ARCNAC Sub-committees
Nicholas Carleton, Ph.D. is a Professor of Clinical Psychology, a registered clinical psychologist in Saskatchewan, and is currently serving as the Scientific Director for the Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters exploring the fundamental bases of anxiety and related disorders. He has completed more than 400 national and international conference presentations. He also serves as an active member of several national and international professional associations. As principal or co-principal investigator he has been awarded more than $60M in competitive external funding. He has received several prestigious awards and recognitions, including recent induction as a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, and as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and was awarded the 2020 Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research. Dr. Carleton is actively involved in clinical and experimental research, with his interests including the biopsychosocial measurement, assessment, and treatments of trauma and anxiety, focusing on transdiagnostics and fundamental cognitions. He currently serves as principal investigator on the RCMP Longitudinal PTSD Study (www.rcmpstudy.ca), the associated extension study for Saskatchewan public safety personnel (www.saskptsistudy.ca), and co-principal investigator on the Federal Internet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for public safety personnel (www.PSPSNET.ca).
Current Institution:
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Pkwy
Regina, Saskatchewan Canada S4S0A2
Researcher
University of Regina
Phone: (306) 337-2287
Website
Sectors:
- Border Services
- Correctional Workers
- Firefighters
- Paramedics
- Police
- Public Safety Communicators
- RCMP
- Search and Rescue Personnel
Regions:
- Saskatchewan
Research Focus:
- Dr. Carleton is actively involved in clinical and experimental research, with his interests including the biopsychosocial measurement, assessment, and treatments of trauma, anxiety, and somatic disorders, focusing on transdiagnostics, fundamental cognitions, and shared emergent properties
Current Projects:
- An augmented training program for preventing posttraumatic stress injuries among diverse public safety personnel
- A Longitudinal Study of Operational Stress Injuries (OSIs) for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (www.rcmpstudy.ca)
- Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (ICBT) for Public Safety Personnel (PSP) (www.pspnet.ca)
- An Augmented Training Program for Preventing Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries Among Diverse Public Safety Personnel (https://www.saskptsistudy.ca)
- Assessing Duty-Related Mental Injury Prevalence Rates Among Coast Guard and Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Prevalence of Operational Stress Injuries in Canadian Provincial Correctional Officers
Willing to be contacted for collaboration.
Clinician
Not currently accepting new clients.
University of Regina
Phone: (306) 337-2287
Website
Sectors:
- Border Services
- Correctional Workers
- Firefighters
- Paramedics
- Police
- Public Safety Communicators
- RCMP
- Search and Rescue Personnel
Regions:
- Saskatchewan
Specialties:
- Anxiety Disorder
- Operational Stress Injuries
- Panic Disorder
- PTSD/PTSI