Publications
| 2025 |
| Skakoon-Sparling, S., Fairbrother, N., Socha, P., Faaborg-Andersen, M., Noor, S. W., & Hart, T. A. (2025). Multidimensional measurement of attitudes toward consensual non-monogamy. The Journal of Sex Research, 62(3), 378–389. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2320454 Fairbrother, N., Challacombe, F. L., Green, S. M., & O’Mahen, H. A. (2025). Anxiety and related disorders during the perinatal period. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 21, 1–25. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081423-020126 Vigod, S. N., Frey, B. N., Clark, C. T., Grigoriadis, S., Barker, L. C., Brown, H. K., … & Fairbrother, N. (2025). Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety, and Related Disorders: Guide de pratique 2024 du Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments pour le traitement des troubles de l’humeur, des troubles anxieux et des troubles connexes périnatals. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 70(3), 1–20. DOI: 10.1177/07067437241303031 Fairbrother, N., Keeney, C., Mao, Y., & Beck, Q. M. (2025). The relationship of childhood maltreatment, adult sexual victimization, depressed mood and symptoms of trauma with fear of childbirth. Journal of Affective Disorders, 369, 265–275. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.144 |
| 2024 |
| Fairbrother, N., Collardeau, F., Albert, A., Stoll, K., & Keeney, C. (2024). Psychometric properties and screening accuracy of the Childbirth Fear Questionnaire. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 42(6), 1009–1009. Fairbrother, N., Beck, Q. M., & Keeney, C. L. (2024). Perinatal timing of obsessive-compulsive disorder onset. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 85(3), 24m15266. DOI: 10.4088/JCP.24m15266. Collardeau, F., Anglin, O. L. U., Albert, A. Y. K., Mayhue, J. G., & Fairbrother, N. (2024). Prevalence and course of unwanted, intrusive thoughts of infant-related harm. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 85(3), 24m15145. DOI: 10.4088/JCP.23m15145 Drabkin, M., Fairbrother, N., Crighton, B., Miller, E., Brant, R., Riar, S., Albert, A., & Barr, R. G. (2024). Prepartum and postpartum mothers’ and fathers’ feelings of frustration in response to infant crying. Infant Mental Health Journal, 45(3), 276–285. DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22107 Fairbrother, N., Stagg, B., Scoten, O., Keeney, C., & Cargnelli, C. (2024). Perinatal anxiety disorders screening study: A study protocol. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), 162. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-024-05575-9 Drabkin, M., Fairbrother, N., Crighton, B., Miller, E., Brant, R., Riar, S., Albert, A., & Barr, R. G. (2024). Prepartum and postpartum mothers’ and fathers’ feelings of frustration in response to infant crying. Infant Mental Health Journal, imhj.22107. DOI: 10.1002/imhj.22107 |
| 2023 |
| Bayrampour, H., Richard E. Hohn, P., Tamana, S. K., Sawatzky, R., Janssen, P. A., Bone, J. N., Fairbrother, N., & Joseph, and K. S. (2023). Pregnancy-specific anxiety tool (Psat): Instrument development and psychometric evaluation. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 84(3), 46678. DOI: 10.4088/JCP.22m14696 Fairbrother, N., Keeney, C. L., & Albert, A. K. (2023). Interest in prenatal stress management training: Association with medical risk and mental health. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1–15. DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2023.2254800 Johnston, C., Fairbrother, N., Butska, L., & Stoll, K. (2024). Systematic screening for perinatal anxiety and why it matters. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 46(2), 102240. 10.1016/j.jogc.2023.102240 |
| 2022 |
| Fairbrother, N., Collardeau, F., Albert, A., & Stoll, K. (2022). Screening for perinatal anxiety using the childbirth fear questionnaire: A new measure of fear of childbirth. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), 2223. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19042223 Fairbrother, N., Martin, R., & Challacombe, F. (2022). Unwanted, intrusive thoughts of infant-related harm. In M. Percudani, A. Bramante, V. Brenna, & C. Pariante (Eds.), Key Topics in Perinatal Mental Health (pp. 93–112). Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91832-3_6 Fairbrother, N., Collardeau, F., Woody, S., Wolfe, D., & Fawcett, J. (2022). Postpartum Thoughts of Infant-Related Harm and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Relation to Maternal Physical Aggression Toward the Infant. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. DOI: 10.4088/JCP.21m14006 Fairbrother, N., Collardeau, F., Albert, A.K., Thordarson, D., & Stoll, K. (2022). Psychometric properties of the Childbirth Fear Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. DOI:10.3390/ijerph19084647 Fairbrother, N., Albert, A.K., Keeney, C., Tchir, D., & Cameron, R.B. (2022). Screening for perinatal OCD: A comparison of the DOCS and the EPDS. PA, Assessment. DOI: 10.1177/10731911211063223 Hicks, L. M., Ou, C., Charlebois, J., Tarasoff, L., Pawluski, J., Roos, L. E., Hooykaas, A., Fairbrother, N., Carter, M., & Tomfohr-Madsen, L. (2022). Assessment of Canadian perinatal mental health services from the provider perspective: Where can we improve? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.929496 |
| 2021 |
| Fairbrother N, Collardeau F, Albert AYK, et al. High prevalence and incidence of obsessive-compulsive disorder among women across pregnancy and the postpartum. J Clin Psychiatry. 2021;82(2):20m13398. DOI: 10.4088/JCP.20m13398 |
| 2020 |
| Abrar, A., Fairbrother, N., Smith, A.P., Skoll, A.Y.K., & Albert, A. (2020). Anxiety among Women Experiencing Medically Complicated Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 47(1), 13-20. DOI: 10.1111/birt.12443 |
| 2019 |
| Fawcett, E., Fairbrother, N., Cox, M. L., White, I. R., & Fawcett, J. M. (2019). The prevalence of anxiety disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A multivariate Bayesian meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (Focus on Women’s Mental Health), 80(4). doi: 10.4088/JCP.18r12527. CA, IF = 5.50 Fairbrother, N., Hart, T., & Fairbrother, M. (2019). Open relationship prevalence, characteristics, and correlates in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults. Journal of Sex Research, 56(6), 695-704. doi:10.1080/00224499.2019.1580667. Chen, M., Barr, R. G., Miller, E., Fairbrother, N., Antle, A., & Brant, R. (2019). When soothing succeeds: Simulating a risk for repeated shaking in abusive head trauma in infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 56, ArtID: 101246. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.02.004. Fairbrother, N., Corbyn, B., Thordarson, D., Ma, A., & Surim, D. (2019). Screening for perinatal anxiety disorders: Room to grow. Journal of Affective Disorders, 250, 363-370. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.03.052. Collardeau, F., Corbyn, B., Abramowitz, J., Janssen, P. A., Woody, S., & Fairbrother, N. (2019). Maternal unwanted and intrusive thoughts of infant-related harm, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression in the perinatal period: Study protocol. British Medical Journal, Psychiatry, 19, ArtID:94. doi:10.1186/s12888-019-2067-x. Ovanessian, M. M., Fairbrother, N., Vorstenbosch, V., McCabe, R. E., Rowa, K., & Antony, M. M. (2019). Psychometric properties and clinical utility of the specific phobia questionnaire in an anxiety disorders sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 41(1), 36-52. doi:10.1007/s10862-018-9687-1. Fairbrother, N., Barr, R. G., Chen, M., Riarc, S., Miller, E., & Brant, R., & Ma, A. (2019). Prepartum and postpartum mothers’ and fathers’ unwanted, intrusive thoughts in response to infant crying. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 47(2), 129-147. doi:10.1017/S1352465818000474. |
| 2018 |
| Prior, J., Konishi, C., Hitchcock, C., Kingwell, E., Janssen, P., Cheung, A., Fairbrother, N., & Goshtasebi, A. (2018). Does Molimina indicate ovuluation? Prospective data in a hormonally documented single-cycle in spontaneously menstruating women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Publich Health, 15 (5). DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15051016 Fawcett, J.M., Fairbrother, N., Fawcett, E.J., & White, I.R. (2018). A Bayesian Multivariate Approach to Estimating the Prevalence of a Superordinate Category of Disorders. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 27(4), 1-13. DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1742 Fairbrother, N., Thordarson, D.S., & Stoll, K. (2018). Fine tuning fear of childbirth: The relationship between Childbirth Fear Questionnaire subscales and demographic and reproductive variables. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 36 (1), 15-29. DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2017.1396300 Fairbrother, N., Thordarson, D.S., Challacombe, F.L., & Sakaluk, J.K. (2018). Correlates and predictors of new mothers’ responses to postpartum thoughts of accidental and intentional harm and obsessive compulsive symptoms. Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy, 46(4) 437-453. DOI: 10.1017/S1352465817000765 Stoll, K., Swift, E., Fairbrother, N., Nethery, E., & Janssen, P. (2018). A systematic review of non-pharmacological prenatal interventions for fear of childbirth and pregnancy-specific anxiety. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 45 (1), 7-18. DOI: 10.1111/birt.12316 Stoll, K., Fairbrother, N., & Thordarson, D.S. (2018). The Childbirth Fear: Relation to Birth and Care Provider Preferences. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 63 (1), 58-67. DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12675 |
| 2017 |
| Fairbrother, N., Young, A. H., Zhang, A., Janssen, J., & Antony, M. M. (2017). The prevalence and incidence of perinatal anxiety disorders among women experiencing a medically complicated pregnancy. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 20(2), 311-319. DOI: 10.1007/s00737-016-0704-7 |
| 2016 |
| Fairbrother, N., Janssen, P., Antony, M.M, Tucker, E., & Young, A.H. (2016). Perinatal anxiety disorder prevalence and incidence. Journal of Affective Disorders, 200, 148-155. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.12.082 Duplassie, D., & Fairbrother, N. (2016). Critical Incidents that help and hinder the development and maintenance of polyamorous relationships. Sexual and Relationship DOI: 10.1080/14681994.2016.1213804 |
| 2015 |
| Fairbrother, N., Young, A.H, Janssen, P.A., Antony, M.M., & Tucker, E. (2015). Depression and anxiety during the perinatal period. BMC Psychiatry, 15, 206. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0526-6 Fairbrother, , Barr, R.G., Chen, M., & Brant, R. (2015). Maternal thoughts of harm in response to bouts of prolonged infant crying: An experimental analysis. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 18, 447-455. SA DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0471-2 |
| 2014 |
| Barr, R., Fairbrother, N., Pauwels, J., Green, J., Chen, M., & Brant, R. (2014). Maternal frustration, emotional and behavioral responses to prolonged infant crying. Infant Behavior and Development, 37, 652-664. DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.08.012 Vedam, S., Stoll, K., Thordarson, D., Fairbrother, N., Schummers, L., Klein, M., Kornelsen, J., Dharamsi, S., Rogers, J., Liston, R., & Kaczorowski, J. (2014). The Canadian Birth Place Study: Examining maternity care provider attitudes and interprofessional conflict around planned home birth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-353 |
| 2013 |
| Fairbrother, N., Stoll, K., Schummers, L., & Carty, E. (2013). Obstetrician, family physician, or midwife: Preferences of the next generation of maternity care consumers. Revue Canadienne de la recherché et de la pratique sage-femme, 2(2), 8-15. Available at: CJMRP Obstetrician Family Physician or Midwife Article |
| 2012 |
| Stoll, K., Fairbrother, N., Carty, E., Jordan, N., Miceli, C., Yostrcil, Y., & Willihnganz, L. (2009). “It’s all the rage these days”: University students’ attitudes toward vaginal and cesarean birth. Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care, 36 ,133-140. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00310.x Fairbrother, N., Hutton E., Stoll, K., Hall, W., & Kluka, S. (2008). Psychometric evaluation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue Scale for use with pregnant and postpartum women”. Psychological Assessment, 20, 150-158. DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.150 Fairbrother, N., & Woody, S. (2008). New mothers’ thoughts of harm related to the newborn. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 11, 221-229. DOI: 10.1007/s00737-008-0016-7 Fairbrother, N. & Woody, S. (2007). Fear of childbirth and obstetrical events as predictors of postnatal emotional distress. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28, 239-242. DOI: 10.1080/01674820701495065 Fairbrother, N., & Abramowitz, J.S. (2007). New parenthood as a risk factor for the development of obsessional problems. Behaviour Research and Therap,. 45, 2155-2163. DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.09.019 Fairbrother, N., & Rachman, S. (2006). PTSD in victims of sexual assault: A test of a major component of the Ehlers-Clark theory. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 37, 74-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2004.08.004 Fairbrother, N., & Rachman, S. (2004). Feelings of mental pollution subsequent to sexual assault. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42,173-189. DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00108-6 Sochting, I., Fairbrother, N., & Koch, W. (2004). Sexual assault of women: Prevention efforts and risk factors. Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, 10, 73-93. DOI: 10.1177/1077801203255680 Misri, S., Oberlander, T.F., Fairbrother, N., Carter, D., Ryan, D., Kuan, A.J., & Reebye, P. (2004). Relation between prenatal maternal mood and anxiety and neonatal health. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie, 49, 684-689. DOI: 10.1177/070674370404901006 Fairbrother, N., Newth, S., & Rachman, S. (2004). Mental pollution: Feelings of dirtiness without physical contact. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 121-130. DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2003.12.005 Fairbrother, N. (2002). The treatment of social phobia – 100 years ago. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 1291-1304. 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00139-5 Fairbrother, N., & Moretti, M. (1998). Sociotropy, autonomy and self-discrepancy: Status in depressed, remitted depressed and control participants. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 279 – 297. DOI: 10.1023/A:1018796810260 |
| 2010 |
| Fairbrother, N., & Stranger-Ross, I. (2010). Reproductive aged Women’s Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Infant-Feeding Practices: An experimental evaluation. Journal of Human Lactation, 26, 157-167. DOI: 10.1177/0890334409352853 Bretherick, K., Fairbrother, N., Avila, L., Harbord, S., & Robinson, W. (2010). Fertility and aging: Do reproductive-aged Canadian women know what they need to know? Fertility and Sterility, 93, 2162 – 2168. DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.064 |
| 1998 – 2009 |
| Stoll, K., Fairbrother, N., Carty, E., Jordan, N., Miceli, C., Yostrcil, Y., & Willihnganz, L. (2009). “It’s all the rage these days”: University students’ attitudes toward vaginal and cesarean birth. Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care, 36 ,133-140. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00310.x Fairbrother, N., Hutton E., Stoll, K., Hall, W., & Kluka, S. (2008). Psychometric evaluation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue Scale for use with pregnant and postpartum women”. Psychological Assessment, 20, 150-158. DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.150 Fairbrother, N., & Woody, S. (2008). New mothers’ thoughts of harm related to the newborn. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 11, 221-229. DOI: 10.1007/s00737-008-0016-7 Fairbrother, N. & Woody, S. (2007). Fear of childbirth and obstetrical events as predictors of postnatal emotional distress. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28, 239-242. DOI: 10.1080/01674820701495065 Fairbrother, N., & Abramowitz, J.S. (2007). New parenthood as a risk factor for the development of obsessional problems. Behaviour Research and Therap,. 45, 2155-2163. DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.09.019 Fairbrother, N., & Rachman, S. (2006). PTSD in victims of sexual assault: A test of a major component of the Ehlers-Clark theory. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 37, 74-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2004.08.004 Fairbrother, N., & Rachman, S. (2004). Feelings of mental pollution subsequent to sexual assault. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42,173-189. DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00108-6 Sochting, I., Fairbrother, N., & Koch, W. (2004). Sexual assault of women: Prevention efforts and risk factors. Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, 10, 73-93. DOI: 10.1177/1077801203255680 Misri, S., Oberlander, T.F., Fairbrother, N., Carter, D., Ryan, D., Kuan, A.J., & Reebye, P. (2004). Relation between prenatal maternal mood and anxiety and neonatal health. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie, 49, 684-689. DOI: 10.1177/070674370404901006 Fairbrother, N., Newth, S., & Rachman, S. (2004). Mental pollution: Feelings of dirtiness without physical contact. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 121-130. DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2003.12.005 Fairbrother, N. (2002). The treatment of social phobia – 100 years ago. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 1291-1304. 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00139-5 Fairbrother, N., & Moretti, M. (1998). Sociotropy, autonomy and self-discrepancy: Status in depressed, remitted depressed and control participants. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 279 – 297. DOI: 10.1023/A:1018796810260 |