William Beardslee
Biographic Data
| ID | 129801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Beardslee |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Beardslee |
| SIGNATURE | BEARDSLEE W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Judge Baker Children’s Center, Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Delivering a family‐based child mental health promotion program among two resettled refugee communities during the Covid‐19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: Resettled refugee families face elevated mental health risks, compounded by structural and cultural barriers. The Family Strengthening Intervention for Resettlement (FSIR), co-developed with resettled refugee communities, aims to improve family functioning and child mental health. This study evaluated FSI-R in Somali Bantu and Bhutanese communities in New England during COVID-19 using a Hybrid Type II Implementation-Effectiveness Tria…
Looking back, moving forward
(Shore & Mannino, 1975), former organization president and journal editor Milton Shore and Fortune Mannino wrote that the association had consistently held a philosophy that included (a) a commitment to an interdisciplinary approach in the study of mental health problems and the development of mental health programs; (b) an emphasis on prevention as well as treatment; (c) the integration of the clinical and the social; (d) a major focus on the so…
A Trauma-Informed, Family-Centered, Virtual Home Visiting Program for Young Children
Military-connected families face many challenges associated with military life transitions, including deployment separations. We report on a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of Families OverComing Under Stress-Early Childhood (FOCUS-EC) delivered through an in-home, virtual telehealth platform. FOCUS-EC is a trauma-informed, family-centered preventive intervention designed to promote family resilience and well-being. Military-…
Building resilient families
Depression contributes significantly to the global burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries. In South Africa, individuals may be at elevated risk for depression due to HIV and AIDS, violence, and poverty. For adolescents, resilience-focused prevention strategies have the potential to reduce onset of depression. Involving families in promoting adolescent mental health is developmentally appropriate, but few existing interventions take…
Developing family interventions for adolescent HIV prevention in South Africa
Adolescents and young people account for 40% of all new HIV infections each year, with South Africa one of the hardest hit countries, and having the largest population of people living with HIV. Although adolescent HIV prevention has been delivered through diverse modalities in South Africa, and although family-based approaches for adolescent HIV prevention have great potential for highly affected settings such as South Africa, there is a scarcit…
Adaptation of Problem-Solving Treatment for Prevention of Depression Among Low-Income, Culturally Diverse Mothers
Adapting evidence-based interventions to be more accessible and culturally sensitive to the needs of diverse populations is a potential strategy to address disparities in mental health care. We adapted an evidence-based depression-treatment strategy, Problem-Solving Treatment, to prevent depression among low-income mothers with vulnerable children. Intervention adaptations spanned 3 domains: (1) the intervention's new prevention focus, (2) conduc…
Evaluation of a Family-Centered Prevention Intervention for Military Children and Families Facing Wartime Deployments
Objectives. We evaluated the Families OverComing Under Stress program, which provides resiliency training designed to enhance family psychological health in US military families affected by combat- and deployment-related stress. Methods. We performed a secondary analysis of Families OverComing Under Stress program evaluation data that was collected between July 2008 and February 2010 at 11 military installations in the United States and Japan. We…
Functional Interpretations of Sadness, Stress and Demoralization among an Urban Population of Low-Income Mothers
Assessing adolescent interpersonal negotiation strategies
Assessing adolescent interpersonal negotiation strategies
Evaluation of a Family-Centered Prevention Intervention for Military Children and Families Facing Wartime Deployments
Objectives. We evaluated the Families OverComing Under Stress program, which provides resiliency training designed to enhance family psychological health in US military families affected by combat- and deployment-related stress. Methods. We performed a secondary analysis of Families OverComing Under Stress program evaluation data that was collected between July 2008 and February 2010 at 11 military installations in the United States and Japan. We…
Building resilient families
Depression contributes significantly to the global burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries. In South Africa, individuals may be at elevated risk for depression due to HIV and AIDS, violence, and poverty. For adolescents, resilience-focused prevention strategies have the potential to reduce onset of depression. Involving families in promoting adolescent mental health is developmentally appropriate, but few existing interventions take…
Assessing adolescent interpersonal negotiation strategies
Functional Interpretations of Sadness, Stress and Demoralization among an Urban Population of Low-Income Mothers
Adaptation of Problem-Solving Treatment for Prevention of Depression Among Low-Income, Culturally Diverse Mothers
Adapting evidence-based interventions to be more accessible and culturally sensitive to the needs of diverse populations is a potential strategy to address disparities in mental health care. We adapted an evidence-based depression-treatment strategy, Problem-Solving Treatment, to prevent depression among low-income mothers with vulnerable children. Intervention adaptations spanned 3 domains: (1) the intervention's new prevention focus, (2) conduc…
Evaluation of a Family-Centered Prevention Intervention for Military Children and Families Facing Wartime Deployments
Objectives. We evaluated the Families OverComing Under Stress program, which provides resiliency training designed to enhance family psychological health in US military families affected by combat- and deployment-related stress. Methods. We performed a secondary analysis of Families OverComing Under Stress program evaluation data that was collected between July 2008 and February 2010 at 11 military installations in the United States and Japan. We…
Developing family interventions for adolescent HIV prevention in South Africa
Adolescents and young people account for 40% of all new HIV infections each year, with South Africa one of the hardest hit countries, and having the largest population of people living with HIV. Although adolescent HIV prevention has been delivered through diverse modalities in South Africa, and although family-based approaches for adolescent HIV prevention have great potential for highly affected settings such as South Africa, there is a scarcit…
Building resilient families
Depression contributes significantly to the global burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries. In South Africa, individuals may be at elevated risk for depression due to HIV and AIDS, violence, and poverty. For adolescents, resilience-focused prevention strategies have the potential to reduce onset of depression. Involving families in promoting adolescent mental health is developmentally appropriate, but few existing interventions take…
A Trauma-Informed, Family-Centered, Virtual Home Visiting Program for Young Children
Military-connected families face many challenges associated with military life transitions, including deployment separations. We report on a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of Families OverComing Under Stress-Early Childhood (FOCUS-EC) delivered through an in-home, virtual telehealth platform. FOCUS-EC is a trauma-informed, family-centered preventive intervention designed to promote family resilience and well-being. Military-…
Looking back, moving forward
(Shore & Mannino, 1975), former organization president and journal editor Milton Shore and Fortune Mannino wrote that the association had consistently held a philosophy that included (a) a commitment to an interdisciplinary approach in the study of mental health problems and the development of mental health programs; (b) an emphasis on prevention as well as treatment; (c) the integration of the clinical and the social; (d) a major focus on the so…
Delivering a family‐based child mental health promotion program among two resettled refugee communities during the Covid‐19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: Resettled refugee families face elevated mental health risks, compounded by structural and cultural barriers. The Family Strengthening Intervention for Resettlement (FSIR), co-developed with resettled refugee communities, aims to improve family functioning and child mental health. This study evaluated FSI-R in Somali Bantu and Bhutanese communities in New England during COVID-19 using a Hybrid Type II Implementation-Effectiveness Tria…
Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Mental health (3 works)