Sophie Soklaridi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1727383 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophie Soklaridi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophie |
| FAMILY NAME | Soklaridi |
| SIGNATURE | SOKLARIDI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5119-8473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Outcome measurement in trauma-informed care education across healthcare settings
As trauma-informed care (TIC) becomes more integrated into healthcare systems, consistent and meaningful evaluation remains limited. Educational interventions are central to implementation, yet outcome measures vary widely. This scoping review systematically mapped outcome measures used to evaluate TIC educational interventions in healthcare settings to identify current practices, methodological gaps and opportunities for more coherent and contex…
Feasibility, usability, and acceptability of the asynchronous trauma-focused Care training program for healthcare providers
“It’s Something That Will Stay With Me.”
Photovoice is a participatory visual methodology that can be used to collect rich qualitative insights into sensitive issues. Photovoice lends itself to a co-production framework. This qualitative study evaluates the experience of participating in a co-produced photovoice project in a Recovery College setting. A sample of 18 participants participated in this study, which consisted of three rounds of seven photography workshops, followed by focus …
Virtual teaching and power dynamics
INTRODUCTION: Global collaborations, particularly those between low-income (LIC) and high-income countries (HIC), may inadvertently reproduce the very power differentials they aspire to overcome. The Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration (TAAAC) is a partnership model deliberately built to follow a relational and invited guest model of collaboration with in-person teaching visits by University of Toronto (UofT) faculty to teach within Addis …
“He's opening everybody's heart up”
Background Animal-Assisted Activities (AAA) is now ubiquitous in many health care settings around the world. There is growing evidence about AAA's benefits but there is no literature about the inclusion of patients, the end-user, in the design and improvement of these programs. The aim of this study was to co-create AAA activities with inpatients to make their hospital experience in the psychiatric milieu more humanizing. Methods Informed by the …
Out of Focus
Embodied dimensions of treatment resistance (TR) are challenging to delineate. • A diffractive methodology can help generate different ways of knowing. • Digital storytelling is a valuable tool to complicate illness narratives. • Lived experiences of TR traverse conventional notions of a unitary self and time. • TR becomes intelligible through intra-actions and entanglements
‘Every Voice Matters’
BACKGROUND: The engagement of people with lived experience (PWLE) of mental health and substance use health challenges in the co-production of health services, programming and research has many benefits, but how co-production impacts those involved remains unclear. Recovery Colleges are low-barrier, generally co-produced education programmes focused on mental health and wellness. Designed to support individuals on their personal recovery journeys…
Treatment resistance in schizophrenia and depression as an interactive kind
Despite ongoing attempts to delineate and name treatment resistance (TR) in psychiatry, the term is increasingly deployed across diagnostic categories. Still, what it is that constitutes TR remains unclear and in flux. Through a meta-narrative review, we construct a sociohistorical map of the concept of TR as it is employed in schizophrenia (TRS) and major depressive disorders (TRD). We track debates about TR, identify underlying assumptions and …
Lived Experience and Family Engagement in Mental Health and Substance use Health Research
INTRODUCTION: People with lived and living experience (PWLLE) and family members (F) can engage in mental health and substance use health research beyond participant roles, as advisors, co-researchers, equal partners and research leads. However, implementing meaningful and effective engagement is complex. METHODS: This article profiles five research initiatives involving different lived experience engagement structures, situated in a single terti…
Meaningful engagement through critical reflexivity
Engaging people with lived experience of mental health system encounters in the design and actualization of continuing professional development initiatives for mental health professionals can have transformative systemic impacts. Yet, despite evidence that involving people with lived experience benefits mental health professional education, far less focus has been placed on how to engage people with lived experience in continuing professional dev…
Implementation of structured feedback in a psychiatry residency program in Canada
The R2C2 model is a helpful tool to provide structured feedback. Structure of the model, self-efficacy, in-house educational expertise, learning culture, organizational readiness, and training support are important facilitators of implementation. Further studies are needed to explore the learner's perspective and fidelity of this model
Breaking Borders
This article describes the authors’ personal experiences of collaborating across international borders in academic research. International collaboration in academic medicine is one of the most important ways by which research and innovation develop globally. However, the intersections among colonialism, academic medicine, and global health research have created a neocolonial narrative that perpetuates inequalities in global health partnerships. T…
Embedding lived experience into mental health academic research organizations
BACKGROUND: As part of a growing emphasis on engaging people with lived experience of mental health conditions in mental health research, there are increasing calls to consider and embed lived experience throughout academic research institutes. This extends beyond the engagement of lay patients and also considers the potential roles of academic researchers with lived experience. When the lived experience of academic researchers is applied to acad…
Transformative learning in the setting of religious healers
Psychiatric interventions that consider the socio-cultural and spiritual traditions of patients are needed to address stigma and improve access to mental health services. Productive collaboration between traditional healers and biomedical practitioners hold promise in such efforts, and applying tenets of transformative learning hold potential for mitigating an overemphasis on biomedical models in such collaboration. We present a framework for how…
Commentary on “The Father-Daughter Dinner Dance
The Father-Daughter Dinner Dance
We’ve been in self-isolation for the last 10 days. Someone’s turning on the TV or radio or accessing social media to get the latest news on the COVID-19 virus. I had to close my car wash business. Not an essential service? I guess some people don’t really love their cars. I am in the kitchen chopping carrots. It’s stir-fry tonight. Lennie likes to watch me cook because I’m terrible at it. Watching her dad fumble with a knife is comic relief in st…
‘I exist because of we’
Objectives Suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) dramatically hampers the achievement of the UNAIDS HIV treatment targets. This study aimed to develop a theory-informed predictive model for ART adherence based on data from Chinese. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Shenzhen, China, in December 2020. Participants were recruited through snowball sampling, completing a survey that included sociodemographic characteristi…
Covid-19 in Ethiopia
T he COVID-19 pandemic is a time of many predictions and rapid learning. Early on, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified Ethiopia as one of thirteen countries in Africa as a top priority for COVID-19 preparedness Surprisingly and thankfully, while an early catastrophic outbreak was feared, the rise in COVID-19 cases in Ethiopia has continued to be slow, with few significant health systems impacts or changes in the patterns of morbidity a…
Innovate Research
BACKGROUND: Engaging youth in research provides substantial benefits to research about youth-related needs, concerns and interventions. However, researchers require training and capacity development to work in this manner. METHODS: A capacity-building intervention, INNOVATE Research, was co-designed with youth and adult researchers and delivered to researchers in three major academic research institutions across Canada. Fifty-seven attendees part…
Enhancing researcher capacity to engage youth in research
BACKGROUND: There is increasing emphasis on engaging youth in research about youth, their needs, experiences and preferences, notably in health services research. By engaging youth as full partners, research becomes more feasible and relevant, and the validity and richness of findings are enhanced. Consequently, researchers need guidance in engaging youth effectively. This study examines the experiences, needs and knowledge gaps of researchers. M…
Mechanisms of change and participant outcomes in a Recovery Education Centre for individuals transitioning from homelessness
Findings suggest RECs can support the process of recovery among people transitioning from homelessness and can successfully support subpopulations experiencing mental health challenges and social disadvantage
From hermeneutics to heteroglossia
This article explores conceptual and methodological challenges surrounding the recovery of patients' voices in the history of medicine. We examine the debate that followed Roy Porter's seminal article, 'The Patient's View: Doing Medical History from Below' (1985). Porter argued that patients should be given a central role in medical history, aiming to restore to patients a voice and agency that is often lost in 'physician-centered' historical nar…
Healthy and productive workers
In general, intervention mapping was a useful method to develop a workplace health promotion and wellness program aimed at reducing presenteeism. The methodology provided a step-by-step process to unravel a complex problem. The process compelled participants to think critically, collaboratively and in nontraditional ways
The Perceived Consequences of Gold Mining in Postwar El Salvador
Objectives. We investigated themes related to the health and environmental impacts of gold mining in El Salvador. Methods. Over a 1-month period in 2013, we conducted focus groups (n = 32 participants in total) and individual semistructured interviews (n = 11) with community leaders until we achieved thematic saturation. Data collection took place in 4 departments throughout the country. We used a combination of criterion-purposive and snowballin…
The Process of Conducting Qualitative Grounded Theory Research for a Doctoral Thesis
In this article, the author offers her experiences as an example of the application of a grounded theory approach in qualitative research. She describes, in detail, her experiences of the process of collecting, analyzing, and storing data for her doctoral thesis. She focuses on the special challenges of employing a qualitative methodology to developing a conceptual framework. The substantive area in which the study took place was at a hospital-ba…
Looking upstream to understand low back pain and return to work
The Process of Conducting Qualitative Grounded Theory Research for a Doctoral Thesis
In this article, the author offers her experiences as an example of the application of a grounded theory approach in qualitative research. She describes, in detail, her experiences of the process of collecting, analyzing, and storing data for her doctoral thesis. She focuses on the special challenges of employing a qualitative methodology to developing a conceptual framework. The substantive area in which the study took place was at a hospital-ba…
Occupational strain and professional artists
Primary objective: The primary objective of this paper is to describe the occupational hazards and the health impacts that North American artists experience as a result of their profession. Research design: A qualitative, constructivist grounded theory approach was used to understand the experiences of artists in their work lives and the health impacts of their occupation. In keeping with constructivist grounded theory, various key informants (pa…
Transformative learning in the setting of religious healers
Psychiatric interventions that consider the socio-cultural and spiritual traditions of patients are needed to address stigma and improve access to mental health services. Productive collaboration between traditional healers and biomedical practitioners hold promise in such efforts, and applying tenets of transformative learning hold potential for mitigating an overemphasis on biomedical models in such collaboration. We present a framework for how…
From hermeneutics to heteroglossia
This article explores conceptual and methodological challenges surrounding the recovery of patients' voices in the history of medicine. We examine the debate that followed Roy Porter's seminal article, 'The Patient's View: Doing Medical History from Below' (1985). Porter argued that patients should be given a central role in medical history, aiming to restore to patients a voice and agency that is often lost in 'physician-centered' historical nar…
The Perceived Consequences of Gold Mining in Postwar El Salvador
Objectives. We investigated themes related to the health and environmental impacts of gold mining in El Salvador. Methods. Over a 1-month period in 2013, we conducted focus groups (n = 32 participants in total) and individual semistructured interviews (n = 11) with community leaders until we achieved thematic saturation. Data collection took place in 4 departments throughout the country. We used a combination of criterion-purposive and snowballin…
Occupational strain and professional artists
Primary objective: The primary objective of this paper is to describe the occupational hazards and the health impacts that North American artists experience as a result of their profession. Research design: A qualitative, constructivist grounded theory approach was used to understand the experiences of artists in their work lives and the health impacts of their occupation. In keeping with constructivist grounded theory, various key informants (pa…
Looking upstream to understand low back pain and return to work
The Process of Conducting Qualitative Grounded Theory Research for a Doctoral Thesis
In this article, the author offers her experiences as an example of the application of a grounded theory approach in qualitative research. She describes, in detail, her experiences of the process of collecting, analyzing, and storing data for her doctoral thesis. She focuses on the special challenges of employing a qualitative methodology to developing a conceptual framework. The substantive area in which the study took place was at a hospital-ba…
The Perceived Consequences of Gold Mining in Postwar El Salvador
Objectives. We investigated themes related to the health and environmental impacts of gold mining in El Salvador. Methods. Over a 1-month period in 2013, we conducted focus groups (n = 32 participants in total) and individual semistructured interviews (n = 11) with community leaders until we achieved thematic saturation. Data collection took place in 4 departments throughout the country. We used a combination of criterion-purposive and snowballin…
Healthy and productive workers
In general, intervention mapping was a useful method to develop a workplace health promotion and wellness program aimed at reducing presenteeism. The methodology provided a step-by-step process to unravel a complex problem. The process compelled participants to think critically, collaboratively and in nontraditional ways
From hermeneutics to heteroglossia
This article explores conceptual and methodological challenges surrounding the recovery of patients' voices in the history of medicine. We examine the debate that followed Roy Porter's seminal article, 'The Patient's View: Doing Medical History from Below' (1985). Porter argued that patients should be given a central role in medical history, aiming to restore to patients a voice and agency that is often lost in 'physician-centered' historical nar…
‘I exist because of we’
Objectives Suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) dramatically hampers the achievement of the UNAIDS HIV treatment targets. This study aimed to develop a theory-informed predictive model for ART adherence based on data from Chinese. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Shenzhen, China, in December 2020. Participants were recruited through snowball sampling, completing a survey that included sociodemographic characteristi…
Covid-19 in Ethiopia
T he COVID-19 pandemic is a time of many predictions and rapid learning. Early on, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified Ethiopia as one of thirteen countries in Africa as a top priority for COVID-19 preparedness Surprisingly and thankfully, while an early catastrophic outbreak was feared, the rise in COVID-19 cases in Ethiopia has continued to be slow, with few significant health systems impacts or changes in the patterns of morbidity a…
Innovate Research
BACKGROUND: Engaging youth in research provides substantial benefits to research about youth-related needs, concerns and interventions. However, researchers require training and capacity development to work in this manner. METHODS: A capacity-building intervention, INNOVATE Research, was co-designed with youth and adult researchers and delivered to researchers in three major academic research institutions across Canada. Fifty-seven attendees part…
Enhancing researcher capacity to engage youth in research
BACKGROUND: There is increasing emphasis on engaging youth in research about youth, their needs, experiences and preferences, notably in health services research. By engaging youth as full partners, research becomes more feasible and relevant, and the validity and richness of findings are enhanced. Consequently, researchers need guidance in engaging youth effectively. This study examines the experiences, needs and knowledge gaps of researchers. M…
Mechanisms of change and participant outcomes in a Recovery Education Centre for individuals transitioning from homelessness
Findings suggest RECs can support the process of recovery among people transitioning from homelessness and can successfully support subpopulations experiencing mental health challenges and social disadvantage
Commentary on “The Father-Daughter Dinner Dance
The Father-Daughter Dinner Dance
We’ve been in self-isolation for the last 10 days. Someone’s turning on the TV or radio or accessing social media to get the latest news on the COVID-19 virus. I had to close my car wash business. Not an essential service? I guess some people don’t really love their cars. I am in the kitchen chopping carrots. It’s stir-fry tonight. Lennie likes to watch me cook because I’m terrible at it. Watching her dad fumble with a knife is comic relief in st…
Breaking Borders
This article describes the authors’ personal experiences of collaborating across international borders in academic research. International collaboration in academic medicine is one of the most important ways by which research and innovation develop globally. However, the intersections among colonialism, academic medicine, and global health research have created a neocolonial narrative that perpetuates inequalities in global health partnerships. T…
Embedding lived experience into mental health academic research organizations
BACKGROUND: As part of a growing emphasis on engaging people with lived experience of mental health conditions in mental health research, there are increasing calls to consider and embed lived experience throughout academic research institutes. This extends beyond the engagement of lay patients and also considers the potential roles of academic researchers with lived experience. When the lived experience of academic researchers is applied to acad…
Transformative learning in the setting of religious healers
Psychiatric interventions that consider the socio-cultural and spiritual traditions of patients are needed to address stigma and improve access to mental health services. Productive collaboration between traditional healers and biomedical practitioners hold promise in such efforts, and applying tenets of transformative learning hold potential for mitigating an overemphasis on biomedical models in such collaboration. We present a framework for how…
Meaningful engagement through critical reflexivity
Engaging people with lived experience of mental health system encounters in the design and actualization of continuing professional development initiatives for mental health professionals can have transformative systemic impacts. Yet, despite evidence that involving people with lived experience benefits mental health professional education, far less focus has been placed on how to engage people with lived experience in continuing professional dev…
Implementation of structured feedback in a psychiatry residency program in Canada
The R2C2 model is a helpful tool to provide structured feedback. Structure of the model, self-efficacy, in-house educational expertise, learning culture, organizational readiness, and training support are important facilitators of implementation. Further studies are needed to explore the learner's perspective and fidelity of this model
Treatment resistance in schizophrenia and depression as an interactive kind
Despite ongoing attempts to delineate and name treatment resistance (TR) in psychiatry, the term is increasingly deployed across diagnostic categories. Still, what it is that constitutes TR remains unclear and in flux. Through a meta-narrative review, we construct a sociohistorical map of the concept of TR as it is employed in schizophrenia (TRS) and major depressive disorders (TRD). We track debates about TR, identify underlying assumptions and …
Lived Experience and Family Engagement in Mental Health and Substance use Health Research
INTRODUCTION: People with lived and living experience (PWLLE) and family members (F) can engage in mental health and substance use health research beyond participant roles, as advisors, co-researchers, equal partners and research leads. However, implementing meaningful and effective engagement is complex. METHODS: This article profiles five research initiatives involving different lived experience engagement structures, situated in a single terti…
“He's opening everybody's heart up”
Background Animal-Assisted Activities (AAA) is now ubiquitous in many health care settings around the world. There is growing evidence about AAA's benefits but there is no literature about the inclusion of patients, the end-user, in the design and improvement of these programs. The aim of this study was to co-create AAA activities with inpatients to make their hospital experience in the psychiatric milieu more humanizing. Methods Informed by the …
Out of Focus
Embodied dimensions of treatment resistance (TR) are challenging to delineate. • A diffractive methodology can help generate different ways of knowing. • Digital storytelling is a valuable tool to complicate illness narratives. • Lived experiences of TR traverse conventional notions of a unitary self and time. • TR becomes intelligible through intra-actions and entanglements
‘Every Voice Matters’
BACKGROUND: The engagement of people with lived experience (PWLE) of mental health and substance use health challenges in the co-production of health services, programming and research has many benefits, but how co-production impacts those involved remains unclear. Recovery Colleges are low-barrier, generally co-produced education programmes focused on mental health and wellness. Designed to support individuals on their personal recovery journeys…
Outcome measurement in trauma-informed care education across healthcare settings
As trauma-informed care (TIC) becomes more integrated into healthcare systems, consistent and meaningful evaluation remains limited. Educational interventions are central to implementation, yet outcome measures vary widely. This scoping review systematically mapped outcome measures used to evaluate TIC educational interventions in healthcare settings to identify current practices, methodological gaps and opportunities for more coherent and contex…
Feasibility, usability, and acceptability of the asynchronous trauma-focused Care training program for healthcare providers
Medicine (17 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Qualitative research (7 works) · Health care (6 works) · Medical education (6 works) · Mental health (6 works)