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Betsy Kennard, PsyD
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-456-4244
Office Fax: 214-456-4235
Biography
Dr. Kennard has over 20 years of clinical experience with children and adolescents with a variety of psychiatric disorders. She has served as Program Director and Director of Outpatient Psychological Services at CMC, and assumed directorship of Psychological Services in 1992. During these years, she supervised numerous psychotherapists and staff in treating inpatient and outpatient youth with a variety of disorders. In 1996, she became the Associate Program Chair of the Psychology doctoral program, while continuing to participate in clinical research trials.
In 2003, Dr. Kennard began a full-time career in research in the Department of Psychiatry. The focus of her research has been adolescent depression, and she has worked on several NIMH-funded trials evaluating the integration of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and medication treatment. Specifically, she has been involved in the development of several treatment manuals for CBT for adolescents with moderate to severe depression, treatment resistant depression, and teens who have made a recent suicide attempt. More recently, she has begun developing cognitive behavioral treatments for the prevention of relapse in youth who are in remission for major depressive disorder.
Education
| Graduate School | Baylor University (1984) |
Research Interests
Publications
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. , Journal of the American Medical Association , 2008; (299):901-913
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. , Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , 2008; (47):1395-1404
Kennard BD, Stewart SM, Olvera R, Bawdon RE, O hAilin A, Lewis CP, Winick N , Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings , 2004; (11):30-39
Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) Team , JAMA , 2004; (292):807-820
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. , American Journal of Psychiatry , ; (in press)
Kennard, B.D., Clarke, G.N., Weersing, V.R., Asarnow, J.R., Shamseddeen, W., Porta, G., Berk, M., Hughes, J.L., Spirito, A., Emslie, G.J., Wagner, K.D., Keller, M.B., & Brent, D. , Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , Winter 2009; (77):1033-1041
Beth D. Kennard, Sunita M. Stewart, Jennifer L. Hughes, Robin B. Jarrett, Graham J. Emslie , Cognitive and Behavioral Practice , 2008; (15):387-399
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. , American Journal of Psychiatry , 2008; (165):459-467
Kennard, B.D., Hughes, J.L., Stewart, S.M., Mayes, T.L., Nightingale-Teresi, J., Carmody, T., & Emslie, G.J. , Journal of the Americal Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 2008; (47):694-699
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. , Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , ; (in press)
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Honors/Awards
Graduate Students in Clinical Psychology, UT Southwestern (2008)
Dallas Psychological Association Award (2001)
Texas Psychological Association, Div. of Students (1996)
Baylor University (1996)
Baylor University (1996)