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Yifeng Wei

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Associate ProfessorPsychiatry DeptUniversity of Alberta

Yifeng Wei

Associate Professor

Psychiatry Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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73 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2019.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

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Indigenous Youth Mental Health Literacy Help-Seeking Mental Disorders Stigma Reduction Stress Management Wellness Mental Health Help-Seeking

Latest papers

Mental health literacy interventions addressing elementary school students – a global systematic review
2026 · senior author
Satisfaction and well-being following gender-affirming bottom surgery: A scoping review
2026 · senior author
Gender differences in psychiatric diagnoses and patient-reported experiences with inpatient mental health care in Alberta.
Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2026

All 133 publications

Latest funding

Assessing the Prevalence and Correlates of Anxiety, Depression and Wellbeing among Students in Canada, and Ghana, and the Implementation and Evaluation of the Impact of the Wellness4Students Digital Mental Health Program on Mental Health Outcomes
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
Developing, Evaluating, Disseminating and Sustaining a School-Based Mental Health Literacy Intervention for Indigenous Youth
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$546,976
Mental Health & High School Curriculum Guide: Planning for Adapting, Evaluating and Disseminating for Indigenous Youth
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$19,633

All 3 grants and awards

133 publications.

Mental health literacy interventions addressing elementary school students – a global systematic review

Robert McWeeny, Huda Al-Shamali, Andrew Baxter, Kyla Vieweger, Wendy Carr, Yanbo Zhang, Bo Cao, Peter H. Silverstone, Liz Dennett, Adam Abba‐Aji, Andrew Greenshaw, Stan Kutcher, Yifeng Wei

2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/qkynj_v1

Satisfaction and well-being following gender-affirming bottom surgery: A scoping review

Taylor Pigott, Chantal Moreau, Nicole Loewen, Rachael Dong, Yifeng Wei

2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/ct4qz

Gender differences in psychiatric diagnoses and patient-reported experiences with inpatient mental health care in Alberta.

Elgendy HE, Shalaby R, Owusu E, Mao W, Agyapong B, Vuong W, Eboreime E, Nkire N, Wei Y, Agyapong VIO

Archives of psychiatric nursing2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2026.152054 PMID: 41864727

Predictors of psychiatric emergency department visits within twelve months post-inpatient psychiatric discharge in Alberta, Canada.

Elgendy HE, Shalaby R, Owusu E, Mao W, Agyapong B, Vuong W, Eboreime E, Nkire N, Wei Y, Agyapong VIO

PloS one2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351753 PMID: 42418456

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 reports2026First authorOpen Access

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

Interventions that address suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth with a history of childhood sexual abuse: A scoping review

Aliya Jomha, Peter H. Silverstone, A. J. Greenshaw, Wanda Polzin, Yifeng Wei, Matthew Reeson, Liz Dennett, Sara Sunderji, Hannah Pazderka

Children and Youth Services Review2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109259

Predictors of psychiatric readmission within 12 months following discharge from inpatient units in Alberta, Canada.

Elgendy H, Shalaby R, Owusu E, Mao W, Agyapong B, Vuong W, Eboreime E, Nkire N, Wei Y, Agyapong V

Global mental health (Cambridge, England)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2026.10229 PMID: 42466266

Highly significant correlation between rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in youth survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) and their biological mothers.

Reeson M, Pazderka H, Polzin W, Agyapong V, Greenshaw AJ, Wei Y, Syzmanski L, Silverstone PH

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0340591 PMID: 41525316

Evaluation of outcomes in 201 child and youth survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) who participated in a one-year multimodal treatment program.

Reeson M, Pazderka H, Polzin-Homan W, Wei Y, Greenshaw A, Silverstone PH

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0354692 PMID: 42490659

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 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1494493

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Yifeng Wei

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Mental health literacy interventions addressing elementary school students – a global systematic review

Satisfaction and well-being following gender-affirming bottom surgery: A scoping review

Gender differences in psychiatric diagnoses and patient-reported experiences with inpatient mental health care in Alberta.

Predictors of psychiatric emergency department visits within twelve months post-inpatient psychiatric discharge in Alberta, Canada.

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

Interventions that address suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth with a history of childhood sexual abuse: A scoping review

Predictors of psychiatric readmission within 12 months following discharge from inpatient units in Alberta, Canada.

Highly significant correlation between rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in youth survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) and their biological mothers.

Evaluation of outcomes in 201 child and youth survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) who participated in a one-year multimodal treatment program.

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

Assessing the Prevalence and Correlates of Anxiety, Depression and Wellbeing among Students in Canada, and Ghana, and the Implementation and Evaluation of the Impact of the Wellness4Students Digital Mental Health Program on Mental Health Outcomes

Developing, Evaluating, Disseminating and Sustaining a School-Based Mental Health Literacy Intervention for Indigenous Youth

Mental Health & High School Curriculum Guide: Planning for Adapting, Evaluating and Disseminating for Indigenous Youth

Frequent collaborators

Stan Kutcher

Vincent Agyapong

Andrew Greenshaw

Ejemai Eboreime

Peter Silverstone

Bo Cao

Jill Hayden

Christopher Gilham

Xin-Min Li

Arto Ohinmaa

Yanbo Zhang

Valerie Taylor

Carla Hilario

Alan McLuckie

Raza Abidi

Magdalena Janus

Syed Abidi

Rita Orji

David Cawthorpe

Pierre Chue

Patrick McGrath

Kara Thompson

Yifeng Wei

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Mental health literacy interventions addressing elementary school students – a global systematic review

Satisfaction and well-being following gender-affirming bottom surgery: A scoping review

Gender differences in psychiatric diagnoses and patient-reported experiences with inpatient mental health care in Alberta.

Predictors of psychiatric emergency department visits within twelve months post-inpatient psychiatric discharge in Alberta, Canada.

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

Interventions that address suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth with a history of childhood sexual abuse: A scoping review

Predictors of psychiatric readmission within 12&#xa0;months following discharge from inpatient units in Alberta, Canada.

Highly significant correlation between rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in youth survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) and their biological mothers.

Evaluation of outcomes in 201 child and youth survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) who participated in a one-year multimodal treatment program.

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

Assessing the Prevalence and Correlates of Anxiety, Depression and Wellbeing among Students in Canada, and Ghana, and the Implementation and Evaluation of the Impact of the Wellness4Students Digital Mental Health Program on Mental Health Outcomes

Developing, Evaluating, Disseminating and Sustaining a School-Based Mental Health Literacy Intervention for Indigenous Youth

Mental Health & High School Curriculum Guide: Planning for Adapting, Evaluating and Disseminating for Indigenous Youth

Frequent collaborators

Stan Kutcher

Vincent Agyapong

Andrew Greenshaw

Ejemai Eboreime

Peter Silverstone

Bo Cao

Jill Hayden

Christopher Gilham

Xin-Min Li

Arto Ohinmaa

Yanbo Zhang

Valerie Taylor

Carla Hilario

Alan McLuckie

Raza Abidi

Magdalena Janus

Syed Abidi

Rita Orji

David Cawthorpe

Pierre Chue

Patrick McGrath

Kara Thompson

Predictors of psychiatric readmission within 12 months following discharge from inpatient units in Alberta, Canada.