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Overview

Holly C. Wilcox is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on clinical psychology. The main fields of study associated with their work include psychology, with 135 publications, and medicine, with 58 publications. Specific subfields of study include clinical psychology, sociology and political science, social psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics primarily related to mental health and behavioral studies. These topics include suicide and self-harm studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health treatment and access, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, homicide, infanticide, and child abuse, as well as adolescent and pediatric healthcare and bipolar disorder and treatment.

Frequent publication venues where Holly C. Wilcox's work appears include:

  • Archives of Suicide Research
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Prevention Science

Co-authorship has been a prominent component of their research activities, often collaborating with several researchers on multiple works. Some of the frequent co-authors include:

  • Paul S. Nestadt (15 publications)
  • Geoffrey Kahn (13 publications)
  • Janice M. Fullerton (10 publications)
  • Gloria Roberts (10 publications)
  • John I. Nürnberger (10 publications)

Recent published papers reflect a focus on adolescent mental health, psychiatric disorders, mood disorders, and risk factors related to suicidal behaviors. These include:

  • "Global risks of suicidal behaviours and being bullied and their association in adolescents: School-based health survey in 83 countries," 2020, EClinicalMedicine
  • "Parental bipolar disorder, family environment, and offspring psychiatric disorders: A systematic review," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "A validation study of PHQ-9 suicide item with the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale in outpatients with mood disorders at National Network of Depression Centers," 2022, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Comparing the predictive value of screening to the use of electronic health record data for detecting future suicidal thoughts and behavior in an urban pediatric emergency department: A preliminary analysis," 2021, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • "Posttraumatic stress disorder and risk of suicidal behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2022, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Best Publications

  • Association of alcohol and drug use disorders and completed suicide: an empirical review of cohort studies.

    Holly C. Wilcox;Kenneth R. Conner;Eric D. Caine

  • Effects of a universal classroom behavior management program in first and second grades on young adult behavioral, psychiatric, and social outcomes.

    Sheppard G. Kellam;Sheppard G. Kellam;C. Hendricks Brown;Jeanne M. Poduska;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Suicide Ideation Among College Students: A Multivariate Analysis

    Amelia M Arria;Kevin E O'Grady;Kimberly M Caldeira;Kathryn B Vincent

  • Prevalence and predictors of persistent suicide ideation, plans, and attempts during college.

    Holly C. Wilcox;Amelia M. Arria;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Kathryn B. Vincent

  • Acute alcohol use and suicidal behavior: a review of the literature.

    Cheryl J. Cherpitel;Guilherme L.G. Borges;Holly C. Wilcox

  • The Relationship of Adverse Childhood Experiences to PTSD, Depression, Poly-Drug Use and Suicide Attempt in Reservation-Based Native American Adolescents and Young Adults.

    Teresa N. Brockie;Gail Dana-Sacco;Gwenyth R. Wallen;Holly C. Wilcox

  • Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder: A study of youths in urban America

    Naomi Breslau;Holly C. Wilcox;Carla L. Storr;Victoria C. Lucia

  • The Columbia SuicideScreen: Validity and Reliability of a Screen for Youth Suicide and Depression

    David Shaffer;Michelle Scott;Holly Wilcox;Carey Maslow

  • The impact of two universal randomized first- and second-grade classroom interventions on young adult suicide ideation and attempts ☆

    Holly C. Wilcox;Sheppard G. Kellam;Sheppard G. Kellam;C. Hendricks Brown;Jeanne M. Poduska

  • The Good Behavior Game and the Future of Prevention and Treatment

    Sheppard G. Kellam;Amelia C. L. Mackenzie;C. Hendricks Brown;Jeanne M. Poduska

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and suicide attempts in a community sample of urban American young adults

    Holly C. Wilcox;Carla L. Storr;Naomi Breslau

  • Longitudinal predictors of past-year non-suicidal self-injury and motives among college students

    Holly C. Wilcox;Amelia M. Arria;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Kathryn B. Vincent

  • Suicide Attempt Characteristics, Diagnoses, and Future Attempts: Comparing Multiple Attempters to Single Attempters and Ideators

    Regina Miranda;Michelle Scott;Roger Hicks;Holly C. Wilcox

  • Psychiatric Morbidity, Violent Crime, and Suicide among Children and Adolescents Exposed to Parental Death.

    Holly C. Wilcox;Satoko J. Kuramoto;Paul Lichtenstein;Niklas Långström

  • Parents bereaved by offspring suicide: a population-based longitudinal case-control study

    James M. Bolton;Wendy Au;William D. Leslie;Patricia J. Martens

  • Dispelling the myth of “smart drugs”: Cannabis and alcohol use problems predict nonmedical use of prescription stimulants for studying

    Amelia M. Arria;Holly C. Wilcox;Kimberly M. Caldeira;Kathryn B. Vincent

  • Identification and Replication of a Combined Epigenetic and Genetic Biomarker Predicting Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors

    Jerry Guintivano;Tori Brown;Alison Newcomer;Marcus Jones

  • A high-risk study of bipolar disorder. Childhood clinical phenotypes as precursors of major mood disorders.

    John I. Nurnberger;Melvin McInnis;Wendy Reich;Elizabeth Kastelic

  • Association Between Spousal Suicide and Mental, Physical, and Social Health Outcomes: A Longitudinal and Nationwide Register-Based Study

    Annette Erlangsen;Bo Runeson;James M. Bolton;Holly C. Wilcox

  • Correlations between the BDI and CES-D in a sample of adolescent mothers.

    Holly Wilcox;Tiffany Field;Margarita Prodromidis;Frank Scafidi

  • A high-risk study of bipolar disorder. Childhood clinical phenotypes as precursors of major mood disorders

    John I. Nurnberger;Melvin McInnis;Wendy Reich;Elizabeth Kastelic

Frequent Co-Authors

John I. Nurnberger
John I. Nurnberger Indiana University
Melvin G. McInnis
Melvin G. McInnis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Janice M. Fullerton
Janice M. Fullerton University of New South Wales
Gloria Roberts
Gloria Roberts University of New South Wales
Lawrence S. Wissow
Lawrence S. Wissow University of Washington
Jordan E. DeVylder
Jordan E. DeVylder Fordham University
Elizabeth D. Ballard
Elizabeth D. Ballard National Institutes of Health
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Elizabeth A. Stuart
Elizabeth A. Stuart Johns Hopkins University
Howard J. Edenberg
Howard J. Edenberg Indiana University

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