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JianLi Wang is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine. Their scholarly work focuses primarily on clinical psychology, social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and general health professions.

Their research encompasses several key topics including:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

JianLi Wang has published in a range of respected academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Early Intervention in Psychiatry
  • Psychology Research and Behavior Management

Among the recent papers associated with or related to their field of study are:

  • "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, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity)
  • "Associations between feelings/behaviors during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and depression/anxiety after lockdown in a sample of Chinese children and adolescents" (2021, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • "The effect of exposure to long working hours on depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury" (2021, Environment International)
  • "Predictors of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and suicide death among people with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies" (2022, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • "24-hour movement guidelines and suicidality among adolescents" (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)

JianLi Wang frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Glenda MacQueen
  • Jean Addington
  • Sidney H. Kennedy
  • Signe Bray
  • Catherine Lebel

Overall, JianLi Wang's academic work spans more than a century of publications in psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on clinical and social aspects of mental health. This body of work is situated largely within the context of mental health treatment access, adolescent psychosocial development, and suicide prevention research.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Chronic back pain and major depression in the general Canadian population.

    Shawn R Currie;JianLi Wang

  • Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Brooke Levis;Brooke Levis;Ying Sun;Chen He;Yin Wu;Yin Wu

  • Estimating remission from untreated major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    H. A. Whiteford;M. G. Harris;G. McKeon;A. Baxter

  • 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

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 1. Disease Burden and Principles of Care

    Raymond W. Lam;Diane McIntosh;JianLi Wang;Murray W. Enns

  • The relationship between work stress and mental disorders in men and women: findings from a population-based study

    J L Wang;A Lesage;N Schmitz;A Drapeau

  • Risk of harm among gamblers in the general population as a function of level of participation in gambling activities.

    Shawn R. Currie;David C. Hodgins;JianLi Wang;Nady el-Guebaly

  • Rural-urban differences in the prevalence of major depression and associated impairment.

    Jian Li Wang

  • Epidemiological associations between gambling behavior, substance use & mood and anxiety disorders.

    Nady el-Guebaly;Scott B. Patten;Shawn Currie;Jeanne V. A. Williams

  • Interventions for common mental health problems among university and college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Junping Huang;Yeshambel T. Nigatu;Rachel Smail-Crevier;Xin Zhang

  • More data on major depression as an antecedent risk factor for first onset of chronic back pain.

    Shawn R. Currie;Jianli Wang

  • The relationship between mental health literacy, personal contacts and personal stigma against depression.

    JianLi Wang;Daniel Lai

  • Changes in Perceived Job Strain and the Risk of Major Depression: Results From a Population-based Longitudinal Study

    Jianli Wang;Norbert Schmitz;Norbert Schmitz;Carolyn S Dewa;Stephen Stansfeld

  • Socioeconomic status and the risk of major depression: the Canadian National Population Health Survey

    Jian Li Wang;Norbert Schmitz;Carolyn Dewa

  • Interventions for enhancing return to work in individuals with a common mental illness: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Y. T. Nigatu;Y. Liu;M. Uppal;S. McKinney

  • Joint effect of depression and chronic conditions on disability: results from a population-based study.

    Norbert Schmitz;JianLi Wang;Ashok Malla;Alain Lesage

  • Gender specific correlates of stigma toward depression in a Canadian general population sample

    JianLi Wang;Gordon Fick;Carol Adair;Daniel Lai

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Schmitz
Norbert Schmitz McGill University
Ashok Malla
Ashok Malla McGill University
Gary S. Goldfield
Gary S. Goldfield Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego

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