Publications

Here you can view and download PDFs of research articles based on work done at the Early Emotional Development Program. Check back often, as articles will be posted as they are published.

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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