Publications by authors named "Tara Thompson-Felix"
Editors' Note: 2024 Annual Report Regarding JAACAP's Antiracist Journey.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- In 2020, the authors expressed their commitment to making JAACAP (Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) an antiracist journal at all levels.
- Over the past four years, they have implemented various initiatives to align the journal with this vision, including both JAACAP and JAACAP Open.
- Their goal is to lead the mental health journal community in adopting intentional antiracist policies and practices.
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- * A study using data from two cohorts found that higher maternal perceived social support during pregnancy is linked to better cognitive performance in children at age 8, regardless of other factors like maternal mental health.
- * Results indicate that pregnancy is a crucial period for social support effects on child cognition, suggesting that enhancing maternal social support during this time could benefit both mother and child.
Editors' Note: Third Annual Report Regarding JAACAP's Antiracist Journey.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
December 2023
Article Synopsis
- In 2020, we expressed our commitment to making JAACAP an antiracist journal at every level and began initiatives to embody this vision.
- Over the past three years, we've been actively working on reshaping the Journal to align with our antiracist goals.
- With the launch of JAACAP Open in late 2022, we aim to expand these initiatives to all journals in the JAACAP family and strive to be a leader in adopting antiracist policies within the mental health field.
Background Racist interactions in clinical practice remain a pervasive reality for Black healthcare providers. We sought to develop a framework to inform supervisors' actions when confronting racism in clinical practice and protecting trainees under their oversight. Methods We conducted a qualitative study in which experienced supervisors responded to seven short, videotaped interactions between: 1) Black trainees and a simulated patient (SP) in a racist role; 2) the trainees and their respective supervisors; and 3) the trainees and their supervisors together with the SP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMaternal opioid use disorder is common, resulting in significant neonatal morbidity and cost. Currently, it is not possible to predict which opioid-exposed newborns will require pharmacotherapy for neonatal abstinence syndrome. Further, little is known regarding the effects of maternal opioid use disorder on the developing human brain.
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