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Mario Cappelli
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Research
Latest papers
The CASH Bundle: A Standardized Screening Assessment Bundle for Child and Youth Mental Health, Addictions, and Substance Use Health Implemented in a Regional Coordinated Access and Service Navigation Program: L'ensemble CASH : outil normalisé de dépistage pour la santé mentale, les dépendances et la santé liée à l'utilisation de substances chez les enfants et les jeunes, mis en œuvre dans le cadre d'un programme régional coordonné d'accès et de navigation des services.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026 · senior author
Equity and access to a regional child and youth mental health and addiction navigation service: a secondary analysis study.
BMC public health · 2026 · senior author
HEADS-ED as a Predictor of Hospitalization in Children Seeking Emergency Department Care With Mental Health Concerns.
Academic pediatrics · 2025
Latest funding
- $23,535
Co-Designing a National Webinar Series to Improve Young Canadians' Awareness and Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services since COVID-19
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $192,091
Facilitating the implementation of quality standards for youth and family engagement within the community child and youth mental health and substance use health system.
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $2,387,582
Health Research Training Platform: Digital Mental Health for families, parents, youth and children
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
30 publications.
The CASH Bundle: A Standardized Screening Assessment Bundle for Child and Youth Mental Health, Addictions, and Substance Use Health Implemented in a Regional Coordinated Access and Service Navigation Program: L'ensemble CASH : outil normalisé de dépistage pour la santé mentale, les dépendances et la santé liée à l'utilisation de substances chez les enfants et les jeunes, mis en œuvre dans le cadre d'un programme régional coordonné d'accès et de navigation des services.
Robson SJ, Cloutier PF, Polihronis C, Blackburn J, Dawson C, Cappelli M
Equity and access to a regional child and youth mental health and addiction navigation service: a secondary analysis study.
Robson SJ, Cloutier P, Radomski A, Polihronis C, Beaudin K, Blackburn J, Dawson C, Cappelli M
HEADS-ED as a Predictor of Hospitalization in Children Seeking Emergency Department Care With Mental Health Concerns.
Byles H, Newton AS, Xie J, Winston K, Cappelli M, Thull-Freedman J, Freedman SB, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC)
BRAVA: A randomized controlled trial of a brief group intervention for youth with suicidal ideation and their caregivers.
Kennedy A, Gray C, Sheridan N, Dunn L, Stewart J, Drouin S, Elliott H, Adeponle A, Barrowman N, Sucha E, Cappelli M, Norris ML, Jabbour M, Cloutier P
HEADS-ED Under 6: A clinician-administered mental health and developmental screening and triage tool.
Polihronis C, Cloutier P, Robson S, Beaudin K, Blackburn J, Dawson C, Cappelli M
Brief multidimensional screening tools for young children's mental health and development for administration by primary care providers: a scoping review.
Radomski AD, Polihronis C, Cloutier P, Beaudin K, Cappelli M
Improving transitions in care for children and youth with mental health concerns: implementation and evaluation of an emergency department mental health clinical pathway.
Tucci A, Cloutier P, Polihronis C, Kennedy A, Zemek R, Gray C, Reid S, Pajer K, Gardner W, Barrowman N, Cappelli M, Jabbour M
Young people's experiences and strategies for improving their awareness and access to mental health and substance use health services.
Radomski AD, Polihronis C, Cloutier P, Song CS, Beaudin K, Menear M, Saunders N, Ashcroft R, Cappelli M
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Polihronis C, Cloutier P, Kempe L, Schryer J, Cappelli M
Sociodemographic Differences in Physician-Based Mental Health and Virtual Care Utilization and Uptake of Virtual Care Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study.
Toulany A, Kurdyak P, Stukel TA, Strauss R, Fu L, Guan J, Fiksenbaum L, Cohen E, Guttmann A, Vigod S, Chiu M, Moore Hepburn C, Moran K, Gardner W, Cappelli M, Sundar P, Saunders N
Co-Designing a National Webinar Series to Improve Young Canadians' Awareness and Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services since COVID-19
Principal investigators: Radomski, Ashley; Cappelli, Mario
Keywords: Child And Youth Mental Health And Addictions; Co-Design; Health Promotion; Health Services; Knowledge Translation; Network; Participatory Methods; Service Awareness; Webinars; Youth And Family Engagement
Facilitating the implementation of quality standards for youth and family engagement within the community child and youth mental health and substance use health system.
Principal investigators: Porath, Amy J; Kennedy, Sue; DesClouds, Poppy
Keywords: Barriers And Facilitators; Children And Young People; Community-Based Settings; Evidence-Based Care; Implementation; Learning Health Systems; Mental Health And Substance Use Health Services; Mixed Methods; Quality Standards; Youth And Family Engagement
Health Research Training Platform: Digital Mental Health for families, parents, youth and children
Principal investigators: McGrath, Patrick J; Ali, Samina; Crawford, Allison; Koleszar-Green, Ruth; Majnemer, Annette; Newton, Mandi S; Orji, Rita O; Pillai Riddell, Rebecca Rita E; Wozney, Lori M
Keywords: Children; Community Care; Digital Mental Health; Ecr; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Families; Parents; Primary Care; Training; Youth
Engaging youth and families in designing a mental health service plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A participatory action research study
Principal investigators: Cappelli, Mario; Sundar, Purnima; Radomski, Ashley
Keywords: Caregivers; Child And Youth Mental Health; Health Services Research; Participatory Action Research; Population Health; Qualitative Research
Addressing the mental health & addiction needs of children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Using real-time community and hospital data to identify, forecast, and meet their needs
Principal investigators: Lowe, Joanne; Cappelli, Mario
Keywords: Centralized Intake; Child And Youth; Mental Health And Addiction Services
Equity of virtual mental health care uptake for children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Principal investigators: Saunders, Natasha R; Toulany, Alene
Keywords: Children And Youth; Health System Intervention; Inequities; Mental Health; Pediatrics; Rapid System Transformation; Virtual Care
A Multi-Disciplinary, Patient-Partnered, Pan-Canadian, Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of an Innovative Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care Bundle
Principal investigators: Freedman, Stephen B; Stang, Antonia S; Stubbs, Michael D; Wasylak, Tracy J; Wright, Bruce; Berthelot, Simon; Cherry, Jonathan; Eltorki, Mohamed; Finkelstein, Yaron; Gagnon, Isabelle; Joubert, Gary I; Lipman, Ellen L; Macdonald, Lee; Mater, Ahmed; Newton, Mandi S; Porter, Robert; Rasiah, Jananee; Sareen, Jitender; Sawyer, Scott; Taljaard, Monica
Keywords: Addictions; Child And Adolescent; Comparative Effectiveness; Emergency Department; Health Information Management; Home And Community-Based Care; Implementation Science; Mental Health; Patient Oriented Research; Patient Priorities
Can primary care and community-based child & youth mental health services work together? An evaluation of a proposed model that improves integration and care for children and their families.
Principal investigators: Radomski, Ashley
Keywords: Child And Youth Mental Health; Clinical Pathways; Community-Based Mental Health Services; Health Systems Evaluation; Pathway Implementation; Primary Care Providers; Program Evaluation
WeTakeCare: An internet patient-centered mobile-based interactive communication system to support collaborative mental health care for youth and adolescents with ADHD
Principal investigators: Robaey, Philippe
Keywords: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Mental Health Services; Mobile Applications; Patient Engagement
Improving Transitions in Care for Children and Youth with Mental Health Concerns: Implementation and Evaluation of an Emergency Department Mental Health Clinical Pathway
Principal investigators: Cappelli, Mario; Jabbour, Mona
Keywords: Clinical Pathway; Emergency Department; Implementation; Mental Health; Paediatric; Risk Assessment; Scoring Tools; Service Integration; Transitions In Care
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
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health
- Pediatrics
- Mental Health and Addiction
- Psychiatry
- Epidemiology and Community Medicine
- Department of Paediatrics
- Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Roger Zemek
Faculty
7 shared papers, latest 2025
Mona Jabbour
Pediatrics
5 shared papers, latest 2025
William Gardner
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Purnima Sundar
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2023
Kimberly Moran
Pediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Paul Kurdyak
Psychiatry
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Natasha Saunders
Pediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Alene Toulany
Pediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Astrid Guttmann
Department of Paediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Eyal Cohen
Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Simone Vigod
Family Practice
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Nicholas Barrowman
Pediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Ashley Radomski
Mental Health and Addiction
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Kathleen Pajer
Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Doug Coyle
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
2 shared papers, latest 2008
Mark Walker
Obstetrics and Gynecology
2 shared papers, latest 2008
Holly Etchegary
Epidemiology and Community Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2008
Robert Reid
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Michelle Fortier
Human Kinetics
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Beth Potter
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Suneeta Monga
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Matthew Menear
Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Yaron Finkelstein
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Lisa Hartling
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Jamie Brehaut
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Peter Szatmari
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Isabelle Gagnon
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Brenda Wilson
Epidemiology and Community Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Simon Hatcher
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Ellen Louise Lipman
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Ian Graham
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2008
John Lavis
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Peter Szatmari
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Mo Eltorki
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Ronald Duncan Barr
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2010
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