- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Child Therapy and Development
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
Tottori University
2022-2024
Massachusetts General Hospital
2022-2024
Harvard University
2022-2024
Northwestern University
2019-2022
Suicide risk screening is recommended in pediatric care. To date, no previous studies illustrate the implementation of suicide subspecialty care, even though chronic medical conditions are associated with a higher suicide.A large multidivision ambulatory clinic implemented annual screening. Patients ages 9-21 years participated using Ask Suicide-Screening Questions during project. A multidisciplinary team employed quality improvement methods and survey-research design to evaluate feasibility...
International students in Japan face unique mental health challenges stemming from cultural and linguistic differences, potentially accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, research on of this demographic is scarce. This study aims to describe their status, awareness resources, attitudes toward seeking support. conducted analyses based data collected though an online survey at a national university during October November 2022. were surveyed about awareness, attitude. Descriptive...
Families of children with mental health challenges may have been particularly vulnerable to emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study surveyed 81 parents ages 6-17 years receiving treatment in an outpatient clinic We sought characterize impact pandemic on family relationships and parental well-being. Additionally, regression ANCOVA models examined associations between four potentially protective factors-parents' psychological resilience, perceived social...
Posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) may adversely affect glycemic control. Yet no studies have focused on trauma and PTSS induced by diabetes-related events in adolescents young adults (AYA) with type 1 diabetes.
Youth with developmental and pre-existing mental health conditions have been particularly vulnerable to declines in psychological functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed first, analyze service usage within an outpatient child adolescent psychiatry clinic months preceding pandemic, second, examine associations potential protective factors against concerns a treatment-engaged sample. Service was examined using billing data, reports on were gathered via parent survey of 81...
When treating violence-exposed children, clinicians often modify psychotherapy protocols or use only a subset of treatment components (e.g., clinical technique, strategy). However, there is little evidence the effectiveness individual components. Our study aimed to determine: i) best fitting factor structure components; ii) association child characteristics (i.e., demographics, dosage, environmental risk factors) with mental health outcomes post-treatment internalizing and externalizing...