Bernalyn Ruiz‐Yu

ORCID: 0000-0003-3267-6171
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Research Areas
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Pharmaceutical studies and practices
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
  • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Boston Children's Hospital
2024-2025

Harvard University
2025

University of California, Los Angeles
2022-2024

Neurobehavioral Systems
2024

Treatment for youth who are at clinical high risk psychosis (CHR-P) presents an opportunity early intervention with the capacity to decrease burden associated a potential psychotic disorder later in life. However, significant barriers prevent CHR-P from accessing speciality mental health services. Few studies have examined pathways care within U.S. system. The present study reports results of codebook thematic analysis qualitative interviews conducted caregivers (primarily parents) 15 (ages...

10.1111/eip.70025 article EN Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2025-03-01

Research has demonstrated that participation in aerobic exercise can have significant beneficial effects across both physical and mental health domains for individuals who are the early phase of schizophrenia. Despite these notable benefits exercise, deficits motivation a lack methods to increase engagement barriers participation, limiting potentially positive effects. Fortunately, digital tools potential improve adherence an program. The present study examined role automated text messaging...

10.1111/eip.13518 article EN Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2024-02-14

Abstract Aim There is limited research on the effects of sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors treatment outcomes in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHRp). This study examined that may affect functional within this population. Specifically, we investigated influence race/ethnicity (dichotomized as non‐Hispanic whites [NHW] vs. people colour [POC]), status (SES; operationalized parental years education), their interaction change psychosocial functioning symptoms over 6 months...

10.1111/eip.13541 article EN Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2024-04-27

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Digital wearable devices, worn on or close to the body, have potential for passively detecting mental and physical health symptoms among people with severe illness (SMI); however, roles of consumer-grade devices are not well understood. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aims examine utility data from consumer-grade, digital, (including smartphones wrist-worn devices) remotely monitoring predicting changes in adults schizophrenia bipolar disorder....

10.2196/preprints.65143 preprint EN 2024-08-09
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