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Overview

Mark A. Ferro is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Other subfields of interest include psychiatry and mental health, speech and hearing, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The main topics addressed in their work include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, and the quality of life of childhood cancer survivors. Additional research areas cover family and disability support, maternal mental health during pregnancy and the postpartum period, epilepsy research and treatment, and infant development and preterm care.

Mark A. Ferro has contributed to numerous scholarly publications. Some recent papers include:

  • Measurement Invariance of the Flourishing Scale among a Large Sample of Canadian Adolescents (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • Effect of Online 1-Day Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Workshops Plus Usual Care vs Usual Care Alone for Postpartum Depression (2021, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • Measurement Invariance of the GAD-7 and CESD-R-10 Among Adolescents in Canada (2021, Journal of Pediatric Psychology)
  • Child Mental Illness and Mental Health Service Use: Role of Family Functioning (2020, Journal of Child and Family Studies)
  • Physical-mental multimorbidity in children and youth: a scoping review (2021, BMJ Open)

Mark A. Ferro frequently publishes in several specialized venues, including:

  • Quality of Life Research
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Epilepsia
  • Child Care Health and Development
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development

Collaborations form a significant part of their research output. Frequent co-authors include Scott T. Leatherdale, Karen A. Patte, Dillon T. Browne, Ryan J. Van Lieshout, and Christopher M. Perlman.

Best Publications

  • Depressive symptoms among mothers of children with epilepsy: A review of prevalence, associated factors, and impact on children

    Mark A. Ferro;Kathy N. Speechley

  • The Impact of Chronic Physical Illness, Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Family Functioning, and Self-esteem on Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Children

    Mark A. Ferro;Michael H. Boyle

  • Psychometric evaluation of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID).

    Laura Duncan;Kathy Georgiades;Li Wang;Ryan J. Van Lieshout

  • Quality of life in children with new-onset epilepsy: A 2-year prospective cohort study

    Kathy N. Speechley;Mark A. Ferro;Carol S. Camfield;Wenyi Huang

  • Self-concept among youth with a chronic illness: a meta-analytic review

    Mark A. Ferro;Michael H. Boyle

  • Trajectories of depressive symptoms during the transition to young adulthood: The role of chronic illness

    Mark A. Ferro;Jan Willem Gorter;Michael H. Boyle

  • Emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents and young adults with food allergy

    M. A. Ferro;R. J. Van Lieshout;J. Ohayon;J. G. Scott;J. G. Scott

  • Suicidal Behaviour Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Self-Reported Chronic Illness.

    Mark A Ferro;Anne E Rhodes;Melissa Kimber;Laura Duncan

  • Mental disorder in children with physical conditions: a pilot study.

    Alexandra Butler;Ryan J Van Lieshout;Ellen Louise Lipman;Harriet L MacMillan

  • Risk factors for health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a meta-analysis.

    Mark A. Ferro

  • The Parental Stress Scale: Psychometric Properties in Families of Children with Chronic Health Conditions

    Jessica J. Zelman;Mark A. Ferro

  • The impact of maternal depressive symptoms on health‐related quality of life in children with epilepsy: A prospective study of family environment as mediators and moderators

    Mark A. Ferro;William R. Avison;M. Karen Campbell;Kathy N. Speechley

  • The Psychometric Properties of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) in an Epidemiological Sample of Canadian Youth.

    Mark A Ferro

  • Trajectories of health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a cohort study.

    Mark A. Ferro;Carol S. Camfield;Simon D. Levin;Simon D. Levin;Mary Lou Smith

  • The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) Part I: A Checklist for Dimensional Measurement of Selected DSM-5 Disorders.

    Laura Duncan;Katholiki Georgiades;Li Wang;Jinette Comeau

  • Development and assessment of a shortened Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-55).

    Shane W. Goodwin;Shane W. Goodwin;Anastasia I. Lambrinos;Mark A. Ferro;Mark Sabaz

  • Major depressive disorder, suicidal behaviour, bipolar disorder, and generalised anxiety disorder among emerging adults with and without chronic health conditions.

    M. A. Ferro

  • A systematic review of quality of life in parents of children with epilepsy.

    Klajdi Puka;Klajdi Puka;Tamara P. Tavares;Kelly K. Anderson;Mark A. Ferro

  • Measurement Invariance of the Flourishing Scale among a Large Sample of Canadian Adolescents.

    Isabella Romano;Mark A Ferro;Karen A Patte;Ed Diener

  • Measurement Invariance of the WHODAS 2.0 in a Population-Based Sample of Youth

    Melissa Kimber;Jürgen Rehm;Mark A. Ferro

  • Correlates of health-related quality of life in children with drug resistant epilepsy.

    Lauryn Conway;Mary Lou Smith;Mark A. Ferro;Kathy N. Speechley

  • Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Canadian Emerging Adults.

    Mark A. Ferro;Jan Willem Gorter;Michael H. Boyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis A. Schmidt
Louis A. Schmidt McMaster University
Jan Willem Gorter
Jan Willem Gorter McMaster University
Harriet L. MacMillan
Harriet L. MacMillan McMaster University
Mary Lou Smith
Mary Lou Smith University of Toronto
David L. Streiner
David L. Streiner University of Toronto
James MacKillop
James MacKillop McMaster University
Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari University of Toronto
Lilly Shanahan
Lilly Shanahan University of Zurich
James G. Murphy
James G. Murphy University of Memphis
Charles E. Cunningham
Charles E. Cunningham McMaster University

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