PUBLICATIONS
For a comprehensive list of our publications, please visit our profiles on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.
The gut microbiome and child and adolescent depression and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis with youth consultation (Campisi SC, Zhang F, Seo M, et al.)
An overview of eight studies examining the relationship between the gut microbiome, internalizing problems (withdrawal, sadness), depression, and anxiety was done by Susan Campisi. The review suggests a potential link between depressive symptoms and a gut microbiome characterized by reduced beneficial bacteria and increased taxa associated with inflammation and poor dietary patterns.
The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) as a biomarker for depression in a community sample of adolescents (Schumacher et al.)
In this community-based study, adolescents completed self-report and interview-based assessments of depression and provided blood samples to calculate inflammatory indices, including the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII). Findings showed that higher depressive symptoms were associated with elevated SII, suggesting a potential link between inflammation and early-onset depression.
Recruitment of adolescents with suicidal ideation in the emergency department: lessons from a randomized controlled pilot trial of a youth suicide prevention intervention (Tracey et al.)
This pilot RCT of a youth suicide prevention intervention recruited adolescents aged 12 to 17 years presenting to a pediatric hospital ED with suicide related behaviors, and provided evidence that EDs are feasible sites for participant recruitment in RCTs.