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Patricia Boksa is affiliated with the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Canada, conducting research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work covers subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Philosophy, Social Psychology, Speech and Hearing, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Patricia Boksa has published research papers in a variety of academic journals, with frequent appearances in venues such as:

  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • World Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Research

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Delusional content at initial presentation to a catchment-based early intervention service for psychosis," 2020, The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • "The New Wave of Youth Mental Health Services: Time for Reflection and Caution," 2020, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Meeting the challenges of the new frontier of youth mental health care," 2022, World Psychiatry
  • "Pragmatic implementation of the Clinical Global Impression Scale of Severity as a tool for measurement-based care in a first-episode psychosis program," 2022, Schizophrenia Research
  • "Demographic and Clinical Presentations of Youth using Enhanced Mental Health Services in Six Indigenous Communities from the ACCESS Open Minds Network," 2021, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

The scientist collaborates frequently with several peers, including:

  • Ridha Joober
  • Srividya N. Iyer
  • Ashok Malla
  • Jai Shah
  • Ann-Catherine Lemonde

Best Publications

  • Effects of prenatal infection on brain development and behavior: A review of findings from animal models

    Patricia Boksa

  • The role of cytokines in mediating effects of prenatal infection on the fetus: implications for schizophrenia.

    H Ashdown;Y Dumont;M Ng;S Poole

  • Dopamine supersensitivity correlates with D2High states, implying many paths to psychosis

    Philip Seeman;David Weinshenker;Remi Quirion;Lalit K. Srivastava

  • The viral mimic, polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid, induces fever in rats via an interleukin-1-dependent mechanism

    Marie-Eve Fortier;Stephen Kent;Helen Ashdown;Stephen Poole

  • Psychosis pathways converge via D2high dopamine receptors.

    Philip Seeman;Johannes Schwarz;Jiang Fan Chen;Henry Szechtman

  • Publication bias: what are the challenges and can they be overcome?

    Ridha Joober;Norbert Schmitz;Lawrence Annable;Patricia Boksa

  • Effects of prenatal infection on prepulse inhibition in the rat depend on the nature of the infectious agent and the stage of pregnancy.

    Marie-Eve Fortier;Giamal N. Luheshi;Patricia Boksa

  • Birth insult interacts with stress at adulthood to alter dopaminergic function in animal models: possible implications for schizophrenia and other disorders.

    P. Boksa;B.F. El-Khodor

  • Youth Mental Health Should Be a Top Priority for Health Care in Canada.

    Ashok Malla;Jai Shah;Jai Shah;Srividya Iyer;Srividya Iyer;Patricia Boksa;Patricia Boksa

  • Maternal exposure to bacterial endotoxin during pregnancy enhances amphetamine-induced locomotion and startle responses in adult rat offspring

    Marie-Ève Fortier;Ridha Joober;Giamal N Luheshi;Patricia Boksa

  • Serotonin regulates type II corticosteroid receptor binding in hippocampal cell cultures

    JB Mitchell;W Rowe;P Boksa;MJ Meaney

  • Prenatal and postnatal animal models of immune activation: Relevance to a range of neurodevelopmental disorders

    Louise Harvey;Patricia Boksa

  • Animal models of obstetric complications in relation to schizophrenia.

    Patricia Boksa

  • Effects of prenatal immune activation on hippocampal neurogenesis in the rat.

    Ke Cui;Helen Ashdown;Giamal N. Luheshi;Patricia Boksa

  • Interleukin‐2 Modulates Evoked Release of [3H]Dopamine in Rat Cultured Mesencephalic Cells

    Richard Alonso;Isabelle Chaudieu;Josie Diorio;Anuradha Krishnamurthy

  • Long-term reciprocal changes in dopamine levels in prefrontal cortex versus nucleus accumbens in rats born by Caesarean section compared to vaginal birth.

    Bassem Fouad El-Khodor;Patricia Boksa

  • Mental wellness in Canada's Aboriginal communities: Striving toward reconciliation.

    Patricia Boksa;Ridha Joober;Laurence J. Kirmayer

  • Desensitization to nicotinic cholinergic agonists and K+, agents that stimulate catecholamine secretion, in isolated adrenal chromaffin cells.

    P. Boksa;B. G. Livett

  • A stereological comparison of GAD67 and reelin expression in the hippocampal stratum oriens of offspring from two mouse models of maternal inflammation during pregnancy.

    Louise Harvey;Patricia Boksa

  • Serotonergic regulation of type II corticosteroid receptor binding in hippocampal cell cultures : evidence for the importance of serotonin-induced changes in cAMP levels

    J.B. Mitchell;K. Betito;W. Rowe;P. Boksa

Frequent Co-Authors

Ridha Joober
Ridha Joober Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Ashok Malla
Ashok Malla McGill University
Giamal N. Luheshi
Giamal N. Luheshi Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Tak Pan Wong
Tak Pan Wong McGill University
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
James A. Waschek
James A. Waschek University of California, Los Angeles
Martin Lepage
Martin Lepage Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Christopher S. Colwell
Christopher S. Colwell University of California, Los Angeles
Johannes Schwarz
Johannes Schwarz Leipzig University
Emil Skamene
Emil Skamene McGill University

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