2023
Editors’ Note: Third Annual Report Regarding JAACAP’s Antiracist Journey
Novins D, Singh M, Althoff R, Bagot K, Brotman M, DelBello M, Dickstein D, Doyle A, Drury S, Findling R, Fortuna L, Fristad M, Middeldorp C, Njoroge W, Rogers C, Pumariega A, Bath E, Tobón A, Thompson-Felix T, Diversity E, Billingsley M, Family J. Editors’ Note: Third Annual Report Regarding JAACAP’s Antiracist Journey. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023, 62: 1287-1294. PMID: 38035913, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2023.09.531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchYoung Children's Development and Behavior: Associations with Timing of Household Food Insecurity in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Early Head Start Sample
Treviño M, Cherry K, Njoroge W, Gerstein E. Young Children's Development and Behavior: Associations with Timing of Household Food Insecurity in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Early Head Start Sample. Journal Of Developmental And Behavioral Pediatrics 2023, 44: e617-e624. PMID: 37871284, DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000001224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousehold food insecurityPersistent household food insecurityMaternal risk factorsAge 3 yearsRisk factorsCumulative risk effectAnalysis of covarianceChild Experiences StudySociodemographic informationEarly Head Start familiesProblem behaviorFood insecurityDevelopmental healthHead Start sampleEarly childhoodChildrenHead Start familiesNeeds ratioMeaningful differencesSocioeconomic riskRisk effectsStart sampleDifferent patternsStart familiesChild developmentPromoting Empathy and Affiliation in Relationships (PEAR) study: protocol for a longitudinal study investigating the development of early childhood callous-unemotional traits
Wagner N, Perkins E, Rodriguez Y, Ordway C, Flum M, Hernandez-Pena L, Perelstein P, Sem K, Paz Y, Plate R, Popoola A, Lynch S, Astone K, Goldstein E, Njoroge W, Raine A, Pincus D, Pérez-Edgar K, Waller R. Promoting Empathy and Affiliation in Relationships (PEAR) study: protocol for a longitudinal study investigating the development of early childhood callous-unemotional traits. BMJ Open 2023, 13: e072742. PMID: 37802613, PMCID: PMC10565261, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe impact of postpartum social support on postpartum mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic
White L, Kornfield S, Himes M, Forkpa M, Waller R, Njoroge W, Barzilay R, Chaiyachati B, Burris H, Duncan A, Seidlitz J, Parish-Morris J, Elovitz M, Gur R. The impact of postpartum social support on postpartum mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Archives Of Women's Mental Health 2023, 26: 531-541. PMID: 37268777, PMCID: PMC10238239, DOI: 10.1007/s00737-023-01330-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal-infant bondingMental health outcomesPostpartum womenHealth outcomesPoor postpartum mental healthSocial supportCOVID-19 pandemic-related changesMental healthSignificant depressive symptomsPostpartum mental healthElectronic patient portalParent-infant bondingCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic-related changesPregnant patientsPostpartum outcomesPrenatal careSelf-reported social supportWeeks postpartumPostpartum depressionBonding impairmentPostpartum anxietyPostpartum recoveryDepressive symptomsPostpartum social supportReviewing the Literature on the Impact of Gun Violence on Early Childhood Development
Holloway K, Cahill G, Tieu T, Njoroge W. Reviewing the Literature on the Impact of Gun Violence on Early Childhood Development. Current Psychiatry Reports 2023, 25: 273-281. PMID: 37233973, PMCID: PMC10213564, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-023-01428-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health outcomesHealth outcomesEarly childhood developmentEarly childhood mental healthGun violence exposurePurpose of ReviewToChildhood developmentSignificant mental health outcomesChildhood mental healthRecent FindingsThe literaturePost-traumatic stressTreatment of survivorsMental healthViolence exposureYoung childrenCOVID-19 pandemicGun violenceOlder youthOutcomesYouth gun violenceExposureReviewToSurvivorsNeonatal Intensive Care Unit Latent Profiles of Maternal Distress: Associations With 5-Year Maternal and Child Mental Health Outcomes
Njoroge W, Gerstein E, Lean R, Paul R, Smyser C, Rogers C. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Latent Profiles of Maternal Distress: Associations With 5-Year Maternal and Child Mental Health Outcomes. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023, 62: 1123-1133. PMID: 37084882, PMCID: PMC10543383, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2023.02.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitChild mental health outcomesPreterm infantsHealth outcomesMental health outcomesNICU stressReference listsHealth factorsSocial determinantsChildren age 5 yearsHigher depressionIntensive care unitLife stressDisparate health outcomesPoor health outcomesAge 5 yearsEthnic groupsNICU dischargeCare unitRisk dyadsChildren ages 5Clinical riskUniversal screeningMaternal symptomatologyAffective symptomsEditors’ Best of 2022
Novins D, Althoff R, Brotman M, Cortese S, DelBello M, Doyle A, Drury S, Fortuna L, Frazier J, Fristad M, Henderson S, McCauley E, Middeldorp C, Njoroge W, Rogers C, White T. Editors’ Best of 2022. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023, 62: 1-7. PMID: 36581385, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.10.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEditorial PoliciesHumans
2022
Hospitalizations Associated With Mental Health Conditions Among Adolescents in the US and France During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Serret-Larmande A, Hutch M, Sáez C, Aronow B, Bhatnagar S, Bonzel C, Cai T, Devkota B, Hanauer D, Loh N, Luo Y, Moal B, Ahooyi T, Njoroge W, Omenn G, Sanchez-Pinto L, South A, Sperotto F, Tan A, Taylor D, Verdy G, Visweswaran S, Xia Z, Zahner J, Avillach P, Bourgeois F, Aaron J, Agapito G, Albayrak A, Albi G, Alessiani M, Alloni A, Amendola D, Angoulvant F, Anthony L, Ashraf F, Atz A, Azevedo P, Balshi J, Beaulieu-Jones B, Bell D, Bellasi A, Bellazzi R, Benoit V, Beraghi M, Bernal-Sobrino J, Bernaux M, Bey R, Blanco-Martínez A, Boeker M, Booth J, Bosari S, Bradford R, Brat G, Bréant S, Brown N, Bruno R, Bryant W, Bucalo M, Bucholz E, Burgun A, Cannataro M, Carmona A, Caucheteux C, Champ J, Chen J, Chen K, Chiovato L, Chiudinelli L, Cho K, Cimino J, Colicchio T, Cormont S, Cossin S, Craig J, Cruz-Bermúdez J, Cruz-Rojo J, Dagliati A, Daniar M, Daniel C, Das P, Dionne A, Duan R, Dubiel J, DuVall S, Esteve L, Estiri H, Fan S, Follett R, Ganslandt T, García-Barrio N, Garmire L, Gehlenborg N, Getzen E, Geva A, González González T, Gradinger T, Gramfort A, Griffier R, Griffon N, Grisel O, Guzzi P, Han L, Haverkamp C, Hazard D, He B, Henderson D, Hilka M, Ho Y, Holmes J, Hong C, Huling K, Issitt R, Jannot A, Jouhet V, Kavuluru R, Keller M, Kennedy C, Kernan K, Key D, Kirchoff K, Klann J, Kohane I, Krantz I, Kraska D, Krishnamurthy A, L'Yi S, Le T, Leblanc J, Lemaitre G, Lenert L, Leprovost D, Liu M, Long Q, Lozano-Zahonero S, Lynch K, Mahmood S, Maidlow S, Makoudjou A, Malovini A, Mandl K, Mao C, Maram A, Martel P, Martins M, Marwaha J, Masino A, Mazzitelli M, Mensch A, Milano M, Minicucci M, Moore J, Moraleda C, Morris J, Morris M, Moshal K, Mousavi S, Mowery D, Murad D, Murphy S, Naughton T, Neto C, Neuraz A, Newburger J, Ngiam K, Norman J, Obeid J, Okoshi M, Olson K, Orlova N, Ostasiewski B, Palmer N, Paris N, Patel L, Pedrera-Jiménez M, Pfaff A, Pfaff E, Pillion D, Pizzimenti S, Priya T, Prokosch H, Prudente R, Prunotto A, Quirós-González V, Ramoni R, Raskin M, Rieg S, Roig-Domínguez G, Rojo P, Rubio-Mayo P, Sacchi P, Salamanca E, Samayamuthu M, Sandrin A, Santhanam N, Santos J, Sanz Vidorreta F, Savino M, Schriver E, Schubert P, Schuettler J, Scudeller L, Sebire N, Serrano-Balazote P, Serre P, Shah M, Shakeri Hossein Abad Z, Silvio D, Sliz P, Son J, Sonday C, Spiridou A, Strasser Z, Tan B, Tan B, Tanni S, Terriza-Torres A, Tibollo V, Tippmann P, Toh E, Torti C, Trecarichi E, Vallejos A, Varoquaux G, Vella M, Vie J, Vitacca M, Wagholikar K, Waitman L, Wang X, Wassermann D, Weber G, Wolkewitz M, Wong S, Xiong X, Ye Y, Yehya N, Yuan W, Zambelli A, Zhang H, Zöller D, Zuccaro V, Zucco C. Hospitalizations Associated With Mental Health Conditions Among Adolescents in the US and France During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2246548. PMID: 36512353, PMCID: PMC9856226, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health conditionsMental health diagnosesHealth conditionsCohort studyChildren's HospitalPrepandemic periodCOVID-19 pandemicMental health condition diagnosisHealth diagnosisProportion of hospitalizationsMultisite cohort studyMonthly proportionPatient-level dataYears of ageElectronic health recordsHealth care data setsPrepandemic cohortPrevalent diagnosisMean agePandemic cohortHealth condition diagnosisHospitalization patternsHospitalizationMAIN OUTCOMEAdolescents 11Editors’ Note: Second Annual Report Regarding JAACAP’s Antiracist Journey
Novins D, Althoff R, Cortese S, Drury S, Frazier J, Henderson S, McCauley E, Njoroge W, Singh M, White T, Bath E, Billingsley M. Editors’ Note: Second Annual Report Regarding JAACAP’s Antiracist Journey. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022, 61: 1405-1410. PMID: 36182011, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.09.431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation of COVID-19 and Endemic Systemic Racism With Postpartum Anxiety and Depression Among Black Birthing Individuals
Njoroge W, White LK, Waller R, Forkpa M, Himes MM, Morgan K, Seidlitz J, Chaiyachati BH, Barzilay R, Kornfield SL, Parish-Morris J, Rodriguez Y, Riis V, Burris HH, Elovitz MA, Gur RE. Association of COVID-19 and Endemic Systemic Racism With Postpartum Anxiety and Depression Among Black Birthing Individuals. JAMA Psychiatry 2022, 79: 600-609. PMID: 35416928, PMCID: PMC9008565, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSounding the Alarm for Children’s Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Benton T, Njoroge W, Ng W. Sounding the Alarm for Children’s Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Pediatrics 2022, 176: e216295. PMID: 35129603, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEditors’ Best of 2021
Novins D, Althoff R, Cortese S, Drury S, Frazier J, Henderson S, McCauley E, Njoroge W, White T. Editors’ Best of 2021. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022, 61: 4-9. PMID: 34949338, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Addressing the Global Crisis of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Benton T, Boyd R, Njoroge W. Addressing the Global Crisis of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. JAMA Pediatrics 2021, 175: 1108-1110. PMID: 34369961, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of Racial Discrimination on the Mental Health of Minoritized Youth
Njoroge W, Forkpa M, Bath E. Impact of Racial Discrimination on the Mental Health of Minoritized Youth. Current Psychiatry Reports 2021, 23: 81. PMID: 34648076, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-021-01297-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental trajectoriesChildren's developmental trajectoriesDevelopmental lensInterpersonal relationshipsMental healthMinoritized youthRecent FindingsFromHealthy developmentReviewThe impactIntervention strategiesYouthRacial discriminationMultiple formsAmerica's childrenChildrenRacismDiscriminationPeersHealthParental mental health screening in the NICU: a psychosocial team initiative
Grunberg V, Geller P, Hoffman C, Njoroge W, Ahmed A, Patterson C. Parental mental health screening in the NICU: a psychosocial team initiative. Journal Of Perinatology 2021, 42: 401-409. PMID: 34580422, PMCID: PMC9145720, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-021-01217-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParent-child interactionsPoor parental mental healthParental mental healthNeonatal intensive care unitPsychosocial teamAnxiety symptomsChild developmentMental health screeningClinical distressRates of depressionMental healthChild's hospitalizationLevel 4 neonatal intensive care unitNeonatal intensive care unit experienceTeam initiativeParentsIntensive care unit experienceIntensive care unitDepressionQuality improvement initiativesEarly identificationCare unitPsychologyHealth screeningUnit experienceAssociation between Preferred Language and Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in Children in the United States
Otto W, Grundmeier R, Montoya-Williams D, Njoroge W, Wallis K, Gerber J, Yun K. Association between Preferred Language and Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in Children in the United States. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2021, 105: 1261-1264. PMID: 34469330, PMCID: PMC8592181, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0779.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemicSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemicSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 test positivityCoronavirus 2 infectionCoronavirus 2 pandemicPreferred languageTest positivityInfectionIndividuals of colorChildrenRiskFirst waveSecond wavePandemicPositivityAssociation Between Discrimination Stress and Suicidality in Preadolescent Children
Argabright S, Visoki E, Moore T, Ryan D, DiDomenico G, Njoroge W, Taylor J, Guloksuz S, Gur R, Gur R, Benton T, Barzilay R. Association Between Discrimination Stress and Suicidality in Preadolescent Children. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2021, 61: 686-697. PMID: 34425231, PMCID: PMC8917360, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.08.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial Determinants of Health: the Impact of Racism on Early Childhood Mental Health
Berry O, Londoño Tobón A, Njoroge W. Social Determinants of Health: the Impact of Racism on Early Childhood Mental Health. Current Psychiatry Reports 2021, 23: 23. PMID: 33712922, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-021-01240-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly childhood mental healthChildhood mental healthMental healthSocial determinantsYoung childrenCaregivers' mental healthPurpose of ReviewDespiteForm of exposureMore studiesImpact of racismInfantsSocioemotional developmentHealthChildrenFuture studiesChildhood developmentBehavioral developmentExposureSequelaeEffects of racismChildren's socioemotional developmentStudyRecent literatureEditorial: Analyzing Treatment and Prescribing in Large Administrative Datasets With a Lens on Equity
Karnik N, Cortese S, Njoroge W, Drury S, Frazier J, McCauley E, Henderson S, White T, Althoff R, Novins D. Editorial: Analyzing Treatment and Prescribing in Large Administrative Datasets With a Lens on Equity. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2021, 60: 818-820. PMID: 33359220, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of antipsychoticsYoung childrenEvidence-based mental health careUse of medicationsThird of childrenMental health careAdministrative datasetsEvidence-based standardsAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderTreatment guidelinesCommon conditionPsychiatric assessmentNumber of childrenAntipsychoticsMinimum dosePervasive developmental disorderHyperactivity disorderAdolescent psychiatristsHealth careDisordersChildrenEnhanced advocacyPresent findingsDevelopmental disordersLarge administrative datasetEditors’ Best of 2020
Novins D, Althoff R, Cortese S, Drury S, Frazier J, Henderson S, McCauley E, Njoroge W, White T. Editors’ Best of 2020. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2021, 60: 9-13. PMID: 33353662, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEditorial PoliciesHumans