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Check out recent lab happenings and media coverage on our work below!
Monitor on Psychology – American Psychological Association, Jan 2023.
Quoted and research highlighted in feature article, Psychologists are rebranding the field, expanding the one-to-one therapy approach.
The Washington Post, Nov 2022.
Quoted and single-session online interventions featured in essay, Many teens struggle with mental health issues. Here are tips for parents.
Wall Street Journal, Oct 2022.
Quoted and research featured in essay, The Power of Brief Mental Health Therapies.
Commonwealth Fund, Aug. 2022
Quoted and research highlighted in feature article on scalable solutions for the youth mental health crisis. Filling Gaps in Access to Mental Health Treatment in Teens and Young Adults.
Monitor on Psychology – American Psychological Association, April 2022
Quoted and research highlighted in feature article on single-session mental health interventions, More Growth for Patients in Less Time.
Article reporting on new Health Resources and Services Administration grant published in SBU News.
Article reporting results of nationwide trial of single-session online interventions, published in Nature Human Behaviour, covered in multiple news outlets, including:
San Antonio Express News, Nov. 2021.
The lab’s open-access single-session interventions were featured in “Online Mental Health Program Lets San Antonio Teens Talk it Out”
“Interest to Impact” Podcast, Sept. 2021
Half-hour podcast interview on the promise of digital single-session interventions for youth mental health.
Vox, Sept. 2021.
What an enormous global study can tell us about feeling better during the pandemic
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, July 2021.
Dr. Schleider was interviewed on the “Screen-side Chats” web series with AACAP President Dr. Gaye Carlson, The Promise of Single-Session Interventions
Mad in America, April 2021.
Dr. Mullarkey and Dr. Schleider's recent article in Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology was featured in a recent article, Coming to Terms with the Failures of Youth Psychology Research
News for San Antonio, January 2021
Project YES Helps Teens Suffering from Anxiety and Stress, on our lab's collaboration with the City of San Antonio to translate Project YES into Spanish and disseminate the resource freely across the City of San Antonio, Texas to ~8,000 teenagers.
Upswing Fund, December 2020
Dr. Schleider (co-PI) and Dr. Kathryn Fox (co-PI, University of Denver) awarded a grant from the Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health, Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Access to Brief, Evidence-Based, and Low-Cost Mental Health Treatments for LGBTQ+ Adolescents." Project YES will be adapted for—and in collaboration with—LGBTQ+ youth and disseminated/evaluated among ~5,000 LGBTQ+ adolescents across the United States.
Children's Trust Foundation, September 2020
Dr. Schleider (co-I) and Dr. Jill Ehrenreich-May (PI, University of Miami) awarded a grant from the Children's Trust Foundation, "Single Session Interventions to Prevent Anxiety and Depression During COVID-19 and Beyond." The ABC Project (from Project YES) and Project BRAVE will be culturally adapted and translated into Spanish and Haitian Creole and assessed for acceptability among youth and families across Miami, Florida.
Vox, Sept. 2020
How the Pandemic Forced Mental Health Care to Change for the Better
Research Matters Podcast, Aug. 2020
Dr. Schleider interviewed on open science practices and diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia on "Research Matters" podcast
Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Aug. 2020
Dr. Schleider is a guest on ACAMH's "In Conversation" Podcast Episode, "Single Sessions, Scalable Impacts"
Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Mar. 2020
Dr. Schleider delivers webinar (available here) on single-session youth mental health interventions
Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Feb. 2020
Jenna Sung (PhD student) awarded the SCCAP Diversity Travel Award.
Psi Chi, Feb. 2020
Mallory Dobias (PhD student) awarded a Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant for her study, Targeting “Self-Hate” in Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: A Scalable Intervention for Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors.
Psi Chi, Feb. 2020
Jenna Sung (PhD student) and Emma Mumper (affiliated PhD student) awarded a Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant for their study, Empowering Anxious Parents to Manage Child Avoidance Behaviors: A Randomized Trial of a Single-Session Intervention Targeting Parent Accommodation
Forbes, Dec. 2019
Dr. Schleider included on the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare list.
Swarthmore College, Dec. 2019
Listen here to Dr. Schleider's symposium at Swarthmore College, "Little Treatments, Big Effects? Building Brief Interventions to Reduce Youth Psychopathology at Scale."
National Institutes of Health, Oct. 2019
Dr. Schleider awarded a 2019 NIH Director's Early Independence Award supporting a five-year study on brief, scalable interventions for adolescent depression.
WSHU - NPR, Oct. 2019
Treating Depression in Teens Using What They Know Best — Their Phone
Elemental, Oct. 2019
The Emerging Benefits of Short-Term Therapy
The Fix, Sept. 2019
Is Bite-Sized Therapy a Good Option for Kids?
Vox, Sept. 2019
Our initiative testing free, online teen mental health supports, Project Y.E.S., was featured in Vox! "These Scientists Want to Make Therapy Much, Much Shorter"
The Atlantic, Aug. 2019
Our work at the Lab for Scalable Mental Health was profiled in The Atlantic! "The Quick Therapy That Actually Works"
TRT Roundtable, Aug 2019
Dr. Schleider was a panelist on an episode of TRT World News' Roundtable: "Youth Depression: Do We Have the Right Tools?"
Scientific American, Aug. 2019
Dr. Schleider quoted in an article on Growth Mindset interventions for students
Fatherly, Jul. 2019
Dr. Schleider interviewed for article published in Fatherly, "Happy Kids Versus Resiliency: Why Anxious Parents Can Calm Down"
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation, Jun. 2019
Dr. Schleider awarded a Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation "Access to Care" grant for her project, "Promoting Treatment Access following Pediatric Primary Care Depression Screening: Evaluation of Web-based, Single-Session Interventions for Parents and Youths"
Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Jun. 2019
Dr. Schleider awarded Dorothy Bishop ‘JCPP Best Paper’ Award for a paper published by the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry in a volume in the previous year for her article, ‘Single-session growth mindset intervention for adolescent anxiety and depression: 9-month outcomes of a randomized trial’
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), May 2019
Dr. Schleider awarded ABCT's 2019 President's New Researcher Award
Doctor Radio, Feb. 2019
Interview with Dr. Schleider on "Everyday Health" on Sirius XM's Doctor Radio
Medium, Dec. 2018
Limbix Partners with Academic Researchers to Create VR Intervention for Adolescent Depression
HealthDay, Nov. 2018
For Teen Girls, Depression May Predict Subsequent Alcohol Use
Win Win Parenting Podcast, Mar. 2018
Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Teens in Just One Session. 'Expert Interview' with Dr. Schleider
Medscape, Feb. 2018
Brief Intervention Yields Lasting Results for Teen Depression, Anxiety
EdCentral, Jan. 2018
Could Growth Mindset Support Students' Mental Health, As Well As Their Learning?
British Research Digest, Nov. 2017
A 30-Minute Lesson in the Malleability of Personality Has Long-Term Benefits for Anxious, Depressed Teenagers
BigThink, Nov. 2017
This 30-Minute Course Can Improve Mental Health. Should Everyone Take It?
The Emotion Machine, Nov. 2017
A One Time Lesson in 'Growth Mindset' Can Help With Anxiety and Depression
InnerDrive, Nov. 2017
Mindset and Mental Health: Interview with an Expert
U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 2017
Low-Cost Mindset Interventions Show Promise
The Hechinger Report, Oct. 2017
Telling Depressed Kids They're Capable of Change Might Help Them Improve
InnerDrive, Sept. 2017
Is Growth Mindset the Answer to Student Mental Health Problems?
Family Practice News, Jul. 2017
Little Treatments Show Big Effects for Youth Psychiatric Problems
Quoted and research highlighted in feature article, Psychologists are rebranding the field, expanding the one-to-one therapy approach.
The Washington Post, Nov 2022.
Quoted and single-session online interventions featured in essay, Many teens struggle with mental health issues. Here are tips for parents.
Wall Street Journal, Oct 2022.
Quoted and research featured in essay, The Power of Brief Mental Health Therapies.
Commonwealth Fund, Aug. 2022
Quoted and research highlighted in feature article on scalable solutions for the youth mental health crisis. Filling Gaps in Access to Mental Health Treatment in Teens and Young Adults.
Monitor on Psychology – American Psychological Association, April 2022
Quoted and research highlighted in feature article on single-session mental health interventions, More Growth for Patients in Less Time.
Article reporting on new Health Resources and Services Administration grant published in SBU News.
Article reporting results of nationwide trial of single-session online interventions, published in Nature Human Behaviour, covered in multiple news outlets, including:
- Healio: Online interventions reduce teens’ depression symptoms
- Newswise: Study reveals brief online interventions help reduce teen depression
- HealthDay: Online single session interventions benefit teens with depression
- The Medical News: Online single-session interventions help curb adolescent depression, study shows
- Futurity: Online interventions can ease teen depression
- Physician’s Weekly: Online single-session interventions benefit teens with depression
San Antonio Express News, Nov. 2021.
The lab’s open-access single-session interventions were featured in “Online Mental Health Program Lets San Antonio Teens Talk it Out”
“Interest to Impact” Podcast, Sept. 2021
Half-hour podcast interview on the promise of digital single-session interventions for youth mental health.
Vox, Sept. 2021.
What an enormous global study can tell us about feeling better during the pandemic
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, July 2021.
Dr. Schleider was interviewed on the “Screen-side Chats” web series with AACAP President Dr. Gaye Carlson, The Promise of Single-Session Interventions
Mad in America, April 2021.
Dr. Mullarkey and Dr. Schleider's recent article in Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology was featured in a recent article, Coming to Terms with the Failures of Youth Psychology Research
News for San Antonio, January 2021
Project YES Helps Teens Suffering from Anxiety and Stress, on our lab's collaboration with the City of San Antonio to translate Project YES into Spanish and disseminate the resource freely across the City of San Antonio, Texas to ~8,000 teenagers.
Upswing Fund, December 2020
Dr. Schleider (co-PI) and Dr. Kathryn Fox (co-PI, University of Denver) awarded a grant from the Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health, Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Access to Brief, Evidence-Based, and Low-Cost Mental Health Treatments for LGBTQ+ Adolescents." Project YES will be adapted for—and in collaboration with—LGBTQ+ youth and disseminated/evaluated among ~5,000 LGBTQ+ adolescents across the United States.
Children's Trust Foundation, September 2020
Dr. Schleider (co-I) and Dr. Jill Ehrenreich-May (PI, University of Miami) awarded a grant from the Children's Trust Foundation, "Single Session Interventions to Prevent Anxiety and Depression During COVID-19 and Beyond." The ABC Project (from Project YES) and Project BRAVE will be culturally adapted and translated into Spanish and Haitian Creole and assessed for acceptability among youth and families across Miami, Florida.
Vox, Sept. 2020
How the Pandemic Forced Mental Health Care to Change for the Better
Research Matters Podcast, Aug. 2020
Dr. Schleider interviewed on open science practices and diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia on "Research Matters" podcast
Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Aug. 2020
Dr. Schleider is a guest on ACAMH's "In Conversation" Podcast Episode, "Single Sessions, Scalable Impacts"
Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Mar. 2020
Dr. Schleider delivers webinar (available here) on single-session youth mental health interventions
Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Feb. 2020
Jenna Sung (PhD student) awarded the SCCAP Diversity Travel Award.
Psi Chi, Feb. 2020
Mallory Dobias (PhD student) awarded a Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant for her study, Targeting “Self-Hate” in Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: A Scalable Intervention for Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors.
Psi Chi, Feb. 2020
Jenna Sung (PhD student) and Emma Mumper (affiliated PhD student) awarded a Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant for their study, Empowering Anxious Parents to Manage Child Avoidance Behaviors: A Randomized Trial of a Single-Session Intervention Targeting Parent Accommodation
Forbes, Dec. 2019
Dr. Schleider included on the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare list.
Swarthmore College, Dec. 2019
Listen here to Dr. Schleider's symposium at Swarthmore College, "Little Treatments, Big Effects? Building Brief Interventions to Reduce Youth Psychopathology at Scale."
National Institutes of Health, Oct. 2019
Dr. Schleider awarded a 2019 NIH Director's Early Independence Award supporting a five-year study on brief, scalable interventions for adolescent depression.
- InnovateLI: 'Early' $2M grant cheers ambitious depression study
- Stony Brook News: New Approach Seeks Better Outcomes for Teen Depression
- TBR News Media: SBU's Schleider scores $2M for teen depression intervention
WSHU - NPR, Oct. 2019
Treating Depression in Teens Using What They Know Best — Their Phone
Elemental, Oct. 2019
The Emerging Benefits of Short-Term Therapy
The Fix, Sept. 2019
Is Bite-Sized Therapy a Good Option for Kids?
Vox, Sept. 2019
Our initiative testing free, online teen mental health supports, Project Y.E.S., was featured in Vox! "These Scientists Want to Make Therapy Much, Much Shorter"
The Atlantic, Aug. 2019
Our work at the Lab for Scalable Mental Health was profiled in The Atlantic! "The Quick Therapy That Actually Works"
TRT Roundtable, Aug 2019
Dr. Schleider was a panelist on an episode of TRT World News' Roundtable: "Youth Depression: Do We Have the Right Tools?"
Scientific American, Aug. 2019
Dr. Schleider quoted in an article on Growth Mindset interventions for students
Fatherly, Jul. 2019
Dr. Schleider interviewed for article published in Fatherly, "Happy Kids Versus Resiliency: Why Anxious Parents Can Calm Down"
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation, Jun. 2019
Dr. Schleider awarded a Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation "Access to Care" grant for her project, "Promoting Treatment Access following Pediatric Primary Care Depression Screening: Evaluation of Web-based, Single-Session Interventions for Parents and Youths"
Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Jun. 2019
Dr. Schleider awarded Dorothy Bishop ‘JCPP Best Paper’ Award for a paper published by the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry in a volume in the previous year for her article, ‘Single-session growth mindset intervention for adolescent anxiety and depression: 9-month outcomes of a randomized trial’
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), May 2019
Dr. Schleider awarded ABCT's 2019 President's New Researcher Award
Doctor Radio, Feb. 2019
Interview with Dr. Schleider on "Everyday Health" on Sirius XM's Doctor Radio
Medium, Dec. 2018
Limbix Partners with Academic Researchers to Create VR Intervention for Adolescent Depression
HealthDay, Nov. 2018
For Teen Girls, Depression May Predict Subsequent Alcohol Use
Win Win Parenting Podcast, Mar. 2018
Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Teens in Just One Session. 'Expert Interview' with Dr. Schleider
Medscape, Feb. 2018
Brief Intervention Yields Lasting Results for Teen Depression, Anxiety
EdCentral, Jan. 2018
Could Growth Mindset Support Students' Mental Health, As Well As Their Learning?
British Research Digest, Nov. 2017
A 30-Minute Lesson in the Malleability of Personality Has Long-Term Benefits for Anxious, Depressed Teenagers
BigThink, Nov. 2017
This 30-Minute Course Can Improve Mental Health. Should Everyone Take It?
The Emotion Machine, Nov. 2017
A One Time Lesson in 'Growth Mindset' Can Help With Anxiety and Depression
InnerDrive, Nov. 2017
Mindset and Mental Health: Interview with an Expert
U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 2017
Low-Cost Mindset Interventions Show Promise
The Hechinger Report, Oct. 2017
Telling Depressed Kids They're Capable of Change Might Help Them Improve
InnerDrive, Sept. 2017
Is Growth Mindset the Answer to Student Mental Health Problems?
Family Practice News, Jul. 2017
Little Treatments Show Big Effects for Youth Psychiatric Problems