Publications
Assessment & Diagnosis of PTSD
Pacheco CR, Scheeringa, MS (2022). Post-traumatic stress and autobiographical memory accuracy in young children: Traumatic events versus stressful and pleasant events. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma 31(6):695-714, doi: 10.1080/10926771.2021.1994498
Scheeringa MS (2020). The Diagnostic Infant Preschool Assessment-Likert Version (DIPA-L): Preparation, concurrent construct validation, and test-retest reliability. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 30(5):326-334, doi 10.1089/cap.2019.0168
Mai TA, Scheeringa MS (2021). Caregiver and Child Agreement on Traumatic Events, PTSD, Internalizing, Externalizing, and ADHD Problems in a Child Welfare Population. Journal of Public Child Welfare 15(2):251-274, doi 10.1080/15548732.2019.1701612
Scheeringa MS (2019). Development of a brief screen for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in young children: The Young Child PTSD Screen (YCPS). Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, Vol 40(2): 105-111 doi 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000639
McKinnon A, Scheeringa MS, Meiser-Stedman R, Watson P, De Young A, Dalgleish T (2019). The dimensionality of proposed DSM-5 PTSD symptoms in trauma-exposed young children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 47:1799-1809, doi 10.1007/s10802-019-00561-2
Mikolajewski AJ, Scheeringa MS, Weems CF (2017). Evaluating DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Diagnostic Criteria in Older Children and Adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 27(4), 374-382. doi: 10.1089/cap.2016.0134
Scheeringa MS (2015). Untangling Psychiatric Comorbidity in Young Children Who Experienced Single, Repeated, or Hurricane Katrina Traumatic Events. Child and Youth Care Forum 44(4), 475-492. doi: 10.1007/s10566-014-9293-7 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511493/
Scheeringa MS, Myers L, Putnam FW, Zeanah CH (2015). Maternal Factors as Moderators or Mediators of PTSD Symptoms in Preschool Children: A Two-Year Prospective Study. Journal of Family Violence, 30(5), 633-642, doi: 10.1007/s10896-015-9695-9
Scheeringa MS, Myers L, Putnam FW, Zeanah CH (2012). Diagnosing PTSD in Early Childhood: An Empirical Assessment of Four Approaches. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 25(4), 359-367
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Cohen JA (2011). PTSD in children and adolescents: Towards an empirically based algorithm. Depression and Anxiety 28:9, 770-782
Scheeringa MS (2011). PTSD in Children Younger Than Age of 13: Towards a Developmentally Sensitive Assessment and Management. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma 4:3, 181-197
Scheeringa MS, Haslett, N (2010). The reliability and criterion validity of the Diagnostic Infant and Preschool Assessment: A new diagnostic instrument for young children. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 41, 3, 299-312
Cohen JA, Scheeringa MS (2009). Post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis in children: Challenges and promises. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 11(1), 91-99
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (2008). Reconsideration of harm’s way: Onsets and comorbidity patterns of disorders in preschool children and their caregivers following Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 37(3), 508-518
Scheeringa MS, Wright MJ, Hunt JP, Zeanah CH (2006). Factors affecting the diagnosis and prediction of PTSD symptomatology in children and adolescents. American Journal of Psychiatry 163(4), 644-651
Dehon C, Scheeringa MS (2006). Screening for preschool posttraumatic stress disorder with the Child Behavior Checklist. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 31(4), 431-435
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW (2005). Predictive validity in a prospective follow-up of PTSD in preschool children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 44(9), 899-906
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW (2003). New findings on alternative criteria for PTSD in preschool children. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 5:561-570
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (2001). A relational perspective on PTSD in early childhood. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14(4):799-815
Scheeringa MS, Peebles CD, Cook CA, Zeanah CH (2001). Toward establishing procedural, criterion and discriminant validity for PTSD in early childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1: 52-60
Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS (1996). Evaluation of posttraumatic symptomatology in infants and young children exposed to violence. Zero to Three: Special issue on Islands of Safety: Assessing and treating young victims of violence, 16, 5:9-14
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (1995). Symptom differences in traumatized infants and young children. Infant Mental Health Journal, 16, 4:259-270
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Drell MJ, Larrieu JA (1995). Two approaches to the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in infancy and early childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 2:191-200
Treatment for PTSD
Salloum A, Lu Y, Chen H, Quast T, Cohen JA, Scheeringa MS, Salomon K, Storch EA (accepted 1/5/22). Stepped Care versus Standard Care for Children after Trauma: A Randomized Non-inferiority Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Miron D, Scheeringa, MS (2019). A Statewide Training of Community Clinicians to Treat Traumatized Youths Involved with Child Welfare. Psychological Services 16(1), 153-161, 2019 Feb., doi 10.1037/ser0000317
Neill EL, Weems CF, Scheeringa MS (2018). CBT for Child PTSD is Associated with Reductions in Maternal Depression: Evidence for Bidirectional Effects. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 47(3), 410-420, doi 10.1080/15374416.20161212359
Scheeringa MS, Lilly ME, Staiger AB, Heller ML, Jones EG, Weems CF (2017). Do Children and Adolescents Have Different Types of Trauma Narratives and Does it Matter? Reliability and Face Validation for a Narrative Taxonomy. Journal of Traumatic Stress 30(3), 323-327. doi: 10.1002/jts.22190
Matais-Cols D., Fernández de la Cruz L., Monzani B., Rosenfield D., Andersson E., Pérez-Vigil A., and 35 more authors (2017). D-cycloserine augmentation of exposure-based cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and posttraumatic stress disorders, JAMA Psychiatry 74(5), 501-510.
Salloum A., Wang W, Robst J, Murphy TK, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, Storch EA (2016). Stepped Care Versus Standard Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Young Children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 57(5), 614-22.
Wamser R, Weems, CW, Scheeringa MS (2016). Early treatment response in children and adolescents receiving CBT for trauma. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 41(1), 128-137
Humphreys K, Weems CF, Scheeringa MS (2017). The role of anxiety control and treatment implications of informant agreement on child PTSD symptoms. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 46(6):903-914. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2015.1094739
Salloum A, Small BJ, Robst J, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, Storch EA. (2017). Stepped and standard care for childhood trauma: A pilot randomized clinical trial. Research on Social Work Practice 27(6):653-663, doi 10.1177/1049731515601898
Salloum A, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, & Storch EA (2015). Responder status criterion for stepped care trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for young children. Child and Youth Care Forum 44(1):59-78. DOI 10.1007/s10566-014-9270-1
Scheeringa MS, Weems C (2014). Randomized Placebo-Controlled D-Cycloserine with Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 24(2):69-77. DOI 10.1089/cap.2013.0106
Salloum A, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, Storch EA (2014). Development of Stepped Care Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Young Children. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 21(1):97-108, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.07.004
Salloum A, Robst J, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, Wang W, Murphy T, Tolin D, & Storch EA (2014). Step One within Stepped Care Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Young Children: A Pilot Study. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 45:65-77, doi: 10.1007/s10578-013-0378-6
Weems CF, Scheeringa MS (2013). Maternal depression and treatment gains following a cognitive behavioral intervention for posttraumatic stress in preschool children. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 27(1):140-146
Scheeringa MS, Weems CF, Cohen JA, Amaya-Jackson L, Guthrie D (2011). Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in three through six year-old children: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52(8):853-860. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02354.x
Gleason MM, Egger HL, Emslie GJ, Greenhill LL, Kowatch RA, Lieberman AF, Luby JL, Owens J, Scahill LD, Scheeringa MS, Stafford B, Wise B, Zeanah CH (2007). Psychopharmacological treatments for very young children: Contexts and guidelines. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 46(12):1532-1572
Scheeringa MS, Salloum A, Arnberger RA, Weems CF, Amaya-Jackson L, Cohen JA (2007). Feasibility and Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Preschool Children: Two Case Reports. Journal of Traumatic Stress 20(4): 631-636
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW (2004). Heart period and variability findings in preschool children with posttraumatic stress symptoms. Biological Psychiatry 55(7): 685-691
Scheeringa MS (1999). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in infants and toddlers. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 18(2):20-31
Neurobiology of PTSD
Scheeringa MS (2021). Reexamination of diathesis stress and neurotoxic stress theories: A qualitative review of pre-trauma neurobiology in relation to posttraumatic stress symptoms. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 30:e1864, doi: 10.1002/mpr.1864
Mikolajewski AJ, Scheeringa MS (2018). Examining the prospective relationship between pre-disaster respiratory sinus arrhythmia and post-disaster posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 46(7): 1535-1545, doi: 10.1007/s10802-017-0396-0
Gray SAO, Lipschutz R, Scheeringa MS (2018) Young children’s physiological reactivity during memory recall: Associations with posttraumatic stress and parent physiology. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46: 871-880, doi 10.1007/s10802-017-0326-1
Lipschutz R, Gray SAO, Weems CF, Scheeringa MS (2017). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia in cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress symptoms in children: Treatment and gender effects. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 42(4): 309-321
Humphreys K, Drury S, Scheeringa MS (2014). Race moderates the association of Catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype and posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 24(8): 454-457
Drury SS, Brett ZH, Henry C, Scheeringa M (2013) The association of a novel haplotype in the dopamine transporter with preschool age PTSD. Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 23(4): 236-243. doi:10.1089/cap.2012.0072
Drury SS, Theall KP, Keats BJB, Scheeringa MS (2009). The role of the dopamine transporter (DAT) in PTSD in preschool children. Journal of Traumatic Stress 22(6): 534-539
Policy
Scheeringa MS, Singer AM, Mai AT, Miron D. (2020, early online 10/26/18). Access to Medicaid Providers: Availability of Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents in Child Welfare in Louisiana. Journal of Public Child Welfare 14(2):161-173,
doi 10.1080/15548732.2018.1537904
Scheeringa MS, Cobham VE, McDermott B (2014). Policy and administrative issues for large-scale clinical interventions following disasters. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 24(1): 39-46, doi: 10.1089/cap.2013.0067
Drury SS, Scheeringa MS, Schmidt KE, Nelson CA (2011). From biology to behavior to the law: Policy implications of the neurobiology of early adverse experiences. Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy 19(1): 25-51
Other
Pacheco CR, Scheeringa MS (accepted June 10, 2022) Clinical wisdom in the age of computer apps: A systematic review of mental
health apps. the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist.
Mikolajewski AJ, Scheeringa MS (2022). Links between Oppositional Defiant Disorder Dimensions, Psychophysiology, and Interpersonal versus non-interpersonal Trauma. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 44(1): 261-275, doi: 10.1007/s10862-021-09930-y
Khunkhun V, Pacheco C, Burns L, Gershen S, Mai TA, Scheeringa MS (in press). Patient Preferences for Shared Decision Making in Mental Health Care. Patient Education and Counseling.
Scheeringa MS, Burns, LC (2018). Generalized anxiety disorder in very young children: First case reports on stability and developmental considerations. Case Reports in Psychiatry 2018, Article ID 7093178, doi 10.1155/2018/7093178
Scheeringa, M.S., Mai, T.A. (2018). Louisiana Child Welfare Trauma Project (LCTP): Background, Implementation, and Results. // An unpublished white paper that provides in-depth history and summary of the LCTP project.
Weems CF, Scott BG, Graham RA, Banks DM, Russell JD. Taylor LK, Cannon M, Varela RE, Scheeringa MS, Perry AM, & Marino RC (2015). Fitting Anxious Emotion Focused Intervention into the Ecology of Schools: Results from a Test Anxiety Program Evaluation. Prevention Science 16(2): 200-210. DOI 10.1007/s11121-014-0491-1
Weiss A, Scheeringa MS (2014). Psychopharmacological Treatment of Delirium: Does Earlier Treatment and Scheduled Dosing Improve Outcomes? Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 166(6): 242-247
Robinson LR, Morris AS, Heller SS, Scheeringa MS, Boris NW, Smyke AT (2009). Relations between emotion regulation, parenting, and psychopathology in young maltreated children in out of home care. Journal of Child and Family Studies 18(4): 421-434
Drury SS, Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (2008). The Traumatic Impact Of Hurricane Katrina On Children In New Orleans. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 17: 685-702
Dalton R, Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (2008). Did the Prevalence of PTSD Following Hurricane Katrina Match A Rapid Needs Assessment Prediction? A Template for Future Public Planning After Large-Scale Disasters. Psychiatric Annals 38(2): 134-141
Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS, Boris NW, Heller SS, Smyke AT, Trapani J (2004). Reactive attachment disorder in maltreated toddlers. Child Abuse and Neglect 28(8): 877-888
Boris NW, Hinshaw-Fuselier SS, Smyke AT, Scheeringa MS, Heller SS, Zeanah CH (2004). Comparing criteria for attachment disorders: Establishing reliability and validity in high-risk samples. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 43(5): 568-577
Task Force on Research Diagnostic Criteria: Infancy and Preschool (2003) (Scheeringa, chair and primary author). Research diagnostic criteria for infants and preschool children: The process and empirical support. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42: 1504-1512
Stafford B, Zeanah CH, Scheeringa M (2003). Exploring psychopathology in early childhood: PTSD and attachment disorders in DC:0-3 and DSM-IV. Infant Mental Health Journal 24: 398-409
Scheeringa MS (2001). The differential diagnosis of impaired reciprocal social interaction in children: review of disorders. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 32(1):71-89
Boris NW, Zeanah CH, Larrieu JA, Scheeringa MS, Heller SS (1998). Attachment disorders in infancy and early childhood: A preliminary investigation of diagnostic criteria. American Journal of Psychiatry 155(2): 295-297
Zeanah CH, Boris NW, Scheeringa MS (1997). Psychopathology in Infancy. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 38(1): 81-99
Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS, Boris NW (1994). Parenting styles and risks in the vulnerable infant. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 6(4): 406-410
Invited Editorials
Koplewicz HS, Steingard R, Cohen J, Scheeringa MS (2014). Children and Acute Trauma: Individual and System Responses. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 24(1): 1
Scheeringa MS (2008). Developmental considerations for diagnosing PTSD and acute stress disorder in preschool and school-age children. American Journal of Psychiatry 165(10): 1237-1239
Letters to the Editor
Scheeringa MS (2020). A Different Way to Mind the Gap: Mandated Versus Voluntary Collection of Measures. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 59(5): 576-577
Scheeringa MS (2016). Validity of measurement of suicidal ideas in very young children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 55(3): 243
Scheeringa MS (2007). CBT Treatment Within the First Month. American Journal of Psychiatry 164(8): 1267
Book Chapter Publications
De Young AC, Scheeringa MS (2018). Posttraumatic stress disorder in children 6 years and younger. In FJ Stoddard, DM Benedek, MR Milad, & RJ Ursano (Eds.), Primer on Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders (pp. 85-102). New York, NY: Oxford University Press
Miron D, Scheeringa MS (in press). Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for Preschool Children. In J Luby (Ed.), Handbook of Preschool Mental Health, Second Edition. New York: Guilford Press
Humphreys, KL, Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS (2015). Infant development: The first 3 years of life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman, M.B. First, & M. Maj (Eds.), Psychiatry, Fourth Edition. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., doi 10.1002/9781118753378.ch9
Scheeringa MS (2014). PTSD in Children Younger Than the Age of 13: Towards Developmentally Sensitive Assessment and Management. In K. Nader (Ed.), Assessment of Trauma in Youths: Understanding issues of age, complexity, and associated variables (pp. 21-37). New York, NY: Routledge
Scheeringa MS (2009). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In CH Zeanah (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Mental Health, third edition (pp. 345-361). New York, NY: Guilford Press
Zeanah CH, Stafford, B, Boris NW, Scheeringa MS (2008). Infant development: The first 3 years of life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J., Lieberman, M.B. First, & M. Maj (Eds.), Psychiatry, Third Edition. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi 10.1002/9780470515167.ch8
Scheeringa MS (2007). A Research Agenda for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children. In : Narrow WE, First MB, Sirovatka PJ, Regier DA (eds): Age and Gender Considerations in Psychiatric Diagnosis: A Research Agenda for DSM-V (pp. 151-162). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association
Scheeringa MS (2006). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical Guidelines And Research Findings. In J Luby (Ed.), Handbook of Preschool Mental Health (pp 165-185). New York: Guilford Press
Scheeringa MS (2004). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In R DelCarmen-Wiggins, A Carter (Eds.), Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment (pp. 377-397). New York, NY: Oxford University Press
Zeanah CH, Stafford, B, Boris NW, Scheeringa MS (2003). Infant development: The first 3 years of life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman (Eds.), Psychiatry, Second Edition (pp.91-117). West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Scheeringa MS, Gaensbauer TJ (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In CH Zeanah (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Mental Health, second edition (pp. 369-381). New York, NY: Guilford Press
Osofsky JD, Scheeringa MS (1997). Community and domestic violence exposure: Effects on development and psychopathology. In D. Cicchetti, S.L. Toth (Eds.), Rochester Symposium on Developmental Psychopathology, volume 8. Developmental Perspectives on Trauma: Theory, Research, and Intervention (pp. 155-180). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press
Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS (1997). The experience and effects of violence in infancy. In JD Osofsky (Ed.), Children in a Violent Society (pp. 97-123). New York: Guilford Press
Zeanah CH, Boris NW, Scheeringa MS (1997). Infant development: The first 3 years of life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman (Eds.), Psychiatry (pp.75-100). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.
Books
Scheeringa MS (2022). The Trouble With Trauma: The Search to Discover How Beliefs Become Facts. Las Vegas: Central Recovery Press.
Scheeringa MS (2018). They’ll Never Be The Same: A Parent’s Guide to PTSD in Youth. Las Vegas: Central Recovery Press.
Scheeringa MS (2016). Treating PTSD in Preschoolers: A Clinical Guide. New York: Guilford Press.
Book Reviews
Scheeringa MS (2018). Review of Posttraumatic Play in Children by Eliana Gil. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 57(11): 890-892
Pacheco CR, Scheeringa, MS (2022). Post-traumatic stress and autobiographical memory accuracy in young children: Traumatic events versus stressful and pleasant events. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma 31(6):695-714, doi: 10.1080/10926771.2021.1994498
Scheeringa MS (2020). The Diagnostic Infant Preschool Assessment-Likert Version (DIPA-L): Preparation, concurrent construct validation, and test-retest reliability. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 30(5):326-334, doi 10.1089/cap.2019.0168
Mai TA, Scheeringa MS (2021). Caregiver and Child Agreement on Traumatic Events, PTSD, Internalizing, Externalizing, and ADHD Problems in a Child Welfare Population. Journal of Public Child Welfare 15(2):251-274, doi 10.1080/15548732.2019.1701612
Scheeringa MS (2019). Development of a brief screen for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in young children: The Young Child PTSD Screen (YCPS). Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, Vol 40(2): 105-111 doi 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000639
McKinnon A, Scheeringa MS, Meiser-Stedman R, Watson P, De Young A, Dalgleish T (2019). The dimensionality of proposed DSM-5 PTSD symptoms in trauma-exposed young children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 47:1799-1809, doi 10.1007/s10802-019-00561-2
Mikolajewski AJ, Scheeringa MS, Weems CF (2017). Evaluating DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Diagnostic Criteria in Older Children and Adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 27(4), 374-382. doi: 10.1089/cap.2016.0134
Scheeringa MS (2015). Untangling Psychiatric Comorbidity in Young Children Who Experienced Single, Repeated, or Hurricane Katrina Traumatic Events. Child and Youth Care Forum 44(4), 475-492. doi: 10.1007/s10566-014-9293-7 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511493/
Scheeringa MS, Myers L, Putnam FW, Zeanah CH (2015). Maternal Factors as Moderators or Mediators of PTSD Symptoms in Preschool Children: A Two-Year Prospective Study. Journal of Family Violence, 30(5), 633-642, doi: 10.1007/s10896-015-9695-9
Scheeringa MS, Myers L, Putnam FW, Zeanah CH (2012). Diagnosing PTSD in Early Childhood: An Empirical Assessment of Four Approaches. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 25(4), 359-367
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Cohen JA (2011). PTSD in children and adolescents: Towards an empirically based algorithm. Depression and Anxiety 28:9, 770-782
Scheeringa MS (2011). PTSD in Children Younger Than Age of 13: Towards a Developmentally Sensitive Assessment and Management. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma 4:3, 181-197
Scheeringa MS, Haslett, N (2010). The reliability and criterion validity of the Diagnostic Infant and Preschool Assessment: A new diagnostic instrument for young children. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 41, 3, 299-312
Cohen JA, Scheeringa MS (2009). Post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis in children: Challenges and promises. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 11(1), 91-99
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (2008). Reconsideration of harm’s way: Onsets and comorbidity patterns of disorders in preschool children and their caregivers following Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 37(3), 508-518
Scheeringa MS, Wright MJ, Hunt JP, Zeanah CH (2006). Factors affecting the diagnosis and prediction of PTSD symptomatology in children and adolescents. American Journal of Psychiatry 163(4), 644-651
Dehon C, Scheeringa MS (2006). Screening for preschool posttraumatic stress disorder with the Child Behavior Checklist. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 31(4), 431-435
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW (2005). Predictive validity in a prospective follow-up of PTSD in preschool children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 44(9), 899-906
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW (2003). New findings on alternative criteria for PTSD in preschool children. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 5:561-570
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (2001). A relational perspective on PTSD in early childhood. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14(4):799-815
Scheeringa MS, Peebles CD, Cook CA, Zeanah CH (2001). Toward establishing procedural, criterion and discriminant validity for PTSD in early childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1: 52-60
Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS (1996). Evaluation of posttraumatic symptomatology in infants and young children exposed to violence. Zero to Three: Special issue on Islands of Safety: Assessing and treating young victims of violence, 16, 5:9-14
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (1995). Symptom differences in traumatized infants and young children. Infant Mental Health Journal, 16, 4:259-270
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Drell MJ, Larrieu JA (1995). Two approaches to the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in infancy and early childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 2:191-200
Treatment for PTSD
Salloum A, Lu Y, Chen H, Quast T, Cohen JA, Scheeringa MS, Salomon K, Storch EA (accepted 1/5/22). Stepped Care versus Standard Care for Children after Trauma: A Randomized Non-inferiority Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Miron D, Scheeringa, MS (2019). A Statewide Training of Community Clinicians to Treat Traumatized Youths Involved with Child Welfare. Psychological Services 16(1), 153-161, 2019 Feb., doi 10.1037/ser0000317
Neill EL, Weems CF, Scheeringa MS (2018). CBT for Child PTSD is Associated with Reductions in Maternal Depression: Evidence for Bidirectional Effects. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 47(3), 410-420, doi 10.1080/15374416.20161212359
Scheeringa MS, Lilly ME, Staiger AB, Heller ML, Jones EG, Weems CF (2017). Do Children and Adolescents Have Different Types of Trauma Narratives and Does it Matter? Reliability and Face Validation for a Narrative Taxonomy. Journal of Traumatic Stress 30(3), 323-327. doi: 10.1002/jts.22190
Matais-Cols D., Fernández de la Cruz L., Monzani B., Rosenfield D., Andersson E., Pérez-Vigil A., and 35 more authors (2017). D-cycloserine augmentation of exposure-based cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and posttraumatic stress disorders, JAMA Psychiatry 74(5), 501-510.
Salloum A., Wang W, Robst J, Murphy TK, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, Storch EA (2016). Stepped Care Versus Standard Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Young Children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 57(5), 614-22.
Wamser R, Weems, CW, Scheeringa MS (2016). Early treatment response in children and adolescents receiving CBT for trauma. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 41(1), 128-137
Humphreys K, Weems CF, Scheeringa MS (2017). The role of anxiety control and treatment implications of informant agreement on child PTSD symptoms. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 46(6):903-914. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2015.1094739
Salloum A, Small BJ, Robst J, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, Storch EA. (2017). Stepped and standard care for childhood trauma: A pilot randomized clinical trial. Research on Social Work Practice 27(6):653-663, doi 10.1177/1049731515601898
Salloum A, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, & Storch EA (2015). Responder status criterion for stepped care trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for young children. Child and Youth Care Forum 44(1):59-78. DOI 10.1007/s10566-014-9270-1
Scheeringa MS, Weems C (2014). Randomized Placebo-Controlled D-Cycloserine with Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 24(2):69-77. DOI 10.1089/cap.2013.0106
Salloum A, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, Storch EA (2014). Development of Stepped Care Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Young Children. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 21(1):97-108, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.07.004
Salloum A, Robst J, Scheeringa MS, Cohen JA, Wang W, Murphy T, Tolin D, & Storch EA (2014). Step One within Stepped Care Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Young Children: A Pilot Study. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 45:65-77, doi: 10.1007/s10578-013-0378-6
Weems CF, Scheeringa MS (2013). Maternal depression and treatment gains following a cognitive behavioral intervention for posttraumatic stress in preschool children. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 27(1):140-146
Scheeringa MS, Weems CF, Cohen JA, Amaya-Jackson L, Guthrie D (2011). Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in three through six year-old children: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52(8):853-860. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02354.x
Gleason MM, Egger HL, Emslie GJ, Greenhill LL, Kowatch RA, Lieberman AF, Luby JL, Owens J, Scahill LD, Scheeringa MS, Stafford B, Wise B, Zeanah CH (2007). Psychopharmacological treatments for very young children: Contexts and guidelines. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 46(12):1532-1572
Scheeringa MS, Salloum A, Arnberger RA, Weems CF, Amaya-Jackson L, Cohen JA (2007). Feasibility and Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Preschool Children: Two Case Reports. Journal of Traumatic Stress 20(4): 631-636
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW (2004). Heart period and variability findings in preschool children with posttraumatic stress symptoms. Biological Psychiatry 55(7): 685-691
Scheeringa MS (1999). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in infants and toddlers. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 18(2):20-31
Neurobiology of PTSD
Scheeringa MS (2021). Reexamination of diathesis stress and neurotoxic stress theories: A qualitative review of pre-trauma neurobiology in relation to posttraumatic stress symptoms. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 30:e1864, doi: 10.1002/mpr.1864
Mikolajewski AJ, Scheeringa MS (2018). Examining the prospective relationship between pre-disaster respiratory sinus arrhythmia and post-disaster posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 46(7): 1535-1545, doi: 10.1007/s10802-017-0396-0
Gray SAO, Lipschutz R, Scheeringa MS (2018) Young children’s physiological reactivity during memory recall: Associations with posttraumatic stress and parent physiology. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46: 871-880, doi 10.1007/s10802-017-0326-1
Lipschutz R, Gray SAO, Weems CF, Scheeringa MS (2017). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia in cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress symptoms in children: Treatment and gender effects. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 42(4): 309-321
Humphreys K, Drury S, Scheeringa MS (2014). Race moderates the association of Catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype and posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 24(8): 454-457
Drury SS, Brett ZH, Henry C, Scheeringa M (2013) The association of a novel haplotype in the dopamine transporter with preschool age PTSD. Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 23(4): 236-243. doi:10.1089/cap.2012.0072
Drury SS, Theall KP, Keats BJB, Scheeringa MS (2009). The role of the dopamine transporter (DAT) in PTSD in preschool children. Journal of Traumatic Stress 22(6): 534-539
Policy
Scheeringa MS, Singer AM, Mai AT, Miron D. (2020, early online 10/26/18). Access to Medicaid Providers: Availability of Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents in Child Welfare in Louisiana. Journal of Public Child Welfare 14(2):161-173,
doi 10.1080/15548732.2018.1537904
Scheeringa MS, Cobham VE, McDermott B (2014). Policy and administrative issues for large-scale clinical interventions following disasters. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 24(1): 39-46, doi: 10.1089/cap.2013.0067
Drury SS, Scheeringa MS, Schmidt KE, Nelson CA (2011). From biology to behavior to the law: Policy implications of the neurobiology of early adverse experiences. Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy 19(1): 25-51
Other
Pacheco CR, Scheeringa MS (accepted June 10, 2022) Clinical wisdom in the age of computer apps: A systematic review of mental
health apps. the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist.
Mikolajewski AJ, Scheeringa MS (2022). Links between Oppositional Defiant Disorder Dimensions, Psychophysiology, and Interpersonal versus non-interpersonal Trauma. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 44(1): 261-275, doi: 10.1007/s10862-021-09930-y
Khunkhun V, Pacheco C, Burns L, Gershen S, Mai TA, Scheeringa MS (in press). Patient Preferences for Shared Decision Making in Mental Health Care. Patient Education and Counseling.
Scheeringa MS, Burns, LC (2018). Generalized anxiety disorder in very young children: First case reports on stability and developmental considerations. Case Reports in Psychiatry 2018, Article ID 7093178, doi 10.1155/2018/7093178
Scheeringa, M.S., Mai, T.A. (2018). Louisiana Child Welfare Trauma Project (LCTP): Background, Implementation, and Results. // An unpublished white paper that provides in-depth history and summary of the LCTP project.
Weems CF, Scott BG, Graham RA, Banks DM, Russell JD. Taylor LK, Cannon M, Varela RE, Scheeringa MS, Perry AM, & Marino RC (2015). Fitting Anxious Emotion Focused Intervention into the Ecology of Schools: Results from a Test Anxiety Program Evaluation. Prevention Science 16(2): 200-210. DOI 10.1007/s11121-014-0491-1
Weiss A, Scheeringa MS (2014). Psychopharmacological Treatment of Delirium: Does Earlier Treatment and Scheduled Dosing Improve Outcomes? Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 166(6): 242-247
Robinson LR, Morris AS, Heller SS, Scheeringa MS, Boris NW, Smyke AT (2009). Relations between emotion regulation, parenting, and psychopathology in young maltreated children in out of home care. Journal of Child and Family Studies 18(4): 421-434
Drury SS, Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (2008). The Traumatic Impact Of Hurricane Katrina On Children In New Orleans. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 17: 685-702
Dalton R, Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (2008). Did the Prevalence of PTSD Following Hurricane Katrina Match A Rapid Needs Assessment Prediction? A Template for Future Public Planning After Large-Scale Disasters. Psychiatric Annals 38(2): 134-141
Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS, Boris NW, Heller SS, Smyke AT, Trapani J (2004). Reactive attachment disorder in maltreated toddlers. Child Abuse and Neglect 28(8): 877-888
Boris NW, Hinshaw-Fuselier SS, Smyke AT, Scheeringa MS, Heller SS, Zeanah CH (2004). Comparing criteria for attachment disorders: Establishing reliability and validity in high-risk samples. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 43(5): 568-577
Task Force on Research Diagnostic Criteria: Infancy and Preschool (2003) (Scheeringa, chair and primary author). Research diagnostic criteria for infants and preschool children: The process and empirical support. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42: 1504-1512
Stafford B, Zeanah CH, Scheeringa M (2003). Exploring psychopathology in early childhood: PTSD and attachment disorders in DC:0-3 and DSM-IV. Infant Mental Health Journal 24: 398-409
Scheeringa MS (2001). The differential diagnosis of impaired reciprocal social interaction in children: review of disorders. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 32(1):71-89
Boris NW, Zeanah CH, Larrieu JA, Scheeringa MS, Heller SS (1998). Attachment disorders in infancy and early childhood: A preliminary investigation of diagnostic criteria. American Journal of Psychiatry 155(2): 295-297
Zeanah CH, Boris NW, Scheeringa MS (1997). Psychopathology in Infancy. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 38(1): 81-99
Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS, Boris NW (1994). Parenting styles and risks in the vulnerable infant. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 6(4): 406-410
Invited Editorials
Koplewicz HS, Steingard R, Cohen J, Scheeringa MS (2014). Children and Acute Trauma: Individual and System Responses. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 24(1): 1
Scheeringa MS (2008). Developmental considerations for diagnosing PTSD and acute stress disorder in preschool and school-age children. American Journal of Psychiatry 165(10): 1237-1239
Letters to the Editor
Scheeringa MS (2020). A Different Way to Mind the Gap: Mandated Versus Voluntary Collection of Measures. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 59(5): 576-577
Scheeringa MS (2016). Validity of measurement of suicidal ideas in very young children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 55(3): 243
Scheeringa MS (2007). CBT Treatment Within the First Month. American Journal of Psychiatry 164(8): 1267
Book Chapter Publications
De Young AC, Scheeringa MS (2018). Posttraumatic stress disorder in children 6 years and younger. In FJ Stoddard, DM Benedek, MR Milad, & RJ Ursano (Eds.), Primer on Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders (pp. 85-102). New York, NY: Oxford University Press
Miron D, Scheeringa MS (in press). Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for Preschool Children. In J Luby (Ed.), Handbook of Preschool Mental Health, Second Edition. New York: Guilford Press
Humphreys, KL, Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS (2015). Infant development: The first 3 years of life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman, M.B. First, & M. Maj (Eds.), Psychiatry, Fourth Edition. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., doi 10.1002/9781118753378.ch9
Scheeringa MS (2014). PTSD in Children Younger Than the Age of 13: Towards Developmentally Sensitive Assessment and Management. In K. Nader (Ed.), Assessment of Trauma in Youths: Understanding issues of age, complexity, and associated variables (pp. 21-37). New York, NY: Routledge
Scheeringa MS (2009). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In CH Zeanah (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Mental Health, third edition (pp. 345-361). New York, NY: Guilford Press
Zeanah CH, Stafford, B, Boris NW, Scheeringa MS (2008). Infant development: The first 3 years of life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J., Lieberman, M.B. First, & M. Maj (Eds.), Psychiatry, Third Edition. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi 10.1002/9780470515167.ch8
Scheeringa MS (2007). A Research Agenda for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children. In : Narrow WE, First MB, Sirovatka PJ, Regier DA (eds): Age and Gender Considerations in Psychiatric Diagnosis: A Research Agenda for DSM-V (pp. 151-162). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association
Scheeringa MS (2006). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical Guidelines And Research Findings. In J Luby (Ed.), Handbook of Preschool Mental Health (pp 165-185). New York: Guilford Press
Scheeringa MS (2004). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In R DelCarmen-Wiggins, A Carter (Eds.), Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment (pp. 377-397). New York, NY: Oxford University Press
Zeanah CH, Stafford, B, Boris NW, Scheeringa MS (2003). Infant development: The first 3 years of life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman (Eds.), Psychiatry, Second Edition (pp.91-117). West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Scheeringa MS, Gaensbauer TJ (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In CH Zeanah (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Mental Health, second edition (pp. 369-381). New York, NY: Guilford Press
Osofsky JD, Scheeringa MS (1997). Community and domestic violence exposure: Effects on development and psychopathology. In D. Cicchetti, S.L. Toth (Eds.), Rochester Symposium on Developmental Psychopathology, volume 8. Developmental Perspectives on Trauma: Theory, Research, and Intervention (pp. 155-180). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press
Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS (1997). The experience and effects of violence in infancy. In JD Osofsky (Ed.), Children in a Violent Society (pp. 97-123). New York: Guilford Press
Zeanah CH, Boris NW, Scheeringa MS (1997). Infant development: The first 3 years of life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman (Eds.), Psychiatry (pp.75-100). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.
Books
Scheeringa MS (2022). The Trouble With Trauma: The Search to Discover How Beliefs Become Facts. Las Vegas: Central Recovery Press.
Scheeringa MS (2018). They’ll Never Be The Same: A Parent’s Guide to PTSD in Youth. Las Vegas: Central Recovery Press.
Scheeringa MS (2016). Treating PTSD in Preschoolers: A Clinical Guide. New York: Guilford Press.
Book Reviews
Scheeringa MS (2018). Review of Posttraumatic Play in Children by Eliana Gil. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 57(11): 890-892