Publications by authors named "The Lams Group"
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- Early detection of substance use disorders (SUDs) in adolescents and young adults can enhance treatment approaches.
- The study tested the effectiveness of the Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory (CASI) Substance Use subscale in identifying SUDs compared to a self-report version by youth.
- Results indicated high accuracy in differentiating those with and without SUDs, suggesting the CASI could be a valuable tool in outpatient mental health settings for screening purposes.
Background: The affective go/no-go (AGN) task has been used to assess affective biases in attention set-shifting and deficits in inhibitory control of emotional information among depressed youth, but results have been inconsistent. We aimed to test AGN robustness and clarify temporal relationships between depressive symptoms and affective processing in youth.
Methods: We evaluated AGN performance twice (Time 1 N = 306; Time 2 N = 238) in relation to current, previous, and future depression in the same children/adolescents with depression and those without diagnoses who participated in the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms (LAMS) study.
This study investigated the diagnostic and clinical utility of the parent-rated Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED-P) for detecting youth anxiety disorders. Youth ages 6 to 12 years, 11 months were recruited from 9 outpatient mental health clinics (N = 707). Consensus diagnoses were based on semistructured interviews (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children) with youth and caregivers; 31% were diagnosed with at least one anxiety disorder.
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