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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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Depression in Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role Of ASD Vulnerabilities and Family–Environmental Stressors
TL;DR: In this paper, a diathesis-stress model was used to investigate stressors (parent distress and negative life events [NLE]) and vulnerabilities (youth age and intellectual functioning) as predictors of depressive symptoms in youth with ASD.
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In the Time of the Pandemic: Safeguarding People with Developmental Disabilities against the Impact of Coronavirus
Angela Hassiotis,Afia Ali,Andrea B. Courtemanche,Yona Lunsky,Laura Lee McIntyre,Deborah Napolitamo,Johanna Elisabeth Laetitia van der Nagel,Shirli Werner +7 more
TL;DR: Since late January 2020, the world has been trying to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on populations and societies, Whilst no one is exempt from contracting COVID-19 as a result of the pandemic.
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Beliefs regarding COVID-19 vaccines among Canadian workers in the intellectual disability sector prior to vaccine implementation.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the attitudes of workers towards COVID-19 vaccination prior to vaccination rollout, with a view to informing strategies to promote vaccine uptake within this high-risk sector.
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Child, parent, and service predictors of psychotropic polypharmacy among adolescents and young adults with an autism spectrum disorder.
TL;DR: A richer understanding of what predicts polypharmacy may lead to targeted interventions to better support these individuals and their families, and highlight the need to support families of children with ASD prescribed multiple psychotropic medications.
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Emergency Psychiatric Service Use by Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities Living With Family
TL;DR: The key difference between hospitalized and nonhospitalized visits in terms of client characteristics or crisis severity was a greater likelihood of physical aggression in visits resulting in admission.