Jami F. Young, PhD

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Jami F. Young, PhD, is a psychologist and Associate Chair of Research in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at CHOP.

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Internship

Internship in Clinical Psychology - Department of Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Fellowship

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Undergraduate Degree

BA in Psychology - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Graduate Degree

PhD in Clinical Psychology - Fordham University, New York, NY
MA in Clinical Psychology - Fordham University, New York, NY

Titles and Academic Titles

Clinical Psychologist

Associate Chair of Research, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Research Interests

Identification, prevention and treatment of adolescent depression and related concerns
Community-based research

Publications

Papers

2022

Davis, M., Jones, J. D., So, A., Benton, T. D., Boyd, R. C., Melhem, N., Ryan, N. D., Brent, D. A., Young, J. F. : Adolescent depression screening in primary care: Who is screened and who is at risk. Journal of Affective Disorders 299: 318-325, February 2022.

Gmuca, S., Sonagra, M., Xiao, R., Mendoza, E., Miller, K.S., Thomas, N.H., Young, J.F., Weiss, P.F., Sherry, D.D., Gerber, J.S.: Characterizing neurocognitive impairment in Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Subjective and objective measures of dyscognition. Frontiers in Pediatrics-Pediatric Rheumatology February 2022 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.848009.

White, L. K., Barzilay, R., Moore, T. M., Calkins, M. E., Jones, J. D., Himes, M. M., Young, J. F., Gur, R., Gur, R. E.: Risk and resilience measures related to psychopathology in youth. Child Psychiatry and Human Development February 2022 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10578-021-01296-2.

Long, E. E., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L. : Stress mediates the within-person longitudinal associations between depression and different anxiety syndromes in youth. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 50: 403-416, March 2022.

Jones, J.D., Hankin, B.L., Gallop, R., Haraden, D., Sbrilli, M. D., Garber, J., Young, J.F.: Effects of personalized depression prevention on anxiety through 18-month follow-up: A randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy 156, July 2022 Notes: Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104156.

2021

Davis, M., Rio, V., Farley, A. M., Bush, M. L., Beidas, R. S., Young, J. F.: Identifying adolescent suicide risk via depression screening in pediatric primary care: An electronic health record review. Psychiatric Services 72: 163-168, February 2021.

Griffith, J., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Longitudinal associations between positive affect and relationship quality among children and adolescents: Examining patterns of co-occurring change. Emotion 21: 28-38, February 2021.

Pine, A. E., Schvey, N. A., Shank, L. M., Burke, N. L., Higgins Neyland, M. K., Hennigan, K., Young, J. F., Wilfley, D. E., Klein, D. A., Jorgensen, S., Seehusen, D., Quinlan, J., Yanovski, J. A., Stephens, M., Sbrocco, T., Tanofsky-Kraff, M. : A pilot feasibility study of interpersonal psychotherapy for the prevention of excess weight gain among adolescent military-dependent girls. Military Medicine 186: 344-350, February 2021.

Griffith, J. M., Haraden, D., Clark, H., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Affective development from late childhood to late adolescence: Trajectories of mean-level change in negative and positive affect. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 50: 1550-1563, August 2021.

Young, J. F., Jones, J. D., Gallop, R., Benas, J. S., Schueler, C. M., Garber, J., Hankin, B. L. : Personalized depression prevention: A randomized controlled trial to optimize effects through risk-informed personalization. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 60: 1116-1126, September 2021.

Crawford, C. M., Griffith, J. M., Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F. : Implicit beliefs about emotions in youth: Associations with temperamental negative emotionality and depression. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 2021 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2021.40.2.121.

Gmuca, S., Sonagra, M., Xiao, R., Miller, K. S., Thomas, N. H., Young, J. F., Weiss, P. F., Sherry, D. D., Gerber, J. S. : Suicidal risk and resilience in juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome: A cross-sectional cohort study. Pediatric Rheumatology 19: 1-8, 2021.

Griffith, J. M., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L. : Longitudinal coupling of depression in parent-adolescent dyads: Within- and between-dyad effects over time. Clinical Psychological Science 2021 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/2167702621998313.

Jones, J. D., Gallop, R., Gillham, J. E., Mufson, L., McCarthy, A., Kanine, R., Young, J. F.: The depression prevention initiative: Mediators of Interpersonal Psychotherapy - Adolescent Skills Training. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 50: 202-214, 2021.

Kanine, R. M., Bush, M. L., Davis, M., Jones, J. D., Sbrilli, M. D., Young, J. F.: Depression prevention in pediatric primary care: Implementation and outcomes of Interpersonal Psychotherapy - Adolescent Skills Training. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 2021 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10578-021-01222-6.

Li, Y., Schweizer, T. H., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L. : The interplay of chronic interpersonal stress and rumination on nonsuicidal self-injury in youth. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 49: 1373-1385, 2021.

Mautone, J. A., Wolk, C. B., Cidav, C., Davis, M. F., Young, J. F. : Strategic implementation planning for integrated behavioral health services in pediatric primary care. Implementation Research and Practice 2021 Notes: Online only. doi: 10.1177/2633489520987558.

Mayne, S. L., Hannan, C., Davis, M., Young, J. F., Kelly, M. K., Powell, M., Dalembert, G., McPeak, K. E., Jenssen, B. P., Fiks, A. G.: COVID-19 and adolescent depression and suicide risk screening outcomes. Pediatrics 2021 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-051507.

Perzow, S. E. D, Bray, B. C., Wadsworth, M. E. W., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Individual differences in adolescent coping: Comparing a community sample and a low-SES sample to understand coping in context. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 50: 693-710, 2021.

Schweizer, T. H., Snyder, H. R., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Prospective prediction of depression and anxiety by integrating negative emotionality and cognitive vulnerabilities in children and adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 49: 1607-1621, 2021.

Sydnor, V., Larsen, B., Kohler, C. G., Crow, A. J. D., Rush, S. L., Calkins, M. E., Gur, R. C., Gur, R. E., Ruparel, K., Kable, J. W., Young, J. F., Chawla, S., Elliot, M. A., Shinohara, R. T., Nanga, R. P. R., Reddy, R., Wolf, D. H., Satterthwaite, T., Roalf, D.: Diminished reward responsiveness is associated with lower reward network GluCEST: An ultra-high yield glutamate imaging study. Molecular Psychiatry 2021 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-00986-y.

2020

Moore, T. M., White, L. K., Barzilay, R., Calkins, M. E., Jones, J. D., Young, J. F., Gur, R. C., Gur, R. E.: Development of a scale battery for rapid assessment of risk and resilience. Psychiatry Research 288, June 2020 Notes: Online only. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112996.

Burke, N. L., Higgins Neyland, M. K., Young, J. F., Wilfley, D. E., Tanofsky-Kraff, M.: Interpersonal psychotherapy for the prevention of binge-eating disorder and adult obesity in an adolescent military dependent boy. Eating Behaviors 38, August 2020 Notes: Online only. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101408.

Hamlat, E. J., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Developmental course of personality disorder traits in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Personality Disorders 34 (Supplement B): 25-43, September 2020.

Barzilay, R., White, L. K., Moore, T. M., Calkins, M. E., Taylor, J. H., Patrick, A., Huque, Z. M., Young, J. F., Ruparel, K., Pine, D. S., Gur, R. C., Gur, R. E.: Association of anxiety phenotypes with risk of depression and suicidal ideation in community youth. Depression & Anxiety 2020 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1002/da.23060.

Davis, M., Wolk, C. B., Jager-Hyman, S., Beidas, R. S., Young, J. F., Mautone, J. A., Buttenheim, A. M., Mandell, D. S., Volpp, K. G., Wislocki, K., Futterer, A., Marx, D., Dieckmeyer, E. L., Becker-Haimes, E. M.: Implementing nudges for suicide prevention in real-world environments: Project INSPIRE study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 6: 143, 2020 Notes: Online only. doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00686-y.

Farley, A. M., Gallop, R., Brooks, E. S., Gerdes, M., Bush, M. L., Young, J. F.: Identification and management of adolescent depression in a large pediatric care network. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics 41(2): 85-94, 2020.

Griffith, J. M., Long, E. E., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Co-occurring trajectories of depression and social anxiety in childhood and adolescence: Interactive effects of positive emotionality and domains of chronic interpersonal stress. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 48(6): 823-837, 2020.

Hamlat, E. J., McCormick, K. C., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Early pubertal timing predicts onset and recurrence of depressive episodes in boys and girls. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2020 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13198.

Khan, F., Chong, J., Fraley, R. C., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Development and change in attachment: A multi-wave assessment of attachment and its correlates across childhood and adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 118(6): 1188-1206, 2020.

Khan, F., Fraley, R. C., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Developmental trajectories of attachment and depressive symptoms. Attachment & Human Development 22(4): 392-408, 2020.

Long, E. E., Haraden, D. A., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Longitudinal patterning of depression repeatedly assessed across time among youth: Different trajectories in self-report questionnaires and diagnostic interviews. Psychological Assessment 32: 872-882, 2020.

Sbrilli, M. D., Jones, J. D., Kanine, R. M., Gallop, R., Young, J. F.: The depression prevention initiative: Trauma as a moderator of prevention outcomes. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 2020 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/1063426620945665.

Schweizer, T. H., Snyder, H. R., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: The breadth and potency of transdiagnostic cognitive risks for psychopathology in youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 88(3): 196-211, 2020.

Van Heel, M., Bijttebier, P., Volbin, H., Goossens, L., Hankin, B., Van Den Noortgate, W., Verschueren, K., Young, J., Van Leeuwen, K.: Parenting, effortful control, and adolescents' externalizing problem behavior: Moderation by dopaminergic genes. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 49(1): 252-266, 2020.

2019

Cohen, J. R., Thakur, H., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: The development and validation of an algorithm to predict depression onset in unselected youth. Psychological Medicine Page: 1-9, October 2019 Notes: Online only. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719002691.

Benas, J. S., McCarthy, A. E., Haimm, C., Huang, M., Gallop, R., Young, J. F.: The depression prevention initiative: Impact on adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a randomized trial. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 48(Supp 1): S57-S71, 2019.

Cohen, J. R., So, F. K., Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F.: Translating cognitive vulnerability theory into improved adolescent depression screening: A receiver operating characteristic approach. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 48(4): 582-595, 2019.

Cohen, J. R., So, F. K., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L., Lee, B. A.: Youth depression screening with parent and self-reports: Assessing current and prospective depression risk. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 50(4): 647-660, 2019.

Griffith, J. M., Crawford, C. M., Oppenheimer, C. W., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Parenting and youth onset of depression across three years: Examining the influence of observed parenting on child and adolescent depressive outcomes. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 47(12): 1969-1980, 2019.

Guntuku S. C., Schneider R. C, Pelullo A., Young J. F., Wong V., Ungar L. H, Polsky D., Volpp K., Merchant R. M.: Characterizing and measuring expressions of loneliness in individuals using Twitter. BMJ Open 9, 2019 Notes: Online only. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030355.

Hamlat, E. J., Snyder, H. R., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Pubertal timing as a transdiagnostic risk for psychopathology in youth. Clinical Psychological Science 7(3): 411-429, 2019.

Long, E. E., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Separating within-person from between-person effects in the longitudinal co-occurrence of depression and different anxiety syndromes in youth. Journal of Research in Personality 81: 158-167, 2019.

Snyder, H. R., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Chronic stress exposure and generation are related to the p factor and externalizing specific psychopathology in youth. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 48(2): 306-215, 2019.

Spiro-Levitt, C., Gallop, R., Young, J. F.: Trajectories of change in maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms in the depression prevention initiative. Journal of Affective Disorders 253: 176-183, 2019.

Young, J. F., Jones, J. D., Sbrilli, M., Benas, J. S., Spiro, C., Haimm, C., Gallop, R., Mufson, L., Gillham, J. E.: Long-term effects from a school-based trial comparing Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training to group counseling. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 48(Supp 1): S362-S370, 2019.

2018

Barzilay, R., White, L. K., Calkins, M. E., Moore, T. M., Young, J. F., Wolf, D. H., Satterthwaite, T. D., Gur, R. C., Gur, R. E.: Sex-specific association between high traumatic stress exposure and social cognitive functioning in youth. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 3(10): 860-867, 2018.

Bosmans, G., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: NR3C1 methylation as a moderator of the effects of maternal support and stress on insecure attachment development. Developmental Psychology 54(1): 29-38, 2018.

Brown, C. H., Brincks, A., Huang, S., Perrino, T., Cruden, G., Pantin, H., Howe, G., Young, J. F., Beardslee, W., Montag, S., & Sandler, I.: Two-year impact of prevention programs on adolescent depression: An integrative data analysis approach. Prevention Science 19(1): 74-94, 2018.

Cassidy, O., Eichen, D. M., Burke, N. L., Patmore, J., Shore, A., Radin, R. M., Sbrocco, T., Shomaker, L. B., Mirza, N., Young, J. F., Wilfley, D. E., Tanofsky-Kraff, M.: Engaging African American adolescents and stakeholders to adapt interpersonal psychotherapy for weight gain prevention. Journal of Black Psychology 44(2): 128-161, 2018.

Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F., Gallop, R., Garber, J.: Cognitive and interpersonal vulnerabilities to adolescent depression: Classification of risk profiles for a personalized prevention approach. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 46(7): 1521-1533, 2018.

Long, E. E, Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Temporal dynamics and longitudinal co-occurrence of depression and different anxiety syndromes in youth: Evidence for reciprocal patterns in a 3-year prospective study. Journal of Affective Disorders 234: 20-27, 2018.

Masselink, M., Van Roekel, E., Hankin, B. L., Keijsers, L., Lodder, G. M. A., Vanhalst, J., Verhagen, M., Young, J. F., Oldehinkel, A. J.: The longitudinal association between self-esteem and depressive symptoms in adolescents: Separating between-person effects from within-person effects. European Journal of Personality 32(6): 653-671, 2018.

McCarthy, A. E., Gallop, R., Benas, J., Young, J. F.: School-related outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of adolescent depression prevention programs. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 26(3): 170-181, 2018.

Oppenheimer, C. W., Hankin, B. L., Young J.: Effect of parenting and peer stressors on cognitive vulnerability and risk for depression among youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 46(3): 597-612, 2018.

Shank, L. M., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Radin, R. M., Shomaker, L. B., Wilfley, D. E., Young, J. F., Brady, S., Olsen, C. H., Reynolds, J. C., Yanovski, J. A.: Remission of loss of control eating and changes in components of the metabolic syndrome. International Journal of Eating Disorders 51(6): 565-563, 2018.

Theisen, J. C., Fraley, C., Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F., Chopick, W. J.: How do attachment styles change from childhood through adolescence? Findings from an accelerated longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Research in Personality 74: 141-146, 2018.

2017

Hankin, B. L., Davis, E. P., Snyder, H., Young, J. F., Glynn, L., Sandman, C.: Temperament factors and dimensional, latent bifactor models of child psychopathology: Transdiagnostic and specific associations in two youth samples. Psychiatry Research 252: 139-146, 2017.

Jenness, J. L., Young, J. F., & Hankin, B. L.: 5-HTTLPR moderates the relationship between attention away from angry faces and prospective depression among youth. Journal of Psychiatric Research 91: 83-89, 2017.

Miller, A. B., Jenness, J. L., Oppenheimer, C. W., Gottlieb, A. B., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Childhood emotional maltreatment as a robust predictor of suicidal ideation: A 3-year multi-wave, prospective investigation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 45(1): 105-116, 2017.

Snyder, H. R., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Strong homotypic continuity in common psychopathology, internalizing and externalizing specific factors over time in adolescents. Clinical Psychological Science 5(1): 98-110, 2017.

Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Shomaker, L. B., Wilfley, D. E., Young, J. F., Sbrocco, T., Stephens, M., Brady, S. M., Galescu, O., Demidowich, M., Olsen, C. H., Kozlosky, M., Reynolds, J.C., Yanovski, J. A.: Excess weight gain prevention in adolescents: Three-year outcome following a randomized-controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 85(3): 218-227, 2017.

2016

Benas, J. S., McCarthy, A. E., Haimm, C., Huang, M., Gallop, R, Young, J. F. The depression prevention initiative: Impact on adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a randomized trial. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2016 Sep 20:1-15. [Epub ahead of print]

Young, J. F., Benas, J. S., Schueler, C. M., Gallop, R., Gillham, J. E., Mufson, L.: A randomized depression prevention trial comparing Interpersonal Psychotherapy - Adolescent Skills Training to group counseling in schools. Prev Sci. 2016 Apr;17(3):314-24.

Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Shomaker, L. B., Young, J. F., Wilfley, D. E.: Interpersonal psychotherapy for the prevention of excess weight gain and eating disorders: A brief case study. Psychotherapy (Chic). 2016 Jun;53(2):188-94.

Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Crosby, R. D., Vannucci, A., Kozlosky, M., Shomaker, L. B., Brady, S. B., Sbrocco, T., Pickworth, C. K., Stephens, M., Young, J. F., Olsen, C. H., Kelly, N. R., Radin, R., Cassidy, O., Wilfley, D. E., Reynolds, J. C., Yanovski, J. A.: Effect of adapted interpersonal psychotherapy versus health education on mood and eating in the laboratory among adolescent girls with loss of control eating. Int J Eat Disord. 2016 May;49(5):490-8.

Miller, A. B., Jenness, J. L., Oppenheimer, C. W., Gottlieb, A. B., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Childhood emotional maltreatment as a robust predictor of suicidal ideation: A 3-year multi-wave, prospective investigation. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2016 Mar 31.

Kranzler, A., Young J. F., Hankin, B. L., Abela, J. R. Z., Elias, M. J., Selby, E. A.: Emotional awareness: A transdiagnostic factor in depression and anxiety for children and adolescents. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2016;45(3):262-9.

Jenness, J. L., Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F., Smolen, A.: Stressful life events moderate the relationship between genes and biased attention to emotional faces in youth. Clin Psychol Sci. 2016 May;4(3):386-400.

Gulley, L. D., Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F.: Risk for depression and anxiety in youth: The interaction between negative affectivity, effortful control, and stressors. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2016 Feb;44(2):207-18.

Arnett, A. B., Pennington, B. F., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L. Effects of within-person variance in hyperactivity/attention problems on subsequent conduct problems in youth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 57: 502-509, 2016.

2015

Snyder, H. R., Gulley, L. D., Bijttebier, P., Hartman, C. A., Oldehinkel, A. J., Mezulis, A., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Adolescent emotionality and effortful control: Core latent constructs and links to psychopathology and functioning. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2015 Dec;109(6):1132-49.

Jenness, J. L., Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F., Gibb, B. E.: Misclassification and identification of emotional facial expressions in depressed youth: A preliminary study. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2015;44(4):559-65

Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F., Abela, J. R., Smolen, A., Jenness, J. L., Gulley, L. D., Technow, J. R., Gottlieb, A. B., Cohen, J. R., Oppenheimer, C. W.: Depression from childhood into late adolescence: Influence of gender, development, genetic susceptibility, and peer stress. J Abnorm Psychol. 2015 Nov;124(4):803-16.

Hankin, B. L., Barrocas, A. L., Young, J. F., Haberstick, B., Smolen, A.: 5-HTTLPR x interpersonal stress interaction and nonsuicidal self-injury in general community sample of youth. Psychiatry Res. 2015 Feb 28; 225(3): 609–612.

Hankin, B. L., Badanes, L. S., Smolen, A., Young, J. F.: Cortisol reactivity to stress among youth: Stability over time and genetic variants for stress sensitivity. J Abnorm Psychol. 2015 Feb; 124(1): 54–67.

Cohen, J. R., Spiro, C. N., Young, J. F., Gibb, B. E., Hankin, B. L., Abela, J. R. Z.: Interpersonal risk profiles for youth depression: A person-centered, multi-wave, longitudinal study. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2015 Nov; 43(8): 1415–1426.

2014

Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Shomaker, L., Wilfley, D. E., Young, J. F., Sbrocco, T., Stephens, M., Razenhofer, L. M., Elliot, C., Brady, S., Radin, R. M., Vannucci, A., Bryant, E. J., Osborn, R., Berger, S. S., Olsen, C., Zozlosky, M., Reynolds, J. C., Yanovsky, J. A.: Targeted prevention of excess weight gain and eating disorders in high-risk adolescent girls: A randomized, controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Oct; 100(4): 1010–1018.

Holm-Denoma, J. M., Hankin, B. L., Young, J. F.: Developmental trends of eating disorder symptoms and comorbid internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents. Eat Behav. 2014 Apr;15(2):275-9.

Hazel, N. A., Oppenheimer, C. W., Technow, J. R., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L.: Parental social support buffers the relationship between peer stress and depressive symptoms from middle childhood to adolescence. Dev Psychol. 2014 Aug;50(8):2115-23.

Cohen, J. R., Young, J. F., Gibb, B. E., Hankin, B. L., Abela, J. R. Z.: Why are anxiety and depressive symptoms comorbid in youth? A multi-wave, longitudinal examination of competing etiological models. J Affect Disord. 2014 Jun;161:21-9.

Cohen, J. R., Spiegler, K. M., Young, J. F., Hankin, B. L., Abela, J. R. Z.: Self-structures, negative events, and adolescent depression: Clarifying the role of self-complexity in a prospective, multiwave study. J Early Adolesc. 2014 Aug;34(6):736-759.

Cohen, J. R., Sheshko, D. M., Ames, A. M., Young, J. F., Hansford, A. P., Yao, S., Abela, J. R. Z.: Self-perceived competence in mainland China: A multi-wave longitudinal examination of prospective internalizing symptoms in Chinese youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence 25: 564-579, 2014.

Berger, S. S., Elliott, C., Ranzenhofer, L., Shomaker, L. B., Hannallah, L., Field, S., Young, J. F., Sbrocco, T., Wilfley, D. E., Yanovski, J., Tanofsky-Kraff, M.: Interpersonal problem areas and alexithymia in adolescent girls with loss of control eating. Compr Psychiatry. 2014 Jan;55(1):170-8.

Books

Young, J. F., Mufson, L., Schueler, C. M.: Preventing Adolescent Depression: Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Chapters

2017

Jacobson, C. M., Mufson, L., Young, J. F.: Treating adolescent depression using interpersonal psychotherapy. Evidence based psychotherapies for children and adolescents (3rd Ed.). J. R. Weisz & A. E. Kazdin (eds.). New York: Guilford, Page: 66-84, 2017.

Kerner, S. S., & Young, J. F.: The efficacy of Interpersonal Psychotherapy  -Adolescent Skills Training (IPT-AST). Case studies within psychotherapy trials: Expanding the gold standard. D. B. Fishman, S. Messer, D. J. A. Edwards, & F. Dattilio (eds.). Oxford University Press, Page: 119-180, 2017.

Mufson, L., Young, J. F.: Interpersonal psychotherapy. Lewis' child and adolescent psychiatry (5th Ed.). A. Martin, M. H. Block & F. R. Volkmar (eds.). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, Page: 788-795, 2017.

Young, J. F., Mufson, L.: Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents. Reference module in neuroscience and biobehavioral psychology. J. Stein (eds.). Oxford, UK: Elsevier, Page: 1-9, 2017.

2015

Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Shomaker, L., Young, J. F., Wilfley, D. E.: Interpersonal psychotherapy for the prevention of excess weight gain and eating disorders. In H. Thompson-Brenner (Ed), Casebook of evidence-based therapy for eating disorders (pp. 195-219). New York: Guilford, 2015.

Mufson, L., La Greca, A. M., Young, J. F., Ehrenreich-May, J.: Interpersonal approaches to intervention: Implications for preventing and treating social anxiety in adolescents. In K. Ranta, A. La Greca, L. Garcia-Lopez, & M. Marttunen (Eds.), Social anxiety and phobia in adolescents: Development, manifestation and intervention strategies (pp. 251-270). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2015.

2013

Young, J. F., Mufson, L., Benas J. S.: Interpersonal psychotherapy as a transdiagnostic approach. In J. Ehrenreich-May & B. Chu (Eds.), Transdiagnostic mechanisms and treatment for youth psychopathology (pp. 183-202). New York: Guilford, 2013.

2012

Mufson, L., Lewis, L. R., Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Young, J. F.: Treatment of adolescent depression with interpersonal psychotherapy. In M. M. Weissman & J. C. Markowitz (Eds.), Casebook of interpersonal psychotherapy (pp. 203-223). New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

2011

Young, J. F., Mufson, L.: Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents. In B. B. Brown & M. Prinstein (Eds.), Encyclopedia of adolescence (pp. 171-179). Oxford: Elsevier Press, 2011.

2009

Young, J. F., Mufson, L.: Interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents. In C. Essau (Ed.), Treatments for adolescent depression: Theory and practice (pp. 261-283). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

2008

Young, J. F., Mufson, L.: Interpersonal psychotherapy and prevention. In J. R. Z. Abela & B. L. Hankin (Eds.), Handbook of depression in children and adolescents (pp. 288-308). New York: Guilford, 2008.

2007

Mufson, L., Young, J. F.: Interpersonal psychotherapy. In A. Martin & F. R. Volkmar (Eds.), Lewis’ child and adolescent psychiatry (4th Ed.) (pp. 819-825). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, 2007.

2006

Young, J. F., Mufson, L.: Interpersonal psychotherapy. In N. Kazantzis & L. L’Abate (Eds.), Handbook of homework assignments in psychotherapy: Research, practice, and prevention (pp. 85-100). New York: Springer, 2006.

2004

Young, J. F., Mufson, L.: Interpersonal psychotherapy for the treatment of adolescent depression: A guide to techniques and implementation. In H. Steiner (Ed.), Handbook of mental health interventions in children and adolescents: An integrated developmental approach (pp. 685-702). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Posters and Presentations

Invited Lectures

2021

Young JF. "Bending adolescent depression trajectories through personalized depression prevention" - International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy Biannual Meeting, Virtual. Oct 2021.

Young JF. "Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training" - International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy Biannual Meeting, Virtual. Oct 2021.

2020

Young JF. "Bending trajectories of adolescent depression through personalized prevention" - Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA (virtual talk due to COVID-19). Nov 2020.

Young JF. "Adolescent depression in primary care: Opportunities for early identification and promotion" - Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA (virtual talk due to COVID-19). Nov 2020.

Young JF. "Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training" - Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London, UK (virtual training due to COVID-19). Oct 2020.

Young JF. "Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training" - University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO (virtual training due to COVID-19). Aug 2020.

Young JF. "Early identification and prevention of youth depression in community settings" - IDC Herzliya, Herzliya, ISR (webinar due to COVID-19). June 2020.

Young JF. "Identification and prevention of depression in community settings" - One Mind, Austin, TX (webinar due to COVID-19). May 2020.

2019

Young JF. "The Identification and Prevention of Adolescent Depression in Primary Care" - Developing and Researching Advanced Models of Integrated Primary Care, Wilmington, DE. Sept 2019.

Young JF. "Preventing Adolescent Depression Using IPT-AST: From Schools to Primary Care" - Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London, UK. June

Awards and Honors

2015-2017, Chancellor’s Scholar, Rutgers University

2013, Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence, Rutgers University

2009, Gerald Klerman Young Investigator Award, International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy

2000, Anu Byravan Award for Excellence in Teaching, Fordham University

1996, Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University



 

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

2022-present, Associate Editor, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

2017-present, Consulting Editor, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

2011-2016, Consulting Editor, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Ad-Hoc Reviewer

2015- present, Prevention Science

2015- present, Journal of the American Medical Association

2015- present, Depression and Anxiety

2012- present, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

2009- present, Behaviour Research and Therapy

2008- present, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

2007- present, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

2006- present, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

2006- present, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

2006- present, Journal of Affective Disorders

2004- present, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Academic and Institutional Committees

2022-present, Co-chair, Research Advisory Council, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2021-present, Research Associate Chairs Committee

2020-present, Clinical Research Task Force, Research Institute

2020-present, Research Administration Faculty Advisory Council, Research Institute

2020-present, Research Compliance and Risk Sub-Committee, Research Institute

2019-present, Adolescent Health in Primary Care Steering Committee

2019-present, Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine

2018-present, Co-chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2018-present, Co-chair, Behavioral Health Population Health Workgroup

2017-present, Faculty Affairs and Professional Development Committee, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Leadership and Memberships

International

2006-present, International Society for Interpersonal Psychology (Member)

National       

2003-present, Society for Prevention Research (Member)
2003 present, Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Member)
2001-present, American Psychological Association (Member)