Anne Sonley, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Genome-wide association analyses of borderline personality disorder identify 11 loci and highlight shared risk with mental and somatic disorders.
Nature genetics · 2026
A Digital Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Intervention for Acute Suicidality in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Study: Intervention numérique en thérapie comportementale dialectique en cas de suicidabilité aiguë de patients hospitalisés en psychiatrie : Étude de faisabilité contrôlée à répartition aléatoire
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · 2025
Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder identifies 11 loci and highlights shared risk with mental and somatic disorders.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Synthesizing Cognitive Control and Decision-Making Risk Factors for Suicide Attempt in Adults At High-Risk for Suicide: A Suicide Ideation-to-Action Approach
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,323,450
Combining Ketamine with Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) for Suicidality in Individuals with Treatment Resistant Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Phase II Randomized, Midazolam-Controlled Clinical Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,362,848

All 2 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Genome-wide association analyses of borderline personality disorder identify 11 loci and highlight shared risk with mental and somatic disorders.

Streit F, Awasthi S, Hall ASM, Braun A, Niarchou M, Marouli E, Babajide O, Frank J, Zillich L, Callies CM, Avetyan D, Zillich E, Naamanka J, Gonzalez J, Harder A, Lu Y, Aherrahrou Z, Ahmad ZU, Ask H, Batzler A, Benros ME, Brand-de Wilde OM, Brunak S, Bruun MT, Christoffersen LAN, Colodro-Conde L, Coombes BJ, Corfield EC, Dahmen N, Didriksen M, Dinh KM, Djurovic S, Dowsett J, Drange OK, Dukal H, Edelmann S, Erikstrup C, Espinola MK, Fassbinder E, Faucon A, Ferreira de Sá DS, Foo JC, Gilles M, Gutiérrez-Zotes A, Hansen TF, Haraldsson M, Harper RP, Havdahl A, Heilbronner U, Herms S, Hjalgrim H, Hübel C, Jacob GA, Aagaard B, Jorgensen A, Jungkunz M, Kleindienst N, Knoblich N, Koglin S, Kraft J, Krebs K, Lee CW, Lin Y, Lis S, Lisoway A, Malogiannis IA, Martinsen A, Maslahati T, Merz K, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Mikkelsen S, Mikkelsen C, Mobascher A, Muntané G, Oddsson A, Ostrowski SR, Palviainen T, Pedersen OBV, Pedersen G, Quinn L, Reinhard MA, Ruths FA, Schott BH, Schredl M, Schwarz E, Schwarze CE, Schwinn M, Send TS, Sigurdsson E, Simon-Keller K, Skuladottir AT, Soler J, Sonley A, Sørensen E, Stefansson H, Straub P, Suvisaari J, Tesli M, Træholt J, Ullum H, Völker MP, Walters GB, Wang R, Witt CC, Zarbock G, Zill P, Zwart JA, DBDS Genomic Consortium, GLAD Study, HUNT All-In Psychiatry, Andreassen OA, Arntz A, Biernacka JM, Bohus M, Breen G, Chapman AL, Cichon S, Davis LK, Deuschle M, Euler S, Herpertz SC, Hummelen B, Jobst A, Kaprio J, Kennedy JL, Lehto K, Lieb K, Martorell L, McMain S, Musil R, Nieratschker V, Nöthen MM, Padberg F, Palotie A, Pascual JC, Perroud N, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Ribases M, Roepke S, Rujescu D, Sanchez-Roige S, Schilling C, Schmahl C, Stefansson K, Thorgeirsson TE, Turecki G, Vilella E, Werge T, Winsvold BS, Wrege J, Rietschel M, Ripke S, Witt SH

Nature genetics20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41588-026-02654-3 PMID: 42477112

02

A Digital Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Intervention for Acute Suicidality in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Study: Intervention numérique en thérapie comportementale dialectique en cas de suicidabilité aiguë de patients hospitalisés en psychiatrie : Étude de faisabilité contrôlée à répartition aléatoire

Jones BDM, Kittur ME, Mak MSB, Wang W, Zaheer J, McMain S, Husain MO, Sonley A, Gratzer D, Mulsant BH

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251337607

03

Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder identifies 11 loci and highlights shared risk with mental and somatic disorders.

Streit F, Awasthi S, Hall AS, Braun A, Niarchou M, Marouli E, Babajide O, Frank J, Zillich L, Callies CM, Avetyan D, Zillich E, Naamanka J, Gonzalez J, Harder A, Lu Y, Aherrahrou Z, Ahmad ZU, Ask H, Batzler A, Benros ME, Brand-de Wilde OM, Brunak S, Bruun MT, Christoffersen LA, Colodro-Conde L, Coombes BJ, Corfield EC, Dahmen N, Didriksen M, Dinh KM, Djurovic S, Dowsett J, Drange OK, Dukal H, Edelmann S, Erikstrup C, Espinola MK, Fassbinder E, Faucon A, de Sá DSF, Foo JC, Gilles M, Gutiérrez-Zotes A, Hansen TF, Haraldsson M, Harper RP, Havdahl A, Heilbronner U, Herms S, Hjalgrim H, Hübel C, Jacob GA, Aagaard B, Jorgensen A, Jungkunz M, Kleindienst N, Knoblich N, Koglin S, Kraft J, Krebs K, Lee CW, Lin Y, Lis S, Lisoway A, Malogiannis IA, Martinsen A, Maslahati T, Merz K, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Mikkelsen S, Mikkelsen C, Mobascher A, Muntané G, Oddsson A, Ostrowski SR, Palviainen T, Pedersen OB, Pedersen G, Quinn L, Reinhard MA, Ruths FA, Schott BH, Schredl M, Schwarz E, Schwarze CE, Schwinn M, Send T, Sigurdsson E, Simon-Keller K, Skuladottir AT, Soler J, Sonley A, Sørensen E, Stefansson H, Straub P, Suvisaari J, Tesli M, Træholt J, Ullum H, Völker MP, Walters GB, Wang R, Witt CC, Zarbock G, Zill P, Zwart JA, DBDS Genomic Consortium, Estonian Biobank Research Team, GLAD Study, HUNT All-In Psychiatry, Andreassen OA, Arntz A, Biernacka JM, Bohus M, Breen G, Chapman AL, Cichon S, Davis LK, Deuschle M, Euler S, Herpertz SC, Hummelen B, Jobst A, Kaprio J, Kennedy JL, Lehto K, Lieb K, Martorell L, McMain S, Musil R, Nieratschker V, Nöthen MM, Padberg F, Palotie A, Pascual JC, Perroud N, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Ribases M, Roepke S, Rujescu D, Sanchez-Roige S, Schilling C, Schmahl C, Stefansson K, Thorgeirsson TE, Turecki G, Vilella E, Werge T, Winsvold BS, Wrege J, Rietschel M, Ripke S, Witt SH

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.12.24316957 PMID: 40832388

04

Suicidal and Self-Harming Behaviors in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder With and Without Eating Disorders

Rachel Tennenhouse, Anthony Charles Ruocco, Shelley McMain, Anne K. I. Sonley

Journal of Personality Disorders20252 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2025.39.1.48 PMID: 40014392

05

Characterizing suicidal thoughts and behaviours in individuals presenting to a psychiatric emergency department: a protocol for a multimethod approach for suicide prevention research.

Baharikhoob P, Maslej M, Wong AHC, Mulsant B, Blumberger D, Courtney D, Husain MI, Kurdyak P, Kleinman RA, Torfason A, Gajaria A, Diaconescu A, Ma A, Sonley A, Abramovich A, Crawford A, Petronis A, Fage B, Orchard C, Buchman DZ, Liu F, Strudwick G, Lam JSH, Berrevoets M, Mozuraitis M, Reid N, Husain O, Ali S, McMain S, De Luca V, Stergiopoulos V, Lunsky Y, Zaheer J

BMJ open20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087561 PMID: 40228850

Synthesizing Cognitive Control and Decision-Making Risk Factors for Suicide Attempt in Adults At High-Risk for Suicide: A Suicide Ideation-to-Action Approach

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ruocco, Anthony C; Diaconescu, Andreea O

Keywords: Brain Imaging; Cognition; Suicide

$1,323,450

Combining Ketamine with Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) for Suicidality in Individuals with Treatment Resistant Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Phase II Randomized, Midazolam-Controlled Clinical Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rosenblat, Joshua D; Burhan, Amer M; McMain, Shelley F

Keywords: Anesthesiology; Borderline Personality Disorder; Clinical Trial; Dialectical Behavioural Therapy; Ketamine; Major Depressive Disorder; Psychotherapy; Suicide; Treatment Resistant Depression

$1,362,848

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

Daniel Blumberger and Benoit Mulsant: 197 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Muhammad Husain: 67 shared papers
Arturas Petronis and James Kennedy: 45 shared papers
Albert Wong and James Kennedy: 41 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and James Kennedy: 40 shared papers
Muhammad Husain and Brett Jones: 40 shared papers
Gustavo Turecki and James Kennedy: 26 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Brett Jones: 24 shared papers
Fang Liu and Albert Wong: 21 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Muhammad Husain: 20 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Brett Jones: 17 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Juveria Zaheer: 17 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Marta Maslej: 16 shared papers
Allison Crawford and Gillian Strudwick: 15 shared papers
Arturas Petronis and Albert Wong: 14 shared papers
Anthony Ruocco and Shelley McMain: 13 shared papers
Muhammad Husain and Juveria Zaheer: 12 shared papers
Gillian Strudwick and Juveria Zaheer: 11 shared papers
Gustavo Turecki and Benoit Mulsant: 8 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Allison Crawford: 8 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Marta Maslej: 8 shared papers
Muhammad Husain and David Gratzer: 7 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Gustavo Turecki: 6 shared papers
Shelley McMain and James Kennedy: 6 shared papers
Alex Abramovich and Juveria Zaheer: 6 shared papers
Andreea Diaconescu and James Kennedy: 6 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and David Gratzer: 5 shared papers
Anthony Ruocco and Andreea Diaconescu: 5 shared papers
Shelley McMain and Anne Sonley: 5 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Amy Gajaria: 5 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Daniel Buchman: 4 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Darren Courtney: 4 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and David Gratzer: 4 shared papers
Allison Crawford and Juveria Zaheer: 4 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Marta Maslej: 3 shared papers
Daniel Buchman and Juveria Zaheer: 3 shared papers
Daniel Buchman and Marta Maslej: 3 shared papers
Gillian Strudwick and David Gratzer: 3 shared papers
Darren Courtney and Andreea Diaconescu: 3 shared papers
Darren Courtney and Amy Gajaria: 3 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Anthony Ruocco: 2 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Amy Gajaria: 2 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Anne Sonley: 2 shared papers
Gustavo Turecki and Anne Sonley: 2 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Anne Sonley: 2 shared papers
Muhammad Husain and Anne Sonley: 2 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Anne Sonley: 2 shared papers
James Kennedy and Anne Sonley: 2 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Fang Liu: 1 shared paper
Daniel Blumberger and Arturas Petronis: 1 shared paper
Daniel Blumberger and Alex Abramovich: 1 shared paper
Daniel Blumberger and Christa Orchard: 1 shared paper
Daniel Blumberger and Aislynn Torfason: 1 shared paper
Daniel Blumberger and Bruce Fage: 1 shared paper
Anthony Ruocco and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Fang Liu and Shelley McMain: 1 shared paper
Fang Liu and Alex Abramovich: 1 shared paper
Fang Liu and Christa Orchard: 1 shared paper
Fang Liu and Aislynn Torfason: 1 shared paper
Fang Liu and Bruce Fage: 1 shared paper
Fang Liu and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Shelley McMain and Christa Orchard: 1 shared paper
Shelley McMain and Aislynn Torfason: 1 shared paper
Shelley McMain and Bruce Fage: 1 shared paper
Arturas Petronis and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Daniel Buchman and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Allison Crawford and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Gillian Strudwick and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Albert Wong and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Alex Abramovich and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Darren Courtney and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Andreea Diaconescu and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Marta Maslej and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Brett Jones and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Amy Gajaria and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Christa Orchard and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Aislynn Torfason and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Bruce Fage and Anne Sonley: 1 shared paper
Anne Sonley and David Gratzer: 1 shared paper

Department of Psychiatry
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Institute of Medical Science
Clinical Public Health Division
Department of Psychology
Epidemiology Division
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
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Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Sonley, 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 "Genome-wide association analyses of borderline personality disorder identify 11 loci and highlight shared risk with mental and somatic disorders." (2026), 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]