Aidan Stokes

Associate Professor

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Email: aidan.stokes@dal.ca
Phone: 902-470-8375
Mailing Address: 
Department of Psychiatry
IWK Health Centre
5850/5980 University Ave.
PO Box 9700
Halifax , NS B3K 6R8
 
Research Topics:
  • Aggressive behavior
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Tourette’s disorder
  • Peer relationships


Education

MB, BCh, BAO (National University of Ireland)
DCH, DPH (National University of Ireland)
DObst (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)
DPM (Dublin University)
FRCPC

Research interests

Dr. Stokes’s clinical and research interests include Tic Disorders and co-morbidity, Children’s Residential Treatment, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Selected publications

  • Stokes A, Bawden HN, Camfield PA, Backman JE, Dooley JM. Peer Problems in Tourette's Disorder. Paediatrics 1991; 87: 936-942
  • Dooley JM, Stokes A, Gordon KE. Pseudo-tics in Tourette Syndrome. J Child Neurol 1994; 9:50-51
  • Bawden H, Stokes A, Camfield C, Camfield P, Salisbury S. Peer relationship problems in children with Tourette's disorder or Diabetes Mellitus. J Child Psychol Psychiat  1998; 39: 663-668.
  • Gates LL, Clarke JR, Dursun SM, Stokes A. A functional MRI study of voluntary phonic tasks. Can Assoc. Radiol. J 49:45. 1998
  • Gates l, Clarke JR, Stokes A, Somorjai, Jarmasz, Vandorpe R, Dursun SM. Neuroanatomy of Copralalia in Tourette Syndrome using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2004 Mar;28(2):397-400.

Selected awards and honours

  • Distinguished Fellow Canadian Psychiatric Association
  • Life Member, Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Past-President Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Memberships

  • Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Association for Child Mental Health
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
  • Royal College of Psychiatry
  • Canadian Psychiatric Association
  • Canadian Medical Association

Teaching

  • Postgraduate PGY 3 and PGY6

Service & Activity

  • IWK Centre for Child and Family Collaborative Care (Compass)
  • Tourette’s Disorder
  • Visiting Consultant Annapolis Valley DHA