Selected Recent Publications

Mackesy-Amiti ME, Boodram B. Feasibility of ecological momentary assessment to study mood and risk behavior among young people who inject drugs. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Apr 16;187:227-235. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.016. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29684890.

Boodram B, Hotton AL, Shekhtman L, Gutfraind A, Dahari H. High-Risk Geographic Mobility Patterns among Young Urban and Suburban Persons who Inject Drugs and their Injection Network Members. J Urban Health. 2017 Sep 5. doi: 10.1007/s11524-017-0185-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28875410.

Mackesy-Amiti ME, Boodram B, Spiller MW, Paz-Bailey G, Prachand N, Broz D; NHBS Study Group.. Injection-Related Risk Behavior and Engagement in Outreach, Intervention and Prevention Services Across 20 US Cities. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Jul 1;75 Suppl 3:S316-S324. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001406. PubMed PMID: 28604433.

Hotton AL, Boodram B. Gender, Transience, Network Partnerships and Risky Sexual Practices Among Young Persons who Inject Drugs. AIDS Behav. 2017 Apr;21(4):982-993. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1555-y. PubMed PMID: 27637498; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5344752.

Boodram B, Mackesy-Amiti ME, Latkin C. The role of social networks and geography on risky injection behaviors of young persons who inject drugs. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Sep 1;154:229-35. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.042. Epub 2015 Jul 3. PubMed PMID: 26169447; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4797638.

Swenson RR, Houck C, Sarfati D, Emerson E, Donenberg G, Brown LK. HIV Testing Among Teens Attending Therapeutic Schools: Having a Personal Source of Information About HIV/AIDS Matters! J Prim Prev. 2015 Jun;36(3):155-66. doi: 10.1007/s10935-015-0383-6. PubMed PMID: 25656380; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4425569.

Donenberg GR, Emerson E, Mackesy-Amiti ME, Udell W. HIV-Risk Reduction with Juvenile Offenders on Probation. J Child Fam Stud. 2015 Jun 1;24(6):1672-1684. PubMed PMID: 26097376; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4469474.

Mackesy-Amiti ME, Donenberg GR, Ouellet LJ. Prescription opioid misuse and mental health among young injection drug users. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2015 Jan;41(1):100-6. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2014.940424. Epub 2014 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 25105884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4262584.

Mackesy-Amiti ME, Donenberg GR, Ouellet LJ. Psychiatric correlates of injection risk behavior among young people who inject drugs. Psychol Addict Behav. 2014 Dec;28(4):1089-95. doi: 10.1037/a0036390. Epub 2014 Aug 18. PubMed PMID: 25134053; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4274210.

Wilson HW, Donenberg GR, Emerson E. Childhood violence exposure and the development of sexual risk in low-income African American girls. J Behav Med. 2014 Dec;37(6):1091-101. doi: 10.1007/s10865-014-9560-y. Epub 2014 Feb 21. PubMed PMID: 24557448; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4177032.

Javdani S, Rodriguez EM, Nichols SR, Emerson E, Donenberg GR. Risking it for love: romantic relationships and early pubertal development confer risk for later disruptive behavior disorders in African-American girls receiving psychiatric care. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2014 Nov;42(8):1325-40. doi: 10.1007/s10802-014-9875-8. PubMed PMID: 24748499; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4198434.

Rodriguez EM, Donenberg GR, Emerson E, Wilson HW, Brown LK, Houck C. Family environment, coping, and mental health in adolescents attending therapeutic day schools. J Adolesc. 2014 Oct;37(7):1133-42. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.07.012. Epub 2014 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 25151645; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4335706.

Houck C, Swenson R, Donenberg G, Papino A, Emerson E, Brown LK. Adolescents' emotions prior to sexual activity and associations with sexual risk factors. AIDS Behav. 2014 Aug;18(8):1615-23. doi: 10.1007/s10461-014-0716-0. Review. PubMed PMID: 24558097; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4108515.

Hadley W, Barker DH, Lescano CM, Stewart AJ, Affleck K, Donenberg G, DiClemente R, Brown LK; Project STYLE Study Group.. Associations Between Psychiatric Impairment and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Teens in Mental Health Treatment. J HIV AIDS Soc Serv. 2014 Apr;13(2):198-213. PubMed PMID: 26023302; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4443474.

Brown LK, Hadley W, Donenberg GR, DiClemente RJ, Lescano C, Lang DM, Crosby R, Barker D, Oster D. Project STYLE: a multisite RCT for HIV prevention among youths in mental health treatment. Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Mar 1;65(3):338-44. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300095. PubMed PMID: 24382603.

Brown LK, Houck C, Donenberg G, Emerson E, Donahue K, Misbin J. Affect management for HIV prevention with adolescents in therapeutic schools: the immediate impact of project balance. AIDS Behav. 2013 Oct;17(8):2773-80. doi: 10.1007/s10461-013-0599-5. PubMed PMID: 23975475; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3823534.

Wilson HW, Emerson E, Donenberg GR, Pettineo L. History of sexual abuse and development of sexual risk behavior in low-income, urban African American girls seeking mental health treatment. Women Health. 2013;53(4):384-404. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2013.790337. PubMed PMID: 23751092.

Donenberg GR, Emerson E, Brown LK, Houck C, Mackesy-Amiti ME. Sexual experience among emotionally and behaviorally disordered students in therapeutic day schools: an ecological examination of adolescent risk. J Pediatr Psychol. 2012 Sep;37(8):904-13. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss056. Epub 2012 Mar 31. PubMed PMID: 22467883; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3437680.

Emerson E, Donenberg GR, Wilson HW. Health-protective effects of attachment among African American girls in psychiatric care. J Fam Psychol. 2012 Feb;26(1):124-32. doi: 10.1037/a0026352. Epub 2011 Dec 19. PubMed PMID: 22182334; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3716380.

Donenberg GR, Emerson E, Mackesy-Amiti ME. Sexual risk among African American girls: psychopathology and mother-daughter relationships. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2011 Apr;79(2):153-8. doi: 10.1037/a0022837. PubMed PMID: 21319895; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3077919.