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Research
Latest papers
Therapeutic Improvement in People With Schizophrenia Undergoing tACS/CBTp (Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis) Associated With Usual Medication Regimen: Protocol for a Pilot, Randomized, Single-Blind Trial.
JMIR research protocols · 2026
Strategies for Achieving Better Cognitive Health in Individuals with Schizophrenia Spectrum: A Focus on the Canadian Landscape: Stratégies pour atteindre une meilleure santé cognitive chez les personnes souffrant du spectre de la schizophrénie : un regard sur le paysage canadien
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · 2025 · senior author
iCogCA to Promote Cognitive Health Through Digital Group Interventions for Individuals Living With a Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Concurrent Controlled Trial.
JMIR research protocols · 2025
Latest funding
- $120,000
The in-group/out-group bias and provider stigma: Investigating the impact of shared visible social identities on anticipated provider discrimination among persons with schizophrenia
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
- $51,000
Examining the effects of diagnostic self-disclosure on stigma and social exclusion towards individuals with mental illness
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $956,250
Efficacy of Combined Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
4 publications.
Therapeutic Improvement in People With Schizophrenia Undergoing tACS/CBTp (Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis) Associated With Usual Medication Regimen: Protocol for a Pilot, Randomized, Single-Blind Trial.
Iftene F, Farcas A, O'Brien S, Bowie C, Best M, Ayonrinde O, Landry T, Carlson J, Davidson SJ, Rodgerson E, Theis A
Strategies for Achieving Better Cognitive Health in Individuals with Schizophrenia Spectrum: A Focus on the Canadian Landscape: Stratégies pour atteindre une meilleure santé cognitive chez les personnes souffrant du spectre de la schizophrénie : un regard sur le paysage canadien
Lepage M, Guimond S, Raedler T, McNeely HE, Ungar T, Margolese HC, Best M
iCogCA to Promote Cognitive Health Through Digital Group Interventions for Individuals Living With a Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Concurrent Controlled Trial.
Au-Yeung C, Thai H, Best M, Bowie CR, Guimond S, Lavigne KM, Menon M, Moritz S, Piat M, Sauvé G, Sousa AE, Thibaudeau E, Woodward TS, Lepage M, Raucher-Chéné D
The cognitive model of negative symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the dysfunctional belief systems associated with negative symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Saperia S, Plahouras J, Best M, Kidd S, Zakzanis K, Foussias G
The in-group/out-group bias and provider stigma: Investigating the impact of shared visible social identities on anticipated provider discrimination among persons with schizophrenia
Principal investigators: Zahid, Aqsa
Keywords: Anticipated Discrimination; In-Group/Out-Group Bias; Provider Stigma; Schizophrenia
Examining the effects of diagnostic self-disclosure on stigma and social exclusion towards individuals with mental illness
Principal investigators: Best, Michael
Keywords: stigma; social exclusion; mental illness; diagnosis
Efficacy of Combined Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Principal investigators: Best, Michael W; Bowie, Christopher R; Doell, Faye K; Foussias, George; Grossman, Michael; Kidd, Sean A; Menon, Mahesh; Wang, Wei; Woodward, Todd S
Keywords: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Cognitive Remediation; Functional Recovery; Psychosis; Randomized Controlled Trial; Schizophrenia
Promoting cognitive health in schizophrenia: A national collaborative effort to implement online psychological interventions.
Principal investigators: Lepage, Martin; Best, Michael W; Bodnar, Michael D; Bowie, Christopher R; Guimond, Synthia; Menon, Mahesh; Woodward, Todd S
Keywords: Cognitive Health; Cognitive Remediation Therapy; Metacognitive Training; Online Therapy; Psychosis; Schizophrenia
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders Delivered Through Virtual Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Principal investigators: Best, Michael W
Keywords: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Virtual Care
Examining the Efficacy of Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders Delivered Through Virtual Care
Principal investigators: Best, Michael W; Arbour, Simone C; Bowie, Christopher R; Grossman, Michael; Wang, Linbo
Keywords: Meta-Analysis; Psychosocial Intervention; Schizophrenia; Severe Mental Illness; Systematic Review; Virtual Care
Stigma and Social Exclusion Towards Mental Health: Examining the Interactional Processing Model
Principal investigators: Best, Michael
Keywords: social exclusion; stigma; discrimination; prejudice; mental health; interactional processing model; attitudes
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
- Sean Kidd and George Foussias: 5 shared papers
- Martin Lepage and Synthia Guimond: 4 shared papers
- Martin Lepage and Michael Best: 2 shared papers
- Synthia Guimond and Michael Best: 2 shared papers
- Heather McNeely and Martin Lepage: 1 shared paper
- Heather McNeely and Synthia Guimond: 1 shared paper
- Heather McNeely and Michael Best: 1 shared paper
- Heather McNeely and Thomas Ungar: 1 shared paper
- Sean Kidd and Michael Best: 1 shared paper
- George Foussias and Michael Best: 1 shared paper
- Myra Piat and Martin Lepage: 1 shared paper
- Myra Piat and Synthia Guimond: 1 shared paper
- Myra Piat and Michael Best: 1 shared paper
- Martin Lepage and Thomas Ungar: 1 shared paper
- Christopher Bowie and Michael Best: 1 shared paper
- Synthia Guimond and Thomas Ungar: 1 shared paper
- Michael Best and Thomas Ungar: 1 shared paper
- Psychiatry
- Department of Psychology
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Department of Psychiatry
- Other
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.
Synthia Guimond
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Martin Lepage
Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Thomas Ungar
Department of Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2025
George Foussias
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Myra Piat
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Heather McNeely
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Christopher Bowie
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Martin Lepage
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Sean Kidd
Department of Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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