Shayna Cheek

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry

shayna.cheek@duke.edu

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Cognitive inflexibility and suicidal ideation among adolescents following hospitalization: The moderating role of life stress.

Journal Article Journal of affective disorders · October 2023 BackgroundCognitive inflexibility has recently been investigated as potential vulnerability factor for suicidal ideation (SI), but the context in which it may convey risk is unclear. Life stress has also been reliably associated with SI among adol ... Full text Cite

Social problem-solving and suicidal behavior in adolescent girls: A prospective examination of proximal and distal social stress-related risk factors.

Journal Article J Psychopathol Clin Sci · July 2023 Adverse social experiences are often linked to suicidal behavior in adolescence, perhaps particularly for girls. Social problem-solving abilities may indicate more or less adaptive responses to adverse social experiences that contribute to adolescent girls ... Full text Link to item Cite

Experiences of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Patients Boarding in the Emergency Department from Staff Perspectives: Patient Journey Mapping.

Journal Article Adm Policy Ment Health · May 2023 Over the past decade, healthcare providers nationwide have contended with a growing boarding crisis as pediatric patients await psychiatric treatment in emergency departments (EDs). COVID-19 has exacerbated this urgent youth mental health crisis, driving E ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and Correlates of Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-injury in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Journal Article JAMA Psychiatry · July 1, 2022 IMPORTANCE: Considerably less is known about self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) in preadolescence than older age groups, owing partly to the common view that young children are incapable of suicidal thoughts. Yet, preadolescent suicide has incre ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Trauma-informed care for youth suicide prevention: A qualitative analysis of caregivers' perspectives.

Journal Article Psychol Trauma · May 2022 OBJECTIVE: Research shows elevated rates of trauma exposure and traumatic stress among youth with suicidal thoughts and behaviors, underscoring the need for a trauma-informed approach to suicide prevention and intervention. The purpose of this study was to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adaptive Treatment for Youth With Substance Use and Depression: Early Depression Response and Short-term Outcomes.

Journal Article J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · April 2022 OBJECTIVE: To investigate prevalence and predictors of early depression response (EDR) in adolescents with substance use and depression receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for substance use and to test the efficacy of supplemental CBT targeting de ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perspectives on the neurobiology of youth suicide within an RDoC framework

Chapter · January 11, 2022 Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth are a transdiagnostic phenomenon. The RDoC therefore offers a promising framework in which to interrogate potential underlying neurocognitive risk factors and mechanisms. This chapter presents an overview of the cur ... Full text Cite

An Update on the Latest Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents

Journal Article Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry · June 1, 2021 Purpose of Review: To summarize the literature on the treatment of suicidal adolescents in order to determine the psychotherapy approach with the strongest evidence as well as the core treatment techniques that cut across therapies. Recent Findings: Dialec ... Full text Cite

The Intersection of Trauma and Substance Use in Adolescent Populations

Chapter · January 1, 2021 In the current chapter, the authors discuss the intersection of trauma and substance use difficulties among youth. The current statistics, signs, and symptoms of trauma exposure and substance use in adolescent populations are presented, followed by a discu ... Full text Cite

Social rejection, popularity, peer victimization, and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article Clin Psychol Rev · December 2020 Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) are significant public health problems in adolescence. The current article provides a comprehensive systematic review examining the relationship between events leading to perceived low relational evaluation (e. ... Full text Link to item Cite

A randomized trial of an integrated cognitive behavioral treatment protocol for adolescents receiving home-based services for co-occurring disorders.

Journal Article J Subst Abuse Treat · September 2020 The current study conducted a preliminary test of whether community mental health clinic staff could implement a multicomponent cognitive behavioral treatment, developed for adolescents with substance misuse (alcohol and/or marijuana) and comorbid psychiat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Suicidal Ideation and Behavior Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Youth: 1995-2017.

Journal Article Pediatrics · March 2020 OBJECTIVES: In this study, we determined trends in prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual youth from 1995 to 2017 using population-based surveillance data. METHODS: Data were drawn from the Massachusett ... Full text Link to item Cite

Social Rejection and Suicidal Ideation and Attempts among Adolescents Following Hospitalization: a Prospective Study.

Journal Article J Abnorm Child Psychol · January 2020 Despite research indicating that stressful life events are associated with subsequent suicidal ideation (SI) and behavior, there is a lack of clarity regarding whether specific types of life events are differentially related to SI and attempts. The current ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and correlates of non-suicidal self-injury among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article Clin Psychol Rev · December 2019 The current review presents a meta-analysis of the existing empirical literature on the prevalence of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, as well as on correlates of NSSI within sexual and gende ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trajectories of Suicidal Ideation among Adolescents Following Psychiatric Hospitalization.

Journal Article J Abnorm Child Psychol · February 2018 Suicidal ideation (SI) is a common presenting problem for psychiatric hospitalizations in adolescents and often persists following discharge. This study examines whether distinct trajectories of SI could be delineated following hospitalization and the risk ... Full text Link to item Cite

A behavioral and cognitive neuroscience perspective on impulsivity, suicide, and non-suicidal self-injury: Meta-analysis and recommendations for future research.

Journal Article Neurosci Biobehav Rev · December 2017 We conducted a meta-analysis of neurobehavioral and neurocognitive indices of impulsivity in relation to suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as well as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). In our systematic review, 34 studies were identified and submitted to a ra ... Full text Link to item Cite

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in psychiatrically referred young children.

Journal Article Psychiatry research · December 2016 Despite increased awareness of the prevalence and seriousness of mental health problems in early childhood, there have been few empirical studies of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in this age group. This study examined suicidal thoughts and behaviors in 3 ... Full text Cite

Ethnic and racial differences in mental health service utilization for suicidal ideation and behavior in a nationally representative sample of adolescents.

Journal Article J Affect Disord · September 15, 2016 BACKGROUND: This study examined racial/ethnic differences in mental health treatment utilization for suicidal ideation and behavior in a nationally representative sample of adolescents. METHOD: Data were drawn from the National Survey on Drug Use and Healt ... Full text Link to item Cite

Non-suicidal self-injury and life stress: A systematic meta-analysis and theoretical elaboration.

Journal Article Clin Psychol Rev · July 2016 Recent years have seen a considerable growth of interest in the study of life stress and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). The current article presents a systematic review of the empirical literature on this association. In addition to providing a comprehen ... Full text Link to item Cite

SUBSTANCE USE AND SUICIDALITY: SPECIFICITY OF SUBSTANCE USE BY INJECTION TO SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF ADULTS WITH MAJOR DEPRESSION.

Journal Article Depress Anxiety · June 2016 BACKGROUND: Although several risk factors for suicidal ideation (SI) have been identified in the research literature, there is a pressing need for studies evaluating markers of risk differentiating ideators from people who have attempted. According to the ... Full text Link to item Cite