Michael S. Scheeringa, M.D, M.P.H.
Indiana University School of Medicine, M.D., 1988.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Email: mscheer@tulane.edu
Psychopathology in infant and preschool children; autonomic heart period control; electroencephalography; cortisol regulation; parent-child relationship quality; treatment for young children.
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Drell MJ, Larrieu JA (1995). Two approaches to the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in infancy and early childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 2:191-200
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (1995). Symptom differences in traumatized infants and young children. Infant Mental Health Journal, 16, 4:259-270
Boris NW, Zeanah CH, Larrieu JA, Scheeringa MS, Heller SS (1998). Attachment disorders in infancy and early childhood: A preliminary investigation of diagnostic criteria. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 2:295-297
Scheeringa MS (1999). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in infants and toddlers. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 18,2:20-31
Scheeringa MS, Gaensbauer TJ (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In CH Zeanah (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Mental Health, second edition (pp. 369-381). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Scheeringa MS, Peebles CD, Cook CA, Zeanah CH (2001). Toward establishing procedural, criterion and discriminant validity for PTSD in early childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1: 52-60
Scheeringa MS (2001). The differential diagnosis of impaired reciprocal social interaction in children: A review of disorders. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 32(1):71-89.
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (2001). A relational perspective on PTSD in early childhood. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14(4):799-815.
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW (2003). New findings on alternative criteria for PTSD in preschool children. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 5:561-570
Task Force on Research Diagnostic Criteria: Infancy and Preschool (2003) (Scheeringa, chair and primary author). Research diagnostic criteria for infants and preschool children: The process and empirical support. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 1504-1512
Zeanah CH, Stafford, B, Boris NW, Scheeringa MS (2003). Infant development: The first 3 years of life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman (Eds.), Psychiatry (pp.91-117). West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Boris NW, Hinshaw-Fuselier SS, Smyke AT, Scheeringa MS, Heller SS, Zeanah CH (2004). Comparing criteria for attachment disorders: Establishing reliability and validity in high-risk samples. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(5), 568-577
Zeanah CH, Scheeringa MS, Boris NW, Heller SS, Smyke AT, Trapani J (2004). Reactive attachment disorder in maltreated toddlers. Child Abuse and Neglect 28(8), 877-888
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW (2004). Heart period and variability findings in preschool children with posttraumatic stress symptoms. Biological Psychiatry 55(7), 685-691
Scheeringa MS (2004). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In R DelCarmen-Wiggins, A Carter (Eds.), Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment (pp. 377-397). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH, Myers L, Putnam FW (2005). Predictive validity in a prospective follow-up of PTSD in preschool children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 44(9), 899-906
Dehon C, Scheeringa MS (2006). Screening for preschool posttraumatic stress disorder with the Child Behavior Checklist. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 31(4), 431-435.
Scheeringa MS (2006). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical Guidelines And Research Findings. In J Luby (Ed.), Handbook of Preschool Mental Health (pp 165-185). New York: Guilford Press
Scheeringa MS, Wright MJ, Hunt JP, Zeanah CH (2006). Factors affecting the diagnosis and prediction of PTSD symptomatology in children and adolescents. American Journal of Psychiatry 163(4), 644-651.
Scheeringa MS (2007). A Research Agenda for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children. In : Narrow WE, First MB, Sirovatka PJ, Regier DA (eds): Age and Gender Considerations in Psychiatric Diagnosis:
A Research Agenda for DSM-V (pp. 151-162). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association.
Scheeringa MS, Salloum A, Arnberger RA, Weems CF, Amaya-Jackson L, Cohen JA (2007). Feasibility and Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Preschool Children: Two Case Reports. Journal
of Traumatic Stress 20(4), 631-636.
Dalton, R, Scheeringa, MS, Zeanah, CH (2008). Did the Prevalence of PTSD Following Hurricane Katrina Match A Rapid Needs Assessment Prediction? A Template for Future Public Planning After Large-Scale Disasters. Psychiatric Annals
38(2).
Scheeringa MS, Zeanah CH (in press). Reconsideration of harm’s way: Onsets and comorbidity patterns of disorders in preschool children and their caregivers following Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Drury, SS, Scheeringa, MS, Zeanah, CH (in press). The Traumatic Impact Of Hurricane Katrina On Children In New Orleans. Psychiatric Clinics of North America.