Miller, Kate Jamieson, and Alisha Haseeb) for presenting at the 2025 #MCHRD! Learn about their presentations here: aym.mcmaster.ca/aym-team-prese… McMaster Child Health Research

📣 AYM member Ryan Miller is featured in this article for his Master's thesis—amazing job, Ryan! #MCHRD2025