Dr. Sheryl Kataoka is Professor-in-Residence in the UCLA Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, where she serves as the Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship. She completed her Bachelors of Science at UCLA and medical school at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. She returned to Los Angeles for her Psychiatry Residency training at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center during which she was also an APA Minority Fellow. She completed her child psychiatry fellowship training at the UCLA Semel Institute, and then launched her research career as an APA research fellow in the Program for Minority Research Training in Psychiatry when she examined the psychopathology. She continued her research training as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and received her Masters of Science in Health Services Research from the UCLA School of Public Health. She is an investigator with the UCLA Center for Health Services and Society and the site PI for the National Child Traumatic Stress Networks Treatment and Services Adaptation Center for Resiliency, Hope and Wellness in Schools.
The Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program is a school-based, group and individual intervention. It is designed to reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and behavioral problems, and to improve functioning, grades and attendance, peer and parent support, and coping skills. CBITS has been used with students from 3rd grade through 12th grade who have witnessed or experienced traumatic life events such as community and school violence, accidents and injuries, physical abuse and domestic violence, and natural and man-made disasters. CBITS uses cognitive-behavioral techniques (e.g., psychoeducation, relaxation, social problem solving, cognitive restructuring, and exposure).
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education Early Career Award, American Psychiatric Association
Dean KL, Stein BD, Jaycox L, Kataoka SH, & Wong M. Datapoints: Acceptability of asking parents about their children’s traumatic symptoms. Psychiatric Services, 2004: 55; 866.
Jaycox LH, Kataoka SH, Stein BD, Wong M, & Langley A. Responding to the needs of the community: A stepped care approach to implementing trauma-focused interventions in schools. Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 2005: 5; 85-88.
Kataoka S, Stein BD, Nadeem E, & Wong M. Who gets care? Mental health service use following a school-based suicide prevention program. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2007: 46; 1341-1348.
Kataoka S, Rowan B, & Hoagwood K. Bridging the divide: in search of common ground in mental health and education research and policy. Psychiatric Services, 2009: 60; 1510-1515.
Stein BD, Kataoka SH, Hamilton AB, Schultz D, Ryan G, Vona P, & Wong M. School personnel perspectives on their school’s implementation of a school-based suicide prevention program: Voices from the classroom. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 2009: 37(3); 338-349.
Kataoka S, Novins DK, & Santiago C. The practice of evidence-based treatments for ethnic minority youth. Issue on Culture of Child Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2010: 19(4); 775-89.
Nadeem E, Kataoka SH, Chang VY, Vona P, Wong M, & Stein BD. The role of teachers in school-based suicide prevention: a qualitative study of school staff perspectives. School Mental Health, 2011: 3(4); 209-221.
Shetgiri R, Kataoka S, Lin H, & Flores G. A randomized, controlled trial of a school-based intervention to reduce violence and substance use in predominantly Latino high school students. Journal of the National Medical Association, 2011: 103(9-10); 932-940.
Ramirez M, Wu Y, Kataoka S, Wong M, Yang J, Peek-Asa C, & Stein B. Youth violence across multiple dimensions: A study of violence, absenteeism and suspensions among middle school children. Journal of Pediatrics, April 2012.
Guo S, Kataoka SH, Bear L, Lau AS. Differences in school-based referrals for mental health care: Understanding racial/ethnic disparities between Asian American and Latino youth. School Mental Health, August 2013.
Santiago CD, Kataoka SH, Cordova MH, Alvarado-Goldberg K, & Escudero P. Preliminary evaluation of a family treatment component to augment a school-based intervention serving low-income families. Journal of Behavioral and Emotional Disorders, October 2013.
Wong MD, Coller KM, Dudovitz RN, Kennedy DP, Buddin R, Shapiro MF, Kataoka SH, Brown AF, Tseng C, Bergman P, Chung PJ. (2014). A natural experiment of successful schools on risky behaviors among adolescents in low-income neighborhoods.Pediatrics, 134(2), e389-e396.