U of M MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS RESEARCH GROUP 

 

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Tracie Olfrey Afifi, M.Sc.
Research Associate
PZ-430 PsycHealth Centre 
771 Bannatyne Avenue 
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3E 3N4 
(Phone) 204-787-5084
(Fax) 204-787-4879 
(Email) tracieafifi@hotmail.com

In September 2002, Tracie completed her Masters of Science in Family Studies from the University of Manitoba. She joined the MADRG as a research associate in January of 2003. Tracie is currently in the PhD program in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Her research interests are in the areas of childhood adversity, family violence and dysfunction, mental health, and problem gambling. Tracie is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC-CGS).

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

Afifi, T.O., MacMillan, H., Cox, B.J., Asmundson, G. J.G., Stein, & M.B., Sareen, J. (in press). Mental health correlates of intimate partner violence in a nationally representative sample of males and females. The Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

 

Afifi, T.O., Enns, M.W., Cox, B.J., Asmundson, G. J.G., Stein, M.B., Sareen, J. (in press). Population attributable fractions of psychiatric disorders and suicidal ideation and attempts associated with adverse childhood events in the general population. The American Journal of Public Health.

 

Afifi, T.O., Enns, M.W., Cox, B.J. de Graaf, R., ten Have, M., & Sareen, J. (2007). Child abuse and health-related quality of life. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195, 797-804.

 

Afifi, T.O., Cox, B.J., & Katz, L. (2007). The associations between health risk behaviours and suicidal ideation and attempts in a nationally representative sample of young adolescents. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 52, 666-674.

 

Bolton, J., Cox, B.J., Afifi, T.O., Enns, M.W., Bienvenue, O., & Sareen, J. (in press). Anxiety Disorders and Risk for Suicide Attempts in a Longitudinal Epidemiology Sample. Depression and Anxiety.

 

Afifi, T.O. (2007). Child abuse and adolescent parenting: Developing a theoretical model from an ecological perspective. Journal of Aggression, altreatment, & Trauma, 14, 89-105.

 

Sareen, J., Cox, B.J., Afifi, T.O., Stein, M.B., Belik, S-L., Meadows, G., & Asmundson, G. J. G. (2007). Prevalence of mental disorders and perceived need for mental health care in a large representative sample of military personnel. The Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 843-852.

 

Sareen, J., Cox, B.J., Stein, M.B., Afifi, T.O., Fleet, C., Asmundson, G. J. G. (2007). Comorbidity, Disability and Suicidal Behavior Associated with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Large Community Sample. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 242-248.

 

Wang, J., Afifi, T.O., Cox, B.J., & Sareen, J. (2007).Work/family conflict and mental disorders in the United States: Findings from the National Comorbidity Survey. Journal of Industrial Medicine, 50, 143-149.


RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS

Afifi, T.O., Asmundson, G.J.G., & Sareen, J. (in press). Epidemiology of Traumatic Events and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In      D.J. Nutt, M.B. Stein, & J. Zohar (Eds.), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Second Edition. New York, NY: Informa Healthcare,      Inc.  Chapter Two.

Afifi, T.O., Cox, B.J., & Sareen, J. (in press). Anxiety Disorders in Canada. In D. Streiner & J. Cairney (Eds.), Mental Disorders in      Canada: An Epidemiologic Perspective. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, Chapter Six.

Afifi, T.O. & Brownridge, D.A. (in press). Physical abuse of children born to adolescent mothers: The continuation of the relationship       into adult motherhood and the role of identity. In T.I. Richardson & M.V. Williams (Eds.), Child Abuse and Violence. Hauppauge,   NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Chapter Two.

Sareen, J., Stein, M.B., Belik, S.L., Afifi, T.O., Asmundson, G.J.G. (in press). Mental disorders, perceived need and perceived barriers         to care in military samples. In B.K. Wiederhold (Ed), Wounds of War: Lowering Suicide Risk in Returning Troops. NATO Science        for Peace and Security Series: Human and Societal Dynamic. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press.