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Patricia L. Dobkin

Patricia L. Dobkin

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Psychology

D-Index
53
Citations
9552
World Ranking
4848
National Ranking
326

Overview

Patricia L. Dobkin is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields primarily centered on Medicine and Psychology, with a notable focus on Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's recent publications include studies and articles published between 2020 and 2023. Notable works are:

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction to improve depression, pain and high patient global assessment in controlled rheumatoid arthritis (2022, Rheumatology Advances in Practice)
  • Kintsugi mind (2022, Canadian Family Physician)
  • Work as a Spiritual Practice (2023, International Journal of Whole Person Care)
  • MD Aware: A Mindful Medical Practice Course Guide (2020, The Permanente Journal)
  • Art of medicine, art as medicine, and art for medical education (2020, Canadian Medical Education Journal)

The scientist frequently co-authors publications with Pasquale Roberge, Pierre Dagenais, Sophie Roux, Gilles Boire, and Françoise Gendron.

Publications have appeared predominantly in these venues:

  • International Journal of Whole Person Care
  • The Permanente Journal
  • Canadian Family Physician
  • Rheumatology Advances in Practice
  • Canadian Medical Education Journal

The main fields of study predominantly include Medicine and Psychology, with emphases in subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Social Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Demography.

Key topics covered by their work are:

  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies

Best Publications

  • Predicting Early Onset of Male Antisocial Behavior From Preschool Behavior

    Richard E. Tremblay;Robert O. Pihl;Frank Vitaro;Patricia L. Dobkin

  • Cultivating mindfulness in health care professionals: A review of empirical studies of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)

    Julie Anne Irving;Patricia L. Dobkin;Jeeseon Park

  • The role of functional social support in treatment retention and outcomes among outpatient adult substance abusers.

    Patricia L. Dobkin;Mirella De Civita;Antonios Paraherakis;Kathryn Gill

  • Patient nonadherence to medication in inflammatory bowel disease.

    Maida J Sewitch;Michal Abrahamowicz;Michal Abrahamowicz;Alan Barkun;Alain Bitton

  • Predicting relapse in Crohn's disease: a biopsychosocial model

    Alain Bitton;Patricia Dobkin;Michael D. Edwardes;Maida Sewitch

  • Cortisol as a marker for improvement in mindfulness-based stress reduction

    Rose H. Matousek;Patricia L. Dobkin;Jens C. Pruessner

  • For Whom May Participation in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program be Contraindicated?

    Patricia L. Dobkin;Julie A. Irving;Simon Amar

  • Psychological distress, social support, and disease activity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

    Maida J Sewitch;Michal Abrahamowicz;Michal Abrahamowicz;Alain Bitton;Donald Daly

  • Teaching mindfulness in medical school: where are we now and where are we going?

    Patricia L Dobkin;Tom A Hutchinson

  • The impact of friends' deviant behavior on early onset of delinquency: Longitudinal data from 6 to 13 years of age

    Richard E. Tremblay;Louise C. Mâsse;Frank Vitaro;Patricia L. Dobkin

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction: what processes are at work?

    Patricia L. Dobkin

  • Anticipatory nausea and vomiting in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment: Prevalence, etiology, and behavioral interventions.

    Gary R. Morrow;Patricia L. Dobkin

  • Individual and peer characteristics in predicting boys' early onset of substance abuse: a seven-year longitudinal study

    Patricia L. Dobkin;Richard E. Tremblay;Louise C. Mâsse;Frank Vitaro

  • Health services costs and their determinants in women with fibromyalgia.

    John R Penrod;Sasha Bernatsky;Viviane Adam;Murray Baron

  • A randomized clinical trial of an individualized home-based exercise programme for women with fibromyalgia

    D. Da Costa;M. Abrahamowicz;I. Lowensteyn;S. Bernatsky

  • Increased mindfulness – The active component of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program?

    Patricia L. Dobkin;Qinyi Zhao

  • Psychosocial contributors to mental and physical health in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Patricia L. Dobkin;Paul R. Fortin;Lawrence Joseph;John M. Esdaile

  • Experiences of Health Care Professionals Enrolled in Mindfulness-Based Medical Practice: A Grounded Theory Model

    Julie Anne Irving;Jeeseon Park-Saltzman;Marilyn Fitzpatrick;Patricia Lynn Dobkin

  • Determinants of health status in fibromyalgia: a comparative study with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    D Da Costa;P L Dobkin;M A Fitzcharles;P R Fortin

  • The relationship between health status, social support and satisfaction with medical care among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

    D Da Costa;A E Clarke;P L Dobkin;J L Senecal

  • Predicting relapse in Crohn's disease : a biopsychosocial model. Commentary

    James Goodhand;David Rampton;A. Bitton;P. L. Dobkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Robert O. Pihl
Robert O. Pihl McGill University
Dafna D. Gladman
Dafna D. Gladman Toronto Western Hospital
Frank Vitaro
Frank Vitaro University of Montreal
Jens C. Pruessner
Jens C. Pruessner University of Konstanz
Wendy M. Craig
Wendy M. Craig Queen's University
Karina W. Davidson
Karina W. Davidson Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Judith K. Ockene
Judith K. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Pierre McDuff
Pierre McDuff University of Montreal

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