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Christopher Perlman
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Research
Latest papers
A cross-sectional observational study of the psychometric properties of comprehensive health assessments of older adults in 14 African nations: The Pan-African Utilization of Lay Assessment Systems (PAULAS) Project.
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics · 2026
Mental health service contact in children with and without physical-mental multimorbidity.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025
Validation of a composite outcome measure for inpatient psychiatry using scales from the interRAI-MH.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025
Latest funding
- $2,378,625
Population-based cohort studies of cannabis use: scaling novel measures of cannabis consumption to examine health risks and brain health.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $35,000
Achieving quality, risk and safety objectives in a learning health system: The creation of data-driven knowledge to inform policy and practice for minimizing violence and trauma in a psychiatric hospital
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
- $100,000
Community health impacts of policing behaviour in response to illegal drug use: A mixed method study examining changes in police policy and practices in smaller urban and rural communities
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
15 publications.
A cross-sectional observational study of the psychometric properties of comprehensive health assessments of older adults in 14 African nations: The Pan-African Utilization of Lay Assessment Systems (PAULAS) Project.
Hirdes JP, Ellis B, Gatobu S, Aderibigbe O, Adutwumwaah Ntem R, Bagaragaza E, Bali Christopher F, Gebrekidan A, Chisati E, Egbujie B, Haufiku D, Mashalla YJ, Mulla RT, Paraïso MN, Sankoh O, Sendaula E, Umubyeyi B, Aidoo G, Benhajali Y, Birinus EA, Gasanganwa MC, Gishoma D, Hartwell-Kinnear F, Jiya E, Kiondo V, Morawej Z, Nagawa J, Perlman C, Heckman GA, Geffen L
Mental health service contact in children with and without physical-mental multimorbidity.
Reaume S, Dubin J, Perlman C, Ferro M
Validation of a composite outcome measure for inpatient psychiatry using scales from the interRAI-MH.
Barbaree HE, Perlman C, Ham E, Brown GP, Hirdes JP
Australian psychologists' attitudes towards psychedelic-assisted therapy and training following a world-first drug down-scheduling.
Negrine JJ, Puljević C, Ferris J, Liknaitzky P, Perlman C, Piatkowski T
An Epidemiological Study of Physical-Mental Multimorbidity in Youth: Une étude épidémiologique de la morbidité physique-mentale chez les jeunes.
Reaume SV, Dubin JA, Perlman C, Ferro MA
Retrospective Analysis of Circumstances of Falls and Related Injuries across Levels of Care in Older Adult Retirement Home Facilities.
Cleworth TW, Perlman C, Killingbeck J, Laing AC
Spatial analyses of health services and drug-related harms in urban and rural settings.
Bardwell G, Perlman C
Substance Use among Youth in Community and Residential Mental Health Care Facilities in Ontario, Canada.
Aderibigbe OO, Stewart SL, Hirdes JP, Perlman C
Risk of Hospitalization in Long-Term Care Residents Living with Heart Failure: a Retrospective Cohort Study.
Kadu M, Heckman GA, Stolee P, Perlman C
Case-Mix Classification for Mental Health Care in Community Settings: A Scoping Review.
Tran N, Poss JW, Perlman C, Hirdes JP
Population-based cohort studies of cannabis use: scaling novel measures of cannabis consumption to examine health risks and brain health.
Principal investigators: Hammond, David G; Freeman, Tom; Rueda, Sergio
Keywords: Brain Health; Cannabis; Cognitive Functionning; Marijuana; Population Health
Achieving quality, risk and safety objectives in a learning health system: The creation of data-driven knowledge to inform policy and practice for minimizing violence and trauma in a psychiatric hospital
Principal investigators: Mauer-Vakil, Dane I
Keywords: Health Services And Policy; Hospital Safety; Implementation Science; Learning Health System; Mental Health
Community health impacts of policing behaviour in response to illegal drug use: A mixed method study examining changes in police policy and practices in smaller urban and rural communities
Principal investigators: Bardwell, Geoff; Perlman, Christopher M
Keywords: Community Health; Drug Use; Policing
Community health impacts of policing behaviour in response to illegal drug use: A mixed method study examining changes in police policy and practices in smaller urban and rural communities
Principal investigators: Bardwell, Geoff; Perlman, Christopher M
Keywords: Community Health; Drug Use; Policing
Planning for Pilot Implementation of interRAI Self-Assessment for Mental Health (SAMH) in Low-Resource Settings of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America
Principal investigators: Perlman, Christopher M; Hirdes, John P
Keywords: Assessment; Healthcare; International Network; Low - Middle Resource Nations; Mental Health; Pilot Testing
Leveraging community-based research to assess vulnerability and enhance adaptive capacity to extreme heat in Waterloo Region
Principal investigators: Dodd, Warren H; Eastwood, Meaghan
Keywords: Climate Change; Community Based Research; Extreme Heat; Health Equity; Older Adults; Participatory Methods; Public Health; Qualitative Methods; Spatial Analyses
Identifying strategies to (re)build trust in Canadian social institutions and increase public acceptance of COVID-19 countermeasures
Principal investigators: Meyer, Samantha
Keywords: Countermeasure Acceptance; Equity Seeking Groups; National Survey; Qualitative Interviews; Trust; Underserved Populations; Vaccine Acceptance
Trust me, I'm a doctor?: Developing and validating measures of trust for research and system monitoring/evaluation
Principal investigators: Meyer, Samantha
Keywords: (1) trust; (2) social theory; (3) healthcare; (4) tool development; (5) mixed methods
Cannabis Legalization and Mental health Outcomes Monitoring System
Principal investigators: Perlman, Christopher M; Hall, Bridget; Porath, Amy J
Keywords: Cannabis; Hospitalization; Mental Health; Youth
EUREKA! An Electronic Decision Aid for Empowering Individuals with Concurrent Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Principal investigators: Perlman, Christopher M; Bieling, Peter J
Keywords: Addictions; Decision Aid; Decision Support; Mental Health; Personalized Health; Shared-Decision Making; Substance Use
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
- School of Public Health Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Family Medicine
- Health Sciences
- School of Public Health and Health Systems
- Other
Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Dallas Seitz
Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Mark Ferro
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Andrea Gruneir
Family Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Geoff Bardwell
School of Public Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Bonaventure Egbujie
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Valerie Taylor
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Andrea Gruneir
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Paul Stolee
School of Public Health and Health Systems
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Peter Bieling
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Lynn Martin
Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Elizabeth Lin
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Nathan Herrmann
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2015
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