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Yona Lunsky
Researcher at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Publications - 281
Citations - 6418
Yona Lunsky is an academic researcher from Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Intellectual disability. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 225 publications receiving 5221 citations. Previous affiliations of Yona Lunsky include Ohio State University & University of Toronto.
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Primary care of adults with developmental disabilities: Canadian consensus guidelines.
William F. Sullivan,Joseph M. Berg,Elspeth Bradley,Tom Cheetham,Richard Denton,John Heng,Brian Hennen,David P. Joyce,Maureen Kelly,Marika Korossy,Yona Lunsky,Shirley McMillan +11 more
TL;DR: These guidelines synthesize general, physical, behavioural, and mental health issues of adults with DD that primary care providers should be aware of and they present recommendations for screening and management based on current knowledge that practitioners can apply.
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The impact of child problem behaviors of children with ASD on parent mental health: The mediating role of acceptance and empowerment:
Jonathan A. Weiss,M. Catherine Cappadocia,Jennifer A. MacMullin,Michelle A. Viecili,Yona Lunsky +4 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that for problems that are chronic and difficult to address, psychological acceptance may be an important factor in coping for parents of young people with ASD, in line with the growing literature on positive coping as compared with problem-focused coping.
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Sociosexual Knowledge, Experience, Attitudes, and Interests of Individuals with Autistic Disorder and Developmental Delay
TL;DR: Ability to select through pointing out sexually relevant body parts or activities was not different by level of functioning, group, or gender, but there were differences in providing a sociosexual label, however, with better performance for those with developmental delay and for the higher functioning.
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Association between perceived social support and strain, and positive and negative outcome for adults with mild intellectual disability.
Yona Lunsky,Betsey A. Benson +1 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that interpersonal relationships can be both positively and negatively associated with physical and mental health for people with ID.
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Family hardiness, social support, and self-efficacy in mothers of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders §
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined family hardiness, perceived social support and parent self-efficacy as predictors of family distress in 138 mothers of individuals with ASD, 4-41 years of age.