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Understanding coercive control in 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities
Research Overview
Understanding coercive control in 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities
Addressing disparities in forensic mental healthcare for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour)
Research Overview
Addressing disparities in forensic mental healthcare for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour)
Childhood adversity, antisociality, and suicidal behaviour among men in a high-secure forensic hospital
Research Overview
Childhood adversity, antisociality, and suicidal behaviour among men in a high-secure forensic hospital
Supporting the uptake of patient-oriented research in forensic mental health settings: A multi-site implementation project
How can we best adapt guidelines and best practices for patient-oriented research in the forensic context?
January 2025 Research Nook
Research Nook Edition #7
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A common language for assessing the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV)
Research Overview
Can a standard approach to interpreting IPV risk be developed across men, women, and individuals with diverse gender identities?
Developing and validating a tool to measure moral injury in a forensic psychiatric population
Research Overview
How can measuring moral injury among forensic patients help us understand their guilt, shame and other emotions?
Using diet and nutrition to manage aggression in children and youth
Research Overview
What is the evidence on how nutritional interventions might reduce aggressive behaviour in children and youth?
The impacts of COVID-19 measures on the lives of people who use opioids and those closest to them
Research Overview
How did COVID-19 public health measures affect people who use opioids, and those closest to them, in the North Simcoe Muskoka region, and a Toronto centre?
Increasing capacity in forensic patient-oriented research
Research Overview
How can we best adapt guidelines and best practices for patient-oriented research in the forensic context?
Addressing disparities in forensic mental healthcare for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour)
Research Overview
Addressing disparities in forensic mental healthcare for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour)