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Jaswant Guzder

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ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatryMcGill University

Jaswant Guzder

Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Child Psychiatry

Latest papers

Why Collect and Use Race/Ethnicity Data? A Qualitative Case Study on the Perspectives of Mental Health Providers and Patients During COVID-19.
International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024 · senior author
Editorial: Building resilience through healing communities.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024 · first author
Taking Action on Racism and Structural Violence in Psychiatric Training and Clinical Practice.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2023

All 14 publications

Latest funding

The gender specific effects of prenatal adversity on the development of anxious and depressive psychopathology in early adolescence - the moderating effect of genes and early maternal care
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$1,227,024
How the early environment interacts with prenatal adversity and genetic susceptibility to moderate the risk for anxious and depressive disorders from infancy to early adolescence - the moderating effect of maternal care and the mediating effect of temperament
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$1,496,217
Culturally-Based Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion for Indigenous Youth
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$675,000

All 5 grants and awards

14 publications.

Why Collect and Use Race/Ethnicity Data? A Qualitative Case Study on the Perspectives of Mental Health Providers and Patients During COVID-19.

Clark N, Quan C, Elgharbawy H, David A, Li ME, Mah C, Murphy JK, Costigan CL, Ganesan S, Guzder J

International journal of environmental research and public health20241 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21111499 PMID: 39595766

Editorial: Building resilience through healing communities.

Guzder J, Walcott G

Frontiers in psychiatry2024First author

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1395869 PMID: 38566956

Taking Action on Racism and Structural Violence in Psychiatric Training and Clinical Practice.

Jarvis GE, Andermann L, Ayonrinde OA, Beder M, Cénat JM, Ben-Cheikh I, Fung K, Gajaria A, Gómez-Carrillo A, Guzder J, Hanafi S, Kassam A, Kronick R, Lashley M, Lewis-Fernández R, McMahon A, Measham T, Nadeau L, Rousseau C, Sadek J, Schouler-Ocak M, Wieman C, Kirmayer LJ

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie202329 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/07067437231166985 PMID: 37198904

JBI systematic review protocol of text/opinions on how to best collect race-based data in healthcare contexts.

Quan C, Clark N, Costigan CL, Murphy J, Li M, David A, Ganesan S, Guzder J, Cross B

BMJ open202312 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069753 PMID: 37192794

Effectiveness and Predictors of Outcomes in a Psychiatric Day Treatment Program for Elementary-Age.

Balvardi S, Rahbari N, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Rudy L, Arnovitz M, Laplante DP, Brown M, Habib P, Zelkowitz P, Guzder J, Wazana AD

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie20222 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/07067437211000627 PMID: 33715475

The Importance of Religion and Spirituality in Cultural Psychiatry: Reply to Drs Persad and Oyewumi.

Kirmayer LJ, Andermann L, Fung K, Guzder J, Jarvis GE

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie20221 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/07067437221087939 PMID: 35354338

Historical Scientific Racism and Psychiatric Publications: A Necessary International Anti-racist Code of Ethics.

Ben-Cheikh I, Beneduce R, Guzder J, Jadhav S, Kassam A, Lashley M, Mansouri M, Moro MR, Tran DQ

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2021

DOI: 10.1177/07067437211020613 PMID: 34223782

The ethics of relationality in implementation and evaluation research in global health: reflections from the Dream-A-World program in Kingston, Jamaica.

D'souza NA, Guzder J, Hickling F, Groleau D

BMC medical ethics2018

DOI: 10.1186/s12910-018-0282-5 PMID: 29945592

Teaching Cultural Formulation

Cécile Rousseau, Jaswant Guzder

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry201530 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.03.022 PMID: 26210327

Refugee children and their families: supporting psychological well-being and positive adaptation following migration.

Measham T, Guzder J, Rousseau C, Pacione L, Blais-McPherson M, Nadeau L

Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care2014122 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2014.03.005 PMID: 25042433

The gender specific effects of prenatal adversity on the development of anxious and depressive psychopathology in early adolescence - the moderating effect of genes and early maternal care

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wazana, Ashley

Keywords: Anxious And Depressive Psychopathology; Child Mental Health; Developmental Origins Of Mental Health Disorders; Differential Susceptibility; Early Age Mother-Child Interactions; Gender Dimorphic Effects Of Prenatal Adversity; Gene-Environment Interactions; Genetic Susceptibility; Polygenic Risk Scores; Prenatal Adversity (Maternal Distress)

$1,227,024

How the early environment interacts with prenatal adversity and genetic susceptibility to moderate the risk for anxious and depressive disorders from infancy to early adolescence - the moderating effect of maternal care and the mediating effect of temperament

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Team Grant: DOHaD - Implications for Men, Women, Boys and Girls

Principal investigators: Wazana, Ashley; St-André, Martin

$1,496,217

Culturally-Based Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion for Indigenous Youth

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Team Grant: Pathways Implementation Research Team - Component 2

Principal investigators: Kirmayer, Laurence J; Copenace, Sherry

Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Adolescence And Youth; First Nations; Implementation Science; Indigenous Peoples; Mental Health Promotion; Resilience; Substances Use Prevention; Suicide Prevention; Well-Being

$675,000

Culturally-Based Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion for Indigenous Youth

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: Pathways IRT - Component 2 - LOI- Suicide Prevention

Principal investigators: Kirmayer, Laurence J; Copenace, Sherry

Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Adolescents And Youth; First Nations; Implementation Science; Indigenous Peoples; Mental Health Promotion; Resilience; Substance Use Prevention; Suicide Prevention; Well-Being

$12,500

Conséquences du terrorisme sur la santé mentale et le développement moral des enfants: repenser les modèles d'intervention et de prévention

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Rousseau, Cécile

Keywords: enfants; adolescents; santé mentale; développement moral; majorité; minorité; immigrants; guerrre; terrorisme; écoles; méthodes qualitatives; partenariat communautaire

$124,279

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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Jaswant Guzder

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Why Collect and Use Race/Ethnicity Data? A Qualitative Case Study on the Perspectives of Mental Health Providers and Patients During COVID-19.

Editorial: Building resilience through healing communities.

Taking Action on Racism and Structural Violence in Psychiatric Training and Clinical Practice.

JBI systematic review protocol of text/opinions on how to best collect race-based data in healthcare contexts.

Effectiveness and Predictors of Outcomes in a Psychiatric Day Treatment Program for Elementary-Age.

The Importance of Religion and Spirituality in Cultural Psychiatry: Reply to Drs Persad and Oyewumi.

Historical Scientific Racism and Psychiatric Publications: A Necessary International Anti-racist Code of Ethics.

The ethics of relationality in implementation and evaluation research in global health: reflections from the Dream-A-World program in Kingston, Jamaica.

Teaching Cultural Formulation

Refugee children and their families: supporting psychological well-being and positive adaptation following migration.

The gender specific effects of prenatal adversity on the development of anxious and depressive psychopathology in early adolescence - the moderating effect of genes and early maternal care

How the early environment interacts with prenatal adversity and genetic susceptibility to moderate the risk for anxious and depressive disorders from infancy to early adolescence - the moderating effect of maternal care and the mediating effect of temperament

Culturally-Based Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion for Indigenous Youth

Culturally-Based Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion for Indigenous Youth

Conséquences du terrorisme sur la santé mentale et le développement moral des enfants: repenser les modèles d'intervention et de prévention

Frequent collaborators

Cecile Rousseau

Laurence Kirmayer

Toby Measham

Myrna Lashley

Lisa Andermann

Kenneth Fung

Nancy Clark

Jill Murphy

Catherine Costigan

Lucie Nadeau

Sarah Hanafi

Michaela Beder

Paola Habib

Phyllis Zelkowitz

Danielle Groleau

Ashley Wazana

Rachel Kronick

Jude Cénat

Cornelia Wieman

Amy Gajaria