Dr. Spirito is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. He conducts treatment research with depressed, suicidal, and substance-using adolescents and their parents.
| Thompson, Elizabeth C., Visser, Katherine Frost, Schiffman, Jason, Spirito, Anthony, Hunt, Jeffrey, Wolff, Jennifer C. "Preliminary evidence supporting the practice of psychosis-risk screening within an inpatient psychiatric setting serving adolescents." Psychiatry Research, vol. 307, 2022, pp. 114322. |
| Kavanaugh, Brian C., Fryc, Alexa, Temereanca, Simona, Tirrell, Eric, Oberman, Lindsay, Carpenter, Linda L., Spirito, Anthony. "A preliminary investigation of childhood anxiety/depressive symptomatology and working memory across multiple units of analysis." Psychiatry Research, vol. 298, 2021, pp. 113786. |
| Linakis JG, Thomas SA, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Richards R, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Dean JM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux MC, Mull CC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Shenoi RP, Suffoletto B, Vance C, Spirito A, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Adolescent alcohol use predicts cannabis use over a three year follow-up period." Substance Abuse, 2021, pp. 1-6. |
| Spirito, Anthony, Webb, Margaret, Cheek, Shayna, Wolff, Jennifer, Esposito-Smythers, Christianne. "An Update on the Latest Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents." Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, vol. 8, no. 2, 2021, pp. 64-76. |
| Lawrence, Hannah R., Nesi, Jacqueline, Burke, Taylor A., Liu, Richard T., Spirito, Anthony, Hunt, Jeffrey, Wolff, Jennifer C. "Correction to: Suicidal Mental Imagery in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents." Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, vol. 49, no. 8, 2021, pp. 1111. |
| López R Jr, Follet L, Defayette AB, Whitmyre ED, Wolff J, Spirito A, Esposito-Smythers C. "Depression-related emotional problems mediate the relation between hopelessness and suicidal ideation severity." Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 77, no. 12, 2021, pp. 2978-2993. |
| Kemp K, Webb M, Vieira A, Pederson CA, Spirito A. "Do suicidal thoughts and behavior persist following juvenile justice involvement?." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 51, no. 6, 2021, pp. 1148-1158. |
| Kemp, Kathleen, Pederson, Casey A., Webb, Margaret, Williamson, Shannon, Elwy, A. Rani, Spirito, Anthony. "Feasibility and acceptability of a brief suicide intervention for youth involved with the family court." Behavioral Sciences & the Law, vol. 39, no. 1, 2021, pp. 26-43. |
| Nesi, Jacqueline, Burke, Taylor A., Lawrence, Hannah R., MacPherson, Heather A., Spirito, Anthony, Wolff, Jennifer C. "Online Self-Injury Activities among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents: Prevalence, Functions, and Perceived Consequences." Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, vol. 49, no. 4, 2021, pp. 519-531. |
| Becker, Sara J., Helseth, Sarah A., Janssen, Tim, Kelly, Lourah M., Escobar, Katherine I., Souza, Timothy, Wright, Thomas, Spirito, Anthony. "Parent SMART (Substance Misuse in Adolescents in Residential Treatment): Pilot randomized trial of a technology-assisted parenting intervention." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 127, 2021, pp. 108457. |
| MacPherson HA, Wolff J, Nestor B, Frazier E, Massing-Schaffer M, Graves H, Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A. "Parental Monitoring Predicts Depressive Symptom and Suicidal Ideation Outcomes in Adolescents Being Treated for Co-Occurring Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders." Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 284, 2021, pp. 190-198. |
| Spirito A, Nestor B, Massing-Schaffer M, Esposito-Smythers C, Stout R, Frazier E, Gomez J, Graves H, Yen S, Hunt J, Wolff J. "Predictors and moderators of marijuana and heavy alcohol use outcomes in adolescents treated for co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders in a randomized controlled trial." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 131, 2021, pp. 108536. |
| Kemp, Kathleen, Webb, Margaret, Wolff, Jennifer, Affleck, Katelyn, Casamassima, Joseph, Weinstock, Lauren, Spirito, Anthony. "Screening and Brief Intervention for Psychiatric and Suicide Risk in the Juvenile Justice System: Findings from an Open Trial." Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, vol. 6, no. 3, 2021, pp. 410-419. |
| Lawrence, Hannah R., Nesi, Jaqueline, Burke, Taylor A., Liu, Richard T., Spirito, Anthony, Hunt, Jeffrey, Wolff, Jennifer C. "Suicidal Mental Imagery in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents." Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, vol. 49, no. 3, 2021, pp. 393-399. |
| López R Jr, Brick LA, Defayette AB, Whitmyre ED, Wolff J, Frazier E, Spirito A, Esposito-Smythers C. "Depressive symptom severity mediates the association between avoidant problem-solving style and suicidal ideation." Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 274, 2020, pp. 662-670. |
| Wolff, Jennifer C., Garcia, Abbe, Kelly, Lourah M., Frazier, Elisabeth A., Jones, Richard N., Spirito, Anthony. "Feasibility of decision rule-based treatment of comorbid youth: A pilot randomized control trial." Behaviour Research and Therapy, vol. 131, 2020, pp. 103625. |
| Helseth, Sarah A., Escobar, Katherine I., Clark, Melissa A., Spirito, Anthony, Becker, Sara J. "Marketing therapy to parents concerned about adolescent substance use: Association of adolescent problems and parent preferences for direct-to-consumer marketing." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, vol. 51, no. 1, 2020, pp. 68-76. |
| Kavanaugh BC, Cancilliere MK, Fryc A, Tirrell E, Oliveira J, Oberman LM, Wexler BE, Carpenter LL, Spirito A. "Measurement of executive functioning with the National Institute of Health Toolbox and the association to anxiety/depressive symptomatology in childhood/adolescence." Child Neuropsychology, vol. 26, no. 6, 2020, pp. 1-16. |
| Kavanaugh BC, Cancilliere MK, Spirito A. "Neurocognitive heterogeneity across the spectrum of psychopathology: need for improved approaches to deficit detection and intervention." CNS Spectrums, vol. 25, no. 3, 2020, pp. 436-444. |
| Thomas SA, Brick LA, Micalizzi L, Wolff JC, Frazier EA, Graves H, Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A. "Parent-adolescent relationship characteristics and adolescent cannabis use: A growth curve analysis." The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 46, no. 5, 2020, pp. 659-669. |
| Mello MJ, Becker SJ, Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Wills H, Barczyk A, Lee L, Pruitt C, Ebel BE, Zonfrillo MR, Nimaja E, Scott K, Kiragu A, Nasr IW, Aidlen JT, Maxson RT, Baird J. "Screening Adolescent Trauma Patients for Substance Use at 10 Pediatric Trauma Centers." Journal of Trauma Nursing, vol. 27, no. 6, 2020, pp. 313-318. |
| Chernick LS, Chun TH, Richards R, Bromberg JR, Ahmad FA, McAninch B, Mull C, Shenoi R, Suffoletto B, Casper C, Linakis J, Spirito A, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). "Sex Without Contraceptives in a Multicenter Study of Adolescent Emergency Department Patients." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 27, no. 4, 2020, pp. 283-290. |
| Yen S, Ranney ML, Krek M, Peters JR, Mereish EH, Tezanos KM, Kahler CW, Solomon J, Beard C, Spirito A. "Skills to Enhance Positivity in Suicidal Adolescents: Results from a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial." The Journal of Positive Psychology, vol. 15, no. 3, 2020, pp. 1-14. |
| Thompson E, Spirito A, Frazier E, Thompson A, Hunt J, Wolff J. "Suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB) and psychosis-risk symptoms among psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents." Schizophrenia Research, 2020. |
| Ranney ML, Pittman SK, Riese A, Koehler C, Ybarra M, Cunningham R, Spirito A, Rosen RK. "What Counts?: A Qualitative Study of Adolescents' Lived Experience With Online Victimization and Cyberbullying." Academic Pediatrics, vol. 20, no. 4, 2020, pp. 485-492. |
| Hernandez, Lynn, Cancilliere, Mary Kathryn, Graves, Hannah, Spirito, Anthony. "A Randomized Pilot Study Comparing the Efficacy of a Therapist-Delivered Motivational Interview to a Brief Computer-Delivered Intervention." The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 29-36. |
| Ranney, Megan L., Patena, John V., Dunsiger, Shira, Spirito, Anthony, Cunningham, Rebecca M., Boyer, Edward, Nugent, Nicole R. "A technology-augmented intervention to prevent peer violence and depressive symptoms among at-risk emergency department adolescents: Protocol for a randomized control trial." Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 82, 2019, pp. 106-114. |
| McManama O'Brien KH, Battalen AW, Sellers CM, Spirito A, Yen S, Maneta E, Ryan CA, Braciszeweski JM. "An mHealth approach to extend a brief intervention for adolescent alcohol use and suicidal behavior: Qualitative analyses of adolescent and parent feedback." Journal of technology in human services, vol. 37, no. 4, 2019, pp. 255-285. |
| Esposito‐Smythers, Christianne, Wolff, Jennifer C., Liu, Richard T., Hunt, Jeffrey I., Adams, Leah, Kim, Kerri, Frazier, Elisabeth A., Yen, Shirley, Dickstein, Daniel P., Spirito, Anthony. "Family-focused cognitive behavioral treatment for depressed adolescents in suicidal crisis with co-occurring risk factors: a randomized trial." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 60, no. 10, 2019, pp. 1133-1141. |
| King CA, Grupp-Phelan J, Brent D, Dean JM, Webb M, Bridge JA, Spirito A, Chernick LS, Mahabee-Gittens EM, Mistry RD, Rea M, Keller A, Rogers A, Shenoi R, Cwik M, Busby DR, Casper TC, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Predicting 3-month risk for adolescent suicide attempts among pediatric emergency department patients." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 60, no. 10, 2019, pp. 1055-1064. |
| Shenoi RP, Linakis JG, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Richards R, Mello MJ, Chun TH, Spirito A, PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE APPLIED RESEARCH NETWORK. "Predictive Validity of the CRAFFT for Substance Use Disorder." Pediatrics, vol. 144, no. 2, 2019. |
| Wolford‐Clevenger, Caitlin, Stuart, Gregory L., Elledge, Lawrence Christian, McNulty, James K., Spirito, Anthony. "Proximal Correlates of Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors: A Test of the Interpersonal‐Psychological Theory of Suicide." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2019. |
| Linakis JG, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Ingebretsen H, Spirito A, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Reliability and Validity of the Newton Screen for Alcohol and Cannabis Misuse in a Pediatric Emergency Department Sample." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 210, 2019, pp. 154-160.e1. |
| Peters, Jessica R., Mereish, Ethan H., Krek, Maya A., Chuong, Adam, Ranney, Megan L., Solomon, Joel, Spirito, Anthony, Yen, Shirley. "Sexual orientation differences in non-suicidal self-injury, suicidality, and psychosocial factors among an inpatient psychiatric sample of adolescents." Psychiatry Research, vol. 284, 2019, pp. 112664. |
| McManama O’Brien, Kimberly H., Aguinaldo, Laika D., White, Erina, Sellers, Christina M., Spirito, Anthony. "A Brief Alcohol Intervention During Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization for Suicidal Adolescents." Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, vol. 25, no. 1, 2018, pp. 22-31. |
| Sellers CM, McManama O'Brien KH, Hernandez L, Spirito A. "Adolescent Alcohol Use: The Effects of Parental Knowledge, Peer Substance Use, and Peer Tolerance of Use." Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, vol. 9, no. 1, 2018, pp. 69-87. |
| Cancilliere, Mary Kathryn, Spirito, Anthony, Monti, Peter, Barnett, Nancy. "Brief alcohol interventions for youth in the emergency department: Exploring proximal and distal outcomes." Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, vol. 27, no. 5-6, 2018, pp. 311-321. |
| Ranney ML, Pittman SK, Dunsiger S, Guthrie KM, Spirito A, Boyer EW, Cunningham RM. "Emergency department text messaging for adolescent violence and depression prevention: A pilot randomized controlled trial." Psychological Services, vol. 15, no. 4, 2018, pp. 419-428. |
| Ranney, Megan L., Pittman, Sarah K., Dunsiger, Shira, Guthrie, Kate M., Spirito, Anthony, Boyer, Edward W., Cunningham, Rebecca M. "Emergency department text messaging for adolescent violence and depression prevention: A pilot randomized controlled trial." Psychological Services, vol. 15, no. 4, 2018, pp. 419-428. |
| Mello, Michael J., Bromberg, Julie R., Baird, Janette, Wills, Hale, Gaines, Barbara A., Lapidus, Garry, Ranney, Megan L., Parnagian, Christina, Spirito, Anthony. "Feasibility and Acceptability of an Electronic Parenting Skills Intervention for Parents of Alcohol-Using Adolescent Trauma Patients." Telemedicine and e-Health, 2018. |
| McManama O'Brien KH, Sellers CM, Battalen AW, Ryan CA, Maneta EK, Aguinaldo LD, White E, Spirito A. "Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a brief alcohol intervention for suicidal adolescents in inpatient psychiatric treatment." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 94, 2018, pp. 105-112. |
| Mello MJ, Becker SJ, Bromberg J, Baird J, Zonfrillo MR, Spirito A. "Implementing Alcohol Misuse SBIRT in a National Cohort of Pediatric Trauma Centers-a type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial." Implementation science : IS, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, pp. 35. |
| Ranney, Megan L., Bromberg, Julie, Hozey, Alyssa, Casper, T. Charles, Mello, Michael J., Spirito, Anthony, Chun, Thomas H., Linakis, James G. "Problem Behaviors and Psychological Distress Among Teens Seen in a National Sample of Emergency Departments." Academic Pediatrics, vol. 18, no. 6, 2018, pp. 650-654. |
| Peters, Jessica R., Mereish, Ethan H., Solomon, Joel B., Spirito, Anthony S., Yen, Shirley. "Suicide Ideation in Adolescents Following Inpatient Hospitalization: Examination of Intensity and Lability Over 6 Months." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2018. |
| Yurasek, Ali M., Brick, Leslie, Nestor, Bridget, Hernandez, Lynn, Graves, Hannah, Spirito, Anthony. "The Effects of Parent, Sibling and Peer Substance Use on Adolescent Drinking Behaviors." Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2018, pp. 73-83. |
| Ranney, Megan, Pittman, Sarah, Dunsiger, Shira, Guthrie, Kate, Spirito, Anthony, Boyer, Edward, Cunningham, Rebecca. "45 Reducing peer violence and depressive symptoms among at-risk youth through an ed-initiated text-message intervention." Oral presentations, 2017. |
| Spirito, Anthony, Hernandez, Lynn, Marceau, Kristine, Cancilliere, Mary Kathryn, Barnett, Nancy P., Graves, Hannah R., Rodriguez, Ana Maria, Knopik, Valerie S. "Effects of a brief, parent-focused intervention for substance using adolescents and their sibling." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 77, 2017, pp. 156-165. |
| Kelly LM, Becker SJ, Wolff JC, Graves H, Spirito A. "Interactive Effect of Parent and Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms on Substance Use among Adolescents in Community Treatment." Community Mental Health Journal, vol. 53, no. 4, 2017, pp. 383-393. |
| Bromberg JR, Spirito A, Chun T, Mello MJ, Casper TC, Ahmad F, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch B, Monuteaux M, Mull CC, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Shenoi RP, Suffoletto B, Vance C, Linakis JG, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Methodology and Demographics of a Brief Adolescent Alcohol Screen Validation Study." Pediatric Emergency Care , 2017. |
| Spirito A, Hernandez L, Cancilliere MK, Graves HR, Rodriguez AM, Operario D, Jones R, Barnett NP. "Parent and Adolescent Motivational Enhancement Intervention for Substance-Using, Truant Adolescents: A Pilot Randomized Trial." Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, vol. 47, no. sup1, 2017, pp. 1-13. |
| Kelly LM, Becker SJ, Spirito A. "Parental monitoring protects against the effects of parent and adolescent depressed mood on adolescent drinking." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 75, 2017, pp. 7-11. |
| Boekamp JR, Liu RT, Martin SE, Mernick LR, DeMarco M, Spirito A. "Predictors of Partial Hospital Readmission for Young Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder." Child Psychiatry & Human Development, vol. 49, no. 4, 2017, pp. 505-511. |
| Yen, Shirley, Ranney, Megan L., Tezanos, Katherine M., Chuong, Adam, Kahler, Christopher W., Solomon, Joel B., Spirito, Anthony. "Skills to Enhance Positivity in Suicidal Adolescents: Results From an Open Development Trial." Behavior Modification, 2017, pp. 145445517748559. |
| Becker SJ, Hernandez L, Spirito A, Conrad S. "Technology-assisted intervention for parents of adolescents in residential substance use treatment: protocol of an open trial and pilot randomized trial." Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1. |
| Wolff, Jennifer C., Davis, Stephanie, Liu, Richard T., Cha, Christine B., Cheek, Shayna M., Nestor, Bridget A., Frazier, Elisabeth A., Schaffer, Maya Massing, Spirito, Anthony. "Trajectories of Suicidal Ideation among Adolescents Following Psychiatric Hospitalization." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 46, no. 2, 2017, pp. 355-363. |
| Duarté-Vélez Y, Jones RN, Spirito A. "Understanding Suicidal Ideation in Latino/a Adolescents Living in Puerto Rico." Archives of Suicide Research, vol. 22, no. 4, 2017, pp. 569-583. |
| Ranney ML, Freeman JR, Connell G, Spirito A, Boyer E, Walton M, Guthrie KM, Cunningham RM. "A Depression Prevention Intervention for Adolescents in the Emergency Department." Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 59, no. 4, 2016, pp. 401-10. |
| Jelalian, Elissa, Jandasek, Barbara, Wolff, Jennifer C., Seaboyer, Lourah M., Jones, Richard N., Spirito, Anthony. "Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Plus Healthy Lifestyle Enhancement for Depressed, Overweight/Obese Adolescents: Results of a Pilot Trial." Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, vol. 48, no. sup1, 2016, pp. 1-10. |
| Duarté-Vélez Y, Torres-Dávila P, Spirito A, Polanco N, Bernal G. "Development of a treatment protocol for Puerto Rican adolescents with suicidal behaviors." Psychotherapy, vol. 53, no. 1, 2016, pp. 45-56. |
| Duarté-Vélez, Yovanska, Torres-Dávila, Paloma, Spirito, Anthony, Polanco, Norka, Bernal, Guillermo. "Development of a treatment protocol for Puerto Rican adolescents with suicidal behaviors." Psychotherapy, vol. 53, no. 1, 2016, pp. 45-56. |
| Becker, Sara J., Midoun, Miriam M., Zeithaml, Valarie A., Clark, Melissa A., Spirito, Anthony. "Dimensions of treatment quality most valued by adolescent substance users and their caregivers." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, vol. 47, no. 2, 2016, pp. 120-129. |
| Becker, Sara J., Jones, Richard N., Hernandez, Lynn, Graves, Hannah R., Spirito, Anthony. "Moderators of Brief Motivation-Enhancing Treatments for Alcohol-Positive Adolescents Presenting to the Emergency Department." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 69, 2016, pp. 28-34. |
| Ranney ML, Patena JV, Nugent N, Spirito A, Boyer E, Zatzick D, Cunningham R. "PTSD, cyberbullying and peer violence: prevalence and correlates among adolescent emergency department patients." General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 39, 2016, pp. 32-38. |
| Spirito A, Bromberg JR, Casper TC, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Dean JM, Linakis JG, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. "Reliability and Validity of a Two-Question Alcohol Screen in the Pediatric Emergency Department." Pediatrics, vol. 138, no. 6, 2016. |
| Skeer MR, Yantsides KE, Eliasziw M, Tracy MR, Carlton-Smith AR, Spirito A. "Sociodemographic characteristics associated with frequency and duration of eating family meals: a cross-sectional analysis." SpringerPlus, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016, pp. 2062. |
| Martin SE, Liu RT, Mernick LR, DeMarco M, Cheek SM, Spirito A, Boekamp JR. "Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in psychiatrically referred young children." Psychiatry Research, vol. 246, 2016, pp. 308-313. |
| Skeer, Margie R., Yantsides, Konstantina E., Eliasziw, Misha, R. Carlton-Smith, Allison, R. Tracy, Migdalia, Spirito, Anthony. "Testing a Brief Substance Misuse Preventive Intervention for Parents of Pre-Adolescents: Feasibility, Acceptability, Preliminary Efficacy." Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 25, no. 12, 2016, pp. 3739-3748. |
| Thorsen, Margaret M., Patena, John V., Guthrie, Kate Morrow, Spirito, Anthony, Ranney, Megan L. "Using High-Risk Adolescents′ Voices to Develop a Comprehensible Cognitive Behavioral Therapy–Based Text-Message Program." Behavioral Medicine, vol. 44, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1-11. |
| Ranney ML, Thorsen M, Patena JV, Cunningham RM, Boyer EW, Walton MA, Spirito A, Zatzick DF, Morrow K. "You need to get them where they feel it": Conflicting Perspectives on How to Maximize the Structure of Text-Message Psychological Interventions for Adolescents." Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, vol. 2015, 2015, pp. 3247-3255. |
| Frazier, Elisabeth A., Liu, Richard T., Massing-Schaffer, Maya, Hunt, Jeffrey, Wolff, Jennifer, Spirito, Anthony. "Adolescent but Not Parent Report of Irritability Is Related to Suicidal Ideation in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents." Archives of Suicide Research, vol. 20, no. 2, 2015, pp. 280-289. |
| Kim, Kerri L., Cushman, Grace K., Weissman, Alexandra B., Puzia, Megan E., Wegbreit, Ezra, Tone, Erin B., Spirito, Anthony, Dickstein, Daniel P. "Behavioral and emotional responses to interpersonal stress: A comparison of adolescents engaged in non-suicidal self-injury to adolescent suicide attempters." Psychiatry Research, vol. 228, no. 3, 2015, pp. 899-906. |
| Hernandez L, Rodriguez AM, Spirito A. "Brief Family-Based Intervention for Substance Abusing Adolescents." Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 24, no. 3, 2015, pp. 585-99. |
| Spirito, Anthony, Wolff, Jennifer C., Seaboyer, Lourah M., Hunt, Jeffrey, Esposito-Smythers, Christianne, Nugent, Nicole, Zlotnick, Caron, Miller, Ivan. "Concurrent Treatment for Adolescent and Parent Depressed Mood and Suicidality: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Findings." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, vol. 25, no. 2, 2015, pp. 131-139. |
| Seymour, Karen E., Jones, Richard N., Cushman, Grace K., Galvan, Thania, Puzia, Megan E., Kim, Kerri L., Spirito, Anthony, Dickstein, Daniel P. "Emotional face recognition in adolescent suicide attempters and adolescents engaging in non-suicidal self-injury." European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 25, no. 3, 2015, pp. 247-59. |
| Spirito, Anthony, Hernandez, Lynn, Cancilliere, Mary Kathryn, Graves, Hannah, Barnett, Nancy. "Improving Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Communication to Delay or Prevent the Onset of Alcohol and Drug Use in Young Adolescents with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Pilot Trial." Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, vol. 24, no. 5, 2015, pp. 308-322. |
| Spirito A, Hernandez L, Cancilliere MK, Graves H, Knopik VS, Barnett N. "Improving Parenting and Parent-Adolescent Communication to Delay or Prevent the Onset of Alcohol and Drug Use in Young Adolescents with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Pilot Trial." Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, vol. 24, no. 5, 2015, pp. 308-322. |
| Gomez J, Becker S, O'Brien K, Spirito A. "Interactive Effect of Child Maltreatment and Substance Use on Depressed Mood Among Adolescents Presenting to Community-Based Substance Use Treatment." Community Mental Health Journal, vol. 51, no. 7, 2015, pp. 833-40. |
| Liu, Richard T., Jones, Richard N., Spirito, Anthony. "Is Adolescent Suicidal Ideation Continuous or Categorical? A Taxometric Analysis." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 43, no. 8, 2015, pp. 1459-1466. |
| O'Brien KH, Hernandez L, Spirito A. "Parental Monitoring Affects the Relationship Between Depressed Mood and Alcohol-Related Problems in Adolescents." Substance Abuse, vol. 36, no. 1, 2015, pp. 82-4. |
| Yen, Shirley, Kuehn, Kevin, Tezanos, Katherine, Weinstock, Lauren M., Solomon, Joel, Spirito, Anthony. "Perceived Family and Peer Invalidation as Predictors of Adolescent Suicidal Behaviors and Self-Mutilation." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, vol. 25, no. 2, 2015, pp. 124-130. |
| Becker, S. J., Spirito, A., Vanmali, R. "Perceptions of 'Evidence-Based Practice among the consumers of adolescent substance use treatment." Health Education Journal, vol. 75, no. 3, 2015, pp. 358-369. |
| Yen, Shirley, Kuehn, Kevin, Melvin, Caitlin, Weinstock, Lauren M., Andover, Margaret S., Selby, Edward A., Solomon, Joel B., Spirito, Anthony. "Predicting Persistence of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Suicidal Adolescents." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 46, no. 1, 2015, pp. 13-22. |
| Kim KL, Galvan T, Puzia ME, Cushman GK, Seymour KE, Vanmali R, Jones RN, Spirito A, Dickstein DP. "Psychiatric and Self-Injury Profiles of Adolescent Suicide Attempters versus Adolescents Engaged in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 45, no. 1, 2015, pp. 37-50. |
| Dickstein, Daniel P., Puzia, Megan E., Cushman, Grace K., Weissman, Alexandra B., Wegbreit, Ezra, Kim, Kerri L., Nock, Matthew K., Spirito, Anthony. "Self‐injurious implicit attitudes among adolescent suicide attempters versus those engaged in nonsuicidal self‐injury." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 56, no. 10, 2015, pp. 1127-1136. |
| Hernandez, Lynn, Cancilliere, Mary Kathryn, Graves, Hannah, Chun, Thomas H., Lewander, William, Spirito, Anthony. "Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents Treated in a Pediatric Emergency Department." Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, vol. 25, no. 2, 2015, pp. 124-133. |
| Hernandez, Lynn, Cancilliere, Mary Kathryn, Graves, Hannah, Chun, Thomas H., Lewander, William, Spirito, Anthony. "Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents Treated in a Pediatric Emergency Department." Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, vol. 25, no. 2, 2015, pp. 124-133. |
| Abar CC, Hernandez L, Rodriguez AM, Spirito A. "Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use in the Year Following a Brief Alcohol Intervention." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 76, no. 5, 2015, pp. 710-20. |
| Hernandez L, Salas-Wright CP, Graves H, Cancilliere MK, Spirito A. "A confirmatory approach to understanding the four-factor structure of the Adolescent Drinking Index: Evidence for a brief version." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 47, no. 3, 2014, pp. 239-44. |
| Ranney ML, Choo EK, Cunningham RM, Spirito A, Thorsen M, Mello MJ, Morrow K. "Acceptability, language, and structure of text message-based behavioral interventions for high-risk adolescent females: a qualitative study." Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 55, no. 1, 2014, pp. 33-40. |
| O'Brien KH, Singer JB, LeCloux M, Duarté-Vélez Y, Spirito A. "Acute behavioral interventions and outpatient treatment strategies with suicidal adolescents." International journal of behavioral and consultation therapy, vol. 9, no. 3, 2014, pp. 19-25. |
| Becker, Sara J., Swenson, Rebecca R., Esposito-Smythers, Christianne, Cataldo, Andrea M., Spirito, Anthony. "Barriers to seeking mental health services among adolescents in military families." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, vol. 45, no. 6, 2014, pp. 504-513. |
| Rizzo CJ, Esposito-Smythers C, Swenson L, Hower HM, Wolff J, Spirito A. "Dating Violence Victimization, Dispositional Aggression, and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Male and Female Adolescents." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 44, no. 3, 2014, pp. 338-351. |
| Cardemil EV, O'Donnell EH, Esposito-Smythers C, D'Eramo KS, Derrick BE, Spirito A, Grant KE, Lambert SF. "Depressive symptoms in low-income, urban adolescents: cognitive and contextual factors." Journal of prevention & intervention in the community, vol. 42, no. 3, 2014, pp. 183-95. |
| McManama O'Brien KH, Becker SJ, Spirito A, Simon V, Prinstein MJ. "Differentiating adolescent suicide attempters from ideators: examining the interaction between depression severity and alcohol use." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 44, no. 1, 2014, pp. 23-33. |
| Yen S, Fuller AK, Solomon J, Spirito A. "Follow-up treatment utilization by hospitalized suicidal adolescents." Journal of Psychiatric Practice, vol. 20, no. 5, 2014, pp. 353-62. |
| Liu, Richard T., Case, Brady G., Spirito, Anthony. "Injection drug use is associated with suicide attempts but not ideation or plans in a sample of adolescents with depressive symptoms." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 56, 2014, pp. 65-71. |
| Allwood MA, Esposito-Smythers C, Swenson LP, Spirito A. "Negative cognitions as a moderator in the relationship between PTSD and substance use in a psychiatrically hospitalized adolescent sample." Journal of Traumatic Stress , vol. 27, no. 2, 2014, pp. 208-16. |
| Wolff JC, Frazier EA, Esposito-Smythers C, Becker SJ, Burke TA, Cataldo A, Spirito A. "Negative cognitive style and perceived social support mediate the relationship between aggression and NSSI in hospitalized adolescents." Journal of Adolescence, vol. 37, no. 4, 2014, pp. 483-91. |
| Liu RT, Frazier EA, Cataldo AM, Simon VA, Spirito A, Prinstein MJ. "Negative life events and non-suicidal self-injury in an adolescent inpatient sample." Archives of Suicide Research, vol. 18, no. 3, 2014, pp. 251-8. |
| Gallagher M, Prinstein MJ, Simon V, Spirito A. "Social anxiety symptoms and suicidal ideation in a clinical sample of early adolescents: examining loneliness and social support as longitudinal mediators." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 42, no. 6, 2014, pp. 871-83. |
| Wolff, Jennifer, Esposito-Smythers, Christianne, Becker, Sara, Seaboyer, Lourah, Rizzo, Christie, Lichtenstein, David, Spirito, Anthony. "Social-Cognitive Moderators of the Relationship between Peer Victimization and Suicidal Ideation among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, vol. 23, no. 3, 2014, pp. 268-285. |
| Ranney ML, Choo EK, Spirito A, Mello MJ. "Adolescents' preference for technology-based emergency department behavioral interventions: does it depend on risky behaviors?." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 29, no. 4, 2013, pp. 475-81. |
| Yen S, Gagnon K, Spirito A. "Borderline personality disorder in suicidal adolescents." Personality and mental health, vol. 7, no. 2, 2013, pp. 89-101. |
| Wolff J, Frazier EA, Esposito-Smythers C, Burke T, Sloan E, Spirito A. "Cognitive and social factors associated with NSSI and suicide attempts in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 41, no. 6, 2013, pp. 1005-13. |
| Linakis JG, Bromberg J, Baird J, Nirenberg TD, Chun TH, Mello MJ, Jackson KM, Spirito A. "Feasibility and acceptability of a pediatric emergency department alcohol prevention intervention for young adolescents." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 29, no. 11, 2013, pp. 1180-8. |
| Yen S, Weinstock LM, Andover MS, Sheets ES, Selby EA, Spirito A. "Prospective predictors of adolescent suicidality: 6-month post-hospitalization follow-up." Psychological Medicine, vol. 43, no. 5, 2013, pp. 983-93. |
| Mansoor B, Rengasamy M, Hilton R, Porta G, He J, Spirito A, Emslie GJ, Mayes TL, Clarke G, Wagner KD, Shamseddeen W, Birmaher B, Ryan N, Brent D. "The bidirectional relationship between body mass index and treatment outcome in adolescents with treatment-resistant depression." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, vol. 23, no. 7, 2013, pp. 458-67. |
| Selby EA, Yen S, Spirito A. "Time varying prediction of thoughts of death and suicidal ideation in adolescents: weekly ratings over 6-month follow-up." Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, vol. 42, no. 4, 2013, pp. 481-95. |
| Lipschitz JM, Yen S, Weinstock LM, Spirito A. "Adolescent and caregiver perception of family functioning: relation to suicide ideation and attempts." Psychiatry Research, vol. 200, no. 2-3, 2012, pp. 400-3. |
| McMakin DL, Olino TM, Porta G, Dietz LJ, Emslie G, Clarke G, Wagner KD, Asarnow JR, Ryan ND, Birmaher B, Shamseddeen W, Mayes T, Kennard B, Spirito A, Keller M, Lynch FL, Dickerson JF, Brent DA. "Anhedonia predicts poorer recovery among youth with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment-resistant depression." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 51, no. 4, 2012, pp. 404-11. |
| Maalouf, Fadi T., Porta, Giovanna, Vitiello, Benedetto, Emslie, Graham, Mayes, Taryn, Clarke, Gregory, Wagner, Karen D., Asarnow, Joan Rosenbaum, Spirito, Anthony, Keller, Martin, Birmaher, Boris, Ryan, Neal, Shamseddeen, Wael, Iyengar, Satish, Brent, David. "Do sub-syndromal manic symptoms influence outcome in treatment resistant depression in adolescents? A latent class analysis from the TORDIA study." Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 138, no. 1-2, 2012, pp. 86-95. |
| McQuaid EL, Spirito A. "Integrating research into clinical internship training bridging the science/practice gap in pediatric psychology." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 37, no. 2, 2012, pp. 149-57. |
| Nargiso JE, Becker SJ, Wolff JC, Uhl KM, Simon V, Spirito A, Prinstein MJ. "Psychological, peer, and family influences on smoking among an adolescent psychiatric sample." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 42, no. 3, 2012, pp. 310-8. |
| Becker SJ, Nargiso JE, Wolff JC, Uhl KM, Simon VA, Spirito A, Prinstein MJ. "Temporal relationship between substance use and delinquent behavior among young psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 43, no. 2, 2012, pp. 251-9. |
| Becker SJ, Spirito A, Hernandez L, Barnett NP, Eaton CA, Lewander W, Rohsenow DJ, Monti PM. "Trajectories of adolescent alcohol use after brief treatment in an Emergency Department." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 125, no. 1-2, 2012, pp. 103-9. |
| Esposito-Smythers C, Walsh A, Spirito A, Rizzo C, Goldston DB, Kaminer Y. "Working With the Suicidal Client Who Also Abuses Substances." Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, vol. 19, no. 2, 2012, pp. 245-255. |
| Jelalian E, Spirito A, Rasile D, Nobile C. "Behavioral factors associated with self-reported injury in young adolescent males." International journal of adolescent medicine and health, vol. 13, no. 2, 2011, pp. 155-68. |
| Chun TH, Spirito A, Rakowski W, D'Onofrio G, Woolard RH. "Beliefs and practices of pediatric emergency physicians and nurses regarding counseling alcohol-using adolescents: can counseling practice be predicted?." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 27, no. 9, 2011, pp. 812-25. |
| Spirito A, Esposito-Smythers C, Wolff J, Uhl K. "Cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescent depression and suicidality." Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 191-204. |
| Lynch FL, Dickerson JF, Clarke G, Vitiello B, Porta G, Wagner KD, Emslie G, Asarnow JR Jr, Keller MB, Birmaher B, Ryan ND, Kennard B, Mayes T, DeBar L, McCracken JT, Strober M, Suddath RL, Spirito A, Onorato M, Zelazny J, Iyengar S, Brent D. "Incremental cost-effectiveness of combined therapy vs medication only for youth with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-resistant depression: treatment of SSRI-resistant depression in adolescents trial findings." Archives of General Psychiatry , vol. 68, no. 3, 2011, pp. 253-62. |
| Spirito A, Sindelar-Manning H, Colby SM, Barnett NP, Lewander W, Rohsenow DJ, Monti PM. "Individual and family motivational interventions for alcohol-positive adolescents treated in an emergency department: results of a randomized clinical trial." Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, vol. 165, no. 3, 2011, pp. 269-74. |
| Esposito-Smythers C, Wolff J, Lemmon KM, Bodzy M, Swenson RR, Spirito A. "Military youth and the deployment cycle: emotional health consequences and recommendations for intervention." Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 25, no. 4, 2011, pp. 497-507. |
| Spirito A, Simon V, Cancilliere MK, Stein R, Norcott C, Loranger K, Prinstein MJ. "Outpatient psychotherapy practice with adolescents following psychiatric hospitalization for suicide ideation or a suicide attempt." Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, vol. 16, no. 1, 2011, pp. 53-64. |
| Topor DR, Swenson LP, Liguori GM, Spirito A, Lowenhaupt EA, Hunt JI. "Problematic video game use scale: initial psychometric properties with psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 72, no. 12, 2011, pp. 1611-5. |
| Asarnow JR, Porta G, Spirito A, Emslie G, Clarke G, Wagner KD, Vitiello B, Keller M, Birmaher B, McCracken J, Mayes T, Berk M, Brent DA. "Suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury in the treatment of resistant depression in adolescents: findings from the TORDIA study." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 50, no. 8, 2011, pp. 772-81. |
| Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A, Kahler CW, Hunt J, Monti P. "Treatment of co-occurring substance abuse and suicidality among adolescents: a randomized trial." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 79, no. 6, 2011, pp. 728-39. |
| Fairlie AM, Chun TH, Hernández L, Sindelar-Manning H, Eaton CA, Lewander W, Spirito A. "Alcohol Use History Differentiates Adolescents Treated in the Emergency Department After an Alcohol-Related Incident." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 26, no. 6, 2010, pp. 417-23. |
| Lichtenstein DP, Spirito A, Zimmermann RP. "Assessing and treating co-occurring disorders in adolescents: examining typical practice of community-based mental health and substance use treatment providers." Community Mental Health Journal, vol. 46, no. 3, 2010, pp. 252-7. |
| Hernandez L, Eaton CA, Fairlie AM, Chun TH, Spirito A. "Ethnic group differences in substance use, depression, peer relationships, and parenting among adolescents receiving brief alcohol counseling." Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, vol. 9, no. 1, 2010, pp. 14-27. |
| Epstein JA, Spirito A. "Gender-specific risk factors for suicidality among high school students." Archives of Suicide Research, vol. 14, no. 3, 2010, pp. 193-205. |
| Vitiello, Benedetto, Emslie, Graham, Clarke, Gregory, Wagner, Karen Dineen, Asarnow, Joan R., Keller, Martin B., Birmaher, Boris, Ryan, Neal D., Kennard, Betsy, Mayes, Taryn L., DeBar, Lynn, Lynch, Frances, Dickerson, John, Strober, Michael, Suddath, Robert, McCracken, James T., Spirito, Anthony, Onorato, Matthew, Zelazny, Jamie, Porta, Giovanna, Iyengar, Satish, Brent, David A. "Long-term outcome of adolescent depression initially resistant to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment: a follow-up study of the TORDIA sample." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 72, no. 3, 2010, pp. 388-96. |
| Prinstein MJ, Heilbron N, Guerry JD, Franklin JC, Rancourt D, Simon V, Spirito A. "Peer influence and nonsuicidal self injury: longitudinal results in community and clinically-referred adolescent samples." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 38, no. 5, 2010, pp. 669-82. |
| Rizzo CJ, Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A, Thompson A. "Psychiatric and Cognitive Functioning in Adolescent Inpatients with Histories of Dating Violence Victimization." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, vol. 19, no. 5, 2010, pp. 565-583. |
| Chun TH, Spirito A, Hernández L, Fairlie AM, Sindelar-Manning H, Eaton CA, Lewander WJ. "The significance of marijuana use among alcohol-using adolescent emergency department patients." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 17, no. 1, 2010, pp. 63-71. |
| Emslie GJ, Mayes T, Porta G, Vitiello B, Clarke G, Wagner KD, Asarnow JR, Spirito A, Birmaher B, Ryan N, Kennard B, DeBar L, McCracken J, Strober M, Onorato M, Zelazny J, Keller M, Iyengar S, Brent D. "Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescents (TORDIA): Week 24 Outcomes." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 167, no. 7, 2010, pp. 782-791. |
| Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A, Rizzo C, McGeary JE, Knopik VS. "Associations of the DRD2 TaqIA polymorphism with impulsivity and substance use: preliminary results from a clinical sample of adolescents." Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, vol. 93, no. 3, 2009, pp. 306-12. |
| Garvey KA, Penn JV, Campbell AL, Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A. "Contracting for safety with patients: clinical practice and forensic implications." The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, vol. 37, no. 3, 2009, pp. 363-70. |
| Kennard BD, Clarke GN, Weersing VR, Asarnow JR, Shamseddeen W, Porta G, Berk M, Hughes JL, Spirito A, Emslie GJ, Keller MB, Wagner KD, Brent DA. "Effective components of TORDIA cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescent depression: preliminary findings." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 77, no. 6, 2009, pp. 1033-41. |
| Larkin GL, Beautrais AL, Spirito A, Kirrane BM, Lippmann MJ, Milzman DP. "Mental health and emergency medicine: a research agenda." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 16, no. 11, 2009, pp. 1110-9. |
| Brent, David A., Emslie, Graham J., Clarke, Greg N., Asarnow, Joan, Spirito, Anthony, Ritz, Louise, Vitiello, Benedetto, Iyengar, Satish, Birmaher, Boris, Ryan, Neal D., Zelazny, Jamie, Onorato, Matthew, Kennard, Betsy, Mayes, Taryn L., DeBar, Lynn L., McCracken, James T., Strober, Michael, Suddath, Robert, Leonard, Henrietta, Porta, Giovanna, Keller, Martin B. "Predictors of Spontaneous and Systematically Assessed Suicidal Adverse Events in the Treatment of SSRI-Resistant Depression in Adolescents (TORDIA) Study." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 166, no. 4, 2009, pp. 418-26. |
| Epstein JA, Spirito A. "Risk factors for suicidality among a nationally representative sample of high school students." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 39, no. 3, 2009, pp. 241-51. |
| Spirito A, Abebe KZ, Iyengar S, Brent D, Vitiello B, Clarke G, Wagner KD, Asarnow J, Emslie G, Keller M. "Sources of site differences in the efficacy of a multisite clinical trial: the Treatment of SSRI-Resistant Depression in Adolescents." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 77, no. 3, 2009, pp. 439-50. |
| Goldstein BI, Shamseddeen W, Spirito A, Emslie G, Clarke G, Wagner KD, Asarnow JR, Vitiello B, Ryan N, Birmaher B, Mayes T, Onorato M, Zelazny J, Brent DA. "Substance use and the treatment of resistant depression in adolescents." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 48, no. 12, 2009, pp. 1182-92. |
| Asarnow JR, Emslie G, Clarke G, Wagner KD, Spirito A, Vitiello B, Iyengar S, Shamseddeen W, Ritz L, Mccracken J, Strober M, Suddath R, Leonard H, Porta G, Keller M, Brent D. "Treatment of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-resistant depression in adolescents: predictors and moderators of treatment response." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 48, no. 3, 2009, pp. 330-9. |
| Esposito-Smythers C, Penn JV, Stein LA, Lacher-Katz M, Spirito A. "A Test of Problem Behavior and Self-Medication Theories in Incarcerated Adolescent Males." Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, vol. 17, no. 4, 2008, pp. 41. |
| Sindelar-Manning H, Lewander W, Chun T, Barnett N, Spirito A. "Emergency department detection of adolescents with a history of alcohol abuse and alcohol problems." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 24, no. 7, 2008, pp. 457-61. |
| Prinstein MJ, Nock MK, Simon V, Aikins JW, Cheah CS, Spirito A. "Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts following inpatient hospitalization." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 76, no. 1, 2008, pp. 92-103. |
| Chun TH, Sindelar-Manning H, Eaton CA, Lewander WJ, Spirito A. "Parental factors influence teen alcohol use after an emergency department visit." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 24, no. 10, 2008, pp. 668-72. |
| Swenson LP, Spirito A, Dyl J, Kittler J, Hunt JI. "Psychiatric correlates of nonsuicidal cutting behaviors in an adolescent inpatient sample." Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, vol. 39, no. 4, 2008, pp. 427-38. |
| Brent D, Emslie G, Clarke G, Wagner KD, Asarnow JR, Keller M, Vitiello B, Ritz L, Iyengar S, Abebe K, Birmaher B, Ryan N, Kennard B, Hughes C, DeBar L, McCracken J, Strober M, Suddath R, Spirito A, Leonard H, Melhem N, Porta G, Onorato M, Zelazny J. "Switching to another SSRI or to venlafaxine with or without cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with SSRI-resistant depression: the TORDIA randomized controlled trial." JAMA, vol. 299, no. 8, 2008, pp. 901-13. |
| McGeary JE, Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A, Monti PM. "Associations of the dopamine D4 receptor gene VNTR polymorphism with drug use in adolescent psychiatric inpatients." Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, vol. 86, no. 2, 2007, pp. 401-6. |
| Boergers J, Hart C, Owens JA, Streisand R, Spirito A. "Child sleep disorders: associations with parental sleep duration and daytime sleepiness." Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 21, no. 1, 2007, pp. 88-94. |
| Monti PM, Barnett NP, Colby SM, Gwaltney CJ, Spirito A, Rohsenow DJ, Woolard R. "Motivational interviewing versus feedback only in emergency care for young adult problem drinking." Addiction, vol. 102, no. 8, 2007, pp. 1234-43. |
| Eltz M, Evans AS, Celio M, Dyl J, Hunt J, Armstrong L, Spirito A. "Suicide probability scale and its utility with adolescent psychiatric patients." Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, vol. 38, no. 1, 2007, pp. 17-29. |
| Swenson LP, Esposito-Smythers C, Hunt JI, Hollander BL, Dyl J, Rizzo CJ, Steinley DL, Spirito A. "Validation of the Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (ChIPS) with psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 46, no. 11, 2007, pp. 1482-90. |
| Spirito A, Esposito-Smythers C. "Attempted and completed suicide in adolescence." Annual review of clinical psychology, vol. 2, 2006, pp. 237-66. |
| Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A, Uth R, LaChance H. "Cognitive behavioral treatment for suicidal alcohol abusing adolescents: development and pilot testing." The American Journal on Addictions, vol. 15 Suppl 1, 2006, pp. 126-30. |
| Fairlie AM, Sindelar HA, Eaton CA, Spirito A. "Utility of the AUDIT for screening adolescents for problematic alcohol use in the emergency department." International journal of adolescent medicine and health, vol. 18, no. 1, 2006, pp. 115-22. |
| Colby SM, Monti PM, O'Leary Tevyaw T, Barnett NP, Spirito A, Rohsenow DJ, Riggs S, Lewander W. "Brief motivational intervention for adolescent smokers in medical settings." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 30, no. 5, 2005, pp. 865-74. |
| Hunt JI, Dyl J, Armstrong L, Litvin E, Sheeran T, Spirito A. "Frequency of manic symptoms and bipolar disorder in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents using the K-SADS Mania Rating Scale." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, vol. 15, no. 6, 2005, pp. 918-30. |
| Penn JV, Esposito C, Stein LA, Lacher-Katz M, Spirito A. "Juvenile Correctional Workers' Perceptions of Suicide Risk Factors and Mental Health Issues of Incarcerated Juveniles." Journal of Correctional Health Care, vol. 11, no. 4, 2005, pp. 333-346. |
| Donaldson D, Spirito A, Esposito-Smythers C. "Treatment for adolescents following a suicide attempt: results of a pilot trial." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 44, no. 2, 2005, pp. 113-20. |
| Esposito-Smythers C, Jobes DA, Lester D, Spirito A. "A case study on adolescent suicide: Tim." Archives of Suicide Research, vol. 8, no. 2, 2004, pp. 187-97. |
| Spirito A, Monti PM, Barnett NP, Colby SM, Sindelar H, Rohsenow DJ, Lewander W, Myers M. "A randomized clinical trial of a brief motivational intervention for alcohol-positive adolescents treated in an emergency department." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 145, no. 3, 2004, pp. 396-402. |
| Sindelar HA, Barnett NP, Spirito A. "Adolescent alcohol use and injury. A summary and critical review of the literature." Minerva pediatrica, vol. 56, no. 3, 2004, pp. 291-309. |
| Esposito-Smythers C, Spirito A. "Adolescent substance use and suicidal behavior: a review with implications for treatment research." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 28, no. 5 Suppl, 2004, pp. 77S-88S. |
| Sindelar HA, Abrantes AM, Hart C, Lewander W, Spirito A. "Motivational interviewing in pediatric practice." Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care, vol. 34, no. 9, 2004, pp. 322-39. |
| D'Eramo KS, Prinstein MJ, Freeman J, Grapentine WL, Spirito A. "Psychiatric diagnoses and comorbidity in relation to suicidal behavior among psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents." Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, vol. 35, no. 1, 2004, pp. 21-35. |
| Esposito C, Spirito A, Boergers J, Donaldson D. "Affective, behavioral, and cognitive functioning in adolescents with multiple suicide attempts." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 33, no. 4, 2003, pp. 389-99. |
| Barnett NP, Monti PM, Spirito A, Colby SM, Rohsenow DJ, Ruffolo L, Woolard R. "Alcohol use and related harm among older adolescents treated in an emergency department: the importance of alcohol status and college status." J. Stud. Alcohol, vol. 64, no. 3, 2003, pp. 342-9. |
| Spirito A, Valeri S, Boergers J, Donaldson D. "Predictors of continued suicidal behavior in adolescents following a suicide attempt." Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, vol. 32, no. 2, 2003, pp. 284-9. |
| Stanton C, Spirito A, Donaldson D, Boergers J. "Risk-taking behavior and adolescent suicide attempts." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 33, no. 1, 2003, pp. 74-9. |
| Spirito A, Brown RT, D'Angelo E, Delamater A, Rodrigue J, Siegel L. "Society of pediatric psychology task force report: recommendations for the training of pediatric psychologists." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 28, no. 2, 2003, pp. 85-98. |
| Penn JV, Esposito CL, Schaeffer LE, Fritz GK, Spirito A. "Suicide attempts and self-mutilative behavior in a juvenile correctional facility." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 42, no. 7, 2003, pp. 762-9. |
| Spirito A, Overholser J. "The suicidal child: assessment and management of adolescents after a suicide attempt." Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 12, no. 4, 2003, pp. 649-65, vi. |
| Nash JM, Collins BN, Loughlin SE, Solbrig M, Harvey R, Krishnan-Sarin S, Unger J, Miner C, Rukstalis M, Shenassa E, Dubé C, Spirito A. "Training the transdisciplinary scientist: a general framework applied to tobacco use behavior." Nicotine & Tobacco Research, vol. 5 Suppl 1, 2003, pp. S41-53. |
| Spirito A, Boergers J, Donaldson D, Bishop D, Lewander W. "An intervention trial to improve adherence to community treatment by adolescents after a suicide attempt." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 41, no. 4, 2002, pp. 435-42. |
| D'Amico EJ, Barnett NP, Monti PM, Colby SM, Spirito A, Rohsenow DJ. "Does alcohol use mediate the association between alcohol evaluations and alcohol-related problems in adolescents?." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 16, no. 2, 2002, pp. 157-60. |
| Spirito A. "Group treatment plus usual care decreased the risk of deliberate self harm in adolescents who repeatedly harm themselves." Evidence Based Mental Health, vol. 5, no. 2, 2002, pp. 55. |
| Perez-Smith A, Spirito A, Boergers J. "Neighborhood predictors of hopelessness among adolescent suicide attempters: preliminary investigation." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 32, no. 2, 2002, pp. 139-45. |
| Colby SM, Barnett NP, Eaton CA, Spirito A, Woolard R, Lewander W, Rohsenow DJ, Monti PM. "Potential biases in case detection of alcohol involvement among adolescents in an emergency department." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 18, no. 5, 2002, pp. 350-4. |
| Barnett NP, Lebeau-Craven R, O'Leary TA, Colby SM, Rohsenow DJ, Monti PM, Woolard R, Spirito A. "Predictors of motivation to change after medical treatment for drinking-related events in adolescents." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 16, no. 2, 2002, pp. 106-12. |
| Stein LA, Colby SM, O'Leary TA, Monti PM, Rohsenow DJ, Spirito A, Riggs S, Barnett NP. "Response distortion in adolescents who smoke: a pilot study." Journal of Drug Education, vol. 32, no. 4, 2002, pp. 271-86. |
| Spirito A, Stanton C, Donaldson D, Boergers J. "Treatment-as-usual for adolescent suicide attempters: implications for the choice of comparison groups in psychotherapy research." Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, vol. 31, no. 1, 2002, pp. 41-7. |
| Spirito A, Barnett NP, Lewander W, Colby SM, Rohsenow DJ, Eaton CA, Monti PM. "Risks associated with alcohol-positive status among adolescents in the emergency department: a matched case-control study." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 139, no. 5, 2001, pp. 694-9. |
| Guertin T, Lloyd-Richardson E, Spirito A, Donaldson D, Boergers J. "Self-mutilative behavior in adolescents who attempt suicide by overdose." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 40, no. 9, 2001, pp. 1062-9. |
| Jelalian E, Alday S, Spirito A, Rasile D, Nobile C. "Adolescent motor vehicle crashes: the relationship between behavioral factors and self-reported injury." Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 27, no. 2, 2000, pp. 84-93. |
| Spirito A, Jelalian E, Rasile D, Rohrbeck C, Vinnick L. "Adolescent risk taking and self-reported injuries associated with substance use." The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 26, no. 1, 2000, pp. 113-23. |
| Owens J, Spirito A, Marcotte A, McGuinn M, Berkelhammer L. "Neuropsychological and Behavioral Correlates of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Children: A Preliminary Study." Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, vol. 4, no. 2, 2000, pp. 67-78. |
| Chung T, Colby SM, Barnett NP, Rohsenow DJ, Spirito A, Monti PM. "Screening adolescents for problem drinking: performance of brief screens against DSM-IV alcohol diagnoses." J. Stud. Alcohol, vol. 61, no. 4, 2000, pp. 579-87. |
| Owens JA, Spirito A, McGuinn M. "The Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ): psychometric properties of a survey instrument for school-aged children." Sleep, vol. 23, no. 8, 2000, pp. 1043-51. |
| Monti PM, Colby SM, Barnett NP, Spirito A, Rohsenow DJ, Myers M, Woolard R, Lewander W. "Brief intervention for harm reduction with alcohol-positive older adolescents in a hospital emergency department." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 67, no. 6, 1999, pp. 989-94. |
| Colby SM, Monti PM, Barnett NP, Rohsenow DJ, Weissman K, Spirito A, Woolard RH, Lewander WJ. "Brief motivational interviewing in a hospital setting for adolescent smoking: a preliminary study." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 66, no. 3, 1998, pp. 574-8. |
| Barnett NP, Spirito A, Colby SM, Vallee JA, Woolard R, Lewander W, Monti PM. "Detection of alcohol use in adolescent patients in the emergency department." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 5, no. 6, 1998, pp. 607-12. |
| Boergers J, Spirito A, Donaldson D. "Reasons for adolescent suicide attempts: associations with psychological functioning." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 37, no. 12, 1998, pp. 1287-93. |
| Owens J, Opipari L, Nobile C, Spirito A. "Sleep and daytime behavior in children with obstructive sleep apnea and behavioral sleep disorders." Pediatrics, vol. 102, no. 5, 1998, pp. 1178-84. |
| Zlotnick C, Donaldson D, Spirito A, Pearlstein T. "Affect regulation and suicide attempts in adolescent inpatients." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 36, no. 6, 1997, pp. 793-8. |
| Owens J, Spirito A, Nobile C, Arrigan M. "Incidence of parasomnias in children with obstructive sleep apnea." Sleep, vol. 20, no. 12, 1997, pp. 1193-6. |
| McQuaid EL, Spieth LE, Spirito A. "The pediatric psychologist's role in differential diagnosis: vocal-cord dysfunction presenting as asthma." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 22, no. 5, 1997, pp. 739-48. |
| Fritz GK, Yeung A, Wamboldt MZ, Spirito A, McQuaid EL, Klein R, Seifer R. "Conceptual and methodologic issues in quantifying perceptual accuracy in childhood asthma." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 21, no. 2, 1996, pp. 153-73. |
| Fritz GK, McQuaid EL, Spirito A, Klein RB. "Symptom perception in pediatric asthma: relationship to functional morbidity and psychological factors." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 35, no. 8, 1996, pp. 1033-41. |
| Spirito A. "Who's treating adolescent suicide attempters?." Crisis, vol. 17, no. 3, 1996, pp. 105-7. |
| Spirito A, Stark LJ, Gil KM, Tyc VL. "Coping with everyday and disease-related stressors by chronically ill children and adolescents." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 34, no. 3, 1995, pp. 283-90. |
| Fritz G, Spirito A, Yeung A, Klein R, Freedman E. "A pictorial visual analog scale for rating severity of childhood asthma episodes." J Asthma, vol. 31, no. 6, 1994, pp. 473-8. |
| Spirito A, Lewander WJ, Levy S, Kurkjian J, Fritz G. "Emergency department assessment of adolescent suicide attempters: factors related to short-term follow-up outcome." Pediatric Emergency Care , vol. 10, no. 1, 1994, pp. 6-12. |
| Spirito A, Bond A, Kurkjian J, Devost L, Bosworth T, Brown LK. "Gender differences among adolescent suicide attempters." Crisis, vol. 14, no. 4, 1993, pp. 178-84. |
| Spirito A, Plummer B, Gispert M, Levy S, Kurkjian J, Lewander W, Hagberg S, Devost L. "Adolescent suicide attempts: outcomes at follow-up." The American journal of orthopsychiatry, vol. 62, no. 3, 1992, pp. 464-8. |
| Spirito A, Overholser J, Hart K. "Cognitive characteristics of adolescent suicide attempters." Struggle and Success: Contract Negotiations and Renegotiations for Women Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Through The Lens of Intersectionality and Structural Bias, vol. 30, no. 4, 1991, pp. 604-8. |
| Stark LJ, Spirito A, Lewis AV, Hart KJ. "Encopresis: behavioral parameters associated with children who fail medical management." Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, vol. 20, no. 3, 1990, pp. 169-79. |
| Stark LJ, Owens-Stively J, Spirito A, Lewis A, Guevremont D. "Group behavioral treatment of retentive encopresis." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 15, no. 5, 1990, pp. 659-71. |
| Ruggiero L, Spirito A, Bond A, Coustan D, McGarvey S. "Impact of social support and stress on compliance in women with gestational diabetes." Diabetes Care, vol. 13, no. 4, 1990, pp. 441-3. |
| Spirito A, Hart K, Overholser J, Halverson J. "Social skills and depression in adolescent suicide attempters." Adolescence, vol. 25, no. 99, 1990, pp. 543-52. |
| Stark LJ, Spirito A, Williams CA, Guevremont DC. "Common problems and coping strategies. I: Findings with normal adolescents." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 17, no. 2, 1989, pp. 203-12. |
| Spirito A, Overholser J, Stark LJ. "Common problems and coping strategies. II: Findings with adolescent suicide attempters." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 17, no. 2, 1989, pp. 213-21. |
| Spirito A, Faust D, Myers B, Bechtel D. "Clinical utility of the MMPI in the evaluation of adolescent suicide attempters." Journal of Personality Assessment, vol. 52, no. 2, 1988, pp. 204-11. |
| Spirito A, Stark LJ, Hart KJ, Fristad M. "Overt behavior of adolescent suicide attempters hospitalized on a general pediatrics floor." Journal of adolescent health care : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, vol. 9, no. 6, 1988, pp. 491-4. |
| Brem AS, Brem FS, McGrath M, Spirito A. "Psychosocial characteristics and coping skills in children maintained on chronic dialysis." Pediatric Nephrology, vol. 2, no. 4, 1988, pp. 460-5. |
| Spirito A, Hewett K, Stark LJ. "The application of behavior therapy in oncology." Advances in psychosomatic medicine, vol. 18, 1988, pp. 66-81. |
| Spirito A, Williams CA, Stark LJ, Hart KJ. "The Hopelessness Scale for Children: psychometric properties with normal and emotionally disturbed adolescents." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 16, no. 4, 1988, pp. 445-58. |
| Spirito A, Russo DC, Masek BJ. "Behavioral interventions and stress management training for hospitalized adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis." General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 6, no. 3, 1984, pp. 211-8. |
| Saylor CF, Finch AJ Jr, Spirito A, Bennett B. "The children's depression inventory: a systematic evaluation of psychometric properties." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 52, no. 6, 1984, pp. 955-67. |
| Finch AJ Jr, Spirito A, Garrison S, Marshall P. "Developmental differences in Bender-Gestalt recall of children with learning and behavior problems." Perceptual and motor skills, vol. 56, no. 1, 1983, pp. 87-90. |
| Finch AJ Jr, Spirito A, Brophy CJ. "Reflection-impulsivity and WISC-R performance in behavior-problem children." The Journal of psychology, vol. 111, no. 2d Half, 1982, pp. 217-21. |
| Finch AJ Jr, Spirito A, Kendall PC, Mikulka PJ. "Multidimensionality of the Nowicki-Strickland locus of control scale for adults." Journal of Personality Assessment, vol. 45, no. 2, 1981, pp. 151-4. |
Dr. Spirito has been conducting research in adolescent suicidality and depression for 35 years, with the latest work focusing on treatment. He recently completed a large RCT testing a combined parent/adolescent treatment protocol for adolescents with Major Depression and at least one other risk factor: a prior suicide attempt, substance abuse, and/or nonsuicidal self injury. He also recently completed a brief treatment trial for suicidal adolescents in the juvenile justice system. He is currently participating in a 4-site trial of safety planning plus a follow-up intervention for adolescents and young adults presenting to an Emergency Departments with suicidal thoughts and attempts. He is also MPI on an adjunctive intervention to increase positive affect in suicidal adolescents. He is also conducting research on the assessment of suicidality in preteens.
He has also been conducting research on adolescent substance use for over 25 years. He used individual motivational interventions with adolescents who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with an alcohol-related admission. In an extension of the original work, he broadened the scope of the brief intervention to include a parent motivational intervention. He recently completed a NIDA grant on a computer-assisted intervention in juvenile justice and is in the final year of another using face-to-face brief intervention for substance using, truant teens in the juvenile justice system. He is currently an MPI on an NIAAA grant examining prevalence and onset of substance use in youth diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Ongoing PI/MPI studies
Title: Prevalence, onset and progression of substance use in adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Major Goals: This study is a longitudinal project following a large, well-characterized, population-based sample (Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment- RI- CART) over a 3-year period to examine substance use prevalence in this ASD population as well as onset and rate of progression.
Status of Support: Active
Project #: R01 AA029008
Name of PD/PI: Anthony Spirito (MPI), Kristina Jackson (MPI), Stephen Sheinkopf (MPI)
Source of Support: NIAAA
Title: Youth Partners in Care for Suicide Prevention (Subaward MPI)
Major Goals: This grant examines the usefulness of a safety planning intervention plus follow-up intervention (CLASP) compared to safety planning alone for adolescents and young adults seen in the Emergency Department for suicidal thoughts or behavior.
Status of Support: Active
Project #: 21078
Name of PD/PI: Joan Asarnow/David Goldston
Source of Support: PCORI
Title: Skills to Enhance Positivity (STEP) for Adolescents at Risk for Suicide
Major Goals: This study is an RCT examining whether an experimental adjunctive positive affect intervention results in a greater reduction in suicidal thoughts and behavior, compared to enhanced Treatment-as-Usual, in psychiatrically adolescents.
Status of Support: Active
Project #: R01MH123556
Name of PD/PI: Spirito, Anthony/ Yen, Shirley MPI
Source of Support: NIMH
Title: Towards a reliable and valid assessment of preteen suicidal thoughts and behavior
Major Goals: The primary goal of this application is to provide an up-to-date assessment of pre-adolescent suicidal thoughts and behavior.
Status of Support: Active
Project #: R01 MH129457
Name of PD/PI: Anthony Spirito/Jennifer Wolff
Source of Support: NIMH
1. Brief Interventions for Adolescent Substance Use in the Emergency Department
Dr. Spirito has been conducting alcohol and substance use treatment research for 15 years. Most have been brief interventions with adolescents and their parents. He has used individual motivational interventions with adolescents who presented to the ED with an alcohol-related admission. In an extension of the original work, he broadened the scope of the brief intervention to include a parent motivational intervention.
2. Emergency Department Research with Substance Using Adolescents
Dr. Spirito has examined characteristics of adolescents who receive treatment in the ED for an alcohol-related incident.
3. Adolescents with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Problems
Dr. Spirito and colleagues have been examining the characteristics of adolescents with comorbid substance use, depression, and suicidality as well as treatment for this population.
4. Screening for Pediatric Substance Abuse in the Emergency Department
5. Other Interventions for Adolescent Substance Use
4. Treatment of Suicidal Youth. Dr. Spirito and colleagues conducted the first study of CBT with depressed and suicidal adolescents as well as other treatment trials with this population. His most recent work has been in the juvenile justice system.
Esposito-Smythers, CE, Wolff , J, Liu, R, Hunt, J, Adams, L, 1, Kim, K, Frazier, E, Yen, S, Dickstein, D, & Spirito, A. (2019). Family-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Depressed Adolescents in Suicidal Crisis with Co-Occurring Risk Factors: A Randomized Trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 1133 - 1141. PMC 6742562
Yen, S. Spirito, A., Weinstock, L, Tezanos, K., Kolobaric, A, Miller, I. (2019). Coping Long Term with Active Suicide in Adolescents: Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 24, 847 – 859. PMID: 31064203
Spirito, A., Wolff, J., Seaboyer, L., Hunt, J., Esposito-Smythers, C., Nugent, N., Zlotnick, C., & Miller, I. (2015) Concurrent Treatment for Adolescent and Parent Depressed Mood and Suicidality: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Findings. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. (2): 131–139. PMC436752
Yen S, Ranney ML, Krek M, Peters JR, Mereish E, Tezanos KM, Kahler CW, Solomon JB, Beard C, Spirito A. (2019). Skills to enhance positivity in suicidal adolescents: Results from a pilot randomized clinical trial. Behavior Modification, 43(2): 202-221. PMC5984182
5. Other Adolescent Treatment Studies. Dr. Spirito and colleagues have adapted treatments in an attempt to improve treatment outcomes or have adapted treatments to better fit populations, e.g. youth with co-occurring obesity and depressed mood, court-involved youth,and Latinx youth.
Jelalian, E., Jandasek, B., Wolff, J., Seaboyer, L., Jones, R., & Spirito, A. (2016). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy plus Healthy Lifestyle Enhancement for Depressed, Overweight/Obese Adolescents: Results of a Pilot Randomized Trial. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology,16, 1-10. PMID: 27310418.
Kemp, K., Pederson, C., Webb, M., Williamson, S. & Spirito, A. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of a brief suicide intervention for youth involved with the family court. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 39 (1), 26-43 PMC in process
Duarté-Vélez, Y., Torres-Dávila, P., Spirito, A., Polanco, N., & Bernal, G. (2016). Development of a treatment protocol for Puerto Rican adolescents with suicidal behaviors. Psychotherapy, 53(1), 45-56. PMID: 26928136
Obrien, K, Sellers, C, Battalen, A, Aguinaldo, L, White E, & Spirito, A. Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a brief alcohol intervention for suicidal adolescents in inpatient psychiatric treatment. (2018). Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 94: 105-112 PMID: 30243410
Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1ty9vmCbzVDkd/bibliography/47998047/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | PhD | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| 1975 | BA | Cornell University |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Medical Center, behavioral psychology | 1981-1982 | Boston, MA |
Outstanding Teaching Award in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry Brown Medical School, 1997-1998
Research Mentor Award, Department of Psychiatry, Brown Medical School, 2001.
President, Society of Pediatric Psychology, 2002.
Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award, Society of Pediatric Psychology, 2005.
President, Section on Clinical Emergencies and Crises, Society of Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2009
President, Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association , 2010
Faculty Mentor Award, Department of Psychiatry, Brown University,2010
Research Mentor Award, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, 2010
Distinguished Career Award, Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2015
Dean’s Award for Faculty Research Mentoring in the Division of Biology and Medicine, 2018
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Brick, Leslie Ann | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Duarte-Velez, Yovanska | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Hunt, Jeffrey | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Jackson, Kristina | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) |
| Jones, Rich | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Neurology |
| Kavanaugh, Brian | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Kemp, Kathleen | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Kudinova, Anastacia | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Mello, Michael | Professor of Medical Science, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Professor of Emergency Medicine |
| Micalizzi, Lauren | Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) |
| Miller, Ivan | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Nesi, Jacqueline | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Ranney, Megan | Adjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Thomas, Sarah | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Thompson, Elizabeth | Dean of Pembroke College, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Wolff, Jennifer | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Clinician Educator |
| Yen, Shirley | Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
American Psychological Association (APA)
Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, APA
Society of Pediatric Psychology, APA
Society of Clinical Psychology, APA
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
| Certification | American Board of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Clinical child and adolescent psychology | 2003- | |
| License | Rhode Island | 1985- | #274 |
| Affiliate Staff. Rhode Island Hospital, 2001-Present |
| Director of Psychology. Rhode Island Hospital, 1996-2001 |
| Staff. Rhode Island Hospital, 1996-Present |
| Director of Psychology. Rhode Island Hospital, 1989-1996 |
| Staff Psychologist. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 1982-1984 |
| Staff Psychologist. Children's Hospital Medical Center, 1982-1984 |
