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Ian Colman is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a total of 92 and 77 publications respectively. Within these broader disciplines, their work focuses on several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, and Social Psychology.

Their research covers a range of topics, with notable emphasis on:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Ian Colman has authored and contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations" (2024) published in World Psychiatry
  • "Combinations of physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep duration and their associations with depressive symptoms and other mental health problems in children and adolescents: a systematic review" (2020) in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Prevalence of suicidal ideation and self-harm behaviours in children aged 12 years and younger: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2022) in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and academic performance in adolescents" (2020) published in Public Health
  • "Parenting practices in childhood and depression, anxiety, and internalizing symptoms in adolescence: a systematic review" (2020) in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Mila Kingsbury
  • Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga
  • Jean-Philippe Chaput
  • Gary S. Goldfield
  • Hayley A. Hamilton

Ian Colman has published extensively in certain journals, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Systematic Reviews
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of Adolescent Health

Best Publications

  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Adolescent Depression and Long-Term Psychosocial Outcomes

    Zahra M. Clayborne;Melanie Varin;Ian Colman

  • Adult mental health outcomes of adolescent depression: A systematic review

    Dylan Johnson;Gabrielle Dupuis;Justin Piche;Zahra Clayborne

  • Outcomes of conduct problems in adolescence: 40 year follow-up of national cohort.

    Ian Colman;Joseph E. Murray;Rosemary A Abbott;Barbara Maughan

  • Combinations of physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep duration and their associations with depressive symptoms and other mental health problems in children and adolescents: a systematic review

    Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga;Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga;Ian Colman;Ian Colman;Gary S. Goldfield;Gary S. Goldfield;Ian Janssen

  • Social, Demographic, and Health Outcomes in the 10 Years Following Adolescent Depression

    Kiyuri Naicker;Nancy L. Galambos;Yiye Zeng;Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan

  • The association between fruit and vegetable consumption and mental health disorders: Evidence from five waves of a national survey of Canadians

    Seanna E. McMartin;Felice N. Jacka;Felice N. Jacka;Ian Colman

  • Diagnostic transitions from childhood to adolescence to early adulthood

    William E. Copeland;Carol E. Adair;Carol E. Adair;Paul Smetanin;David Stiff

  • Consistency in adult reporting of adverse childhood experiences.

    I. Colman;M. Kingsbury;Y. Garad;Y. Zeng

  • Depression and mortality in a longitudinal study: 1952-2011.

    Stephen E Gilman;Ewa Sucha;Mila Kingsbury;Nicholas J Horton

  • Food insecurity and mental illness: disproportionate impacts in the context of perceived stress and social isolation

    M.S. Martin;E. Maddocks;Y. Chen;S.E. Gilman

  • Forty-year psychiatric outcomes following assessment for internalizing disorder in adolescence

    Ian Colman;Michael E J Wadsworth;Tim J Croudace;Peter B Jones

  • Incidental Vertebral Fractures Discovered With Chest Radiography in the Emergency Department Prevalence, Recognition, and Osteoporosis Management in a Cohort of Elderly Patients

    Sumit R. Majumdar;Nancy Kim;Ian Colman;Anthony M. Chahal

  • Air Pollution and Emergency Department Visits for Suicide Attempts in Vancouver, Canada

    Mieczysław Szyszkowicz;Jeff B. Willey;Eric Grafstein;Brian H. Rowe

  • Associations between depressive symptoms, sexual behaviour and relationship characteristics: a prospective cohort study of young women and men in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Mzikazi Nduna;Rachel K Jewkes;Kristin L Dunkle;Nwabisa P Jama Shai

  • A longitudinal typology of symptoms of depression and anxiety over the life course.

    Ian Colman;George B. Ploubidis;Michael E.J. Wadsworth;Peter B. Jones

  • Air pollution and daily emergency department visits for depression.

    Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz;Brian H Rowe;Ian Colman

  • Relationship between leisure time physical activity, sedentary behaviour and symptoms of depression and anxiety: evidence from a population-based sample of Canadian adolescents.

    Marc-André Bélair;Dafna E Kohen;Mila Kingsbury;Ian Colman

  • Very early predictors of conduct problems and crime: results from a national cohort study.

    Joseph Murray;Barrie Irving;David P. Farrington;Ian Colman

  • Life Course Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Depression

    Ian Colman;Anushka Ataullahjan

  • Type 2 Diabetes and Comorbid Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: Longitudinal Associations With Mortality Risk

    Kiyuri Naicker;Jeffrey A Johnson;Jens C Skogen;Douglas Manuel

  • Association between exposure to suicide and suicidality outcomes in youth

    Sonja Alsemgeest Swanson;Ian Colman

Frequent Co-Authors

Hayley Hamilton
Hayley Hamilton Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Gary S. Goldfield
Gary S. Goldfield Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
T. Cameron Wild
T. Cameron Wild University of Alberta
Stephen E. Gilman
Stephen E. Gilman Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Børge Sivertsen
Børge Sivertsen Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Simon Øverland
Simon Øverland Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Donald Schopflocher
Donald Schopflocher University of Alberta
Marcus Richards
Marcus Richards University College London
Nady el-Guebaly
Nady el-Guebaly University of Calgary
George B. Ploubidis
George B. Ploubidis University College London

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