McGill.CA / Ludic Mind Studio

Publications

  1. Paquin V, Ferrari M, Sekhon H, Rej S. Time to Think "Meta": A Critical Viewpoint on the Risks and Benefits of Virtual Worlds for Mental Health. JMIR Serious Games. 2023 Feb 7;11:e43388. doi: 10.2196/43388. PMID: 36661284.
  2. Ferrari M, Pawliuk N, Pope M, MacDonald K, Boruff J, Shah J, ... & Iyer SN. (2022). A scoping review of measures used in early intervention services for psychosis. Psychiatric Services, appi-ps. doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100506 
  3. Power N, Perreault M, Ferrari M, Boudreau P, & Boivin DB. (2022). Sleep of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of atypical work schedules: a scoping review. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 37(4), 358-384. doi.org/10.1177/07487304221103376 
  4. Ferrari M, Iyer S, LeBlanc A, Roy MA, Abdel-Baki A. A Rapid-Learning Health System to Support Implementation of Early Intervention Services for Psychosis in Quebec, Canada: Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Jul 19;11(7):e37346. doi: 10.2196/37346
  5. Ferrari M, Sabetti J, McIlwaine SV, Fazeli S, Sadati SMH, Shah JL, Archie S, Boydell KM, Lal S, Henderson J, Alvarez-Jimenez M, Andersson N, Nielsen RKL, Reynolds JA, Iyer SN. Gaming My Way to Recovery: A Systematic Scoping Review of Digital Game Interventions for Young People's Mental Health Treatment and Promotion. Front Digit Health. 2022 Apr 7;4:814248. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.814248
  6. Ferrari M, Fazeli S, Mitchell C, Shah J, Iyer SN. Exploring Empathy and Compassion Using Digital Narratives (the Learning to Care Project): Protocol for a Multiphase Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Jan 13;11(1):e33525. doi: 10.2196/33525
  7. Ferrari M, McIlwaine SV, Reynolds JA, Archie S, Boydell K, Lal S, Shah JL, Henderson J, Alvarez-Jimenez M, Andersson N, Boruff J, Nielsen RKL, Iyer SN. Digital Game Interventions for Youth Mental Health Services (Gaming My Way to Recovery): Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Jun 24;9(6):e13834. doi: 10.2196/13834.
  8. Ferrari, M. (May 2020). T245. A model 2.0 for early intervention services for psychosis: Using a learning healthcare system approach to improve evidence-based care. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 46: Suppl 1, S326.
  9. Cowan, T, Pope, MA, MacDonald, K, Malla, A, Ferrari, M#, Iyer, SN. # (2020). Engagement in specialized early intervention services for psychosis as an interplay between personal agency and critical structures: A qualitative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 103583. #Senior authors with equal contributions.
  10. MacDonald, K., Ferrari, M., Fainman-Adelman, N., & Iyer, S. N. (2020). Experiences of pathways to mental health services for young people and their carers: a qualitative meta-synthesis review. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 1-23.
  11. Ferrari, M., Schick, A. (February 2020; invited manuscript). Teenagers, screens and social media: A commentary on Orben’s narrative review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology; 10.1007/s00127-020-01858-0. doi:10.1007/s00127-020-01858-0.
  12. Ferrari, M., McIlwaine, S., Reynolds, J., Boruff, J., Aarseth, E., Alvarez, M., Anderson, N., Archie, S., Boydell, K., Henderson, J., Lal, S., Lundedal Nielsen, R.K., Shah, J., & Iyer, S. (2020). Digital Game Interventions for Youth Mental Health Services (Gaming My Way to Recovery): Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR Res Protoc, 9(6), e13834
  13. Levasseur, M.A., Ferrari, M., McIlwaine, S., & Iyer, S.N. (2018). Supporting family member caregivers of youth experiencing the journey into and out of first episode psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13(2), 335-341. DOI: 10.1111/eip.12771.
  14. Bertulies Esposito, B., Nolin, M., Iyer, S., Malla, A., Tibbo, P., Banks, N., Ferrari, M., Abdel-Baki, A. (in press). Où en sommes-nous? An overview of successes and challenges after 30 years of early intervention services for psychosis in Québec. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
  15. Ahmad, F., El Morr, C., Ritvo, P., Othman, N., Moineddin, R., MVC Team: Ferrari, M., Ashfaq, I., Bohr, Y., Fung, W.L.A., Hartley, L., Maule, C., Mawani, A., McKenzie, K., Williams, S. (in press). A randomized control trial of an eight-week Web-based mindfulness virtual community intervention for student’s mental health. JMIR Mental Health. 
  16. Ferrari, M., McIlwaine, S., Jordan, G., Lal, S., Shah, J. & Iyer, S. (2019). Gaming with stigma: An analysis of mental illness messages in video games. JMIR - Journal of Mental Health, 6(5): e12418. doi: 10.2196/12418.
  17. Levasseur, MA, Ferrari, M, McIlwaine, S, & Iyer, SN. (2019). Peer-driven family support services in the context of first-episode psychosis: Participant perceptions from a Canadian early intervention programme. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 13(4), 335-341.
  18. Ferrari, M., Ahmad, F., Shakya, Y., Ledwos, C., & McKenzie, K. (2018). Patients’ mental health journey: A qualitative case study with Interactive Computer-Assisted Client Assessment Survey. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20:1173-1181. doi: 10.1007/s10903-017-0643-z.
  19. Ferrari, M., Flora, N., Anderson, K., Tuck, A., Archie, S., Kidd, S., & McKenzie, K. (2018). Gender differences in pathways to care for early psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 12:355-361. doi: 10.1111/eip.12324.
  20. Ferrari, M. & Archie, S. (2017). Youth mental health, family practice, and knowledge translation video games about psychosis: Family physicians’ perspectives. Health & Social Care in the Community. Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Journal, 26:184-189.
  21. Ferrari, M., Ahmad, F., Shakya, Y., Ledwos, C., & McKenzie, K. (2016). Computer-assisted client assessment survey for mental health: Patient and health provider perspectives. BMC Health Services Research, 23:16(1):516.
  22. Ahmad, F., Ferrari, M., Moravac, C., & Dunn S. (2017). Redefining “being a peer leader”: Qualitative findings from a community-based cervical and breast screening program. Health & Social Care in the Community, 25:630-640. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12352.
  23. Ahmad, F., Shakya, Y., Ginsburg, L., Lou, W., Ng, P. Rashid, M., Ferrari, M., Ledwos, C., & McKenzie, K. (2016). Burden of common mental illnesses in a sample from community health centre. Canadian Family Physician. 62(12): e758-e766.
  24. Flora, N., Anderson, K., Ferrari, M., Tuck, A., Archie, S., Kidd, S., Tang, T., & McKenzie, K. (2017). A comparative analysis of pathways to early intervention services and duration of untreated psychosis in two Canadian cities. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 11(6): 517-521. doi: 10.1111/eip.12326.
  25. Maraj, A., Anderson, K., Flora, N., Ferrari, M., Archie, S., & McKenzie, K. (2017). Symptom profiles and explanatory models of a first-episode of psychosis in African-, Caribbean-, and European-origin groups in Ontario. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 11(2):165-170. doi: 10.1111/eip.12272.
  26. Ferrari, M., Rice, C., & McKenzie, K. (2015). ACE pathways project: Therapeutic catharsis in digital storytelling. Psychiatric Services, 66(5):556. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.660505.
  27. Ferrari, M., Flora, N., Anderson, K., Tuck, A., Archie, S., Kidd, S., Tang, T., & McKenzie, K. (2015). The African, Caribbean, and European (ACE) pathways to care study: A qualitative exploration of similarities and differences between African-origin, Caribbean-origin and European-origin groups in pathways to care for psychosis. BMJ-Open, 5, e006562. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006562.
  28. Rice, C., Chandler, E., Harrison, E., Liddiard, K., & Ferrari, M. (2015). Project Re•vision: Disability at the edges of representation. Disability & Society, 30, 513–527. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2015.1037950.
  29. Ferrari, M. (2015). Understanding the feasibility of integrating the eating disorders and obesity fields: The beyond obesity and disordered eating in youth (BODY) study. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 20, 257–269. doi: 10.1007/s40519-014-0172-x.
  30. Anderson, K., Flora, N., Ferrari, M., Tuck, A., Archie, S., Kidd, S., Tang, T., & McKenzie, K. (2015). A comparative study of pathways to first-episode care for psychosis in three ethnic groups in Ontario: The African, Caribbean, & European (ACE) project. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 60, 223–231.
  31. Ferrari, M., McVey, G., & Rummens, J. A. (2013). Dialogue with immigrant mothers from Chinese and Tamil communities to explore homogenization, normalization, and objectification of their body. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 14(1), Art. 2. URN
  32. Ferrari, M. (2011). Avoiding conflicting health promotion messages between eating disorders and obesity prevention: Can systems thinking act as a mediator, and how? International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 1(19), 39–47.
  33. Ferrari, M. (2010). My journey through my qualifying exam using reflexivity and resonant text: “What I know,” “how I know it,” and “how I experience it.” Reflective Practice: International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 11, 217–230.
  34. Ferrari, M., Tweed, S., Rummens, J. A., Skinner, H.A., & McVey, G. (2009). Health materials and strategies for the prevention of immigrants' weight-related problems. Qualitative Health Research, 19, 1259-1272.
  35. McVey, G., Gusella, J., Tweed S., & Ferrari, M. (2009). A controlled evaluation of web-based training for teachers and public health practitioners on the prevention of eating disorders. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 17, 1–26.

 

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