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Mansfield Mela

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan
Verified email at mail.usask.ca
Cited by 756

A systematic review of interventions to improve mental health and substance use outcomes for individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum …

…, L Wolfson, A Campbell, M Mela… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) experience remarkably high rates of
mental health and substance use challenges, beginning early in life and extending …

[PDF][PDF] Knowledge of and attitude to mental illnesses in Nigeria: a scoping review

U Okpalauwaekwe, M Mela, C Oji - Integr J Glob Health, 2017 - academia.edu
Background: Many Nigerians have misconceptions and misbeliefs about mental illness,
hence stigmatize people with mental illness. This scoping review on the knowledge of and …

Aggressive behaviour and violence in children and adolescents with FASD: a synthesizing review

JJ Joseph, M Mela, J Pei - Clinical psychology review, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Interpretation and response to behaviour is predicated on understanding. However,
our present understanding of aggressive behaviour, especially for complex and vulnerable …

Mental health and affect regulation impairment in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): results from the Canadian national FASD database

…, JL Cook, K Unsworth, H Rajani, M Mela - Alcohol and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) frequently have challenges with
regulating emotional arousal, or affect regulation (AR), and experience high rates of mental …

Suicidality and associated factors among individuals assessed for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder across the lifespan in Canada

…, A Ewasiuk, D Badry, M Mela… - The Canadian …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) experience a range of
complex neurodevelopmental, psychological, and socioenvironmental vulnerabilities. There is …

[HTML][HTML] Responding to the unique complexities of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

…, J Pei, K McLachlan, K Harding, M Mela… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a multifaceted disability, characterized not only by
brain- and body-based challenges, but also high rates of environmental adversity, lifelong …

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Can diminished responsibility diminish criminal behaviour?

M Mela, G Luther - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2013 - Elsevier
This text examines how current scientific knowledge has the potential of fulfilling one of the
major functions of the criminal justice system. Scientific knowledge should be used to ensure …

The utility of psychotropic drugs on patients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): a systematic review

M Mela, U Okpalauwaekwe, T Anderson… - Psychiatry and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
BACKGROUND: Treatment of the complications arising from Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE)
has largely been focused on psychosocial and environmental approaches. Research on …

[PDF][PDF] Neurocognitive function and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in offenders with mental disorders

M Mela, K Flannigan, T Anderson, M Nelson… - The journal of the …, 2020 - academia.edu
Individuals with a history of offending behavior show high rates of mental disorder as well
as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Neurocognitive impairments are common in both …

The effect of religiosity and spirituality on psychological well-being among forensic psychiatric patients in Canada

MA Mela, E Marcoux, M Baetz, R Griffin… - … Health, Religion and …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
All patients in a multilevel secure forensic psychiatric centre were surveyed to determine the
relationship between religiosity and spirituality, and depression, anxiety and satisfaction …