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Patricia Cohen

Researcher at University of York

Publications -  21
Citations -  1882

Patricia Cohen is an academic researcher from University of York. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aggression & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 21 publications receiving 1797 citations. Previous affiliations of Patricia Cohen include Columbia University Medical Center & Stony Brook University.

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The psychosocial etiology of adolescent drug use: a family interactional approach.

TL;DR: A developmental model with two components; the first deals with adolescent pathways to drug use, and the second incorporates childhood factors, finding that individual protective factors could offset risk factors and enhance other protective factors, resulting in less adolescent marijuana use.
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Early maternal separation and the trajectory of borderline personality disorder symptoms

TL;DR: Extended maternal separations before age 5 were evaluated as a predictor of long-term risk for offspring borderline personality disorder symptoms in longitudinal data from a large random community sample and suggest a series of environmental and other influences on these very disabling problems.
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Developmental Trajectories of Cigarette Smoking from Adolescence to the Early Thirties: Personality and Behavioral Risk Factors

TL;DR: To be more effective, smoking prevention programs should target personality and behavioral variations before smoking becomes habitual, particularly focused on characteristics reflecting behavioral problems as manifested in emotional difficulties, externalizing behavior, and low educational aspirations in early adolescence.
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Six‐week postpartum maternal depressive symptoms and 4‐month mother–infant self‐ and interactive contingency

TL;DR: These complex, multimodal findings define different aspects of communication disturbance, with relevance for therapeutic intervention, are defined.
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Diagnostic predictors of treatment patterns in a cohort of adolescents.

TL;DR: When DSM-III-R diagnoses based on mother and youth Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children interviews were used prospectively to determine subsequent treatment seeking, it was found that consultation with mental health specialists, but not with pediatricians or general practitioners, was elevated in those with disorders.