Below are select manuscripts highlighting SCAI Lab’s areas of focus.
In Press
Ricketts, E. J., Rissman, A. J., Swisher, V. S., Joyce, D. S., Colwell, C. S., & Burgess, H. J. (in press). Videoconference-delivered group cognitive-behavioral therapy with morning short-wavelength light therapy in adolescents with delayed sleep timing: A pilot case series. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2025.2569376
Tooker, M., Barber, K. E., McGuire, J. F., Espil, F. M., Stiede, J. T., Schild, J., Bennett, S. M., Specht, M. W., Walkup, J. T., Woods, D. W., Piacentini, J., & Ricketts, E. J. (in press). Longitudinal and cross-sectional predictors of sleep disturbance in a treatment follow-up sample with Tourette's disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1594347
Ricketts, E. J., Kircanski, K., Joyce, D. S., Rissman, A. J., Ottenberg, J., & Soehner, A. M. (in press). Age of onset in insomnia: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Sleep Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.70103
2024
Ricketts, E. J., Swisher, V. S., Gemperle, C., & Alfano, C. A. (2024). Sleep disturbance in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. Current Developmental Disorder Reports, 12, 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40474-024-00313-y
Leman, T. Y., Barden, S., Swisher, V. S., Joyce, D. S., Kaplan, K. A., Zeitzer, J. M., Loo, S., & Ricketts, E. J. (2024). Sleep insufficiency and bedtime irregularity in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A population-based analysis. Sleep Medicine, 121, 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2024.06.015
Swisher, V. S., Liu, S., & Ricketts E. J. (2024). Bedtime regularity and sleep sufficiency in children with Tourette Syndrome: Findings from the National Survey of Children’s Health. Pediatric Neurology, 158, 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.05.001
Pendo, K., Swisher, V. S., Leman, T. Y., Rissman, A. J., Peris, T. S., Piacentini, J., Snorrason, I., & Ricketts, E. J. (2024). Clinical characteristics, sleep, and temperament in infants and young children with problematic hair pulling and skin picking. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 48, 119-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10435-z
Swisher, V., Tooker, M., Qu, C., Burgess, H. J., Coles, M. E., Bennett, S. M., Piacentini, J., Colwell, C. S., & Ricketts, E. J. (2024). Sleep disorders, sleep medication use, and predictors of sleep disturbance in children with persistent tic disorders. Children’s Health Care, 53, 23-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/02739615.2023.2175682
2023
Ricketts, E. J., Swisher, V., Greene, D. J., Silverman, D., Nofzinger, E. A., & Colwell, C. S. (2023). Sleep disturbance in Tourette’s disorder: Potential underlying mechanisms. Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 9, 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-022-00242-5
Ricketts, E. J., Wolicki, S. B., Holbrook, J. R., Rozenman, M., McGuire, J. F., Charania, S. N., Piacentini, J., Mink, J. W., Walkup, J. T., Woods, D. W., & Claussen, A. H. (2023). Clinical characteristics of children with Tourette syndrome with and without sleep disorder. Pediatric Neurology, 141, 18-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2022.12.011
2022
Ricketts, E. J., Joyce, D. S., Rissman, A. J., Burgess, H. J., Colwell, C. S., Lack, L. C., & Gradisar, M. (2022). Electric lighting, adolescent sleep and circadian outcomes, and recommendations for improving light health. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 64, 101667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101667
Ricketts, E. J., Montalbano, G. E., Burgess, H. J., McMakin, D. L., Coles, M. E., Piacentini, J., & Colwell, C. S. (2022). Sleep and chronotype in adults with persistent tic disorders. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78, 1516-1539. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23323
Ricketts, E. J., Burgess, H. J., Montalbano, G. E., Coles, M. E., McGuire, J. F., Thamrin, H., McMakin, D. L., McCracken, J. T., Carskadon, M. A., Piacentini, J., & Colwell, C. S. (2022). Morning light therapy in adults with Tourette’s disorder. Journal of Neurology, 269, 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10645-z
2020
Bai, S., Ricketts, E. J., Thamrin, H., Piacentini, J., Albano, A. M., Compton, S. N., Ginsburg, G. S., Kendall, P. C., Sakolsky, D., Keeton, C. P., & Peris, T. S. (2020). Longitudinal study of sleep and internalizing problems in youth treated for pediatric anxiety disorders. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48, 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00582-x
2019
Ricketts, E. J., Rozenman, M., Snorrason, Í., Perez, J., Peng, M., Kim, J., & Piacentini, J. (2019). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Sleep-50 Questionnaire in Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder) and Excoriation (Skin-picking) Disorder. Psychiatry Research, 273, 197-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.022
2018
Ricketts, E. J., Sturm, A., McMakin, D. L., McGuire, J. F., Tan, P.Z., Smalberg, F.B., McCracken, J. T., Colwell, C.S., & Piacentini, J. (2018). Changes in sleep problems across attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatment: Findings from the MTA study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 28, 690-698. https://doi.org/10.1089/cap.2018.0038
McMakin, D. L., Ricketts, E. J., Forbes, E. E., Silk, J. S., Ladoceur, C. D., Siegle, G. J., Milbert, M., Trubnick, L., Ryan, N., Harvey, A. G., & Dahl, R. E. (2018). Anxiety treatment and targeted sleep enhancement to address sleep disturbance in pre/early adolescents with anxiety. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 6, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1463534
Ricketts, E. J., Price, R. B., Siegle, G. J., Silk, J. S., Forbes, E. E., Ladouceur, C. D., Harvey, A., Ryan, N. D., Dahl, R. E., & McMakin, D. L. (2018). Vigilant attention to threat, sleep patterns and anxiety in peripubertal youth. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59, 1309-1322. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1463534
Ricketts, E. J., Rozenman, M., Choy, C., Goldberg, H. B., Kim, J. S., Colwell, C. S., McCracken, J. T., & Piacentini, J. (2018). Sleep sufficiency in pediatric and adolescent Tourette’s Disorder: National survey of children’s health. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 39, 72-76. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000518
2017
Ricketts, E. J., Snorrason, Í., Rozenman, M., Colwell, C. S., & Piacentini, J. (2017). Sleep functioning in adults with Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder), Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder, and a non-affected comparison sample. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 13, 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2017.01.006
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