Featured Publications
Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence
Gee DG, Sisk LM, Cohodes EM, Bryce NV. Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 5693. PMID: 36171218, PMCID: PMC9519553, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33416-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly Adversity and Development: Parsing Heterogeneity and Identifying Pathways of Risk and Resilience
Gee DG. Early Adversity and Development: Parsing Heterogeneity and Identifying Pathways of Risk and Resilience. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2021, 178: 998-1013. PMID: 34734741, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21090944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly adversityProtective factorsEffects of adversityOnset of psychopathologyPathways of riskNeurodevelopmental trajectoriesMajor risk factorAdversityMental healthNeurodevelopmental pathwaysEarly environmentPsychopathologySpecific dimensionsIntervention strategiesFuture researchRisk factorsEarly risk identificationTreatment approachesImmense burdenConceptual modelDevelopmental timingResilienceOngoing refinementRiskFactors
2022
The role of perceived threats on mental health, social, and neurocognitive youth outcomes: A multicontextual, person-centered approach.
Conley MI, Hernandez J, Salvati JM, Gee DG, Baskin-Sommers A. The role of perceived threats on mental health, social, and neurocognitive youth outcomes: A multicontextual, person-centered approach. Development And Psychopathology 2022, 35: 689-710. PMID: 35232507, PMCID: PMC9437149, DOI: 10.1017/s095457942100184x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental healthAdolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentDisruptive behavior symptomsLatent profile analysisPerception of threatPerson-centered approachPoor mental healthCognitive developmentDevelopmental pictureYouth outcomesNeurocognitive difficultiesYouth perceptionsBehavior symptomsSleep problemsLow threatAge 9Age 11Neurocognitive outcomesMultiple domainsMultiple contextsYouth’s neighborhoodsOutcomes 2 yearsDistinct profilesPerceptionYouth environmentTraining the Next Generation of Clinical Psychological Scientists: A Data-Driven Call to Action
Gee DG, DeYoung KA, McLaughlin KA, Tillman RM, Barch DM, Forbes EE, Krueger RF, Strauman TJ, Weierich MR, Shackman AJ. Training the Next Generation of Clinical Psychological Scientists: A Data-Driven Call to Action. Annual Review Of Clinical Psychology 2022, 18: 43-70. PMID: 35216523, PMCID: PMC9086080, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081219-092500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical psychologyClinical psychological scientistsPsychological scientistsMental health conditionsCurrent training practicesMental healthSubstance useIntervention strategiesPsychologyTraining practicesClinical scientistsMental disordersGlobal public healthCentral goalImmense burdenSpecific recommendationsAnxietyPersonalityHealth conditionsMoodScientific rigorPublic healthPsychosisHealthBurden
2021
Migration‐related trauma and mental health among migrant children emigrating from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Effects on developmental neurobiology and implications for policy
Cohodes EM, Kribakaran S, Odriozola P, Bakirci S, McCauley S, Hodges HR, Sisk LM, Zacharek SJ, Gee DG. Migration‐related trauma and mental health among migrant children emigrating from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Effects on developmental neurobiology and implications for policy. Developmental Psychobiology 2021, 63: e22158. PMID: 34292596, PMCID: PMC8410670, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentCentral AmericaChildHumansMental HealthMexicoNeurobiologyPolicyTransients and MigrantsUnited StatesConceptsMental healthMigration-related traumaEffects of traumaDevelopment of internalizingEarly life adversityEmotion regulationMigrant childrenTransdiagnostic mechanismsTrauma exposureExternalizing symptomatologyTraumatic experiencesRefugee childrenChildren's exposureDevelopmental neurobiologyChildrenYouthInterdisciplinary effortInternalizingTraumaImplicationsAdversityNeurobiologyContext of migrationSymptomatologyLearningParental Buffering of Stress in the Time of COVID-19: Family-Level Factors May Moderate the Association Between Pandemic-Related Stress and Youth Symptomatology
Cohodes EM, McCauley S, Gee DG. Parental Buffering of Stress in the Time of COVID-19: Family-Level Factors May Moderate the Association Between Pandemic-Related Stress and Youth Symptomatology. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2021, 49: 935-948. PMID: 33591457, PMCID: PMC7885749, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00732-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPandemic-related stressChild symptomatologyAnxiety-related symptomatologyYouth symptomatologyFamily-level factorsCross-sectional study designCOVID-19-related stressYouth mental healthEffects of exposureParental bufferingStudy designSymptomatologyMental healthChildren's exposureParental reportsHigh levelsCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicNegative emotionsGlobal pandemicDegree of stressExposureLight of evidenceHome routinesParenting stress
2020
Influences of early‐life stress on frontolimbic circuitry: Harnessing a dimensional approach to elucidate the effects of heterogeneity in stress exposure
Cohodes EM, Kitt ER, Baskin‐Sommers A, Gee DG. Influences of early‐life stress on frontolimbic circuitry: Harnessing a dimensional approach to elucidate the effects of heterogeneity in stress exposure. Developmental Psychobiology 2020, 63: 153-172. PMID: 32227350, DOI: 10.1002/dev.21969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life stressFrontolimbic circuitryStress exposurePhysical health problemsEffects of stressCircuit maturationGlucocorticoid receptorHealth problemsMajority of studiesMental healthExposure influencePsychobiological effectsDimensional approachEarly experienceDifferential outcomesOutcomesSubsequent vulnerabilityRiskVast heterogeneityExposureInnervationCircuitryBrainSeverityCaregivers
2019
Predicting Mental Health in Adolescence: Frontoinsular Circuitry, Emotion in Daily Life, and Risk for Depression
Gee DG, Caballero C. Predicting Mental Health in Adolescence: Frontoinsular Circuitry, Emotion in Daily Life, and Risk for Depression. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2019, 4: 684-685. PMID: 31395211, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA call for action on migrant children's mental health
Gee DG, Cohodes EM. A call for action on migrant children's mental health. The Lancet Psychiatry 2019, 6: 286. PMID: 30904123, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30094-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research