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Betsy D. Kennard is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with specific expertise in clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. Other subfields of study include social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work often addresses topics related to suicide and self-harm studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health treatment and access, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum. Additional research areas encompass psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, mental health research topics, and bipolar disorder and treatment.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kennard include:

  • Fearlessness about death predicts adolescent suicide attempt: A preliminary analysis, 2020, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • Predicting future suicidal events in adolescents using the Concise Health Risk Tracking Self-Report (CHRT-SR), 2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Implementing the interpersonal theory of suicide to improve outcomes in suicidal adolescents: A pilot trial, 2021, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • Bridging Gaps in Care Following Hospitalization for Suicidal Adolescents: As Safe As Possible (ASAP) and BRITE App, 2024, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • The Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, Adolescent Version (QIDS-A17): A Psychometric Evaluation, 2023, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Frequently collaborating authors include:

  • Graham J. Emslie
  • Sunita M. Stewart
  • Paul A. Nakonezny
  • Jessica Heerschap
  • Taryn L. Mayes

Kennard's publications appear most often in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Child and Family Studies, and JAACAP Open.

Best Publications

  • Dexamethasone therapy for bacterial meningitis

    M. H. Lebel;B. J. Freij;G. A. Syrogiannopoulos;D. F. Chrane

  • Switching to Another SSRI or to Venlafaxine With or Without Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents With SSRI-Resistant Depression: The TORDIA Randomized Controlled Trial

    David Brent;Graham Emslie;Greg Clarke;Karen Dineen Wagner

  • Predictors and moderators of acute outcome in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS).

    John Curry;Paul Rohde;Anne Simons;Susan Silva

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CBT-SP): Treatment Model, Feasibility, and Acceptability.

    Barbara Stanley;Gregory Brown;David A. Brent;Karen Wells

  • Anhedonia Predicts Poorer Recovery among Youth with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Treatment-Resistant Depression

    Dana L. McMakin;Thomas M. Olino;Giovanna Porta;Laura J. Dietz

  • The Treatment of Adolescent Suicide Attempters Study (TASA): Predictors of Suicidal Events in an Open Treatment Trial

    David A. Brent;Laurence L. Greenhill;Scott Compton;Graham Emslie

  • Remission and residual symptoms after short-term treatment in the Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS)

    Betsy Kennard;Susan Silva;Benedetto Vitiello;John Curry

  • Protecting Adolescents From Self-Harm: A Critical Review of Intervention Studies

    David A. Brent;Dana L. McMakin;Betsy D. Kennard;Tina R. Goldstein

  • Recovery and Recurrence Following Treatment for Adolescent Major Depression

    John Curry;Susan Silva;Paul Rohde;Golda Ginsburg

  • Psychometric properties of the children's depression rating Scale-Revised in adolescents

    Taryn L. Mayes;Ira H. Bernstein;Charlotte L. Haley;Betsy D. Kennard

  • Predictors of Spontaneous and Systematically Assessed Suicidal Adverse Events in the Treatment of SSRI- Resistant Depression in Adolescents (TORDIA) Study

    David A. Brent;Graham J. Emslie;Greg N. Clarke;Joan Asarnow

  • Nonadherence in Adolescent Oncology Patients: Preliminary Data on Psychological Risk Factors and Relationships to Outcome

    Beth D. Kennard;Sunita M. Stewart;Rebecca Olvera;Rebecca Olvera;Roger E. Bawdon

  • Remission and recovery in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS): acute and long-term outcomes.

    Betsy D. Kennard;Betsy D. Kennard;Susan G. Silva;Simon Tonev;Paul Rohde

  • Treatment of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-resistant depression in adolescents: Predictors and moderators of treatment response

    Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow;Graham Emslie;Greg Clarke;Karen Dineen Wagner

  • Fluoxetine versus placebo in preventing relapse of major depression in children and adolescents.

    Graham J. Emslie;Beth D. Kennard;Taryn L. Mayes;Jeanne Nightingale-Teresi

  • Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescents (TORDIA): Week 24 Outcomes

    Graham J. Emslie;Taryn Mayes;Giovanna Porta;Benedetto Vitiello

  • Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS): Rationale, design, and methods

    John March;Susan Silva;Stephen Petrycki;John Curry

  • The Validity of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in Adolescence: A Review

    Sunita M. Stewart;Michael Eaddy;Sarah E. Horton;Jennifer Hughes

  • Chinese Dimensions of Parenting: Broadening Western Predictors and Outcomes

    Sunita Mahtani Stewart;Nirmala Rao;Michael H. Bond;Catherine McBride-Chang

  • Suicidal events in the Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS).

    Benedetto Vitiello;Susan G. Silva;Paul Rohde;Christopher J. Kratochvil

  • The treatment for adolescents with depression study (TADS): Outcomes over 1 year of naturalistic follow-up

    John March;Susan Silva;John Curry;Karen Wells

Frequent Co-Authors

Sunita M. Stewart
Sunita M. Stewart The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
John F. Curry
John F. Curry Duke University
John S. March
John S. March Duke University
Mark A. Reinecke
Mark A. Reinecke Northwestern University
Paul Rohde
Paul Rohde Oregon Research Institute
Anthony Spirito
Anthony Spirito Brown University
Carroll W. Hughes
Carroll W. Hughes The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Anne D. Simons
Anne D. Simons University of Notre Dame
Boris Birmaher
Boris Birmaher University of Pittsburgh
Karen C. Wells
Karen C. Wells Duke University

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