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Lee, P. H., Tervo-Clemmens, B., Liu, R. T., Gersten, M. B., Jung, J., Janes, A. C., & Gilman, J. (2024). Use of tobacco products and suicide attempts in elementary-school-aged children. JAMA Network Open, 7,e240376. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0376        [PDF]

Levin, R. Y., & Liu, R. T. (2024). Post-traumatic stress disorder in a national sample of preadolescent children 9 to 10 years old: Prevalence, correlates, clinical sequelae, and treatment utilization. Translational Psychiatry,14, 152. doi:10.1038/s41398-024-02868-1        [PDF]

Sheehan, A., Walsh, R., & Liu, R. (2024). Racial and ethnic trends in mental health service utilization and perceived unmet need in the United States. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 78,, 228-234doi:10.1136/jech-2023-220683        [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Bettis, A. H., Walsh, R., Levin, R. Y., Lawrence, H. R., Sheehan, A. E., Turnamian M. R., & Liu, R. T. Nonsuicidal self-injury in preadolescents. (2023). Pediatrics, 152, e2023063918. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-063918        [PDF]

Liu, R. T. (2023). The epidemiology of non-suicidal self-injury: Lifetime prevalence, sociodemographic and clinical correlates, and treatment use in a nationally representative sample of adults in England. Psychological Medicine, 53, 274-282. doi:10.1017/S003329172100146X         [PDF]

Sanzari, C. M., Levin, R. Y., & Liu, R. T. (2023). Prevalence, predictors, and treatment of eating disorders in children: A national study. Psychological Medicine, 53, 2974-2981. doi:10.1017/S0033291721004992         [PDF]

Lawrence, H. R., Burke, T. A., Sheehan, A. E., Pastro, B., Levin, R. Y., Walsh, R. F. L., Bettis, A. H., & Liu, R. T. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in preadolescent children: A US population-based study. Translational Psychiatry, 11, 489. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01593-3         [PDF]

Walsh, R. F. L., Sheehan, A. E., & Liu, R. T. (2021). Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in preadolescents: Findings and replication in two population-based samples. Depression and Anxiety, 38, 48–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.23087          [PDF]

 

Liu R. T. (2020). Prevalence of and factors associated with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in a nationally representative sample of preadolescent children in Great Britain. JAMA Pediatrics, 174, 202–204. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5048         [PDF]

 

Liu, R. T., Walsh, R. F. L., Sheehan, A. E., Cheek, S. M., & Carter, S. M. (2020). Suicidal ideation and behavior among sexual minority and heterosexual youth: 1995-2017. Pediatrics, 145, e20192221. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-2221         [PDF]

 

Bettis, A. H., & Liu, R. T. (2019). Population-based analysis of temporal trends in the prevalence of depressed mood among sexual minority and heterosexual youths from 1999 through 2017. JAMA Pediatrics, 173, 1201–1203. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3804         [PDF]

 

Liu R. T. (2019). Temporal trends in the prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injury among sexual minority and heterosexual youth from 2005 through 2017. JAMA Pediatrics, 173, 790–791. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1433         [PDF]

 

Sheehan, A. E., Walsh, R. F. L., & Liu, R. T. (2018). Racial and ethnic differences in mental health service utilization in suicidal adults: A nationally representative study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 107, 114–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.10.019      [PDF]

 

Liu R. T. (2016). Taxometric evidence of a dimensional latent structure for depression in an epidemiological sample of children and adolescents. Psychological Medicine, 46, 1265–1275. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291715002792          [PDF]

 

Nestor, B. A., Cheek, S. M., & Liu, R. T. (2016). Ethnic and racial differences in mental health service utilization for suicidal ideation and behavior in a nationally representative sample of adolescents. Journal of Affective Disorders, 202, 197–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.021          [PDF]

 

Kleiman, E. M., & Liu, R. T. (2014). Prospective prediction of suicide in a nationally representative sample: religious service attendance as a protective factor. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 204, 262–266. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.128900          [PDF]

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