
Publications
Dye, C. K., Alschuler, D. M., Wu, H., Duarte, C., Monk, C., Belsky, D. W., ... & Scorza, P. (2024). Maternal adverse childhood experiences and biological aging during pregnancy and in newborns. JAMA Network Open, 7(8), e2427063-e2427063.
Ramos-Olazagasti, M.A., Elkington, K.S., Wainberg, M.L., Feng, T., Corbeil, T., Canino, G.J., Bird, H.R., Scorza, P., Wildsmith, E., Alegria, M. and Duarte, C.S., (2023). Does context and adversity shape sexual behavior in youth? Findings from two representative samples of Puerto Rican youth. Archives of sexual behavior, 52(1), pp.217-231.
VanBronkhorst, S. B., McCormack, C. A., Scorza, P., Lee, S., Feng, T., Hane, A., ... & Monk, C. (2023). Maternal childhood trauma and observed maternal care behaviors with 4-month-old infants. Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy.
Scorza, P., Duarte, C. S., Lee, S., Wu, H., Posner, J., Baccarelli, A., & Monk, C. (2023). Epigenetic intergenerational transmission: mothers’ adverse childhood experiences and DNA methylation. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Lugo-Candelas, C., Talati, A., Glickman, C., Hernandez, M., Scorza, P., Monk, C., ... & Duarte, C. S. (2023). Maternal mental health and offspring brain development: An umbrella review of prenatal interventions. Biological Psychiatry.
Ramos-Olazagasti, M.A., Elkington, K.S., Wainberg, M.L., Feng, T., Corbeil, T., Canino, G.J., Bird, H.R., Scorza, P., Wildsmith, E., Alegria, M. and Duarte, C.S., (2022). Does Context and Adversity Shape Sexual Behavior in Youth? Findings from Two Representative Samples of Puerto Rican Youth. Archives of Sexual Behavior, pp.1-15.
Scorza, P., Corbeil, T., Wall, M., Monk, C., Suglia, S., Wainberg, M., ... & Duarte, C. S. (2022). Adverse childhood experiences and perceived stress in early adulthood in the context of disadvantage. Child Abuse & Neglect, 131, 105687.
Babineau, V., Fonge, Y., Miller, E., Grobman, W.A., Scorza, P.,…Monk, C., (2022). Associations between Maternal Prenatal Stress and Childhood Neurobehavioral Outcomes in the ECHO Cohort of the NICHD Fetal Growth Studies (ECHO-NICHD-FGS): Fetal Growth Velocity as a Potential Mediator. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Khan, S., Scorza, P., Lovero, K.L., dos Santos, P., Fumo, W., Camara, B., Oquendo, M.A., Wainberg, M.L., Fejo, M., Duarte, C.S. (2022). Women’s Mental Health in Mozambique: Is Maternity a Protective Factor? Global Mental Health
Scorza, P., Merz, E.C., Spann, M., Steinberg, E., Feng, T., Lee, S., Werner, E. Peterson, B.S., Monk, C. (2021). Pregnancy-Specific Stress and Sensitive Caregiving During the Transition to Motherhood in Adolescents. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Polanco-Roman, L., Álvarez, K., Corbeil, T., Scorza, P., Wall, M., Gould, M. S., ... & Duarte, C. S. (2021). Association of childhood adversities with suicide ideation and attempts in Puerto Rican young adults. JAMA psychiatry.
Berry, O. O., Babineau, V., Lee, S., Feng, T., Scorza, P., Werner, E. A., & Monk, C. (2021). Perinatal Depression Prevention Through the Mother-Infant Dyad: The Role of Maternal Childhood Maltreatment. Journal of Affective Disorders.
Scorza, P., Monk, C., Lee, S., Feng, T., Berry, O. O., & Werner, E. (2020). Preventing maternal mental health disorders in the context of poverty: pilot efficacy of a dyadic intervention. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM, 2(4), 100230.
Scorza, P., Duarte, C. S., Lee, S., Wu, H., Posner, J. E., Baccarelli, A., & Monk, C. (2020). Epigenetic Intergenerational Transmission: Mothers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and DNA Methylation. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Scorza P., Duarte C., Lovero K., Carlson, C., Mootz, J., Johnson K., Wainberg, ML. (2019) Editorial Perspective: Reaching beyond the clinic: leveraging implementation science to improve access to child and adolescent mental health services. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Eappen, B. S., Aguilar, M., Ramos, K., Contreras, C., Prom, M. C., Scorza, P., ... & Galea, J. T. (2018). Preparing to launch the ‘Thinking Healthy Programme’perinatal depression intervention in Urban Lima, Peru: experiences from the field. Global Mental Health, 5.
Scorza, P., Cutipe, Yl, Mendoza, M., Arellano, C., Galea JT., Wainberg, M. (2018) Lessons from Rural Peru in Integrating Mental Health into Primary Care. Psychiatric Services
Scorza, P., Masyn, K.E., Salomon, J.S., Betancourt, T.S (2018). The Impact of Measurement Differences on Cross-country Depression Prevalence Estimates: A Latent Transition Analysis. PLoS One.
Scorza, P., Duarte, Cristiane, S., Hipwell, Alison E., Posner, J., Ortin, A., Canino, G., Monk, C. (2018). Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage: Epigenetics and Parents’ Childhoods as the First Exposure. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Scorza, P., Poku, O. Pike, K.M., (2018). Mental Health: Taking its Place as an Essential Element of Sustainable Global Development. British Journal of Psychiatry International.
Wainberg, M.L., Scorza, P., Shultz, J.M., Helpman, L., Mootz, J.J., Johnson, K.A., Neria, Y., Bradford, J.M.E., Oquendo, M.A. and Arbuckle, M.R., (2017). Challenges and Opportunities in Global Mental Health: a Research-to-Practice Perspective. Current psychiatry reports, 19(5), p.28.
Scorza, P., Duarte C., Stevenson, A., Mushashi C., Kanyanganzi F., Munyana M., Betancourt T.S., (2017). Individual-level Factors Associated with Mental Health in Rwandan Youth Affected by HIV/AIDS. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
Virginia Zalazar, V., Valdez, J.C., Mascayano, F., Vera, N. Scorza, P., Agrest, M. (2017). Feasibility and psychometric properties of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) in people with mental illness for its use in Argentina. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health.
Scorza, P, Araya, R, Wuermli, A, Betancourt TS, (2016). Towards Clarity in Research on “Non-Cognitive” Skills: Linking Executive Functions, Self-Regulation, and Economic Development to Advance Life Outcomes for Children, Adolescents and Youth Globally. Human Development. DOI: 10.1159/000443711
Scorza, P., Masyn, K. E., Salomon, J. A., & Betancourt, T. S. (2015). A Latent Transition Analysis for the Assessment of Structured Diagnostic Interviews. Psychological Assessment, 27(3), 975.
Scorza, P., Owusu-Agyei, S., Asampong, E., & Wainberg, M. L. (2015). The Expression of Perinatal Depression in Rural Ghana. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 8(4), 370-381.
Weissman, M. M., Hankerson, S. H., Scorza, P., Olfson, M., Verdeli, H., Shea, S., Lantigua, R., & Wainberg, M. (2014). Interpersonal Counseling (IPC) for Depression in Primary Care. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 68(4), 359.
Betancourt, T., Scorza, P., Kanyanganzi, F., Fawzi, M. C. S., Sezibera, V., Cyamatare, F., Beardslee, W., Stulac, Sl, Buzimana J., Stevenson, A., & Kayiteshonga, Y. (2014). HIV and Child Mental Health: A Case-Control Study in Rwanda. Pediatrics, 134(2), e464-e472.
Scorza, P., Stevenson, A., Canino, G., Mushashi, C., Kanyanganzi, F., Munyanah, M., & Betancourt, T. (2013). Validation of the “World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule for Children, WHODAS-Child” in Rwanda. PLoS One, 8(3), e57725.
Betancourt, T., Scorza, P., Meyers-Ohki, S., Mushashi, C., Kayiteshonga, Y., Binagwaho, A., Stulac, S., & Beardslee, W. R. (2012). Validating the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children in Rwanda. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51(12), 1284-1292.