James Dominic Mendonça Ph.D., C.Psych

Adjunct Full Professor

Masters: Child Psychology, University of Guelph
Doctorate: Clinical Psychology, Western University
Additional Trianing: Clinical Certification, American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy
Clinical Area of Expertise: Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Depression post CABG surgery, Schema-based CBT, Relapse-Prevention Interventions
Email:

mendonca@uwo.ca
jim_mendonca@hotmail.com
Phone:

519.641.8338

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Graduated with M.A. in Child Psychology and PhD in Clinical Psychology: Masters dissertation- Learning Theory & Piagetian approaches to children’s acquisition of number concept;
Doctoral Dissertation: Cognitive-behavioral approaches to the treatment of anxiety disorders.

Director of Crisis and Relapse Prevention Service at St Thomas Psychiatric Hospital: 1975 – 2003.
Part-time psychologist consultant, London InterCommunity Health Centre: 1990-2014.
Very involved in the design of mental health programs in rural settings as a member of the Thames Valley District Health Council. During this period involved in a prevalence study of farm-related suicide in response to ongoing economic pressures.

Research interests:
Models of ambulatory care services in rural settings especially for suicide risk assessment;
Suicidal phenomena related to motives, hopelessness, active and passive ideation, thinking dysfunctions; Depression following cardiac surgery;
Mood disorders in the bipolar spectrum and patient cognitive schemas regarding treatment.

Since 2000, Editor of “Research Insights”, A journal of Parkwood Mental Health, St Joseph’s Health Care

Currently has a small private practice.

Publications

  1. Mendonca, J.D. & Siess, T.F. (1976). Counselling for indecisiveness: Problem-solving and anxiety management training, Journal of Counselling Psychology, 23, 339-347.

  2. Mendonca, J.D. (1979) Quality control in a Crisis Unit. Dimensions in Health Service, 56, 10-12. An extended version was published as "Participative Quality Control in a crisis unit." STPH Research Bulletin, 1979, Vol. 1, No.2.

  3. Mendonca, J.D. (1979). Two problems in crisis intervention: quality control and limited resources. Ontario Psychologist, 11, 5-9.

  4. Mendonca, J.D., Lumley, P. & Hunt, A. (1982). Brief marital therapy outcome: personality correlates. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 27, 291-295.

  5. Mendonca, J.D., Holden, R., Mazmanian, D. & Dolan, J. (1983). The influence of response style on the Beck Hopelessness Scale. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 15, 237-247.

  6. Holden, R.R. & Mendonca, J.D. (1984). Hopelessness, social desirability, and suicidal behaviour: A need for conceptual and empirical disentanglement. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 40, 1342-1345.

  7. Holden, R.R., Mendonca, J.D. & Mazmanian, D. (1985). The relation of response set to observed suicidal intent. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 17, 360-368.

  8. Varadaraj, R., Mendonca, J.D. & Rauchenburg, P.M. (1986). Motives and intent: A comparison of views of overdose patients and their key relatives/friends. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 31, 621-624.

  9. Varadaraj, R. & Mendonca, J.D. (1987). A survey of blood alcohol levels in overdose patients assessed in the emergency room. Advances in Alcohol & Substance Abuse, 7, 63-69.

  10. Mazmanian, D., Mendonca, J.D. & Holden, R. (1987). Psychopathology and response style of symptom checklist - 90 responses of acutely distressed persons. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioural Assessment, 9, 135-148.

  11. Holden, R.R., Mendonca, J.D. & Serin, R.C. (1989). Suicide, hopelessness and social desirability: a test of an interactive model. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, (4), 500-504.

  12. Cooper, A.J. & Mendonca, J.D. (1989). A prospective study of patient assaults on nursing staff in a psychogeriatric unit. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 34(5), 399-404.

  13. Cooper, A.J. & Mendonca, J.D. (1991). A prospective study of patient assaulters on nurses in a psychiatric hospital in Canada. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 84(2), 163-166.

  14. Holden, R.R., Mendonca, J.D., Mazmanian, D., & Reddon, J.R. (1992). Clinical Construct Validity of the Holden Psychological Screening Inventory (HPSI). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48(5), 627-633.

  15. Mendonca, J.D., Velamoor, V.R., Sauve, D., (1996). Key features of maltreatment of the infirm elderly in home settings. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 107-113.

  16. Mendonca, J.D., Holden, R.R. (1996) Are all suicidal ideas closely linked to hopelessness? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 93, 246-251.

  17. Velamoor, V.R., Mendonca, J.D., (1997) Psychiatric crisis: a community response. Canadian Journal of Diagnosis, 14, 95-101.

  18. Mendonca, J.D., Velamoor, V.R. (1998). Crisis Intervention with personality disorders. Canadian Journal of Diagnosis, 15, 83-94.

  19. Mendonca, J.D., Holden, R.R. (1998). Interaction of affective and cognitive impairments in the suicidal state: a brief elaboration. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 97, 149-152

  20. Holden, R.R., Mendonca, J.D., Kerr, P.S., Velamoor, V.R. (1998). Are some motives more linked to suicide proneness than others? Journal of Clinical Psychology, 54, 569-576.

  21. Mendonca, J. D., Velamoor, V. R. (1999). Emergency management of substance abuse problems. Canadian Journal of Diagnosis, 16, 96-109.

  22. Swaminath, RS, Mendonca, JD, Vidal, C, Chapman, P. (2002). Experiments in Change: pre-trial diversion of offenders with mental illness. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 47, 450-457.

  23. Varadaraj, VR, Mendonca, JD, Hennen B, Grindrod. (2002). The Interface between Primary Care and Psychiatry: Family Physicians and Their Dilemmas with Psychiatric Crises. #02-1 Working Paper Series. Centre for Studies in Family Medicine & Family Practice Research Unit. London, Ontario.

  24. Hartford, K., Carey, R., & Mendonca, J. (2006). Reducing sampling bias in international internet surveys. Journal of Evaluation & the Health Professions, 30(1), 35-40.

  25. Hartford, K., Carey, R., & Mendonca, J. (2006). Pre-arrest diversion of people with mental illness: literature review and international survey. Journal of Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 24(6), 845-856.

  26. Hartford, K., Carey, R., & Mendonca, J. (2007). Pre-trial Court diversion of people with mental illness: literature review. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 34(2), 198-205.

  27. Cernovsky, Z., Ferrari, J. & Mendonca, J.D. (2019). Deceptive clinical diagnosing of malingering via Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology. Archives of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2(1), 44-49.

  28. Cernovsky,Z., Litman, L., Mendonca, J. Bureau, Y., Istasy, P. (2019). Factor analysis of the Post-Concussion-Whiplash spectrum in survivors of car accidents. International Journal of Psychology and Cognitive Science, 5(2), 49-52.

  29. Ferrari, J.J.R., Cernovsky, Z.Z., Mendonça, J.D. (2019).   False positives in Green’s tests of malingering on chronic pain patients. International Journal of Psychology and Cognitive Science, 5(2): 58-63.

  30. Cernovsky, Z.Z., Ferrari, J.J.R., Mendonça, J.D. (2019). Pseudodiagnoses of malingering of neuropsychological symptoms in survivors of car accidents by the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology. Archives of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2(1), 55-65.

  31. Cernovsky, Z., Mendonça, J.D., Oyewumi, L.K., Ferrari, J.R., Sidhu, G., Campbell., R. (2019). Content validity of the psychosis subscale of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS). International Journal of Psychology and Cognitive Science, 5(3),121-127.

  32. Istasy, P., Cernovsky,Z., Sadek, G., Mendonça, J., Bureau, Y., Chiu, S. (2019). Satisfaction with life among recipients of opiate substitution treatment. Archives of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2(2), 27-29.