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David B. Goldston

David B. Goldston

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Psychology

D-Index
48
Citations
10218
World Ranking
5904
National Ranking
3205

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

David B. Goldston is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on clinical psychology and social psychology. The scientist's subfields of study include infectious diseases, epidemiology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Goldston's work extensively addresses topics related to suicide and self-harm studies, mental health treatment and access, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development. Additional areas of research include HIV/AIDS research and interventions, posttraumatic stress disorder research, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, and substance abuse treatment and outcomes.

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has collaborated regularly with coauthors including:

  • Kate B. Nooner
  • Brandon A. Knettel
  • Duncan B. Clark
  • Susan F. Tapert
  • Fiona C. Baker

Some recent papers by David B. Goldston include:

  • Social rejection, popularity, peer victimization, and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, Clinical Psychology Review)
  • Exploring patterns and predictors of suicidal ideation among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (2020, AIDS)
  • Suicide, Self-Harm, & Traumatic Stress Exposure: A Trauma-Informed Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Suicide Risk (2020, Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health)
  • Adolescent Binge Drinking Is Associated With Accelerated Decline of Gray Matter Volume (2021, Cerebral Cortex)
  • "Lock and Protect": Development of a Digital Decision Aid to Support Lethal Means Counseling in Parents of Suicidal Youth (2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry)

In recognition of their professional contributions, the scientist was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Cultural considerations in adolescent suicide prevention and psychosocial treatment

    David B. Goldston;Sherry Davis Molock;Leslie B. Whitbeck;Jessica L. Murakami

  • Psychiatric Disorders in Youths With IDDM: Rates and Risk Factors

    M Kovacs;D Goldston;D S Obrosky;L K Bonar

  • Suicidal Behaviors and Childhood-Onset Depressive Disorders: A Longitudinal Investigation

    Maria Kovacs;David Goldston;Constantine Gatsonis

  • Proximal Psychiatric Risk Factors for Suicidality in Youth: The Great Smoky Mountains Study

    Debra L. Foley;David B. Goldston;E. Jane Costello;Adrian Angold

  • Suicidality, School Dropout, and Reading Problems Among Adolescents

    Stephanie S. Daniel;Adam K. Walsh;D. B. Goldston;Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold

  • Suicide Attempts Among Formerly Hospitalized Adolescents: A Prospective Naturalistic Study of Risk During the First 5 Years After Discharge

    David B. Goldston;Stephanie Sergent Daniel;David M. Reboussin;Beth A. Reboussin

  • Religion/Spirituality and Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms: A Review

    Rachel Elizabeth Dew;Stephanie S. Daniel;Tonya D. Armstrong;David B. Goldston

  • Prevalence and predictors of pervasive noncompliance with medical treatment among youths with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

    Maria Kovacs;David Goldston;D. Scott Obrosky;Satish Iyengar

  • Major Depressive Disorder in Youths With IDDM: A controlled prospective study of course and outcome

    M Kovacs;D S Obrosky;D Goldston;A Drash

  • Cognitive and social cognitive development of depressed children and adolescents

    Maria Kovacs;David Goldston

  • Psychiatric diagnoses as contemporaneous risk factors for suicide attempts among adolescents and young adults: Developmental changes

    David B. Goldston;Stephanie Sergent Daniel;Alaattin Erkanli;Beth A. Reboussin

  • Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Youth–Adult Relationships, and Suicide Attempts Among High School Students in Underserved Communities

    Anthony R. Pisani;Anthony R. Pisani;Peter A. Wyman;Mariya Petrova;Karen Schmeelk-Cone

  • Severity of emotional and behavioral problems among poor and typical readers.

    Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold;David B. Goldston;Adam K. Walsh;Beth A. Reboussin

  • A prospective study of religion/spirituality and depressive symptoms among adolescent psychiatric patients

    R.E. Dew;S.S. Daniel;D.B. Goldston;W.V. McCall

  • Cognitive risk factors and suicide attempts among formerly hospitalized adolescents: a prospective naturalistic study

    David B. Goldston;Stephanie Sergent Daniel;Beth A. Reboussin;David M. Reboussin

  • Psychological Functioning of Children with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus: A Longitudinal Study

    M Kovacs;S Iyengar;D Goldston;J Stewart

  • Reading problems, psychiatric disorders, and functional impairment from mid- to late adolescence.

    David B. Goldston;Adam Walsh;Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold;Beth Reboussin

  • Psychological functioning among mothers of children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: A longitudinal study.

    Maria Kovacs;Satish Iyengar;David Goldston;D. Scott Obrosky

  • Associations Between Suicidal High School Students’ Help-Seeking and Their Attitudes and Perceptions of Social Environment

    Anthony R. Pisani;Anthony R. Pisani;Karen Schmeelk-Cone;Douglas Gunzler;Mariya Petrova

  • Interventions for suicidal youth: a review of the literature and developmental considerations.

    Stephanie S. Daniel;David B. Goldston

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Kovacs
Maria Kovacs University of Pittsburgh
Kenneth R. Conner
Kenneth R. Conner University of Rochester Medical Center
Peter A. Wyman
Peter A. Wyman University of Rochester
Christianne Esposito-Smythers
Christianne Esposito-Smythers George Mason University
Yifrah Kaminer
Yifrah Kaminer University of Connecticut
Frank B. Wood
Frank B. Wood Wake Forest University
John F. Curry
John F. Curry Duke University
Karen C. Wells
Karen C. Wells Duke University
Bonnie J. Nagel
Bonnie J. Nagel Oregon Health & Science University
Kathleen K. Bucholz
Kathleen K. Bucholz Washington University in St. Louis

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