Dr. Elaine Toombs, Ph.D.

Dr. Elaine Toombs has completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University and her predoctoral internship at Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, through the Northern Ontario Psychology Internship Consortium in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Her dissertation research was supervised by Dr. Mushquash and examined adverse childhood experiences in a First Nations treatment-seeking population. Elaine’s research interests include First Nations mental health, adverse childhood experiences, resilience and parenting.

Publications

10.  Lund, J.I., Toombs, E., Radford, A., Boles, K., & Mushquash, C. J. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences and executive function difficulties in children: A systematic review. Child Abuse & Neglect, 106.

 9.  Toombs, E., Kowatch, K., Dalicandro, L., McConkey, S., Hopkins, C., & Mushquash, C. J. (2020).  A Systematic Review of Electronic Mental Health Interventions for Indigenous Youth: Results and recommendations.   Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare, 1-14.

8.  Toombs, E., Marshall, N., & Mushquash, C. J. (2019). Comparing residential and non-residential substance use treatment outcomes within Indigenous populations:  A systematic review. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse.

7.  Toombs, E., Drawson, A. S., Chambers, L., Bobinski, T. L. R., Dixon, J., & Mushquash, C. J. (2019).  Moving towards an Indigenous research process: A reflexive approach to empirical work with Canadian First Nations communities.  The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 10(1), 1-19.

6.  Toombs, E., Drawson, A. S., Bobinski, T., Dixon, J., & Mushquash, C. J. (2018).  First Nations parenting and child reunification:  Identifying strengths, barriers, and community needs within the child welfare system.  Child & Family Social Work, 23, 408- 426. 

5.  Toombs, E., Unruh, A., McGrath, P.  (2017).  Assessing the Parent-Adolescent Communication Toolkit:  Usability and Preliminary Effectiveness.  Nursing Open.

4.  Drawson, A. S., Toombs, E., & Mushquash, C. J. (2017). Indigenous Research Methods: A Systematic Review. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 8(2), 5.

3.  Toombs, E., Kowatch, K. R., & Mushquash, C. J.  (2016).  Resilience in Canadian Indigenous Youth: A scoping review.  International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 4(1), 4-32. 

2.  *Campbell, S., Chong, S., Ewen, V., Toombs, E., Tzalazidis, R., & Maranzan, K. A. (2016). Social media policy for graduate students: Challenges and opportunities for professional psychology training programs. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, 57(3), 202-210.

1.  Wozney, L., McGrath, P. J., Newton, A., Huguet, A., Franklin, M., Perri, K., Toombs, E., & Lingley-Pottie, P. (2015). Usability, learnability and performance evaluation of Intelligent Research and Intervention Software: A delivery platform for eHealth interventions. Health Informatics Journal.