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Thomas, A., Bohr Y., Hankey, J., Oskalns, M., Barnhardt & Singoorie, C. (2022). How did Nunavummiut youth cope during the COVID-19 pandemic? A qualitative exploration of the resilience of Inuit youth leaders involved in the I-SPARX project. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 81(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2043577 

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Kuosmanen, T., Fleming, T. M., & Barry, M. M. (2018). The implementation of SPARX-R computerized mental health program in alternative education: Exploring the factors contributing to engagement and dropout. Children and Youth Services Review, 84, 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.11.032

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Perry, Y., Werner-Seidler, A., Calear, A., Mackinnon, A., King, C., Scott, J., ... & Batterham, P. J. (2017). Preventing depression in final year secondary students: school-based randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(11). https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8241

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Bohr, Y., Litwin, L., Flett, G., Rawana, J., G., Healy, G. & Dion, S. (2016). Making SPARX fly in Nunavut: Pilot testing an innovative computer-based intervention for reducing youth depression as a preamble to the development of a culturally specific, community led prevention program. Research report prepared for the Department of Health, Government of Nunavut.

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Khourochvili, M., Bohr, Y., Litwin, L., Lucassen, M. & Merry, S. (2016, October). Pilot Testing a Computerized CBT Program in a Remote Arctic Region: Nunavut Youth and Youth Workers Reflect on SPARX. Poster to be presented at the 50th annual convention of the American Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New York, NY.

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 Bohr, Y., Litwin, L., Lee, Y. & Hamel, K. (2016, June). SPARX -Nunavut: An innovative computer based intervention for boosting resilience against youth depression in Nunavut - Process and Outcome. Presentation at the 77th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Victoria, BC.

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Poppelaars, M., Tak, Y. R., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., Engels, R. C., Lobel, A., Merry, S. N., ... & Granic, I. (2016). A randomized controlled trial comparing two cognitive-behavioral programs for adolescent girls with subclinical depression: a school-based program (Op Volle Kracht) and a computerized program (SPARX). Behaviour research and therapy, 80, 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2016.03.005

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Shoemaker, E. Z., Tully, L. M., Niendam, T. A., & Peterson, B. S. (2015). The next big thing in child and adolescent psychiatry: interventions to prevent and intervene early in psychiatric illnesses. Psychiatric Clinics, 38(3), 475-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/cp.12052

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Lucassen, M. F., Merry, S. N., Hatcher, S., & Frampton, C. M. (2015). Rainbow SPARX: A novel approach to addressing depression in sexual minority youth. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 22(2), 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.12.008

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Lucassen, M. F., Hatcher, S., Fleming, T. M., Stasiak, K., Shepherd, M. J., & Merry, S. N. (2015). A qualitative study of sexual minority young people’s experiences of computerised therapy for depression. Australasian Psychiatry, 23(3), 268-273. https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856215579542

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Lucassen, M. F., Hatcher, S., Stasiak, K., Fleming, T., Shepherd, M., & Merry, S. N. (2013). The views of lesbian, gay and bisexual youth regarding computerised self-help for depression: An exploratory study. Advances in Mental Health, 12(1), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.5172/jamh.2013.12.1.22

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Bobier, C., Stasiak, K., Mountford, H., Merry, S., & Moor, S. (2013). When ‘e’therapy enters the hospital: Examination of the feasibility and acceptability of SPARX (a cCBT programme) in an adolescent inpatient unit. Advances in Mental Health, 11(3), 286-292. https://doi.org/10.5172/jamh.2013.11.3.286

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Merry, S. N., Stasiak, K., Shepherd, M., Frampton, C., Fleming, T., & Lucassen, M. F. (2012). The effectiveness of SPARX, a computerised self help intervention for adolescents seeking help for depression: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. British Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e2598 

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Fleming, T., Dixon, R., Frampton, C., & Merry, S. (2012). A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of computerized CBT (SPARX) for symptoms of depression among adolescents excluded from mainstream education. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 40(5), 529-541. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465811000695

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CBC As it Happens: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2/clip/15812171

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Initiative de journalisme locale: https://www.ijl.apf.ca/article/i-sparx-le-jeu-video-qui-stimule-le-bien-etre-mental-des-jeunes-nunavois/

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CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/spark-437-1.5116618/from-maori-to-inuktitut-how-a-therapy-game-is-helping-indigenous-youth-1.5116624

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The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-mental-health-boosting-video-game-sparx-aims-to-help-indigenous-youth/

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Nunatsiaq News: https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674role-playing_computer_game_could_combat_mental_illness_in_nunavut/ 

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