PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA DISORDER FIELD TRIAL STUDY
The Developmental Diagnosis Study is a critically important study that is being conducted to improve and expand trauma-related diagnoses for children. There are seven Field Trial sites across the country including our site in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. Each site will interview at least 100 children and guardians. Eligible children are ages 8 – 17. Interviews take two- to three- hours to complete, and can be conducted at the Trauma Center in Brookline, our affiliate clinic in Acton, or at another office or program as available. Participants will be compensated $50 for each child participating in the study. Participation in this study is an opportunity to transform the field and to develop appropriate diagnoses and treatment models for children who have experienced trauma. Children do not need to have mental health problems or histories of traumatic events to sign up. All children ages 8-17 are welcome. To participate or make a referral, please contact the clinical research coordinator Regina Musicaro: (617) 232-1303, x 310 or rmusicaro@jri.org.
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OTHER SITES:
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI
Connie Black-Pond, MA, LMSW, LPC
(269) 387-7065
black-pond@uchc.edu
University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
Elizabeth Nicholls, Study Coordinator
(215) 571-4256
elizabethgnicholls@gmail.com
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
Emily Upshur, Ph.D.
(212) 420-2474
eumupshur@chpnet.org
Anchorage Mental Health Center, Anchorage, AK
Joshua Arvidson, MSS, LCSW
(907) 762-2817
jarvidson@acmhs.com
DePelchin Children’s Center, Houston, TX
Adrienne Tinder, Ph.D.
(713) 558-3912
ATinder@depelchin.org
University of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford, CT
Rocio Chang, Ph.D.
(860) 679-1728
CHANG@uchc.edu
University of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford, CT
Ms. Joan Levine, M.P.H.
(860) 679-2132
LevineJ@uchc.edu