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Shayna Cheek

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2024 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Recent Scholarly Works


A multi-method evaluation of trait and state-sensitive impulsivity in relation to impulsiveness of suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury in an adolescent clinical sample

Journal article Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders · September 1, 2026 Background: Understanding the heterogeneity of suicide attempts (SA), and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) – e.g., impulsiveness of these behaviors, as in the length of time between participants’ thought of engaging in the relevant self-injurious behavior a ... Full text Cite

Safe treatment for emergency presentation for suicidal ideation and behavior (SAFE STEPS): Protocol for randomized controlled trial.

Journal article Contemp Clin Trials · July 2026 BACKGROUND: Suicide is currently the second leading cause of death among youth ages 13-24 in the United States. Youths presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) with suicidal ideation and/or behavior have elevated risk for subsequent suicide attempts and d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Executive Function and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Journal article Biol Psychiatry · May 27, 2026 BACKGROUND: Although executive functioning (EF) deficits have been implicated in self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs), the strength of their associations remain unclear. Few mechanisms reliably differentiating between suicidal thoughts and suicide ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Alcohol Misuse and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Youth: Proximal Associations and Mechanisms of Risk

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031

Youth Partners in Care for Suicide Prevention

ResearchProject Coordinator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2022 - 2027

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Education


Duke University · 2022 Ph.D.