- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Research, Science, and Academia
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Disaster Response and Management
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
Duke University
2015-2025
University of North Carolina Wilmington
2022
Duke Medical Center
2006-2021
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
2020
Center for Child and Family Health
2004-2019
University of Illinois Chicago
2015-2016
Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network
2016
Community Partners
2015
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2015
ICF International (United States)
2015
OBJECTIVE To determine prevalence rates, associated features and risk factors for psychiatric disorders subsequent to the diagnosis of IDDM in youths. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Using a longitudinal, naturalistic design, 92 youths from 8 13 years old at onset were followed their initial diagnosis. They repeatedly assessed by semistructured interview diagnosed operational criteria. RESULTS By 10th year mean age 20 years, an estimated 47.6% sample developed disorder. Major depressive,...
<h3>Context</h3> Psychiatric disorder is a major risk factor for suicidality but has poor positive predictive value. <h3>Objectives</h3> To characterize proximal risks associated with anxiety, depressive, disruptive behavior, and substance use disorders, to test whether there are critical combinations of disorders that discriminate at-risk youth independent severity psychopathology. <h3>Design</h3> The Great Smoky Mountains Study, representative sample children adolescents aged 9 16 years...
The purpose of this study was to examine the risk suicidal ideation and suicide attempts school dropout among youth with poor reading in comparison typical ( n = 188) recruited from public schools at age 15. In a prospective naturalistic study, parents participated repeated research assessments obtain information about attempts, psychiatric sociodemographic variables, dropout. Youth ability were more likely experience or drop out than reading, even after controlling for variables....
The purpose of this prospective, naturalistic study was to examine the relationships between suicide attempts and contemporaneous psychiatric disorders, developmental changes in these from adolescence young adulthood. sample consisted 180 adolescents, 12-19 years age at hospitalization, repeatedly assessed for up 13 (n = 1,825 assessments). Semistructured diagnostic instruments were administered repeated assessments assess disorders attempts. After controlling demographic variables...
OBJECTIVE To determine whether IDDM affects the course of major depressive disorder (MDD) in youths. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study samples include 24 youths with (of a group 92) who developed MDD during longitudinal follow-up 10 years, on average, since onset medical condition, and 30 depressed psychiatric control subjects, matched relevant variables. Both groups were repeatedly assessed by semistructured interviews diagnosed operational criteria. RESULTS In diabetic median time to...
In response to calls for greater efforts reduce youth suicide, the Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Memorial Act has provided funding 68 state, territory, and tribal community grants, 74 college campus grants suicide prevention efforts. Suicide activities supported by GLS grantees have included education, training programs (including gatekeeper training), screening activities, infrastructure improved linkages services, crisis hotlines, partnerships. Through participation in both local- cross-site...
Objectives: We examined whether a reduction in youth suicide mortality occurred between 2007 and 2010 that could reasonably be attributed to Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) program efforts. Methods: compared rates across time counties implemented GLS-funded gatekeeper training sessions (the most frequently prevention strategy among grantees) set of matched which no occurred. A rich background characteristics, including preintervention rates, was accounted for with combination propensity score–based...
Assessed school-aged youth repeatedly over the first 6 years of their insulindependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) to determine self-perceived psychological adjustment. After year IDDM, Ss exhibited a mild increase in depressive symptoms. Anxiety decreased for boys but increased girls duration IDDM. In contrast, self-esteem remained stable regardless rehospitalizations or degree metabolic control. Ss'adjustment shortly after IDDM onset, as reflected by levels depression, anxiety, and...
The American Physical Society regularly produces reports on issues of public import that require technical understanding and for which an objective authoritative analysis would be particular use to the policy makers. This report, entitled Energy Future: Think Efficiency, is latest in series appears here as a special supplement issue Reviews Modern Physics, have other such reports. It hard imagine more timely study topic, given urgent environmental, geopolitical, economic incentives improving...
Previous studies of the relationship between anger, anger expression, and suicidal behavior have been largely cross-sectional yielded mixed findings. In a prospective, naturalistic study, we examined how trait expression influenced likelihood suicide attempts among 180 adolescents followed for up to 13.3 years after discharge from an inpatient psychiatry unit. Results showed that higher expressed outwardly over follow-up was related increased boys. For girls, both inward outward moderated...