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2026
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University student mental health research: look back to move forward
Anne Duffy, Rohan Borschmann, Aileen A. O’Brien, Lucy J. Robinson, Susan M. Sawyer, Edward A. Selby, Edward R. Watkins and Kenneth R. Kaufman
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Towards an Integrated Staging Model for Bipolar Disorders: An International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Staging Task Force Consensus Report
Ralph Kupka, Danella Hafeman, Madeleine McCallum, Afra van der Markt, Hailey Tremain, Martin Alda, Jorge Almeida, Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso, Vicent Balanzá-Martínez, Boris Birmaher, David J. Bond, Elisa Brietzke, Ines Chendo, Iria Grande, Tomas Hajek, Manon Hillegers, Marcia Kauer-Sant'Anna, Rodrigo Mansur, Ives Cavalcante Passos, Ana Gonzalez Pinto, Robert Post, Mauricio Tohen, Gustavo Vazquez, Eduard Vieta, Lakshmi N. Yatham, Flávio Kapczinski, Michael Berk, Anne Duffy
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Associations between modifiable lifestyle choices and academic performance over the first year of university: A longitudinal cohort study
E. Dephoure, K. Kyone, A. Duffy, W. Pickett, K. Pankow, M. Li, D. Rivera, A. Lyon, & N. King
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Royal College of Psychiatrists Article of the Month (April 2026)
From the clinic to the lecture theatre – mental health literacy for higher education students
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Exploring undergraduate student perceptions of the appropriateness of standardized mental health screening measures: a qualitative descriptive study
Julia C. Hews-Girard, Anne Duffy, Emma Cullen, Thomas Qiao, Noah Furlani, Kayla Brill, Scott Patten, Nathan King, Jennifer E. Thannhauser, Andrew C.H. Szeto, & Gina Dimitropoulos
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A longitudinal quasi-experimental study of a pedagogical approach to supporting undergraduate well-being and mental health: digital interdisciplinary accredited elective mental health literacy university course
Anne Duffy, Nathan King, Daniel Rivera, Kurtis Pankow, Simone Cunningham, Elizabeth Tetzlaff, Kristen Kyone, Emily Dephoure, Adeleine Lyon, Lucy Robinson, Edward Watkins and Charles Keown-Stoneman
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Recreational Screen Time at University Entry and Mental Health and Well-Being Over First Year: U-Flourish Student Well-Being Research
Simran Brar, Nathan King, Anna Park, Kristen Kyone, Emily Dephoure, Daniel Rivera, Adeleine Lyon, & Anne Duffy
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Unacceptable Experiences Reported by Undergraduate Students and Their Associations With Mental Health, Well-Being and Academic Performance: U-Flourish Student Well-Being Research:
S. Hayden John, Anne Duffy, Alice Y.S. Li, Kristen Kyone, Emily Dephoure, Daniel Rivera, Adeleine Lyon, & Nathan King
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Examining the classification accuracy of GAD-7 and PHQ-9 against the QuickSCID-5 in Canadian undergraduates: Improving post-secondary student mental health screening
Julia Hews-Girard, Gina Dimitropoulos, Scott Patten, Pedro Velmovitsky, Anne Duffy, Charles Keown-Stoneman, Thomas Qiao, Noah Furlani, Jennifer Thannhauser, Andrew C.H. Szeto, & Nathan King
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A Comparison of Participant Demographics Across Co-Designed Recruitment Methods to Two Student Mental Health Trials: Cross-Sectional Observational Study.
Dooley, J., Whitmore, A., Gillett, E., & Watkins, E.
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Joint Adaptation of a Digital Mental Health Intervention for University Students: Inductive Qualitative Analysis
Dooley, J., Alsaadi, N., & Watkins, E.
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Student perspectives on ‘critical compassion’ in higher education: the Nurture-U compassionate campus project
Dooley, J., Okobia, V., Alsaadi, N., Bate, J., Hyde, C., Prajapati, Y., Card, P., Thomas, F., Watkins, E., Lawrence, L., Byrom, N.
2025
2025
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Development of a Recommendation Engine to University Student Mental Health Support Aligned with Stepped Care: Longitudinal Cohort Study
Pedro Velmovitsky, Charles Keown-Stoneman, Kaylen Pfisterer, Julia Hews-Girard, Joseph Saliba, Shumit Saha, Scott Patten, Nathan King, Quynh Pham, Anne Duffy
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Examining the Validity of the Brief Resilience Scale in Canadian Undergraduate Students: Resilience as a Modifier of the Association Between Stressors and Mental Health Outcomes.ist Item
Julia Hews-Girard., Gina Dimitropoulos, Anne Duffy, Pedro Velmovitsky, Charles Keown-Stoneman, Nathan King, ... & Scott Patten
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Perceived barriers to care and access to university mental health support services among first-year undergraduates: findings from the U-Flourish study
Madeleine Dale, Anne Duffy, Nathan King, Kate Saunders, Kevin Matlock
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Nurture-U student mental health longitudinal survey: a study protocol
Marshall, E., Duffy, A.C., Chamberlain, S.R., Dooley, J., Dorey, L., Forty, L., Matlock, K.A., Newbold, A., Quinn, A., Rees, S. and Robinson, L.J.
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Institutional Compassion in Student Transition to University: Findings from the Nurture-U Compassionate Campus Project
Dooley, J., Forbes, V., Green, A., Pranati, M., Card, P., Thomas, F., Watkins, E & Lawrence, L.
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Nurture-U student mental health longitudinal survey: a study protocol
Marshall, E., Duffy, A.C., Chamberlain, S.R., Dooley, J., Dorey, L., Forty, L., Matlock, K.A., Newbold, A., Quinn, A., Rees, S. and Robinson, L.J.
2024
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Advancing clinical practice and discovery research through revised taxonomy: Case in point bipolar disorder diagnosis
Anne Duffy, and Paul Grof
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Acceptability and utility of digital well-being and mental health support for university students: A pilot study
Kurtis Pankow, Nathan King, Melanie Li, Jin Byun, Liam Jugoon, Daniel Rivera, Gina Dimitropoulos, Scott Patten, Jonathan Kingslake, Charles Keown-Stoneman, and Anne Duffy
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Longitudinal associations between COVID-19 stress and mental health symptoms among university faculty and staff in Canada.
Kate L. Harkness, Jordan D. Herbison, Jessica Rowe, Reem Atallah, Tim V. Salomons, Tracy J. Trothen, Anne Duffy, and Wendy M. Craig
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Access to University Mental Health Services: Understanding the Student Experience: L'accès aux services universitaires de santé mentale : comprendre l'expérience des étudiants
Nathan King, Will Pickett, Kurtis Pankow, Gina Dimitropoulos, Emma Cullen, Stephen McNevin, Scott B. Patten, and Anne Duffy
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Did childhood adversity increase the vulnerability of university students to the negative mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Asmita Bhattarai , Nathan King, Gina Dimitropoulos, Simone Cunningham, Daniel Rivera , Suzanne Tough, Andrew GM Bulloch, Scott B Patten , and Anne Duffy
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Transitions to campus mental health care in university students: Determinants and predictors
Scott B Patten, Nathan King, Amlish Munir, Andrew G M Bulloch, Dan Devoe, Daniel Rivera, Jin Byun, Simone Cunningham, Gina Dimitropoulos, Asmita Bhattarai, and Anne Duffy
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Acceptability and utility of digital well-being and mental health support for university students: A pilot study
Kurtis Pankow, Nathan King, Melanie Li, Jin Byun, Liam Jugoon, Daniel Rivera, Gina Dimitropoulos, Scott Patten, Jonathan Kingslake, Charles Keown-Stoneman, and Anne Duffy
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A randomized controlled trial of a self-guided mobile app targeting repetitive negative thought to prevent depression in university students: study protocol of the Nurture-U Reducing Worry prevention trial
Watkins, E. R., Phillips, D., Cranston, T., Choueiri, H., Newton, M., Cook, H., & Taylor, G.
2023
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University Student Mental Health: An Important Window of Opportunity for Prevention and Early Intervention
Anne Duffy
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of first-year undergraduate students studying at a major Canadian university: A successive cohort study
Nathan King, William Pickett, and Anne Duffy
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Childhood Adversity and Mental Health Outcomes Among University Students: A Longitudinal Study
Asmita Bhattarai, Nathan King, and Anne Duffy
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Assessing the impact of university students’ involvement in the first year of Nurture-U: a national student wellbeing research project
Dooley, J., Ghezal, A., Gilpin, T., Hassan Basri, H., Humberstone, K., Lahdelma, A., Misurya, P., Marshall, E. and Watkins, E.
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The Impact of Mitigating Circumstances Procedures: Student Satisfaction, Wellbeing and Structural Compassion on the Campus
Armstrong, N., & Byrom, N. C.
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Changes in sleep and the prevalence of probable insomnia in undergraduate university students over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the U-Flourish cohort study.
Nathan King, William Pickett, Charles D. G. Keown-Stoneman, Christopher B. Miller, Melanie Li, and Anne Duffy
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Mental health and academic outcomes over the first year at university in international compared to domestic Canadian students
Nathan King, Daniel Rivera, Simone Cunningham, William Pickett, Kate Harkness, Steven H. McNevin, Melissa Milanovic, Jin Byun, A. Khanna, J. Atkinson, Kate E.A. Saunders, and Anne Duffy
2022
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experience and mental health of university students studying in Canada and the UK: a cross-sectional study
Jennifer A Appleby, Nathan King, Kate E Saunders. Anne Bast, Daniel Rivera, Jin Byun, Simone Cunningham, Charandeep Khera, and Anne Duffy
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Psychological predictors of insomnia, anxiety and depression in university students: potential prevention targets
Julia A. B. Lindsay, Niall M. McGowan, Nathan King, Daniel Rivera, Melanie Li, Jin Byun, Simone Cunningham, Kate E. A. Saunders, and Anne Duffy
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Transitions to campus mental health care in university students: Determinants and predictors
Scott B. Patten, Nathan King, Amlish Munir, Andrew G. M. Bulloch, Dan Devoe, Daniel Rivera, Jin Byun, Simone Cunningham, Gina Dimitropoulos, Asmita Bhattarai, and Anne Duffy
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The feasibility and effectiveness of a novel online mental health literacy course in supporting university student mental health: a pilot study
N. King, B. Linden, S. Cunningham, D. Rivera, J. Rose, N. Wagner, J. Mulder, M. Adams, R. Baxter & A. Duffy
2021
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Mental health trajectories in undergraduate students over the first year of university: a longitudinal cohort study
Kiera Louise Adams, Kate E Saunders, Charles Donald George Keown-Stoneman, and Anne C Duffy
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Mental health need of students at entry to university: Baseline findings from the U-Flourish Student Well-Being and Academic Success Study
Nathan King, William Pickett, Steven H. McNevin, Chris R. Bowie, Daniel Rivera, Charlie Keown-Stoneman, Kate Harkness, Simone Cunningham, Melissa Milanovic, Kate E. A. Saunders, Sarah Goodday, and Anne Duffy
2020
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Predictors of mental health and academic outcomes in first-year university students: Identifying prevention and early-intervention targets
A. Duffy, C. Keown-Stoneman, S. Goodday, J. Horrocks, M. Lowe, N. King, W. Pickett, S. H. McNevin, S. Cunningham, D. Rivera, L. Bisdounis, C. R. Bowie, K. Harkness, and K. E. A. Saunders
2019
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U-Flourish university students wellbeing and academic success longitudinal study: a study protocol
Sarah Margaret Goodday, Daniel Rivera, Hannah Foran, Nathan King, Melissa Milanovic, Charles DG Keown-Stoneman, Julie Horrocks, Elizabeth Tetzlaff, Christopher R Bowie, William Pickett, Kate Harkness, Kate E Saunders, Simone Cunningham, Steven McNevin, and Anne Duffy
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Mental health care for university students: a way forward?
Anne Duffy, Kate E A Saunders, Gin S Malhi, Scott Patten, Andrea Cipriani, Stephen H McNevin, Ellie MacDonald, and John Geddes