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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Lamia P. Barakat is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on pediatric and adolescent healthcare, particularly in the context of childhood cancer survivors and family support during illness.

Their recent publications include:

  • COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales: Factor Structure and Initial Psychometrics, 2021, Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Regret and unfinished business in parents bereaved by cancer: A mixed methods study, 2020, Palliative Medicine
  • Contextual Predictors of Engagement in a Tailored mHealth Intervention for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors, 2021, Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Acceptability and feasibility of survivorship care plans and an accompanying mobile health intervention for adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer, 2021, Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Adherence to Multiple Treatment Recommendations in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: A Mixed Methods, Multi-Informant Investigation, 2020, Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Lisa A. Schwartz
  • Janet A. Deatrick
  • Anne E. Kazak
  • Katie Darabos
  • Alexandra M. Psihogios

Barakat's publications appear most often in the following venues:

  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
  • Neuro-Oncology

Their main fields of study are Medicine and Health Professions, while subfields include Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Sociology and Political Science, Speech and Hearing, Clinical Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The primary research topics covered by Barakat are:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

In 2008, Barakat was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Posttraumatic stress, family functioning, and social support in survivors of childhood leukemia and their mothers and fathers.

    Anne E. Kazak;Lamia P. Barakat;Kathleen Meeske;Dimitri Christakis

  • Posttraumatic Growth in Adolescent Survivors of Cancer and Their Mothers and Fathers

    Lamia P. Barakat;Melissa A. Alderfer;Anne E. Kazak

  • Families surviving childhood cancer: a comparison of posttraumatic stress symptoms with families of healthy children.

    Lamia P. Barakat;Anne E. Kazak;Anna T. Meadows;Rosemary Casey

  • Treatment of posttraumatic stress symptoms in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer and their families: a randomized clinical trial.

    Anne E Kazak;Melissa A Alderfer;Randi Streisand;Steven Simms

  • Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Childhood Cancer Survivors

    Margaret L. Stuber;Anne E. Kazak;Kathleen Meeske;Lamia Barakat;Lamia Barakat

  • Predicting Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Mothers and Fathers of Survivors of Childhood Cancers

    Anne E. Kazak;Margaret L. Stuber;Lamia P. Barakat;Kathleen Meeske

  • Surviving cancer competently intervention program (SCCIP): a cognitive-behavioral and family therapy intervention for adolescent survivors of childhood cancer and their families.

    Anne E. Kazak;Steven Simms;Lamia Barakat;Wendy Hobbie

  • Brief Report: Parenting Stress and Quality of Life During Treatment for Childhood Leukemia Predicts Child and Parent Adjustment After Treatment Ends

    Anne E. Kazak;Lamia P. Barakat

  • Quality of life among adolescents with sickle cell disease: Mediation of pain by internalizing symptoms and parenting stress

    Lamia P Barakat;Chavis A Patterson;Lauren C Daniel;Carlton Dampier

  • Screening for psychosocial risk in pediatric cancer.

    Anne E. Kazak;Anne E. Kazak;Moriah Brier;Melissa A. Alderfer;Melissa A. Alderfer;Anne Reilly;Anne Reilly

  • Stakeholder Validation of a Model of Readiness for Transition to Adult Care

    Lisa A. Schwartz;Lauren D. Brumley;Lisa K. Tuchman;Lisa K. Tuchman;Lamia P. Barakat;Lamia P. Barakat

  • Posttraumatic stress in survivors of childhood cancer and mothers: Development and validation of the Impact of Traumatic Stressors Interview Schedule (ITSIS).

    Anne E. Kazak;Anne E. Kazak;Lamia P. Barakat;Melissa Alderfer;Mary T. Rourke

  • Evaluation of a Social-Skills Training Group Intervention With Children Treated for Brain Tumors: A Pilot Study

    Lamia P Barakat;Jennifer D Hetzke;Bernadette Foley;Marissa E Carey

  • Family psychosocial risk, distress, and service utilization in pediatric cancer: predictive validity of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool.

    Melissa A. Alderfer;Melissa A. Alderfer;Ifigenia Mougianis;Lamia P. Barakat;Lamia P. Barakat;David Beele

  • Is posttraumatic stress a viable model for understanding responses to childhood cancer

    Margaret L. Stuber;Anne E. Kazak;Kathleen Meeske;Lamia Barakat

  • Children with Physical Handicaps and Their Mothers: The Interrelation of Social Support, Maternal Adjustment, and Child Adjustment

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  • Posttraumatic stress following acute medical trauma in children: A proposed model of bio-psycho-social processes during the peri-trauma period

    Meghan L. Marsac;Meghan L. Marsac;Nancy Kassam-Adams;Nancy Kassam-Adams;Douglas L. Delahanty;Keith F. Widaman

  • COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales: Factor Structure and Initial Psychometrics.

    Anne E Kazak;Anne E Kazak;Melissa Alderfer;Melissa Alderfer;Paul T Enlow;Paul T Enlow;Amanda M Lewis

  • Screening for Family Psychosocial Risk in Pediatric Cancer: Validation of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) Version 3

    Anne E Kazak;Anne E Kazak;Wei-Ting Hwang;Fang Fang Chen;Fang Fang Chen;Martha A Askins

  • Patient/Family Education for Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Oncology Patients Consensus Recommendations from a Children’s Oncology Group Expert Panel

    Wendy Landier;JoAnn Ahern;Lamia P. Barakat;Smita Bhatia

  • Quality of life of adolescents with cancer: family risks and resources

    Lamia P Barakat;Lamia P Barakat;Paige L Marmer;Lisa A Schwartz

  • Social competence in pediatric brain tumor survivors: Application of a model from social neuroscience and developmental psychology

    Matthew C. Hocking;Mark McCurdy;Mark McCurdy;Elise Turner;Elise Turner;Anne E. Kazak;Anne E. Kazak

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne E. Kazak
Anne E. Kazak Nemours Children's Health System
Melissa A. Alderfer
Melissa A. Alderfer Thomas Jefferson University
Nancy Kassam-Adams
Nancy Kassam-Adams Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Margaret L. Stuber
Margaret L. Stuber University of California, Los Angeles
Lisa J. Meltzer
Lisa J. Meltzer National Jewish Health
Anna T. Meadows
Anna T. Meadows Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jeffrey A. Ciesla
Jeffrey A. Ciesla Kent State University
Robert B. Noll
Robert B. Noll University of Pittsburgh
Douglas L. Delahanty
Douglas L. Delahanty Kent State University
Keith F. Widaman
Keith F. Widaman University of California, Riverside

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