Randy P Auerbach
Biographic Data
| ID | 3453283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Randy P Auerbach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Randy P |
| FAMILY NAME | Auerbach |
| SIGNATURE | AUERBACH R P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2319-4744 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Smartphone language and resting‐state EEG indicators of self‐focused attention prospectively predict major depressive disorder risk in adolescents
BACKGROUND: Central to major depressive disorder (MDD) onset and maintenance is maladaptive self-focused attention, which can be reliably indexed by greater: (a) usage of first-person singular pronouns (e.g., I) in natural language and (b) alpha oscillations in resting-state EEG. Integrating these largely parallel bodies of research, the present study sought to explicate the associations between, and prospective predictive utility of, linguistic …
Predicting the trajectory of non‐suicidal self‐injury among adolescents
BACKGROUND: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is common among adolescents receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment and the months post-discharge is a high-risk period for self-injurious behavior. Thus, identifying predictors that shape the course of post-discharge NSSI may provide insights into ways to improve clinical outcomes. Accordingly, we used machine learning to identify the strongest predictors of NSSI trajectories drawn from a comprehensi…
Testing the interpersonal theory of suicide in adolescents
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a major public health crisis among youth. Several prominent theories, including the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS), aim to characterize the factors leading from suicide ideation to action. These theories are largely based on findings in adults and require testing and elaboration in adolescents. METHODS: Data were examined from high-risk 13-18-year-old adolescents (N = 167) participating in a multi-wave, longitudinal…
Stress exposure in at‐risk , depressed, and suicidal adolescents
Background Stress exposure contributes to the onset, maintenance, and recurrence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents. However, the precise stress facets (e.g. chronicity, domain) most strongly linked to outcomes at different stages along the depression severity continuum remain unclear. Across two studies, chronic and episodic stressors were comprehensively assessed among: (a) healthy youth with (High‐Risk [HR]) and without (Low‐Ris…
Detecting adolescent depression through passive monitoring of linguistic markers in smartphone communication
BACKGROUND: Cross sectional studies have identified linguistic correlates of major depressive disorder (MDD) in smartphone communication. However, it is unclear whether monitoring these linguistic characteristics can detect when an individual is experiencing MDD, which would facilitate timely intervention. METHODS: Approximately 1.2 million messages typed into smartphone social communication apps (e.g. texting, social media) were passively collec…
Neural sensitivity to peer feedback and depression symptoms in adolescents
BACKGROUND: Depression risk increases during adolescent development, and individual differences in neural sensitivity to peer feedback (rejection vs. acceptance) may be a key diathesis in understanding stress-related depression risk. METHODS: At baseline, adolescents (12-14 years old; N = 124) completed clinical interviews and self-report symptom measures, and the Chatroom Task while MRI data were acquired. The majority of participants provided u…
RDoC and the developmental origins of psychiatric disorders
About a decade ago, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) proposed an innovative framework, the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC), to classify psychiatric disorders. This complementary approach has been used with existing diagnostic systems to identify transdiagnostic factors that inform early detection of mental health disturbances and critically, provide novel targets for interventions. An additional goal, however, has been to clarify de…
Non-suicidal Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescent Inpatients
Improving Suicide Prevention Through Evidence-Based Strategies
Mental health and academic failure among first-year university students in South Africa
Universities in South Africa face ongoing challenges with low rates of academic attainment and high rates of attrition. Our aims were to (1) investigate the extent to which common mental disorders evaluated early in the first year predict academic failure at the end of the year, controlling for sociodemographic factors and (2) establish the potential reduction in prevalence of failure that could be achieved by effectively treating associated ment…
Sources of Stress and Their Associations With Mental Disorders Among College Students
The college years are stressful for many students. Identifying the sources of stress and their relative importance in leading to clinically significant emotional problems may assist in the development of targeted stress management interventions. The current report examines the distribution and associations of perceived stress across major life areas with 12-month prevalence of common mental disorders in a cross-national sample of first-year colle…
Internet interventions for mental health in university students
Barriers of mental health treatment utilization among first‐year college students
Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of common mental disorders among first-year university students in post-apartheid South Africa
Despite advances to promote greater social inclusion in post-apartheid SA, students who identify as female, students with atypical sexual orientations, and students with disabilities are nonetheless at increased risk of CMDs, although students who identify as Black and first-generation students are not
Epidemiology of non-fatal suicidal behavior among first-year university students in South Africa
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed on the publisher's website.We used a cross-sectional web-based survey and discrete-time survival analysis with person-year as unit of analysis and retrospective age-of-onset reports to estimate prevalence and predictors of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt, and transitions from ideation to plan and attempt among South African university students ( n = 1402). The lifetime prevalence of ideation…
The associations between non-suicidal self-injury and first onset suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Mental health problems in college freshmen
WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project
Increasingly, colleges across the world are contending with rising rates of mental disorders, and in many cases, the demand for services on campus far exceeds the available resources.The present study reports initial results from the first stage of the WHO World Mental Health International College Student project, in which a series of surveys in 19 colleges across 8 countries (Australia, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, Northern Ireland, South Africa, S…
Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
Background Although mental disorders are significant predictors of educational attainment throughout the entire educational career, most research on mental disorders among students has focused on the primary and secondary school years. Method The World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys were used to examine the associations of mental disorders with college entry and attrition by comparing college students ( n = 1572) and non-students…
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depressed Adolescents
Conceptualizing the Prospective Relationship Between Social Support, Stress, and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents
Compensatory beliefs and intentions contribute to the prediction of caloric intake in dieters
Temporal Relationships Among Depressive Symptoms, Risky Behavior Engagement, Perceived Control, and Gender in a Sample of Adolescents
The goals of the study were to examine whether (a) risky behaviors precede depressive symptoms or, conversely, depressive symptoms predict risky behavior engagement; (b) gender moderates the relationship between risky behavior engagement and depressive symptoms; and (c) perceived control strengthens the association between risky behavior engagement and depressive symptoms. At Time 1, 118 adolescents completed self-report measures assessing percei…
Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children Among Chinese Secondary School Students
Compensatory beliefs and intentions contribute to the prediction of caloric intake in dieters
Temporal Relationships Among Depressive Symptoms, Risky Behavior Engagement, Perceived Control, and Gender in a Sample of Adolescents
The goals of the study were to examine whether (a) risky behaviors precede depressive symptoms or, conversely, depressive symptoms predict risky behavior engagement; (b) gender moderates the relationship between risky behavior engagement and depressive symptoms; and (c) perceived control strengthens the association between risky behavior engagement and depressive symptoms. At Time 1, 118 adolescents completed self-report measures assessing percei…
Mental health and academic failure among first-year university students in South Africa
Universities in South Africa face ongoing challenges with low rates of academic attainment and high rates of attrition. Our aims were to (1) investigate the extent to which common mental disorders evaluated early in the first year predict academic failure at the end of the year, controlling for sociodemographic factors and (2) establish the potential reduction in prevalence of failure that could be achieved by effectively treating associated ment…
Epidemiology of non-fatal suicidal behavior among first-year university students in South Africa
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed on the publisher's website.We used a cross-sectional web-based survey and discrete-time survival analysis with person-year as unit of analysis and retrospective age-of-onset reports to estimate prevalence and predictors of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt, and transitions from ideation to plan and attempt among South African university students ( n = 1402). The lifetime prevalence of ideation…
Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children Among Chinese Secondary School Students
Temporal Relationships Among Depressive Symptoms, Risky Behavior Engagement, Perceived Control, and Gender in a Sample of Adolescents
The goals of the study were to examine whether (a) risky behaviors precede depressive symptoms or, conversely, depressive symptoms predict risky behavior engagement; (b) gender moderates the relationship between risky behavior engagement and depressive symptoms; and (c) perceived control strengthens the association between risky behavior engagement and depressive symptoms. At Time 1, 118 adolescents completed self-report measures assessing percei…
Conceptualizing the Prospective Relationship Between Social Support, Stress, and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents
Compensatory beliefs and intentions contribute to the prediction of caloric intake in dieters
Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
Background Although mental disorders are significant predictors of educational attainment throughout the entire educational career, most research on mental disorders among students has focused on the primary and secondary school years. Method The World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys were used to examine the associations of mental disorders with college entry and attrition by comparing college students ( n = 1572) and non-students…
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depressed Adolescents
The associations between non-suicidal self-injury and first onset suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Mental health problems in college freshmen
WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project
Increasingly, colleges across the world are contending with rising rates of mental disorders, and in many cases, the demand for services on campus far exceeds the available resources.The present study reports initial results from the first stage of the WHO World Mental Health International College Student project, in which a series of surveys in 19 colleges across 8 countries (Australia, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, Northern Ireland, South Africa, S…
Internet interventions for mental health in university students
Barriers of mental health treatment utilization among first‐year college students
Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of common mental disorders among first-year university students in post-apartheid South Africa
Despite advances to promote greater social inclusion in post-apartheid SA, students who identify as female, students with atypical sexual orientations, and students with disabilities are nonetheless at increased risk of CMDs, although students who identify as Black and first-generation students are not
Epidemiology of non-fatal suicidal behavior among first-year university students in South Africa
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed on the publisher's website.We used a cross-sectional web-based survey and discrete-time survival analysis with person-year as unit of analysis and retrospective age-of-onset reports to estimate prevalence and predictors of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt, and transitions from ideation to plan and attempt among South African university students ( n = 1402). The lifetime prevalence of ideation…
Sources of Stress and Their Associations With Mental Disorders Among College Students
The college years are stressful for many students. Identifying the sources of stress and their relative importance in leading to clinically significant emotional problems may assist in the development of targeted stress management interventions. The current report examines the distribution and associations of perceived stress across major life areas with 12-month prevalence of common mental disorders in a cross-national sample of first-year colle…
Improving Suicide Prevention Through Evidence-Based Strategies
Mental health and academic failure among first-year university students in South Africa
Universities in South Africa face ongoing challenges with low rates of academic attainment and high rates of attrition. Our aims were to (1) investigate the extent to which common mental disorders evaluated early in the first year predict academic failure at the end of the year, controlling for sociodemographic factors and (2) establish the potential reduction in prevalence of failure that could be achieved by effectively treating associated ment…
RDoC and the developmental origins of psychiatric disorders
About a decade ago, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) proposed an innovative framework, the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC), to classify psychiatric disorders. This complementary approach has been used with existing diagnostic systems to identify transdiagnostic factors that inform early detection of mental health disturbances and critically, provide novel targets for interventions. An additional goal, however, has been to clarify de…
Non-suicidal Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescent Inpatients
Neural sensitivity to peer feedback and depression symptoms in adolescents
BACKGROUND: Depression risk increases during adolescent development, and individual differences in neural sensitivity to peer feedback (rejection vs. acceptance) may be a key diathesis in understanding stress-related depression risk. METHODS: At baseline, adolescents (12-14 years old; N = 124) completed clinical interviews and self-report symptom measures, and the Chatroom Task while MRI data were acquired. The majority of participants provided u…
Testing the interpersonal theory of suicide in adolescents
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a major public health crisis among youth. Several prominent theories, including the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS), aim to characterize the factors leading from suicide ideation to action. These theories are largely based on findings in adults and require testing and elaboration in adolescents. METHODS: Data were examined from high-risk 13-18-year-old adolescents (N = 167) participating in a multi-wave, longitudinal…
Stress exposure in at‐risk , depressed, and suicidal adolescents
Background Stress exposure contributes to the onset, maintenance, and recurrence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents. However, the precise stress facets (e.g. chronicity, domain) most strongly linked to outcomes at different stages along the depression severity continuum remain unclear. Across two studies, chronic and episodic stressors were comprehensively assessed among: (a) healthy youth with (High‐Risk [HR]) and without (Low‐Ris…
Detecting adolescent depression through passive monitoring of linguistic markers in smartphone communication
BACKGROUND: Cross sectional studies have identified linguistic correlates of major depressive disorder (MDD) in smartphone communication. However, it is unclear whether monitoring these linguistic characteristics can detect when an individual is experiencing MDD, which would facilitate timely intervention. METHODS: Approximately 1.2 million messages typed into smartphone social communication apps (e.g. texting, social media) were passively collec…
Predicting the trajectory of non‐suicidal self‐injury among adolescents
BACKGROUND: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is common among adolescents receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment and the months post-discharge is a high-risk period for self-injurious behavior. Thus, identifying predictors that shape the course of post-discharge NSSI may provide insights into ways to improve clinical outcomes. Accordingly, we used machine learning to identify the strongest predictors of NSSI trajectories drawn from a comprehensi…
Smartphone language and resting‐state EEG indicators of self‐focused attention prospectively predict major depressive disorder risk in adolescents
BACKGROUND: Central to major depressive disorder (MDD) onset and maintenance is maladaptive self-focused attention, which can be reliably indexed by greater: (a) usage of first-person singular pronouns (e.g., I) in natural language and (b) alpha oscillations in resting-state EEG. Integrating these largely parallel bodies of research, the present study sought to explicate the associations between, and prospective predictive utility of, linguistic …
Psychiatry (19 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Clinical Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 works) · Mental health (9 works) · Depression (economics) (8 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (8 works) · Poison control (7 works)