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Research
Latest papers
Competencies and Ethical Governance for Psychedelic‑Assisted Therapies: A Practice‑Embedded Quality‑Improvement Framework.
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2026 · first author
Learnings from a hybrid communities of practice group therapy model to support psilocybin-assisted therapy for patients with a terminal diagnosis.
Frontiers in public health · 2026 · senior author
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Predictors of Treatment Effects.
Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2026
Latest funding
- $599,500
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $50,000
A COVID-19 Patient Oriented Response and Recovery Effort: Working Across Sectors to Aid Healthcare Providers Suffering from Burnout, PTSD, or Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD)
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
19 publications.
Competencies and Ethical Governance for Psychedelic‑Assisted Therapies: A Practice‑Embedded Quality‑Improvement Framework.
Dames S, Williams K, Campbell A, Taylor W, Harder M, Gagnon M, Manson G, Kryskow P
Learnings from a hybrid communities of practice group therapy model to support psilocybin-assisted therapy for patients with a terminal diagnosis.
Tsang VW, Kryskow P, Watler C, Allard P, Dames S
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Predictors of Treatment Effects.
Rohde J, Moore TM, Walker K, Ahmed SS, MacConnel HA, Krsak M, Shannon S, Tsang VWL, Dames S, Buchmann M, Kleim B, Seifritz E, Olbrich S, Schoretsanitis G
Psilocybin mitigates chronic behavioral and neurobiological alterations in a rat model of recurrent intimate partner violence-related brain injury.
Allen J, Sun M, Baker TL, Dames S, Kryskow P, Christie BR, McDonald SJ, Shultz SR
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Outcomes for First Responders With Comorbid Mental Health Diagnoses.
Tsang VWL, Kennedy MK, Walia T, Arksey E, Dames S, Kryskow P
Improving access to psilocybin-assisted therapy: barriers, challenges, and recommendations.
Tsang VWL, Roney C, Kryskow P, Dames S
A clinical protocol for group-based ketamine-assisted therapy in a community of practice: the Roots To Thrive model.
Dames S, Kryskow P, Tsang VWL, Argento E
Ketamine-assisted therapy within a community of practice: a novel approach to disordered eating.
Jeletzky L, Dames S, Kryskow P, Tsang VWL
A Pilot Study Comparing a Community of Practice Program with and without Concurrent Ketamine-Assisted Therapy.
Tsang VWL, Ragazan DC, Kryskow P, Walsh Z, Dames S
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training: An Argument in Support of Firsthand Experience of Nonordinary States of Consciousness in the Development of Competence.
Dames S, Watler C, Kryskow P, Allard P, Gagnon M, Taylor W, Tsang VWL
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors
Principal investigators: Shultz, Sandy; Debert, Chantel T; Dames, Shannon S; Gawryluk, Jodie R; Mayo, Leah M
Keywords: Biomarkers; Brain Injury; Clinical Trial; Cognition; Concussion; Domestic Violence; Intimate Partner Violence; Persisting Postconcussion Symptoms; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Psilocybin
A COVID-19 Patient Oriented Response and Recovery Effort: Working Across Sectors to Aid Healthcare Providers Suffering from Burnout, PTSD, or Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD)
Principal investigators: Dames, Shannon S
Keywords: Burnout; Covid; Depression; Healthcare Providers; Mental Health; Ptsd; Resilience; Stress
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Karl Looper and Soham Rej: 21 shared papers
- Shannon Dames and Pamela Kryskow: 11 shared papers
- Gustavo Turecki and Soham Rej: 7 shared papers
- Zach Walsh and Pamela Kryskow: 5 shared papers
- Gustavo Turecki and Karl Looper: 4 shared papers
- Zach Walsh and Shannon Dames: 2 shared papers
- Soham Rej and Shannon Dames: 2 shared papers
- Gustavo Turecki and Shannon Dames: 1 shared paper
- Gustavo Turecki and Alexandre Lehmann: 1 shared paper
- Karl Looper and Shannon Dames: 1 shared paper
- Karl Looper and Alexandre Lehmann: 1 shared paper
- Soham Rej and Alexandre Lehmann: 1 shared paper
- Shannon Dames and Alexandre Lehmann: 1 shared paper
- Shannon Dames and Keith Williams: 1 shared paper
- Pamela Kryskow and Keith Williams: 1 shared paper
- Nursing
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Medicine
- Otolaryngology
- Psychiatry
- Other
Co-authors at Vancouver Island University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Pamela Kryskow
Department of Psychology
11 shared papers, latest 2026
Zach Walsh
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Soham Rej
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Alexandre Lehmann
Otolaryngology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Keith Williams
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Gustavo Turecki
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Karl Looper
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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