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Addo Boafo

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Associate ProfessorPsychiatryUniversity of Ottawa

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Latest papers

Timing of suicide attempts by children and adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatry unit: a retrospective study.
Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026 · first author
Scoping review of precision child and youth mental health research: dwelling in possibility.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025
Emotional coping strategies in children with and without special educational needs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.
Frontiers in public health · 2025

All 22 publications

22 publications.

Timing of suicide attempts by children and adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatry unit: a retrospective study.

Boafo A, Cantin C, Kashala-Abotnes E, Alamri A, Tariq K, Bukhari B, Slodovnick P, Tavakoli P, Al Bagshi D, De Koninck J, Tsampalieros A

Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13034-026-01047-y PMID: 41808217

Scoping review of precision child and youth mental health research: dwelling in possibility.

Lyeo JS, Blais A, Cloutier P, Boafo A, Dargél A, Helleman A, Tanya T, Kashala-Abotnes E, Honeywell C, Pajer K

Frontiers in psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1691548 PMID: 41737728

Emotional coping strategies in children with and without special educational needs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

Alenezi S, Alarabi M, Alyahya AS, Almadani AH, Almarshedi A, Algazlan M, Alnemary F, Bashiri FA, Alkhawashki SH, Altuwariqi MH, Alsedrani R, Alkhiri A, Abughanim SA, Boafo A, Temsah MH

Frontiers in public health2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1564307 PMID: 40963651

Quick, Effective Screening Tasks Identify Children With Medical Conditions or Disabilities Needing Physical Literacy Support.

Longmuir PE, Chubbs Payne A, Beshara N, Brandão LR, Wright FV, Pohl D, Katz SL, McCormick A, De Laat D, Klaassen RJ, Johnston DL, Lougheed J, Roth J, McMillan HJ, Venkateswaran S, Sell E, Doja A, Boafo A, Macartney G, Matheson K, Feldman BM

Pediatric exercise science2025

DOI: 10.1123/pes.2023-0130 PMID: 38171358

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Mental Health Disorders in the Pediatric Population: A Retrospective, Population-based Cohort Study.

Kendzerska T, Radhakrishnan D, Amin R, Narang I, Boafo A, Robillard R, Talarico R, Blinder H, Spitale N, Katz SL

Annals of the American Thoracic Society2024

DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202311-933oc PMID: 38669619

The Dream Experience and Its Relationship with Morning Mood in Adolescents Hospitalized after a Suicide Attempt.

Desjardins E, Gaber L, Larkin E, Benoit A, Boafo A, De Koninck J

Brain sciences2024

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14080804 PMID: 39199496

Emotional Modulation of Response Inhibition in Adolescents During Acute Suicidal Crisis: Event-Related Potentials in an Emotional Go/NoGo Task.

Porteous M, Tavakoli P, Campbell K, Dale A, Boafo A, Robillard R

Clinical EEG and neuroscience2023

DOI: 10.1177/15500594211063311 PMID: 34894813

Sleep architecture and emotional inhibition processing in adolescents hospitalized during a suicidal crisis.

Tavakoli P, Lanthier M, Porteous M, Boafo A, De Koninck J, Robillard R

Frontiers in psychiatry2022

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.920789 PMID: 36072454

The effects of sleep on objective measures of gap detection using a time-efficient multi-deviant paradigm.

Tavakoli P, Duda V, Boafo A, Campbell K

Brain and cognition2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2021.105772 PMID: 34218026

Characterization of physical literacy in children with chronic medical conditions compared with healthy controls: a cross-sectional study.

Do J, Blais A, Feldman B, Brandão LR, Lougheed J, Pohl D, Klaassen RJ, Johnston DL, De Laat D, Roth J, Katz SL, McCormick A, Wright FV, Macartney G, McMillan HJ, Venkateswaran S, Sell E, Doja A, Matheson K, Boafo A, Longmuir PE

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2021

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0957 PMID: 33689492

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Addo Boafo

Research

Latest papers

Timing of suicide attempts by children and adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatry unit: a retrospective study.

Scoping review of precision child and youth mental health research: dwelling in possibility.

Emotional coping strategies in children with and without special educational needs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

Quick, Effective Screening Tasks Identify Children With Medical Conditions or Disabilities Needing Physical Literacy Support.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Mental Health Disorders in the Pediatric Population: A Retrospective, Population-based Cohort Study.

The Dream Experience and Its Relationship with Morning Mood in Adolescents Hospitalized after a Suicide Attempt.

Emotional Modulation of Response Inhibition in Adolescents During Acute Suicidal Crisis: Event-Related Potentials in an Emotional Go/NoGo Task.

Sleep architecture and emotional inhibition processing in adolescents hospitalized during a suicidal crisis.

The effects of sleep on objective measures of gap detection using a time-efficient multi-deviant paradigm.

Characterization of physical literacy in children with chronic medical conditions compared with healthy controls: a cross-sectional study.

Frequent collaborators

Rébecca Robillard

Tetyana Kendzerska

Johannes Roth

Katherine Matheson

Espérance Kashala Abotnes

Daniela Pohl

Kathleen Pajer

Shuliweeh Alenezi

Eva Tomiak

Mamta Gautam

Christina Honeywell

Lena Quilty

Reshma Amin

Raj Bhatla

Brian Feldman

Jennifer Phillips

Indra Narang

Jodi Edwards

Dhenuka Radhakrishnan

Marie-Hélène Pennestri