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Harriet MacMillan
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

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Harriet MacMillan

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I am a pediatrician and psychiatrist with a major research interest in children’s and women’s mental health, and Aboriginal health generally. I am the inaugural holder of the David R. (Dan) Offord Chair in Child Studies. My research activities include investigation of the epidemiology of violence against women and children as well as evaluation of interventions aimed at prevention of child maltreatment and violence against women. My research activities overlap with my clinical activities which include being a member of the Child Advocacy and Assessment Program (CAAP) at McMaster Children’s Hospital. This multidisciplinary program aims, through research, teaching and clinical activities, to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with child maltreatment.

Current projects include the following:

  • Completion of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of public health nurse home visitation in preventing the recurrence of child abuse and neglect (Family Connections Study).  
  • Analysis of data from a longitudinal cohort study, supported by the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression, investigating hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction following child maltreatment and its role in the etiology of major depressive disorder (The Youth Mood Project).
  • Investigation of health impacts across the lifespan including violence against women, child maltreatment, dating violence and abuse of older persons with support from a CIHR New Emerging Team (NET) grant.
  • Evaluation of screening for violence against women in health care settings with a grant from the Ontario Women’s Health Council.
  • Participating in a CIHR-funded initiative, the ACADRE program to facilitate trainees in Aboriginal health research having enhanced opportunities for research training.

 


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Harriet MacMillan

Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences and Pediatrics

David R. (Dan) Offord Chair in Child Studies


Associate Member, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Associate Member, Psychology
Member, Offord Centre for Child Studies
Member, Child Advocacy and Assessment Program

M.D., Queen's University; M.Sc., McMaster University; FRCP(C)

Tel: +1 (905) 521-2100 x74287
Fax: +1 (905) 383-8068
email: macmilnh@mcmaster.ca
http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/
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Epidemiology of violence against women and children; interventions to prevent child maltreatment and violence against women; epidemiology of Aboriginal health; psychiatric disorder and child maltreatment.

Publications

  • Simpson S, Thomas C, van der Linden M, MacMillan HL, van der Wouden J, Butler C. Identification of children in the first four years of life for early treatment for otitis media with effusion. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;1:CD004163.

  • Gutmanis I, Beynon C, Tutty L, Wathen CN, MacMillan HL . Factors influencing identification of and response to intimate partner violence: a survey of physicians and nurses. BioMed Central Public Health, 2007;7: 12

  • MacMillan HL, Wathen CN, Jamieson E, Boyle M, McNutt LA, Worster A, Lent B & Webb M. McMaster Violence Against Women Research Group. Approaches to screening for intimate partner violence in health care settings: A randomized trial. JAMA , 2006; 296(5): 530-536.

  • McLennan JD, Wathen CN, MacMillan HL & Lavis JN. Research-practice gaps in child mental health. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 2006; 45(6): 658-665.
  • Tang B, Jamieson E, Boyle M, Libby A, Gafni A & MacMillan H. The influence of child abuse on the pattern of expenditures in women’s adult health service utilization in Ontario , Canada . Social Science and Medicine , 2006; 63(7): 1711-1719.
  • Tonmyr L, Jamieson E, Mery L, MacMillan HL . Child abuse and disability in an Ontario sample - does social capital matter? International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2006; 8:23-30.
  • Williams S, MacMillan H & Jamieson E. The potential benefits of remaining in school on the long-term mental health functioning of physically and sexually abused children: Beyond the academic domain. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 2006; 76(1): 18-22.

  • MacMillan HL & Wathen CN. Family violence research: Lessons learned and where from here? JAMA , 2005; 294(5): 618-620.

  • MacMillan HL, Patterson CJS, Wathen CN, and the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Depression screening: Updated recommendations from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2005; 172(1):33-35.

  • MacMillan HL, Thomas BH, Jamieson E, Walsh CA, Boyle MH, Shannon HS & Gafni A. Effectiveness of home visitation by public-health nurses in prevention of the recurrence of child physical abuse and neglect: A randomized controlled trial. Lancet , 2005; 365(9473):1786-1793.

  • Allin H, Wathen CN & MacMillan H. Treatment of child neglect: A systematic review. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2005; 50:497-504.  

  • Andres-Lemay VJ, MacMillan HL & Jamieson E. Child abuse, psychiatric disorder, and running away in a community sample of women. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2005; 50:684-689.

  •  Tonmyr L, Jamieson E, Mery LS & MacMillan HL. The relation between childhood adverse experiences and disability due to mental health problems in a community sample of women. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry , 2005; 50(12): 778-783.

  • McLennan J, MacMillan HL , Jamieson E. Canada's programs to prevent mental health problems in children: the research-practice gap. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2004;171:1069-1071.

  • Shea A, Walsh C, MacMillan HL, Steiner M.  Child maltreatment and HPA axis dysregulation: Relationship to major depressive disorder and post traumatic stress disorder in females. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 30:162-178, 2004.

  • Waddell C, MacMillan HL , Marie Pietrantonio A. How important is permanency planning for children? Considerations for pediatricians involved in child protection. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2004;25:285-292.
  • Walsh C, Jamieson E, MacMillan HL , Trocmé N. Measuring child sexual abuse in children and youth. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2004;13:39-68.
  • MacMillan HL, Jamieson E, Walsh C.  Reported contact with child protection services among those reporting child physical and sexual abuse: Results from a community survey.  Child Abuse and Neglect, 12:1397-1408, 2003.
  • MacMillan HL, Walsh CA, Jamieson E, Wong MY-Y, Faries EJ, McCue H, MacMillan AB, Offord DR, with the Technical Advisory Committee of the Chiefs of Ontario.  The Health of Ontario First Nations People: Results from the Ontario First Nations Regional Health Survey.  Canadian Journal of Public Health, 94:168-172, 2003.
  • MacMillan HL , Wathen CN. Violence against women: integrating the evidence into clinical practice. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2003;169: 570-571. [also published in French: Prévention de la violence envers les femmes: recommandations officiels. Le Médecin du Québec ; 2003; 38: 123-126.
  • Butler CC, van der Linden MK, MacMillan HL , van der Wouden JC. Screening children in the first four years of life to undergo early treatment for otitis media with effusion (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2003. Oxford: Update Software.
  • King WJ, MacKay M, Sirnick A and the Canadian Shaken Baby Collaborative Study Group. Clinical characteristics and outcome of Shaken Baby Syndrome at Canadian tertiary care pediatric hospitals from 1988 to 1998. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2003;168:155-159.
  • Lipman EL, MacMillan HL , Junek W. Policy statement on corporal punishment. Draft prepared on behalf of the Advocacy Committee, Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Canadian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review 2003;12: 18-20.
  • McHolm AE, MacMillan HL, Jamieson E.  The relationship between childhood physical abuse and suicidality among depressed women from a community sample.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 160:933-938, 2003.
  • Trocmé N, MacMillan HL , Fallon B, DeMarco R. Nature and severity of physical harm caused by child abuse and neglect: results from the Canadian Incidence Study. Canadian Medical Association Journa,l 2003;169:911-915.
  • Walsh C, MacMillan HL , Jamieson E. The relationship between parental substance abuse and child maltreatment: findings from the Ontario Health Supplement. Child Abuse and Neglect, 2003;12:1409-1425.
  • Wathen CN, MacMillan HL and the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Prevention of violence against women: recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2003;169:582-584.
  • Wathen N, MacMillan HL.  Interventions for violence against women: A scientific review.  JAMA, 2003; 289: 589-600, e1-e10.

     

 


 
 
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