Nicholas Delva, Queen's University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Queen's University profile.

Latest papers

Assessing research competency development in Canadian psychiatry residency programs: A systematic review and future directions.
SAGE open medicine · 2023
Making a case for the inclusion of refractory and severe mental illness as a sole criterion for Canadians requesting medical assistance in dying (MAiD): a review.
Journal of medical ethics · 2022 · senior author
Treatment-resistant major depressive disorder: Canadian expert consensus on definition and assessment.
Depression and anxiety · 2021

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Improving Lives Through Evidence: Mental Health in Nova Scotia
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
$15,000

All 1 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Assessing research competency development in Canadian psychiatry residency programs: A systematic review and future directions.

Bahji A, Danilewitz M, Crockford D, Delva N, Rusak B

SAGE open medicine2023Open Access

DOI: 10.1177/20503121231216846 PMID: 38105808

02

Making a case for the inclusion of refractory and severe mental illness as a sole criterion for Canadians requesting medical assistance in dying (MAiD): a review.

Bahji A, Delva N

Journal of medical ethics2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-107133 PMID: 33849958

03

Treatment-resistant major depressive disorder: Canadian expert consensus on definition and assessment.

Rybak YE, Lai KSP, Ramasubbu R, Vila-Rodriguez F, Blumberger DM, Chan P, Delva N, Giacobbe P, Gosselin C, Kennedy SH, Iskandar H, McInerney S, Ravitz P, Sharma V, Zaretsky A, Burhan AM

Depression and anxiety202198 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/da.23135 PMID: 33528865

04

Long-acting injectable antipsychotics: choosing the right dose.

Carlone D, Delva N

Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1503/jpn.200015 PMID: 32584531

05

Canadian survey of perianesthetic care for patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy.

Gilron I, Delva N, Graf P, Chan P, Enns M, Gosselin C, Jewell M, Lawson JS, Martin B, Milev R, Patry S

The journal of ECT201210 citations

DOI: 10.1097/yct.0b013e31825927a2 PMID: 23041768

06

Mortality over a 20-year period in patients with primary polydipsia associated with schizophrenia: a retrospective study.

Hawken ER, Crookall JM, Reddick D, Millson RC, Milev R, Delva N

Schizophrenia research200956 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.09.029 PMID: 18984069

Improving Lives Through Evidence: Mental Health in Nova Scotia

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: PHSI

Principal investigators: Levy, Adrian R; Kisely, Steve R

Keywords: Mental Health Services Delivery; Nova Scotia Mental Health System Improvement

$15,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Psychiatry
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Department of Psychology

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Delva, 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 "Assessing research competency development in Canadian psychiatry residency programs: A systematic review and future directions." (2023), 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]