Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Ng, M. Y., Frederick, J. A., Fisher, A. J., Allen, N. B., Pettit, J. W., & McMakin, D. L. (2024). Identifying Person-Specific Drivers of Depression in Adolescents: Protocol for a Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment and Passive Sensing Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 13(1), e43931. https://www.researchprotocols.org/2024/1/e43931/
Frederick, J., Ng, M. Y., Valente, M. J., Venturo-Conerly, K., & Weisz, J. R. (2024). What CBT Modules Work Best for Whom? Identifying Subgroups of Depressed Youths by Their Differential Response to Specific Modules. Behavior Therapy. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005789424000169
Maria Guzmán, E. M., LeDuc, M. K., Cha, C. B., Goger, P., Ng, M. Y., Huang, X., & Fox, K. R. (2024). Accounting for diversity in the treatment of suicide and self‐injury: A systematic review of the past 50 years of randomized controlled trials. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior, 54(2), 250-262. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sltb.13037
Weisz, J. R., Fitzpatrick, O., Venturo-Conerly, K., Sternberg, A., Steinberg, J., & Ng, M. Y. (2023). Research Review: The internalizing paradox: Youth anxiety and depression symptoms, psychotherapy outcomes, and implications for research and practice. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jcpp.13820
Ng, M. Y., DiVasto, K. A., Gonzalez, N-a-r., Cootner, S., Lipsey, M. W., & Weisz, J. R. (2023). How do cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy improve youth depression? Applying meta-analytic structural equation modeling to three decades of randomized trials. Psychological Bulletin, 149(9-10), 507–548. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2024-16890-001.pdf
Weisz, J. R., Venturo-Conerly, K. E., Fitzpatrick, O. M., Frederick, J. A., & Ng, M. Y. (2023). What four decades of meta-analysis have taught us about youth psychotherapy and the science of research synthesis. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 19, 79–105. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-080921-082920
Frederick, J., Ng, M. Y., Valente, M. J., Chorpita, B. F., & Weisz, J. R. (2022). Do specific modules of cognitive behavioral therapy for depression have measurable effects on youth internalizing symptoms? An idiographic analysis. Psychotherapy Research, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2022.2131475
Fitzpatrick, O. M., Cho, E., Venturo-Conerly, K. E., Ugueto, A. M., Ng, M. Y., & Weisz, J. R. (2022). Empirically Supported Principles of Change in Youth Psychotherapy: Exploring Codability, Frequency of Use, and Meta-Analytic Findings.Clinical Psychological Science, 21677026221120230. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026221120230
Lau, N., Zhou, A. M., Zhao, X., Ng, M. Y., & Suyemoto, K. L. (2022). The invisibilization of Asian American women psychologists in academia: A call to action. The Behavior Therapist, 45, 99–106. 2. https://services.abct.org/i4a/doclibrary/getfile.cfm?doc_id=168
Ng, M. Y., Harrison, A., Bath, E. P., Kemp, K. A., Galbraith, K., Brown, L., & Tolou-Shams, M. (2022). Sexting and behavioral health in first-time justice-involved adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 132, 106298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106298
Kemp, K., Poindexter, B., Ng, M. Y., Correia, V., Marshall, B. D. L., Koinis-Mitchell, D., & Tolou-Shams, M. (2021). Early identification of suicide risk factors among justice-involved youth. Criminal Justice and Behavior. Advance online publication.https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548211059504
Cuijpers, P., Pineda, B. S., Ng, M. Y., Weisz, J. R., Munoz, R. F., Gentili, C., Quero, S., & Katyotaki, E. (2021). A meta-analytic review: Psychological treatment of subthreshold depression in children and adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2020.11.024
Ng, M. Y., Harrison, A., Bath, E., Kemp, K., Galbraith, K., Brown, L. K., & Tolou-Shams, M. (2021). Sexting and behavioral health in first-time justice-involved adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 106298.
Ng, M. Y., DiVasto, K. A., Cootner, S., Gonzalez, N., & Weisz, J. R. (2020). What do 30 years of randomized trials tell us about how psychotherapy improves youth depression? A systematic review of candidate mediators. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpsp.12367
Cuijpers, P., Karyotaki, E., Eckshtain, D., Ng, M. Y., Corteselli, K., Noma, H., Quero, S., & Weisz, J. R. (2020) Psychotherapy for depression across different age groups: A meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry, 77(7), 694-702. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0164
Ng, M. Y., Tolou‐Shams, M., Galbraith, K., & Brown, L. K. (2019). Parent psychological distress: A moderator of behavioral health intervention outcomes among justice‐involved adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://
Weisz, J. R., Vaughn-Coaxum, R. A., Evans, S. C., Thomassin, K., Hersh, J., Lee, E. H., Ng, M. Y., Lau, N., Raftery-Helmer, J. N., & Mair, P. (2019). Efficient monitoring of treatment response during youth psychotherapy: The Behavior and Feelings Survey. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 49(6), 737-751. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1547973
Weisz, J. R., Vaughn-Coaxum, R. A., Evans, S. C., Thomassin, K., Hersh, J., Lee, E. H., Ng, M. Y., Lau, N., Raftery-Helmer, J. N., & Mair, P. (2019). Supplement BFS Item and Scale Descriptive Statistics from Studies 2-4 [BFS scale descriptive statistics for studies 2-4]. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/suppl/10.1080/15374416.2018.1547973/suppl_file/hcap_a_1547973_sm4177.docx
Weisz, J. R., Kuppens, S., Ng, M. Y., Vaughn-Coaxum, R., Ugueto, A. M., Eckshtain, D., & Corteselli, K. A. (2019). Are psychotherapies for young people growing stronger? Tracking trends over time for youth anxiety, depression, ADHD, and conduct problems. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14, 216–237. https://
Cha, C. B., Tezanos, K. M., Peros, O. M., Ng, M. Y., Ribeiro, J. D., Nock, M. K., & Franklin, J. C. (2018). Accounting for diversity in suicide research: Sampling and sample reporting practices in the United States. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 48, 131–139. https://
Weisz, J. R., Kuppens, S., Ng, M. Y., Eckshtain, D., Ugueto, A. M., Jensen-Doss, A., Vaughn-Coaxum, R. Hawley, K. M., Krumholz, L. S., Chu, B. C., Weersing, V. R., & Fordwood, S. R. (2017). What five decades of research tells us about the effects of youth psychological therapy: A multilevel meta-analysis and implications for science and practice. American Psychologist, 72, 79–117. https://
Ng, M. Y., & Weisz, J. R. (2016). Annual research review: Building a science of personalized intervention for youth mental health. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57, 216–236. https://
Ng, M. Y., Eckshtain, D., & Weisz, J. R. (2016). Assessing fit between evidence-based psychotherapies for youth depression and real-life coping in early adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 45, 732–748. https://
Weisz, J. R., Krumholz, L. S., Santucci, L., Thomassin, K., & Ng, M. Y. (2015). Shrinking the gap between research and practice: Tailoring and testing youth psychotherapies in clinical care contexts. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 11, 139–163. https://
Weisz, J. R., Ng, M. Y., & Bearman, S. K. (2013). Odd couple? Re-envisioning the relation between science and practice in the dissemination-implementation era. Clinical Psychological Science, 2, 58–74. https://
Weisz, J. R., Chorpita, B. F., Frye, A., Ng, M. Y., Lau, N., Bearman, S. K., Ugueto, A., Langer, D. A, Hoagwood, K. E., & The Research Network on Youth Mental Health. (2011). Youth top problems: Using idiographic, consumer-guided assessment to identify treatment needs and track change during psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79, 369–380. https://
Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries
Ng, M. Y., Schleider, J. L., Horn, R. L., & Weisz, J. R. Psychotherapy for children and adolescents: From efficacy to effectiveness, scaling, and personalizing. (2021). In M. Barkham, W. Lutz, & L. Castonguay (Eds.), Bergin and Garfield’s handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (7th ed., pp. 625–670). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Ng, M. Y., & Weisz, J. R. (2017). Personalizing evidence-based psychotherapy for children and adolescents in clinical care. In J. R. Weisz & A. E. Kazdin, (Eds.), Evidence-based psychotherapy for children (3rd ed., pp. 501–519). New York, NY: Guilford.
Hersh, J., Ng, M. Y., MacPherson, H., Tagavi, D., & Weisz, J. R. (2016). Evidence-based intervention for children and adolescents: Present and future. In I. Frønes, H. Eng, S. K. Ertesvåg, & J. Kjøbli. (Eds.), Risk, intervention
Weisz, J. R., Ng, M. Y., & Lau, N. (2015). Psychological interventions: Overview and critical issues for the field. In A. Thapar, D. Pine, J. Leckman, S. Scott, M. Snowling, & E. Taylor (Eds.), Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed., pp. 463–482). London, England: Wiley & Sons.
Lau, N., Ng, M. Y., & Weisz, J. R. (2015). Treatment dissemination. In R. L. Cautin & S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), The encyclopedia of clinical psychology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://
Weisz, J. R., Ng, M. Y., Rutt, C., Lau, N., & Masland, S. (2013). Psychotherapy for children and adolescents. In M. J. Lambert (Ed.), Bergin and Garfield’s handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (6th ed., pp. 541–586). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.