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Clinical and Psychosocial Characteristics of Young Children With Suicidal Ideation, Behaviors, and Nonsuicidal Self-Injurious Behaviors. (2019)
Joan L. Luby, Diana Whalen, Rebecca Tillman, Deanna M. Barch
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Parent-Child Psychotherapy Targeting Emotion Development for Early Childhood Depression. (2018)
Joan L. Luby, Deanna M. Barch, Diana Whalen, Rebecca Tillman, Kenneth E. Freedland
Associations of Observed Performance Monitoring During Preschool With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Anterior Cingulate Cortex Volume Over 12 Years. (2018)
Kirsten E. Gilbert, Margot E. Barclay, Rebecca Tillman, Deanna M. Barch, Joan L. Luby
Neural correlates of reward processing in depressed and healthy preschool-age children (2016)
Andy C. Belden, Kelsey Irvin, Greg Hajcak, Emily S. Kappenman, Danielle Kelly, Samantha Karlow, Joan L. Luby, Deanna M. Barch
Preschool is a sensitive period for the influence of maternal support on the trajectory of hippocampal development (2016)
Joan L. Luby, Andy Belden, Michael P. Harms, Rebecca Tillman, Deanna M. Barch
Breastfeeding and Childhood IQ: The Mediating Role of Gray Matter Volume (2016)
Joan L. Luby, Andy C. Belden, Diana Whalen, Michael P. Harms, Deanna M. Barch
Correlates and Consequences of Suicidal Cognitions and Behaviors in Children Ages 3 to 7 Years (2015)
Diana J. Whalen, Katherine Dixon-Gordon, Andrew C. Belden, Deanna Barch, Joan L. Luby
Mother nurture and the social definition of neurodevelopment (2016)
Michael J. Meaney
Disrupted Amygdala Reactivity in Depressed 4-6 Year Old Children (2013)
Michael S. Gaffrey, Deanna M. Barch, Janet Singer, Rivfka Shenoy, Joan L. Luby
Early Childhood Depression and Alterations in the Trajectory of Gray Matter Maturation in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence (2016)
Joan L. Luby, Andy C. Belden, Joshua J. Jackson, Christina N. Lessov-Schlaggar, Michael P. Harms, Rebecca Tillman, Kelly Botteron, Diana Whalen, Deanna M. Barch
Relational aggression in children with preschool onset psychiatric disorders (2012)
Andy C. Belden, Michael S. Gaffrey, Joan L. Luby
Functional brain activation to emotionally valenced faces in school-aged children with a history of preschool-onset major depression (2012)
Deanna M. Barch, Michael S. Gaffrey, Kelly N. Botteron, Andy C. Belden, Joan L. Luby
Maternal support in early childhood predicts larger hippocampal volumes at school age (2012)
Joan L. Luby, Deanna M. Barch, Andy Belden, Michael S. Gaffrey, Rebecca Tillman, Casey Babb, Tomoyuki Nishino, Hideo Suzuki, and Kelly N. Botteron
Association between depression severity and amygdala reactivity during sad face viewing in depressed preschoolers: An fMRI study (2011)
Michael S. Gaffrey, Joan L. Luby, Andy C. Belden, Jonathan S. Hirshberg, Jennifer Volsch, Deanna M. Barch
Preschool depression: The importance of identification of depression early in development (2010)
Joan L. Luby
Early childhood depression (2009)
Joan L. Luby
Preschool depression: Homotypic continuity and course over 24 months (2009)
Joan L. Luby, Xuemei Si, Andy C. Belden, Mini Tandon, Ed Spitznagel
Temper tantrums in healthy versus depressed and disruptive preschoolers: Defining tantrum behaviors associated with clinical problems (2008)
Andy C. Belden, Nicole Renick Thomson, Joan L. Luby
The clinical picture of depression in preschool children (2003)
Joan L. Luby, Amy K. Heffelfinger, Christine Mrakotsky, Kathy M. Brown, Marth J. Hessler, Jeffrey M. Wallis, Edward L. Spitznagel