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Molyn Leszcz

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ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatryUniversity of Toronto

Molyn Leszcz

Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Latest papers

Task-sharing and telemedicine delivery of psychotherapy to treat perinatal depression: a pragmatic, noninferiority randomized trial.
Nature medicine · 2025
Psychotherapy Competency Milestones: an Exploratory Pilot of CBT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Skills Acquisition in Junior Psychiatry Residents.
Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2019
A randomized controlled trial of a supportive expressive group intervention for women with a family history of breast cancer.
Psycho-oncology · 2018

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Improving Patient Mental Health With Psychotherapist Virtual Training: A Practice-Research Network Study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$814,726
Therapeutic Alliance Tensions and Repair in Psychotherapy Practices: A Psychotherapy Practice Research Network (PPRNet) Proposal
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$321,300
Men's Mental Health: Fathers - Phase 1
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$23,829

All 6 grants and awards

14 publications.

Task-sharing and telemedicine delivery of psychotherapy to treat perinatal depression: a pragmatic, noninferiority randomized trial.

Singla DR, Silver RK, Vigod SN, Schoueri-Mychasiw N, Kim JJ, La Porte LM, Ravitz P, Schiller CE, Lawson AS, Kiss A, Hollon SD, Dennis CL, Berenbaum TS, Krohn HA, Gibori JE, Charlebois J, Clark DM, Dalfen AK, Davis W, Gaynes BN, Leszcz M, Katz SR, Murphy KE, Naslund JA, Reyes-Rodríguez ML, Stuebe AM, Zlobin C, Mulsant BH, Patel V, Meltzer-Brody S

Nature medicine202537 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03482-w PMID: 40033113

Psychotherapy Competency Milestones: an Exploratory Pilot of CBT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Skills Acquisition in Junior Psychiatry Residents.

Ravitz P, Lawson A, Fefergrad M, Rawkins S, Lancee W, Maunder R, Leszcz M, Kivlighan DM

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry201911 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s40596-018-0940-4 PMID: 29858773

A randomized controlled trial of a supportive expressive group intervention for women with a family history of breast cancer.

Esplen MJ, Leszcz M, Hunter J, Wong J, Leung YW, Toner B, Messner S, Glendon G, Stuckless N, Butler C

Psycho-oncology201814 citations

DOI: 10.1002/pon.4822 PMID: 29952047

The effect of brief case management on emergency department use of frequent users in mental health: Findings of a randomized controlled trial.

Stergiopoulos V, Gozdzik A, Cohen A, Guimond T, Hwang SW, Kurdyak P, Leszcz M, Wasylenki D

PloS one201745 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182157 PMID: 28771524

Improving continuity of care for frequent users of emergency departments: service user and provider perspectives.

Poremski D, Harris DW, Kahan D, Pauly D, Leszcz M, O'Campo P, Wasylenki D, Stergiopoulos V

General hospital psychiatry201648 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.01.004 PMID: 26906469

Perceived Case Management Needs and Service Preferences of Frequent Emergency Department Users: Lessons Learned in a Large Urban Centre.

Kahan D, Poremski D, Wise-Harris D, Pauly D, Leszcz M, Wasylenki D, Stergiopoulos V

PloS one201634 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168782 PMID: 28002491

Integrating care for frequent users of emergency departments: implementation evaluation of a brief multi-organizational intensive case management intervention.

Kahan D, Leszcz M, O'Campo P, Hwang SW, Wasylenki DA, Kurdyak P, Wise Harris D, Gozdzik A, Stergiopoulos V

BMC health services research201630 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1407-5 PMID: 27121969

Brief case management versus usual care for frequent users of emergency departments: the Coordinated Access to Care from Hospital Emergency Departments (CATCH-ED) randomized controlled trial.

Stergiopoulos V, Gozdzik A, Tan de Bibiana J, Guimond T, Hwang SW, Wasylenki DA, Leszcz M

BMC health services research201615 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1666-1 PMID: 27557705

Psychotherapy Knowledge Translation and Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Using Best-Education Practices to Transform Mental Health Care in Canada and Ethiopia.

Ravitz P, Wondimagegn D, Pain C, Araya M, Alem A, Baheretibeb Y, Hanlon C, Fekadu A, Park J, Fefergrad M, Leszcz M

American journal of psychotherapy2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2014.68.4.463 PMID: 26453347

Evaluating the effectiveness of an interprofessional education faculty development course: the transfer of interprofessional learning to the academic and clinical practice setting.

Simmons B, Oandasan I, Soklaradis S, Esdaile M, Barker K, Kwan D, Leszcz M, Lowe M, Moaveni A, Richardson D, Silver I, Sinclair L, Tassone M, Wagner S

Journal of interprofessional care201117 citations

DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2010.515044 PMID: 21182437

Improving Patient Mental Health With Psychotherapist Virtual Training: A Practice-Research Network Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tasca, Giorgio

Keywords: Patient-Oriented Research; Practice-Based Research; Psychotherapy; Virtual Training

$814,726

Therapeutic Alliance Tensions and Repair in Psychotherapy Practices: A Psychotherapy Practice Research Network (PPRNet) Proposal

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tasca, Giorgio

Keywords: Patient-Oriented Research; Practice-Based Research; Psychotherapy

$321,300

Men's Mental Health: Fathers - Phase 1

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: Gender, Sex and Health Research

Principal investigators: Maunder, Robert G

Keywords: Addiction; Delphi Method; Fathers; Men'S Health; Mental Health; Network; Parenting

$23,829

Scanning the Way Ahead: Developing a Shared Vision of Practice-Based Psychotherapy Research in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Tasca, Giorgio; Mercer, Deanna

Keywords: Deliberative Priority Setting; Delphi Method; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Mental Health; Practice-Based Research; Psychotherapy

$24,410

A group intervention to promote healthy self-concepts and to mitigate self-stigmatization & engulfment in first episode schizophrenia

Co-investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: McCay, Elizabeth A.

Keywords: group intervention; first episode schizophrenia; stigma; self-concept; engulfment; self-efficacy

$18,173

The canadian group intervention research network: Enhancing quality of life in chronic illness

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Tri-Council Workshop/Networking Program

Principal investigators: McCay, Elizabeth

Keywords: group interventions; group interventions in chronic illness; quality of life; chronic illness; health research networks; intervention research; subjective experience of illness; multidisciplinary teams

$10,000

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.

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Molyn Leszcz

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Task-sharing and telemedicine delivery of psychotherapy to treat perinatal depression: a pragmatic, noninferiority randomized trial.

Psychotherapy Competency Milestones: an Exploratory Pilot of CBT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Skills Acquisition in Junior Psychiatry Residents.

A randomized controlled trial of a supportive expressive group intervention for women with a family history of breast cancer.

The effect of brief case management on emergency department use of frequent users in mental health: Findings of a randomized controlled trial.

Improving continuity of care for frequent users of emergency departments: service user and provider perspectives.

Perceived Case Management Needs and Service Preferences of Frequent Emergency Department Users: Lessons Learned in a Large Urban Centre.

Integrating care for frequent users of emergency departments: implementation evaluation of a brief multi-organizational intensive case management intervention.

Brief case management versus usual care for frequent users of emergency departments: the Coordinated Access to Care from Hospital Emergency Departments (CATCH-ED) randomized controlled trial.

Psychotherapy Knowledge Translation and Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Using Best-Education Practices to Transform Mental Health Care in Canada and Ethiopia.

Evaluating the effectiveness of an interprofessional education faculty development course: the transfer of interprofessional learning to the academic and clinical practice setting.

Improving Patient Mental Health With Psychotherapist Virtual Training: A Practice-Research Network Study

Therapeutic Alliance Tensions and Repair in Psychotherapy Practices: A Psychotherapy Practice Research Network (PPRNet) Proposal

Men's Mental Health: Fathers - Phase 1

Scanning the Way Ahead: Developing a Shared Vision of Practice-Based Psychotherapy Research in Canada

A group intervention to promote healthy self-concepts and to mitigate self-stigmatization & engulfment in first episode schizophrenia

The canadian group intervention research network: Enhancing quality of life in chronic illness

Frequent collaborators

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Paula Ravitz

Donald Wasylenki

Stephen Hwang

Jiahui Wong

Paul Kurdyak

Patricia O’Campo

Mark Fefergrad

Daniel Pauly

Clare Pain

Jay Moss

Brian Simmons

Susan Wagner

Denyse Richardson

Debbie Kwan

Lisa Andermann

Bruce Ballon

Wendy Chow

Brenda Toner

John Teshima

Ivan Silver

Jonathan Hunter

Sian Rawkins

Samuel Law