Paula Cloutier

Investigator, CHEO Research Institute

Paula Cloutier is a Research Associate in Psychiatric and Mental Health Research at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). She received her Masters of Arts in experimental psychology from Carleton University in 1991.  Her current research activities focus on pediatric mental health service research, and youth self-harm.

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Research Areas

Psychiatry (Child and Adolescent) COVID- 19 Mental Health Concussion

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Research Projects

  1. Peripheral and neural correlates of self-harm in children and adolescents: a scoping review

    04/05/2022

    Our scoping review demonstrates that this corpus of research is not sufficiently mature for a meta-analysis to identify potential biomarkers. Many conflicting results are reported for the 28 specific correlates. Interpretation of the divergent results is hampered by methods that may have produced biased findings and samples mainly generalizable to clinical populations and girls. Most of the work was done in adolescents, not children younger than 11 years.

  2. Parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic: The sociodemographic and mental health factors associated with maternal caregiver strain

    03/01/2022

    Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new stressors for parents (“caregivers”) that may affect their own and their child’s mental health (MH). We explored self-reported levels of caregiver strain (parents’ perceived ability to meet parenting demands), and the MH and sociodemographic factors of caregivers to identify predictors of strain that can be used to guide MH service delivery for families.

  3. Risk of Mental Health Problems in Children and Youth Following Concussion: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

    25/12/2021

    Among children and youths aged 5 to 18 years, concussion was associated with an increased risk of mental health issues, psychiatric hospitalization, and self-harm compared with children and youths with an orthopedic injury.

  4. Building Resilience and Attachment in Vulnerable Adolescents (BRAVA): a brief group intervention for adolescents with mild-to-moderate suicidal ideation and their caregivers

    08/09/2021

    Further studies are required to establish BRAVA’s efficacy in a randomized controlled trial.

  5. Development of a Clinical Pathway for the Assessment and Management of Suicidality on a Pediatric Psychiatric Unit

    24/09/2020

    This framework, developed with the aim to standardize care for psychiatrically admitted suicidal children and adolescents, may serve as a flexible template for use in similar settings and could be adapted according to local realities and resources.