Oula Khoury, PhD

All Publications

• COMPREHENSIVE MILIEU-WIDE BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS IN PEDIATRIC ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC CARE SETTINGS: IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOME MEASUREMENT IN A FAST-PACED ENVIRONMENT Khoury, O. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. 2025

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jaac.2025.07.357

  View details for Web of Science ID 001598114500179

• Development of a Patient Guidebook for Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Units. Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America Khoury, O., Kerlek, A., McKay, I. 2025; 34 (1): 25-37

  Abstract

  An inpatient psychiatric stay for youth should go beyond acute containment of risk and pharmacologic changes and, instead, offer tailored evidence-based treatments in a manner that is individualized for the patient and caregivers. A unique, transdiagnostic guidebook can be utilized within the inpatient hospitalization structure in a way that adds value to the treatment but does not burden the clinical floor staff. This study describes the process of creating a patient-centered youth guidebook, implementation, and recommendations for others wanting to consider the use of a similar modality.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.chc.2024.07.011

  View details for PubMedID 39510647

• Pediatric bipolar disorder Desk Reference in School Psychology Fristad , M., Khoury , O. edited by Theodore, L. A., Bracken, B. A. Oxford university Press . 2024
• The Cultural Theory and Model of Suicide for Youth Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention - Best Practices and Policy Implications Chu , J., I'Neill, S., Ng, J., Khoury , O. Springer Briefs in Psychology . 2022: 99-106
• Implementation and Dissemination Strategies for School-Based Suicide Prevention Programs Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention Akerman , J. P., Khoury , O., Boddapati , S. edited by Ackerman , J. P., Horowitz , L. M. Springer, Cham. 2022
• An Empirical Model and Ethnic Differences in Cultural Meanings Via Motives for Suicide. Journal of clinical psychology Chu, J., Khoury, O., Ma, J., Bahn, F., Bongar, B., Goldblum, P. 2017; 73 (10): 1343-1359

  Abstract

  The importance of cultural meanings via motives for suicide - what is considered acceptable to motivate suicide - has been advocated as a key step in understanding and preventing development of suicidal behaviors. There have been limited systematic empirical attempts to establish different cultural motives ascribed to suicide across ethnic groups.We used a mixed methods approach and grounded theory methodology to guide the analysis of qualitative data querying for meanings via motives for suicide among 232 Caucasians, Asian Americans, and Latino/a Americans with a history of suicide attempts, ideation, intent, or plan. We used subsequent logistic regression analyses to examine ethnic differences in suicide motive themes.This inductive approach of generating theory from data yielded an empirical model of 6 cultural meanings via motives for suicide themes: intrapersonal perceptions, intrapersonal emotions, intrapersonal behavior, interpersonal, mental health/medical, and external environment. Logistic regressions showed ethnic differences in intrapersonal perceptions (low endorsement by Latino/a Americans) and external environment (high endorsement by Latino/a Americans) categories.Results advance suicide research and practice by establishing 6 empirically based cultural motives for suicide themes that may represent a key intermediary step in the pathway toward suicidal behaviors. Clinicians can use these suicide meanings via motives to guide their assessment and determination of suicide risk. Emphasis on environmental stressors rather than negative perceptions like hopelessness should be considered with Latino/a clients.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/jclp.22425

  View details for PubMedID 28170095

• Parenting style as a moderator of effects of political violence: Cross-cultural comparison of Israeli Jewish and Arab children Slone, M., Shechner, T., Farah, O. SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. 2012: 62-70

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0165025411406856

  View details for Web of Science ID 000298188500009

• A trauma-like model of political extremism: psycho-political fault lines in Israel. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Laor, N., Yanay-Shani, A., Wolmer, L., Khoury, O. 2010; 1208: 24-31

  Abstract

  This study examines a trauma-like model of potentially violent political extremism among Jewish Israelis. We study the psychosocial characteristics of political extremists that may lie at the root of sociopolitical instability and assess personal (gender, stressful life events, Holocaust family background, and political activism) and psychological parameters (self- and political transcendence, perceived political threats, in/out-group identification ratio) that may predict readiness to engage in destructive political behavior. We examine the ideological zeal of various political groups, the relationship between the latter and perceived political threats, and the predictors of extreme political activism. Results showed that the extreme political poles displayed high level of ideological and morbid transcendence. Right extremists displayed higher perceived threats to physical existence and national identity. Left extremists scored highest on perceived moral integrity threat. Higher perceived threats to national identity and moral integrity, risk, and self-transcendence statistically explain morbid transcendence. When fear conjures up extremely skewed sociopolitical identifications across political boundaries, morbid transcendence may manifest itself in destructive political activity.

  View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05693.x

  View details for PubMedID 20955322