A5019641856- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Family Support in Illness
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Cancer survivorship and care
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
2016-2022
University of California, Davis
2018
Temple University Health System
2016
Fox Chase Cancer Center
2012-2016
University of Pennsylvania
2012-2016
Abramson Cancer Center
2016
University of Chicago
2012
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2012
Children's National
2012
Massachusetts General Hospital
2012
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed. [DSM–5]; American Psychiatric Association, 2013 Association. (2013). statistical manual mental disorders ed.). Washington, DC: Author.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) Section III Alternative Model for Personality (AMPD) represents a novel approach to the diagnosis personality disorder (PD). In this model, PD requires evaluation level impairment in functioning (Criterion A) characterization by pathological traits B). Questions...
ObjectiveAnxiety disorders are commonly experienced by breast cancer patients and associated with decreased quality of life, significant deterioration in recreational physical activities, sleep problems, increased pain fatigue. Behavioural activation (BA) is an empirically validated treatment for depression but much less often studied the anxiety symptomology. Considering that frequently coexist given highly overlapping symptom patterns, it reasonable to postulate BA might help attenuate...
To evaluate the impact of breast cancer family history and maternal BRCA1/2 mutation on psychosocial adjustment perceived risk in girls age 11 to 19 years old.Girls old with one or more relatives a familial (breast [BCFH] positive, n = 208; 69 BRCA1/2-positive mother), peers (BCFH negative, 112), their mothers completed assessments adjustment, cancer-specific distress, cancer.General did not differ significantly between BCFH-positive BCFH-negative girls, either by self-report mother report,...
Abstract BACKGROUND: Preliminary evidence suggests that many girls from breast cancer (BC) families are aware of their increased risk for BC. How this awareness impacts psychosocial adjustment and health behaviors remains unknown. METHODS: 11–19 YO at high-risk (HR) or population-risk (PR) BC completed self-administered quantitative surveys informed by the Self-Regulation Theory Health Behavior. Girls with a first second-degree relative were classified as HR. For hypothesis testing, we used...