Lynn Courey, University of Toronto

Research

Health Services Mental Health Schools Screening Youth

Latest papers

A Single-Session Virtual Validation Intervention for Family Members of Youth Experiencing Emotion Dysregulation.
Family process · 2025
Integrated Collaborative Care for Youths With Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges
JAMA Network Open · 2025
Caregivers of individuals with borderline personality disorder: The relationship between leading caregiver interventions and psychological distress/positive mental well-being.
Family process · 2024

All 8 publications

Latest funding

A randomized controlled trial testing Sage: A brief intervention for people with borderline personality disorder, their intimate partners, and their relationship
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$952,425
Impact of youth and caregiver engagement in youth mental health and substance use service development: A patient-oriented research study
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$50,000
Community-based integrated collaborative care teams to enhance service delivery to youth with mental health and substance use challenges: A multi-site pragmatic randomized-controlled trial
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$711,452

All 5 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

A Single-Session Virtual Validation Intervention for Family Members of Youth Experiencing Emotion Dysregulation.

Sheasgreen C, Aiello A, Courey L, Hyndman D

Family process2025

DOI: 10.1111/famp.70085 PMID: 41231523

02

Integrated Collaborative Care for Youths With Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges

Henderson J, Szatmari P, Cleverley K, Ma C, Hawke LD, Cheung A, Relihan J, Dixon M, Quinlan-Davidson M, Moretti M

JAMA Network Open20258 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.9565

03

Caregivers of individuals with borderline personality disorder: The relationship between leading caregiver interventions and psychological distress/positive mental well-being.

Hayes A, Courey L, Kells M, Hyndman D, Dempsey M, Murphy M

Family process2024

DOI: 10.1111/famp.13042 PMID: 39091082

04

Prioritizing core components of successful transitions from child to adult mental health care: a national Delphi survey with youth, caregivers, and health professionals

Cleverley K, McCann E, O’Brien D, Davies J, Bennett K, Brennenstuhl S, Courey L, Henderson J, Jeffs L, Miller J

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry202234 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00787-021-01806-6 PMID: W3165470669

05

Youth and family members make meaningful contributions to a randomized‐controlled trial: YouthCan IMPACT

Henderson J, Courey L, Relihan J, Darnay K, Szatmari P, Cleverley K, Cheung A, Hawke LD

Early Intervention in Psychiatry202215 citations

DOI: 10.1111/eip.13232

06

What we know - and want to know - about Family Connections: a review from the perspective of lived experience.

Courey L, Hyndman D, Sheasgreen C, McCay E

Current opinion in psychology2021First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.07.029 PMID: 32829003

07

‘It reshaped how I will do research’: A qualitative exploration of team members’ experiences with youth and family engagement in a randomized controlled trial

Sheikhan NY, Hawke LD, Cleverley K, Darnay K, Courey L, Szatmari P, Cheung A, Henderson J

Health Expectations202121 citations

DOI: 10.1111/hex.13206

08

Integrated collaborative care teams to enhance service delivery to youth with mental health and substance use challenges: protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Henderson JL, Cheung A, Cleverley K, Chaim G, Moretti ME, de Oliveira C, Hawke LD, Willan AR, O'Brien D, Heffernan O

BMJ Open2017102 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014080

A randomized controlled trial testing Sage: A brief intervention for people with borderline personality disorder, their intimate partners, and their relationship

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fitzpatrick, Skye S; Liebman, Rachel; McMain, Shelley F

Keywords: Borderline Personality Disorder; Clinical Trial; Couple Therapy; Emotion Dysregulation; Intimate Relationship; Self-Harm; Significant Other; Suicide

$952,425

Impact of youth and caregiver engagement in youth mental health and substance use service development: A patient-oriented research study

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: Patient-Oriented Research Impact Assessment Grants

Principal investigators: Henderson, Jo; Relihan, Jacqueline; Hawke, Lisa D

Keywords: Integrated Care; Mental Health; Patient Engagement; Substance Use Disorders; Youth

$50,000

Community-based integrated collaborative care teams to enhance service delivery to youth with mental health and substance use challenges: A multi-site pragmatic randomized-controlled trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Henderson, Jo; Chaim, Gloria; Cheung, Amy H; Cleverley, Kristin D

Keywords: Addictions Services; Community Mental Health; Integrated Collaborative Care; Mental Health Services; Randomized-Controlled Trial; Youth

$711,452

Prioritizing Youth and Caregivers as Experts of Mental Health Care Transitions: A National Delphi Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

Principal investigators: Cleverley, Kristin D; O'Brien, David J

Keywords: Delphi Methods; Mental Health; Patient-Orientated Research; Youth Engagement

$24,977

YouthCan 2020: A new vision for youth mental health in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Mental Health Network - LOI

Principal investigators: Szatmari, Peter; Ben Amor, Leila; Carveth, Nick; Chouchkova, Anna; Courey, Lynn; Dumont, Serge; Fisico, Alex G; Lesperance, Paul; Maybee, Alies; Pajer, Kathleen; Thibodeau, Guy; Addington, Donald E; Bennett, Kathryn J; Chaim, Gloria; Conrod, Patricia; Episkenew, Jo-Ann M; Gardner, William; Gingras, Nathalie; Henderson, Jo; Kates, Nick; Krank, Marvin D; Mâsse, Benoît R; Maziade, Michel G; McKinney, Veronica; Mela, Mansfield; Mushquash, Christopher J; Newton, Mandi S; Rehm, Jürgen T; Stewart, Sherry H; Tait, Caroline L; Uher, Rudolf

Keywords: Health Services; Mental Health; Schools; Screening; Youth

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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