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Theresa S. Betancourt

Theresa S. Betancourt

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
66
Citations
15062
World Ranking
984
National Ranking
461

Overview

Theresa S. Betancourt is affiliated with Boston College in the United States. Their research focuses on psychology, health professions, and social sciences, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and general health professions. Additional subfields include sociology and political science, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, as well as social psychology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics centered on health and psychosocial development. Key areas include migration, health and trauma; child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development; global maternal and child health; child abuse and trauma; mental health treatment and access; family support in illness; and child nutrition and water access.

Theresa S. Betancourt has published in several academic venues with notable frequency. These journals include BMC Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, PLoS ONE, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Transcultural Psychiatry.

Collaborations have been established with multiple frequent coauthors, such as Alethea Desrosiers, Jordan Farrar, Matias Placencio-Castro, Robert T. Brennan, and Rochelle L. Frounfelker.

Recent publications illustrate the scientist's range of focus areas and include:

  • "A systematic review of sexual and reproductive health interventions for young people in humanitarian and lower-and-middle-income country settings," 2020, BMC Public Health
  • "Mental Health of Refugee Children and Youth: Epidemiology, Interventions, and Future Directions," 2020, Annual Review of Public Health
  • "Adverse childhood experiences and lifelong health," 2023, Nature Medicine
  • "The intergenerational impact of war on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing: lessons from the longitudinal study of war-affected youth in Sierra Leone," 2020, Conflict and Health
  • "Effect of a home-visiting parenting program to promote early childhood development and prevent violence: a cluster-randomized trial in Rwanda," 2021, BMJ Global Health

Best Publications

  • The mental health of children affected by armed conflict: Protective processes and pathways to resilience

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Kashif Tanveer Khan

  • Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Linking practice and research

    Wietse A Tol;Corrado Barbui;Ananda Galappatti;Derrick Silove

  • Interventions for Depression Symptoms Among Adolescent Survivors of War and Displacement in Northern Uganda: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Paul Bolton;Judith Bass;Theresa Betancourt;Liesbeth Speelman

  • Sierra Leone's former child soldiers: a follow-up study of psychosocial adjustment and community reintegration.

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Ivelina Ivanova Borisova;Timothy Philip Williams;Robert Thomas Brennan

  • We left one war and came to another: resource loss, acculturative stress, and caregiver-child relationships in Somali refugee families

    Theresa S. Betancourt;Saida Abdi;Brandon S. Ito;Grace M. Lilienthal

  • Past horrors, present struggles: the role of stigma in the association between war experiences and psychosocial adjustment among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone.

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Jessica Agnew-Blais;Stephen Edward Gilman;David Williams

  • Sierra Leone's former child soldiers: a longitudinal study of risk, protective factors, and mental health

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Robert Thomas Brennan;Julia Rubin-Smith;Garrett M. Fitzmaurice

  • Interventions for children affected by war: An ecological perspective on psychosocial support and mental health care

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Sarah E. Meyers-Ohki;Alexandra Phillippa Charrow;Wietse A. Tol

  • Trauma History and Psychopathology in War-Affected Refugee Children Referred for Trauma-Related Mental Health Services in the United States

    Theresa S. Betancourt;Elizabeth A. Newnham;Elizabeth A. Newnham;Christopher M. Layne;Soeun Kim

  • Research Review: Psychosocial adjustment and mental health in former child soldiers - a systematic review of the literature and recommendations for future research

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Ivelina Borisova;Timothy P Williams;Sarah E Meyers-Ohki

  • Preventive mental health interventions for refugee children and adolescents in high-income settings

    Mina Fazel;Theresa S Betancourt

  • Annual Research Review: Mental health and resilience in HIV/AIDS-affected children – a review of the literature and recommendations for future research

    Theresa S. Betancourt;Sarah E. Meyers-Ohki;Alexandra Charrow;Nathan Hansen

  • High Hopes, Grim Reality: Reintegration and the Education of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Stephanie Simmons;Ivelina Borisova;Stephanie E. Brewer

  • Trajectories of Internalizing Problems in War-Affected Sierra Leonean Youth: Examining Conflict and Postconflict Factors.

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Ryan McBain;Elizabeth Newnham;Elizabeth Newnham;Robert Thomas Brennan

  • Multi-Tier Mental Health Program for Refugee Youth.

    B. Heidi Ellis;Alisa B. Miller;Saida Abdi;Colleen Barrett

  • Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Marianna Purgato;Marianna Purgato;Marianna Purgato;Alden L. Gross;Theresa Betancourt;Paul Bolton

  • A qualitative study of mental health problems among children displaced by war in northern Uganda.

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Liesbeth Speelman;Grace Onyango;Paul Anthony Bolton

  • Promises and pitfalls of data sharing in qualitative research.

    Alexander C. Tsai;Alexander C. Tsai;Alexander C. Tsai;Brandon A. Kohrt;Lynn T. Matthews;Theresa S. Betancourt

  • Sierra Leone’s Child Soldiers: War Exposures and Mental Health Problems by Gender

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Ivelina I. Borisova;Marie de la Soudière;John Williamson

  • Building an evidence base on mental health interventions for children affected by armed conflict.

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Timothy Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert T. Brennan
Robert T. Brennan Boston College
Paul Bolton
Paul Bolton Johns Hopkins University
William R. Beardslee
William R. Beardslee Boston Children's Hospital
Stephen E. Gilman
Stephen E. Gilman Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Nathan B. Hansen
Nathan B. Hansen University of Georgia
Wietse A. Tol
Wietse A. Tol Johns Hopkins University
Agnes Binagwaho
Agnes Binagwaho Harvard University
Judith K. Bass
Judith K. Bass Johns Hopkins University
Steven A. Safren
Steven A. Safren University of Miami
Brandon A. Kohrt
Brandon A. Kohrt George Washington University

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