Antonio Polo, Ph.D.

Education

B.A. Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994
M.A. Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002

Major Areas of Interest

• Treatment of youth depression and the delivery of evidence-based interventions into community settings such as schools and mental health clinics
• Etiology and correlates of mental health problems across cultural groups in the United States, including among Latino and immigrant groups

Representative Sample of Publications

Polo, A. J. & López, S. R. (2009). Culture, context, and the internalizing distress of Mexican American youth. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Suárez, L., Polo, A. J., & Chen, C., & Alegría, M. (2009). The prevalence, course, and correlates of childhood-onset anxiety disorders among Latinos and Non-Latino whites in the United States. Psicología Conductual (Behavioural Psychology).

Huey, S. J. & Polo, A. J. (2008). Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for ethnic minority youth. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37, 262-301.

Alegría, M., Polo, A. J. , Gao, S., Santana, L., Rothstein, D., Lyons, M., Jimenez, A., Mendieta, F., & Oddo, V. (2008). Evaluation of a patient activation and empowerment intervention in mental health care. Medical Care, 46, 247-256.