Dr. Jaswant Guzder is a听Professor in the 黑料不打烊 Department of Psychiatry, Head of Child Psychiatry and Director of Childhood Disorders Day Hospital at the Jewish General Hospital, Senior Consultant and Former Co-Director of Jewish General Hospital Cultural Consultation Service and Associate to 黑料不打烊 Faculty of Social Work. She is also a psychoanalyst and supervisor for the Art Therapy Masters Program at Concordia University. Dr. Guzder worked in Mumbai, India form 1980 to 1984. Her child and family practice in Montreal is multicultural. She has projects in Mumbai India and in Jamaica with graduate students working with South Asian and Caribbean populations. Her current research projects are collaborations with:
- Dr. Zelkowitz, P., and Rosemary Short: Bell Transitional Team: Follow-up of Day Hospital Children post-discharge.
- Dr. Fred Hickling, Dr. Hilary Hickling and Dr. Duncan Pederson: Grand Challenges Grant (October 2013): Dream a World Child Intervention and Community Engagement Project in high risk Jamaican populations
- The Culture and Mental Health Research Unit: consultation role
Selected Articles
Kirmayer, K., Rousseau, C., Jarvis, E., Guzder, J., (2013) The Cultural Context听Of Clinical Assessment In: A. Tasman, M. Majim M.B. First, J. Kay & J. Lieberman (Eds.),听Psychiatry. 4th Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Monica Ruiz-Casares, Guzder, J., Rousseau, C., Kirmayer, K. (2013). Resilience, Culture and Child Mental Health and Wellbeing In: Handbook of Child Wellbeing. Asher Ben-Arieh, Ferran Casas, Ivar Frones, Jill E. Korbin (editors), New York: Springer Publishing
Guzder, J., V. Paisley, Hickling, F., Robertson-Hickling, H. (2013). Promoting听Resilience in High Risk Children in Jamaica In: J. of Canadian Academy of Child and adolescent听Psychiatry, Vol:22, Issue 2, pp:125-130听
Guzder, J., Rousseau, C. (2013).A Diversity of Voices: The 黑料不打烊 "Working with Culture"听Seminars Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry Journal, Vol. 37, pp. 347-364
Kirmayer, K., Guzder, J., Rousseau, C., Editors (2013). Cultural Consultation: Encountering the Other in Mental Health Care. New York: Springer
Measham, T., Guzder, J., C茅cile Rousseau, Lucie Nadeau (2011). Taking culture Into听Account When Assessing a Young Patient. Psychiatric Times, Tip Sheet.听
Kirmayer, K., Fung, K., Rousseau, C., Tat Lo, H., 听Menzies, P., Guzder, J.,听Ganesan, S., Andermann, L., McKenzie, K. (2011). Guidelines for Training in Cultural听Psychiatry. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 57, No 3
Guzder, J.(2011). Women Who Jump into Wells: Reflections on Suicidality in Women from Conflict Regions of the Indian Subcontinent (SAGE) Transcultural Psychiatry, V 48, Issue 5, pp. 586-604
Kirmayer, K., Narasiah, L., Munoz, M., Rashid, M., Ryder, A., Guzder, J.,听Hassan, G., Rousseau, C., Pottie, K. (2011). Common Mental Health Problems in听Immigrants and Refugees: General Approach in Primary Care Canadian Medical Association听Journal Vol 183 No. 12听 pp. E959-E967
Guzder, J.(2011). Second Skins: Family Therapy Agendas of Migration, Identity and听Cultural Change Fokus: Norwegian Family Therapy Journal, 3-2011 (160-179)
Guzder, J., Bond, S., Rabiau, M., Zelkowitz, P., &Rohar, S. (2011). The relationship听between alliance, attachment and outcome in a child multi-modal treatment population: Pilot听study Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 20:3 (pg.196-202)
Guzder, J., Rousseau, C. (2010). Child and Community Mental Health in Cultural Perspective. Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol 47(5): (pg. 683-685)
Kirmayer, L,. Narasiah L., Munoz, M., Rashid, M., Ryder, A., Guzder, J.,听 Hassan, G., Rousseau, C., Pottie, K. (2010). Common Mental Health Problems In Immigrants and Refugees: General Approach To The Patient In Primary Care. Canadian Medical Association Journal (2010) Review (pg. 1-9)
Hickling, F., Guzder, J., Robertson-Hickling, H., Snow, S., Kirmayer, K.. (2010). Psychic Centrality: Reflections on Two Psychohistoriographic Cultural听 Therapy Workshops in Montreal. (SAGE) Transcultural Psychiatry Vol 47(1): 136-158
Measham, T., Guzder, J., Rousseau, C., Nadeau, L. (2010). Cultural Considerations in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Understanding Cultural Difference for a Better Therapeutic Alliance. Psychiatric Times. Vol. 27 No. 2
Robertson-Hickling, H., Guzder, J.(2009). Fostering Resilience in Children at Risk through a Cultural Therapy Intervention in Kingston, Jamaica. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved 20 (4 Suppl):31-5
Kirmayer, L.J., Rousseau, C., Jarvis, G.E., 听Guzder, J.. (2008). The cultural context of clinical听assessment in A. Tasman, M. Majim M.B. First, J. Kay & J. Lieberman (Eds.), Psychiatry 3rd听Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Laurence J. Kirmayer, Rousseau, C., Guzder, J., Jarvis, E. (2008). Training Clinicians in Cultural Psychiatry: A Canadian Perspective. Academic Psychiatry, 32:(4) 313-319
Kirmayer, L., Thombs, B., Jurcik, T., 听Jarvis, E., Guzder, J.. (2008).听Use of an Expanded Version of The DSM-IV Outline for Cultural Formulation on a Cultural听Consultation Service. Psychiatric Services 59:(6) 683-686
Zelkowitz, P., Paris, J., Guzder, J., Feldman, R., Roy, C., Rosval, L. (2007). A Five Year Follow-Up of Patients with Borderline Pathology of 听Childhood. Journal of Personality Disorders, 21:(6) 664-674
Guzder, J., Krishna, M. (2005). Mind the Gap: Diaspora Indian Women in听Psychotherapy. Journal of Psychology and Developing Societies: A Journal. 17:(2) 121-138 New Delhi.
Zelkowitz, P., Guzder, J., Paris, J., Feldman, R., Roy, C. (2004).听Borderline Pathology of Childhood Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 13:听58-61.
Kirmayer, L., Groleau, D., Guzder, J., Blake, C., Jarvis, E. (2003).听Cultural Consultation: A Model of Mental Health Service for Multicultural Societies. 颁补苍补诲颈补苍听Journal of Psychiatry. 48: 145-153
Zelkowitz, P., Paris, J., Guzder, J., Feldman, R. (2001). Diatheses and听Stressors In Borderline Pathology Of Childhood: The Role Neuropsychological Risk And听Trauma.听 Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 40:100-105.
Paris, J., Zelkowitz, P., Guzder, J., Joseph, S., Feldman, R. (1999).听Neuropsychological Factors Associated With Borderline Pathology In Children.听Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 38:770-774.
Guzder, J., Paris, J., Zelkowitz, P., Marchessault, K. (1996). Risk Factors For听Borderline Pathology In Children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent听Psychiatry. 35:26-33.
Paris, J., Zweig-Frank, H., Bond, M., Guzder, J. (1996). Defense Styles,听Hostility, And Psychological Risk Factors In Male Patients With Personality Disorders.听
Selected Book Chapter
Kirmayer, L. J., Guzder, J., & Rousseau, C. (Eds.). (2014). Cultural Consultation: Encountering the Other in Mental Health Care. New York: Springer.
Guzder, J.听(1992). South Asian women: Psychological issues related to assimilation. In R. Ghosh, & R. Kanungo (Eds.),听South Asian Canadians: Current issues in the politics of culture听(pp. 105-113).听New Delhi, India: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.