Publications — Michael Southam-Gerow

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Dissemination & Implementation

McLeod, B. D., Martinez, R., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Weisz, J. R., & Chorpita, B. F. (2022). Can a single measure estimate protocol adherence for two psychosocial treatments for youth anxiety delivered in community mental health settings? Behavior Therapy, 53, 119-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2021.06.008

Hogue, A., Bobek, M., Porter, N., Dauber, S., Southam-Gerow, M. A., McLeod, B. D., & Henderson, C. E. (in press). Core elements of family therapy for adolescent behavioral health problems: Validity generalization in community settings. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Bourdon, J. L., Hettema, J. M., Prom-Wormley, E., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2021). Assessing stakeholder perceptions of the utility of genetic information for the clinical care of mental health disorders: We have a will but need to see the way. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services, 48, 363–376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-020-01058-7

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Cox, J. R., & Kinnebrew, A. (2020). Managing and Adapting Practice. In T. W. Farmer, M. A. Conroy, E. M. Z. Farmer & K. S. Sutherland (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Emotional & Behavioral Disabilities: Interdisciplinary Developmental Perspectives on Children and Youth. New York: Routledge.

Cox, J. R. & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2020). Dissemination of evidence-based treatments for children and families in practice settings (pp. 331-344). In R. G. Steele and M. C. Roberts (Ed.), Evidence based therapies for children and adolescents: Bridging science and practice (2nd Ed.). Switzerland: Springer.

Hogue, A., Bobek, M., Dauber, S., Henderson, C. E., McLeod, B. D., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2019). Core elements of family therapy for adolescent substance use: Empirical distillation of three manualized treatments. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48:1, 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1555762

Weisz, J. R., Bearman, S. K., Ugueto, A. M., Herren, J. A., Evans, S. C,, Cheron, D. M., Alleyne, A. R., Weissman, A. S., Tweed, J. L., Pollack, A. A., Langer, D A., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Wells K. C., & Jensen-Doss, A. (2019). Testing robustness of Child STEPs effects with children and adolescents: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. DOI:10.1080/15374416.2019.1655757

Hogue, A., Bobek, M., Dauber, S., Henderson, C. E. McLeod, B. D., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2017, online). Distilling the core elements of family therapy for adolescent substance use: Conceptual and empirical solutions. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 26, 437-453. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2017.1322020

Chu, B. C., Crocco, S. T., Arnold, C. C., Brown, R. C., Southam-Gerow, M. A., & Weisz, J. R. (2015). Sustained implementation of evidence-based treatments: Learning from therapists in the field. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 6, 70-79. doi: 10.1037/a0038000

Southam-Gerow, M. A. & Dorsey, S. (2014). Qualitative and mixed methods research in dissemination and implementation science: Introduction to special series. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 43, 845-850.

Rodriguez, A., Southam-Gerow, M. A., O’Connor, M. K., & Allin, R. B. (2014). An analysis of stakeholder views on children’s mental health services. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 43, 862-876.

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Daleiden, E. L., Chorpita, B. F., Bae, C. Mitchell, C., Faye, M., & Alba, M. (2014). MAPping Los Angeles County: Taking an evidence-informed model of mental health care to scale. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 43, 190-200.

Southam-Gerow, M. A. & Prinstein, M. J. (2014). Evidence-based treatment updates: The evolution of the evaluation of psychological treatments for children & adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 43, 1-6.

Weisz, J.R., Chorpita, B. F., Palinkas, L. A., Schoenwald, S. K., Miranda, J., Bearman, S. K., Daleiden, E. L., Ugueto, A. M., Ho, A., Martin, J., Gray, J., Alleyne, A., Langer, D. A., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Gibbons, R. D., & the Research Network on Youth Mental Health. (2012). Testing standard and modular designs for psychotherapy with youth depression, anxiety, and conduct problems: A randomized effectiveness trial. Archives of General Psychiatry, 69, 274-282.

Eonta, A. M., Christon, L. M., Hourigan, S. E., Ravindran, N., Vrana, S. R., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2011). Using everyday technology to enhance evidence-based treatments. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 42, 513-520.

Ehrenreich-May, J. T., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Hourigan, S. E., Wright, L. R., Pincus, D. B., & Weisz, J. R. (2011). Examining similarities and differences in characteristics of anxious and depressed youth in two different clinical contexts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 38, 398-411.

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Weisz, J. R., Chu, B. C., McLeod, B. D., Gordis, E. B., & Connor-Smith, J. K. (2010). Does CBT for youth anxiety outperform usual care in community clinics?: An initial effectiveness test. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 49, 1043-1052.

Weisz, J. R., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Gordis, E. B., Connor-Smith, J. K., Chu, B. C., Langer, D. A., McLeod, B. D., Jensen-Doss, A. Gelbwasser, A., & Weiss, B. (2009). Cognitive-behavioral therapy versus usual clinical care for youth depression: An initial implementation test in community clinics. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 77, 383-396.

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Hourigan, S. E., & Allin, R. B. (2009). Adapting evidence-based treatments for youth in partnership with mental health stakeholders. Behavior Modification, 33, 82-103.

Miller, L. M., Southam-Gerow, M. A., & Allin, R. B. (2008). Who stays in treatment? Child and family predictors of youth client retention in a public mental health agency. Child & Youth Care Forum, 37, 153-170

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Chorpita, B. F., Miller, L. M., & Gleacher, A. A. (2008). Are children with anxiety disorders privately-referred to a university clinic like those referred from the public mental health system? Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 35, 168-180.

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Silverman, W. K., & Kendall, P. C. (2006). Client similarities and differences in two childhood anxiety disorders research clinics. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 35, 528-538.

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Ringeisen, H. L., & Sherrill, J. T. (2006). Introduction to Special Issue: Integrating interventions and services research: Progress and prospects. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 13, 1-8.

Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2004). Some reasons that mental health treatments are not technologies: Toward treatment development and adaptation outside labs. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 11, 186-189.

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Weisz, J. R., & Kendall, P. C. (2003). Youth with anxiety disorders in research and service clinics: Examining client differences and similarities. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32, 375-385.

Treatment Integrity

McLeod, B. D., Sutherland, K. S., Broda, M., Granger, K. L., Martinez, R. G., Conroy, M. A., Snyder, P. A., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (in press). Development and initial psychometrics of a generic treatment integrity measure designed to assess practice elements of evidence-based interventions for early childhood settings. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-021-01304-w

McLeod, B. D., Martinez, R., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Weisz, J. R., & Chorpita, B. F. (in press). Can a single measure estimate protocol adherence for two psychosocial treatments for youth anxiety delivered in community mental health settings? Behavior Therapy. Advance online publication.

Cecilione, J. L., McLeod, B. D., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Weisz, J. R., & Chorpita, B. F. (in press). Examining the relation between technical and global competence in two treatments for youth anxiety. Behavior Therapy.

McLeod, B. D., Cecilione, J., Jensen-Doss, A., Southam-Gerow, M. A., & Kendall, P. C. (in press). Reliability, factor structure, and validity of an observer-rated alliance scale with youth. Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2021.03.009

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Chapman, J. E., Martinez, R. G., McLeod, B. D., Hogue, A., Weisz, J. R., & Kendall, P. C. (2021). Are therapist adherence and competence related to clinical outcomes in cognitive-behavioral treatment for youth anxiety? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(3), 188–199. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000538

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Bonifay, W., McLeod, B. D., Cox, J. R., Violante, S., Kendall, P. C., & Weisz, J. R. (2020). Generalizability and decision studies of a treatment adherence instrument. Assessment, 27, 321-333. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191118765365

Cox, J. R., McLeod, B. D., Jensen-Doss, A., Srivastava, V., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Kendall, P. C., & Weisz, J. R. (2019). Examining how core CBT interventions for anxious youth are delivered across settings. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.11.008

McLeod, B. D., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Jensen-Doss, A., Hogue, A., Kendall, P. C., & Weisz, J. R. (2019). Benchmarking treatment adherence and therapist competence in individual cognitive-behavioral treatment for youth anxiety disorders. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48, S234-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2017.1381914

Cox, J. R., Martinez, R. G., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2018). Treatment integrity in psychotherapy research and implications for the delivery of quality mental health services. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. doi:10.1037/ccp0000370

Brown, R.C., Southam-Gerow, M., McLeod, B. D., Wheat, E. B., Tully, C. B., Reise, S. P., Kendall, P. C., & Weisz, J. R. (2018). The Global Therapist Competence Scale for Youth Psychological Treatment: Development and initial validation. Journal of Clinical Psychology. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22537

McLeod, B. D., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Rodriguez, A., Quinoy, A., Arnold, C., Kendall, P. C., & Weisz, J. R. (2018). Development and initial psychometrics for a therapist competence instrument for CBT for youth anxiety. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 47, 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1253018

McLeod, B. D., Sutherland, K. S., Martinez, R. G., Conroy, M. A., Snyder, P. A., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2017). Identifying common practice elements to improve social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of young children in early childhood classrooms. Prevention Science, 18, 204-213. doi:10.1007/s11121-016-0703-y

Smith, M. M., McLeod, B. D., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Jensen-Doss, A., Kendall, P. C., & Weisz, J. R. (2017). Does the delivery of CBT for youth anxiety differ across research and practice settings? Behavior Therapy, 48, 501-516. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2016.07.004

McLeod, B. D., Southam-Gerow, M. A., & Kendall, P. C. (2017). Observer, child, and therapist perspectives on the alliance in CBT for youth anxiety. Psychological Assessment, 29(12), 1550-1555.

McLeod, B. D., Jensen-Doss, A., Tully, C. B., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Weisz, J. R., & Kendall, P. C. (2016). The role of setting versus treatment type in alliance within youth therapy. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 84, 453-464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000081

Southam-Gerow, M. A., McLeod, B. D., Arnold, C. A., Rodriguez, A., Cox, J. R., Reise, S. P., Bonifay, W. E., Weisz, J. R., & Kendall, P. C. (2016). Initial development of a treatment adherence measure for cognitive-behavioral therapy for child anxiety. Psychological Assessment, 28, 70-80. DOI: 10.1037/pas0000141

McLeod, B. D., Smith, M. M., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Weisz, J. R., & Kendall, P. C. (2015). Measuring differentiation for implementation research: The Therapy Process Observational Coding System for Child Psychotherapy Revised Strategies scale. Psychological Assessment, 27, 314-325. doi: 10.1037/pas0000037

Southam-Gerow, M. A. & McLeod, B. D. (2013). Advances in applying treatment integrity research for dissemination and implementation science: Introduction to Special Issue. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 20, 1-13.

McLeod, B. D., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Bair, C. E., Rodríguez, A., & Smith, M. M. (2013). Making a case for treatment integrity as a quality indicator. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 20, 14-32.

Schoenwald, S. K., Garland, A. F., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Chorpita, B. F., & Chapman, J. E. (2011). Adherence measurement in treatments for disruptive behavior disorders: Pursuing clear vision through varied lenses. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 18, 331-341.

Schoenwald, S. K., Garland, A. F., Chapman, J. E., Frazier, S. L., Sheidow, A. J., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2011). Toward the effective and efficient measurement of implementation fidelity. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 38, 32-43.

Emotion regulation

Morelen, D., Zeman, J., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2016). Child emotion regulation and victimization: The moderating role of child sex. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 1941-1953. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-016-0360-6.

Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2013). Practitioner’s guide to emotion regulation in children and adolescents. New York: Guilford Press. Purchase here (available in Dutch and Korean)

Hourigan, S. E., Goodman, K. L., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2011). Discrepancies in parents' and children's reports of child emotion regulation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110, 198-212.

Goodman, K. L. & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2010). The regulating role of negative emotions in children’s coping with peer rejection. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 41, 515-534.

Suveg, C., Southam-Gerow. M. A., Goodman, K. L., & Kendall, P. C. (2007). The role of emotion theory and research in child therapy development. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 14, 358-371.

Southam-Gerow, M. A. & Kendall, P. C. (2002). Emotion regulation and understanding: Implications for child psychopathology and therapy. Clinical Psychology Review, 22, 189-222.

Southam-Gerow, M. A. & Kendall, P. C. (2000). A preliminary study of the emotion understanding of youth referred for treatment of anxiety disorders. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 319-327.

Anxiety

Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2019). Exposure therapy with children and adolescents. New York: Guilford Press. Buy here.

Brown, R. C., Yaroslavsky, I., Quinoy, A. M., Friedman, A. D., Brookman, R. R., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2013). Psychometric evaluation of measures of anxiety and depression symptoms in an urban African American sample. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 44, 525-536.

Christon, L.M., Robinson, E.M., Arnold, C.C., Lund, H.G.,Vrana, S.R., & Southam-Gerow, M.A. (2012). Modular cognitive behavioral treatment of an adolescent female with selective mutism and social phobia: A case study. Clinical Case Studies, 11, 474-491.

Chorpita, B. F. & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2006). Treatment of anxiety disorders in youth. In E. J. Mash & R. A. Barkley (Eds.), Treatment of childhood disorders (3rd Ed.), (pp. 271-335). New York: Guilford Press.

Southam-Gerow, M. A., Kendall, P. C., & Weersing, V. R. (2001). Examining outcome variability: Correlates of treatment response in a child and adolescent anxiety clinic. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, 422-436.

Pediatric Psychology

Hourigan, S. E., Helms, S. W., Christon, L. M., & Southam-Gerow, M. A. (2013). Improving nutrition in toddlers with cystic fibrosis: Feasibility of a behavioral parent training intervention. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 1, 235-249. doi: 10.1037/cpp0000034

Hourigan, S. E., Southam-Gerow, M. A., & Quinoy, A. M. (2015). Emotional and behavior problems in an urban pediatric primary care setting. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 46, 289-299. doi:10.1007/s10578-014-0469-z