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Lisa H. JaycoxWashington Office Senior Behavioral Scientist & Clinical Psychologist EducationPh.D. in clinical psychology, M.A. in psychology, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in biology/psychobiology, Brown University |
Biography
Lisa Jaycox, Ph.D. is a Behavioral Scientist at RAND (Arlington, VA) and a Clinical Psychologist (University of Pennsylvania, 1993). Dr. Jaycox has combined clinical and research expertise in the areas of child and adolescent mental health problems, especially related to depression and reactions to violence exposure such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Jaycox developed and evaluated of a school-based prevention of depression program that proved to be effective in preventing the onset of severe depressive symptoms among 5th and 6th graders. She also evaluated psychosocial treatment and prevention of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among adult female assault survivors. Dr. Jaycox joined RAND in 1997, and has worked on projects related to the treatment of adolescent depression in primary care settings, mental health consequences of community violence and violent injury, evaluation of adolescent substance-abuse treatment programs, use of trauma-focused therapy to improve school-based mental health services for children, impact of terrorism and natural disaster on children, and evaluation of an intimate partner violence prevention program for Latino youth. Her recent work has included a focus on the mental health impact of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan and the systems available to support recovery, as well as evaluation of the Safe Start initiative, programs designed to improve outcomes for children exposed to violence.
Research Focus
Child and adolescent mental health; depression; dissemination of effective interventions into community setting; mental health consequences of trauma exposure; school-based interventions
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- National evaluation of Safe Start programs that seek to ameliorate the impact of violence on young children
- Intimate partner violence prevention program for Latino youth
- Mental health related to deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan
- Adaptation of the school trauma program for use by non-clinicians
Selected Publications
Terri Tanielian and Lisa H. Jaycox (Eds.), Invisible Wounds of War, RAND Corporation, 2008
Lisa H. Jaycox et al., How Schools Can Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences: A Tool-Kit for Supporting Long-Term Recovery, RAND Corporation, 2006
Lisa H. Jaycox et al., "Impact of a School-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program Among Latino Teens: Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial", Journal of Adolescent Health, 2006
J. R. Asarnow et al., "Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Intervention for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Clinics: A Randomized Controlled Trial", Journal of the American Medical Association, 293(3), 2005
B. D. Stein et al., "A Mental Health Intervention for Schoolchildren Exposed to Violence: A Random-ized Controlled Trial", Journal of the American Medical Association, 290(5), 2003
Lisa H. Jaycox, CBITS: Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools, Sopris West, 2003
Research Focus
Child and adolescent mental health, depression, dissemination of effective interventions into community setting, mental health consequences of trauma exposure, school-based interventions
Recent Projects
- Intimate partner violence prevention program for Latino youth
- Adaptation of the school trauma program for use by non-clinicians
- National evaluation of Safe Start programs that seek to ameliorate the impact of violence on young children
Selected Publications
How Schools Can Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences: A Tool-Kit for Supporting Long-Term Recovery, Lisa H. Jaycox et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
"Impact of a School-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program Among Latino Teens: Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial," Lisa H. Jaycox et al., Journal of Adolescent Health [Epub July 10, 2006], Vol. 39, No. 5, Nov 2006
"Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Intervention for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Clinics: A Randomized Controlled Trial," J. R. Asarnow et al., Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 293, No. 3, Jan 2005
CBITS: Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools, Sopris West, 2003
"A Mental Health Intervention for Schoolchildren Exposed to Violence: A Random-ized Controlled Trial," B. D. Stein et al., Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 290, No. 5, 2003
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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