Research Groups
2008
- Neal, J.W., Shernoff, E.S., Frazier, S.L., Stachowicz, E., Frangos, R., & Atkins, M.S. (2008). Change from within: Engaging teacher key opinion leaders in the diffusion of interventions in urban schools. The Community Psychologist, 41, 37-57.
- Braden, J. P., & Shernoff, E. S. (2008). Why the need for evidence-based interventions? In R. J. Morris & N. Mather (Eds.), Evidence-based interventions for students with learning and behavioral challenges (pp. 9-30). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Suárez, L ., Barlow, D., Bennett, S., & Golsdstein, C. (2008) Understanding anxiety disorders from a “triple vulnerability” framework. In M. M. Anthony and M.B. Stein (Eds.), Oxford handbook of anxiety and related disorders. Oxford University Press, New York.
- West, A.E., Schenkel, L.S., & Pavuluri, M. (2008). Early childhood temperament in pediatric bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(4), 402-421.
- Schenkel, L. S., West, A. E., Harral, E. M., Patel, N. B., & Pavuluri, M. N. (2008). Parent-child interactions in pediatric bipolar disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64, 422-437.
- Frazier, S. L., Formoso, D., & Birman, D., & Atkins, M. S. (2008). Closing the research to practice gap: Redefining feasibility. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 15, 125-129.
- Cappella, E., Frazier, S., Atkins, M., Schoenwald, S., & Glisson, C. (2008). Enhancing schools’ capacity to support children in poverty: An ecological model of school-based mental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 35, 395-409.
- Neal, JW, Shernoff, ES, Frazier, S.L, Stachowicz, E, Frangos, U, & Atkins, MS (2008). Change from within: Engaging teacher key opinion leaders in the diffusion of interventions in urban schools. The Community Psychologist, 41:2, 53-57.
- Atkins, M. (2008). The meaning of mental health (and other lessons learned). In S. P. Hinshaw (Ed.). Breaking the silence: Mental health professionals disclose their personal and family experiences of mental illness (pp. 17-189). New York: Oxford.
- Atkins, M., Neal, J. W., Letendre, J., & Gamm, S. (2008). Development of the Chicago Public School’s ADHD policy manual: From community to university and back. In S. Evans, Z. Serpell, & M. Weist (Eds.), Advances in School-Based Mental Health, Volume 2 (3-1 to 3-16). Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute, Inc.
- Frazier, S., Formoso, D., Birman, D., & Atkins, M. (2008). Building collaborations to bridge research and practice: Redefining feasibility. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 15, 125-129).
- Frazier, S. L., Formoso, D., & Birman, D., & Atkins, M. S. (2008). Closing the research to practice gap: Redefining feasibility. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 15, 125-129.
- Parsons, JT., Rosof, E., & Mustanski, B. (2008). The temporal relationship between alcohol consumption and HIV-medication adherence: A multilevel model of direct and moderating effects. Health Psychology, In Press.
- Garofalo, R., Mustanski, B., & Donenberg, G. (2008). Parents know and parents matter; Is it time to develop family-based HIV prevention programs for young men who have sex with men? Journal of Adolescent Health, 43, 201-204.
- Mustanski, B. (2008). Moderating effects of age on the alcohol and sexual risk taking association: An online daily diary study of men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 12, 118-126.
In Press
- Abdul-Adil, J. & Tolan, P.H. (in press). “Prevention programs, youth violence.” Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Abdul-Adil, J. & Tolan, P.H. (in press). “Youth violence.” Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Abdul-Adil, J., Tolan, P. & Guerra, N. (in press). “The cognitive-ecological model: Paradigm and promise for the future.” In M. Mayer, R. Van Acker, J. Lochman & F. Gresham (Eds.), Cognitive-behavioral interventions for emotional and behavioral disorders: School-based practice. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press.
- Atkins, M., Frazier, S., Leathers, S., Graczyk, P., Talbott, E., Jakobsons, L., Abdul-Adil, J., Marinez, Lora, A., Demirtas, H., Gibbons, R. & Bell, C. (in press). “Teacher key opinion leaders and mental health consultation in urban low-income schools. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
- Atkins, M. S., Frazier, S. L., Leathers, S. J., Graczyk, P. A., Talbott, E., Adil, J. A., Jakobsons, L., Marinez-Lora, A., Bell, C. C., Gibbons, R. B., Demitras, H. (in press). Teacher key opinion leaders and mental health consultation in urban low-income schools. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
- Cappella, E., Frazier, S. L., Atkins, M. S., Schoenwald, S. K., & Glisson, C. (in press). Enhancing schools’ capacity to support children in poverty: An ecological model of school-based mental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health.
- Atkins, M., Graczyk, P., Frazier, S., Leathers, S., Talbott, E., Adil, J., Marinez-Lora, A., Jakobsons, L., Bell, C., Demirtas, H., & Gibbons, R. (in press). Teacher key opinion leaders and mental health consultation in urban low-income schools. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
- Pavuluri MN , Henry D, Naylor M, Sampson G, Carbray J, Janicak PG. A Prospective Trial of Combination Therapy of Risperidone with Lithium or Divalproex Sodium in Pediatric Mania. Journal of Affective Disorders, Special issue (in press).
- Connolly, S., Petty, C., & Simpson, D. (in press). Anxiety Disorders. C. E. Collins (Ed.). Book Series on Psychological Disorders (geared toward high school and middle school students). Chelsea House Publishers.
- Atkins, M. S., Frazier, S. L., Leathers, S. J., Graczyk, P. A., Talbott, E., Adil, J. A., Jakobsons, L., Marinez-Lora, A., Bell, C. C., Gibbons, R. B., Demitras, H. (in press). Teacher key opinion leaders and mental health consultation in urban low-income schools. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
- Cappella, E., Frazier, S. L., Atkins, M. S., Schoenwald, S. K., & Glisson, C. (in press). Enhancing schools’ capacity to support children in poverty: An ecological model of school-based mental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health.
- Connolly, S., Petty, C., & Simpson, D. (in press). Anxiety Disorders. C. E. Collins (Ed.). Book Series on Psychological Disorders (geared toward high school and middle school students). Chelsea House Publishers.
- Atkins, M. S., Frazier, S. L., Leathers, S. J., Graczyk, P. A., Talbott, E., Adil, J. A., Jakobsons, L., Marinez-Lora, A., Bell, C. C., Gibbons, R. B., Demitras, H. (in press). Teacher key opinion leaders and mental health consultation in urban low-income schools. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
- Cappella, E., Frazier, S. L., Atkins, M. S., Schoenwald, S. K., & Glisson, C. (in press). Enhancing schools’ capacity to support children in poverty: An ecological model of school-based mental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health.
- Atkins, M. S., Frazier, S. L., Leathers, S. J., Graczyk, P. A., Talbott, E., Adil, J. A., Jakobsons, L., Marinez-Lora, A., Bell, C. C., Gibbons, R. B., Demitras, H. (in press). Teacher key opinion leaders and mental health consultation in urban low-income schools. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
- Cappella, E., Frazier, S. L., Atkins, M. S., Schoenwald, S. K., & Glisson, C. (in press). Enhancing schools’ capacity to support children in poverty: An ecological model of school-based mental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health
- Linsk, N., Mason, S., Fendrich, M., Bass, M., Prubhughate, P. & Brown, A. (under review). “No matter what I do they still want their family”: Stressors for African-American grandparents and other relative caregivers.
- Mason, S. & Vazquez, D. (under review). Supporting family stability: Case studies in custody planning with HIV-affected families.
- Smithgall, C., Mason, S., Michels, L., LiCalsi, C., & Goerge, R. (in press). Intergenerational and interconnected: Mental health and well-being in grandparent caregiver families. Families in Society.
- Suárez, L., Polo, A. J., & Chen, C., & Alegría, M. (in press). The prevalence, course, and correlates of childhood-onset anxiety disorders among Latinos and Non-Latino whites in the United States. Psicología Conductual.
- Connolly, S. & Suárez, L. (accepted). Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, and Selective Mutism. In M. Duncan and J. Wiener (Eds.). American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- West, A.E. & Pavuluri, M. Individual and family-focused psychosocial treatment for pediatric bipolar disorder. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Manuscript in preparation.
- Westerholm, R., West, A.E., Ribordy, S. & Pavuluri, M. (under review).Medication compliance in pediatric bipolar disorder.
- Pavuluri, M.N., West, A.E., Hill, S., Jindal, K., Harral, E., Henry, D. & Sweeney, J. (under review). Neurocognitive functioning in children with bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls: A three-year follow-up.
- West, A.E. & Pavuluri, M.N. (in press). Pediatric bipolar disorder. In D. Greydanus, D. Patel, and H. Pratt (eds), Behavioral Pediatrics, Third Edition.

