Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

JAACAP March 2023: Contributing Editor Dr. Alastair J. McKean interviews Dr. Andre Sourander on a cross-sectional study that compared war experiences, PTSD, anxiety, and depression in 2,766 adolescents aged 11 to 17 living in the war-torn Donetsk region and peaceful regions of Ukraine, more than 2 years after Russia first invaded in 2014.

JAACAP February 2023: Contributing Editor Dr. Carol Vidal interviews Dr. Mara Parellada on the efficacy of pharmacological interventions for irritability and emotional dysregulation in autism spectrum disorder and predictors of response.

JAACAP January 2023: Contributing Editor Dr. Desiree Shapiro interviews Dr. Giorgia Michelini on the investigation of the neural mechanisms underlying medication effects using cortical source analysis of electroencephalography (EEG) data.

JAACAP December 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Aviva K. Olsavsky interviews Dr. Virginia Carter Leno on the results from a community-based sample that suggests psychiatric symptoms in autistic youth exhibit substantial developmental continuity and thus highlight the importance of early screening and intervention.

JAACAP November 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Nicole King Cotton interviews Prof. Dr. Anja Goertz-Dorten on a randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of therapist-led, computer-assisted social skills training to a resource activation intervention in a clinical sample of 100 children (6-12 years) with disruptive behavior disorders and elevated levels of peer-related aggression.

JAACAP October 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Jung W. Kim interviews Dr. Nicole R. Karcher on examining factors that may account for race/ethnicity differences in psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in a middle childhood sample, including evidence for experiences of discrimination as a psychosocial mediator of these differences.

JAACAP September 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Alastair J. McKean interviews Dr. Kiara Alvarez on recommendations for what states, counties, cities, and mental health systems can do to promote antiracist evidence-based practices in children’s mental health.

JAACAP August 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Carol Vidal interviews Dr. William E. Copeland on study data from the 25-year Great Smoky Mountains Study to test the "intervention as prevention" hypothesis: that treatment of childhood psychopathology in the community might reduce risk for adult psychopathology.

JAACAP July 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Desiree Shapiro interviews Dr. Jean A. Frazier on evaluating the prevalence, co-occurrence, sex differences, and functional correlates of DSM-5 psychiatric disorders in 15-year-old adolescents born extremely preterm.

JAACAP June 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Aviva K. Olsavsky interviews Dr. Maggi A. Price on a spatial meta-analysis that examines whether anti-Black cultural racism moderates the efficacy of psychotherapy interventions among youth.

JAACAP May 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Nicole King Cotton interviews Dr. Arielle H. Sheftall on current trends and precipitating circumstances of suicide by sex and age group in Black youth 5 to 17 years of age, using 2 national databases, the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) and the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS).

JAACAP April 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Jung W. Kim interviews Dr. Tycho J. Dekkers on a meta-regression analysis investigating which specific behavioral techniques parents learn in parent training, and how they are associated with effects on parental outcomes.

JAACAP March 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Alastair J. McKean interviews Dr. Lily Hechtman on adult outcome of people with ADHD diagnosed in childhood and its several key predictors via a review of 7 North American controlled prospective follow-up studies: Montreal, New York, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Berkeley, and 7-site Multimodal Treatment Study of Children Wi...

JAACAP February 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Carol Vidal interviews Dr. Prudence W. Fisher on a systematic review of literature on nonverbal learning disability (NVLD), revealing great heterogeneity in criteria used to define NVLD and important methodological limitations in most research studies.

JAACAP January 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Desiree Shapiro interviews Drs. Jennifer L. Vande Voort and Paul E. Croarkin on evaluating the clinical impact of combinatorial pharmacogenetics testing in a double-blind, randomized, controlled effectiveness study for the pharmacologic treatment of adolescents with depression.

JAACAP December 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Aviva K. Olsavsky interviews Dr. Friederike I. Tam and Prof. Dr. Stefan Ehrlich on inspiring more research on nutritional interventions in anorexia nervosa and evidence for possible short-term adverse effects of current refeeding practices on the metabolic state.

JAACAP November 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Carol Vidal interviews Professor Tony Charman on the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a group behavioral parenting intervention for emotional and behavioral problems in young autistic children.

JAACAP October 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Desiree Shapiro interviews Dr. Kairi Kolves on a systematic review of extracted literature from 5 electronic databases to determine the status of research into the use of helplines among young people.

JAACAP September 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Alastair J. McKean interviews Dr. Katherine L. Kivisto on the increased risk of adolescent suicide associated with household

JAACAP August 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Nicole King Cotton interviews Dr. Katherine E. MacDuffie on decisions about predictive genetic testing for children.

JAACAP July 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Jung W. Kim interviews Drs. L. Eugene Arnold and Roger deBeus on if theta/beta-ratio (TBR) electroencephalographic biofeedback (neurofeedback [NF]) has a specific effect on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) beyond nonspecific benefit.

JAACAP June 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Aviva Olsavsky interviews Dr. Jonathan Posner on understanding the genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders and how this knowledge can inform strategies for identifying high-risk individuals, early intervention, and development of personalized treatment approaches. Genetic Studies of Mental Illness: Are Children Being Left Behind? Journal of the Ameri...

JAACAP May 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Carol Vidal interviews Dr. Cristiane S. Duarte on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and their continuity since childhood among young adults from the same ethnic group living in 2 low-income contexts. Development, Psychopathology, and Ethnicity II: Psychiatric Disorders Among Young Adults. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychia...

JAACAP April 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Desiree Shapiro interviews Dr. Manpreet K. Singh on the comparison of intrinsic network connectivity in symptomatic youths at high risk for bipolar disorder and healthy comparison youths.

JAACAP March 2021: Contributing Editor Dr. Alastair J. McKean interviews Dr. Lauren Brookman-Frazee on the impact of training therapists to deliver AIM HI, an individualized mental health intervention for children with ASD and challenging behaviors.