CHOICES Youth Psychopathology and Treatment Lab

Weisz, J. R., Bearman, S. K., Ugueto, A. M., Herren, J. A., Evans, S. C., Cheron, D. M., Alleyne, A. R., Weissman, A. S., Tweed, J. L., Pollack, A. A., Langer, D. A., Jensen-Doss, A. (in press). Testing Robustness of Child STEPs Effects with Children and Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

*Holly, L. E., *Fenley, A. R., *Kritikos, T. K., Merson, R. A., Abidin, R. R., & Langer, D. A. (in press). Evidence-base update for parenting stress measures in clinical samples. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

*Keller, A. E., Langer, D. A., Pincus, D. B., *Elkins, R. M., Kerns, C. E., & Comer, J. S. (in press). A psychometric evaluation of the distress intolerance index for youth. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

*O’Connor, E. E, & Langer, D. A. (2019). I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Where and What Parents Learn about Youth Mental Health Treatments. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(4), 710-725.

Langer, D. A. & Jensen-Doss, A. (2018). Shared decision-making in youth mental health care: Using the evidence to plan treatments collaboratively. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 47(5), 821-831.

De Los Reyes, A. & Langer, D. A. (2018). Assessment and the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology’s Evidence Base Updates Series: Evaluating the Tools for Gathering Evidence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 47(3), 357-365.

*David, J. G., Lo, M. S., & Langer, D. A. (2018). Adolescent and caregiver perspectives on medical decision-making for chronic illness. Families, Systems, and Health, 36(2), 248-251.

Tompson, M.C., Sugar, C. A., Langer, D. A., & Asarnow, J. R. (2017). A randomized clinical trial comparing family focused treatment and individual supportive therapy for depression in childhood and early adolescence. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 56(6), 515-523.

*O’Connor, E. E., Langer, D. A., & Tompson, M. C. (2017). Maternal depression and youth internalizing and externalizing symptomatology: Course of past maternal depression and maternal current functioning. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45(3), 557-568.

*Rabner, J., *Mian, N. D., Langer, D. A., Comer, J. S., & Pincus, D. (2017). The relationship between worry and dimensions of anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 45(2), 124-138.

*Reid, G. M., Grills, A. E., *Mian, N. D., Reid, A. A., *Merson, R. A., & Langer, D. A. (2017). Using research-informed pedagogical practices to maximize learning in youth cognitive behavioral therapy. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2(2), 82-95.

Tompson, M. C., Langer, D. A., Hughes, J. L., & Asarnow, J. R. (2017). Family-focused treatment for childhood depression: Model & case illustrations. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 24(3), 269-287.

*Kemp, G. N., Langer, D. A., & Tompson, M. C. (2016). Childhood mental health: An ecological analysis of the effects of neighborhoods characteristics. Journal of Community Psychology, 44(8), 962-979.

Langer, D. A., Wood, J. J., Wood, P. A., Garland, A. F., Landsverk, J., & Hough, R. L. (2015). Mental health service use in schools and non-school-based outpatient settings: Comparing predictors of service use. School Mental Health, 7, 161-173.

Tompson, M. C., *O’Connor, E. E., *Kemp, G. N., Langer, D. A., & Asarnow, J. R. (2015). Depression in childhood and early adolescence: Parental expressed emotion and family functioning. Annals of Depression and Anxiety, 2, 1070-1077.

Chiu, A. W., Langer, D. A., McLeod, B. D., Har, K., Drahota, A., Galla, B. M., Jacobs, J., Ifekwunigwe, M., & Wood, J. J. (2013). Effectiveness of modular cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety in schools: A randomized, controlled trial. School Psychology Quarterly, 28, 141-153.

Weisz, J. R., Chorpita, B. F., Palinkas, L. A., Schoenwald, S. K., Miranda, J., Bearman, S. K., Daleiden, E. L., Ugueto, A. M., Ho, A., Martin, J., Gray, J., Alleyne, A., Langer, D. A., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Gibbons, R. D., and the Research Network on Youth Mental Health. (2012). Testing standard and modular designs for psychotherapy with youth depression, anxiety, and conduct problems: A randomized effectiveness trial. Archives of General Psychiatry, 69, 274-282.

Langer, D. A., McLeod, B. D., & Weisz, J. R. (2011). Do treatment manuals undermine youth-therapist alliance in youth clinical practice? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79, 427-432.

Langer, D. A., Wood, J. J., Bergman, L., & Piacentini, J. (2010). A multitrait-multimethod analysis of the construct validity of child anxiety disorders in a clinical sample. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 41 (5), 549-561.

*student/mentee co-author

I am a first-year graduate student in the Clinical doctoral program at Suffolk University. I graduated from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio with a B.A in Psychology and minor in Biology. After completing my undergraduate degree, I spent three years at Brown University focusing on interventions for adolescent substance use and truancy under the mentorship of Drs. Sara Becker and Anthony Spirito. My research interests include developing, evaluating, and disseminating brief interventions for high risk youth and uncovering the role of parents in child development and treatment outcomes.

I am a third-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program at Suffolk University. I graduated cum laude from New York University in 2017 with a B.S. in Applied Psychology and minors in English and American Literature and Creative Writing. My research interests center on understanding the ways in which we can make mental health treatments more individualized to promote positive outcomes for youth. My clinical interests include child and adolescent anxiety and related disorders. In my second year at Suffolk, I completed a practicum at the Concord Center, a clinical psychology private practice in Concord, MA, where I provided CBT and DBT to youth clients. As an undergraduate at NYU, I interned at Kurtz Psychology, a clinical psychology private practice in New York City that specializes in parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) and PCIT adapted for selective mutism. Prior to joining the doctoral program at Suffolk University, I worked at Weill Cornell Medicine as a research assistant for the Youth Anxiety Center and the Pediatric OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program.

Publications

Bennett, S.M., Hindin, J., Mohatt, J., Bauer, C., Schild, J.S., Falk, A., Sullivan, P., Specht, M., Woods, D., Walkup, J. (2021). Proof of concept study of an oral orthotic in reducing tic severity in Tourette syndrome. Child Psychiatry and Human Development.

Zendegui, E.A., Bennett, S.M., Desai, P., Schild, J.S., Beaumont, R.B., Chiu, A.W. (2021). The school interference questionnaire: examining a novel measure of mental health-related academic functional impairment in youth. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.

Temkin, A., Schild, J.S., Falk, A., & Bennett, S.M. (2020). Mobile apps for youth anxiety disorders: A review of the evidence and forecast of future innovations. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Zendegui, E., Beaumont, R., Chiu, A., Schild, J.S., Bennett, S.M. (2019). Evaluating clinical outcomes in practice settings: Beyond the limits of grant-funded clinical research. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Book Chapters

Fenley, A.R., Nelson Darling, L., Schild, J.S., Langer, D.A. (2021). Depression in children and adolescents. In G. Asmundson (Ed.), Comprehensive clinical psychology, 2nd edition – children and adolescents: clinical formulation & treatment. New York, NY: Elsevier.

Beaumont, R., Lemelman, A., Schild, J.S., Tang, K. (2019). Coping Skills Training. In J. L. Matson (Ed.), Handbook of intellectual disabilities: Integrating theory, research and practice. New York, NY: Springer.

Catarozoli, C., Mishan, L., Schild, J.S., Bennett, S.M. (2019). Pediatric panic disorder and agoraphobia. In S. Compton, M.A. Villabo, & H. Kristensen (Eds.), Pediatric anxiety disorders. New York, NY: Elsevier.

Selected Posters and Presentations

Farina, D.S., Schild, J.S., Langer, D.A. (2020). Treatment planning method and therapeutic alliance in cognitive behavioral treatment for youths. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual Conference.

Schild, J.S., Bennett, S.M. Specht, M. (2020). Longitudinal Evaluation of psychiatric comorbidity in youths with tic disorders. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Tourette Association of America, Virtual Conference.

Schild, J.S., Catarozoli, C., Hindin, J., Bauer, C., Mohatt, J., Specht, M., Bennett, S.M. (2020). A single case series ABAB investigation of tic reduction and heart rate variability associated with wearing an oral orthotic. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Tourette Association of America, Virtual Conference.

Schild, J.S., Farina, D.S., Langer, D.A. (2020). You can sometimes get what you want: Exploring parent and youth psychosocial treatment knowledge of and preferences for evidence-based approaches. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual Conference.

Schild, J.S., Catarozoli, C., Hindin, J., Bauer, C., Mohatt, J., Specht, M., Bennett, S.M. (2019). A single case series ABAB investigation of tic reduction and heart rate variability associated with wearing an oral orthotic. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Atlanta, Georgia.

Kurtz, S.M.S. & Schild, J.S. (2018). Anxiogenic behaviors among parents of children with selective mutism. In R. Catchpole & S.M.S. Kurtz (Chairs), New Directions in Selective Mutism Research: Theoretical Conceptualization and Intervention Models. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Washington D.C.

Schild, J.S., Desai, P., Beaumont, R.B., Bennett, S.M. (2018). Satisfaction with passive sensing technology in anxious youth. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington D.C.

Avny, S., Schild, J.S., Kurtz, S.M.S. (2017). WeSpeak: A novel treatment to address the under-addressed needs of older kids with selective mutism. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, San Francisco, California.

Goldman, R., Schild, J.S., Bauer, C., Hindin, J., Mohatt, J., Woods, D., … Bennett, S.M. (2017). Secondary outcomes of a pilot feasibility study of an oral orthotic in decreasing tic severity in youth with Tourette syndrome. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Diego, California.

Schild, J.S., Adler, J., Kurtz, S.M.S. (2017). Barriers to PCIT completion for very low fee families. Poster session presented at the annual PCIT International Convention, Traverse City, Michigan.

Schild, J.S., Goldman, R., Rowe, J., Dure, L., Walkup, J., Bennett, S.M. (2017). Change in parent responses to child tics following CBIT with an occupational therapist. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Diego, California.

I am a first-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program at Suffolk University. In 2019, I graduated summa cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross with a B.A. in Psychology and Deaf Studies. As an undergraduate, I participated in the Concealable Stigmatized Identities Lab and studied the physical and mental health impact of social stigma (2016-2019). Before joining the doctoral program at Suffolk, I was a full-time clinical research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, investigating the use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist in the U.S. and Chile (2019-2021). During this time, I was also a volunteer research assistant in the Nock Lab at Harvard University. I am interested in researching the implementation and evaluation of treatments for adolescents with anxiety and depression with a specific focus on recalcitrant depression and suicidal ideation.

Publications

Holcomb, J. M., Arauz Boudreau, A., Riobueno-Naylor, A., Haile, H., Lucke, C., Bergmann, P., Joseph, B. Jellinek, M., Murphy, J. M. (2020). Beyond initial screening: One-year follow-up of adolescents with internalizing problems on the Pediatric Symptom Checklist. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 42(4), 283-290. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000890.

Jellinek, M. Bergmann, P., Holcomb, J. M., Riobueno-Naylor, A., Dutta, A., Haile, H., Sturner, R., Howard, B., Murphy, J. M. Recognizing adolescent depression with the parent- and youth-report screens in pediatric primary care. (2021). Journal of Pediatrics, 223, 220-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.01.069.

Murphy, J. M., Riobueno-Naylor, A., Haile, H., Holcomb, J. M., Dutta, A., Kandru, R., Shui, A. M., Lee, H., Jellinek, M. Behavioral health screening and service use in a statewide sample of Medicaid-eligible pediatric outpatients. (2020). Psychological Disorders and Research, 3(3), 3-6. doi: 10.31487/j.PDR.2020.03.04.

Murphy, J. M., Stepanian, S., Riobueno-Naylor, A., Holcomb, J. M., Haile, H., Dutta, A., Giuliano, C. P., Bernstein, S. C., Joseph, B., Jellinek., M. (2020). Implementation of an electronic approach to psychosocial screening in a network of pediatric practices. Academic Pediatrics, 21(4), 702-709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2020.11.027.

Riobueno-Naylor, A., Williamson, H., Canenguez, K., Kogosov, A., Drexler, A., Sadeq, F., DePamphilis, M., Holcomb, J. M., Stoddard, F. J., Lydon, M., Murphy, J. M., Sheridan, R. K. (2020). Appearance concerns, psychosocial outcomes, and the feasibility of implementing an online intervention for adolescents receiving outpatient burn care. Journal of Burn Care & Research, 42(1), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/iraa108.

Arauz Boudreau, A., Riobueno-Naylor, A., Haile, H., Holcomb, J. M., Lucke, C., Joseph, B., Jellinek, M., Murphy, J. M. (2019). How an electronic health record system facilitates psychosocial screening in pediatric primary care. Clinical Pediatrics, 59(2), 154-162. doi: 10.1177/0009922819892038.

Kushalnagar, P., Holcomb, J., & Sadler G. (2019). Genetic testing and eHealth platform usage in deaf and hard-of-hearing women. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 28(5), 933-939. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1134.