Patricia Garibaldi

Centering youth voices: youth satisfaction and disparities in Illinois child welfare residential care

Youth in child welfare residential care present with complex needs and strengths; systematic efforts are needed to improve their treatment. Youths’ perspectives are critical to these efforts. This study explores data from Likert-scale satisfaction surveys of youth receiving resid...

Disclosure of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients: Differences by Sexual and Gender Minority Status.

Rates of adolescent suicide have risen over the last 10 years, creating a public health crisis. Disclosure of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) is one help-seeking strategy available to adolescents. Estimates from prior studies on the frequency of youth STB disclosure vary c...