As one of the senior therapists on the MacArthur study, a pioneer study on developing a CBT manual for depressed adolescents, Dr. Kennard played a central role in translating clinical interventions into a manual for therapists (Wilkes et al., 1994). She has served as a site co-investigator (with Dr. Graham Emslie) and cognitive behavior therapist/supervisor in three NIMH funded multi-site treatment studies of adolescent depression and suicide (TADS, TORDIA, and TASA). Dr. Kennard co-authored individual and family CBT treatment manuals for these three NIMH studies. She was the Principal Investigator in an NIMH funded treatment study (R34 MH72737) to prevent relapse in youth with depression. In this pilot study, she developed a sequential treatment strategy to prevent relapse using cognitive behavioral therapy in youth who responded to antidepressant medication. This pilot study has been expanded to a larger trial which is currently in progress. Dr. Kennard is one of the principal investigators of this clinical trial (Pediatric MDD: Sequential Treatment with Fluoxetine and Relapse Prevention CBT, NIMH R01 MH 39188). Her research and publications are in the area of child and adolescent depression, and cognitive and family factors associated with this illness.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Suicidal behavior in teens
Child and adolescent depression
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for youth
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Kennard BD, Silva S, Vitiello B, Curry J, Kratochvil CJ, Simons A, Hughes JL, Feeny F, Weller E, Sweeney M, Reinecke M, Pathak S, Ginsburg G, Emslie GJ, March J, and The TADS Team, "Remission and residual symptoms after acute treatment of adolescents with major depressive disorder." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in press
Beth D. Kennard, Sunita M. Stewart, Jennifer L. Hughes, Robin B. Jarrett, Graham J. Emslie, "Developing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Prevent Depressive Relapse in Youth" Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 15:387-399, 2008
Kennard, B.D., Hughes, J.L., Stewart, S.M., Mayes, T.L., Nightingale-Teresi, J., Carmody, T., & Emslie, G.J., "Maternal depression in pediatric major depressive disorder: Relationship to acute treatment outcome" Journal of the Americal Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47:694-699, 2008
Emslie, G.J., Kennard, B.D., Mayes, T.L., Nightingale-Teresi, J., Carmody, T., Hughes, C.W., Rush, A.J., Tao, R., & Rintelmann, J.W., "Fluoxetine vs. placebo in preventing relapse of major depression in children and adolescents" American Journal of Psychiatry, 165:459-467, 2008
Kennard, B.D., Silva, S.G., Tonev, S., Rohde, P., Hughes, J.L., Vitiello, B., Kratochvil, C.J., Curry, J.F., Emslie, G.J., Reinecke, M., & March, J., "Remission and recovery in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS): Acute and long-term outcomes" Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, in press
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) Team, "Fluoxetine, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and their combination for adolescents with depression: Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) randomized controlled trial" JAMA, 292:807-820, 2004
Kennard BD, Stewart SM, Olvera R, Bawdon RE, O hAilin A, Lewis CP, Winick N, "Nonadherence in adolescent oncology patients: Preliminary data on psychological risk factors and relationships to outcome" Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 11:30-39, 2004
Brent, D., Emslie, G., Clarke, G., Wagner, K., Asarnow, J.A., Keller, M., Vitiello, B., Ritz, L., Iynegar, S., Abebe, K., Birmaher, B., Ryan, N., Kennard, B., Hughes, C., DeBar, L., McCracken, J., Strober, M., Suddath, R., Spirito, A., Leonard, H., Melhem, N., Porta, G., Onorato, M., & Zelazny, J., "Switching to another SSRI or to venlafaxine with or without cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with SSRI-resistant depression." Journal of the American Medical Association, 299:901-913, 2008
Kennard, B.D., Silva, S., Mayes, T.L., Rohde, P., Hughes, J.L., Vitiello, B., Kratochvil, C.J., Curry, J.F., Emslie, G.J., Reinecke, M., & March, J., "Assessment of safety and long-term outcomes of initial treatment with placebo in TADS" American Journal of Psychiatry, in press
Kennard, B.D., Emslie, G.J., Mayes, T.L., Nightingale-Teresi, J., Nakonezny, P.A., Hughes, J.L., Jones, J.M., Tao, R., Stewart, S.M., & Jarrett, R.B., "Cognitive behavioral therapy to prevent relapse in pediatric responders to pharmacotherapy" Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 47:1395-1404, 2008
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