- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
Harvard University
2021-2023
Massachusetts General Hospital
2020-2023
Columbia University
2023
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2023
Southern Methodist University
2023
Harvard University Press
2022
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2017-2020
Social cognition, the perception and processing of social information, is adversely affected in multiple psychiatric, neurological, neurodevelopmental disorders, these impairments negatively impact quality life for individuals across globe. Despite clear importance efforts to advance research via harmonization data cultures diagnoses has been stymied by lack uniformly used suitable assessments. To address this issue, current study conducted an expert survey consensus process identify...
Abstract Aim Socioeconomic status (SES) is linked to psychosis, and much can be learned by examining how various indicators of SES—specifically economic strain intergenerational transfer resources—are related sub‐threshold psychotic experiences among college students. Methods Using data from the Healthy Minds Survey (September 2020–December 2020), we used multivariable logistic regression models examine associations between five SES 12‐month experiences, adjusting for age, gender...
The implementation of coordinated specialty care in the U.S. over past decade has led to improvements clinical and functional outcomes among individuals early stages psychosis. While there have been advancements delivery intervention services for psychosis, it almost exclusively focused on short-term change at individual level. In light these advancements, research identified gaps access that are driven by different levels determinants biggest impact historically excluded groups (e.g.,...
Background Racial and ethnic disparities have been clearly documented in schizophrenia studies, but it is unclear how much research attention they receive among US-based studies published high-impact journals.Aims The current paper updates Lewine Caudle's (1999) Chakraborty Steinhauer's (2010) works, which quantified frequently included information on race ethnicity their analyses.Method We examined all papers schizophrenia-spectrum, first-episode psychosis, clinical high-risk groups,...
In this study, we examined ethno-racial differences in daily functioning 66 non-Latinx White participants, 83 Black and 60 Latinx participants ( N = 209) diagnosed with serious mental illnesses, the extent to which individual socioeconomic status (SES), neighborhood SES, symptom severity accounted for observed differences. Participants completed ecological momentary assessments of what they were doing, who with, where three times 30 days. more frequently reported being alone or engaged...
Background: The development of bipolar disorder is mainly explained by genetic factors. Less known regarding the influence sociocultural factors.Methods: To study impact factors on onset, we leveraged data from two urban population-based cohorts representative Puerto Rican children growing up in either San Juan (Puerto Rico) or South Bronx (NYC) and followed for 17 years. We used a causal inference approach to estimate associations with onset after adjusting potential confounders.Outcomes:...
The development of bipolar disorder is currently explained by a complex interaction genetic and environmental factors. Less known regarding the influence sociocultural This study aims to evaluate incidence impact factors on onset in two comparable samples youth growing up different social settings. We leveraged data from urban population-based cohorts representative Puerto Rican children either San Juan (Puerto Rico) or South Bronx (NYC) followed for 17 years. Bipolar diagnoses were based...