Debbie Emberly, Dalhousie University

Research

Access To Services Children And Adolescents Covid-19 Learning Health System Mental Health Needs Mental Health Services Service Evaluation Virtual Mental Health Care

Latest papers

Goal-oriented practices in youth mental health and wellbeing settings: A scoping review and thematic analysis of empirical evidence.
Psychology and psychotherapy · 2025
Understanding the uptake of virtual care for first and return outpatient appointments in child and adolescent mental health services: a mixed-methods study.
BMJ open · 2023
Choice and Partnership Approach to community mental health and addiction services: a realist-informed scoping review.
BMJ open · 2022

All 5 publications

Latest funding

"Where do you want to go?": Developing Practice Principles for Inclusive Goal-Based Outcome Monitoring With Youth in Community Mental Health Services
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$199,642
Our Virtual Reality: Rapidly Responding to Changing Mental Health Needs among Children and Adolescents
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$194,211
Supporting Clinician Behaviour Change to lead to Mental Health System Transformation
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$19,250

All 3 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Goal-oriented practices in youth mental health and wellbeing settings: A scoping review and thematic analysis of empirical evidence.

Jacob J, Wozney L, Oddli HW, Duncan C, Chorney J, Emberly D, Law D, Clark S, Heien S, Boulos L, Cooper M

Psychology and psychotherapy2025

DOI: 10.1111/papt.12564 PMID: 39670986

02

Understanding the uptake of virtual care for first and return outpatient appointments in child and adolescent mental health services: a mixed-methods study.

Campbell LA, Clark SE, Chorney J, Emberly D, Carrey NJ, Bagnell A, Blenus J, Daneff M, Campbell JC

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074803 PMID: 38110381

03

Choice and Partnership Approach to community mental health and addiction services: a realist-informed scoping review.

Campbell LA, Clark SE, Chorney J, Emberly D, MacDonald J, MacKenzie A, Warner G, Wozney L

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064436 PMID: 36261240

04

The Choice and Partnership Approach to community mental health and addictions services: a realist-informed scoping review protocol.

Campbell LA, Clark SE, Ayn C, Chorney J, Emberly D, MacDonald J, MacKenzie A, Marsh D, Peacock K, Wozney L

BMJ open2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033247 PMID: 31874887

05

A Scoping Review of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions for Children and Adolescents With Mental Disorders.

Murphy AL, Curran J, Newton AS, Emberly D, McRae C, MacPhee S

Pediatric emergency care2018

DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000001037 PMID: 29112107

"Where do you want to go?": Developing Practice Principles for Inclusive Goal-Based Outcome Monitoring With Youth in Community Mental Health Services

Co-investigatorCIHR2022CG:SCYMHS - other specialized mental health and/or substance use health settings

Principal investigators: Wozney, Lori M

Keywords: Co-Design; Consensus Building; Diversity, Equity And Inclusion; Evidence Synthesis; Measurement-Based Care; Mental Health Service Planning; Quality Improvement; Shared Decision-Making; Standards And Guidelines; Youth-Centered

$199,642

Our Virtual Reality: Rapidly Responding to Changing Mental Health Needs among Children and Adolescents

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 MH & Substance Use - Understanding Rapid System Transformations

Principal investigators: Campbell, Leslie A; Brennan, Maureen L; Clark, Sharon E; Emberly, Debbie; Chorney, Jill E

Keywords: Access To Services; Children And Adolescents; Covid-19; Learning Health System; Mental Health Needs; Mental Health Services; Service Evaluation; Virtual Mental Health Care; Vulnerable Populations

$194,211

Supporting Clinician Behaviour Change to lead to Mental Health System Transformation

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Clark, Sharon E

Keywords: Child And Adolescent Mental Health; Choice And Partnership Approach; Clinician Behaviour Change; Collaborative Research; Health Services Research; Implementation Science; Mental Health System Transformation; Shared Decision Making; Youth And Family Engagement

$19,250

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

Community Health and Epidemiology
School of Nursing
Emergency Medicine
Other

Co-authors at Dalhousie University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Jill Chorney

Community Health and Epidemiology

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Lori Wozney

School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Jaime Blenus

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Alexa Bagnell

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Janet Curran

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Shannon MacPhee

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Grace Warner

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Sharon Clark

Community Health and Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Access To Services Dear Professor Emberly, 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 "Goal-oriented practices in youth mental health and wellbeing settings: A scoping review and thematic analysis of empirical evidence." (2025), 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 "Our Virtual Reality: Rapidly Responding to Changing Mental Health Needs among Children and Adolescents" (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]