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Antúnez, M., McSweeney, M., Zeytinoglu, S., Tan, E., Zeanah, C. H., Nelson, C. A., & Fox, N. A. (2025). Exploring background aperiodic electroencephalography (EEG) activity in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project. Developmental psychology, 61(7), 1371–1383. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001804 

Arnett, A. B., Martín Antúnez, Zeanah, C., Fox, N. A., & Nelson, C. A. (2025). Physical and neurophysiological maturation associated with ADHD among previously institutionalized children: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66(7). https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14110 

Caccia Cruz, A. G., Heberle, A. E., & Francois, S. (2025). Resilience through resistance: How parental factors moderate the psychological impact of urban adolescents’ anti-classist critical action. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 54, 2962–2975. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02227-3 

Donaldson, J., Cosgrave, N., Bryce, G., Zeanah, C. H., & Larrieu, J. A. (2025). GIFT, LIFT, and the Transatlantic Shift: translating an infant mental health intervention from the USA to the UK—implications for permanency decision-making, law, and policy. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebaf013 

Fallucco, E. M., Moneymaker, C., Santos, J., & Gleason, M. M. (2025). Pediatric Resident Comfort in Mental Health Management Before and After an Integrated Clinic Rotation. Academic Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02133-7 

Gleason, M. M., & Finelli, J. (2025). Introduction to Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health . Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 34(2), 143. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1056-4993(25)00006-9 

Gleason, M. M., Flom, M., Rapoport, S., Williams, A., Birch, A., Wells, N. K., Forman-Hoffman, V., & Robinson, A. (2025). A Relational Agent Intervention for Adolescents Seeking Mental Health Treatment: Outcomes From a Randomized Controlled Trial Within a Children’s Outpatient Hospital. JAACAP Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaacop.2025.02.002 

Harden, B. J., & Zeanah, C. H. (2025). Centering the Young Child: A Developmental Case for Child Welfare Reform. Families in Society the Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 106(2), 292–322. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894251328144 

Hinshaw, S., Finelli, J., Usry, L., Knable, C., Nagle, G., & Zeanah, C. H. (2025). The undertold story: A leadership program to expand recognition of the importance of early childhood experiences. Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 46(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22155 

Jopling, E., Drury, S. S., Fox, N. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Nelson, C. A. (2025). The epigenetic impacts of pubertal acceleration following early caregiver disruptions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(27), e2504216122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504216122 

Lawson, G. M., Orapallo, A., Ginsburg, G. S., Brewton, A., Baker, C. N., & Azad, G. (2025). Teacher-delivered mental health interventions: Promises, challenges, and recommendations for future directions. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-025-01467-6. 

Lurie, L. A., Gruhn, M. A., Garrisi, K., McLaughlin, K. A., Humphreys, K. L., Zeanah, C. H., Fox, N. A., Nelson, C. A., & Sheridan, M. A. (2025). Caregiving Quality and Adolescent Cortical Structure: A 16-Year Longitudinal Study of Institutionally Reared Youth. Developmental science, 28(5), e70043. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.70043 

Mahgoub, L., Meyer, D., & Gleason, M. M. (2025). Internalizing and externalizing problems in children and youth. In P. E. Shah & M. H. Bornstein (Eds.), APA handbook of pediatric psychology, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, and developmental science: Pediatric psychology and developmental-behavioral pediatrics: Clinical applications of developmental science (pp. 523–549). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000414-022 

Mark, E., Brooke, Wilson, M. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Joseph, H. M. (2025). Differential impacts of parental attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder on early maternal‐infant attachment. JCPP Advances, e70029. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.70029 

Marzotto, K. N., Videlefsky, K. R., Howell, M. P., Kimball, T. R., & Piggott, K. D. (2025). Markers of growth and nutrition in children with acquired chylothorax post CHD surgery. Cardiology in the Young, 35(4), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951125001222 

Nelson, A. K., Sánchez-Vincitore, L., Patricia Frias, M., Susana, M. M., Kendall, C., Theall, K., Vibbert, M., Luft, H., & Castro, A. (2025). Home-based nurturing care practices for children under five with low socioeconomic position in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. PloS one, 20(2), e0314432. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314432 

Overstreet, S., & Baker, C. N. (2025). Trauma-informed approaches to improve school safety, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016–2020 [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38505.v1 

Pahl, A., Hu, Z., Young, L. W., Ramsey, K. W., Whalen, B., Akshatha Akshatha, Benninger, K., Fung, C., Howell, M. P., Markee, S. M., Das, A., Crawford, M., Trochinski, L., Greenberg, R., Smith, P. B., Ounpraseuth, S. T., Merhar, S., Devlin, L. A., & Dee, K. (2025). Maternal Area of Residence and Outcomes for Mother-Infant Dyads with Perinatal Opioid Exposure. American Journal of Perinatology. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2622-3839 

Romanowicz, M., Pease, E., Idil Tarikogullari, Pon, N., & Gleason, M. M. (2025). Psychopharmacology Considerations for Children Aged under 6 Years. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 34(2), 257–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2024.08.003 

Bailes, L. G., Fleming, B., Ford, J., Macfarlane, M., Carrow, C., Zeanah, C. H., & Humphreys, K. L. (2024). Prenatal representations link pregnancy intention to observed caregiving. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2424927 

Cowhey , K., Zeanah, C. H., & Gleason , M. M. (2024). DISINHIBITED SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT DISORDER: CONSENSUS AND CONUNDRUMS. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 63(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.366 

Davis, C. R., Baker, C. N., Osborn, J., & Overstreet, S. (2022). Understanding Teacher Self-Efficacy to Address Students’ Social-Emotional Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Urban Education, 59(8), 2427-2457. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859221099834 

Gleason , M. M. (2024). 8.1 Considering the Contexts of Treatment Planning in Preschoolers. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 63(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.629 

Gleason , M. M. (2024). Emotional or Behavioral Problems in Children Younger Than 5 Years. Quick References . American Academy of Pediatrics . https://doi.org/10.1542/aap.ppcqr.396500 

Gleason, M. M. (2024). Editorial: It’s Not Just a Phase, and We Know What to Do: Children With Early-Onset Mental Health Concerns Deserve Care Now. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(9), 865–867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.11.009 

K Videlefsky, K Marzotto, Howell, M., Kimball, T., Pigula, F., & Piggott, K. (2024). Immunological markers in children with acquired chylothorax post congenital heart disease surgery. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 367, S98–S99. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9629(24)00224-6 

Kanel, D., Fox, N. A., Pine, D. S., Zeanah, C. H., Nelson, C. A., McLaughlin, K. A., & Sheridan, M. A. (2024). Altered associations between white matter structure and psychopathology in previously institutionalized adolescents. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 69, 101440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101440 

Kanel, D., Fox, N. A., Zeanah, C. H., Nelson, C. A., McLaughlin, K. A., & Sheridan, M. (2024). Adolescents With a History of Early Adversity Display Altered Neural Correlates of Psychopathology. Biological Psychiatry, 95(10), S14–S15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.041 

Lang, L. C., Lubas , M. M., Santos , J. G., & Gleason , M. M. (2024). 3.22 Factors Associated With Preschool Exclusions From Childcare and School. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 63(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.08.189 

Lubas, M. M., Lang , L. C., Santos , J. G., Strunc , M., & Gleason , M. M. (2024). 3.23 The Association of Caregiver Postpartum Depression and/or Current Depressive Symptoms With Pediatric Sleep Problems. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 63(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.08.190 

Merhar, S. L., Hu, Z., Devlin, L. A., Ounpraseuth, S. T., Simon, A. E., Smith, P. B., Walsh, M. C., Lee, J. Y., Das, A., Higgins, R. D., Crawford, M. M., Rice, W., Paul, D. A., Maxwell, J. R., Telang, S. D., Fung, C. M., Wright, T., Reynolds, A.-M., Hahn, D., & Ross, J. (2024). Infant Feeding and Weight Trajectories in the Eat, Sleep, Console Trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 178(10), 976–976. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2578 

Niu, Y., Buzzell, G. A., Cosmoiu, A., Fox, N. A., Nelson, C. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Humphreys, K. L. (2024). Foster Care Leads to Lower Irritability Among Adolescents with a History of Early Psychosocial Deprivation. Research on child and adolescent psychopathology, 52(8), 1183–1192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01193-x  

Scott, E. L., Vibhay Raykar, & Zeanah, C. H. (2024). Disorders Specifically Associated with Stress: Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder. Springer EBooks, 5, 2251–2266. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51366-5_25 

Wade, M., Parker, V., Tang, A., Fox, N. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Nelson, C. A. (2024). Linking caregiving quality during infancy to brain activity in early childhood and later executive function. Developmental Science, 27(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13517 

Wade, M., Sheridan, M. A., Drury, S. S., Tibu, F., Zeanah, C. H., Fox, N. A., Nelson, C. A., & McLaughlin, K. A. (2024). Blunted stress reactivity as a mechanism linking early psychosocial deprivation to psychopathology during adolescence. Nature Mental Health, 2(6), 703–711. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00249-7 

Zeanah, C. H. (2024). 61.2 History and Rationale for the Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder (DSED) Diagnosis. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(10), S86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.368 

Bai, R., Fleckman, J.M., Ruiz, R.L., LeBlanc, S., Gilbert, H. & Taylor, C.A. (2023). Evaluation of a Medical Center Staff Bystander Intervention Training for No-Hit-Zones: An Innovative Strategy to Change Social Norms Regarding Physical Punishment. Research in Human Development, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2023.2232715 

Casimir, A. E., & Baker, C. N. (2023). Trauma-Responsive Pedagogy: Teaching for Healing and Transformation. Heinemann.

Chafouleas, S.M., Saleem, F., Overstreet, S., & Thorne, T. (2023). Interventions for students exposed to trauma. Handbook of School Mental Health: Innovations in Science and Practice, 73-90. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-20006-9_6 

Debnath, R., Troller-Renfree, S. V., Zeanah, C. H., Nelson, C. A., & Fox, N. A. (2023). Effects of institutional rearing and foster care intervention on error monitoring and externalizing behaviors in adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 63, 101295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101295 

Keenan, H. T., Wade, S. L., Miron, D., Presson, A. P., Clark, A. E., & Ewing-Cobbs, L. (2023). Reducing Stress after Trauma (ReSeT): Study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial of an online psychoeducational program and video therapy sessions for children hospitalized after trauma. Trials, 24(1), 766. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07806-y 

King, L. S., Guyon-Harris, K. L., Valadez, E. A., Radulescu, A., Fox, N. A., Nelson, C. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Humphreys, K. L. (2023). A comprehensive multilevel analysis of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Causal effects on recovery from early severe deprivation. American Journal of Psychiatry, 180(8), 573–583. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220672 

McKinley, C. E., & Lilly, J. (2023). Family communication (re)awakening Indigenous resilience, wellness, and transcendence. In Family communication and cultural transformation (1st ed., p. 17). Routledge.

Nelson, C. A., Fox, N. A., & Zeanah, C. H. (2023). Romania’s abandoned children: The effects of early profound psychosocial deprivation on the course of human development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(6), 515–521. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214231201079 

Phelps, C., Francois, S., Amayke, R., Schafer, K., & Wood, H. (2023). Adapting a School-Based Trauma Intervention to Support Students: A Pilot Study. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education, 2(1), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.32674/jtse.v2i1.3770 

Wade, M., McLaughlin, K. A., Buzzell, G. A., Fox, N. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Nelson, C. A. (2023). Family-based care buffers the stress sensitizing effect of early deprivation on executive functioning difficulties in adolescence. Child Development, 94(1), e43–e56. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13863 

Zeanah, P. D., Steier, A., Lim, I., Korfmacher, J., & Zeanah, C. H. (2023). Current approaches and future directions for addressing ethics in infant and early childhood mental health. Infant Mental Health Journal, 44(5), 625–637. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22077 

Zeytinoglu, S., Tang, A., Zeanah, C. H., Nelson, C. A., Almas, A. N., & Fox, N. A. (2023). Effects of foster care intervention and caregiving quality on the bidirectional development of executive functions and social skills following institutional rearing. Developmental Science, 26(2), e13309. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13309       

Davis, W., Petrovic, L., Whalen, K., Danna, L., Zeigler, K., Brewton, A., Joseph, M., Baker, C. N., Overstreet, S., & and the New Orleans Trauma-Informed Learning Collaborative (2022). Centering trauma-informed approaches in schools within a social justice framework. Psychology in the Schools, 59, 2453–2470. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22664 

Davis, W., Petrovic, L., Whalen, K., Danna, L., Zeigler, K., Brewton, A., Joseph, M., Baker, C.N., Overstreet, S., & the New Orleans Trauma-Informed Learning Collaborative. (2022). Centering trauma‐informed approaches in schools within a social justice framework. Psychology in the Schools, 59(12), 2453-2470. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22664 

Gray, S. A. O., Moberg, S. A., Obus, E. A., Parker, V., Rosenblum, K. L., Muzik, M., Zeanah, C. H., & Drury, S. S. (2022). Harnessing Virtual Mom Power: Process and outcomes of a pilot telehealth adaptation of a multifamily, attachment-based intervention. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 21(1), 6–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15289168.2022.2045464 

Humphreys, K. L., King, L. S., Guyon-Harris, K. L., & Zeanah, C. H. (2022). Caregiver regulation: A modifiable target promoting resilience to early adverse experiences. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(S1), S63–S71. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001111 

Sheridan, M. A., Mukerji, C. E., Wade, M., Humphreys, K. L., Garrisi, K., Goel, S., Patel, K., Fox, N. A., Zeanah, C. H., Nelson, C. A., & McLaughlin, K. A. (2022). Early deprivation alters structural brain development from middle childhood to adolescence. Science Advances, 8(40), eabn4316. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn4316 

Simon, K., Petrovic, L., Baker, C., & Overstreet, S. (2022). An examination of the associations among teacher secondary traumatic stress, teacher–student relationship quality, and student socio-emotional functioning. School Mental Health, 14(2), 213-224. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12310-022-09507-4 

Tang, A., McLaughlin, K. A., Sheridan, M. A., Nelson, C. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Fox, N. A. (2022). Autonomic reactivity to social rejection, peer difficulties, and the buffering effects of adolescent friendships following early psychosocial deprivation. Emotion, 22(2), 318–330. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001016 

Wade, M., Carroll, D., Fox, N. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Nelson, C. A. (2022). Associations between early psychosocial deprivation, cognitive and psychiatric morbidity, and risk-taking behavior in adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 51(6), 850–863. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2020.1864737 

Wade, M., Parsons, J., Humphreys, K. L., McLaughlin, K. A., Sheridan, M. A., Zeanah, C. H., Nelson, C. A., & Fox, N. A. (2022). The Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Adolescent mental health and adaptation following early deprivation. Child Development Perspectives, 16(3), 157–164. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12462 

Zeanah, C. H., & Kelley, A. (2022). Countertransference in the treatment of maltreated children and families. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(4), 467–469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.10.019 

Bullinger, L.R., Fleckman, J.M., & Fong, K. (2021) Proximity to SNAP-authorized retailers and child maltreatment reports. Economics & Human Biology 42, 101015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101015 

Byrd, N.M.B., Rowe-Odom, M.J., Bushfan, O.L., Gill, A., Baca, K., & Lewis, M.L. (2021). Using hair-combing interactions to enhance relationships between Black women and girls impacted by homelessness. WE Matter!, 143-165. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003199274 

Fleckman, J.M., Scholer, S.J., Branco, N., & Taylor, C.A. (2021). Educating parents about corporal punishment and effective discipline: Pediatricians’ preparedness, motivation, and barriers. Academic Pediatrics, 21(1), 149-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2020.05.028 

Lewis, M.L. & Weatherston, D.J. (2021). Therapeutic Cultural Routines to Build Family Relationships: Talk, Touch & Listen While Combing Hair. Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-83726-6 

McKinley, C. E., Lilly, J., Liddell, J. L., & others. (2021). “I have to watch them closely”: Native American parenting practice and philosophies. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30, 2952–2965. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02116-w 

McKinley, C., Knipp, H., & Lilly, J. (2021). ‘A learning experience’: Disciplinary and parenting practices among Native American families. Child & Family Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12868 

Mukerji, C. E., Wade, M., Fox, N. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Nelson, C. A. (2021). Growth in self-regulation over the course of adolescence mediates the effects of foster care on psychopathology in post-institutionalized children: A randomized clinical trial. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(5), 810–822. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702621993887 

Saltzman, L.Y. (2021). Sex differences in the relationship between child maltreatment, recent bereavement, and average heart rate. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying 84,(2), 459-473. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222819894139 

Tang, A., Almas, A., Zeytinoglu, S., Zeanah, C. H., Nelson, C. A., & Fox, N. A. (2021). Long-term effects of institutional care and enhanced attachment relationships on close adolescent friendships. Child Development, 92(6), 2431–2446. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13592 

Zeanah, C. H. (2021). Editorial: A historical and developmental perspective on posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 60(10), 1181–1182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.04.001 

Esteves, K.C., Jones, C.W., Wade, M., Callerame, K., Smith, A.K., Theall, K.P., & Drury, S. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences: implications for offspring telomere length and psychopathology. American Journal of Psychiatry, 177(1), 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18030335 .

Fleckman, J., Ruiz, R., Leblanc, S., Gilbert, H., & Taylor, C. (2020). 123 No hit zones: an innovative approach to violence prevention. Injury Prevention, 26(Suppl 1), A46-A46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-savir.116 

Parrish, J.W., Fleckman, J.M., Prindle, J.J., Eastman, A.L. & Weil, L.E.G. (2020) Measuring the incidence of child maltreatment using linked data: A two-state comparison. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58(4), e133-e140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.11.007 

Wallace, M., Felker-Kantor, E., Madkour, A., Ferguson, T., Welsh, D., Molina, P., & Theall, K.P. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences, smoking and alcohol use, and allostatic load among people living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior, 24, 1653-1662. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-019-02684-5     

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