
Molly Adrian, PhD
Personal Statement
My program of research is broadly aimed at understanding processes involved in the etiology and treatment of self-injury, including nonsuicidal self-injury and suicide attempts, in adolescents. I utilize longitudinal cohort based datasets (Developmental Pathways Research Program; VanderStoep & McCauley), cross-sectional epidemiological data (Washington State Healthy Youth Survey), and adolescents recruited from inpatient psychiatry unit (PIs: Adrian & Sim) to examine genetic, environmental, and individual contributions to prediction of the spectrum of self-injurious behavior during adolescence.
In addition to employing a developmental psychopathology approach to the study of self-injury, I also work towards identifying core components of effective treatments for youth at risk for self-injury. In the context of NIMH-funded clinical trial to understand efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), I have provided leadership for the recruitment and assessment arms of a clinical trial for youth who repetitively self-injure and involved in the treatment team for DBT arm of intervention (Collaborative Adolescent Research on Emotions and Suicide; PIs Linehan, McCauley, Berk, Asarnow). I am also interested in improving suicide assessment by incorporating adolescents social media information in predictive machine learning algorithms and applying these methods in clinic and school settings.
Education
Clinical Psychology, University of Maine, Orono
Fellowship: Child Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle
Department Affiliations
Centers/Programs
Training Programs
Other Affiliations
Mood and Anxiety Program – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Crisis Care Clinic – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Scholarly Expertise
- The development of emotion regulation, self-injurious behaviors
Clinical Expertise
- Treatment of emotional and behavioral dysregulation in adolescents
Recent Publications
(2021 Aug 26)
Pract Innov (Wash D C) 7(2): 154-167
Adrian M, Blossom JB, Chu PV, Jobes D, McCauley E
(2022 Feb 2)
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
Berk MS, Gallop R, Asarnow JR, Adrian M, Avina C, Hughes JL, Korslund KE, McCauley E
(2022 Jan 12)
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol
Dawson GC, Adrian M, Chu P, McCauley E, Vander Stoep A
(2021 May 31)
JMIR Form Res 5(5): e20179
Moreno MA, Gaus Q, Wilt M, Arseniev-Koehler A, Ton A, Adrian M, VanderStoep A
(2021 Sep)
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 60(9): 1105-1115.e4
Asarnow JR, Berk MS, Bedics J, Adrian M, Gallop R, Cohen J, Korslund K, Hughes J, Avina C, Linehan MM, McCauley E
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