Scholarly Works
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Leuchter, J. D., Kook, M., Geller, D. A., Hertz, A. G., Garcia, J., Trent, E. S., Dibbs, T., Onyeka, O., Goodman, W. K., Guzick, A. G., Wiese, A. D., Palo, A. D., Small, B. J., Simpson, H. B., Havel, L. K., Nibras, S. A., Saxena, K., & Storch, E. A. (2023). Promoting OCD Wellness and Resilience (POWER) study: Rationale, design, and methods. Psychiatry research communications, 3(2), 100111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psycom.2023.100111
- Nibras, S., Kentor, R., Masood, Y., Price, K., Schneider, N.M., Tenenbaum, R.B., Calarge, C. Psychological and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Youth with Serious Physical Illness. Children 2022, 9, 1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071051
- Gerard, J.M., Scalzo, A.J., Borgman, M.A., Watson, C.M., Byrnes, C.E., Chang, T.P., Auerbach, M., Kessler, D.O., Feldman, B.L., Payne, B.S., Nibras, S.A., Chokshi, R.K., Lopreiato, J.O. Validity evidence for a serious game to assess performance oncritical pediatric emergency medicine scenarios. Simul Healthcare. 2018, Jan; PMID: 29377865.
- Zand, D., Pierce, K., Thomson, N., Baig, M. W., Teodorescu, C., Nibras, S., & Maxim, R. Social Competence in Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs: The Roles of Parental Knowledge, Expectations, Attunement, and Attitudes toward Child Independence. Children. 2014, Feb; 1(1): 5-10. PMID: PMC4939514.
- Zand, D.H, Pierce, K.J, Nibras, S.,Maxim, R. Parental risk for the maltreatment of developmentally delayed/disabled children. Sage Clinical Pediatrics. 2014, May; 54(3): 290-292. PMID: 24872338.
Abstracts/Posters Presentations
- Dailey, M. M., Upshaw, B. M., Kook, M. Leuchter, J. D., Geller, D. A., Hertz, A. G., Garcia, J., Wiese, A. D., Palo, A. D., Small, D. J., Simpson, B. H., Havel, L. K., Nibras, S. A., Saxena, K. Storch, E. A. CBT Augmentation to Promote Medication Discontinuation in Pediatric OCD Methodology. Poster presented at the 58th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) in the Tics and OCRD Special Interest Group. Pennsylvania, PA. 11/2024
- Gonzalez C, Ortiz E, Fedora R, Nibras S. When Stillness Speaks: Catatonia as a Voice of Autoimmune Encephalitis- Cases with Literature Review. Selected Oral Presentation. Accepted at the 24th World Congress of Psychiatry, Mexico City, Mexico. 11/2024
- Pedroza, S, Nibras, S. The Cannabis Conundrum: Recognizing Agitated Catatonia. Accepted at the 24th World Congress of Psychiatry, Mexico City, Mexico. 11/2024
- Nibras, S., Autoimmune Encephalitis and Catatonia in Pediatric Population: Clinical Challenges and Treatment Approaches. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 63, Issue 10, S4. Clinical Perspectives, Presented at AACAP, Seattle, WA, USA. 10/2024
- Pathak, P., Pathak, U., Nibras, S. From Trauma to Taboo: Tackling Hypersexuality in TBI Recovery. Accepted at Texas Society of Adolescent and Pediatric Psychiatry Annual Convention and Scientific Program – The Federation of Texas Psychiatry. Round Rock, TX, USA. 07/2024
- Pedroza ST, Nibras, S. Trapped in a Daze: Cannabis-related Catatonia in Adolescence. Presented at Texas Society of Adolescent and Pediatric Psychiatry Annual Convention and Scientific Program – The Federation of Texas Psychiatry. Round Rock, TX, USA. 07/2024
- Gonzalez C, Ortiz E, Fedora R, Nibras S. When Stillness Speaks: Catatonia as a Voice of Autoimmune Encephalitis- Cases with Literature Review. Texas Society of Adolescent and Pediatric Psychiatry Annual Convention and Scientific Program – The Federation of Texas Psychiatry. Round Rock, TX 07/2024
- Nnyagu, A., Guajardo, H., Chen, V., & Nibras, S. Unmasking the Silent Danger: Manic Symptoms in Youth and Young Adults Following Psilocybin Use. Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Convention, Round Rock, TX, USA. 07/2024
- Nnyagu, A., Guajardo, H.M., Chen, V., Nibras, S. Psilocybin-Induced Mania: A Literature Review and Case Report. Abstract accepted at American Psychiatric Association, New York, NY, USA. 05/2023
- Guajardo, H.M., Nnyagu, A., Chen, V., Nibras, S. Psilocybin-Induced Mania: A Literature Review and Case Report. Poster presented at TSPP 67th Annual Convention and Scientific Program, Dallas, TX. 11/2023
- Nibras, S. Younus, S., Angly, M., Duncan, A., Takahashi, A. Agitated Catatonia in the Context of Synthetic Cannabinoids Use in Adolescents. Clinical Case Conference Presented at American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), Toronto, CAN. 10/2022
- Patel, R., Campbell, P., Nibras, S. Antipsychotic Use In Children And Adolescent And Withdraw Dyskinesia Of Antipsychotic Medication E-Poster presented at World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Thailand. 8/2022
- Younus, S., Nibras, S., Chachar, A., Kotawala, W. When The Weed Is Spiced: Synthetic Cannabinoids and Catatonia in Adolescents Accepted to World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Thailand. 8/2022
- Edwards, S., Klinepeter, E., Nibras, S. When Autism Gets Aggressive: A Collaborative Approach [Mini-plenary session]. Presented at Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA. 7/2022
- Masood, Y., Nibras, S. Association Between Religion and Spirituality and the Presenting Symptom in Psychosis Poster presented at American Psychiatric Association (APA), Virtual Annual Meeting, USA. 05/2021
- Nibras, S., Psychopharmacology in Complex Medically Ill Youth: What is the role of antipsychotics? Clinical Perspectives 73: Antipsychotic Medications: Use and Misuse AACAP Chicago, Illinois. 10/2019
Nibras, S., Wolf, K. Evaluating a Medical Educator Track (MET) in Psychiatry at Southern Illinois University: One Year Post-Implementation Poster accepted at SIUSOM 11th Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium, Springfield, IL, USA. 04/2020
Nibras, S., Sharma, V., Sharma, A., Takahashi, A. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow Community Outreach to Educate High School Students about Anxiety, Depression, and Suicide Poster accepted at SIUSOM 11th Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium, Springfield, IL, USA. 04/2020
Nibras, S., Sharma, V., Sharma, A., Takahashi, A. Trainee Community Outreach to Educate High School Students about Anxiety, Depression, and Suicide Poster accepted at American Psychiatric Association (APA), Philadelphia, PA, USA. 04/2020
Shenoy, S., Nibras, S., Udaya-Shankar, J. The Ripple Effect: Children of the Opioid Epidemic and the need for Wraparound services Poster accepted at American Psychiatric Association (APA), Philadelphia, PA, USA. 04/2020
Nibras, S., Wolf, K. Evaluating a Medical Educator Track (MET) in Psychiatry at Southern Illinois University: One Year Post-Implementation Poster presented at American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT), Dallas, TX, USA. 03/2020
Nibras, S., Yacim, M., Barnes, A. Difficulty of Finding Adequate Management for Transitioning Adolescents With Prader Willi Syndrome Poster accepted at American Psychiatric Association (APA), San Francisco, CA, USA. 05/2019
Shenoy, S., Nibras, S., Takahashi, A. Impact of training on attitudes and practices of brief screening, interviewing, intervention and referral for use and abuse of marijuana in adolescent Poster accepted at American Psychiatric Association (APA), San Francisco, CA, USA. 05/2019
Mukhtar, A., Nibras, S., Nasrallah, H. Lurasidone-Induced Mania: A Case Report Poster accepted at American Psychiatric Association (APA), San Fracisco, CA, USA. 05/2019
Nibras, S., Barnes, A. African American Youth Killed by Police: Suicide vs. Conduct Disorder Poster presented at American Psychiatric Association (APA), New York City, NY, USA. 05/2018
Book Chapters
- Nibras S Intellectual Disability. In Toy EC, Klamen DL. Case Files; Psychiatry. 6th Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 11/2020
- Nibras S: Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In Toy EC, Klamen DL. Case Files; Psychiatry. 6th Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 11/2020
- Nibras S: Separation Anxiety Disorder. In Toy EC, Klamen DL. Case Files; Psychiatry. 6th Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 11/2020
- Nibras S: Bipolar Disorder (Child). In Toy EC, Klamen DL. Case Files; Psychiatry. 6th Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 11/2020
- Nibras S: Alcohol Withdrawal. In Toy EC, Klamen DL. Case Files; Psychiatry. 6th Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 11/2020
- Nibras S: Enuresis. In Toy EC, Klamen DL. Case Files; Psychiatry. 6th Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 11/2020
- Nibras S: Phencyclidine (PCP) Intoxication. In Toy EC, Klamen DL. Case Files; Psychiatry. 6th Edition. Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 11/2020
Book Chapters Written
- Nibras, S., Li, E., Troung, A., Huang, A., Huang, K., Williams, L: Chapter 14. Integrating Pharmacology into Brief Interventions for Child and Adolescent Treatment In Davis, T., Storch, EA. Brief CBT and Science-Based Tailoring for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults. CBT: Science Into Practice. Series Editor: Kazantzis, N. Cham, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 06/2024
- Nandakumar, S., Maldonado-Duran, M., Garcia, J.M.S., Nibras, S., Yerramsetti, A., Nguyen, V.N. Chapter 23. Mind Body Issues in the Consultation Liaison Service in Pediatric Hospitals. In: Maldonado-Duran JM, Jimenez-Gomez, A., Saxena, K. (eds). Handbook of mind body issues in child and adolescent development, Cham, Switzerland, Springer. In press.
- Nibras, S., Troung, A., Williams, L: Chapter 23. Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents In MeKeay, D., Storch, EA. Handbook of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders. Second Edition. Cham, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 11/2022
