Depression and anxiety often emerge for the first time during youth. The school environment
provides an ideal context to deliver prevention programs, with potential to offset the …

Background New technologies can profoundly change the way we understand psychiatric
pathologies and addictive disorders. New concepts are emerging with the development of …

The current study examines the relations among contemporary models of pathological and
normal range personality traits. Specifically, we report on (a) conjoint exploratory factor …

Objectives To provide a standardized metric for the assessment of depression severity to
enable comparability among results of established depression measures. Study Design and …

A complete discussion of fundamental and advanced topics in Item Response Theory written
by pioneers in the field In Item Response Theory, accomplished psychometricians Darrell …

Every day across America, behavioral health problems in childhood and adolescence, from
anxiety to violence, take a heavy toll on millions of lives. For decades the approach to these …

Importance The rate of suicide among adolescents is rising in the US, yet many adolescents
at risk are unidentified and receive no mental health services. Objective To develop and …

Although college campuses are diversifying rapidly, students of color remain an
underserved and understudied group. Online screening and subsequent allocation to …

In this review we explore recent developments in computerized adaptive diagnostic
screening and computerized adaptive testing for the presence and severity of mental health …

Background Suicide risk assessments are often challenging for clinicians, and therefore,
biological markers are warranted as guiding tools in these assessments. Suicidal patients …