Morton Beiser, University of Toronto

Research

Assessing Ptsd Evaluation Of Treatment Health System Change Knowledge Exchange And Transfer Mental Health Screening Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Prevalence Of Ptsd In Primary Health Care Ptsd Treatment

Latest papers

Mental Health Effects of Premigration Trauma and Postmigration Discrimination on Refugee Youth in Canada.
The Journal of nervous and mental disease · 2016 · first author
Differential impact of parental region of birth on negative parenting behavior and its effects on child mental health: Results from a large sample of 6 to 11 year old school children in France.
BMC psychiatry · 2016 · senior author
Chronic health conditions, labour market participation and resource consumption among immigrant and native-born residents of Canada.
International journal of public health · 2014 · first author

All 12 publications

Latest funding

Lending a Hand to Our Future: Documenting, Assessing and Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Refugee Children and Youth.
CIHR · 2013 · Nominated PI
$318,498
Social support intervention for Somali and Sudanese refugees in Canada
SSHRC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$134,246
Investigating the link between symptom expression, medicalization and acculturation: the case of Portuguese immigrants
SSHRC · 2001 · Co-investigator
$84,170

All 6 grants and awards

12 publications.

01

Mental Health Effects of Premigration Trauma and Postmigration Discrimination on Refugee Youth in Canada.

Beiser M, Hou F

The Journal of nervous and mental disease2016First author

DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000000516 PMID: 27101023

02

Differential impact of parental region of birth on negative parenting behavior and its effects on child mental health: Results from a large sample of 6 to 11 year old school children in France.

Kovess-Masfety V, Husky M, Pitrou I, Fermanian C, Shojaei T, Chee CC, Siddiqi A, Beiser M

BMC psychiatry2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0832-7 PMID: 27142482

03

Chronic health conditions, labour market participation and resource consumption among immigrant and native-born residents of Canada.

Beiser M, Hou F

International journal of public health2014First author

DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0544-z PMID: 24504154

04

Predictors of immigrant children’s mental health in Canada: selection, settlement contingencies, culture, or all of the above?

Beiser M, Goodwill AM, Albanese P, McShane K, Nowakowski M

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology201433 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0794-8

05

A comparison of levels and predictors of emotional problems among preadolescent Ethiopians in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Toronto, Canada.

Beiser M, Taa B, Fenta-Wube H, Baheretibeb Y, Pain C, Araya M

Transcultural psychiatry2012First author

DOI: 10.1177/1363461512457155 PMID: 23015641

06

Regional effects on the mental health of immigrant children: results from the New Canadian Children and Youth Study (NCCYS).

Beiser M, Zilber N, Simich L, Youngmann R, Zohar AH, Taa B, Hou F

Health & place2011First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.03.005 PMID: 21463966

07

A career in culture and psychiatry research: reflections on forty-plus years.

Beiser M

Transcultural psychiatry2011First author

DOI: 10.1177/1363461510383183 PMID: 21511843

08

Predictors of emotional problems and physical aggression among children of Hong Kong Chinese, Mainland Chinese and Filipino immigrants to Canada.

Beiser M, Hamilton H, Rummens JA, Oxman-Martinez J, Ogilvie L, Humphrey C, Armstrong R

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2010First author

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0140-3 PMID: 19768355

09

Human-initiated disaster, social disorganization and post-traumatic stress disorder above Nigeria's oil basins.

Beiser M, Wiwa O, Adebajo S

Social science & medicine (1982)2010First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.039 PMID: 20471148

10

Resettling refugees and safeguarding their mental health: lessons learned from the Canadian Refugee Resettlement Project.

Beiser M

Transcultural psychiatry2009First author

DOI: 10.1177/1363461509351373 PMID: 20028677

Lending a Hand to Our Future: Documenting, Assessing and Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Refugee Children and Youth.

Nominated PICIHR2013Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Beiser, Morton; Srinivasan, Vasanthi

Keywords: Assessing Ptsd; Evaluation Of Treatment; Health System Change; Knowledge Exchange And Transfer; Mental Health Screening; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Prevalence Of Ptsd In Primary Health Care; Ptsd Treatment; Refugee Children; Refugee Youth

$318,498

Social support intervention for Somali and Sudanese refugees in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stewart, Miriam J.

Keywords: refugees; social support; isolation; loneliness; intervention; mixed methods

$134,246

Investigating the link between symptom expression, medicalization and acculturation: the case of Portuguese immigrants

Co-investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: James, Susan

Keywords: culture; somatization; portuguese; sociosomatic

$84,170

Multicultural meanings of social support among immigrants and refugees

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Society, Culture and the Health of Canadians

Principal investigators: Stewart, Miriam

Keywords: Social support; immigrants; refugees; support needs; support experiences; health; health behaviours; health services use; programs and policies; community participation

$562,996

Immigrant perceptions of mental illness and their use of mental health services

Principal investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Beiser, Morton

Keywords: mental health attitudes; mental health; psychiatry; help-seeking behaviour; stigma

$50,000

Joint Research Centre on Immigration and Settlement

Co-investigatorSSHRC1996Immigration and the Metropolis

$1,281,667

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

Li Ka Shing Knowledge
Psychology
Epidemiology
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
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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.

Morton Beiser

Psychology

12 shared papers, latest 2016

Kelly Mcshane

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Hayley Hamilton

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2010

Matilda Nowakowski

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Arjumand Siddiqi

Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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