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Kenneth Stuart Adam

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Professor EmeritusPsychiatry & Behavioural NeurosciencesMcMaster University

Kenneth Stuart Adam

Professor Emeritus

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2014

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No graduate courses on record.
No publications since 2013.

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adamk@mcmaster.ca

31 publications.

Attachment Organization and Vulnerability to Loss, Separation, and Abuse in Disturbed Adolescents

Adam KS, Sheldon Keller AE, West M

201320 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.4324/9780203728017-19

Attachment Disorganization and Dissociative Symptoms in Clinically Treated Adolescents

West M, Adam K, Spreng S, Rose S

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry200130 citations

DOI: 10.1177/070674370104600707

The Adolescent Unresolved Attachment Questionnaire: The Assessment of Perceptions of Parental Abdication of Caregiving Behavior

West M, Rose S, Spreng S, Adam K

Journal of Genetic Psychology200031 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1080/00221320009596727

Relationship between Attachment-Felt Security and History of Suicidal Behaviours in Clinical Adolescents

West ML, Spreng SW, Rose SM, Adam KS

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry199930 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1177/070674379904400606

Assessing attachment: convergent validity of the adult attachment interview and the parental bonding instrument

Manassis K, Owens M, Adam KS, West M, Sheldon‐Keller AE

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry19994 citations

DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00560.x

Adolescent Attachment Questionnaire: A Brief Assessment of Attachment in Adolescence

West M, Rose MS, Spreng S, Sheldon-Keller A, Adam K

Journal of Youth and Adolescence199898 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1023/a:1022891225542

Attachment Organization and History of Suicidal Behavior in Clinical Adolescents

Adam KS, Sheldon-Keller AE, West M

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology1996172 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1037/0022-006x.64.2.264

Parental Representation in Suicidal Adolescents: A Controlled Study

Adam KS, Keller A, West M, Larose S, Goszer LB

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry199444 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.3109/00048679409075868

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Suicide Prevention Programs: A Methodological Perspective

Streiner DL, Adam KS

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior198714 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1987.tb01023.x

Changing motivation in severely suicidal patients.

Wright N, Adam KS

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL198615 citationsSenior author

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David Lloyd Streiner

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

5 shared papers, latest 1987

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Adam, 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 "Attachment Organization and Vulnerability to Loss, Separation, and Abuse in Disturbed Adolescents" (2013), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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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