Dr. Andrew (Hyounsoo) Kim C.Psych.

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Dr. Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University and a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Addictions and Mental Health Comorbidity. Dr. Kim completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary and a CPA accredited psychology residency at The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre in the Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders Program. 

Dr. Kim’s clinical interests are in providing evidence-based care for people with co-occurring addictions and mental health difficulties. Relatedly, his research interest lies in developing an integrated treatment for substance and behavioural addictions and their mental health comorbidities. Dr. Kim’s research has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, International Centre for Responsible Gaming, Alberta Gambling Research Institute among others. Dr. Kim was named one of the top 10 early career clinical psychology faculty in Canada (https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2024-34042-001) and a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Kim was also awarded the President’s New Researcher Award from the Canadian Psychological Association and the Early Career Researcher Award from the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions.

Dr. Kim directs the Addictions and Mental Health (ADMH) Laboratory. The focus of the ADMH Lab is to identify shared (and unique) psychological risk factors associated with substance (e.g., alcohol, cannabis) and behavioural (gambling, gaming, shopping) addictions and their mental health comorbidities (e.g., depression, anxiety, psychosis, eating disorders). The risk factors we have examined to date include emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, coping skills, childhood trauma, and others. The overall aim of our research is to develop an integrated treatment that simultaneously improves substance use and behavioural addictions and their mental health comorbidities. This research is conducted using surveys and in-depth interviews with people in the community and those seeking treatment for addictions and mental health difficulties. Our work is done in collaboration with researchers both nationally (e.g., Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre) and internationally (e.g., Australia, Brazil).

Representative Publications:

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Grubbs, J. B., Connolly, A. J., Graupensperger, C., Kim, H. S., & Kraus, S. W. (2025). Sports gambling andalcohol over time. JAMA Psychiatry, 82(5), 526-530. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.0024 (external link) 

Coelho, S., Keough, M. T., Hodgins, D. C., Parmar, P., Shead, N. W., & Kim, H. S. (in press). Latent profile analyses and psychological characteristics of concurrent disorders in two large samples. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-01003-9 (external link) 

Sinclair, E. S.-L. L., Keough, M. T., Clark, L., Wohl, M. J. A., & Kim, H. S. (2024). Cash-outs during in-play sports betting: Who, why, and what it reveals. Addictive Behaviors, 154, 108008.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108008 (external link) 

Coelho, S., Tabri, N., Kerman, N., Lefebvre, T., Longpre, S., Williams, R., & Kim, H. S. (2024). The perceived causes of problematic substance use, gambling, and other addictive behaviors from the perspective of people with lived experience. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22, 722-745. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00900-3 (external link)    

Vieira J. L., Snaychuk, L. A., Milicevic, J., Hodgins, D. C., Shead, N. W., Keough, M. T., & Kim, H. S. (2024). Emotion dysregulation mediates the association between adverse childhood experiences and problem cannabis use among postsecondary students high in affective impulsivity. Cannabis, 6(4), 111-126. doi: 10.26828/cannabis/2023/000190 (external link) 

Johnstone, S., Wong, C., Girard, T. A., & Kim, H. S. (2024). Distal and proximal risk factors of problematic cannabis use that predict psychotic like experiences. Addictive Behaviors, 152, 107978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.107978 (external link) 

Johnstone, S., Wong, C., Pun, C., Girard, T. A., & Kim, H. S. (2024). Endorsement of psychotic-like experiences and problematic cannabis use predict worse executive functioning performance in undergraduates. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 254, 111054.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111054 (external link) 

Vieira, J. L., Kim, H. S., Clark, L., Tabri, N., & Wohl, M. J. A. (2023). This time with feeling: Placing an in-play sports bet is a vehicle for emotion regulation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 37(8), 1080-1088. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000966  (external link) 

*Kim, H. S., Coelho, S. G., Vieira, J. L., & Keough, M. T. (2023). Dispositional and contextual correlates of in-play sports betting and related harms: A two-week ecological monetary assessment study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 37(8), 1066-1079. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000948 (external link) 
* Editor’s choice article

Snaychuk, L. A., Ashley, A., McGrath, D. S., Hodgins, D. C., Williams, R. J., & Kim, H. S. (2023). Demographic, gambling, and psychological characteristics of sports bettors in a nationally representative sample of adults who gamble. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 37(8), 1089-1100.https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000971 (external link) 

Vieira, J. L., Coelho, S. G., Snaychuk, L. A., Parmar, P. K., Keough, M. T., & Kim, H. S. (2023). Who makes in-play bets? Investigating the demographics, psychological characteristics, and gambling-related harms of in-play sports bettors. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12(2), 547–556. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00030 (external link)  https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00030 (external link) 

Kim, H. S., Hodgins, D. C., & McGrath, D. S. (2023). A mixed-method investigation of addiction substitution and concurrent recovery in gambling disorder: who substitutes and why? Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12(3), 682-696. 
https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00046 (external link) 

Corace, K., Ares, I., Overington, L., & Kim, H. S. (2022). Substance use and mental health disorders: Psychologists’ role in bridging the gap. Canadian Psychology, 63(3), 405-412. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/cap0000299 (external link) 

Kim, H. S. & Hodgins, D. C. (2018). Component model of addiction treatment: A pragmatic treatment model of behavioral and substance addictions. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 406. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00406 (external link)