Role

Dr. McCauley serves as core faculty to CSPAR. In addition, she is also a senior faculty member of the Suicide Care Research Center (SCRC).

Background

Dr. McCauley has over 40 years of experience as a developmental and child/adolescent clinical psychologist in both research and clinical practice. She is currently the Associate Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine of Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. McCauley has made significant contributions to the field including the efficacy for adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adolescents at high-risk for suicide. For over 10 years, Dr. McCauley has been partnered with King County Public Health and Seattle Public schools to expand and improve school-based mental health services. She also has substantial clinical experience working with youth and their families experiencing gender dysphoria and other disorders relating to sexual development.

Publications – Selected Works 

• McCauley, E., Gudmundsen, G., Schloredt, K., Martell, C., Rhew, I., Hubley, S., & Dimidjian, S. (2016). The Adolescent Behavioral Activation Program: Adapting Behavioral Activation as a Treatment for Depression in Adolescence. Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 45(3), 291–304. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2014.979933
• McCauley, E., Berk, M. S., Asarnow, J. R., Adrian, M., Cohen, J., Korslund, K., Avina, C., Hughes, J., Harned, M., Gallop, R., & Linehan, M. M. (2018). Efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents at High Risk for Suicide: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA psychiatry, 75(8), 777–785. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1109
• Adrian, M., Berk, M. S., Korslund, K., Whitlock, K., McCauley, E., & Linehan, M. (2018). Parental Validation and Invalidation Predict Adolescent Self-Harm. Professional psychology, research and practice, 49(4), 274–281. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000200
• Asarnow, J. R., Berk, M. S., Bedics, J., Adrian, M., Gallop, R., Cohen, J., Korslund, K., Hughes, J., Avina, C., Linehan, M. M., & McCauley, E. (2021). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Suicidal Self-Harming Youth: Emotion Regulation, Mechanisms, and Mediators. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 60(9), 1105–1115.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.01.016
• Kim, J., Pike, K., McCauley, E., & Vander Stoep, A. (2019). Ethnic Variations of Trajectories in Suicide Ideation and Attempt: From Middle School to High School. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 49(2), 432–443. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12441

Find Elizabeth McCauley on PubMed for a list of full works.