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William R.  Beardslee , MD
  • Director Baer Prevention Initiatives and Chairman Emeritus
  • Senior Associate in Psychiatry
Office Phone: 617-919-4629
Appointment Line: 617-919-4629
Fax: 617-730-0759
NPI: 1386723484

Departments/Divisions

Specialties

depressive disorders
prevention

Services/Programs

Academic Appointments

Gardner/Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Certifications

Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Medical School

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH  (1971)

Internship

University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA  (07/71 to 06/72)

Residency

Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (07/74 to 06/76)

Fellowship

Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (07/76 to 06/78)

Awards

Lela Rowland Prevention Award , 2006
National Mental Health Association
Faculty Scholar Award , 1984
William T. Grant Foundation
Blanche F. Ittleson Award , 1988
American Psychiatric Association
Irving Philips Award for Prevention , October 1999
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Catcher in the Rye Award for advocacy for children , 1999
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for the prevention of mental illness in children , 2003
American Psychiatric Association
Human Rights Award , 2005
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Distinguished Life Fellow , 2007
American Psychiatric Association
Election to Life Member Status , May 2010
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2011 Community, Culture and Prevention Science Award , 2011
Society for Prevention Research
Honorary Doctor of Science, honoris causa , 2011
Emory University

Publications

Beardslee, WR, Gladstone, TRG, and OConnor, E.
Children of affectively ill parents: A review of the past 12 years , 2011
JAACAP  Issue: 50 , Page: 1098-1109
Beardslee WR
The role of self-understanding in resilient individuals: The development of a perspective , 1989
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry  Issue: 59:2 , Page: 266-278
OConnell ME, Boat T, and. Warner KE, Editors
Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities , 2009
Committee on Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine; Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; The National Academies Press
Beardslee WR
Prevention and the clinical encounter , 1998
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry  Issue: 68:4 , Page: 521-533
Beardslee WR, Wright EJ, Gladstone TRG, and Forbes P
Long-term effects from a randomized trial of two public health preventive interventions for parental depression , 2008
J Family Psychol  Issue: 21 , Page: 703-713
DAngelo EJ, Llerena-Quinn R, Shapiro R, Colon F, Gallagher K, and Beardslee WR
Adaptation of the preventive intervention program for depression for use with Latino families , 2009
Fam Process  Issue: 48(2) , Page: 269-291
Garber J, Clarke GN, Weersing VR, Beardslee WR, Brent DA, Gladstone TRG, DeBar LL, Lynch FL, DAngelo E, Hollon SD, Shamseddeen W, and Iyengar S.
Prevention of depression in at-risk adolescents: A randomized controlled trial , 2009
JAMA  Issue: 301(21) , Page: 2215-2224
Lester P, Peterson K, Reeves J, Knauss L, Glover G, Mogil C, Duan N, Saltzman W, Pynoos R, Wilt K, and Beardslee W
The long war and parental combat deployment: Effects on military children and at-home spouses , 2010
JAACAP , Page: 310-320
Beardslee WR, Ayoub C, Avery MW, Watts CI, and OCarroll KL
Family Connections: An approach for strengthening early care systems in facing depression and adversity , 2010
Am J Orthopsychiatry  Issue: 80(4) , Page: 482-95
Beardslee WR, Chien PL, and Bell CC
Prevention of mental disorders, substance abuse, and behavioral problems: A developmental perspective , 2011
Psychiatr Serv  Issue: 62(3) , Page: 247-254
Beardslee WR, Paez A, Herrera LD, Montero F, Herrera HC, Llerena-Quinn RI, Arenales GA, and Alvarado MD
Adaptation of a preventive intervention approach to strengthen families facing adversities, especially depression , 2011
Int J of Mental Health Promotion  Issue: 13(2) , Page: 5-13
Beardslee WR, Lester P, Klosinski L, Saltzman W, Woodward K, Nash W, Mogil C, Koffman R, and Leskin G
Family-centered preventive intervention for military families: Implications for implementation science , 2011
Prev Sci
Beardslee WR
When a parent is depressed: How to protect your children from the effects of depression in the family , 2002, Paperback 2003
Little, Brown and Company
Beardslee WR, Gladstone TRG, Wright EJ, and Cooper AB
A family-based approach to the prevention of depressive symptoms in children at risk: Evidence of parental and child change , August 2003
Pediatrics  Issue: 112(2) , Page: e119-e131
Szigethy E, Whitton SW, Levy-Warren A, DeMaso DR, Weisz J, and Beardslee WR
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease: A pilot study , 2004
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry  Issue: 43(12) , Page: 1469-1477
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