Peter Silverstone, MB BS, MD, FRCPC
Personal Website: https://www.petersilverstone.com/dr-peter-silverstone
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Psychiatry Dept
- psilvers@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 407-6576
- Address
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Mackenzie Health Science Centre
8440 - 112 StEdmonton ABT6G 2B7
- Availability
- Note that Dr. Silverstone is NOT taking any new or additional Graduate Students or Summer Students in 2024 or 2025.
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Neuroscience Psychopharmacology Mental Health
About
Dr. Silverstone trained in medicine at the University of London, England, before completing a three-year residency training in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry in London. He spent three years as a research fellow at the University of Oxford, before joining the University of Alberta in 1992.
Dr. Silverstone’s research achievements have won several awards, including the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal . He has been a founding member of several Canadian organizations including the Canadian Mood and Anxiety Treatment network (CANMAT) and was also the inaugural scientific director for the Strategic Clinical Network in Addiction and Mental Health (SCN) for Alberta Health Services. He continues to be involved in other initiatives and board positions, and has a strong focus on community outreach to help reduce stigma around mental health issues.
Research
He has previously been active in many research areas including psychopharmacology (drugs and the brain), self-esteem, early intervention in youth, e-mental health initiatives, bipolar disorder, imaging, depression in medically ill patients, and training police officers in de-escalation techniques. Dr. Silverstone has a current h-index of 49 and over 8,000 citations on Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=aNvWqJ4AAAAJ).
Teaching
Dr. Silverstone teaches individual sessions to medical students, nursing students, graduate students, residents, and physician groups. He also teaches in person clinical skills with psychiatry and family medicine residents.
Featured Publications
Montesanti S., Ghidei W., Silverstone P., Wells L., Squires S., Bailey A.
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 2022 April; 27 (3):169-179 10.1177/13558196221078796
Ghidei W., Montesanti S., Tomkow K., Silverstone P.H., Wells L., Campbell S.
Trauma Violence & Abuse. 2022 March; 10.1177/15248380211069059
Eboreime E., Shalaby R., Mao W., Owusu E., Vuong W., Surood S., Bales K., MacMaster F.P., McNeil D., Rittenbach K., Ohinmaa A., Bremault-Phillips S., Hilario C., Greiner R., Knox M., Chafe J., Coulombe J., Xin-Min L., McLean C., Rathwell R., Snaterse M., Spurvey P., Taylor V.H., McLean S., Urichuk L., Tzeggai B., McCabe C., Grauwiler D., Jordan S., Brown E., Fors L., Savard T., Grunau M., Kelton F., Stauffer S., Cao B., Chue P., Abba-Aji A., Silverstone P., Nwachukwu I., Greenshaw A., Agyapong V.I.O.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2022 March; 22 (1) 10.1186/s12913-022-07510-8
Pazderka H., Brown M.R.G., McDonald-Harker C.B., Greenshaw A.J., Agyapong V.I.O., Noble S., Mankowski M., Lee B., Omeje J., Brett-MacLean P., Kitching D.T., Hayduk L.A., Silverstone P.H.
Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021 September; 12 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.682055
Lalani N., Drolet J.L., McDonald-Harker C., Brown M.R.G., Brett-MacLean P., Agyapong V.I.O., Greenshaw A.J., Silverstone P.H.
Frontiers in Public Health. 2021 July; 9 10.3389/fpubh.2021.682558
McDonald-Harker C., Drolet J.L., Sehgal A., Brown M.R.G., Silverstone P.H., Brett-MacLean P., Agyapong V.I.O.
Frontiers in Public Health. 2021 July; 9 10.3389/fpubh.2021.682634
Pazderka H., Brown M.R.G., Agyapong V.I.O., Greenshaw A.J., McDonald-Harker C.B., Noble S., Mankowski M., Lee B., Drolet J.L., Omeje J., Brett-MacLean P., Kitching D.T., Silverstone P.H.
Frontiers in Public Health. 2021 June; 12 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.682041
Drolet JL, McDonald-Harker C, Lalani N, McGreer S, Brown MRG, Silverstone PH
Journal of Education in Emergencies. 2021 June; 7 (1):54-79 10.33682/u3ar-wwzm
Lalani N., Drolet J.L., McDonald-Harker C., Brown M.R.G., Brett-MacLean P., Agyapong V.I.O., Greenshaw A.J., Silverstone P.H.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2021 June; 9 10.3389/fpubh.2021.682558
McDonald-Harker C., Drolet J.L., Sehgal A., Brown M.R.G., Silverstone P.H., Brett-MacLean P., Agyapong V.I.O.
Frontiers in Public Health. 2021 June; 9 10.3389/fpubh.2021.682634
Brown M.R.G., Pazderka H., Agyapong V.I.O., Greenshaw A.J., Cribben I., Brett-MacLean P., Drolet J., McDonald-Harker C.B., Omeje J., Lee B., Mankowsi M., Noble S., Kitching D.T., Silverstone P.H.
Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021 May; 12 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.676256
Aghamohammadi-Sereshki A., Coupland N.J., Silverstone P.H., Huang Y., Hegadoren K.M., Carter R., Seres P., Malykhin N.V.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & NEUROSCIENCE. 2021 February; 46 (1):E186-E195 10.1503/jpn.200034
Drolet JL, McDonald-Harker C, Lalani N, Brown MRG, Silverstone PH
Journal of Disaster Research. 2020 November; 15 (7):833-844 10.20965/jdr.2020.p0833