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Dr. Wanda L. Smith

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Assistant Professor (Part-Time)Psychiatry & Behavioural NeurosciencesMcMaster University

Dr. Wanda L. Smith

Assistant Professor (Part-Time)

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2014

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
Teaches 1 graduate course, most recently in 2025.
No publications since 2021.

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smithwa@mcmaster.ca

6 publications.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Children with Special Health Care Needs and Their Parents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Parmar A, Esser K, Barreira L, Miller D, Morinis L, Chong Y-Y, Smith W, Major N, Church P, Cohen E

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health202135 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18158205 PMID: W3191739385

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Don Richardson J, Smith WL, St. Cyr K, Marlborough M

2021

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_1554

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Don Richardson J, Smith WL, St. Cyr K, Marlborough M

2018

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_1554-3

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Richardson JD, Smith WL

2013Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_1554

Aluminum Chelation Therapy of Alzheimer’s Disease

McLachlan DR, Kruck TPA, Smith WL

19944 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8149-9_55

Desferrioxamine and Alzheimer's Disease

McLachlan DRC, Smith WL, Kruck TP

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring199368 citations

DOI: 10.1097/00007691-199312000-00027

Courses taught

Introduction to Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
CBS 718 · last taught 2025
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