
Sunita Stewart, Ph.D.
Professor
Department Psychiatry
Graduate Programs Clinical Psychology
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Biography
Sunita Stewart has been affiliated with UT Southwestern since 1984. She was Director of Psychological Services at Children’s Medical Center from 1984 to 1992, and returned to this position in September 2005.
Her areas of clinical specialty are: cross-cultural psychopathology, and suicidality in adolescents.
Education
- Undergraduate School
- Reed College (1975), Psychology
- Other Post Graduate Training
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1978)
- Graduate School
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1978), Clinical Psychology
- Other Post Graduate Training
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1981)
- Graduate School
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1981), Clinical Psychology
Research Interest
- Adolesecnt Suicide and Depression
- Cross Cultural Psychology
- Pediatric Health Psychology
- Prevention
Publications
Featured Publications
- Methods in cross-cultural psychopathology
- Stewart, S.M Handbook of research methods in abnormal and clinical psychology., D. McKay (ed), in press
- Adolescent insomnia, suicide risk, and the interpersonal theory of suicide.
- Zullo L, Horton S, Eaddy M, King J, Hughes J, Diederich A, Kennard B, Emslie G, Stewart S Psychiatry Res 2017 Jul 257 242-248
- The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide in Adolescents: A Preliminary Report of Changes Following Treatment.
- King JD, Horton SE, Hughes JL, Eaddy M, Kennard BD, Emslie GJ, Stewart SM Suicide Life Threat Behav 2017 Mar
- Frequency and Methods of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Relation to Acquired Capability for Suicide Among Adolescents.
- Matney J, Westers NJ, Horton SE, King JD, Eaddy M, Emslie GJ, Kennard BD, Stewart SM Arch Suicide Res 2017 Jan
- Approach to Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria.
- Lopez X, Stewart S, Jacobson-Dickman E Pediatr Rev 2016 Mar 37 3 89-98
- Preliminary Examination of the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide in an Adolescent Clinical Sample.
- Horton SE, Hughes JL, King JD, Kennard BD, Westers NJ, Mayes TL, Stewart SM J Abnorm Child Psychol 2015 Dec
- Resilience and vulnerability: prolonged grief in the bereaved spouses of marital partners who died of AIDS.
- Yu NX, Chan CL, Zhang J, Stewart SM AIDS Care 2015 Nov 1-4
- The Validity of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in Adolescence: A Review.
- Stewart SM, Eaddy M, Horton SE, Hughes J, Kennard B J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 2015 Apr 1-13
- Maternal depressive symptoms predict adolescent healthcare utilization and charges in youth with type 1 diabetes.
- Clayton, K.M., Stewart, S.M., Wiebe, D.J., McConnel, C.E., Hughes, C.W., and White, P.C. Health Psychology 2013
- Validating the Concord Index as a measure of family relationships in China
- Lee, P.H. , Stewart, S.M., Lun, V., Bond, M.H., Yu, X., & Lam, T.H. 2012 26 906-915
Books
Featured Books
Organ transplantation. In Cognitive aspects of chronic illness in children
. Stewart, S.M., & Kennard, B.D (1999). New York, Guildford Press
Pakistan: Culture, community and familial obligations in a Muslim society.. In Family structure and function across cultures: Psychological variations
Zaman, R., Stewart, S.M., & Zaman, T.R. (2006). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Instrument development for ethnic minority research.. In Encyclopedia of multicultural psychology
Stewart, S.M. (2006). New York, Sage Publications
Methods in cross-cultural psychopathology. In Handbook of research methods in abnormal and clinical psychology
Stewart, S.M (2007). New York, Sage Publications.
Cultural considerations and culture-specific disorders.. In The Sage Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology
Stewart, S.M. (2017). Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications, Inc.
Depression in childhood: Cultural factors.. In The Sage Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology.
Stewart, S.M. (2017). Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications, Inc.
Depression. In Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Stewart, S.M. (2013). (2013). New York, John Wiley & Sons
Hong Kong: Transitions and return to the Motherland.. In Family structure and function across cultures: Psychological variations.
Lee, P.W.H., Stewart, S.M., & Chan, K. (2006). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Psychiatric disorders in the Chinese.. In The Second Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology
Stewart, S.M., Lee, P.W.H., & Tao R. (2010). Oxford University Press., Oxford University Press.
Honors & Awards
- Fellow
American Psychological Association, Division 52 (2018) - Phi Beta Kappa
(1975)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- APA, IACCP, AAAP