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Richard Thompson is affiliated with the Juvenile Protective Association in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within psychology, with significant attention to clinical psychology as well as intersections with general health professions, radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Additional subfields include pollution and sociology and political science.

Thompson's contributions span several main topics: child abuse and trauma, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, microplastics and plastic pollution, advanced X-ray and CT imaging, radiation dose and imaging, medical imaging techniques and applications, and child welfare and adoption.

Their recent scholarly publications include:

  • Comprehensive evaluations of a prototype full field-of-view photon counting CT system through phantom studies, 2023, Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • A Comparison Study of Primary Care Utilization and Mental Health Disorder Diagnoses Among Children In and Out of Foster Care on Medicaid, 2020, Clinical Pediatrics
  • Implementation Patterns of Two Evidence-Based Psychotherapies in Veterans Affairs Residential Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Programs: A Five-Point Longitudinal National Investigation, 2020, Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Neglect in Childhood, Problem Behavior in Adulthood, 2022, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Trajectories of Maltreatment Re-Reports From Ages 4 to 12:: Evidence for Persistent Risk After Early Exposure, 2020, UNC Libraries

Thompson has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Howard Dubowitz
  • Dallas R. English
  • Alan J. Litrownik
  • Jonathan B. Kotch
  • Terri L. Lewis

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • Clinical Pediatrics
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress

Best Publications

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Health in Early Adolescence

    Emalee G. Flaherty;Emalee G. Flaherty;Richard Thompson;Howard Dubowitz;Elizabeth M. Harvey

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and current relationship functioning among World War II ex-prisoners of war.

    Joan M. Cook;David S. Riggs;Richard Thompson;James C. Coyne

  • Effect of early childhood adversity on child health.

    Emalee G. Flaherty;Richard Thompson;Alan J. Litrownik;Adrea Theodore

  • Marital quality, coping with conflict, marital complaints, and affection in couples with a depressed wife

    James C. Coyne;Richard Thompson;Steven C. Palmer

  • Importance of early neglect for childhood aggression.

    Jonathan B. Kotch;Terri Lewis;Jon M. Hussey;Diana English

  • Adverse Childhood Exposures and Reported Child Health at Age 12

    Emalee G. Flaherty;Richard Thompson;Alan J. Litrownik;Adam J. Zolotor

  • The Levels of Self-Criticism Scale: comparative self-criticism and internalized self-criticism

    Richard Thompson;David C Zuroff

  • Concordance between adolescent reports of childhood abuse and Child Protective Service determinations in an at-risk sample of young adolescents.

    Mark D. Everson;Jamie B. Smith;Jon M. Hussey;Diana English

  • Examination of a conceptual model of child neglect

    Howard Dubowitz;Rae R. Newton;Alan J. Litrownik;Terri Lewis

  • Linking Childhood Sexual Abuse and Early Adolescent Risk Behavior: The Intervening Role of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems

    Deborah J. Jones;Terri Lewis;Alan Litrownik;Richard Thompson

  • Distress, psychiatric morbidity, and prescriptions for psychotropic medication in a breast cancer waiting room sample.

    James C Coyne;Steven C Palmer;Pamela J Shapiro;Richard Thompson

  • Trajectories of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Self-Reported Health at Age 18

    Richard Thompson;Emalee G. Flaherty;Diana J. English;Alan J. Litrownik

  • Youth Self-Report of Physical and Sexual Abuse: A Latent Class Analysis.

    Kate B. Nooner;Alan J. Litrownik;Richard Thompson;Benjamin Margolis

  • Suicidal ideation in adolescence: Examining the role of recent adverse experiences

    Richard Thompson;Laura J. Proctor;Diana J. English;Howard Dubowitz

  • Marital quality, coping with conflict, marital complaints, and affection in couples with a depressed wife.

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  • Perceptions of neighborhood collective efficacy moderate the impact of maltreatment on aggression

    Michael A. Yonas;Terri Lewis;Jon M. Hussey;Richard Thompson

  • Early Adolescent Risk Behavior Outcomes of Childhood Externalizing Behavioral Trajectories

    Richard Thompson;Jiyoung Kim Tabone;Alan J. Litrownik;Ernestine C. Briggs

  • Should we screen for depression? Caveats and potential pitfalls

    James C. Coyne;Richard Thompson;Steven C. Palmer;Ashraf Kagee

  • Suicidality in older African Americans: findings from the EPOCH study.

    Joan M. Cook;Joan M. Cook;Jane L. Pearson;Richard Thompson;Richard Thompson;Betty Smith Black

  • Toward a Definition of Neglect in Young Children

    Diana J. English;Richard Thompson;J. Christopher Graham;Ernestine C. Briggs

  • Emotional disorders in primary care.

    James C. Coyne;Richard Thompson;Michael S. Klinkman;Donald E. Nease

  • Suicidal ideation among 8-year-olds who are maltreated and at risk: findings from the LONGSCAN studies.

    Richard Thompson;Richard Thompson;Ernestine Briggs;Diana J. English;Howard Dubowitz;Howard Dubowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Diana J. English
Diana J. English University of Washington
Howard Dubowitz
Howard Dubowitz University of Maryland, Baltimore
Alan J. Litrownik
Alan J. Litrownik San Diego State University
Terri L. Lewis
Terri L. Lewis McMaster University
Joan M. Cook
Joan M. Cook Yale University
Ernestine C. Briggs
Ernestine C. Briggs Duke University
James C. Coyne
James C. Coyne University of Groningen
Paula P. Schnurr
Paula P. Schnurr Dartmouth College
Scott C. Roesch
Scott C. Roesch San Diego State University
Maureen M. Black
Maureen M. Black University of Maryland, Baltimore

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