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Social Sciences and Humanities
Canada
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 50 Citations 6,751 249 World Ranking 1682 National Ranking 90

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2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Psychiatry
  • Mental health
  • Internal medicine

His primary areas of study are Psychiatry, Mental health, Intellectual disability, Clinical psychology and Autism. Yona Lunsky combines subjects such as Incidence, Cohort study and Personality with his study of Psychiatry. His Mental health research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Nursing, Quality of life and Family medicine.

His research in Intellectual disability intersects with topics in Psychological intervention, Health data and Gerontology. His work in the fields of Mood overlaps with other areas such as Mind-blindness. His Autism research includes elements of Coping, Relative risk and Public health.

His most cited work include:

  • Primary care of adults with developmental disabilities: Canadian consensus guidelines. (128 citations)
  • Sociosexual Knowledge, Experience, Attitudes, and Interests of Individuals with Autistic Disorder and Developmental Delay (123 citations)
  • The impact of child problem behaviors of children with ASD on parent mental health: The mediating role of acceptance and empowerment: (117 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Yona Lunsky mainly investigates Psychiatry, Intellectual disability, Mental health, Clinical psychology and Autism. His Psychiatry study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Young adult and Public health. His research integrates issues of Psychological intervention, Nursing, Intervention, Cohort study and Mental illness in his study of Intellectual disability.

His Mental health research focuses on Gerontology and how it relates to Population based study. His work on Emotional exhaustion, Burnout and Distress as part of general Clinical psychology study is frequently linked to Injury prevention, bridging the gap between disciplines. His Autism study introduces a deeper knowledge of Developmental psychology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (68.59%)
  • Intellectual disability (59.57%)
  • Mental health (41.16%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Gerontology (23.83%)
  • Intellectual disability (59.57%)
  • Psychiatry (68.59%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Gerontology, Intellectual disability, Psychiatry, Pandemic and Cross-sectional study. His research investigates the connection between Gerontology and topics such as Psychosocial that intersect with issues in Health equity, Social determinants of health and Psychological intervention. The study incorporates disciplines such as Housing First and Family medicine in addition to Intellectual disability.

His work in the fields of Psychiatry, such as Autism spectrum disorder, Psychiatric diagnosis and Cerebral palsy, intersects with other areas such as Pharmacogenomics. His Autism spectrum disorder research integrates issues from Neuroplasticity, Inhibitory postsynaptic potential and Intelligence quotient. His work on Internalizing disorder and Physical health is typically connected to Distancing and Family member as part of general Mental health study, connecting several disciplines of science.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • In the Time of the Pandemic: Safeguarding People with Developmental Disabilities against the Impact of Coronavirus (6 citations)
  • Rates of recognized pregnancy in women with disabilities in Ontario, Canada. (6 citations)
  • Exploring the experiences of siblings of adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. (3 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Psychiatry
  • Internal medicine
  • Major depressive disorder

Yona Lunsky mainly focuses on Gerontology, Cross-sectional study, Pandemic, Intellectual disability and Young adult. The various areas that he examines in his Gerontology study include Psychological intervention and Substance use. His Cross-sectional study study spans across into areas like Multiple disabilities, Health equity, Social determinants of health, Preconception health and Psychosocial.

His Pandemic investigation overlaps with Family member, Internalizing disorder, Physical health and Mental health. Intellectual disability is a subfield of Psychiatry that Yona Lunsky explores. The Young adult study combines topics in areas such as Physical disability, Cohort study, Relative risk, Severity of illness and Pediatrics.

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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.
Autism (2012)

233 Citations

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

William F. Sullivan;Joseph M. Berg;Elspeth Bradley;Tom Cheetham.
Canadian Family Physician (2011)

192 Citations

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

Jonathan A. Weiss;Suzanne Robinson;Stephanie Fung;Ami Tint.
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (2013)

190 Citations

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

Yona Lunsky;B. A. Benson.
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (2001)

166 Citations

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

Jonathan A. Weiss;Yona Lunsky.
Journal of Child and Family Studies (2011)

164 Citations

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

M. Mary Konstantareas;Yona J. Lunsky.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (1997)

158 Citations

Organising healthcare services for persons with an intellectual disability.

Robert Balogh;Carly A McMorris;Yona Lunsky;Helene Ouellette‐Kuntz.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2016)

139 Citations

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

Y. Lunsky.
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (2003)

124 Citations

Consensus guidelines for primary health care of adults with developmental disabilities

William F Sullivan;John Heng;Donna Cameron;Yona Lunsky.
Canadian Family Physician (2006)

123 Citations

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

Hilary K. Brown;Joel G. Ray;Andrew S. Wilton;Yona Lunsky.
JAMA (2017)

113 Citations

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