Phyllis Zelkowitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 187454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Phyllis Zelkowitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Phyllis |
| FAMILY NAME | Zelkowitz |
| SIGNATURE | ZELKOWITZ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jewish General Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1965-5731 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Perinatal Multisite Psychiatry Databank
The Perinatal Multisite Databank (PMD) aims at facilitating research on perinatal mental health by collecting clinical information of patients referred for evaluations at perinatal mental health clinics across the province of Quebec, Canada with the potential to improve patient care and support evidence-based practice. This study provides a detailed description of the first 693 participants concerning psychosocial risk characteristics, the preval…
Risky Business
Male infertility presents a public health concern. As most men wish to become fathers, it is important to increase men’s awareness of infertility risk factors. We developed a mobile health application (mHealth app), Infotility XY, to promote men’s reproductive health. This study evaluates whether use of the app led to increased knowledge of infertility risk factors, and whether knowledge change was associated with participants’ sociodemographic c…
A prospective study on the course of sleep disturbances in first‐time fathers during the transition to parenthood
Creating a Multisite Perinatal Psychiatry Databank
Mental health issues during the perinatal period are common; up to 29% of pregnant and 15% of postpartum women meet psychiatric diagnostic criteria. Despite its ubiquity, little is known about the longitudinal trajectories of perinatal psychiatric illness. This paper describes a collaboration among six perinatal mental health services in Quebec, Canada, to create an electronic databank that captures longitudinal patient data over the course of th…
Exploring Differences Between Adolescents and Adults With Perinatal Depression—Data From the Expanding Care for Perinatal Women With Depression Trial in Nigeria
Background: Depression is common among women in the perinatal period. Although pregnancy and motherhood among adolescents are global public health issues, little is known about how adolescents differ from adults in the occurrence and correlates of perinatal depression. Methods: Data were derived from a cluster randomized controlled trial of psychosocial interventions for perinatal depression in primary maternal care in Nigeria (the Expanding Care…
Infertility patients' need and preferences for online peer support
Maternal Mental Health Moderates the Relationship Between Oxytocin and Interactive Behavior
Mothers with mood or anxiety disorders exhibit less optimal interactive behavior. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) has been linked to more optimal interactive behaviors in mothers without mental illness, and it may play a particularly beneficial role in mothers with mood or anxiety disorders given its antidepressant and anxiolytic functions. We compared the relationship between OT and interactive behavior in mothers with and without mental health p…
A Comparison of Immigrant and Canadian-Born Patients Seeking Fertility Treatment
Role overload, pain and physical dysfunction in early rheumatoid or undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis in Canada
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory arthritis impairs participation in societal roles. Role overload arises when the demands by a given role set exceed the resources; time and energy, to carry out the required tasks. The present study examines the association between role overload and disease outcomes in early inflammatory arthritis (EIA). METHODS: Patients (n = 104) of 7.61 months mean duration of inflammatory arthritis completed self-report questionnaires…
Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrant Children and Pregnant Women
Enhancing Generalizability
Weak external validity of qualitative data has been a subject of debate outside and within the field of qualitative health research. Though some narratives have the power to reveal universal existential issues and inform theoretical development, each story remains unique and cannot be generalized. If the goal of qualitative researchers is to have narrative knowledge effect social change, we are faced with a pervasive problem. Our main objective w…
Anxiety affects the relationship between parents and their very low birth weight infants
The goal of this study was to examine the medical and sociodemographic factors associated with parental anxiety following the birth of a very low birth weight infant (VLBW, below 1500 g), and to determine the impact of anxiety on the behavior of parents with their VLBW infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The parents of 88 VLBW infants were recruited through the NICU of a tertiary‐care hospital, approximately 2 weeks following deli…
Factors Associated with Depression in Pregnant Immigrant Women
This study examined psychosocial risk factors for depressive symptomatology in a community sample of pregnant immigrant women in Montreal, Canada. One hundred and nineteen participants were recruited through hospitals and responded to questionnaires assessing depression, somatic symptoms, functional status, social support, stressful life events and marital adjustment. Forty-two percent of participants scored above the cut-off for depression. Depr…
Stress and support as related to postpartum paternal mental health and perceptions of the infant
This study examined the relationship of stress and social support to psychological adjustment, attitudes towards the parental role, and perceptions of infant behavior in two groups of fathers: an index group of 50 men whose wives had a diagnosed postpartum depression, and a control group of 50 men whose wives had no such disorder. Fathers with more stress and less support had higher levels of psychological symptomatology. Index fathers reported m…
Childbearing and Women's Mental Health
A considerable number of women experience psychological distress during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Although it has been suggested that such disorders are Western culture-bound syndromes, there is evidence that peripartum disorders are common in many societies. This overview presents transcultural data on the prevalence of psychiatric dis orders in childbearing women, and examines cross-cultural variation in risk factors, including parit…
The socialization of sex-differentiated skills and academic performance
Enhancing Generalizability
Weak external validity of qualitative data has been a subject of debate outside and within the field of qualitative health research. Though some narratives have the power to reveal universal existential issues and inform theoretical development, each story remains unique and cannot be generalized. If the goal of qualitative researchers is to have narrative knowledge effect social change, we are faced with a pervasive problem. Our main objective w…
Factors Associated with Depression in Pregnant Immigrant Women
This study examined psychosocial risk factors for depressive symptomatology in a community sample of pregnant immigrant women in Montreal, Canada. One hundred and nineteen participants were recruited through hospitals and responded to questionnaires assessing depression, somatic symptoms, functional status, social support, stressful life events and marital adjustment. Forty-two percent of participants scored above the cut-off for depression. Depr…
The socialization of sex-differentiated skills and academic performance
Childbearing and Women's Mental Health
A considerable number of women experience psychological distress during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Although it has been suggested that such disorders are Western culture-bound syndromes, there is evidence that peripartum disorders are common in many societies. This overview presents transcultural data on the prevalence of psychiatric dis orders in childbearing women, and examines cross-cultural variation in risk factors, including parit…
A prospective study on the course of sleep disturbances in first‐time fathers during the transition to parenthood
Infertility patients' need and preferences for online peer support
Anxiety affects the relationship between parents and their very low birth weight infants
The goal of this study was to examine the medical and sociodemographic factors associated with parental anxiety following the birth of a very low birth weight infant (VLBW, below 1500 g), and to determine the impact of anxiety on the behavior of parents with their VLBW infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The parents of 88 VLBW infants were recruited through the NICU of a tertiary‐care hospital, approximately 2 weeks following deli…
The socialization of sex-differentiated skills and academic performance
Childbearing and Women's Mental Health
A considerable number of women experience psychological distress during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Although it has been suggested that such disorders are Western culture-bound syndromes, there is evidence that peripartum disorders are common in many societies. This overview presents transcultural data on the prevalence of psychiatric dis orders in childbearing women, and examines cross-cultural variation in risk factors, including parit…
Stress and support as related to postpartum paternal mental health and perceptions of the infant
This study examined the relationship of stress and social support to psychological adjustment, attitudes towards the parental role, and perceptions of infant behavior in two groups of fathers: an index group of 50 men whose wives had a diagnosed postpartum depression, and a control group of 50 men whose wives had no such disorder. Fathers with more stress and less support had higher levels of psychological symptomatology. Index fathers reported m…
Factors Associated with Depression in Pregnant Immigrant Women
This study examined psychosocial risk factors for depressive symptomatology in a community sample of pregnant immigrant women in Montreal, Canada. One hundred and nineteen participants were recruited through hospitals and responded to questionnaires assessing depression, somatic symptoms, functional status, social support, stressful life events and marital adjustment. Forty-two percent of participants scored above the cut-off for depression. Depr…
Anxiety affects the relationship between parents and their very low birth weight infants
The goal of this study was to examine the medical and sociodemographic factors associated with parental anxiety following the birth of a very low birth weight infant (VLBW, below 1500 g), and to determine the impact of anxiety on the behavior of parents with their VLBW infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The parents of 88 VLBW infants were recruited through the NICU of a tertiary‐care hospital, approximately 2 weeks following deli…
Enhancing Generalizability
Weak external validity of qualitative data has been a subject of debate outside and within the field of qualitative health research. Though some narratives have the power to reveal universal existential issues and inform theoretical development, each story remains unique and cannot be generalized. If the goal of qualitative researchers is to have narrative knowledge effect social change, we are faced with a pervasive problem. Our main objective w…
Role overload, pain and physical dysfunction in early rheumatoid or undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis in Canada
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory arthritis impairs participation in societal roles. Role overload arises when the demands by a given role set exceed the resources; time and energy, to carry out the required tasks. The present study examines the association between role overload and disease outcomes in early inflammatory arthritis (EIA). METHODS: Patients (n = 104) of 7.61 months mean duration of inflammatory arthritis completed self-report questionnaires…
Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrant Children and Pregnant Women
A Comparison of Immigrant and Canadian-Born Patients Seeking Fertility Treatment
Maternal Mental Health Moderates the Relationship Between Oxytocin and Interactive Behavior
Mothers with mood or anxiety disorders exhibit less optimal interactive behavior. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) has been linked to more optimal interactive behaviors in mothers without mental illness, and it may play a particularly beneficial role in mothers with mood or anxiety disorders given its antidepressant and anxiolytic functions. We compared the relationship between OT and interactive behavior in mothers with and without mental health p…
Infertility patients' need and preferences for online peer support
Exploring Differences Between Adolescents and Adults With Perinatal Depression—Data From the Expanding Care for Perinatal Women With Depression Trial in Nigeria
Background: Depression is common among women in the perinatal period. Although pregnancy and motherhood among adolescents are global public health issues, little is known about how adolescents differ from adults in the occurrence and correlates of perinatal depression. Methods: Data were derived from a cluster randomized controlled trial of psychosocial interventions for perinatal depression in primary maternal care in Nigeria (the Expanding Care…
Creating a Multisite Perinatal Psychiatry Databank
Mental health issues during the perinatal period are common; up to 29% of pregnant and 15% of postpartum women meet psychiatric diagnostic criteria. Despite its ubiquity, little is known about the longitudinal trajectories of perinatal psychiatric illness. This paper describes a collaboration among six perinatal mental health services in Quebec, Canada, to create an electronic databank that captures longitudinal patient data over the course of th…
Risky Business
Male infertility presents a public health concern. As most men wish to become fathers, it is important to increase men’s awareness of infertility risk factors. We developed a mobile health application (mHealth app), Infotility XY, to promote men’s reproductive health. This study evaluates whether use of the app led to increased knowledge of infertility risk factors, and whether knowledge change was associated with participants’ sociodemographic c…
A prospective study on the course of sleep disturbances in first‐time fathers during the transition to parenthood
The Perinatal Multisite Psychiatry Databank
The Perinatal Multisite Databank (PMD) aims at facilitating research on perinatal mental health by collecting clinical information of patients referred for evaluations at perinatal mental health clinics across the province of Quebec, Canada with the potential to improve patient care and support evidence-based practice. This study provides a detailed description of the first 693 participants concerning psychosocial risk characteristics, the preval…
Medicine (12 works) · Pregnancy (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (7 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 works) · Family medicine (5 works)