David Goldston

..To reduce long-term risk of suicide attempts, clinicians should focus not only on reducing short-term distress but also on reducing individuals' more enduring patterns (trait levels) of negative affectivity...

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..The needs for culturally sensitive and community- based interventions are discussed, along with future opportunities for research in intervention development and evaluation...

..To examine psychiatric morbidity and functional impairment of adolescents with and without poor reading skills during mid- to late adolescence...

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..Further research on the relationship of religion/spirituality to delinquency, depression, suicidality, and anxiety is warranted. Measurement recommendations, research priorities, and clinical implications are discussed...

..In sum, most major psychiatric disorders are associated with increased risk for suicide attempts, but the strength of the relationships between these disorders and attempts changes over the course of development...

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..Psychiatric disorder is a major risk factor for suicidality but has poor positive predictive value...

..School and health professionals should carefully assess youth with poor reading for behavioral and emotional symptoms and provide services when indicated...

..The authors examined rates and predictors of rehospitalization among 180 adolescents followed up for up to 10.3 years after discharge from an inpatient psychiatric unit...

..Prevention efforts should focus on better understanding the relationship between these outcomes, as well as on the developmental paths leading up to these behaviors among youth with reading difficulties...

..The mechanism of change by which suicidal ideation is reduced in adolescents in treatment for AUD needs to be further explored...

..Subgroups of suicide attempters may present to treatment differently, have a different expression of problems over time, and have different treatment needs...

..This review critically examines the literature that pertains to the rates of aftercare service use, the effectiveness of aftercare services, and predictors of aftercare service use...

..To examine rates and predictors of aftercare use, lengths of service use, and predictors of the duration of aftercare service use among 180 adolescents monitored for up to 8.1 years after discharge from an inpatient psychiatry unit...

..The results of this study will help shed light on the best strategies for meeting parental needs following adolescent suicide attempts, and involving parents in their son's and daughter's treatment. ..

..The results of this study will help shed light on the best strategies for meeting parental needs following adolescent suicide attempts, and involving parents in their son's and daughter's treatment. ..

..These results will be used to design an adequately powered, multi-site RCT examining the efficacy of CBT-RP for suicidal dually diagnosed adolescents. ..

DESCRIPTION: In this application for a Mid-Career investigator award, David Goldston, Ph.D., requests support for mentoring of junior faculty, career development and continued research in the area of adolescent suicidal behaviors...

..The groups that differ in the courses of their suicidal behavior over time will be contrasted and characterized in terms of risk and protective factors for suicidal behaviors, as well as their risks for various non-suicidal outcomes. ..

..The final aim of this continuation is to test the utility of a hopelessness diathesis stress model (derived from Beck's cognitive model of depression) in predicting suicide attempts among high-risk youths. ..

..The results of this study will help shed light on the best strategies for meeting parental needs following adolescent suicide attempts, and involving parents in their son's and daughter's treatment. ..