A5054575098- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Family Support in Illness
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Community Health and Development
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Child and Adolescent Health
New York University
2021-2024
Columbia University
2009-2014
New York Hospital Queens
2013
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2013
NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
2010-2013
University of Geneva
2011
University Physicians
2011
Presbyterian Hospital
2010
Foundation for Child Development
2009
Columbia College
2009
The literature suggests an adverse impact of maternal stress related to interpersonal violence on parent-child interaction. current study investigated associations between a mother's self-reported relationship dysfunction and what she does in response her child's cues. It also examined whether perception dysfunctional interaction child behavior when stressed by separation, along with distress, predicted impaired joint attention (JA) during play. Participant mothers (n = 74) their children...
This study tested whether mothers with interpersonal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder (IPV-PTSD) vs healthy controls (HC) would show greater limbic and less frontocortical activity when viewing young children during separation compared to quiet play. Mothers of 20 (12-42 months) participated: 11 IPV-PTSD 9 HC no PTSD. During fMRI, watched epochs play from their own unfamiliar children. The focused on comparison PTSD in play, separation. Both groups showed distinct patterns...
This study aims to understand if greater severity of maternal posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), related report interpersonal violence, mediates the effects such violence on (a) child PTSS as well (b) externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Study participants were mothers ( N = 77) children 18 48 months recruited from community pediatric clinics. Data analyzed continuously via bivariate correlations then multiple linear regression. Post hoc Sobel tests performed confirm mediation....
Abstract This study examined media viewing by mothers with violence‐related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related exposure of their preschool‐age children. Mothers ( N = 67) recruited from community pediatric clinics participated in a protocol involving media‐preference survey. Severity maternal PTSD dissociation were significantly associated child to violent media. Family poverty behavior also associated. Maternal mediated the effects specifically severity on exposure. Clinicians...
Background Previous studies demonstrated that when the violence-exposed child becomes a mother and interacts with her own during early sensitive periods for social-emotional development, she may have difficulties providing responsiveness to child's emotional communication. Such place development of comprehension (EC) related self-regulation at risk. The aim this study was examine how mothers' interpersonal violence-related posttraumatic disorder (IPV-PTSD) would affect their children's EC...
Abstract Evidence-based interventions (EBIs) are considered the gold standard but it is unclear if they effective across settings. Reach Out and Stay Strong, Essentials for new Mothers (ROSE) has been shown to prevent postpartum depression in clinical settings, not implemented or tested homeless populations. We used Exploration, Preparation, Implementation Sustainment (EPIS) model overlaid with Dynamic Adaptation Process (DAP) adapt ROSE implementation a shelter system large U.S. city, using...
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