Katherine Rittenbach Publications

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2022

McLane P, Mackey L, Holroyd BR, Fitzpatrick K, Healy C, Rittenbach K, Plume TB, Bill L, Bird A, Healy B, Janvier K, Louis E, Barnabe C. (2022). Impacts of racism on First Nations patients’ emergency care: results of a thematic analysis of healthcare provider interviews in Alberta, Canada. BMC Health Serv Res. 21;22(1):804.
Ferguson M, Medley A, Rittenbach K, Brothers TD, Strike C, Ng J, Leece P, Elton-Marshall T, Ali F, Lorenzetti DL, Buxton JA. (2022). Priority setting for Canadian Take-Home Naloxone best practice guideline development: an adapted online Delphi method. Harm Reduct J. 2;19(1):71.
Kim C, Chum A, Nielsen A, MacMaster F, Rittenbach K, Allin S, O’Campo P, Kirst M, Hamilton H. (2022). Cannabis Legalization and cannabis-Related Hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada. Can J Psychiatry. 27:7067437221114785. doi: 10.1177/07067437221114785.
Williamson N, Hathaway J, Jahrig J, Vik S, Rittenbach K. (2022). Cannabis use and concern among clients seeking substance misuse treatment: demographics, comorbidities, and service utilization patterns pre-legalization (2012-2018). Canadian Journal of Addiction 13(1): 19-26.

2021

Marshall T, Hancock M, Kinnard EN, Olson K, Abba-Aji A, Rittenbach K, Stea JN, Tanguay R, Vohra S. (2021). Treatment options and shared decision-making in the treatment of opioid use disorder: A scoping review. J Subst Abuse Treat. 135:108646. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108646.
Deschamps J, Gilbertson J, Straube S, Dong K, MacMaster FP, Korownyk C, Montgomery L, Mahaffey R, Downar J, Clarke H, Muscedere J, Rittenbach K, Featherstone R, Sebastianski M, Vandermeer B, Lynam D, Magnussen R, Bagshaw SM, Rewa OG. (2021). Association between supportive interventions and healthcare utilization and outcomes in patients on long-term prescribed opioid therapy presenting to acute healthcare settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Emerg Med. 21(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12873-020-00398-9.
Moustaqim-Barrette, A., Dhillon, D., Ng J., Sundvick, K., Ali, F., Elton-Marshall, T., Leece, P., Rittenbach, K., Ferguson, M., Buxton, J.A. (2021). Take-home naloxone programs for
suspected opioid overdose in community settings: a scoping umbrella review. BMC Public Health. 21:597.
Bristowe, S., Ghosh, S., Trew, M., CMHA., Rittenbach, K. (2021). Virtual Overdose Response for People Who Use Opioids Alone: Protocol for a Feasibility and Clinical Trial Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 12;10(5):e20183.

2019

Rittenbach K, MacMaster FP, Mitchell N; Addiction and Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network. (2019). Addiction and Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network: Involving people with lived experience to transform care in Alberta. CMAJ. 4;191(Suppl):S7-S9. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.190586.
Palay J, Taillieu TL, Afifi TO, Turner S, Bolton JM, Enns MW, Smith M, Lesage A, Bakal JA, Rush B, Adair CE, Vigod SN, Clelland S, Rittenbach K, Kurdyak P, Sareen J. (2019). Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Suicidality in Canadian Provinces. Can J Psychiatry. 64(11):761-769. doi: 10.1177/0706743719878987.
Deschamps J, Gilbertson J, Straube S, Dong K, MacMaster FP, Korownyk C, Montgomery L, Mahaffey R, Downar J, Clarke H, Muscedere J, Rittenbach K, Featherstone R, Sebastianski M, Vandermeer B, Lynam D, Magnussen R, Bagshaw SM, Rewa OG. (2019). Association between harm reduction strategies and healthcare utilization in patients on long-term prescribed opioid therapy presenting to acute healthcare settings: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 5;8(1):88. doi: 10.1186/s13643-019-0997-5.
Yan, C., Rittenbach, K., Souri, S., Silverstone, P.H. (2019). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Randomized Study of Depression Treatment Options in Primary Care Suggests Stepped-Care Treatment may Have Economic Benefits. BMC Psychiatry. 19:240.
Brown, S., Rittenbach, K., Cheung, S., McKean, G., MacMaster, F.P., Clement, F. (2019). Current and Common Definitions of Treatment Resistant Depression: Findings from a Systematic Review and Qualitative Interviews. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

2018

Breault, L.J., Rittenbach, K., Hartle, K., Babins-Wagner, R., deBeaudrap, C., Jasaui, Y., Ardell, E., Purdon, S.E., Michael, A., Sullivan, G., Unger, S.R., Vandall-Walker, L., Necyk, B., Krawec, K., Manafo, E., Mason-Lai, P. (2018). People with lived experience (PWLE) of depression: describing and reflecting on an explicit patient engagement process within depression research priority setting in Alberta, Canada. Research Involvement and Engagement. 4:37.
Marshall, T., Kinnard, E.N., Hancock, M., Jones, S.K., Olson, K., Abba-Aji, A., Rittenbach, K., Vohra, S. (2018). Patient Engagement, Treatment Preferences and Shared Decision-Making (SDM) in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in Adults: A Scoping Review Protocol. British Medical Journal Open 8(10), e022267.
Breault, L.J., Rittenbach, K., Hartle, K., Babins-Wagner, R., deBeaudrap, C., Jasaui, Y., Ardell, E., Purdon, S.E., Michael, A., Sullivan, G., Unger, S.R., Vandall-Walker, L., Necyk, B., Krawec, K., Manafo, E., Mason-Lai, P. (2018). The top research questions asked by people with lived depression experience in Alberta: a survey. Canadian Medical Association Journal Open. 6(3) E398-E405.

2017

Freeman, L.K., Bourque, S., Etches, N., Goodison, K., O’Gorman, C., Rittenbach, K., Sikora, C.A., Yarema, M. (2017). Alberta’s provincial take-home naloxone program: A multi-sectoral and multi-jurisdictional response to overdose. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 108(4):e398-e402.
Silverstone, P.H., Bercov, M., Suen, V.Y.M., Allen, A., Cribben, I., Goodrick, J., Henry, S., Pryce, C., Langstraat, P., Rittenbach, K., Chakraborty, S., Engels, R.C., McCabe, C. (2017). Long-term results from the EMPATHY program, a multimodal school-based approach, show marked reductions in suicidality, depression, and anxiety in 6,227 students in Grades 6-12 (aged 11-18). Frontiers in Psychiatry – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
MacMaster, F.P., Swansburg, R., Rittenbach, K.A. (2017). Academic productivity in psychiatry: benchmarks for the H-index. Academic Psychiatry.
Silverstone, P.H., Rittenbach, K.A., Suen, V.Y.M., Moretzohn, A., Cribben, I., Bercov, M., Allen, A., Pryce, C., Hamza, D.M., Trew, M. (2017). Depression outcomes in adults attending family practice were not improved by screening, stepped-care, or on-line CBT during a 12-week study when compared to controls in a randomized trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry – Mood and Anxiety.

2016

MacMaster, F.P., Cohen, J., Waheed, W., Maguad, E., Swanburg, R.M. & Rittenbach, K.A. (2016). Psychiatry resident and program director perceptions of neuroscience. Medical Science Educator.
Silverstone, P.H., Suen, V.Y.M., Ashton, C.K., Hamza, D.M., Martin, E.K. & Rittenbach, K.A. (2016). Are complex multimodal interventions the best treatments for mental health disorders in children and youth? Journal of Child & Adolescent Behavior. 4(4).