The Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (The JCACAP) is the official journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. This open-access journal has no submission fees and no publication fees. Publishing 4 issues a year, The JCACAP contains original, previously unpublished, peer-reviewed scientific articles related to all aspects of child and adolescent psychiatry. The JCACAP is indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Scopus.
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Current Issue – Volume 30, Number 3, August 2021
EDITORIAL
What are the Bounds of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry?
John D. McLennan
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Retrospective Review of Fluvoxamine-Clomipramine Combination Therapy in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Ryan Fung, Dean Elbe, S. Evelyn Stewart
Serotonin Syndrome in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors – A Review of Literature
Siqi Xue, Abel Ickowicz
Youth Perspectives on Seeking Psychotherapy: A Concurrent Mixed Methods Study
Kamna Mehra, Lisa D. Hawke, Priya Watson, Natasha Y. Sheikhan, Elisabeth Leroux, Joanna Henderson
Children’s Mental Health in Southwestern Ontario during Summer 2020 of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alexandra Mactavish, Carli Mastronardi, Rosanne Menna, Kimberley A. Babb, Marco Battaglia, Ananda B. Amstadter, Lance M. Rappaport
COMMENTARY
Youth Cannabis use and Legalization in Canada – Reconsidering the Fears, Myths and Facts Three Years In
Rebecca J Haines-Saah, Benedikt Fischer
Food for Thought: A Dissonance Between Healthcare Utilization Costs and Research Funding for Eating Disorders in Canada
Kayla D. Stone, Gina Dimitropoulos, Frank P. MacMaster
RECOMMENDED ACADEMIC READING
Eating Disorders
Gina Dimitropoulos, Jennifer Coelho, Debra K. Katzman, Melissa Kimber
UPDATE FROM CACAP EXECUTIVE
In English
E. Lila Amirali
En français
E. Lila Amirali
DEBATE
What’s in a Name? It’s Time to Reconsider the Name of the Academy
Andrea Levinson, Simon Davidson, Peter Szatmari
Arguments For Keeping Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Focused on Persons Under 18 Years of Age
Peter Braunberger, John D. McLennan
Editor-in-Chief
John D. McLennan, MD, MPH, PhD, FRCPC
Clinician Investigator & Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry & Community Health Sciences
Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
Associate Editors
Brendan Andrade, PhD., C.Psych.
Clinician-Scientist
Child, Youth and Emerging Adult Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Peter Braunberger, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Staff Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
St. Joseph’s Care Group
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Liaison with rural and remote communities, Tele-mental Health,
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Gina Dimitropoulos MSW, PhD., RSW, RMFT
Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work
Cross appointed to the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research
University of Calgary
Dean Elbe BSc(Pharm), PharmD, BCPP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, BC Children’s Hospital
Clinical Instructor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia
Associate Member, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Dr. Elbe is also the Head of the Psychopharmacology Section of the JCACAP
John D. Haltigan, MA, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
Research Scientist, Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative Centre for Addiction and Mental Health & Hospital for Sick Children
Editorial Assistant
Vicki Simmons, BA, MEd
Victoria, BC
For general information on the journal, email Vicki at VSimmons@shaw.ca.
Editorial Board Members
Paul Arnold, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS) Translational Health Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health Professor, Departments of Psychiatry & Medical Genetics
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Kathryn Bennett, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact
McMaster University
Member, Offord Centre for Child Studies
Khrista Boylan, MD, FRCPC, PhD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Associate Professor, Offord Centre for Child Studies
McMaster Children’s Hospital
Alice Charach, MD, MSc FRCPC
Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of Sick Children
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Kristin Cleverly, RN, PhD
CAMH Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research
Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Jennifer Crosbie, PhD., C.Psych.
Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital for Sick Children
Susan J. Bradley Health Clinician Scientist
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Joshua Fogel, PhD
Professor, Department of Business Management
Murray Koppelman School of Business
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Nathalie Gingras, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professeure, Département de psychiatrie et de neurosciences
Faculté de médecine
Université Laval
Rebecca Haines-Saah, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Laurence Y. Katz, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Psychiatry & Section Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Mental Health,
Health Sciences Centre Site, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba
Faye Mishna, PhD
The Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Chair in Child and Family
Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Amanda S. Newton, BScN, PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta
Dorothy Reddy, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
Nico Trocmé, MSW, PhD
Director of the School of Social Work and the Philip Fisher Chair in Social Work
School of Social Work, McGill University
Previous Editors-in-Chief
Khrista Boylan, MD, PhD, FRCPC (2016-2019)
Abel Ickowicz, MD, FRCPC & Russell Schachar, MD, FRCPC (2013-2015)
Normand Carrey, MD, FRCPC (2008-2013)
Mary Kay Nixon, MD, FRCPC (2002-2008)(Founding Editor)