Rebecka Rosenquist MSc
Health Policy Director
Aug 2019
Several adolescent depression prevention programs have demonstrated effects on depressive symptoms and overall functioning. Yet, despite an increasing emphasis on elucidating mechanisms of change in interventions, few studies have identified mediators of these preventive interventi...
Oct 15, 2019
How Perfect is the New Normal? The Impact of Social Media on Disordered Eating
Eating disorders are severe, psychiatric illnesses common in early adolescence. Although there are six types of eating disorders with varying...
Oct 09, 2019
Expert Q&A: Expanding Research and Building Evidence to Address Youth Suicide
World Mental Health Day is recognized each year in October and this year, the focus is on suicide prevention. To take a closer look at this topic...
Sep 25, 2019
The Problem with Middle School "Health" Class
It is back to school time, and for the majority of sixth graders that means the start of middle school. Middle school is frequently acknowledged...
Jun 2019
BACKGROUND: Given the prevalence and consequences of adolescent depression, depression prevention has become an important area of research. While prevention programs like Interpersonal Psychotherapy - Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST) have demonstrated effectiveness, little rese...
May 2019
Concurrent associations between parenting behaviors and youth depression are well established. A smaller body of work has demonstrated longitudinal associations between aspects of parenting and youth risk for depression; however, this limited longitudinal work has predominantly rel...
Sep 2019
Behavioral health issues have a profound impact on the overall health and well-being of youth and their families. Early identification and timely, effective prevention and treatment of behavioral health conditions provide youth the opportunity to be their healthiest selves. Our res...
Olivia Cicalese MS
Clinical Research Coordinator
Veronica Kreter
Clinical Research Coordinator