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Shelley McMain

ResearcherPsychologyYork University

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Shelley McMain

Researcher

Psychology

Health Sciences

York University

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.
20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

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

Latest papers

Psychometric properties of the BSL-23 (English translation) and its equivalency with the BSL-23 (German): an analysis based on Item Response Theory
BMC Psychiatry · 2026 · senior author
The role of different forms of adverse childhood experiences in borderline personality disorder: results from a network analysis including clinical and non-clinical populations.
Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2026
Treatment modifiers of interpersonal functioning in psychotherapy for people with borderline personality disorder: Systematic review with meta-analyses of individual participant data.
Clinical psychology review · 2026

All 40 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 · Principal investigator
$952,425

All 1 grants and awards

40 publications.

Psychometric properties of the BSL-23 (English translation) and its equivalency with the BSL-23 (German): an analysis based on Item Response Theory

Labrish C, Alter U, Kleindienst N, Streiner DL, Bohus M, McMain S

BMC Psychiatry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-026-07863-y

The role of different forms of adverse childhood experiences in borderline personality disorder: results from a network analysis including clinical and non-clinical populations.

Vonderlin R, Senyüz B, Claus C, Mahalingam S, Schulze A, Koch S, Voderholzer U, Schmahl C, Margraf J, Teismann T, Kleindienst N, Boritz T, McMain S, Bohus M, Lis S

Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40479-026-00356-0 PMID: 42449464

Treatment modifiers of interpersonal functioning in psychotherapy for people with borderline personality disorder: Systematic review with meta-analyses of individual participant data.

Pereira Ribeiro J, Stoffers-Winterling J, Jørgensen MS, Juul S, Matbouriahi M, Fisher D, van Ballegooijen W, Kongerslev M, Simonsen E, Karyotaki E, Cuijpers P, Bateman A, Klein JP, Amianto F, Fonagy P, Dixon-Gordon K, Chapman AL, Thomaes K, Jacob GA, Kramer U, Philips B, Franck J, Priebe S, Zanarini MC, Black DW, McMain S, Dekker J, Storebø OJ

Clinical psychology review2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2026.102707 PMID: 41655316

Treatment Moderators of Symptom Severity in Psychotherapy for People with Borderline Personality Disorder: Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses of Individual Participant Data.

Pereira Ribeiro J, Stoffers-Winterling J, Jørgensen MS, Juul S, Matbouriahi M, Fisher D, van Ballegooijen W, Kongerslev MT, Simonsen E, Karyotaki E, Cuijpers P, Bateman A, Klein JP, Amianto F, Fonagy P, Porter R, Dixon-Gordon K, Chapman AL, Thomaes K, Jacob GA, Kramer U, Philips B, Franck J, Majdara E, Priebe S, Chanen A, Nicol K, Mueser KT, Carlyle D, Zanarini MC, Black DW, McMain S, Dekker J, Storebø OJ

Psychotherapy and psychosomatics2026

DOI: 10.1159/000548417 PMID: 41134728

Genome-wide association analyses of borderline personality disorder identify 11 loci and highlight shared risk with mental and somatic disorders.

Streit F, Awasthi S, Hall ASM, Braun A, Niarchou M, Marouli E, Babajide O, Frank J, Zillich L, Callies CM, Avetyan D, Zillich E, Naamanka J, Gonzalez J, Harder A, Lu Y, Aherrahrou Z, Ahmad ZU, Ask H, Batzler A, Benros ME, Brand-de Wilde OM, Brunak S, Bruun MT, Christoffersen LAN, Colodro-Conde L, Coombes BJ, Corfield EC, Dahmen N, Didriksen M, Dinh KM, Djurovic S, Dowsett J, Drange OK, Dukal H, Edelmann S, Erikstrup C, Espinola MK, Fassbinder E, Faucon A, Ferreira de Sá DS, Foo JC, Gilles M, Gutiérrez-Zotes A, Hansen TF, Haraldsson M, Harper RP, Havdahl A, Heilbronner U, Herms S, Hjalgrim H, Hübel C, Jacob GA, Aagaard B, Jorgensen A, Jungkunz M, Kleindienst N, Knoblich N, Koglin S, Kraft J, Krebs K, Lee CW, Lin Y, Lis S, Lisoway A, Malogiannis IA, Martinsen A, Maslahati T, Merz K, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Mikkelsen S, Mikkelsen C, Mobascher A, Muntané G, Oddsson A, Ostrowski SR, Palviainen T, Pedersen OBV, Pedersen G, Quinn L, Reinhard MA, Ruths FA, Schott BH, Schredl M, Schwarz E, Schwarze CE, Schwinn M, Send TS, Sigurdsson E, Simon-Keller K, Skuladottir AT, Soler J, Sonley A, Sørensen E, Stefansson H, Straub P, Suvisaari J, Tesli M, Træholt J, Ullum H, Völker MP, Walters GB, Wang R, Witt CC, Zarbock G, Zill P, Zwart JA, DBDS Genomic Consortium, GLAD Study, HUNT All-In Psychiatry, Andreassen OA, Arntz A, Biernacka JM, Bohus M, Breen G, Chapman AL, Cichon S, Davis LK, Deuschle M, Euler S, Herpertz SC, Hummelen B, Jobst A, Kaprio J, Kennedy JL, Lehto K, Lieb K, Martorell L, McMain S, Musil R, Nieratschker V, Nöthen MM, Padberg F, Palotie A, Pascual JC, Perroud N, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Ribases M, Roepke S, Rujescu D, Sanchez-Roige S, Schilling C, Schmahl C, Stefansson K, Thorgeirsson TE, Turecki G, Vilella E, Werge T, Winsvold BS, Wrege J, Rietschel M, Ripke S, Witt SH

Nature genetics2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41588-026-02654-3 PMID: 42477112

A Digital Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Intervention for Acute Suicidality in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Study: Intervention numérique en thérapie comportementale dialectique en cas de suicidabilité aiguë de patients hospitalisés en psychiatrie : Étude de faisabilité contrôlée à répartition aléatoire

Jones BDM, Kittur ME, Mak MSB, Wang W, Zaheer J, McMain S, Husain MO, Sonley A, Gratzer D, Mulsant BH

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry20254 citations

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251337607

Which one impacts the other?: The relationship between change in borderline personality disorder severity and change in posttraumatic stress disorder severity among individuals in dialectical behavior therapy.

Kuo JR, Christensen KE, Liebman R, Fitzpatrick S, Chapman A, McMain S

Behaviour research and therapy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104747 PMID: 40294584

Trauma-focused dialectical behavior therapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled multi-center trial in online and face-to-face formats.

Vonderlin R, Boritz T, Claus C, Senyüz B, Mahalingam S, Schmelz J, Knolle-Ventjeer S, Santangelo PS, Ebner-Priemer UW, Schmahl C, Margraf J, Teismann T, Lis S, Kleindienst N, McMain S, Bohus M

Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40479-025-00294-3 PMID: 40346702

Characterizing suicidal thoughts and behaviours in individuals presenting to a psychiatric emergency department: a protocol for a multimethod approach for suicide prevention research.

Baharikhoob P, Maslej M, Wong AHC, Mulsant B, Blumberger D, Courtney D, Husain MI, Kurdyak P, Kleinman RA, Torfason A, Gajaria A, Diaconescu A, Ma A, Sonley A, Abramovich A, Crawford A, Petronis A, Fage B, Orchard C, Buchman DZ, Liu F, Strudwick G, Lam JSH, Berrevoets M, Mozuraitis M, Reid N, Husain O, Ali S, McMain S, De Luca V, Stergiopoulos V, Lunsky Y, Zaheer J

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087561 PMID: 40228850

Maladaptive defense mechanisms moderate treatment outcome in 6 months versus 12 months dialectical-behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder.

Euler S, Babl A, Dommann E, Stalujanis E, Labrish C, Kramer U, McMain S

Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2024.2334053 PMID: 38648578

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Shelley McMain

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Psychometric properties of the BSL-23 (English translation) and its equivalency with the BSL-23 (German): an analysis based on Item Response Theory

The role of different forms of adverse childhood experiences in borderline personality disorder: results from a network analysis including clinical and non-clinical populations.

Treatment modifiers of interpersonal functioning in psychotherapy for people with borderline personality disorder: Systematic review with meta-analyses of individual participant data.

Treatment Moderators of Symptom Severity in Psychotherapy for People with Borderline Personality Disorder: Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses of Individual Participant Data.

Genome-wide association analyses of borderline personality disorder identify 11 loci and highlight shared risk with mental and somatic disorders.

Which one impacts the other?: The relationship between change in borderline personality disorder severity and change in posttraumatic stress disorder severity among individuals in dialectical behavior therapy.

Trauma-focused dialectical behavior therapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled multi-center trial in online and face-to-face formats.

Characterizing suicidal thoughts and behaviours in individuals presenting to a psychiatric emergency department: a protocol for a multimethod approach for suicide prevention research.

Maladaptive defense mechanisms moderate treatment outcome in 6 months versus 12 months dialectical-behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder.

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

Frequent collaborators

Shelley McMain

Paul Links

Alexander Chapman

David Lloyd Streiner

Gustavo Turecki

Skye Fitzpatrick

Juveria Zaheer

Pablo Rusjan

Marta Maslej

Yona Lunsky

Brian Rush

Amy Gajaria

Christa Orchard

Yona Lunsky

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Paul Links

Rachel Liebman

Michael Mak

Alexander Chapman

Arturas Petronis

Gloria Chaim

Marilyn Korzekwa

Benoit Mulsant

Allison Crawford

Neil Vasdev

Isabelle Boileau