Selected Publications from
Dr. Fiona Thomas and collaborators

Illustration of person holding data and reports

Representative Publications (*Denotes trainees):

*Sinclair, E. S.-L. L., Kim, H. S., Yang, L., & Thomas, F. C. (in-press). Cross-cultural adaptations of gambling treatments for East Asians: A comprehensive scoping review and strategic recommendations. Current Addiction Reports.

 

Thomas, F.C., *McGuire, K., *Ng Ha Kwong, O., *Parmar, P.K., *Goldgruber, B., Doherty, S., Jayawickreme, N., Milligan, K., Dass, G., **Sivayokan, S., **Surenthirakumaran, R. (2025). From villages to floating islands: A qualitative study exploring maternal experiences of support and isolation in Northern Sri Lanka. Social Sciences and Medicine – Mental Health; Special Issue – From Trauma to Resilience to Peace?: Charting Paths Forward in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka, 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100506  

 

Taknint, J. T., Thomas, F. C., Gellatly, R., & Ameresekere, M. (2024). Responding to trauma: A critical review of mental health and psychosocial interventions for refugee women. Current psychiatry reports, 26(12), 866–876. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-024-01568-3

 

Thomas, F.C., *Divirgilio, R., Jayawickreme, N., Sivayokan, S., McShane, K., Jayawickreme, E. (2023). Coping with the long-term impact of civil strife: A grief-centered analysis of Tamil Sri Lankan communities affected by ethnopolitical conflict. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16(3), p. 822-850. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12491

 

*Loskot, T., ‡ *Lagdamen, J., ‡ Mutschler, C., ‡ Thomas, F., Kannan, K., Beristianos, M., Cook, J., Finley, E., **Monson, C., & **Wiltsey-Stirman, S. (2023). Multilevel factors in providers’ decisions to utilize CPT in military- and veteran-serving treatment settings. Psychological Services, 20(4), 798–808. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000715
    a. ‡ equal contribution and listed alphabetically
    b. **senior authors, listed alphabetically

 

Thomas, F.C., Coulombe, S., Girard, T., Hart, T., Doherty, S., Dass, G., Wickramage, K., Siriwardhana, C., & McShane K. (2022). Displacement-related stressors in a Sri Lankan war affected community: Identifying the impact of war exposure and ongoing stressors on trauma symptom severity. Social Science and Medicine – Mental Health, 2: e: 100129. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100129

 

Thomas, F.C., *D’Souza, M., *Magwood, O., *Thilakanathan, D., *Sukumar, V., Doherty, S., Dass, G., Hart, T., Sivayokan, S., Wickramage, K., & McShane K. (2022). Examining post-conflict stressors in Northern Sri Lanka: A qualitative study. PLOS One, 17(9): ee0267018. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267018

 

Thomas, F.C., Puente-Duran, S., Mutschler, C., Monson, C.M.M. (2020). Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for children and youth in developing countries: A systematic review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. doi: 10.1111/camh.12435

 

Thomas, F.C., Bowie, J., Hill, L., & Taknint, J.T. (2019). Growth-promoting supervision: Reflections from women of colour psychology trainees. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 13, 167-173. doi: 10.1037/tep0000244

 

Khenti, A., Thomas, F.C., Mohamoud, S., Diaz, P., Ballarino, V., Dunbar, K., & Sapag, J. (2017). Mental health and addictions capacity building for community health centres in Ontario. Canadian Family Physician, 63, e416-e424. PMID: 29025818

 

Thomas, F.C., Jordans, M.J.D., Reis, R., de Jong, J., & Tol, W. (2016). Emic perspectives on the impact of armed conflict on children’s mental health in Northern Sri Lanka. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 22, 246-253. doi: 10.1037/pac0000172