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Water manganese exposure and children's intellectual function in Araihazar, BangladeshGail A Wasserman
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:124-9. 2006..S. Environmental Protection Agency lifetime health advisory level. We conclude that in both Bangladesh and the United States, some children are at risk for Mn-induced neurotoxicity...
Developmental impacts of heavy metals and undernutritionGail A Wasserman
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 102:212-7. 2008..Stunting affects more than 25% of young children in developing countries. The combined neurocognitive loss from both risks, although rarely jointly studied, represents a substantial loss of global potential...- Arsenic and manganese exposure and children's intellectual functionGail A Wasserman
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York City, NY 10032, USA
Neurotoxicology 32:450-7. 2011..25). Findings are consistent with other reports documenting adverse impact of both As and Mn exposure on child developmental outcomes, although associations appear muted at these relatively low exposure levels... - Water arsenic exposure and intellectual function in 6-year-old children in Araihazar, BangladeshGail A Wasserman
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:285-9. 2007..We recently reported results of a cross-sectional investigation of intellectual function in 10-year-olds in Bangladesh, who had been exposed to arsenic from drinking water in their home wells... - Juvenile probation officers' mental health decision makingGail A Wasserman
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Columbia University NY State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive Unit 78, New York, NY 10032, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 35:410-22. 2008..Probation officers were especially likely to underidentify internalizing disorders. Policy implications for promoting identification of mental health needs and improving linkage to community service providers are discussed... 
Suicide risk at juvenile justice intakeGail A Wasserman
Center for Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Division of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 36:239-49. 2006..While more girls reported recent attempts regardless of depression, depressed boys' attempt risk was as high as girls'. Depression contributed more to attempt history than did substance disorder...- Evaluating Project Connect: improving juvenile probationers' mental health and substance use service accessGail A Wasserman
Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, NY State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 36:393-405. 2009..Compared to Baseline, under Project Connect, referred youths were 2.7 times as likely to access services, regardless of youth or county characteristics, service availability, or when the intervention took place... 
Gender differences in psychiatric disorders at juvenile probation intakeGail A Wasserman
Center for Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 78, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Public Health 95:131-7. 2005..We identified gender differences in psychiatric disorders among youths at probation intake...- Water arsenic exposure and children's intellectual function in Araihazar, BangladeshGail A Wasserman
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:1329-33. 2004..5 microg/L. The association was generally stronger for well-water As than for urinary As... - Screening for emergent risk and service needs among incarcerated youth: comparing MAYSI-2 and Voice DISC-IVGail A Wasserman
Center for Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Division of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, NYC, NY 10032, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:629-39. 2004.... - Contributors to traumatic exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder in juvenile justice youthsGail A Wasserman
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Trauma Stress 24:422-9. 2011.... - Mental health assessments in juvenile justice: report on the consensus conferenceGail A Wasserman
Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Department of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:752-61. 2003..The proposed guidelines for mental health assessment provide explicit information about how, why, and when to obtain mental health information on justice youths at each important juncture in processing... - Prenatal cocaine exposure and prolonged focus attention. Poor infant information processing ability or precocious maturation of attentional systems?Claudia A Chiriboga
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Dev Neurosci 31:149-58. 2009..Whether focused attention findings impact long term development awaits further study... - Manganese exposure from drinking water and children's classroom behavior in BangladeshKhalid Khan
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:1501-6. 2011..Little is known about potential effects at lower exposures, especially in children. Moreover, little is known regarding potential interactions between exposure to Mn and other metals, especially arsenic (As)... - Arsenic exposure and motor function among children in BangladeshFaruque Parvez
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:1665-70. 2011..Very little is known, however, about possible associations with other neurologic outcomes such as motor function... - The relationship between blood lead, bone lead and child intelligenceGail A Wasserman
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and New York State Pyschiatric Institute, New York City, 10032, USA
Child Neuropsychol 9:22-34. 2003..1 points, respectively. Bone lead-IQ associations were stronger than those for blood lead, which nonetheless provide robust analogues. Current BPb, easy to obtain, provides a useful means for assessing Pb exposure/IQ associations... - Lifetime suicide attempts in juvenile assessment center youthScott Nolen
Center for Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Division of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Arch Suicide Res 12:111-23. 2008..JACs need to develop protocols for identifying suicide risk; further, since suicide history predicts future attempts, Anxiety Disordered boys may be at particular risk... - A cure for crime: can mental health treatment diversion reduce crime among youth?Alison Evans Cuellar
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, New York, USA
J Policy Anal Manage 25:197-214. 2006..In addition, it evaluates the effect of a mental health diversion program for youth that was implemented in Texas. The paper finds that mental health diversion can be used effectively to delay or prevent youth recidivism... - Paper and voice MAYSI-2: format comparability and concordance with the voice DISC-IVMaureen A Hayes
Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032, USA
Assessment 12:395-403. 2005.... - Self-injury in incarcerated juvenile females: contributions of mental health and traumatic experiencesLarkin S McReynolds
Center for the Promotion ofMentalHealth in Juvenile Justice, Division ofMentalHealth Services and Policy Research, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive Unit 78, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Trauma Stress 24:752-5. 2011..Findings contribute to work demonstrating the importance of dissociation both as a consequence of victimization and as a key feature underlying self-injurious behavior... - Prenatal cocaine exposures and dose-related cocaine effects on infant tone and behaviorClaudia A Chiriboga
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Neurotoxicol Teratol 29:323-30. 2007..In humans, numerous studies have sought clinical correlates, but few have focused on dose-related effects, especially as regards neurologic function beyond the neonatal period... - The voice DISC-IV with incarcerated male youths: prevalence of disorderGail A Wasserman
Department of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:314-21. 2002..1) To accurately assess rate of psychiatric disorder in incarcerated juveniles, and (2) to examine the feasibility of using a self-administered, comprehensive structured psychiatric assessment with those youths... - Contribution of parent report to voice DISC-IV diagnosis among incarcerated youthsSusan J Ko
National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:868-77. 2004..To examine the contribution of parent report to youth report in defining psychiatric "caseness" among incarcerated youths. The authors compared reports with each other and examined the influence of varying case definitions... - Psychiatric disorders in incarcerated youthsGail A Wasserman
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:1011. 2003 - Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countriesSusan P Walker
Epidemiology Research Unit, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Lancet 369:145-57. 2007..Furthermore, risks often occur together or cumulatively, with concomitant increased adverse effects on the development of the world's poorest children...