Matthew B. Wintersteen, PhD
Director of Research,
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior

Contact Dr. Wintersteen

833 Chestnut Street, Suite 210
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 503-2824
(215) 503-2853 (fax)

Graduate School
PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (2003)

Internship
Clinical Psychology Intern, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Nashville, TN (2003)

Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA (2004)

Certifications
Licensed Psychologist

University Appointment
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Research and Clinical Interests
Suicide prevention and intervention for youth and young adults.

Publications

1. Suicidal ideation and self-harm behavior in a community sample of preadolescent youth: A case-control study
2. The therapeutic alliance in adolescent substance abuse treatment: A one-with-many analysis
3. Universal or indicated screening in primary care?
4. Feasibility and effects of a web-based adolescent psychiatric assessment administered by clinical staff in the Pediatric Emergency Department
5. Development, validation, and utility of internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents
6. Standardized screening for suicidal adolescents in primary care
7. Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Adolescents with Suicidal Ideation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
8. Adolescent depression: Views of health care providers in a pediatric emergency department
9. Patients' and caregivers' beliefs about depression screening and referral in the emergency department
10. Screening for suicide risk in the pediatric emergency and acute care setting
11. Adolescent and therapist perception of barriers to outpatient substance abuse treatment
12. Impact of victimization on substance abuse treatment outcomes for adolescents in outpatient and residential substance abuse treatment
13. Early therapeutic alliance as a predictor of treatment outcome for adolescent cannabis users in outpatient treatment
14. Do gender and racial differences between patient and therapist affect therapeutic alliance and treatment retention in adolescents?