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Our team is dedicated to advancing research that enhances treatment and support for those affected by mental illness, addiction and geriatric concerns, and looks to improve mental health and substance use services and policies.
Understanding coercive control in 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities
Research Overview
Understanding coercive control in 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities
Addressing disparities in forensic mental healthcare for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour)
Research Overview
Addressing disparities in forensic mental healthcare for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour)
Childhood adversity, antisociality, and suicidal behaviour among men in a high-secure forensic hospital
Research Overview
Childhood adversity, antisociality, and suicidal behaviour among men in a high-secure forensic hospital
Client experience measurement in Ontario mental health and substance use services
Client experience measurement (CEM) is essential to understanding the quality of mental health and substance use (MHSU) services.
The Supporting Transformation through Research, Evidence, and Action in Mental health (STREAM) Lab at the Waypoint Centre for Mental Healthcare conducted a survey and hosted two deliberative dialogue events to understand current CEM practices across MHSU services in Ontario. Based on survey responses and findings from the deliberative dialogue events, we highlight key findings and considerations that may be relevant to decision-makers supporting MHSU systems planning in Ontario.
The Behaviour Agent Success Program
A multi-component, interdisciplinary, and integrated care intervention rooted in dementia-friendly care, including the prevention and management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
Mental Health Anti-Violence Hub for Empowerment, Advocacy, Resilience, and Trauma Support (MHAV-HEARTS)
Research Overview
How can mental health services be designed to meet the needs of people affected by intimate partner violence through coordinated, culturally safe, and trauma-informed approaches across community and hospital mental healthcare settings?
A Mixed-Method Evaluation of the Georgianwood Virtual Concurrent Disorders Treatment Program
Research Overview
What patterns in mental health, substance use, and daily functioning are observed among participants in the Georgianwood virtual concurrent disorders program, and what insights do they have regarding their program experiences?
Polysubstance Use Disorders in Individuals with Cannabis Use Disorder: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample (NESARC)
Research Overview
In adults aged 18 and older diagnosed with Cannabis Use Disorder, how do those with polysubstance use disorders differ in social and clinical presentations compared to those with CUD only based on a nationally representative U.S. sample?
InSPIRE 2025 Report
Learn more about InSPIRE 2025 through our post-conference report
From June 2-4, 2025, the Waypoint Research Institute hosted the 8th Annual Waypoint Research Institute Conference in Blue Mountain, Ontario. More than 140 attendees gathered for this event focused on Integrating Science, Practice, Innovation, Research and Experience (InSPIRE) in mental health and substance use health fields. Click here to read the report.
July 2025 Research Nook
Research Nook Edition #9
In this edition of the Research Nook: MHAV-HEARTS project What's new at the WRI Recent Publications WRI in the News PCFC Corner Storytelling for Change event
IPV Survivorship & Perpetration Risk Factors
Waypoint Talks presentation from April 1, 2025.
CELIA IPV Project
The CELIA-IPV Project aims to develop a common language for assessing and talking about intimate partner violence risk across municipal and provincial police services in Canada.