Jean Addington
Jean Addington | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | BEd, University of Saskatchewan MA, University of Edinburgh PhD, 1987, University of Calgary |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | University of Calgary |
| Thesis | Cognitive functioning and positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia (1987) |
Jean Margaret Addington[1] FRSC FCAHS is a Canadian clinical psychologist. She is a professor at the University of Calgary and a member of the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Her research focus is on psychosis and schizophrenia, intending to find predictors and mechanisms for mental illness. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Education
[edit]Addington completed her Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Saskatchewan before enrolling at the University of Edinburgh for her Master's degree.[1] After receiving her MA degree in English, Addington accepted a summer position at a psychiatric centre for people with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses.[2] She then returned to Canada for her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Calgary, and received her accreditation as a registered psychologist in 1988.[1][3]
Career
[edit]Upon completing her PhD, Addington founded and directed Calgary's Early Psychosis Program and helped establish the "Prevention through Risk Identification, Management and Prevention" (PRIME) clinics in Calgary and Toronto.[4] The main purpose of the PRIME clinics was to develop more accurate early detection methods for those at risk for psychosis.[5][6] Through data from PRIME's first-episode clinic, Addington's research team were able to refine the universal understanding of which "prodromal," or pre-illness, symptoms are the most predictive.[7] She also helped develop a new rating scale for the measurement of depression in schizophrenia.[8] Beyond the PRIME clinics, Addington also served as one of the principal investigators in the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS).[4][9]
In 2019, Addington was awarded the International Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health Association's Richard Wyatt award as an individual who has made "a remarkable contribution to the area of early intervention."[4] She was also elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences[10] and Royal Society of Canada.[11]
References
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- ^ a b c "Dr. Jean Margaret Addington". University of Calgary. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ Fisher, Mike (April 3, 2019). "Excellence in early psychosis research". University of Calgary. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "The Psychologists Association of Alberta congratulates the following individuals". Calgary Herald. January 15, 1989. Retrieved May 3, 2025 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Richard Wyatt Award 2020". International Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health Association. December 9, 2020. Archived from the original on March 23, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
- ^ Addington, Jean; Epstein, Irvin; Reynolds, Andrea; Ivana, Furimsky (August 2008). "Early detection of psychosis: finding those at clinical high risk". Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2 (3). Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ Moran, Mike (September 7, 2007). "Researchers in Hunt for Key to Preventing Schizophrenia". psychiatryonline.org. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ Pearce, Tralee (March 25, 2008). "A disorder in disguise". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on May 4, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
- ^ Addington, Donald; Addington, Jean; Schissel, Bernard (July–August 1990). "A depression rating scale for schizophrenics". Schizophrenia Research. 3 (4): 247–251. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ Addington, Jean (May 2007). "North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study: A Collaborative Multisite Approach to Prodromal Schizophrenia Research". Schizophrenia Bulletin. 33 (3): 665–672. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "Five accomplished scientists recognized for their achievements confronting complex health challenges". University of Calgary. September 25, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ Hyde, Pamela (September 8, 2020). "Four University of Calgary scholars named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada". University of Calgary. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
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