Interests
- Child Mental Health Services
- Youth Suicide Prevention
Dr. Fontanella is a mental health services researcher and national expert in youth suicide, and her research has led to scholarly publications in leading academic journals and national media outlets including CNN, NPR and The New York Times. Her research focuses on characterizing demographic and clinical profiles of suicidal youth within “boundaried” settings (e.g., health care settings, Medicaid), understanding patterns and trends in utilization and quality of health and mental health care for suicidal youth and how this affects outcomes, and strategies for suicide prevention in various settings. Dr. Fontanella has extensive experience reviewing large administrative claims databases, hospital discharge datasets and other research databases to answer important national policy questions related to service use and quality of mental health care.
Publications
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Ruch DA, Hughes JL, Bridge JA, Fontanella CA. Evidence-Based Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention in Pediatric Primary Care Settings. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2024 Dec; 71: 1119-1140.
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Thompson A, Ruch D, Bridge JA, Fontanella C, Beauchaine TP. Self-injury and suicidal behaviors in high-risk adolescents: Distal predictors, proximal correlates, and interactive effects of impulsivity and emotion dysregulation. Dev Psychopathol. 2024 Nov 4; 1-14.
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Fontanella CA, Xia X, Campo JV, Steelesmith DL, Bridge JA, Ruch DA. Characteristics Associated With Mental Health Treatment Prior to Suicide Among Youth in the United States. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2024 Aug 9;
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Ruch DA, Horowitz LM, Hughes JL, Sarkisian K, Luby JL, Fontanella CA, Bridge JA. Suicide in US Preteens Aged 8 to 12 Years, 2001 to 2022. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1; 7: e2424664.
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Carmin CN, Ownby RL, Fontanella C, Steelesmith D, Binkley PF. Impact of Mental Health Treatment on Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure and Ischemic Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Apr 2; 13: e031117.
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Thompson AJ, Henrich CC, Steelesmith DL, Hughes J, Ruch D, Bridge JA, Campo JV, Fontanella CA. Identifying Subgroups of Youth Suicide Decedents Based on Clinical Profiles of Psychiatric and Medical Diagnoses: A Latent Class Analysis. J Adolesc Health. 2024 Mar 21;
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Moe AM, Llamocca E, Wastler HM, Steelesmith DL, Brock G, Oluwoye O, Fontanella CA. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Diagnosis and Early Treatment of First-Episode Psychosis. Schizophr Bull Open. 2024 Jan; 5: sgae019.
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Llamocca EN, Yeh HH, Miller-Matero LR, Westphal J, Frank CB, Simon GE, Owen-Smith AA, Rossom RC, Lynch FL, Beck AL, Waring SC, Lu CY, Daida YG, Fontanella CA, Ahmedani BK. Association Between Adverse Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Death. Med Care. 2023 Sep 11;
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Hammond CJ, Hyer JM, Boustead AE, Fristad MA, Steelesmith DL, Brock GN, Hasin DS, Fontanella CA. Association Between Marijuana Laws and Suicide Among 12- to 25-Year-Olds in the United States From 2000 to 2019. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 27;
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Lee JY, Steelesmith DL, Chaiyachati BH, Kirsch J, Rao S, Fontanella CA. Child Welfare System-Level Factors Associated with All-Cause Mortality Among Children in Foster Care in the United States, 2009-2018. Child Maltreat. 2023 May 30; 10775595231177313.
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Bridge JA, Ruch DA, Sheftall AH, Hahm HC, O'Keefe VM, Fontanella CA, Brock G, Campo JV, Horowitz LM. Youth Suicide During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2023 Mar 1; 151:
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Steelesmith DL, Lindstrom MR, Le HTK, Root ED, Campo JV, Fontanella CA. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Deaths of Despair Across the U.S., 2000-2019. Am J Prev Med. 2023 Mar 22;
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Christensen M, Fontanella CA, Campo JV, Culp SL. How can social workers facilitate suicide prevention in primary care? Findings from a national survey of primary care physicians. Soc Work Health Care. 2023 Mar 22; 1-14.
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Wastler HM, Llamocca E, Moe AM, Steelsmith DL, Brock G, Bridge JA, Campo JV, Fontanella CA. Impact of Treatment Initiation and Engagement on Deliberate Self-Harm Among Individuals With First-Episode Psychosis. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Feb 28; appips20220372.
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Fontanella CA, Steelesmith DL, Bridge JA. Importance of Place in Examining Risk for Suicide Among Youth. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Jan; 72: 5-6.
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Llamocca EN, Steelesmith DL, Ruch DA, Bridge JA, Fontanella CA. Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Deliberate Self-Harm Among Youths With Psychiatric Diagnoses. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 Nov 15; appips20220180.
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Llamocca EN, Fristad MA, Bridge JA, Brock G, Steelesmith DL, Axelson DA, Fontanella CA. Correlates of deliberate self-harm among youth with bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord. 2022 Apr 1; 302: 376-384.
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Phillips MS, Steelesmith DL, Brock G, Benedict J, Muñoz J, Fontanella CA. Mental Health Service Utilization Among Medical Students with a Perceived Need for Care. Acad Psychiatry. 2022 Jan 10;
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Chavez LJ, Steelesmith DL, Bridge JA, Fontanella CA. Predictors of substance use disorder treatment initiation and engagement among adolescents enrolled in Medicaid. Subst Abus. 2022; 43: 1260-1267.
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Ruch DA, Steelesmith DL, Brock G, Boch SJ, Quinn CR, Bridge JA, Campo JV, Fontanella CA. Mortality and Cause of Death Among Youths Previously Incarcerated in the Juvenile Legal System. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 1; 4: e2140352.
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Moe AM, Llamocca E, Wastler HM, Steelesmith DL, Brock G, Bridge JA, Fontanella CA. Risk Factors for Deliberate Self-harm and Suicide Among Adolescents and Young Adults With First-Episode Psychosis. Schizophr Bull. 2021 Oct 15;
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Ruch DA, Heck KM, Sheftall AH, Fontanella CA, Stevens J, Zhu M, Horowitz LM, Campo JV, Bridge JA. Characteristics and Precipitating Circumstances of Suicide Among Children Aged 5 to 11 Years in the United States, 2013-2017. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1; 4: e2115683.
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Kemper AR, Hostutler CA, Beck K, Fontanella CA, Bridge JA. Depression and Suicide-Risk Screening Results in Pediatric Primary Care. Pediatrics. 2021 Jul; 148:
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Fontanella CA, Brock G, Fristad MA. Cannabis Use and Suicidal Behavior and Long-term Harms-Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Jul 1; 175: 751.
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Fontanella CA, Steelesmith DL, Brock G, Bridge JA, Campo JV, Fristad MA. Association of Cannabis Use With Self-harm and Mortality Risk Among Youths With Mood Disorders. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Apr 1; 175: 377-384.
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Ruch DA, Steelesmith DL, Warner LA, Bridge JA, Campo JV, Fontanella CA. Health Services Use by Children in the Welfare System Who Died by Suicide. Pediatrics. 2021 Apr; 147:
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Sweeney HA, Fontanella CA, Steelesmith DL, Quinn C. Suicide in Older Adults in Ohio: Characteristics, Precipitants, and Mental Health Service Utilization. Community Ment Health J. 2020 Nov; 56: 1549-1556.
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Fontanella CA, Warner LA, Steelesmith DL, Brock G, Bridge JA, Campo JV. Association of Timely Outpatient Mental Health Services for Youths After Psychiatric Hospitalization With Risk of Death by Suicide. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Aug 3; 3: e2012887.
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Fontanella CA, Warner LA, Steelesmith D, Bridge JA, Sweeney HA, Campo JV. Clinical Profiles and Health Services Patterns of Medicaid-Enrolled Youths Who Died by Suicide. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 May 1; 174: 470-477.
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Steelesmith DL, Fontanella CA, Campo JV, Bridge JA, Warren KL, Root ED. Contextual Factors Associated With County-Level Suicide Rates in the United States, 1999 to 2016. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Sep 4; 2: e1910936.
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Fontanella CA, Warner LA, Steelesmith DL, Bridge JA, Brock GN, Campo JV. A National Comparison of Suicide Among Medicaid and Non-Medicaid Youth. Am J Prev Med. 2019 Mar; 56: 447-451.
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