Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center

Research Projects

Below are the research areas in which projects are currently being conducted:

Adolescent Obesity

• Peer-Enhanced Intervention to Support Teen Weight Loss
  

Adolescent Psychopathology

• Psychopathology, Cognition and Suicide in Adolescents
  
  
• Treatment of Youth Alcohol Abuse and Suicidality
  
  
• Medication Compliance and Suicidality in Adolescent Outpatients
  
  
• Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescent Outpatients
  

• Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Manic Symptoms and Bipolar Disorder in Hospitalized Adolescents
  
  
• Clinical Assessment of Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients Upon Admission and Discharge with Self-Report Measures
  
  
• Prevalence of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Hospitalized Adolescents
  
  
• Psychopathology, Cognition, and Suicide in Adolescents
  
  
• Treatment of Youth Alcohol Abuse and Suicidality Among Adolescents
  
  
• Family Interviewing with Alcohol-Positive Adolescents in the Emergency Room
  
  
• Treatment of SSRI-Resistant Depression in Adolescents
  
  
• Course and Outcome for Adolescents with Bipolar Illness
  
  
• Project IMAGE: Neurobehavioral Correlates of Adolescent Nicotine Dependence
  
  
• Outcomes and Follow-Up of Patients Treating in the Hasbro Partial Hospital Program
  
  

Anxiety Disorders

• Family-Based Treatment of Young Children with OCD
  
  
• Family Processes in Early Childhood OCD
  
  
• Treatment of Pediatric OCD
  
  
• Child Anxiety Disorders: Parenting and Temperamental Effects
  

Asthma

• Pediatric Asthma Disparities: Perception and Management (RIPRAC)
  
  
• Identifying Protective Factors in Urban Children with Asthma
  
  
• Community Partnership to Reduce Asthma Disparities
  
  
• Stress and Immunity in Pediatric Asthma
  
  
• Project REACH: Resilience and Asthma in Children
  

• Enhancing Pediatric Asthma Education to Improve Adherence
  
  
• Symptom Perception in Pediatric Asthma
  

Autism

• Autism Research Study

Child Protection Program

• The Family Support Project
  

Early Childhood Psychopathology

• Early Childhood Psychopathology and Treatment: The Role of Emotion and Relationship Factors
  
  
• Enhanced Head Start MAP Intervention: Linking Program Evaluation and Child Outcomes
  
  
• Children at Risk for Depression
  
  
• Maternal Depression and Fetal Neurobehavior
  
  

• Emotional Competence, Poverty and School Transition
  
  
• Temperament and Goodness of Fit in Preschool-Age Children
  

FireSafe Families Program

• The Bradley Hospital FireSafe Families Project
  

HIV Prevention

• HIV Prevention for Youth with Severe Mental Illness
  
  
• HIV, Abuse and Psychiatric Disorders Among Youth
  
  
• Therapeutic Schools: Affect Management and HIV Prevention
  
  
• An Affect Management Intervention for Juvenile Offenders
  
  
• A Multilevel HIV-Prevention Strategy for High-Risk Youth
  
  
• Project STYLE: Family-Based HIV Prevention for Latinos
  

Sibling Adaptation

• Sibling Support of Pediatric Diabetes Self-Management
  
  
• Siblings and Asthma
  
  
• Siblings and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  
  
• SibLink Wait List
  
  
• Somatic Symptoms of Siblings of Children with Disorders
  
  
• Siblings of Children with Chronic Illness and Disability
  
  
• Latino Siblings of Children with Chronic Illness and Disability
  
  

Tobacco Control

• Project IMAGE: Neurobehavioral Correlates of Adolescent Nicotine Dependence
  
  
• Sleep, Mood and Postpartum Smoking Relapse
  
  
• Immunizing Against Tobacco Use in Pediatric Health Care
  
  
• Parental Influences on Child Tobacco Use
  

Sleep Laboratory

• Sleep, Mood and Postpartum Smoking Relapse
  
  
• Does Short Sleep Lead to Depressed Mood by Altering Serotonin Receptor Function?
  
  
• Phase Preference, Sleepiness, and Adolescent Development
  
  
• Measuring the Brain's Day Length in Adolescents-Summer Sleep Camp
  
  
• Sleep Homeostasis and Adolescent Development
  
  
• Does Parental Alcohol History Influence Child/Adolescent Sleep Patterns?
  
  
• Effects of Evening Alcohol in Adolescents and Young Adults
  
  
• Do the Effects of Alcohol Change Depending on Timing?
  

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