Amber Wimsatt Childs, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Training, YSM Doctoral Internship in Clinical and Community Psychology, Psychiatry
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- Demystifying treatment disposition patterns for psychiatrically high-risk youth referred for intensive outpatient psychiatric services: The role of demographics and telehealthKruger M, Barnes S, Childs A. Demystifying treatment disposition patterns for psychiatrically high-risk youth referred for intensive outpatient psychiatric services: The role of demographics and telehealth. Clinical Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2023, 28: 1435-1448. PMID: 36932876, DOI: 10.1177/13591045231165191.
- The Need for a Measurement-Based Care Professional Practice GuidelineBoswell JF, Hepner KA, Lysell K, Rothrock NE, Bott N, Childs AW, Douglas S, Owings-Fonner N, Wright CV, Stephens KA, Bard DE, Aajmain S, Bobbitt BL. The Need for a Measurement-Based Care Professional Practice Guideline. Psychotherapy 2023, 60: 1-16. PMID: 35771518, DOI: 10.1037/pst0000439.
- How Is Everyone Doing? Baseline Psychological Distress and Adaptive Functioning Among Transgender, Nonbinary, and Cis Youth Presenting for Intensive Outpatient Psychiatric ServicesChilds AW, Kaufman CC, Olezeski CL. How Is Everyone Doing? Baseline Psychological Distress and Adaptive Functioning Among Transgender, Nonbinary, and Cis Youth Presenting for Intensive Outpatient Psychiatric Services. Psychological Services 2022, 19: 541-550. PMID: 34292007, DOI: 10.1037/ser0000573.
- Using a Patient Safety/Quality Improvement Model to Assess Telehealth for Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services Among Special Populations During COVID-19 and BeyondLi L, Childs AW. Using a Patient Safety/Quality Improvement Model to Assess Telehealth for Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services Among Special Populations During COVID-19 and Beyond. Journal Of Psychiatric Practice 2021, 27: 245-253. PMID: 34398574, PMCID: PMC8318385, DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000555.
- Showing Up Is Half the Battle: The Impact of Telehealth on Psychiatric Appointment Attendance for Hospital-Based Intensive Outpatient Services During COVID-19Childs AW, Bacon SM, Klingensmith K, Li L, Unger A, Wing AM, Fortunati F. Showing Up Is Half the Battle: The Impact of Telehealth on Psychiatric Appointment Attendance for Hospital-Based Intensive Outpatient Services During COVID-19. Telemedicine Journal And E-Health 2021, 27: 835-842. PMID: 33999738, DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0028.
- Emergency conversion to telehealth in hospital-based psychiatric outpatient services: Strategy and early observationsChilds AW, Klingensmith K, Bacon SM, Li L. Emergency conversion to telehealth in hospital-based psychiatric outpatient services: Strategy and early observations. Psychiatry Research 2020, 293: 113425. PMID: 32862066, PMCID: PMC7443337, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113425.
- Rapid design and deployment of intensive outpatient, group-based psychiatric care using telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Childs AW, Unger A, Li L. Rapid design and deployment of intensive outpatient, group-based psychiatric care using telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2020, 27: 1420-1424. PMID: 32687151, PMCID: PMC7454574, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa138.
- Race influences parent report of concerns about symptoms of autism spectrum disorderDonohue MR, Childs AW, Richards M, Robins DL. Race influences parent report of concerns about symptoms of autism spectrum disorder. Autism 2017, 23: 100-111. PMID: 29100475, PMCID: PMC5930138, DOI: 10.1177/1362361317722030.
- Bidirectional Associations Between Parenting Behavior and Child Callous-Unemotional Traits: Does Parental Depression Moderate this Link?Childs AW, Fite PJ, Moore TM, Lochman JE, Pardini DA. Bidirectional Associations Between Parenting Behavior and Child Callous-Unemotional Traits: Does Parental Depression Moderate this Link? Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2014, 42: 1141-1151. PMID: 24577746, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9856-y.