Anna Nina Muriel, MD, MPH
Associate Psychiatrist, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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Anna Nina Muriel, MD, MPH
Associate Psychiatrist, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Medical School
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston
MA
Residency
General Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Neurology)
Professional History
Dr. Anna (Nina) Muriel is a Child Psychiatrist and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She is a graduate of Brown University and Tufts University School of Medicine, and trained at Massachusetts General and McLean Hospitals in Boston. She was previously on the staff of the PACT Parenting Program and the Pediatric Consultation Service at Mass General Hospital. Her clinical and research interests include understanding the psychosocial impact of medical illness on children and families, and the delivery of mental health services in oncology. She is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and is co-author of the book “Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick,” and recently co-edited “Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology: Textbook for Multidisciplinary Care.”
Publications
Interventions for Children of Parents With Cancer From the Time of Cancer Diagnosis Through Bereavement: Two Systematic Reviews. View Abstract
Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire in parents with cancer. View Abstract
Measuring neurobehavioral side effects of corticosteroids in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A scoping review. View Abstract
Poor Mental Health Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer-Risk Factors and a Call for Intervention. View Abstract
Validation of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool Sibling Module Follow-Up Version. View Abstract
Initial validation of a new psychosocial screener for siblings of youth with cancer: The Psychosocial Assessment Tool Sibling Modules. View Abstract
Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire-Advanced Disease. View Abstract
Disparities in pediatric psychosocial oncology utilization. View Abstract
Burnout in psychosocial oncology clinicians: A systematic review. View Abstract
Risk factors for steroid-induced affective disorder in children with leukemia. View Abstract
Pediatric psychosocial oncology in the COVID 19 era: Patterns of use, challenges, and lessons learned. View Abstract
Longitudinal Patterns of Social Problem-Solving Skills in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Pediatric Patients with Cancer and their Caregivers. View Abstract
Parental awareness of sibling adjustment: Perspectives of parents and siblings of children with cancer. View Abstract
What do surviving children wish for from a dying parent? A qualitative exploration. View Abstract
Parental psychological distress and cancer stage: a comparison of adults with metastatic and non-metastatic cancer. View Abstract
The multidisciplinary pediatric psycho-oncology workforce: A national report on supervision for staff and training opportunities. View Abstract
Reply to: Comment on: Olanzapine for chemotherapy-induced nausea: Lessons learned from child and adolescent psychiatry. View Abstract
In good times and in bad: what strengthens or challenges a parental relationship during a child's cancer trajectory? View Abstract
Feasibility of systematic poverty screening in a pediatric oncology referral center. View Abstract
The "Liaison" in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: Helping Medical Staff Cope with Pediatric Death. View Abstract
Development of a Psychosocial Risk Screener for Siblings of Children With Cancer: Incorporating the Perspectives of Parents. View Abstract
Olanzapine for chemotherapy-induced nausea: Lessons learned from child and adolescent psychiatry. View Abstract
The Effectiveness of a Hospital-Based School Liaison Program: A Comparative Study of Parental Perception of School Supports for Children With Pediatric Cancer and Neurofibromatosis Type 1. View Abstract
Validation of the Spanish Version of the Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire-Parent Form (S-FAQLQ-PF). View Abstract
Preparing youth with cancer for amputation: A systematic review. View Abstract
Measuring Medication Adherence in Pediatric Cancer: An Approach to Validation. View Abstract
The perceived influence of childhood cancer on the parents' relationship. View Abstract
Risk factors and treatment for steroid-related mood and behavior symptoms in preschool children with leukemia: A case series. View Abstract
Pediatric Palliative Care and Child Psychiatry: A Model for Enhancing Practice and Collaboration. View Abstract
A social program for adolescent and young adult survivors of pediatric brain tumors: The power of a shared medical experience. View Abstract
Psychometric properties of the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire in cancer survivors with minor and young adult children. View Abstract
Psychosocial Interventions and Therapeutic Support as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Oncology. View Abstract
Standards of Psychosocial Care for Parents of Children With Cancer. View Abstract
Parenting concerns, quality of life, and psychological distress in patients with advanced cancer. View Abstract
Parenting changes in adults with cancer. View Abstract
Electronic monitoring of medication adherence in early maintenance phase treatment for pediatric leukemia and lymphoma: identifying patterns of nonadherence. View Abstract
Suicide ideation and associated mortality in adult survivors of childhood cancer. View Abstract
Longitudinal patterns of psychological distress in adult survivors of childhood cancer. View Abstract
Suicide ideation in pediatric and adult survivors of childhood brain tumors. View Abstract
Measuring psychosocial distress and parenting concerns among adults with cancer: the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire. View Abstract
Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Quality Of Life in Latex Allergy questionnaire (QOLLA). View Abstract
Children’s Voices: The Experience of Patients and their Siblings View Abstract
Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder among Haitian immigrant students: implications for access to mental health services and educational programming. View Abstract
Parenting Concerns among Adults with Cancer: Preliminary Results View Abstract
Management of psychosocial distress by oncologists. View Abstract
Mental health, treatment preferences, advance care planning, location, and quality of death in advanced cancer patients with dependent children. View Abstract
Talking with families and children about the death of a parent
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A Pilot Study of Distres and Parenting Concerns among Adults with Cancer View Abstract
Transition from pediatric to adult systems of care for chronic illness: challenges and useful approaches View Abstract
Mental health, treatment preferences, advance care planning, and location and quality of death in advanced cancer patients with dependent children. View Abstract
Screening for Psycosocial Distress: A Survey of Oncologists View Abstract
Screening for psychosocial distress: a national survey of oncologists. View Abstract
Statewide survey on the management of psychosocial distress by oncologists. View Abstract
Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick View Abstract
Supporting parents with cancer: Screening and psycho-education View Abstract
Complicated grief and its correlates in patients with bipolar disorder. View Abstract
Impact of 3-tier formularies on drug treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children. View Abstract
Adult cancer patients as parents: What do oncologists and primary care providers know? View Abstract
Differences between primary care and oncology providers in managing depression View Abstract
Referrals to a new consultation service for parents with cancer View Abstract
Parents with Cancer: How to Help Children Cope with a Parent's Terminal Illness View Abstract
Managed health care and child mental health services: Where is Horton to hear the Who's? View Abstract
Dealing with the rigors of psychiatric practice View Abstract
Learning to bear witness. View Abstract
The importance of parenting concerns among patients with cancer. View Abstract
Consultation with children View Abstract
The evolution of the psychiatric role in oncology View Abstract
Delivering the news View Abstract
Suggestions for patients on how to talk with children about a parent's cancer. View Abstract
Parents with cancer: who's looking after the children? View Abstract
A pilot parent guidance program for parents with cancer View Abstract
Parents with cancer: who's looking after the children? View Abstract
Juvenile mood disorders View Abstract
Anorexia nervosa in a 7-year-old girl. View Abstract
Mother-infant feeding interaction in full-term small-for-gestational-age infants. View Abstract