2024
An Examination of Episodic Future Thinking and Episodic Memory Among Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Adolescents
B. C, Nam R, Bell K, Goger P, Parvez N, Pollak O, Robinaugh D, Sanghvi D, Schacter D. An Examination of Episodic Future Thinking and Episodic Memory Among Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Adolescents. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-14. PMID: 39412286, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2024.2384038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpisodic future thinkingFuture thinkingNonsuicidal adolescentsEpisodic memorySuicidal individualsProcesses of episodic memoryFuture eventsPositive future eventsNegative future eventsCommunity-based adolescentsPerformance-based measuresSuicidal adolescentsSuicidal ideationDepressive symptomsCognitive processesSI historyPredictive validityDesign of interventionsAssociated with pastAdolescentsGreater difficultySuicideMemorySymptomsIdeationEpisodic future thinking and psychopathology: A focus on depression and suicide risk
Nam R, Lowry N, Lawrence O, Novotny L, Cha C. Episodic future thinking and psychopathology: A focus on depression and suicide risk. Current Opinion In Psychology 2024, 59: 101853. PMID: 39128387, DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodic future thinkingFuture thinkingAssociated with depressive symptomsSignificant cognitive processesAutobiographical eventsEmotional valenceSuicide riskDepressive symptomsSuicidal thoughtsCognitive processesPsychopathologyDepressionSuicideTemporal associationAnhedoniaSadnessThinkingSymptomsThoughtsYouthAn examination of episodic future thinking and episodic memory among suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents
Cha, C.B., Nam, R., Bell, K.A., Goger, P., Parvez, N., Pollak, O., Robinaugh, D.J., Sanghvi, D., & Schacter, D.L. (in press). An examination of episodic future thinking and episodic memory among suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. Journal for Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.Peer-Reviewed Original Research In PressDo people know how suicidal they will be? Understanding suicidal prospection
Coppersmith D, Jaroszewski A, Gershman S, B. C, Millner A, Fortgang R, Kleiman E, Nock M. Do people know how suicidal they will be? Understanding suicidal prospection. Suicide And Life-Threatening Behavior 2024, 54: 750-761. PMID: 38700375, PMCID: PMC11305949, DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicidal thoughtsSuicidal thinkingKilling selfSeverity of suicidal thoughtsPsychological processesParticipants' predictionsReal-time monitoring studySuicideDay participantsThoughtsSelfParticipantsNext daySeverityPredicted levelsFitting modelFollow-up surveyThinkingPrediction errorAverage severityUrgeAdultsPeopleFollow-up periodTesting the modifiability of episodic future thinking and episodic memory among suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents
Goger P, Nam R, Lowry N, Bell K, Parvez N, Pollak O, Robinaugh D, Schacter D, B. C. Testing the modifiability of episodic future thinking and episodic memory among suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. JCPP Advances 2024, 4: e12236. PMID: 39411469, PMCID: PMC11472815, DOI: 10.1002/jcv2.12236.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpisodic specificity inductionEpisodic future thinkingFuture thinkingSuicidal ideationSI historyNon-episodic detailsModify cognitive processesSpecific inductionPerformance-based measuresWithin-person changesEpisodic futureNonsuicidal adolescentsPotential intervention targetsEpisodic detailsAdolescent SISuicidal adolescentsEpisodic memoryCognitive mechanismsCognitive processesIntervention targetsPreliminary evidenceAdolescentsModerating effectMemoryIdeationTesting the modifiability of episodic future thinking and episodic memory among suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents
Goger, P., Nam, R.J., Lowry, N., Bell, K., Parvez, N., Pollak, O. H., Robinaugh, D. J., Schacter, D. L., & Cha, C.B. (in press). Testing the modifiability of episodic future thinking and episodic memory among suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. JCPP Advances.Peer-Reviewed Original Research In PressVentromedial prefrontal cortex activation and neurofeedback modulation during episodic future thinking for individuals with suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Aupperle R, Kuplicki R, Tsuchiyagaito A, Akeman E, Sturycz-Taylor C, DeVille D, Lasswell T, Misaki M, Berg H, McDermott T, Touthang J, Ballard E, Cha C, Schacter D, Paulus M. Ventromedial prefrontal cortex activation and neurofeedback modulation during episodic future thinking for individuals with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2024, 176: 104522. PMID: 38547724, PMCID: PMC11103812, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2024.104522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodic future thinkingFuture thinkingSuicidal thoughtsEFT conditionEpisodic future thinking taskVentromedial prefrontal cortex activityReal-time fMRI neurofeedbackVentromedial prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortex activityVmPFC activityPrefrontal cortexFMRI neurofeedbackDepressive disorderPersonally-relevantNeutral eventsCortex activityVmPFCNeural responsesStudy 1Study 2Neurofeedback protocolMDDNeurofeedbackTreatment targetSTB groupSuicide Risk Screening Tools for Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review of Test Accuracy.
Lowry N, Goger P, Hands Ruz M, Ye F, Cha C. Suicide Risk Screening Tools for Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review of Test Accuracy. Pediatrics 2024, 153 PMID: 38356410, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-064172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicide risk screening toolRisk screening toolAsk Suicide-Screening QuestionsNonpsychiatric medical settingsScreening toolMedical settingsSystematic reviews of test accuracySystematic reviewAccuracy of screening toolsTool's psychometric propertiesHealth care settingsStudy risk of biasSuicidal youthRisk of biasRobust evidence baseAdaptive screeningPeer-reviewed articlesCare settingsPediatric careMethodological qualityStratified resultsEvidence basePsychometric propertiesStudy heterogeneityMeta-analytic approachSuicide Risk Screening Tools for Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review of Test Accuracy
Lowry, N. J., Goger, P., Hands Ruz, M., *Ye, F., Cha, C.B. (2024). Suicide risk screening tools for pediatric patients: A systematic review of test accuracy. Pediatrics, 153(4).Peer-Reviewed Original Research In PressAccounting for diversity in the treatment of suicide and self‐injury: A systematic review of the past 50 years of randomized controlled trials
Guzmán E, LeDuc M, B. C, Goger P, Ng M, Huang X, Ribeiro J, Fox K. Accounting for diversity in the treatment of suicide and self‐injury: A systematic review of the past 50 years of randomized controlled trials. Suicide And Life-Threatening Behavior 2024, 54: 250-262. PMID: 38193589, DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-injurious thoughtsTreatment of suicidalityRandomized controlled trialsSelf-injuryTreatment literatureTreatment researchSITBsControlled trialsSystematic reviewSample characteristicsNon-LGBTQ+Sample representativeSocioeconomic statusNon-HispanicReporting practicesHigher incomeDiverse backgroundsDiverse populations
2023
Suicide‐related disclosure patterns among culturally minoritized youth: Examining differences across race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation
Shin K, Spears A, Zhang R, B. C. Suicide‐related disclosure patterns among culturally minoritized youth: Examining differences across race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Suicide And Life-Threatening Behavior 2023 PMID: 38032047, DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinoritized youthGender identitySexual orientationInformal support sourcesPatterns of disclosureFear of negative reactionsCisgender adolescentsHeterosexual adolescentsGender disparitiesWhite adolescentsYouthHispanic adolescentsDisclosure patternsNon-Hispanic adolescentsSuicide riskSupport sourcesGenderSuicidal ideationDetection of suicide riskDisclosure ratesDisclosureElevated riskEthnicityNondisclosureRaceExamining Highly Novel Positive Future Thinking in Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Adolescents
Nam R, B. C. Examining Highly Novel Positive Future Thinking in Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Adolescents. Archives Of Suicide Research 2023, 28: 1200-1214. PMID: 39434628, PMCID: PMC11496765, DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2023.2282660.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive future thinkingSI severityFuture thinkingSuicidal ideationAssociated with greater suicide riskPositive future eventsNonsuicidal adolescentsFuture thoughtsSuicide riskBehavioral measuresDepressive symptomsPositive futureHeterogeneous constructFuture eventsClinical interventionsAdolescentsSeverityIdeationNonsuicideBaselineMeasure attainmentFollow-upSuicideThinkingAttainmentCulturally Responsive Assessment of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth of Color
Molock S, Boyd R, Alvarez K, Cha C, Denton E, Glenn C, Katz C, Mueller A, Meca A, Meza J, Miranda R, Ortin-Peralta A, Polanco-Roman L, Singer J, Zullo L, Miller A. Culturally Responsive Assessment of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth of Color. American Psychologist 2023, 78: 842-855. PMID: 36913280, PMCID: PMC10497725, DOI: 10.1037/amp0001140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunities of colorSuicide risk assessmentRisk assessment instrumentsRisk assessment measuresYouth of colorSuicide risk assessment measuresRisk assessmentCommunity violenceSuicide risk factorsSuicide-related phenomenaBlack youthAssessment instrumentsSuicide ratesYouth suicideSuicideSuicidal thoughtsYouthRacial socializationExposure to racismAssessment measuresSuicide deathsCulturally responsive assessmentHealth care infrastructureSecond-leading cause of deathPublic health concernSpecificity, frequency, and intent: Multiple characteristics of adolescents' suicide plan correlate with their history of suicidal behavior
Beaton M, Gratch I, B. C. Specificity, frequency, and intent: Multiple characteristics of adolescents' suicide plan correlate with their history of suicidal behavior. Suicide And Life-Threatening Behavior 2023, 53: 1025-1037. PMID: 37720928, DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn examination of episodic future thinking in the emergency department among youth experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Pollak O, Shin K, Baroni A, Gerson R, Bell K, Tezanos K, Fernandes S, Robinaugh D, Schacter D, Spirito A, Cha C. An examination of episodic future thinking in the emergency department among youth experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023, 33: 923-933. PMID: 37162586, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-023-02219-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodic future thinkingSuicide-related crisisFuture thinkingSuicidal thoughtsFuture eventsPsychiatric emergency departmentPerformance-based measuresAcute psychiatric careRobust risk factorsEpisodic detailsPsychological functioningEvent detailsPsychiatric careOlder adolescentsPsychological stateAssessed 6YouthAdolescentsClinical utilitySensory perceptionThoughtsSTBHopelessnessThinkingEmergency departmentRetraction Note: Machine learning of neural representations of suicide and emotion concepts identifies suicidal youth
Just M, Pan L, Cherkassky V, McMakin D, Cha C, Nock M, Brent D. Retraction Note: Machine learning of neural representations of suicide and emotion concepts identifies suicidal youth. Nature Human Behaviour 2023, 7: 824-824. PMID: 37024726, PMCID: PMC10205687, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-023-01581-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUsing Behavioral Measures to Assess Suicide Risk in the Psychiatric Emergency Department for Youth
Shin K, Baroni A, Gerson R, Bell K, Pollak O, Tezanos K, Spirito A, Cha C. Using Behavioral Measures to Assess Suicide Risk in the Psychiatric Emergency Department for Youth. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2023, 55: 1475-1486. PMID: 36821015, DOI: 10.1007/s10578-023-01507-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplicit Association TestMeasures of suicide riskSuicide stroop taskBehavioral measuresSuicide riskStroop taskSuicidal ideationSuicide attemptsAttempted suicideWithin-person effectsAssess suicide riskLevels of distressSuicide-related reasonsBehavioral tasksSuicidal thoughtsPsychiatric EDIncreased distressSelf-reportSuicide screeningAssociation TestSuicideComposite scoreDemographic covariatesIdeationYouth
2022
Future Directions in Understanding and Interpreting Discrepant Reports of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Youth
Spears A, Gratch I, Nam R, Goger P, B. C. Future Directions in Understanding and Interpreting Discrepant Reports of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Youth. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2022, 52: 134-146. PMID: 36473063, PMCID: PMC9898197, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2022.2145567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression Scale for Youth (FREE-Y): Adaptation and Validation Across a Varied Sample of Children and Adolescents
Haag AC, B. C, Noll JG, Gee DG, Shenk CE, Schreier HMC, Heim CM, Shalev I, Rose EJ, Jorgensen A, Bonanno GA. The Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression Scale for Youth (FREE-Y): Adaptation and Validation Across a Varied Sample of Children and Adolescents. Assessment 2022, 30: 1265-1284. PMID: 35510578, PMCID: PMC9636062, DOI: 10.1177/10731911221090465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfirmatory factor analysisHypothetical social scenariosMultiple-group confirmatory factor analysisEmotional expression scaleHigher-order factor structureEmotion regulationExecutive functioningEmotion expressionComparison participantsSocial scenariosRegulation abilityFlexibility scoresMeasurement invarianceMaltreatment statusFactor structureValid measureExpression ScaleRange of populationsFactor analysisLower suppressionYouthGroup comparisonsAdaptive abilityVaried sampleFlexible regulationSingle- vs. Multi-Item Assessment of Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents.
Gratch I, Tezanos K, Fernades S, Bell K, Pollak O, Cha C. Single- vs. Multi-Item Assessment of Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents. Rhode Island Medical Journal 2022, 105: 16-21. PMID: 35476730.Peer-Reviewed Original Research