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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Future eating disorder prevention programs to target ‘body-checking’ behaviours

New research suggests that body-checking behaviours — like frequent weighing or scrutinizing one's body in the mirror — could be key targets for eating disorder prevention programs.

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Congratulations CIHR Grant Recipients!

Congratulations to the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Fall 2020 competition.

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Empowering kids with DCD helps ensure occupational therapy success

There are approximately 1-2 kids with developmental coordination disorder in every Canadian classroom. A new study finds that when these kids are given a choice regarding their own treatment goals, the outcomes are likely to be better.

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Survey seeks to learn about mental health impacts of COVID-19 on children, youth and adults

A new online survey by researchers at BC Children's Hospital, the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University aims to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health of children, youth and adults.

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Congratulations to the 2020 UBC Faculty of Medicine Award recipients!

We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children’s Hospital investigators recognized in the 2020 UBC Faculty of Medicine Awards.

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