William R Beardslee
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 186323 |
|---|---|
| NOME | William R Beardslee |
| PRENOMES | William R |
| SOBRENOME | Beardslee |
| ASSINATURA | BEARDSLEE W R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Boston Children's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2248-3210 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 129 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1978 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
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…
Self-understanding, envisioning the future, and prevention
it is appropriate to reflect on the evolution of thought on depression prevention research, as seen through a historical perspective, to note how the field has grown and how it can address the issues of today. This article is a personal reflection on one practitioner's evolution of thought on resilience and preventive intervention, starting with interviewing civil rights workers, to conceptualizing self-understanding as an essential component of …
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…
The Transition to Adulthood in Children of Depressed Parents
Little is known about the effects of parental depression on offspring as they transition to adulthood-a challenging time developmentally, when late adolescents must separate from home, achieve intimate relationships, and develop a sense of identity. We present long-term quantitative and qualitative data from early adolescents with a depressed parent who were randomized to one of two family-based preventive interventions and followed over time, ac…
Understanding mechanisms of change in a family-based preventive mental health intervention for refugees by refugees in New England
Transnational migration of refugees is associated with poor mental health, particularly among children. We conducted a pilot trial of the Family Strengthening Intervention for Refugees (FSI-R), using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to deliver a home-based intervention 'for refugees by refugees' to improve family functioning and child mental health. N = 80 refugee families in the Greater Boston area participated in the stu…
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-…
Establishing a path to unity
The Biden/Harris Administration faces many challenges, from systems and policies that do not work for or benefit all Americans to stark social and political divisions. Multiple courses of action will be necessary, and there must be commitment and investment for the "long haul." When considering the nation's challenges, overarching themes emerge that must be addressed. For instance, recommendations for justice reform cannot be followed without sig…
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…
Neighborhood-level social processes and substantiated cases of child maltreatment
Community-Level Approaches to Child Maltreatment Prevention
Often the focus of the field of child maltreatment has concentrated on identifying and intervening on risk and protective factors at the individual and family levels; however, since the 1970s, the important roles that communities play in both exacerbating and preventing child maltreatment have received attention as well. This article outlines the development of this area of scientific inquiry, describes the theoretical frameworks utilized by exis…
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…
Depression in homeless mothers
Homeless mothers experience disproportionately high rates of major depressive disorder compared with the general population. Stressed by their circumstances, these women struggle to protect their families. Children living with a depressed parent have poorer medical, mental health, and educational outcomes. Despite the adverse impact on children, depression among mothers experiencing homelessness remains unacknowledged, unrecognized, and untreated…
The effects of poverty on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children and youth
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…
Momentary Affective States Surrounding Sexual Intercourse in Depressed Adolescents and Young Adults
Understanding locally, culturally, and contextually relevant mental health problems among Rwandan children and adolescents affected by HIV/Aids
In assessing the mental health of HIV/AIDS-affected children and adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa, researchers often employ mental health measures developed in other settings. However, measures derived from standard Western psychiatric criteria are frequently based on conceptual models of illness or terminology that may or may not be an appropriate for diverse populations. Understanding local perceptions of mental health problems can aid in the …
Nothing can defeat combined hands (Abashize hamwe ntakibananira)
Family connections
Over a 4-year period, the authors worked in partnership with a large early care provider and a Head Start center to design and implement a systems-wide preventive program with the aim of increasing staff's capacity to deal with depression and related adversities in their encounters with families and children. The intervention consisted primarily of training sessions and mental health consultation. Staff interviews, focus groups, reports by consul…
Emerging Adulthood and the Perception of Parental Depression
Few studies have examined children's perceptions of parental depression. This study was a qualitative analysis of the changes in the perception of parental depression between the ages of 17 and 19 years. Archived interview narratives of 16 respondents from a longitudinal, preventive intervention study of depression in families were analyzed. The respondents were purposefully selected to represent both genders as well as higher and lower levels of…
Functional Interpretations of Sadness, Stress and Demoralization among an Urban Population of Low-Income Mothers
Self-regulation and its relations to adaptive functioning in low income youths
Most studies of self-regulation involving children have linked it to specific outcomes within a single domain of adaptive functioning. The authors examined the association of self-regulation with a range of indices of adaptive functioning among 155 youth ages 8-18 years from families with very low income. Controlling for other explanatory variables, self-regulation was strongly associated with various outcome measures in the areas of mental healt…
Exposure to violence and low-income children's mental health
The authors examined the association between exposure to violence and different indexes of mental health among 95 extremely poor children (age range = 8-17 years) and analyzed potential moderators and mediators. Findings indicated that 62% of youths had been exposed to at least 1 form of violence. Controlling for other explanatory factors, exposure to violence was significantly associated with internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety) ac…
Testimonial Psychotherapy for Adolescent Refugees
Adolescent refugees are a traumatized, vulnerable group of arrivals to America who lack experience with or interest in psychiatric care. Testimonial psychotherapy's unique focus on transcribing personal, traumatic events for the altruistic purpose of education and advocacy make it an acceptable interaction by which to bridge the cultural gap that prevents young refugees from seeking psychiatric care. The theoretical basis for testimony is discuss…
A Family-Based Approach to the Prevention of Depressive Symptoms in Children at Risk
Objective. Depression in parents is a prevalent and impairing illness that is encountered frequently in medical practice. Children of depressed parents are at risk for psychopathology and other difficulties. A series of recent national reports have recommended the development of prevention efforts targeting children of depressed parents. Yet, to date, few controlled prevention studies of depression in children and adolescents have been conducted.…
Assessing adolescent interpersonal negotiation strategies
Level of social-cognitive development, adaptive functioning, and DSM-III diagnoses in adolescent offspring of parents with affective disorders
This study examines the relation between the developmental social-cognitive capacity for interpersonal negotiation and both parental-risk and adolescent-outcome variables in 172 adolescents 11 to 19 years of age. The sample was divided into two groups: those at risk because of affective disorder in one or both of their parents and a comparison group whose parents have never experienced affective illness. Adolescents' interpersonal negotiation str…
Nothing can defeat combined hands (Abashize hamwe ntakibananira)
The Threat of Nuclear War and the Nuclear Arms Race
In this pilot study, thirty-one high school students from Boston and surrounding communities were interviewed to learn about the impact on their lives of the threat of nuclear annihilation and to explore their perceptions of the surrounding political context. Issues discussed included extent of the interviewees' awareness of the nuclear threat; perceptions of personal and national security; assignment of responsibility and blame; views on the U.S…
Testimonial Psychotherapy for Adolescent Refugees
Adolescent refugees are a traumatized, vulnerable group of arrivals to America who lack experience with or interest in psychiatric care. Testimonial psychotherapy's unique focus on transcribing personal, traumatic events for the altruistic purpose of education and advocacy make it an acceptable interaction by which to bridge the cultural gap that prevents young refugees from seeking psychiatric care. The theoretical basis for testimony is discuss…
Emerging Adulthood and the Perception of Parental Depression
Few studies have examined children's perceptions of parental depression. This study was a qualitative analysis of the changes in the perception of parental depression between the ages of 17 and 19 years. Archived interview narratives of 16 respondents from a longitudinal, preventive intervention study of depression in families were analyzed. The respondents were purposefully selected to represent both genders as well as higher and lower levels of…
Momentary Affective States Surrounding Sexual Intercourse in Depressed Adolescents and Young Adults
Understanding mechanisms of change in a family-based preventive mental health intervention for refugees by refugees in New England
Transnational migration of refugees is associated with poor mental health, particularly among children. We conducted a pilot trial of the Family Strengthening Intervention for Refugees (FSI-R), using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to deliver a home-based intervention 'for refugees by refugees' to improve family functioning and child mental health. N = 80 refugee families in the Greater Boston area participated in the stu…
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…
An approach to evaluating adolescent adaptive processes
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…
The Way Out Must Lead In
Staff groups in a pediatric hospital
The experience of staff members of a children's hospital, as presented in ward or staff groups, is considered. Staff meetings were initiated to share work-related concerns and feelings engendered by caring for hospitalized children. Significant stresses experienced by staff are described, and successful coping patterns are identified
Commitment and endurance
First-person life histories of a group of civil rights workers who have maintained a long-term commitment to the Movement are summarized and analyzed. The importance of relationships with others, changes in the ways the workers viewed themselves, the development of faith in their work, and the reconciliation of their Movement experiences with those of their past life emerge as central themes in their accounts
The Threat of Nuclear War and the Nuclear Arms Race
In this pilot study, thirty-one high school students from Boston and surrounding communities were interviewed to learn about the impact on their lives of the threat of nuclear annihilation and to explore their perceptions of the surrounding political context. Issues discussed included extent of the interviewees' awareness of the nuclear threat; perceptions of personal and national security; assignment of responsibility and blame; views on the U.S…
An approach to evaluating adolescent adaptive processes
Assessing adolescent interpersonal negotiation strategies
Level of social-cognitive development, adaptive functioning, and DSM-III diagnoses in adolescent offspring of parents with affective disorders
This study examines the relation between the developmental social-cognitive capacity for interpersonal negotiation and both parental-risk and adolescent-outcome variables in 172 adolescents 11 to 19 years of age. The sample was divided into two groups: those at risk because of affective disorder in one or both of their parents and a comparison group whose parents have never experienced affective illness. Adolescents' interpersonal negotiation str…
The role of self-understanding in resilient individuals
Three studies are reviewed in which an in-depth life-history approach was used, and in which a strong connection was demonstrated between self-understanding and resilience. Subjects were civil rights workers in the South, survivors of childhood cancer, and adolescents whose parents had serious affective disorders. Dimensions of the concept of self-understanding which are evident in all three investigations are explored, and the study of resilienc…
Prevention and the clinical encounter
Development of an intervention to prevent depression in children of parents with severe affective disorder is described, along with the risk and resilience factors incorporated from prospective longitudinal studies of parents and children at risk. Strategies helpful in bridging the gap between clinical practice and prevention are discussed, and the differences in orientation necessary to include prevention in clinical practice are explored
Associations of Depression, Self-Esteem, and Substance Use with Sexual Risk among Adolescents
Childhood Abuse and Lifetime Psychopathology in a Community Sample
OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed lifetime psychopathology in a general population sample and compared the rates of five psychiatric disorder categories between those who reported a childhood history of either physical or sexual abuse and those who did not. METHOD: A modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview and a self-completed questionnaire on child abuse were administered to a probability sample (N=7,016) of Ontario re…
A Family-Based Approach to the Prevention of Depressive Symptoms in Children at Risk
Objective. Depression in parents is a prevalent and impairing illness that is encountered frequently in medical practice. Children of depressed parents are at risk for psychopathology and other difficulties. A series of recent national reports have recommended the development of prevention efforts targeting children of depressed parents. Yet, to date, few controlled prevention studies of depression in children and adolescents have been conducted.…
Exposure to violence and low-income children's mental health
The authors examined the association between exposure to violence and different indexes of mental health among 95 extremely poor children (age range = 8-17 years) and analyzed potential moderators and mediators. Findings indicated that 62% of youths had been exposed to at least 1 form of violence. Controlling for other explanatory factors, exposure to violence was significantly associated with internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety) ac…
Testimonial Psychotherapy for Adolescent Refugees
Adolescent refugees are a traumatized, vulnerable group of arrivals to America who lack experience with or interest in psychiatric care. Testimonial psychotherapy's unique focus on transcribing personal, traumatic events for the altruistic purpose of education and advocacy make it an acceptable interaction by which to bridge the cultural gap that prevents young refugees from seeking psychiatric care. The theoretical basis for testimony is discuss…
Functional Interpretations of Sadness, Stress and Demoralization among an Urban Population of Low-Income Mothers
Self-regulation and its relations to adaptive functioning in low income youths
Most studies of self-regulation involving children have linked it to specific outcomes within a single domain of adaptive functioning. The authors examined the association of self-regulation with a range of indices of adaptive functioning among 155 youth ages 8-18 years from families with very low income. Controlling for other explanatory variables, self-regulation was strongly associated with various outcome measures in the areas of mental healt…
Family connections
Over a 4-year period, the authors worked in partnership with a large early care provider and a Head Start center to design and implement a systems-wide preventive program with the aim of increasing staff's capacity to deal with depression and related adversities in their encounters with families and children. The intervention consisted primarily of training sessions and mental health consultation. Staff interviews, focus groups, reports by consul…
Emerging Adulthood and the Perception of Parental Depression
Few studies have examined children's perceptions of parental depression. This study was a qualitative analysis of the changes in the perception of parental depression between the ages of 17 and 19 years. Archived interview narratives of 16 respondents from a longitudinal, preventive intervention study of depression in families were analyzed. The respondents were purposefully selected to represent both genders as well as higher and lower levels of…
Understanding locally, culturally, and contextually relevant mental health problems among Rwandan children and adolescents affected by HIV/Aids
In assessing the mental health of HIV/AIDS-affected children and adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa, researchers often employ mental health measures developed in other settings. However, measures derived from standard Western psychiatric criteria are frequently based on conceptual models of illness or terminology that may or may not be an appropriate for diverse populations. Understanding local perceptions of mental health problems can aid in the …
Nothing can defeat combined hands (Abashize hamwe ntakibananira)
The effects of poverty on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children and youth
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…
Momentary Affective States Surrounding Sexual Intercourse in Depressed Adolescents and Young Adults
Depression in homeless mothers
Homeless mothers experience disproportionately high rates of major depressive disorder compared with the general population. Stressed by their circumstances, these women struggle to protect their families. Children living with a depressed parent have poorer medical, mental health, and educational outcomes. Despite the adverse impact on children, depression among mothers experiencing homelessness remains unacknowledged, unrecognized, and untreated…
Psychology (30 obras) · Medicine (22 obras) · Psychiatry (18 obras) · Developmental psychology (16 obras) · Clinical Psychology (15 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (14 obras) · Mental health (12 obras) · Social Psychology (12 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (8 obras)