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Dr. Arbour received her PhD in Applied Social Psychology at the University of Windsor in 2008. Her research interests are grounded in both the basic and applied fields of social and health psychology, with a specific emphasis on mental health and addiction. In her role as a research scientist, Dr. Arbour collaborates with clinical staff extensively in an effort to bridge together research and practice to enhance recovery oriented practice and system transformation. Research papers generated from her work have been published and presented at a variety of forums within the fields of addiction medicine, psychology and mental health. Applied research interests include program evaluation and recovery education development.
Research Practice Areas
Social and Health Psychology
Areas of Research
Mental health recovery, addiction
Conference Presentations
Arbour, S., Breau, S., & Jones, S. (2022). Invited Panelist on Mental Health Commission Session: A vision for quality mental health care. Collaborative Mental Health Conference, Quebec City, QC.
Arbour, S. & Rice, M. (2022). Invited Speakers for Mental Health Commission Quality Care Workshop on Recovery-Oriented Practice. Implementing Recovery-Oriented Practice at Ontario Shores. Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference, Quebec City, QC.
Recent Publications
Arbour, S., Chiu, M., Paul, S. Battisteli, R., & Harris, H. (2022). Exploring the Recovery Phenomenon from Adolescents’ Perspective: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40737-022-00283-7
Collins, C., Arbour, S., Beals, N., Yama, S., Laffier, J., & Zhao, Z. (2022). Covid Connect: Chat-Driven Anonymous Story-Sharing for Peer Support. Designing Interactive Systems, https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3533545
Martin, K, Arbour, S., McGregor, C., & Rice, M. (2022). Silver linings: Observed reductions in aggression and use of restraints and seclusion in psychiatric inpatient care during COVID-19. Journal of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 29(2):381-385.
Ng F, Newby C, Robinson C, Llewellyn-Beardsley J, Yeo C, Roe J, Rennick-Egglestone S, Smith R, Booth S, Bailey S, Callard F, Castelein S, Arbour S, Slade M. (2022). How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness? Journal of Mental Health, 21(2): 273-280.
Rennick-Egglestone, S., Morgan, K., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ramsay, A., McGranahan, R., Gillard, S., Hui, A., Ng, F., Schneider, J., Booth, S., Pinfold, V., Davidson, L., Franklin, D., Bradstreet, S., Arbour, S., & Slade, M. (2019). Mental Health Recovery Narratives and Their Impact on Recipients: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64(10): 669-679.
Arbour, S., & Rice, M. (2019). The implementation of recovery-oriented practice at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. World Hospitals and Health Service. 55: 35-40.
Martin, K., Arbour, S., & Stevens, A. (2019). Impact of a Co-produced Initiative for Mental Health Programming at a Canadian Psychiatric Hospital. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation &Mental Health, 6(2), 131-140.Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. 6(2): 131-140.
Arbour, S., & Stevens, A. (2017). A Recovery College in Canada: An innovative means of supporting and empowering individuals with severe mental illness. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 36(3), https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2017-017
Martin, K., Stevens, A., & Arbour, S. (2017). The Process of developing a co-design and co-delivery initiative for mental health programming. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, 4(2), 247-251.
Gavrysh, I., Arbour, S., Hambley J. M., & Sivagnanasundaram, L. (2016). Comparing treatment outcomes among military and civilian substance abusers attending the same residential treatment program. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 34(2), 181-196.