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Depression, Personality and Eating Disorders
Dr. Valerie Krysanski
vkrysanski@vgh.mb.ca
Department members, collaborators from outside the department, and research staff are
listed below by project:
Main Research Projects or Interests:
1. Eating Disorders
The Knowledge of Eating Disorders Scale – Development and Psychometric Validation
Department members affiliated with project:
Collaborators from outside the department: Dr. V. Illing and Dr. G. Tasca, The
University of Ottawa/The Ottawa Hospital General Campus
Research staff:
2. Personality Disorders
Modified dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder – treatment
outcomes and factors impacting treatment
Department members affiliated with project:
Collaborators from outside the department: Dr. Sandra Salem, University of Manitoba
Research staff:
3. Depression
Evaluating treatment outcomes in a modified cognitive behaviour group intervention
Department members affiliated with project:
Collaborators from outside the department: Lindsay Woods Frohlich
Research staff:
Recent presentations:
Krysanski, V.L., & Woods Frohlich, L. (2012). Evaluating outcomes and client
satisfaction in a modified cognitive behavioral group for depression. Poster presented at
the annual Psychology and Health Research Day, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
Canada.
Krysanski, V.L., Illing, V., Tasca, G.A., Demidenko, N., & Bissada, H. (2010).
Development and Validation of the Knowledge of Eating Disorders Scale (KEDS). Paper
presented at the 2010 International Conference on Eating Disorders, Salzburg, Austria.
Recent publications:
Tasca, G.A., Ritchie, K., Demidenko, N., Balfour, L., Krysanski, V., Weekes, K.,
Barber, A., Keating, L., & Bissada, H. (2013). Matching women with binge eating disorder to
group treatment based on attachment anxiety: Outcomes and moderating effects. Psychotherapy
Research, 23, 301-314.
Tasca, G.A., Presniak, M.D., Demidenko, N., Balfour, L., Krysanski, V.,
Trinneer, A., & Bissada, H. (2011). Testing a maintenance model for eating disorders in a
tertiary care treatment seeking sample: A structural equation modeling approach.
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 52, 678-687.
Tasca, G.A., Krysanski, V.L., Demidenko, N., & Bissada, H. (2009) Binge eating and
purging. In D. Allison & M. Baskin (Eds.). Handbook of Assessment Methods for Obesity and
Eating Behaviors, Sage Publications.