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Behavioral and Mental Health Research

Research

 

Current Projects

 

Referral Flow and Triggers for Infant Mental Health in the NICU. (Marian Williams, PI)

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 RAINBOW Treatment for Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation. (Amy West, PI)

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DC: 0-5 Survey (PI: Marian Williams)

 

The Implementation of Telemental Health for Early Childhood Clients(PI: Marian Williams)

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Publications

(Selected)

      1. Coffey, D. M., Sepulveda, A. (A.), David, J. C., Lopez, H. G., Bantol, K. E. A., Castro, J., Jayme, A. J. L., & Javier, J. R. (2022). Creating a shared definition of adolescent mental health in the Filipino American community: A comparative focus group analysis. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 13(1), 112–128. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000240

      2. Javier, J.R., Deavenport-Saman, A., Ellynore Florendo, E., Bantol, K.E.A., & Palinkas, L.A. (2022) Health Equity and Enrollment in Preventive Parenting Programs: A Qualitative Study of Filipino Parents, Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health, 7, 245-259, doi: 10.1080/23794925.2021.2013141

      3. Deavenport-Saman A, Vanderbilt DL, Harstad E, Shults J, Barbaresi W, Bax A, Cacia J, Friedman S, LaRosa A, Loe IM, Mittal S, Blum N. (2022, in press). Association of Co-existing Conditions, ADHD Medication Choice and Likelihood of Improvement in Preschool-Age Children: A DBPNet Study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology,Aug;32(6):328-336. doi: 10.1089/cap.2022.0009

      4. Harstad, E., Shults, J., Barbaresi, W., Bax, A., Cacia, J., Deavenport-Saman, A., Friedman, S., LaRosa, A., Loe, I., Mittal, S., Vanderbilt, D., & Blum, N. (2021). Preschool Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Telephone Medication Management at Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Network Sites. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP, 42(6), 481–484. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000919

      5. Peters, A.T., Ren, X., Bessette, K.L., George, N., Shannon, A.P., Kling, L.R., Theis, B., West, A.E., Langenecker, S.A., & Pandey, G.N. (2021). Inflammation, depressive symptoms, and emotion perception in adolescence. Journal of Affective Disorders, 295 (1), 717-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.126


      6. Preston, E*. & West, A.E. Straight to the Source: NSSI e-communities and the Emerging Case for Harm Reduction in the Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. (2021). Clinical Psychological Science. doi:10.1177/21677026211049367


      7. West, A.E., Telles, V., Antony, V., Zeledon, I., Moerner, L. & Soto, C. (2021). A community needs assessment to inform opioid use disorder/substance use disorder (OUD/SUD) prevention and intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native youth in California. Psychology of Addictive Behavior. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34166003; DOI: 10.1037/adb0000664


      8. West, A.E. & Weinstein, S.M. (Eds.). (2021). State of the Evidence for Psychosocial Interventions for Childhood Affective Disorders: The Role of the Family [Special Issue]. Journal of affective disorders, 273.


 

 

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