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Peter Silverstone

ResearcherPsychiatryUniversity of Alberta

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Peter Silverstone

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Domestic Violence Health System Transformation Service Delivery Sex And Gender-Based Analysis Community Engagement Disaster Research Fort Mcmurray Health Effects

Latest papers

Revisiting the knowledge concept of mental health literacy and its relationships with stigma.
Scientific reports · 2026
Resilience, personal recovery, and quality of life for psychiatric in-patients prior to hospital discharge: demographic and clinical determinants
Frontiers in Psychiatry · 2025
Assessing primary health care provider and organization readiness to address family violence in Alberta, Canada: development of a Delphi consensus readiness tool.
BMC primary care · 2024 · senior author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Mobilizing Knowledge on the Use of Virtual Care Interventions to Provide Trauma-Focused Treatment to Individuals and Families At-Risk of Domestic Violence During COVID-19
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Applying Lessons Learned from Research on the Health Effects of the 2016 Alberta Wildfire: A Strategy for Knowledge Exchange and Research Dissemination
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$73,210
The health effects of the Alberta wildfire and evacuation: Pediatric resiliency
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI

All 6 grants and awards

9 publications.

Revisiting the knowledge concept of mental health literacy and its relationships with stigma.

Wei Y, Sha L, McWeeny R, Johnston K, Bulut O, Cao B, Zhang Y, Baxter A, Carr W, Greenshaw A, Silverstone P, Kutcher S

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-50222-w PMID: 42034808

Resilience, personal recovery, and quality of life for psychiatric in-patients prior to hospital discharge: demographic and clinical determinants

Owusu E, Mao W, Shalaby R, Elgendy HE, Agyapong B, Eboreime E, Lawal MA, Nkire N, Hilario CT, Wei Y

Frontiers in Psychiatry20254 citations

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1494493

Assessing primary health care provider and organization readiness to address family violence in Alberta, Canada: development of a Delphi consensus readiness tool.

Montesanti S, Sehgal A, Zaeem L, McManus C, Squires S, Silverstone P

BMC primary care2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-024-02396-3 PMID: 38684969

Depression, anxiety, and poor well-being at discharge from psychiatric hospitals: prevalence and risk factors

Mao W, Shalaby R, Owusu E, Elgendy HE, Agyapong B, Eboreime E, Silverstone P, Chue P, Li X-M, Vuong W

Frontiers in Psychiatry20246 citations

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1408095

Child and youth mental health and wellbeing before and after returning to in-person learning in secondary schools in the context of COVID-19.

Qian L, McWeeny R, Shinkaruk C, Baxter A, Cao B, Greenshaw A, Silverstone P, Pazderka H, Wei Y

Frontiers in public health2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1212297 PMID: 37727609

Examining organization and provider challenges with the adoption of virtual domestic violence and sexual assault interventions in Alberta, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Montesanti S, Ghidei W, Silverstone P, Wells L, Squires S, Bailey A

Journal of health services research & policy2022

DOI: 10.1177/13558196221078796 PMID: 35465737

Reducing readmission rates for individuals discharged from acute psychiatric care in Alberta using peer and text message support: Protocol for an innovative supportive program

Eboreime E, Shalaby R, Mao W, Owusu E, Vuong W, Surood S, Bales K, MacMaster FP, McNeil D, Rittenbach K

BMC Health Services Research202227 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07510-8

Venlafaxine enhances the effect of bupropion on extracellular dopamine in rat frontal cortex.

Hudson AL, Lalies MD, Silverstone P

Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/y2012-045 PMID: 22512539

What is the best way to treat bipolar depression?

Silverstone P

Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN2005First author

PMID: 16151543

Mobilizing Knowledge on the Use of Virtual Care Interventions to Provide Trauma-Focused Treatment to Individuals and Families At-Risk of Domestic Violence During COVID-19

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health & Substance Use

Principal investigators: Montesanti, Stephanie R; Silverstone, Peter H

Keywords: Domestic Violence; Health System Transformation; Service Delivery; Sex And Gender-Based Analysis

$50,000

Applying Lessons Learned from Research on the Health Effects of the 2016 Alberta Wildfire: A Strategy for Knowledge Exchange and Research Dissemination

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Montesanti, Stephanie R; Belleville, Geneviève; Chan, Arthur W; Cherry, Nicola; Le, Xiaochun C; Olson, David M; Silverstone, Peter H

Keywords: Community Engagement; Disaster Research; Fort Mcmurray; Health Effects; Indigenous Health; Knowledge Exchange And Dissemination; Mental Health

$73,210

The health effects of the Alberta wildfire and evacuation: Pediatric resiliency

Nominated PICIHR2016Op. Grant: Health Effects of the Alberta Wildfires - Pediatric Resiliency

Principal investigators: Silverstone, Peter H; Corbett, Sandra; Franc, Jeffrey M; Shand, Tom; Agyapong, Vincent O; Drolet, Julie; Dursun, Serdar M; McDonald-Harker, Caroline B

Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Disaster Recovery; Population Mental Health; Psychiatry; Psycho-Social Care; Resiliency; Wildfire

Prairie CRISM Node Proposal

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse - Nodes

Principal investigators: Wild, Cameron T; Aubry, Allan; Dell, Colleen A; Hodgins, David C

Keywords: Client Motivation; Knowledge Exchange; Prevention; Screening And Brief Interventions; Substance Misuse; Treatment

$1,750,000

Examination of regional brain changes occurring during cognitive choices: an fMRI study utilizing an investment paradigm

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Morck, Randall K.

Keywords: neuroeconomics; finance; noise traders

$69,600

Structural alterations in the hippocampus in major depression: contributions of disease and treatment

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Malykhin, Nikolai V

Keywords: Antidepressant Treatment; Hippocampus; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Major Depressive Disorder; Neurogenesis; Neuroimaging

$522,778

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Domestic Violence Dear Professor Silverstone, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Revisiting the knowledge concept of mental health literacy and its relationships with stigma." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Mobilizing Knowledge on the Use of Virtual Care Interventions to Provide Trauma-Focused Treatment to Individuals and Families At-Risk of Domestic Violence During COVID-19" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Peter Silverstone

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Revisiting the knowledge concept of mental health literacy and its relationships with stigma.

Resilience, personal recovery, and quality of life for psychiatric in-patients prior to hospital discharge: demographic and clinical determinants

Assessing primary health care provider and organization readiness to address family violence in Alberta, Canada: development of a Delphi consensus readiness tool.

Depression, anxiety, and poor well-being at discharge from psychiatric hospitals: prevalence and risk factors

Child and youth mental health and wellbeing before and after returning to in-person learning in secondary schools in the context of COVID-19.

Examining organization and provider challenges with the adoption of virtual domestic violence and sexual assault interventions in Alberta, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reducing readmission rates for individuals discharged from acute psychiatric care in Alberta using peer and text message support: Protocol for an innovative supportive program

Venlafaxine enhances the effect of bupropion on extracellular dopamine in rat frontal cortex.

What is the best way to treat bipolar depression?

Mobilizing Knowledge on the Use of Virtual Care Interventions to Provide Trauma-Focused Treatment to Individuals and Families At-Risk of Domestic Violence During COVID-19

Applying Lessons Learned from Research on the Health Effects of the 2016 Alberta Wildfire: A Strategy for Knowledge Exchange and Research Dissemination

The health effects of the Alberta wildfire and evacuation: Pediatric resiliency

Prairie CRISM Node Proposal

Examination of regional brain changes occurring during cognitive choices: an fMRI study utilizing an investment paradigm

Structural alterations in the hippocampus in major depression: contributions of disease and treatment

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