Current Grants
State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention Grant Program, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Florida Linking Individuals Needing Care ( FL LINC) Project, M. Karver, Principal Investigator, K Gryglewicz Co-Principal Investigator. (2014 - 2019)
Campus Suicide Prevention Grant, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, University of South Florida Collaborative Suicide Prevention Project, M. Karver, Principal Investigator, K. Gryglewicz, J. Darkes, S. Roggenbaum Co-Investigators. (2013-2016).
State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention Grant Program, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Florida Youth Suicide Prevention (FLYSP) Project, M. Karver, Principal Investigator, K. Kutash, Co-Investigator. (2011-2014).
Cooperative Agreements for State-Sponsored Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, The Florida Adolescent Suicide Awareness and Prevention (A.S.A.P.) Partnership. M. Karver, Principal Investigator, K. Kutash & C. Totura, Co-Investigators. (2008-2011).
Suicide Prevention Grant, The Jason Foundation, Inc, How Parents Can Improve Teen Safety and Well-being: Parent Suicide Prevention Training. M. Karver, Principal Investigator. (2008).
Linking Adolescents at Risk for Suicide to Mental Health Services Supplement Grant Program,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Multiple Component
Suicide Prevention Program (MCSPP): Assessment of School Context and Family Engagement. M. Karver, Principal Investigator, K. Kutash & C. Totura, Co-Investigators. (2007-2008).
Suicide Prevention Grant, Jason Foundation Teen Board in New Mexico, How Parents Can
Improve Teen Safety and Well-being: Parent Suicide Prevention Training. M. Karver,
Principal Investigator. (2006).
Linking Adolescents at Risk to Mental Health Services Grant Program, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, Decreasing Adolescent Suicidality through a
Multiple Component Suicide Prevention Program. M. Karver, Principal Investigator, K.
Kutash, Co-Investigator. (2005-2007).
Exploratory/Development Grants for Mental Health Intervention Research, National Institute of
Mental Health, Treatment engagement and alliance in Cognitive-behavioral therapy for
adolescent depression. S. Shirk, Principal Investigator, M. Karver, Co-Investigator.
(2002-2005).
Recent Publications
Caporino, N. E., Chen, J. I., & Karver, M. S. (2013). Preliminary Examination of Ethnic Group Differences in Adolescent Girls' Attitudes toward Depression Treatments. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
Totura, C. M. Wienke, Karver, M. S., & Gesten, E. L. (2013). Psychological Distress and Student Engagement Mediators for Peer Victimization and Achievement in Middle School Youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1-13.
Bickman, L., Wighton, L. G., Lambert, E. W., Karver, M. S., & Steding, L. (2012). Problems in Using Diagnosis in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Research, Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences, 3(1), 1-26.
Dempsey, L., Karver, M., Labouliere, C., Zesiewicz, T., De Nadai, A. S. (2012). Self-perceived Burden as a Mediator of Depressive Symptoms amongst Individuals Living with a Movement Disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 68(10), 1149-1160.
Caporino, N. E. & Karver, M. S. (2012). The Acceptability of Treatments for Depression to a Community Sample of Adolescent Girls. Journal of Adolescence, 35, 1237-1245.
Bickman, L., Vides de Andrade, A. R., Athay, M.M., Chen, J.I, De Nadai, A.S, Jordan-Arthur, B, & Karver, M.S. (2012). The relationship between change in therapeutic alliance ratings and improvement in youth symptom severity: Whose ratings matter the most? Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 39(1), 78-89.
Shirk, S. R., Karver, M. S., Brown, R. (2011). The Alliance in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 48(1):17-24.
Jordan-Arthur, B., Romero, G., & Karver, M. (2011). The Importance of Therapeutic Alliance for Transition-aged Youth. Focal Point, 25(Summer):8-10.
Kiselica, A., Brown, R., & Lewin, A. B. (2015). Differential Diagnosis of Anorexia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in a Retired Male Military Veteran. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
Smith, V. Austrich, C., Brown, R., & Steding, L., (2014). The Portrayal of Black Swan Through a Multicontexual Framework. The Family Journal, 22, 1-5.
Gryglewicz, K., Elzy, M. B., Brown, R. R., Kutash, K., & Karver, M. S. (2014). It’s Time to Talk About it: Utilizing a Community-Based Research Approach to Develop a Family Guide for Youth Suicide Prevention. International Journal of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, 5(1), 47-69.
Brown, R. R., Labouliere, C., Yampolskaya, S., & Sowell, C. (under review). Are needs of children who have been sexually abused being met appropriately? A review of child welfare case files. Violence and Victims.
Gryglewicz, K., Elzy, M. B., Brown, R. R., Kutash, K., & Karver, M. S. (accepted). It's Time to Talk About it: Utilizing a Community-Based Research Approach to Develop a Family Guide for Youth Suicide Prevention. International Journal of Child, Youth, and Family Studies.
De Nadai, A. S., Nagpal, P. S., Piacentini, J., Peris, T. S., Geffken, G. R., Geller, D. A., Murphy, T. K., Storch, E. A., & Lewin, A. B. (in press). Contemporary models of pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder: An evaluation with a large clinical sample. Psychiatry Research.
De Nadai, A. S., & Karver, M. S. (2013). Limited motivation, client-therapist mismatch, and the therapeutic alliance. In E. A. Storch and D. McKay (Eds.), Handbook of treating variants and complications in anxiety disorders (pp. 255-284). New York: Springer Press.
Bickman, L., de Andrade, A. R. V., Athay, M. M., Chen, J. I., De Nadai, A. S., Jordan-Arthur, B. L., & Karver, M. S. (2012). The relationship between change in therapeutic alliance ratings and improvement in youth symptom severity: Whose ratings matter the most? Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 39, 78-89.
De Nadai, A. S., & Storch, E. A. (2013). Design considerations related to short term psychodynamic psychotherapy. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 52, 1213-1214.
De Nadai, A. S., Storch, E. A., & Alvaro, J. L. (2011). Development of obsessive-compulsive disorder following a pineal germinoma: A case report. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 550.
Chen, J. I., Romero, G. D., & Karver, M. S. (in press). The relationship of campus culture to mental health help-seeking intentions. Journal of Counseling Psychology. doi: 10.1037/cou0000095
Michniewicz, K. S., Bosson, J. K., Lenes, J. G., & Chen, J. I. (in press). Gender-atypical mental illness as
male gender threat. American Journal of Men’s Health. doi: 10.1177/1557988314567224
Coates, E. E., Chen, J. I., & Storch, E. A. (2013). A case of schizencephaly associated with obsessive
compulsive disorder [Letter to the Editor]. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 25(2), 151-152.
Recent Presentations
Hill, R. M., Pettit, J. W., Gipson, P., King, C. A., Opperman, K., Foster, C., Horwitz, A. G., Duarte-Velez, Y., Polanc-Frontera, Torres-Davila, P., Spirito, A., Karver, M. S.(April, 2014). Discussant. Discussant for a Research Symposium entitled Prevention Programs for Adolescent Suicide-Related Behaviors: Recent Research and Future Directions. Research Symposium presented at the American Association of Suicidology Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Karver, M.S. (April, 2014). Chair. Chair for symposium entitled “Enhancing Clinical Competency: An Examination of Three Suicide Risk Assessment and Risk Management Training Programs for Mental Health Professionals.” Symposium paper presented at the American Association of Suicidology Conference.
Gleason, L. L., Bozzay, M., Chen, J. I., Romero, G. D., Gryglewicz, K., Elzy, M. B., Labouliere, C. D., Witmeier, M. N., Partlow, N., Brown, R., & Karver, M. S. (April 2014). Adolescent gatekeeper training: What predicts adult referral intentions among youth? Paper presented at the American Association of Suicidology Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Steding, L. H., Karver, M.S., & Labouliere, C.D. (August, 2013). Non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in students: Research and recommendations for school personnel. Invited workshop presented at Hillsborough County Public Schools Instructional Services Center.
Witmeier, M., Gryglewicz, K., Romero, G., Kutash, K. & Karver, M. (June, 2013). It’s Time to Talk About It: A Family Driven Suicide Prevention Initiative. Paper presented at the SAMHSA Suicide Prevention Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Karver, M.S. (April, 2013). Chair. Chair for symposium entitled “The Application of Systems Frameworks in the Examination of Attitudes and Perceptions Contributing to Successful Youth Suicide Prevention Program Implementation: Experiences from Three Garrett Lee Smith Funded States.” Symposium paper presented to the American Association of Suicidology Conference.
Jordan-Arthur, B., Gryglewicz, K., Romero, G., Witmeier, M., Kutash, K., & Karver, M. (April, 2013). The application of the Interactive systems framework to suicide prevention: findings from the Florida Youth Suicide Prevention Project. In M. Karver (Chair), The Application of Systems Frameworks in the Examination of Attitudes and Perceptions Contributing to Successful Youth Suicide Prevention Program Implementation: Experiences from Three Garrett Lee Smith Funded States. Symposium paper presented to the American Association of Suicidology Conference.