Publications
"Shaken baby syndrome and a triple-dose strategy for its prevention." J Trauma. 71.6 (2011): 1801-7.
"A randomized pilot trial of two parenting interventions for fathers in residential substance use disorder treatment." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 104 (2019): 116-127.
"Adult attachment predicts maternal brain and oxytocin response to infant cues." Neuropsychopharmacology. 34.13 (2009): 2655-66.
"Typologies of family functioning and children's adjustment during the early school years." Child Dev. 81.4 (2010): 1320-35.
"Undocumented status: implications for child development, policy, and ethical research." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2013 (2013): 61-78.
"Parenting Interventions for Drug-Dependent Mothers and Their Young Children: The Case for an Attachment-Based Approach." Fam Relat. 55.2 (2006): 211-226.
"The Mothers and Toddlers Program, an attachment-based parenting intervention for substance using women: post-treatment results from a randomized clinical pilot." Attach Hum Dev. 12.5 (2010): 483-504.
"Conserved epigenetic sensitivity to early life experience in the rat and human hippocampus." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 109 Suppl 2 (2012): 17266-72.
"Is early childhood relevant to peacebuilding?" J Peacebuilding Develop. 8 (2013): 81-85.
"Maternal brain response to own baby-cry is affected by cesarean section delivery." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 49 (2008): 1042-52.
"DNA methylation: a mechanism for embedding early life experiences in the genome." Child Dev. 84.1 (2013): 49-57.
"Mothers' AdvocateS In the Community (MOSAIC)--non-professional mentor support to reduce intimate partner violence and depression in mothers: a cluster randomised trial in primary care." BMC Public Health. 11 (2011): 178.
"Japan's emerging challenge for child abuse: system coordination for early prevention of child abuse is needed." Bioscience trends. 8 (2014): 240-1.
"Screen-time is associated with inattention problems in preschoolers: Results from the CHILD birth cohort study." PLOS ONE. 14.4 (2019): e0213995.
"Primary health care and early childhood development." Lancet. 378 (2011): e16.
Fathers’ role in children’s language development." Handbook of Father Involvement: multidsciplinary perspectives. Eds. N. J. Cabrera, and C. S. Tamis-LeMonda. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Routledge, 2014.
"Birth preparedness and place of birth in Tandahimba district, Tanzania: what women prepare for birth, where they go to deliver, and why." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 16 (2016): 165.
Our place in the (E) space: What each parent has to know about the Internet: Perspectives, challenges and responsibilities. Milan, Italy: SOS II Telefono Azzurro NGO, 2017.
Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology Youth Resilience and Culture . Vol. 11. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2015.
Unprotected: Crisis in humanitarian funding for child protection. UNs Children's Fund, 2019.
"Opiate use, treatment, and harm reduction in Afghanistan: recent changes and future directions." Int. J. Drug Policy. 23.5 (2012): 341-5.
"Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: linking practice and research." Lancet. 378 (2011): 1581-91.
"Relevance or excellence? Setting research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings." Harv Rev Psychiatry. 20.1 (2012): 25-36.
"Improving mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings: reflections on research funded through R2HCAbstract." Conflict and Health. 14.1 (2020).
"Research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings." PLoS Med.. 8.9 (2011): e1001096.
"Research priority setting for integrated early child development and violence prevention (ECD+) in low and middle income countries: An expert opinion exercise." Child Abuse Negl. 72 (2017): 131-139.
"The efficacy of toddler-parent psychotherapy to reorganize attachment in the young offspring of mothers with major depressive disorder: a randomized preventive trial." J Consult Clin Psychol. 74.6 (2006): 1006-16.
The impact of racism on child and adolescent health. Pediatrics. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2019.
"Taking Stock and Moving Forward: Research on Asian American Child Development." Child Dev. 87 (2016): 989-94.
"Response to Commentaries on Taking Stock and Moving Forward: Research on Asian American Child Development." Child Dev. 87 (2016): 1066-8.
Early Childhood Programs as the Doorway to Social Cohesion: Application of Vygotsky’s Ideas from an East-West Perspective. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.
"Childhood adversity and epigenetic modulation of the leukocyte glucocorticoid receptor: preliminary findings in healthy adults." PLoS ONE. 7.1 (2012): e30148.
"The Rights of Children for Optimal Development and Nurturing Care." Pediatrics. 144.6 (2019): e20190487.
UN General Assembly report of the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty United Nations, A /74/136. United Nations General Assembly 74th Session, 2019.
Refugee education 2030: A strategy for refugee inclusion. Copenhagen, Denmark: UNHCR, 2019.
Missing out: Refugee education in crisis. UNHCR, 2016.
Desperate journeys., 2017.
Family-friendly policies and other good workplace practices in the context of COVID-19: Key steps employers can take. UNICEF, 2020.
Lebanon: Children’s future on the line. UNICEF, 2021.
Mental health and psychosocial support for children in humanitarian settings: An updated review of evidence and practice (November 2020). New York City: UNICEF, 2021.
Podcast Children at Heart | Protecting children's rights during a lockdown. South Africa: UNICEF , 2020.
COMMENCER DÈS LE PLUS JEUNE ÂGE À ÉDIFIER DES SOCIÉTÉS PLUS FORTES ET PLUS PACIFIQUES (FR). New York: UNICEF, 2015.
Uprooted. The growing crisis for refugee and migrant children. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2016.
The state of the world’s children: Adolescence – An age of opportunity. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2011.
Guide to: Conflict Analysis., 2016.
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