Larkin S. McReynolds, PhD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at CUMC
  • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
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Dr. McReynolds received her M.P.H. from the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston (Health Promotion/Health Education) and her Ph.D. from Columba University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She has extensive experience in intervention evaluation methods, and collecting and working with service utilization data. Dr. McReynolds has carried out investigations examining the relation between psychiatric disorder and juvenile recidivism, gender differences in psychiatric risk factors for delinquency, non-suicidal self-injury, and the development of audio computer assisted self-interview assessments. She has co-authored over 30 publications on the epidemiology of mental health in juvenile justice settings, coordinated data collection efforts from over 88 sites, and conducted analyses relying on advanced level modeling of youth outcomes, including mental health service use. Her experience managing data collected from multisite studies and supervising a team responsible for training and technical assistance has contributed to the Center’s accumulation of a rich data archive of close to 10,000 justice-involved youths’ diagnostic, demographic, and offense information.

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at CUMC
  • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Administrative Titles

  • Research Director, Center for Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • MPH, Health Promotion/Health Education, University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
  • PhD, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Committees, Societies, Councils

Member, American Probation and Parole Association

Member, American Public Health Association

Member, American Psychopathological Association

Honors & Awards

Predoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

Recipient, National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program

Research

Research Interests

  • Biostatistical Methods
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Epidemiology of mental health in juvenile justice
  • Mental Health
  • The relation between psychiatric disorder and juvenile recidivism

Selected Publications

Wasserman GA, McReynolds LS, Lucas C, Fisher P, Santos L The prevalence of psychiatric disorder in incarcerated male youth Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 41 314-321 2002

Wasserman GA, McReynolds LS, Ko SJ, Katz LM, Cauffman E, Haxton W, Lucas CP Screening for emergent risk and service needs among incarcerated youth: Comparing MAYSI-2 and Voice DISC-IV Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 43 629-639 2004

Ko, SJ, Wasserman GA, McReynolds LS, Katz LM Contribution of parent report to Voice DISC-IV diagnosis among incarcerated youth Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 43 868-877 2004

Hayes M, McReynolds LS, Wasserman G.A., Haxton W. Paper and Voice MAYSI-2: Format Comparability and Concordance with the Voice DISC-IV Assessment 12 395-403 2005

Grisso T, Vincent G, Seagrave D Handbook of screening and assessment tools for juvenile justice Guilford Press NY. NY 224-239 2005

Wasserman GA, McReynolds LS, Ko SJ, Katz L, Carpenter J Gender differences in psychiatric disorder for youths at probation intake American Journal of Public Health 95 131-137 2005

Cuellar AE, McReynolds LS, Wasserman, GA A Cure for Crime: Can mental health treatment diversion reduce crime among youth? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 25 197-214 2006

Wasserman, GA and McReynolds, LS Suicide risk at juvenile probation intake Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior 36 230-249 2006

McReynolds LS, Wasserman GA, Fisher, P, Lucas, CP Diagnostic screening with incarcerated youth: comparing the DISC Predictive Scales (DPS) and Voice DISC Criminal Justice and Behavior 34 830-845 2007

McReynolds LS, Wasserman GA, DeComo RE, John R, Keating JM, Nolen S Psychiatric disorder in a juvenile assessment center Crime and Delinquency in press 2007

For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov

Urban Health Activities

Mental Health Screening and Assessment in Juvenile Justice Setting: The Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice is dedicated to providing expert guidance to juvenile justice settings regarding best practices for mental health assessment and referral. The Center and its collaborators work to promote efficient means for comprehensive and reliable mental health assessment. In addition, we assist juvenile justice programs in determining how to implement these procedures and how to map appropriate mental health services onto them. We develop products to move information and knowledge between the fields of juvenile justice and mental health and we provide recommendations for practice.

Evaluation or NYS Review Protocols for Civil Committment of Sexual Violent Predators

Evaluation or NYS Sex Offender Treatment Programs