Publications

Youth Suicidal Ideation and Mental Health 

  • López, R., Follet, L., Defayette, A.B., Whitmyre, E.D., Wolff, J.C., Spirito, A., & Esposito-Smythers, C. (In Press). Depression-related emotional problems mediate the relation between hopelessness and suicidal ideation severity. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
  • Spirito, A., Webb, M., Cheek, S., Wolff, J. C., & Esposito-Smythers, C. (2021). An Update on the Latest Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 8(2), 64–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-021-00239-x
  • Duarté-Vélez, Y., Torres-Dávila, P., Spirito, A., Polanco, N., & Bernal, G. (2016). Development of a treatment protocol for Puerto Rican adolescents with suicidal behaviors. Psychotherapy, 53(1), 45-56. PMID: 26928136
  • Frazier, E.A., Liu. R., Massing-Schaffer, M., Hunt, J., Wolff, J., Spirito, A. (2016). Adolescent but not parent report of irritability is related to suicidal ideation in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Archives of Suicide Research, 20(2), 280-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2015.1004497
  • Peters, J.R., Mereish, E.H., Solomon, J.B., Spirito, A., & Yen, S. (2019). Suicide ideation in adolescents following inpatient hospitalization: Intensity and lability over six months of follow up. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 49(2), 572-585.

Youth Mental Health Symptoms 

  • Kudinova, A.Y., Brick, L.A., Barthelemy, C.M., MacPherson, H.A., Jenkins, G.A., DeYoung, L.A., Gilbert, A.C., Radoeva, P., Kim, K. L., Armey, M., & Dickstein, D.P. (Accepted for publication). Sex and age moderate the trajectory of guilt among children and adolescents with and without recent suicidal ideation. Cognition & Emotion.
  • Peters, J.R., Crowe, M.L., Morgan, T., Zimmerman, M., Sharp, C., Grilo, C., Sanislow, C.A., McGlashan, T.H., Morey, L.C., Shea, M.T., Zanarini, M.C., Skodol, A.E., &. Yen, S. (in press). Borderline personality disorder symptom networks across adolescent and adult clinical samples: Examining symptom centrality and replicability. Psychological Medicine. 
  • Kavanaugh, B., Fryc, A., Temereanca, S., Tirrell, E., Oberman, L., Carpenter, L. L., & Spirito, A. (2021). A preliminary investigation of childhood anxiety/depressive symptomatology and working memory across multiple units of analysis. Psychiatry Research, 298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113786 
  • Frazier, E.A., Hunt, J.I., Hower, H., Jones, R.N., Birmaher, B., Stober, N., Goldstein, B.I., Keller, M.B., Goldstein, T.R., Weinstock, L.M., Dickstein, D.P., Diller, R.S., Ryan, N.D., Gill, M.K., Axelson, D., & Yen, S. (2020). Correlates, Course, and Outcomes of Increased Energy in Youth with Bipolar Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 127, 248-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.171
  • Kim, K. L., Galione, J., Schettini, E., DeYoung, L., Gilbert, A. C., Jenkins, G. A., Barthelemy, C. M., MacPherson, H. A., Radoeva, P. D., Kudinova, A. Y., & Dickstein, D. P. (2020). Do styles of emotion dysregulation differentiate adolescents engaging in non-suicidal self-injury from those attempting suicide? Psychiatry Research, 291, 113240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113240 
  • Peters, J.R., Owens, S., Schmalenberger, K.M., & Eisenlohr-Moul, T.A. (2020). Differential effects of the menstrual cycle on reactive and proactive aggression in borderline personality disorder. Aggressive Behavior, 46(2), 151-161.
  • Wolff, J., Garcia, A., Frazier, E., Seaboyer, L., & Spirito, A. (2020). Development and piloting of decision rules in the treatment of comorbid conduct problems and depression in youth. Behavior Research and Therapy.
  • Kim, K.L., Christensen, R.E., Ruggieri, A., Schettini, E., Freeman, J.B., Garcia, A.M., Flessner, C., Stewart, E., Conelea, C., & Dickstein, D.P. (2019). Cognitive performance of youth with primary generalized anxiety disorder vs. primary obsessive compulsive disorder. Depression & Anxiety, 36(2), 130-140. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22848
  • Wolff, J.C., Thompson, E., Thomas, S.A., Nesi, J., Bettis, A.H., Ransford, B., Scopelliti, K., Frazier, E.A., & Liu, R.T. (2019). Emotion dysregulation and non-suicidal self-injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Psychiatry, 12 (59), 25-36. doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2019.03.004

Biological Underpinnings of Mental Health Symptoms

  • Kudinova, A.Y., Gano, A., James, K., Lawlor, C., Deak, T., & Gibb, B. (2020). Anhedonia and increased induced immune response. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity–Health, 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.10009
  • Thomas, S.A., Christensen, R., Schettini, E., Saletin, J.M., Ruggieri, A., MacPherson, H., Kim, K., & Dickstein, D.P. (2019). Preliminary analysis of resting state functional connectivity in young adults with subtypes of bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 246, 716-726. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.12.068

Parent-Child Studies or Family Studies

  • MacPherson, H., Wolff, J., Nestor, B., Frazier, E., Massing-Schaffer, M., Graves, H., Esposito-Smythers, C.,  Spirito, A. (2021). Parental Monitoring Predict Mood Symptom and Suicidal Ideation Outcomes in Adolescents Being Treated for Co-Occurring Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders. J Affective Disorders, 284, 190–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.02.021
  • Micalizzi, L., Marceau, K., Brick, L. A., Evans, A., Palmer, R. H. C., Heath, A. C., & Knopik, V. S., (2021). A sibling-comparison study of smoking during pregnancy and risk for reading-related problems, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 84, 106961. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2021.106961 PMID: 33577969 PMCID: PMC796535
  • Thomas, S.A, Brick, L.A., Micalizzi, L., Wolff, J., Frazier, E., Graves, H., Esposito-Smythers, C., & Spirito, A. (2020). Parent-adolescent relationship characteristics and adolescent cannabis use: A growth curve analysis. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 46, 659-669. doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2020.1789159
  • Wolff, J., Thomas, S., Hood, E., Bettis, A., Rizzo, C., & Liu, R. (2020). Application of the actor-partner inter-dependence model in parent-adolescent emotion regulation and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 277, 733-741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.075
  • MacPherson, H. A., Ruggieri, A. L., Christensen, R. E., Schettini, E., Kim, K. L., Thomas, S. A., & Dickstein, D. P. (2018). Developmental evaluation of family functioning deficits in youths and young adults with childhood-onset bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 235, 574-582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.04.078
  • Micalizzi., L., Sokolovsky, A. W., Janssen, T. & Jackson, K. M. (2019). Parental social support and sources of knowledge interact to predict children’s externalizing behavior over time. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 48(3), 484-494. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0969-4 PMID: 30560511 PMCID: PMC639121
  • Spirito, A., Hernandez, L., Cancilliere, M. K., Graves, H., Rodriguez, AM, Operario, D, Jones, R, & Barnett, N. (2018). Parent and adolescent motivational enhancement intervention for substance using, truant adolescents:  A pilot randomized trial. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 47, S467 – S479. PMC6188837
  • Thomas, S., Jain, A., Wilson, T., Deros, D.E., Jacobs, I., Dunn, E.J., Aldao, A., Stadnik, R., & De Los Reyes, A. (2019). Moderated mediation of the link between parent-adolescent conflict and adolescent risk-taking: The role of physiological regulation and hostile behavior in an experimentally controlled investigation. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 41, 699-715. doi: 10.1007/s10862-019-09747-w
  • Kudinova, A.Y., Woody L. M., James, K., Burkhouse, K. L., Feurer, C., Foster, C.E., & Brandon E. Gibb. (2019). Maternal major depression on the synchrony of facial affect during mother-child interactions. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128, 284-294. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000411
  • Kudinova, A.Y., James, K., & Gibb, B.E. (2018). Cognitive reappraisal use and depression in children with a parental history of depression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46, 849-856, doi: 10.1007/s10802-017-0333-2

Intervention and Treatment Studies 

  • Kemp, K., Pederson, C., Webb, M., Williamson, S. & Spirito, A. (in press). Feasibility and acceptability of a brief suicide intervention for youth involved with the family court. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, PMC in process
  • Sara J. Becker, Sarah A. Helseth, Tim Janssen, Lourah M. Kelly, Katherine Escobar & Anthony Spirito (2021) Parent Smart: Effects of a Technology-Assisted Intervention for Parents of Adolescents in Residential Substance Use Treatment on Parental Monitoring and Communication, Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 6:4, 459-472, DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2021.1961644
  • Wolff, J., Esposito-Smythers, C., Frazier, E., Stout, R., Gomez, J., Massing-Schaffer, M., Nestor, B., Cheek, S., Graves, H., Hunt, J., & Spirito, A. (2020).  A randomized trial of integrated cognitive behavioral treatment for adolescents receiving community home-based services for co-occurring disorders. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108055
  • Wolff, J., Frazier, E. A., Weatherall, S., Thompson, A., & Hunt, J. (2019). Mind the gap: A model for implementing empirically informed treatment in an inpatient psychiatric setting. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 5(3), 211-214.  https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2019.1685418 

Substance Use 

  • Linakis, J. G., Thomas, S. A., Bromberg, J. R., Casper, T. C., Chun, T. H., Mello, M. J., Richards, R., Ahmad, F., Bajaj, L., Brown, K. M., Chernick, L. S., Cohen, D. M., Dean, J. M., Fein, J., Horeczko, T., Levas, M. N., McAninch, B., Monuteaux, M. C., Mull, C. C., Grupp-Phelan, J., Powell, E., Rogers, A., Shenoi, R., Suffoletto, B., Vance, C., Spirito, A., & for Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. (2021). Adolescent alcohol Use Predicts Cannabis Use Over a Three Year Follow-up Period. Substance abuse, 1–6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2021.1949665
  • Micalizzi, L., Sokolovsky, A. W., Delaney, D., Gunn, R. L., Spirito, A., & Stein, L. A. R. (2021). A psychometric assessment of the Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire for Cannabis (BSCQ-C) in justice-involved youth. Addictive Behaviors. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107154
  • Spirito, A., Nestor, B., Esposito-Smythers, C., Massing-Schaffer, M., Stout, R., Fraizer, E., Gomez, J., Graves, H., Yen, S., Hunt, J., & Wolff, J. (2021). Predictors and Moderators of Marijuana and Heavy Alcohol Use Outcomes in Adolescents Treated for Co-Occurring Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 108536. 
  • Micalizzi, L., Brick, L. A., Thomas, S. A., Wolff, J., Esposito-Smythers, C., & Spirito, A. (2020). Cannabis use and emotional awareness difficulties in adolescents with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders. Substance Use & Misuse, 55(7), 1146–1154. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1729202 PMID: 32107955

Mental Health in Psychiatric Inpatient, Outpatient, and Partial Hospitalization Programs 

  • de Steiguer, A., Fraizer, E.A., & Hedrick, M. (in press). Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Mental Health in an Adolescent Partial Hospital Program. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health.
  • Peters, J.R., Mereish, E.H., Krek, M.A., Chuong, A., Ranney, M.L., Solomon, J.B., Spirito, A., & Yen, S. (2020). Sexual orientation differences in non-suicidal self-injury, suicidality, and psychosocial factors among an inpatient psychiatric sample of adolescents. Psychiatry Research, 284, 112664.
  • Thompson, E., Spirito, A., Frazier, E., Thompson, A., Hunt, J., & Wolff, J. (2020). Suicidal Ideation and Psychosis-risk Symptoms among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents. Schizophrenia Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.12.037
  • Thompson, E., Spirito, A., Sperry Saarinen, J., & Wolff, J. (2020). Psychosis-spectrum experiences linked to specific psychotherapy readiness domains among psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 15(4), 949-956. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.13040

Mental Health and COVID-19 

  • Leffler, J., Esposito, C., Fraizer, E.A., Patriquin, M., Reiman, M., Thompson, A., & Waitz, C. (in press). Pivoting to Provide Services in Acute and Intensive Treatment Settings during a Pandemic: Donning PPE and Booting up Technology. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 
  • Burke, T. A., Bettis, A. H., Kudinova, A. et al. (2021). COVID-19 Specific Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents. Child Psychiatry Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01225-3
  • Kudinova, A. Y., Bettis, A. H., Thompson, E. C., Thomas, S. A., Nesi, J., Erguder, L., MacPherson, H. A., Burke, T. A., & Wolff, J. C. (2021). COVID-19 Related Daily Stressors, Coping, and Suicidal Ideation in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Youth. Child & Youth Care Forum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-021-09641-1
  • Thompson, E. C., Thomas, S. A., Burke, T. A., Nesi, J., MacPherson, H. A., Bettis, A. H., Kudinova, A. Y., Affleck, K., Hunt, J., & Wolff, J. C. (2021). Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents pre- and post- COVID-19: A historical chart review and examination of contextual correlates. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 4, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100100. 

Mental Health and Social Media  

  • Nesi, J., Burke, T. A., Extein, J., Kudinova, A. Y., Fox, K. A., Hunt, J., & Wolff, J. C. (2021). Social media use, sleep, and psychopathology in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 144, 296-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.10.014
  • Nesi, J., Burke, T.A., Bettis, A.H., Kudinova, A.Y., Thompson, E.C., MacPherson, H.A., Fox, K.A., Lawrence, H.R., Thomas, S.A., Wolff, J.C., Altemus, M.K., Soriano, S., & Liu, R.T. (2021). Social media use and self-injurious thoughts and behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102038
  • Nesi, J., Rothenberg, W.A., Bettis, A.H., Massing-Schaffer, M., Fox, K.A., Telzer, E.H., Lindquist, K.A., Prinstein, M.J. (2021). Emotional responses to social media experiences among adolescents: Longitudinal associations with depressive symptoms. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1955370
  • Nesi, J., Telzer, E.H., Prinstein, M.J. (2020). Adolescent development in the digital media context. Psychological Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2020.1820219
  • Nesi, J., Johnson, S. E., Altemus, M., Thibeau, H. M., Hunt, J., & Wolff, J. C. (2020). 13 Reasons Why: perceptions and correlates of media influence in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Archives of Suicide Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2020.1779155
  • Nesi, J., Wolff, J.C., & Hunt, J. (2019). Patterns of social media use among adolescents who are psychiatrically hospitalized. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2019.03.009