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In celebration of Black History Month, the Anxiety Research and Treatment Lab honours the enormous impact of Dr. Samuel M. Turner, who helped to lay the foundation for our current understanding and treatment of anxiety and related disorders. Dr. Turner’s many contributions include developing evidence-based behavioral treatments and popular assessment tools for both social anxiety…

Congratulations to Olivia Provost-Walker, who received the inaugural Black Graduate Student Fellowship from Toronto Metropolitan University for the 2020-2021 academic year. This fellowship is part of a new suite of awards for Black graduate students launched at Toronto Metropolitan University. This particular honour is the most prestigious of the new prizes, and is given to…

Lenton-Brym, A.P., Santiago, V.A., Fredborg, B.K., & Antony, M.M. (2020). Associations between social anxiety, depression, and the use of mobile dating applications. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2019.0561 Abstract: This study explores associations between symptoms of social anxiety (SA) and depression with participants’ extent of dating app use, self-reported motivations for dating app use, and…

PhD student Hanna McCabe-Bennett began her predoctoral residency at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton on September 1, 2017.  She will be completing a major rotation in the Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic and minor rotations in neuropsychology and dialectical behaviour therapy.