Hot and cold executive functions in youth with psychotic symptoms

LE MacKenzie, VC Patterson, A Zwicker… - Psychological …, 2017 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPsychotic symptoms are common in children and adolescents and may be early
manifestations of liability to severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia. SMI and …

Affective lability in offspring of parents with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

…, LE MacKenzie, E Howes Vallis, VC Patterson… - European Child & …, 2020 - Springer
Affective lability, defined as the propensity to experience excessive and unpredictable changes
in mood, has been proposed as a potential transdiagnostic predictor of major mood and …

Legislation awareness, cyberbullying behaviours, and cyber-roles in emerging adults.

VC Patterson, LM Closson, MW Patry - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Les jeunes adultes font un usage intensif des technologies, ce qui accroit leur exposition à
la cyberintimidation. Cette étude a passé en revue les divergences d’opinions quant aux …

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder in offspring of parents with depression and bipolar disorder

L Propper, J Cumby, VC Patterson… - The British Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Background It has been suggested that offspring of parents with bipolar disorder are at
increased risk for disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), but the specificity of this …

Psychotic symptoms are associated with lower cortical folding in youth at risk for mental illness

…, A Zwicker, L MacKenzie, J Cumby, VC Patterson… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2020 - jpn.ca
Background: Cortical folding is essential for healthy brain development. Previous studies
have found regional reductions in cortical folding in adult patients with psychotic illness. It is …

Basic symptoms in offspring of parents with mood and psychotic disorders

…, LE MacKenzie, V Drobinin, EH Vallis, VC Patterson… - BJPsych …, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundBasic symptoms, defined as subjectively perceived disturbances in thought,
perception and other essential mental processes, have been established as a predictor of …

Youth Experience Tracker Instrument: A self‐report measure of developmental antecedents to severe mental illness

VC Patterson, A Pencer, B Pavlova… - Early Intervention in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We sought to examine the structure, internal consistency, convergent and criterion
validity of the Youth Experience Tracker Instrument (YETI), a new brief self‐report measure …

[HTML][HTML] An internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for anxiety and depression (tranquility): adaptation co-design and fidelity evaluation study

VC Patterson, MA Rossi, A Pencer… - JMIR Formative …, 2022 - formative.jmir.org
Background: Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) is a necessary step toward
increasing the accessibility of mental health services. Yet, few iCBT programs have been …

[HTML][HTML] A multiple baseline trial of adapted prolonged exposure psychotherapy for individuals with early phase psychosis, comorbid substance misuse, and a history …

VC Patterson, PG Tibbo, SH Stewart, J Town… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Adversity is prevalent among people with psychotic disorders, especially those
within the first 5 years of a psychotic disorder, called early phase psychosis. Although …

Coping, personality, and resilience in emerging adults

VC Patterson - 2014 - library2.smu.ca
The research on resilience is largely focused on its development in children, workers in high-stress
jobs, and ill or injured persons. However, relatively little is known about its …