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David Castle

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Toronto

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David Castle

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
40 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Diabetes Population Health Comorbidity Covid-19 Mental Health Psychosocial Interventions Resilience Substance Use

Latest papers

'Quitlink': Outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of peer researcher facilitated referral to a tailored quitline tobacco treatment for people receiving mental health services.
The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2024
Clinical outcomes of deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Insight as a predictor of symptom changes.
Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2024
Psychosocial Interventions for Individuals With Comorbid Psychosis and Substance Use Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Studies.
Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024 · senior author

All 48 publications

Latest funding

A proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial to show that the antidepressant effects of psilocybin do not require psychedelic effects
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$546,976
Establishing Access to Treatment Pathways for Technology-Enabled Type-2 Diabetes and Mental Health Integrated Care: Learning from Stakeholders using Story Completion Method
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$9,950
Pilot Clinical Study: Psilocybin Assisted Psychotherapy as a Novel Treatment for Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD).
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$344,250

All 8 grants and awards

48 publications.

'Quitlink': Outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of peer researcher facilitated referral to a tailored quitline tobacco treatment for people receiving mental health services.

Baker AL, McCarter K, Turner A, Segan C, Castle D, Brophy L, Borland R, Kelly PJ, Bonevski B, Baird D, Filia S, Attia J, Szwec S, Palazzi K, White SL, Williams JM, Wrobel AL, Ireland A, Saxby K, Ghijben P, Petrie D, Sweeney R

The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry2024

DOI: 10.1177/00048674231181039 PMID: 37353970

Clinical outcomes of deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Insight as a predictor of symptom changes.

Acevedo N, Rossell S, Castle D, Groves C, Cook M, McNeill P, Olver J, Meyer D, Perera T, Bosanac P

Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences2024

DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13619 PMID: 37984432

Psychosocial Interventions for Individuals With Comorbid Psychosis and Substance Use Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Studies.

Siddiqui S, Mehta D, Coles A, Selby P, Solmi M, Castle D

Schizophrenia bulletin2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbae101 PMID: 38938221

Corrigendum to 'Is there a discrete negative symptom dimension in people who use methamphetamine?'Comprehensive Psychiatry 93 (2019) 27-32.

Voce A, Burns R, Castle D, Calabria B, McKetin R

Comprehensive psychiatry2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2021.152231 PMID: 33648737

Medical assistance in dying for mental illness: a complex intervention requiring a correspondingly complex evaluation approach.

Bastidas-Bilbao H, Castle D, Gupta M, Stergiopoulos V, Hawke LD

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2024

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2024.21 PMID: 38433599

Default Mode Network Modulation by Psychedelics: A Systematic Review.

Gattuso JJ, Perkins D, Ruffell S, Lawrence AJ, Hoyer D, Jacobson LH, Timmermann C, Castle D, Rossell SL, Downey LA, Pagni BA, Galvão-Coelho NL, Nutt D, Sarris J

The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology2023

DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyac074 PMID: 36272145

Safety and feasibility of faecal microbiota transplant for major depressive disorder: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Green JE, McGuinness AJ, Berk M, Castle D, Athan E, Hair C, Strandwitz P, Loughman A, Nierenberg AA, Cryan JF, Mohebbi M, Jacka F

Pilot and feasibility studies2023

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-023-01235-z PMID: 36624505

Psychotherapies and digital interventions for OCD in adults: What do we know, what do we need still to explore?

Castle D, Feusner J, Laposa JM, Richter PMA, Hossain R, Lusicic A, Drummond LM

Comprehensive psychiatry2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152357 PMID: 36410261

Association between statins and the risk of suicide attempt, depression, anxiety, and seizure: A population-based, self-controlled case series study.

Ye X, Blais JE, Ng VWS, Castle D, Hayes JF, Wei Y, Kang W, Gao L, Yan VKC, Wong ICK, Chan EW

Journal of affective disorders2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.148 PMID: 36206879

A call for the increased education and use of behaviour change techniques in mental health services.

Haywood D, Mullan BA, Liddelow C, Rossell S, Castle D

General hospital psychiatry2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.11.002 PMID: 36404164

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David Castle

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'Quitlink': Outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of peer researcher facilitated referral to a tailored quitline tobacco treatment for people receiving mental health services.

Clinical outcomes of deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Insight as a predictor of symptom changes.

Psychosocial Interventions for Individuals With Comorbid Psychosis and Substance Use Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Studies.

Corrigendum to 'Is there a discrete negative symptom dimension in people who use methamphetamine?'Comprehensive Psychiatry 93 (2019) 27-32.

Medical assistance in dying for mental illness: a complex intervention requiring a correspondingly complex evaluation approach.

Default Mode Network Modulation by Psychedelics: A Systematic Review.

Safety and feasibility of faecal microbiota transplant for major depressive disorder: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Psychotherapies and digital interventions for OCD in adults: What do we know, what do we need still to explore?

Association between statins and the risk of suicide attempt, depression, anxiety, and seizure: A population-based, self-controlled case series study.

A call for the increased education and use of behaviour change techniques in mental health services.

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