Kathleen Bingham

Dr. Kathleen Bingham is a staff psychiatrist with the Seniors Mental Health program at the University Health Network’s Centre for Mental Health. She is a clinician investigator focusing on cognition and everyday functioning in late life and psychotic depression. Dr. Bingham completed her medical degree at Western University and her psychiatry residency at the University of Toronto. In 2018 she completed a PhD with the University of Toronto’s Institute of Medical Science. Her clinical interests are in complex late life mood disorders, and the overlap between cognitive impairment and depression.

Research Synopsis

Cognition and functioning in late-life and psychotic depression

Neurobiology of psychotic depression

Health-related quality of life in mood disorders

Measurement methodology

Recent Publications

Arbel I, Bingham KS, Dawson DR. A Scoping Review of Literature on Sex and Gender Differences in Dementia Spousal Caregivers. The Gerontologist (in press). Co-author.

Flint AJ, Bingham KS. Risk of Vascular Disease and Cognitive Function in Very Old Adults. International Psychogeriatrics (in press). Co-author.

Bingham KS, Iaboni A, Flint AJ. The Complex, Multi-Faceted Relationship between Cognitive Impairment and Hip Fracture. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018;26(11):1128-1130. Principal author.

Bingham KS, Meyers BS, Mulsant BH, Rothschild AJ, Whyte EM, Banerjee S, Artis AS, Alexopoulos GS, Flint AJ. Stabilization Treatment of Remitted Psychotic Depression: The STOP-PD Study. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2018;138(3):267-273. Principal author.

Bingham KS, Kumar S, Dawson DR, Mulsant BH, Flint AJ. A Systematic Review of the Measurement of Function in Late-Life Depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018;26(1):54-72. Principal author.

Bingham KS, Rothschild AJ, Mulsant BH, Whyte EM, Meyers BS, Banerjee S, Szanto K, Flint AJ. The Association of Baseline Suicidality With Treatment Outcome in Psychotic Depression. J Clin Psychiatry. 2017;78(8):1149-1154. Principal author.

Rakita U, Bingham KS, Fung K and Giacobbe P. Factors associated with global variability in electroconvulsive therapy Utilization. J ECT. 2017;33(4):253-259. Co-author.

Bingham KS, Thoma J, Hawa R, Sockalingam S. Perioperative lithium use in bariatric surgery: a case series and literature review. Psychosomatics. 2016;57(6):638-644. Principal author.

Zhang M, Bingham K, Kantarovich K, Laidlaw J, Urbach D, Sockalingam S, Ho R. Inter-professional Delirium Education and Care: Feasibility Study of Implementing a Delirium Smartphone Application. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2016. Co-author.

Bingham K, Whyte EM, Meyers BS, Mulsant BH, Rothschild AJ, Banerjee S, Flint AJ. Relationship Between Cerebrovascular Risk, Cognition and Treatment Outcome in Late-Life Psychotic Depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015;23(12):1270-5. Principal author.

Bingham K, Hawa R, Sockalingam S. SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome Following Bariatric Surgery: A Case Report and Focused Literature Review. Psychosomatics. 2014; 55(6):692-7. Principal author.

Appointments

University Health Network—active, full time, primary

Honours and Awards

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2015 Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry Training Award, Yearly recipient. Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry, Ottawa, ON, Canada. (Training award).

The goal of this award is to support graduating psychiatrists to participate in a subspecialty or fellowship training program in geriatric psychiatry. Total Amount: $5000 CAD

2017 (UHN) Centre for Mental Health Fellowship Award, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This fellowship provided salary support from 2016 to 2018. Total Amount: $150,000 CAD

2017 Queen Elizabeth II/Gregory Brown Scholarship in Science and Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.“The Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology program is designed to encourage excellence in graduate studies in science and technology”. Total Amount: $30,000 CAD ($15,000 x 2 award periods)

2017 University Health Network Centre for Mental Health Fellow Research Award, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Awarded annually to a fellow at the University Health Network for “meritorious research in the department of psychiatry”.

Grants

Co-Principal Investigator. University Health Network Centre for Mental Health Research Grant. University Health Network Centre for Mental Health Associates. Collaborator: Dr. Alastair Flint. $13,000 CAD

                                           Peer-reviewed grant awarded to early career investigators to provide seed funding for research activities within the UHN Centre for Mental Health