Maintenance study for adolescent depressionAmy Cheung
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 18:389-94. 2008
..This study examines the benefit of maintenance treatment with sertraline in adolescents aged 13-19 years with major depression using a multi-site randomized placebo controlled discontinuation design...
Overview of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of reminders in improving healthcare professional behaviorAmy Cheung
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 33 Russell St, 3rd Floor Tower, Toronto, ON, Canada
Syst Rev 1:36. 2012
..The purpose of this project was to conduct an overview of existing systematic reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of reminders in changing professional behavior in clinical settings...
- Factors associated with use of mental health services for depressed and/or suicidal youth aged 15-24
Amy Cheung
Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Ment Health J 45:300-6. 2009
..77, 95% CI 1.14, 2.76), and low income (OR 1.89, 95% CI 1.11, 3.23). The findings suggest differences in the factors associated with mental health service use between youth aged 15-18 and 19-24 with depression and/or suicidality...
- Pediatric depressive disorders: management priorities in primary care
Amy H Cheung
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada bHealth Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada
Curr Opin Pediatr 20:551-9. 2008
..This review will examine the current evidence for the identification and management of pediatric depression in primary care...
- Anxiety as a predictor of treatment outcome in children and adolescents with depression
Amy Cheung
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 20:211-6. 2010
..The aim of this study was to examine the impact of co-morbid illnesses on treatment outcomes in depressed children and adolescents aged 7-17 who were treated with fluoxetine...
- A population-based analysis of distinguishers of bipolar disorder from major depressive disorder
Ayal Schaffer
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room FG 29 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
J Affect Disord 125:103-10. 2010
..The objective of this study was to identify distinguishers of BD from MDD in a population-based sample...
Comparison of antidepressant use between subjects with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder with or without comorbid anxietyAyal Schaffer
Mood Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1785-92. 2007
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- Differences in prevalence and treatment of bipolar disorder among immigrants: results from an epidemiologic survey
Ayal Schaffer
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Can J Psychiatry 54:734-42. 2009
..To add to the limited data on the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and treatment of bipolar disorder (BD) among immigrants...
- Pediatric prescribing practices and the FDA Black-box warning on antidepressants
Amy Cheung
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
J Dev Behav Pediatr 29:213-5. 2008
..Paralleling this decrease is an associated increase in completed suicides in youth. To date, no study has examined, on a clinician level, the changes in practice that have occurred subsequent to the FDA warning...
- Direct health care costs of treating seasonal affective disorder: a comparison of light therapy and fluoxetine
Amy Cheung
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Depress Res Treat 2012:628434. 2012
..41 (z = -2.635, P = 0.008). Conclusion. The results suggest that individuals treated with medication had significantly less mental health care cost after-treatment compared to those treated with light therapy...
- Quality of life as an outcome indicator in patients with seasonal affective disorder: results from the Can-SAD study
Erin E Michalak
Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Psychol Med 37:727-36. 2007
..We report here on results from the Can-SAD trial, which assessed the impact of treatment with either antidepressant medication or light therapy upon QoL in patients diagnosed with SAD...
- Community survey of bipolar disorder in Canada: lifetime prevalence and illness characteristics
Ayal Schaffer
Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontatrio
Can J Psychiatry 51:9-16. 2006
..This study reports on the lifetime prevalence and illness characteristics of bipolar disorder (BD) in a large, representative sample of Canadians...
