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Anthony Spirito

Professor of Psychiatry brown U
Verified email at brown.edu
Cited by 32051

Attempted and completed suicide in adolescence

A Spirito, C Esposito-Smythers - Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescence, and medically serious suicide
attempts occur in approximately 3% of adolescents. This review examines a number of risk …

Military youth and the deployment cycle: emotional health consequences and recommendations for intervention.

…, M Bodzy, RR Swenson, A Spirito - Journal of family …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
The United States military force includes over 2.2 million volunteer service members. Three
out of five service members who are deployed or are preparing for deployment have …

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescent depression and suicidality

A Spirito, C Esposito-Smythers… - Child and …, 2011 - childpsych.theclinics.com
Depression is one of the most common reasons adolescents seek treatment. Although there
are several treatment options available, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been the …

Suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury in the treatment of resistant depression in adolescents: findings from the TORDIA study

JR Asarnow, G Porta, A Spirito, G Emslie… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical and prognostic significance of suicide attempts (SAs)
and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents with treatment-resistant depression. …

[PDF][PDF] Sleep habits and sleep disturbance in elementary school-aged children

JA Owens, A Spirito, M McGuinn… - Journal of Developmental …, 2000 - researchgate.net
Relatively little is known about sleep habits, sleep disturbances, and the consequences of
disordered sleep in school-aged children. This descriptive study examined a variety of …

Switching to another SSRI or to venlafaxine with or without cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with SSRI-resistant depression: the TORDIA randomized …

…, J McCracken, M Strober, R Suddath, A Spirito… - Jama, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Context Only about 60% of adolescents with depression will show an adequate clinical
response to an initial treatment trial with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). There …

Anhedonia predicts poorer recovery among youth with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment–resistant depression

…, T Mayes, B Kennard, A Spirito… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To identify symptom dimensions of depression that predict recovery among
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment–resistant adolescents undergoing …

Reasons for adolescent suicide attempts: Associations with psychological functioning

J Boergers, A Spirito, D Donaldson - Journal of the American Academy of …, 1998 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine reasons for suicide attempts in adolescents and to examine the
relationship between these reasons and psychological functioning. METHOD: Self-reported …

Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts following inpatient hospitalization.

…, V Simon, JW Aikins, CSL Cheah, A Spirito - Journal of consulting …, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Remarkably little is known regarding the temporal course of adolescent suicidal ideation
and behavior, the prediction of suicidal attempts from changes in suicidal ideation, or the …

Adolescents' and their friends' health-risk behavior: Factors that alter or add to peer influence

MJ Prinstein, J Boergers, A Spirito - Journal of pediatric …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To examine models of risk for adolescent health-risk behavior, including family
dysfunction, social acceptance, and depression as factors that may compound or mitigate the …