Newport Healthcare Center for Research and Innovation
The Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) aims to promote empirical values in mental healthcare—merging academic research with a forward-thinking clinical environment.
The Center’s overall goals are to continually expand our understanding of our patient population and their needs, improve patient outcomes, support the professional development of our staff, and advance the industry as a whole. As one of the few institutions of its kind, the CRI establishes Newport as a thought leader in the field and an innovator in bridging science and clinical practice.
View Our Outcomes
Newport Healthcare’s research shows that our comprehensive treatment model creates transformative, lasting results for adolescents and young adults in both residential and outpatient care. Visit our interactive page to view:
- Teen and young adult diagnoses and patient profiles
- Well-being increases from “poor” to “well”
- Anxiety and depression improvements from severe to mild
- OCD and eating disorder treatment outcomes
- Post-discharge and general functioning results
- Satisfaction data from patients, parents, and professionals
The Mission of the CRI: Ongoing Work and New Initiatives
The Center’s purpose is to advance Newport Healthcare as a leader and innovator in adolescent and young adult residential care, research, and program development, through:
- Outcomes evaluation and data-informed care
- Research and field-advancing knowledge
- Professional and clinical development for staff
About the CRI’s Senior Director
Michael Roeske, PsyD
Dr. Roeske is a clinical psychologist with more than two decades of experience in clinical practice, behavioral health research, and executive leadership. He has co-authored peer-reviewed publications addressing adolescent and young adult mental health and innovations in clinical practice and is a frequent presenter at regional and national conferences.
Previously, he served as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of accredited outpatient and residential behavioral healthcare programs. Dr. Roeske’s work focuses on advancing evidence-based care through collaboration, measurement science, and translation of research into everyday clinical practice.
Research and Field-Advancing Knowledge
The CRI’s collection of demographic, baseline, and outcomes data will help fill gaps in existing research, measure important factors in treatment-seeking patient populations, and guide program assessment and development.
Data is also used to study the efficacy of treatment and durability of change, and to inform empirical research studies. Significant findings will be submitted for publication in scholarly journals and presentations at national conferences, and used to further the industry of adolescent, young adult, and family treatment.
The development of a body of research supports relationships between treatment programs and accrediting organizations, licensing bodies, and insurance payers. This work can potentially be collaborative and generative in a way that creates a synergistic effect—with the ultimate goal of helping more young people find long-term, sustainable healing.
Michael Roeske, PsyD
Senior Director, Center for Research and Innovation
Published Studies Using Newport Healthcare Outcomes Data
Featured Research
“Mommy, Do You Love Your Phone More Than Me?”: Parental Device Use and the Adolescent-Caregiver Attachment Bond, by Don Grant, PhD; Michael Roeske, PsyD; Barbara Nosal, PhD, LMFT, and more — Published in Frontiers in Psychology, June 2026
Rivers, A., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Diamond, G., et al. (2026). Parent-child agreements and disagreements in perceptions of adolescent general functioning in psychiatric residential care. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01159-6
Hadzic, T., Lulla, A., & Nurmi, E. L. (2026). Pharmacologic Treatment of Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Evidence-Based Narrative Review. Current Developmental Disorders Reports, 13(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40474-026-00353-6
Grant, D., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Ruan-Iu, L., Dill-Shackleford, K. E., Nosal, B., & Roeske, M. (2026). Mommy, Do You Love Your Phone More Than Me?”: Parental Device Use and the Adolescent-Caregiver Attachment Bond. Frontiers in Psychology, 17, 1766665. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1766665
Furtado, A. B., Lal, A., & Murray, D. (2026). Impact of Empathic Language in Preappointment Communications on Appointment No-Show Rates. Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality, 48(1), e0504. https://doi.org/10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000504
Diamond, G., Rivers, A. S., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Ruan-Iu, L., & Roeske, M. (2026). Assessing adolescent general functioning in residential care: the Newport functional assessment. Residential Treatment For Children & Youth, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886571X.2026.2613876
Hettler, M., Steinberg, E., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Diamond, G., Riemann, B., & Roeske, M. (2025). Augmenting ERP With Attachment-Based Family Therapy: A Case Report in Residential OCD Treatment. Journal of cognitive psychotherapy, JCP-2025-0017.R1. https://doi.org/10.1891/JCP-2025-0017
Diamond, G., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Quigneaux, S., Sherbersky, H., Devacht, I., Roeske, M. (2025, November 20). Family-centered care in psychiatric residential and inpatient treatment for youth: Three family systems models. Family Therapy Magazine, 25(6). https://ftm.aamft.org/family-centered-care-in-psychiatric-residential-and-inpatient-treatment-for-youth-three-family-systems-models/
Rivers, A. S., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Whitaker, A., Watkins, N., Roeske, M., & Ruan-Iu, L. (2025). Parental Attachment for Emerging Adults in Psychiatric Residential Treatment: Associations with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms. The Family Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807251384280
Grant, D. (2025). A View of Social Media From A Clinician’s Couch. In The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 48–68). chapter, Oxford University Press.
Loftus, M., Becker, K., Roeske, M., Ruan-Iu, L., & Winston-Lindeboom, P. (2025). Integrating Care: A Case Report on an Adolescent Male with an Eating Disorder in a Psychiatric Residential Program. Residential Treatment For Children & Youth, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886571X.2025.2523026
Winston-Lindeboom, P., Watkins, N., Roeske, M., Ruan-Iu, L., Weissinger, G., & Diamond, G. (2025). Adolescent residential treatment Outcomes: Changes in depressive symptoms throughout treatment. Children and Youth Services Review, 108239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108239
Montag, C., Demetrovics, Z., Elhai, J. D., Grant, D., Koning, I., Rumpf, H. J., … & van den Eijnden, R. (2025). Social Media Use in Childhood and Adolescence: Minimizing Its Adverse Effects Through Corporate Social Responsibility and European Union Regulations. In Handbook of Children and Screens (pp. 477-484). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_65
Grant, D., & Rumpf, H. J. (2025). Introduction to the Section on Problematic Use of the Internet in Childhood and Adolescence. In Handbook of Children and Screens (pp. 173-178). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_24
Fineberg, N. A., Grant, D., Demetrovics, Z., Brand, M., Burkauskas, J., Corazza, O., … & Weinstein, A. M. (2025). Problematic Internet Use: A General Perspective. In Handbook of Children and Screens (pp. 179-185). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_25
Diamond, G., Rivers, A.S., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Russon, J., & Roeske, M. (2024). Evaluating attachment-based family therapy in residential treatment in the United States: Does adolescents’ increased attachment security to caregivers lead to decreases in depressive symptoms?. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18, 147. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00833-w
Winston-Lindeboom, P., Diamond, G., Roeske, M., & Rivers, A. S. (2024). Can research on family factors in youth psychiatric residential treatment programs inform efforts to implement family-centered care? The Family Journal, 33(1), 104-114. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807241280107
Ruan, L., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Rivers, A. S., Diamond, G., Chod, D., & Roeske, M. (2024). Validation of the Client Satisfaction Scale for Youth in Residential Psychiatric Care. Residential Treatment For Children & Youth, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886571X.2024.2389041
Dellorco, M., Lynch, O., Ziegelmeyer, E., Roeske, M., Winston-Lindeboom, P., & Diamond, G. (2024). Bolstering family therapy: Assimilating EMDR into ABFT in youth residential treatment. Family Process. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.13050
Durant, T. J. S., Knight, E., Nelson, B., Dudgeon, S., Lee, S. J., Walliman, D., Young, H. P., Ohno-Machado, L., & Schulz, W. L. (2024). A primer for quantum computing and its applications to healthcare and biomedical research, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, ocae149, https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocae149
Diamond, G., Ruan-Iu, L., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Rivers, A. S., Weissinger, G., & Roeske, M. (2024). Treatment readiness in psychiatric residential care for adolescents. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-024-01393-z
Grant, D. (2024). How Recognized Addiction Models and Our Relationships with Digital Media Intersect. In: Rich, G.J., Kumar, V.K., Farley, F.H. (eds) Handbook of Media Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56537-3_12
Rivers, A. S., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Weissinger, G., Watkins, N. K., & Ruan-Iu, L. (2024). Attachment to parental figures in emerging adults from Brazil, India, and Nigeria: Associations with anxiety and depressive symptoms. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/026540752412304
Montag, C., Demetrovics, Z., Elhai, J. D., Grant, D., Koning, I., Rumpf, H-J, Spada, M. M., Throuvala, M., & van den Eijnden, R. (2024). Problematic social media use in childhood and adolescence. Addictive Behaviors, 107980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.107980
Rivers, A. S., Ruan-Iu, L., Winston-Lindeboom, P., & Diamond, G. (2023). The Challenges of Assessing Anxiety Symptoms for Adolescents and Young Adults in Residential Treatment: The BHS-Anxiety and the GAD-7 Scales. Residential Treatment For Children & Youth. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886571X.2023.2298453
Rivers, A. S., Bosmans, G., Piovanetti Rivera, I., Ruan-Iu, L., & Diamond, G. (2022). Maternal and paternal attachment in high-risk adolescents: Unique and interactive associations with anxiety and depressive symptoms. Journal of family psychology: JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 36(6), 954–963. https://doi.org/10037/fam0000989
Rivers, A. S., Russon, J., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Ruan-Iu, L., & Diamond, G. (2022). Family and Peer Relationships in a Residential Youth Sample: Exploring Unique, Non-Linear, and Interactive Associations with Depressive Symptoms and Suicide Risk. Journal of youth and adolescence, 51(6), 1062–1073. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01524-x
Ruan-Iu, L., Chod, D., Weissinger, G., VanFossen, C., Saionz, R., Tien, A., & Diamond, G. S. (2023). Validation of the behavioral health screen-depression with adolescents in residential care. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 39(2), 124. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000697
The Latest Conference Presentations by Newport Thought Leaders
American Psychological Association (APA) Convention, August 6–8, 2026 – Washington DC
Parental Device Use: New Study Predicts Insecure Attachment, with Don Grant, PhD and Barb Nosal, PhD
Disease of Loneliness: Addiction Through an Attachment Theory Lens, with Michael Roeske, PsyD
ACA (American Counselors Association) Conference & Expo April 10-11, 2026 – Columbus, OH
OCD Misunderstood: What Clinicians Need to Know About the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, with Meredith Hettler, LMFT and Lacey Yukelson, LMFT (April 10)
Everything Hurts: How Trauma Became the Theory of Everything, with Michael Roeske, PsyD
ATTACh (Annual Childhood Developmental Trauma and Attachment Conference; April 9-11, 2026) – San Antonio, TX
Disease of Loneliness: Addiction through an Attachment Theory Lens, with Michael Roeske, PsyD
Reinvigorating Family Therapy: Empowering Clinicians to Maximize Family Engagement in Treatment, with Samantha Quigneaux, LMFT
ACRC (Association of Children’s Residential & Community Services) Annual Conference (March 17, 2026) – Chicago, IL
From Control to Connection: Integrating Attachment-Based Family Therapy in Residential Care, with Guy, PhD, Diamond and Meredith Dellorco, LCSW
IAEDP (International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals) Annual Global Symposium (February 21, 2026) – Baltimore, MD
When the ED is (Un)Masked by Trauma, with Mirela Loftus, MD, PhD, Kara Becker, LMFT, and Olivia Lynch, MS, LPC
National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) Annual Conference (February 10, 2026) – San Diego, CA
When a Caregiver’s Device Use Interferes with the Caregiver-Adolescent Relationship: New Validated Measure Predicts Insecure Attachment, with Don Grant, PhD and Barb Nosal, PhD
Professional and Clinical Development for Newport Staff
The Center contributes to clinical staff development by assisting in the use of research and data to inform treatment and by improving our understanding of the patient populations being served.
In addition, the Center explores pathways of professional development for staff. That might mean working with the Center as part of a research project, a clinical workgroup, presenting at a conference or continuing education event, or being kept abreast of advancements in the field.
About the CRI
Following five years of outcomes research with third-party academic institutions, the CRI was established in 2022 as an outgrowth of Newport Healthcare’s partnership with Guy Diamond, PhD, co–model developer of Attachment-Based Family Therapy, a groundbreaking empirically supported modality that provides the framework for Newport’s family therapy approach.
Dr. Diamond and his team of researchers were instrumental in supporting Newport’s launching of the CRI, including the development of various proprietary scales measuring client improvements and experience.
A Q&A with Dr. Roeske, Senior Director
As a child, Michael Roeske was passionate about math. “I felt that there were patterns to be found everywhere, that everything could be measured and worked through equations, and therefore it was vitally important to study, understand, and apply those principles to theoretically everything,” he recalls.
In this Q&A, Dr. Roeske discusses the power of analytics and the search for objective truth, and shares the Center’s purpose and goals, how it helps drive Newport’s mission, and what he finds most intriguing about this work.
