Melanie McConnell

Research: Tic Busters group pilot study
This pilot study evaluates treatment outcomes of a group adaptation of an evidence-based treatment for tics in school age children.

Facing Your Fears treatment outcome study
This study evaluates creative ways to assess anxiety in children with high-functioning autism. It also aims to better understand parent and child factors that increase treatment response to a cognitive-behavioural anxiety treatment group for children with high-functioning autism.

Grants

2012
Mental Health Research Grant ($30,000)

Honours & Awards

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2001-2004

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Marijuana as medicine for kids with cancer: An emerging field of desperately-needed research

There are currently no evidence-based guidelines for medical marijuana use in pediatric patients. Dr. Rod Rassekh is focused on research that will provide better understanding on the risks and potential benefits of therapeutic cannabis.

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World-class scientists will educate teens about child and adolescent mental health at Mini Med School

Dr. Bob McMahon and Dr. Janet Mah wish they'd learned more about child and adolescent mental health when they were teenagers. Now these co-deans of Mini Med School are ensuring young people today are better informed.

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Preventing the worst: Raising awareness to reduce suicides

In Canada, suicide ranks as the second greatest cause of mortality among teenagers and young adults. It remains the leading cause of mental health emergency care for people of all socioeconomic backgrounds across the province.

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Planting the seed for lifelong resilience in teens through mindfulness

The importance of self-care has become more and more evident, especially during these pandemic times. Yet, practicing self-care is highly personal and can look very different from one person to the next. For International Self-Care Day, we talked with Dr. Dzung Vo about self-care and his clinical work with teenagers on mindfulness-based interventions.

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Brain changes observed in children with DCD after 10-week-long intervention

New research shows that an occupational therapy program called CO-OP leads to changes in brain regions associated with movement, balance, and motor learning in children with developmental coordination disorder.

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