A5047719486- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Education Discipline and Inequality
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Community Health and Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Mental Health Research Topics
University of Illinois Chicago
2022-2024
Roosevelt University
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2024
University of California, San Francisco
2020-2022
Telehealth has always held great promise to increase access mental health care, never more so than in the age of COVID-19, when clients can't or won't come clinician's physical location. A feasible and effective alternative traditional in-person telemental requires that clinicians adopt new strategies build maintain communication therapeutic relationship. This can be particularly troublesome for modality, who may feel loss "in-session" experience acutely. As an evidence-based practice is...
Peer deviancy and substance-related consequences are dynamic criminogenic needs associated with increased risk of recidivism for justice-involved youth. Most prior research in this area, however, is based on samples primarily male youth charged delinquent offenses. Because identification essential to delinquency reduction efforts, the purpose study was examine role peer a sample at first contact juvenile justice system, relatively equal representation males females status
This survey study investigates the implementation strategies researchers used to support brief suicide prevention interventions in their efficacy and effectiveness studies compares results with reported publications.
Abstract Behavioral health services access for justice- and child welfare-involved youth is limited despite significant need. Structural interventions to address are nascent. Technology can advance access, but few focus on system-impacted their mental needs challenges. This article describes the development, process, initial outcomes of Youth Justice Family Well-Being Collaborative (JTC) that was formed leverage technology within across public justice-related systems promote increased...
Family-based interventions delivered via telehealth are a promising mode for overcoming barriers to behavioral health treatment among youth in foster care and their families. There is dearth of research, however, regarding effectiveness these care, who commonly exhibit complex needs. Clinical research this area directly relates equity service access quality families, with numerous enabling factors consider order improve engagement clinical trials bolster the evidence base. We present...
This study aimed to explore suicide prevention in juvenile detention centers by conducting a case of one state. Qualitative data from semistructured interviews were synthesized 10 centers. Analytical techniques included thematic and content analysis the integration quantitative information qualitative themes illustrate key differences practices center characteristics among facilities with varying frequencies crisis stabilization calls critical incidents. Although use many was reported across...
Background: We previously demonstrated that the high heterogeneity of response to computerized Auditory Training (AT) in psychosis can be ascribed individual differences sensory processing efficiency and neural plasticity. In particular, we showed Processing Speed (APS) serves as a behavioral measure target engagement, with faster speed predicting greater transfer effects untrained cognitive domains. Here, investigate whether ability APS function proxy for engagement is unique AT, or if it...