Department of Psychiatry

Faculty of Medicine

Barbara Pavlova

Assistant Professor

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Department of Psychiatry

Email: barbara.pavlova@nshealth.ca
Phone: 902-473-2585
Mailing Address: 
Mood Disorders Program
AJLB
5909 Veterans Memorial Lane
Halifax, NS B3H 2E2
 
Research Topics:
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Comorbidity
  • Early interventions
  • Cognitive behaviour therapy
  • Social anxiety disorder


Education

MA (Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
PhD (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
DClinPsy (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology; Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK)
Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK)

Research interests

Dr. Pavlova is interested in identifying and treating anxiety disorders in people with mood disorders. She runs a pilot study of cognitive behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder in people with bipolar disorder. She is also involved in a study that explores development of mental health and wellbeing in young people and the use of psychological interventions to prevent severe mental illness.

Selected publications

  • Sandstrom A., Uher R., Pavlova B. (2020) Prospective association between childhood behavioural inhibition and anxiety: A meta-analysis. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 48: 57-66.
  • MacKenzie L.E., Uher, R., Pavlova B. (2019) Cognition in first-degree relatives of individuals with major depressive disorder: A meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. 76:297-305.
  • Sandstrom A., MacKenzie L., Pizzo A., Fine A., Rempel S., Howard C., Stephens M., Patterson V.C., Drobinin V., Van Gestel H., Howes Vallis E., Zwicker A., Propper L., Abidi S., Bagnell A., Lovas D., Cumby J., Alda M., Uher R., Pavlova B. (2020) Observed Psychopathology in Offspring of Parents with Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine. 50:1050-1056
  • Pavlova B., Perroud N., Cordera P., Uher R., Alda M., Dayer A., Aubry J.-M. (2018). Anxiety disorders and childhood maltreatment as predictors of outcome in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 225: 337-341.
  • Pavlova B., Perlis R.H., Alda M., Uher R. (2015): Lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders in people with bipolar disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Psychiatry. 2(8):710-717.

Memberships

  • Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
  • Canadian Psychological Association

Teaching

  • Psychological therapies for mood disorders
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy supervision