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Rob Whitley

Researcher at McGill University

Publications -  162
Citations -  7583

Rob Whitley is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Mental illness. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 162 publications receiving 6707 citations. Previous affiliations of Rob Whitley include Université de Montréal & Jewish General Hospital.

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Can urban regeneration programmes assist coping and recovery for people with mental illness? Suggestions from a qualitative case study

TL;DR: It is suggested that urban regeneration can have a mild impact on people with mental illness, but this appears to be outweighed by life-span experience of severe individual-level risk factors.
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Social Defeat or Social Resistance? Reaction to Fear of Crime and Violence Among People with Severe Mental Illness Living in Urban ‘Recovery Communities’

TL;DR: Investigation of how far fear of crime and violence contributes toward ‘social defeat’ among people with mental illness finds that participants partake in valiant and durable “social resistance,” and may better be perceived as imaginative and resourceful resistors, rather than passive victims of “ social defeat.”
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Suicide Mortality in Canada after the Death of Robin Williams, in the Context of High-Fidelity to Suicide Reporting Guidelines in the Canadian Media:

TL;DR: Suicides increased in Canada after Robin Williams’ death, despite the improved mainstream media coverage witnessed in other studies, and males over 30 had the greatest number of excess suicides.
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Building trust with people receiving supported employment and housing first services.

TL;DR: The way in which service users experience supported employment services and how these experiences differ from those receiving usual services is explored to understand the relationship between clients and their employment specialists.
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Quality of accommodation and risk of depression in later life: an analysis of prospective data from the Gospel Oak Project.

TL;DR: To investigate the association between observer‐rated quality of internal accommodation and risk of onset of depression, a large number of patients with a history of depression were surveyed over a 12-month period.