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Dr. Kristin Cleverley is the CAMH Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. She is also Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, an Associate Member of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto, a Clinician-Scientist in the Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health and Professional Practice at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and Assistant Editor for the Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Cleverley’s clinical and research interests include mental health nursing practice, research, and education; transitions from child to adult mental health services; and patient- and family-centred care. Her current research is seeking to improve our understanding of the impact of transitioning from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) on the psychiatric and psychosocial functioning of transitional-aged youth with mental illness and their caregivers. She is also Co-Investigator on the Ontario Child Health Study.
CAMH Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research will develop a new and innovative program of research in mental health nursing, the goal of which is to increase awareness, dialogue and new knowledge in the field of mental health nursing and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Dr. Kristin Cleverley, Assistant Professor, has been appointed to the chair, beginning on July 1, 2015. Dr. Cleverley is particularly interested in youth with mental illness, and she seeks to understand the enablers and barriers youth with mental illness face as they transition into adulthood. She has outstanding clinical expertise, having worked extensively with children and youth with mental illness.
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2012 – PhD, Health Research Methodology, McMaster University
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2006 – MSc, Nursing, McMaster University
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2002 – BScN, McMaster University
Dr. Cleverley’s PubMed link is available here.
Julia Davies
Julia is a PhD student at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, a Registered Nurse at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and a research trainee with Dr. Cleverley’s Longitudinal Youth in Transition Study (LYiTS). Her clinical background spans general surgery, multi-system trauma care, and acute mental health and addictions nursing, and she is developing expertise in youth mental health research and patient-oriented research through her work with LYiTS. The focus of her doctoral research includes psychosocial and functional outcomes of traumatic brain injury/concussion among youth who are accessing mental health and addictions care.
Katherine Sainsbury, RN, MPA, CPMHN(C)
Katherine is a registered nurse at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), a Research Coordinator with the Cleverley Lab, and a PhD student at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include healthcare transitions, student mental health, and risk assessment in acute car. Katherine’s doctoral research aims to better understand the needs of post-secondary students who are accessing mental health services.
Sara Ling, RN, PhD
Thesis title: Predictors of and reasons for early discharge from an inpatient withdrawal management service.
Dr. Ling is currently an Associate Scientist in the Digital Mental Health Lab, Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario
Remar Mangaoil, RN, BScN, PhD CPMHN(C)
Thesis Title: The use of post-seclusion and restraint debriefing by nurses in inpatient mental health settings
Dr. Mangaoil is currently a Professor at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ontario.