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59
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10700
World Ranking
1594
National Ranking
90

Overview

Yona Lunsky is affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with notable subfields including Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's main research topics involve Family and Disability Support Research, Down syndrome and intellectual disability research, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Disability Rights and Representation, and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Frequent publication venues for Yona Lunsky include Disability and health journal and Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, each featuring 14 publications. Other notable venues are Journal of Intellectual Disability Research with 9 publications, Autism and Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, each with 6 publications.

Yona Lunsky has contributed to a number of research papers, including:

  • The Wellbeing and Mental Health Care Experiences of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities during COVID-19, 2021, Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Association of Preexisting Disability With Severe Maternal Morbidity or Mortality in Ontario, Canada, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health among youth with physical health challenges, 2020, Early Intervention in Psychiatry
  • COVID-19 positivity rates, hospitalizations and mortality of adults with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario, Canada, 2021, Disability and health journal
  • The mental health and well-being of adults with intellectual disability during the COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative review, 2022, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Co-authors who frequently collaborate with Yona Lunsky include Hilary K. Brown, Susan M. Havercamp, Lesley A. Tarasoff, Simone N. Vigod, and Meng-Chuan Lai.

Best Publications

  • The impact of child problem behaviors of children with ASD on parent mental health: The mediating role of acceptance and empowerment:

    Jonathan A Weiss;M Catherine Cappadocia;Jennifer Anne MacMullin;Michelle Viecili

  • Family hardiness, social support, and self-efficacy in mothers of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders §

    Jonathan A. Weiss;Suzanne Robinson;Stephanie Fung;Ami Tint

  • Primary care of adults with developmental disabilities: Canadian consensus guidelines.

    William F. Sullivan;Joseph M. Berg;Elspeth Bradley;Tom Cheetham

  • The Brief Family Distress Scale: A Measure of Crisis in Caregivers of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Jonathan A. Weiss;Yona Lunsky

  • Organising healthcare services for persons with an intellectual disability.

    Robert Balogh;Carly A McMorris;Yona Lunsky;Helene Ouellette‐Kuntz

  • Association between perceived social support and strain, and positive and negative outcome for adults with mild intellectual disability.

    Yona Lunsky;B. A. Benson

  • Sociosexual Knowledge, Experience, Attitudes, and Interests of Individuals with Autistic Disorder and Developmental Delay

    M. Mary Konstantareas;Yona J. Lunsky

  • Association Between Serotonergic Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children

    Hilary K. Brown;Joel G. Ray;Andrew S. Wilton;Yona Lunsky

  • Health Concerns and Health Service Utilization in a Population Cohort of Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Jonathan A. Weiss;Barry Isaacs;Heidi Diepstra;Andrew S. Wilton

  • Tracking health care service use and the experiences of adults with autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability: A longitudinal study of service rates, barriers and satisfaction.

    Vanessa Vogan;Vanessa Vogan;Johanna K. Lake;Johanna K. Lake;Ami Tint;Ami Tint;Jonathan A. Weiss

  • Primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: 2018 Canadian consensus guidelines.

    William F. Sullivan;Heidi Diepstra;John Heng;Shara Ally

  • Using Administrative Health Data to Identify Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Comparison of Algorithms.

    Elizabeth Lin;Robert Balogh;Virginie Cobigo;Helene Ouellette-Kuntz

  • Defining crisis in families of individuals with autism spectrum disorders

    Jonathan A Weiss;Aranda Wingsiong;Yona Lunsky

  • Plugged in: Electronics use in youth and young adults with autism spectrum disorder:

    Jennifer A MacMullin;Yona Lunsky;Jonathan A Weiss

  • Depressive symptoms in intellectual disability: does gender play a role?

    Y. Lunsky

  • Consensus guidelines for primary health care of adults with developmental disabilities

    William F Sullivan;John Heng;Donna Cameron;Yona Lunsky

  • Correlates of Police Involvement Among Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Ami Tint;Anna M. Palucka;Elspeth Bradley;Jonathan A. Weiss

  • Women's Mental Health

    Yona Lunsky;Susan M. Havercamp

  • Exposure to client aggression and burnout among community staff who support adults with intellectual disabilities in Ontario, Canada

    J. M. Hensel;Y. Lunsky;Y. Lunsky;Carolyn S Dewa;Carolyn S Dewa

  • Are cervical and breast cancer screening programmes equitable? The case of women with intellectual and developmental disabilities

    Virginie Cobigo;Helene Ouellette-Kuntz;Helene Ouellette-Kuntz;Robert Balogh;Robert Balogh;F Leung

  • Group cognitive behaviour therapy for adults with Asperger syndrome and anxiety or mood disorder: a case series.

    Jonathan A. Weiss;Yona Lunsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan A. Weiss
Jonathan A. Weiss York University
Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz
Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz Queen's University
Carolyn S. Dewa
Carolyn S. Dewa University of California, Davis
Susan L. Parish
Susan L. Parish Virginia Commonwealth University
Richard P. Hastings
Richard P. Hastings University of Birmingham
Meng-Chuan Lai
Meng-Chuan Lai Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Angela Hassiotis
Angela Hassiotis University College London
Joseph H. Beitchman
Joseph H. Beitchman Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Joanna Henderson
Joanna Henderson Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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