Featured Research

Among other areas, the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice features research on these areas:

• Juvenile Justice System and Mental Health Policy

• Primary Care and Mental Health Service

• Suicidality and Antidepressants

Juvenile Justice System and Mental Health Policy

Abstracts and links to full articles can be found here for the following journal articles.

• Child Welfare Systems Policies and Practices Affecting Medicaid Health Insurance for Children: A National Study

• Delinquent Youth in Corrections: Medicaid and Reentry into the Community

• Identifying Psychiatric Patients at Risk for Repeated Involvement in Violence: The Next Step toward Intensive Community Treatment Programs

• Incarceration and Psychotropic Drug Use by Youth

• Medicaid Insurance Policy for Youths Involved in the Criminal Justice System

• Aftercare Services for Juvenile Parolees with Mental Disorders

• Predicting First Time Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System among Emotionally Disturbed Youth Receiving Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric and Medical Health Care Policies in Juvenile Detention Facilities

Primary Care and Mental Health Service

Abstracts and links to full articles can be found here for the following journal articles.

• A Randomized Trial to Improve the Quality of Treatment for Panic and Generalized Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care

• Adolescent Satisfaction with Computer-Assisted Behavioural Risk Screening in Primary Care

• Barriers to Mental Health Referral from Pediatric Primary Care Settings

• Child Sex Differences in Primary Care Clinicians' Mental Health Care of Children and Adolescents

• Childhood Anxiety in a Diverse Primary Care Population: Parent-Child Reports, Ethnicity and SCARED Factor Structure

• Comparison of the PSC-17 and Alternative Mental Health Screens in an At-Risk Primary Care Sample

• Correlates of Behavioral Care Management Strategies Used by Primary Care Pediatric Providers

• Ethnic and Regional Differences in Primary Care Visits for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Evolution of Child Mental Health Services in Primary Care

• Follow-up Care of Children Identified with ADHD by Primary Care Clinicians: A Prospective Cohort Study

• Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC): I. Identification, Assessment, and Initial Management

• Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC): II. Treatment and Ongoing Management

• In the Moment: Attitudinal Measure of Pediatrician Management of Maternal Depression

• Management of Pediatric Mental Disorders in Primary Care: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?

• Multidimensional Adaptive Testing for Mental Health Problems in Primary Care

• Primary Care Clinicians' Use of Standardized Psychiatric Diagnoses

• Primary Care Clinicians' Use of Standardized Tools to Assess Child Psychosocial Problems

• Primary Care Pediatricians' Roles and Perceived Responsibilities in the Identification and Management of Maternal Depression

• Primary Care Pediatricians' Roles and Perceived Responsibilities in the Identification and Management of Depression in Children and Adolescents

• Primary Care Referral of Children with Psychosocial Problems

• Race, Quality of Depression Care, and Recovery from Major Depression in a Primary Care Setting

• Recurrent Abdominal Pain, Anxiety, and Depression in Primary Care

• Screening for Childhood Anxiety Symptoms in Primary Care: Integrating Child and Parent Reports

• The Role of Care Location in Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Psychosocial Conditions

• Trial of Computerized Screening for Adolescent Behavioral Concerns

• Using Technology to Enhance Prevention Services for Children in Primary Care

Suicidality and Antidepressants

Abstracts and links to full articles can be found here for the following journal articles.

• Clinical Response and Risk for Reported Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts in Pediatric Antidepressant Treatment: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

• Do Antidepressants Cause Suicidality in Children? A Bayesian Meta-Analysis

• Generalizing from Clinical Trial Data: A Case Study. The Risk of Suicidality Among Pediatric Antidepressant Users

• Placebo Response in Randomized Controlled Trials of Antidepressants for Pediatric Major Depressive Disorder

• Suicidality and Its Relationship to Treatment Outcome in Depressed Adolescents

• The Contribution of Pharmacoepidemiology to the Antidepressant-Suicidality Debate in Children and Adolescents

• The Risks and Benefits of Antidepressant Treatment for Youth Depression

• Thinking Outside the (Black) Box: Antidepressants, Auicidality, and Research Synthesis