A5001944416- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Medical Education and Admissions
University of Virginia
2023-2024
McCormick (United States)
2024
University of Pittsburgh
2018-2024
Pittsburg State University
2022
Florida International University
2021
University of California, Berkeley
2021
Temple University
2021
National Institute of Mental Health
2016-2018
National Institutes of Health
2018
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2017
Comorbidity is ubiquitous in psychiatry, but it unclear how to differentiate neural mechanisms of co-occurring symptoms. Pediatric irritability and anxiety symptoms are prevalent frequently co-occur. Threat orienting pertinent both phenotypes an ideal context which examine their unique common mechanisms.To decompose the shared variances pediatric determine correlates these differentiated during threat orienting.This investigation was a cross-sectional functional magnetic resonance imaging...
Objective: In the treatment of anxiety disorders, attention bias modification therapy (ABMT) and cognitive-behavioral (CBT) may have complementary effects by targeting different aspects perturbed threat responses behaviors. ABMT target rapid, implicit reactions, whereas CBT slowly deployed responses. The authors used amygdala-based connectivity during a threat-attention task randomized controlled trial design to evaluate potential features these treatments in pediatric disorders. Method:...
We examined risk and protective factors for emotional health problems in adolescent girls during the COVID-19 pandemic. investigated pre- to early-pandemic changes symptoms of anxiety depression, documented daily activities perceived positive negative impacts pandemic, linked pandemic real-time health.
There is major concern about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent suicidal ideation (SI) and peer relationships. We investigated (1) rates SI (2) extent to which connectedness pre-existing neural activation social reward predicted during initial stay-at-home orders (April-May 2020) in a longitudinal sample girls (N = 93; M
Identifying neural correlates of response to psychological treatment may inform targets for interventions designed treat psychiatric disorders. This study examined the extent which baseline functioning in reward circuitry is associated with psychotherapy youths anxiety disorders.A randomized clinical trial cognitive-behavioral therapy compared supportive was conducted Before treatment, 72 (9-14 years old) disorders and 37 group-matched healthy comparison completed a monetary functional MRI...
This study assessed perceptions of Clinical Psychology doctoral programs' efforts to recruit and retain faculty graduate students color, as well differences in based on participants' position within their program (i.e. student versus faculty) race.
The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project's success rests on the assumption that constructs and data can be integrated across units of analysis developmental stages. We adopted a psychoneurometric approach to establish biobehavioral liability models sensitivity social threat, key component potential threat is particularly salient development adolescent affective psychopathology. Models were derived from measures four in community sample (n = 129) 11- 13-year-old girls oversampled for...
Social Reticence (SR) is a temperament construct identified in early childhood that expressed as shy, anxiously avoidant behavior and, particularly when stable, robustly associated with risk for anxiety disorders. Threat circuit function may develop differently children high on SR than low SR. We compared brain and during extinction recall sample of 11-to-15-year-old characterized continuum Three weeks after undergoing fear conditioning extinction, participants completed functional magnetic...
While expanded use of neuroimaging seemed promising to elucidate typical and atypical elements social sensitivity, in many ways progress this space has stalled. This is part due a disconnection between neurobiological measurements behavior outside the laboratory. The present study uses developmentally salient fMRI computer task novel ecological momentary assessment protocol examine whether early adolescent females (n = 76; ages 11-13) with greater neural reactivity rejection actually report...
Abstract Recent theories suggest that for youth highly sensitive to incentives, perceiving more social threat may contribute anxiety (SA) symptoms. In 129 girls (ages 11–13) oversampled shy/fearful temperament, we thus examined how interactions between neural responses reward (vs. neutral) cues (measured during anticipation of peer feedback) and perceived in daily using ecological momentary assessment) predict SA symptoms two years later. No significant emerged when function was modeled as a...
To examine the factor structure of Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders - Parent Report (SCARED-P) in young children and elucidate normative levels parent-reported anxiety using a nationally representative sample parents ages 5-12 years living United States.The 41-item SCARED-P was administered to 1,570 youth who were selected match U.S. population on key demographic variables. model fit mean score differences by age, race/ethnicity, sex assessed.SCARED-P subscale reliability...
Abstract Objective Adolescent depression is increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic, possibly related to dramatic social changes. Individual-level factors that contribute functioning, such as temperament and neural reactivity feedback, may confer risk for or resilience against depressive symptoms pandemic. Methods Ninety-three girls (12–17 years) oversampled high shy/fearful were recruited from a longitudinal study follow-up study. During parent (2016–2018), participants completed functional...
Despite requirements by the American Psychological Association and Clinical Science Accreditation System regarding training education in cultural humility, questions remain presence quality of clinical psychology PhD PsyD programs. This is a critical issue as inadequate diversity, multiculturalism has substantial downstream effects on care for clients color may contribute to racial disparities inequities access mental health services. We seek explicitly evaluate key features conceptual model...
Background Early childhood social reticence (SR) and preadolescent anxiety (SA) symptoms increase the risk for more severe SA in later adolescence. Yet, not all at-risk youth develop SA. The emergence of distinct patterns neural response to socially evocative contexts during pivotal points development may help explain this discontinuity. We tested extent which brain function interactions preadolescence influenced effects early SR on predicting midadolescence. Methods Participants (N = 53)...
Clinical psychological science is a field committed to reducing the negative impact of psychiatric illness through innovative research and treatments. Unfortunately, racial injustices that pervade American society permeate our academic institutions felt not only by individuals who work in departments as faculty, staff, students, but also those seek services mental health providers. Representing collective numerous graduate students postdoctoral trainees from multiple institutions, this call...
During adolescence, increases in social sensitivity, such as heightened attentional processing of feedback, may be supported by developmental changes neural circuitry involved emotion regulation and cognitive control, including fronto-amygdala circuitry. Less negative during threat contribute to attention the environment. However, "real-world" implications altered remain largely unknown. In this study, we used multiple novel methods, an vivo bias task implemented using mobile eye-tracking...