Ari Zaretsky, University of Toronto

Research

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Psychiatry (including psychotherapy)Mental health rehabilitation

Latest papers

Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2023
The Out of Darkness Project: Innovative Multimedia Digital Storytelling in Psychiatry
Academic Psychiatry · 2022 · first author
Correction to: The Out of Darkness Project: Innovative Multimedia Digital Storytelling in Psychiatry
Academic Psychiatry · 2022 · first author

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Evaluating the Feasibility of Training and Deploying Peer Champions to Support Healthcare Workers Psychosocial Needs Utilizing the STEADY Wellness Program Framework
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Disseminating a scoping review of hospital-based psychosocial response to disaster
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$10,000

All 2 grants and awards

19 publications.

01

Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Holman S, Steinberg R, Sinyor M, Lane H, Starritt K, Kennedy SH, Niederkrotenthaler T, Zaretsky A, Castel S, Schaffer A

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2023

DOI: 10.1177/07067437221121111 PMID: 35996823

02

The Out of Darkness Project: Innovative Multimedia Digital Storytelling in Psychiatry

Zaretsky A, Rodney H, Morassaei S, Parker K, Di Prospero L, Kalocsai C, Silver I, Conn LG, Jarecki J, Engelman D

Academic Psychiatry20226 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1007/s40596-022-01637-w

03

Correction to: The Out of Darkness Project: Innovative Multimedia Digital Storytelling in Psychiatry

Zaretsky A, Rodney H, Morassaei S, Parker K, Di Prospero L, Kalocsai C, Silver I, Conn LG, Jarecki J, Engelman D

Academic Psychiatry2022First author

DOI: 10.1007/s40596-022-01673-6

04

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 anxiety2021

DOI: 10.1002/da.23135 PMID: 33528865

05

Comment on "I'm Virtually a Psychiatrist: Problems with Telepsychiatry in Training".

Freedman DE, Zaretsky A

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01552-6 PMID: 34727355

06

Compassion Fatigue in Surgical Trainees.

Seemann NM, Karanicolas PJ, Guttman MP, Nathens AB, Tien HC, Ellis J, Zaretsky A, Gotlib Conn L

Journal of surgical education2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.03.012 PMID: 30979650

07

What do I do? Developing a competency inventory for postgraduate (residency) program directors.

Lieff SJ, Zaretsky A, Bandiera G, Imrie K, Spadafora S, Glover Takahashi S

Medical teacher2016

DOI: 10.3109/0142159x.2016.1147532 PMID: 27049589

08

A Transition to Residency Curriculum for International Medical Graduate Psychiatry Trainees.

Sockalingam S, Thiara G, Zaretsky A, Abbey S, Hawa R

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry2016

DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0389-7 PMID: 26162462

09

Screen all for depression.

Sinyor M, Rezmovitz J, Zaretsky A

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1617 PMID: 27026236

10

Cognitive behavioural therapy or antidepressants for acute depression?

Sinyor M, Fefergrad M, Zaretsky A

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h6315 PMID: 26646303

Evaluating the Feasibility of Training and Deploying Peer Champions to Support Healthcare Workers Psychosocial Needs Utilizing the STEADY Wellness Program Framework

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ellis, Janet W; Sinyor, Mark

Keywords: Covid-19 Stress; Healthcare Worker; Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation; Mental Wellbeing; Occupational Stress Injury; Peer Support; Posttraumatic Stress; Resilience; Staff Wellness Programming

$100,000

Disseminating a scoping review of hospital-based psychosocial response to disaster

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ellis, Janet W

Keywords: Code Orange; Disaster Planning; Emergency Response; Hospital Plans, Procedures & Policies; Mass Casualty Incident; Post Traumatic Stress; Prevention Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Psychological First Aid; Psychosocial Response; Scoping Review

$10,000

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

Mark Sinyor and Ayal Schaffer: 71 shared papers
Jonathan Downar and Fidel Vila-Rodriguez: 55 shared papers
Jonathan Downar and Peter Giacobbe: 29 shared papers
Sanjeev Sockalingam and Timothy Jackson: 20 shared papers
Rosalie Steinberg and Mark Sinyor: 15 shared papers
Rosalie Steinberg and Ayal Schaffer: 12 shared papers
Fidel Vila-Rodriguez and Peter Giacobbe: 11 shared papers
Glenda MacQueen and Glenda MacQueen: 8 shared papers
Sanjeev Sockalingam and Susan Abbey: 6 shared papers
Sanjeev Sockalingam and Ari Zaretsky: 5 shared papers
Ayal Schaffer and Verinder Sharma: 5 shared papers
Janet Ellis and Mark Sinyor: 4 shared papers
Mark Sinyor and Peter Giacobbe: 4 shared papers
Janet Ellis and Rosalie Steinberg: 3 shared papers
Mark Sinyor and Ari Zaretsky: 3 shared papers
Csilla Kalocsai and Nancy McNaughton: 3 shared papers
Joanna Jarecki and Lisa Di Prospero: 2 shared papers
Joanna Jarecki and Csilla Kalocsai: 2 shared papers
Joanna Jarecki and Ari Zaretsky: 2 shared papers
Glenda MacQueen and Ari Zaretsky: 2 shared papers
Glenda MacQueen and Ari Zaretsky: 2 shared papers
Janet Ellis and Lisa Di Prospero: 2 shared papers
Lisa Di Prospero and Csilla Kalocsai: 2 shared papers
Lisa Di Prospero and Ari Zaretsky: 2 shared papers
Susan Abbey and Ari Zaretsky: 2 shared papers
Csilla Kalocsai and Ari Zaretsky: 2 shared papers
David Lloyd Streiner and Glenda MacQueen: 1 shared paper
David Lloyd Streiner and Glenda MacQueen: 1 shared paper
David Lloyd Streiner and Ayal Schaffer: 1 shared paper
David Lloyd Streiner and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Mazin Al-Battran and Sanjeev Sockalingam: 1 shared paper
Mazin Al-Battran and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Jonathan Downar and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Kevin Imrie and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Kevin Imrie and Susan Glover Takahashi: 1 shared paper
Janet Ellis and Lesley Gotlib Conn: 1 shared paper
Janet Ellis and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Timothy Jackson and Susan Abbey: 1 shared paper
Timothy Jackson and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Lisa Di Prospero and Lesley Gotlib Conn: 1 shared paper
Rosalie Steinberg and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Lesley Gotlib Conn and Csilla Kalocsai: 1 shared paper
Lesley Gotlib Conn and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Fidel Vila-Rodriguez and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Fidel Vila-Rodriguez and Verinder Sharma: 1 shared paper
Mark Sinyor and Jeremy Rezmovitz: 1 shared paper
Kenneth Fung and Susan Abbey: 1 shared paper
Kenneth Fung and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Peter Giacobbe and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Peter Giacobbe and Verinder Sharma: 1 shared paper
Ayal Schaffer and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Nancy McNaughton and Ari Zaretsky: 1 shared paper
Ari Zaretsky and Susan Glover Takahashi: 1 shared paper
Ari Zaretsky and Jeremy Rezmovitz: 1 shared paper
Ari Zaretsky and Verinder Sharma: 1 shared paper

Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry
School of Nursing
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Clinical Public Health Division
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Critical Care Medicine
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Sanjeev Sockalingam

Faculty

5 shared papers, latest 2016

Mark Sinyor

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2023

Susan Abbey

Department of Psychiatry

2 shared papers, latest 2016

Glenda MacQueen

Psychiatry

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Joanna Jarecki

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Csilla Kalocsai

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Lisa Di Prospero

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Glenda MacQueen

School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Susan Glover Takahashi

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Jeremy Rezmovitz

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Verinder Sharma

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Rosalie Steinberg

Department of Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Lesley Gotlib Conn

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Fidel Vila-Rodriguez

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Kenneth Fung

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Peter Giacobbe

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Ayal Schaffer

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2023

David Lloyd Streiner

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2007

Nancy McNaughton

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Mazin Al-Battran

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2012

Jonathan Downar

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2010

Vicky Stergiopoulos

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Li Ka Shing Knowledge

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Psychiatry (including psychotherapy) Dear Professor Zaretsky, 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 "Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial." (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]