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57
Citations
11346
World Ranking
1803
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101

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Rob Whitley is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, General Health Professions, Health, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in Whitley's research include:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Whitley has published in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
  • European Psychiatry
  • PLoS ONE
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Some recent representative papers authored by Whitley include:

  • "Can participatory video reduce mental illness stigma? Results from a Canadian action-research study of feasibility and impact" (2020), BMC Psychiatry
  • "Clueless: An ethnographic study of young men who participate in the seduction community with a focus on their psychosocial well-being and mental health" (2020), PLoS ONE

In their collaborations, Whitley frequently coauthors with:

  • Stephen P. Lewis
  • Nancy L. Heath
  • Victoria Carmichael
  • Lara Antebi
  • Anne-Marie Saucier

Whitley has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Uses and abuses of recovery: implementing recovery‐oriented practices in mental health systems

    Mike Slade;Michaela Amering;Marianne Farkas;Bridget Hamilton

  • Social Capital and Mental Health

    Kwame McKenzie;Rob Whitley;Scott Weich

  • Community Resilience: Models, Metaphors and Measures

    Laurence J. Kirmayer;Megha Sehdev;Rob Whitley;Stéphane F. Dandeneau

  • Recovery and Severe Mental Illness: Description and Analysis:

    Robert E Drake;Rob Whitley

  • Fidelity Outcomes in the National Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Project

    Gregory J McHugo;Robert E Drake;Rob Whitley;Gary R Bond

  • Recovery: a dimensional approach.

    Rob Whitley;Robert E. Drake

  • Qualitative research in psychiatry.

    Rob Whitley;Mike Crawford

  • Social capital and psychiatry: review of the literature

    Rob Whitley;Kwame McKenzie

  • The role of staff turnover in the implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health care

    Emily M Woltmann;Rob Whitley;Gregory J McHugo;Mary Brunette

  • Fear of crime, mobility and mental health in inner-city London, UK

    Rob Whitley;Rob Whitley;Martin Prince

  • Understanding immigrants' reluctance to use mental health services: a qualitative study from Montreal.

    Rob Whitley;Laurence J Kirmayer;Danielle Groleau

  • Long-term employment trajectories among participants with severe mental illness in supported employment.

    Deborah Becker;Rob Whitley;Edward L. Bailey;Robert E. Drake

  • Men's Mental Health: Social Determinants and Implications for Services.

    William Affleck;Victoria Carmichael;Rob Whitley;Rob Whitley

  • The Sustainability of Evidence-Based Practices in Routine Mental Health Agencies

    Karin Swain;Rob Whitley;Gregory J. McHugo;Robert E. Drake

  • Strategies for Improving Fidelity in the National Evidence-Based Practices Project.

    Gary R. Bond;Robert E. Drake;Gregory J. McHugo;Charles A. Rapp

  • Implementing the Illness Management and Recovery Program in Community Mental Health Settings: Facilitators and Barriers

    Rob Whitley;M.S.W. Susan Gingerich;R.N. Wilma J. Lutz;Kim T. Mueser

  • Implementation of Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment: A Qualitative Analysis of Facilitators and Barriers

    Mary F. Brunette;L.S.C.S.W. Dianne Asher;Rob Whitley;Wilma J. Lutz

  • Uses of strength-based interventions for people with serious mental illness: A critical review

    Samson Tse;Emily W.S. Tsoi;Bridget Elizabeth Hamilton;Mary O'Hagan

  • Assertive Community Treatment: Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation in Routine Mental Health Settings

    Anthony D. Mancini;Lorna L. Moser;Rob Whitley;Gregory J. McHugo

  • Trends in Newspaper Coverage of Mental Illness in Canada: 2005–2010:

    Rob Whitley;Sarah Berry

  • Opening minds in Canada: targeting change.

    Heather Stuart;Shu-Ping Chen;Romie Christie;Keith Dobson

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence J. Kirmayer
Laurence J. Kirmayer McGill University
Gregory J. McHugo
Gregory J. McHugo Dartmouth College
Phyllis Zelkowitz
Phyllis Zelkowitz McGill University
Keith S. Dobson
Keith S. Dobson University of Calgary
Charles A. Rapp
Charles A. Rapp University of Kansas
Kwame McKenzie
Kwame McKenzie Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Charlotte Hanlon
Charlotte Hanlon King's College London
Leopoldo J. Cabassa
Leopoldo J. Cabassa Washington University in St. Louis
Cécile Rousseau
Cécile Rousseau McGill University
Mike J. Crawford
Mike J. Crawford Imperial College London

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