Dr. Boyd’s research focuses on depression among youth and perinatal women. She has a line of research examining maternal depression, especially postpartum depression, among women of color and their children and developing preventive interventions aimed at these families. She also conducts research on risk and protective factors among youth, especially Black adolescents, with a recent focus on understanding youth depression and suicidal ideation and behaviors.
Her expertise is in providing cognitive-behavioral therapy, especially with child and adolescent internalizing disorders. She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of youth with depression and suicide risk.
Selected Publications
Guevara JP, Morales K, Mandell D, Mogul M, Charidah T, Luethke M, Min J, Clark R, Betancourt L, Boyd R. : Social media-based parenting program for women with postpartum depressive symptoms: an RCT. Pediatrics. Pediatrics 151(3): e2022058719, 2023.
Boyd, R.C., Barcak, D., Morales, K.H., Mandell, D., Mogul, M., Charidah, T., Luethke, M., Min, J., Betancourt, L. : Use and acceptability of Moodgym for postpartum depression in pediatric settings. General Hospital Psychiatry 84: 1-2, 2023.
Boyd RC, Jones JD, Makol BA, De Los Reyes A, Hatkevich CE, Benton TD. : Parent-youth convergence (and divergence) in reports about pediatric quality of life. Quality of Life Research 32: 2551–2560, 2023.
Jackson, S.Z., Pinto-Martin, J.A., Deatrick, J.A., Boyd, R., Souders, M.C. : High depressive symptoms, low family functioning, and low self-efficacy in mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder compared to two control groups. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. June 16 2022.
Sheftall, A.H., Vakil, F., Ruch, D.A., Boyd, R.C., Lindsey, M.A., Bridge, J.A.: Black youth suicide: investigation of current trends and precipitating
circumstances.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
61(5): 662-675, 2022 Notes: (Editors' Best of 2022).
Williamson AA, Soehner AM, Boyd RC, Buysse DJ, Harvey AG, Jonassaint CR, Franzen PL, Goldstein TR. : A protocol for applying health equity-informed implementation science models and frameworks to adapt a sleep intervention for adolescents at risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Frontiers in Public Health 10:971754, 2022.
Davis, M., Jones, J.D., So, A., Benton, T.D., Boyd, R.C., Melhem, N., Ryan,
N.D., Brent, D.A., Young, J.F.
: Adolescent depression screening in primary care: Who is screened and who is at risk?
Journal of Affective Disorders 299: 318-325, 2022.
Lambert, S.F., Boyd, R.C., Ialongo, N.S.: Protective factors for suicidal ideation among Black adolescents indirectly exposed to community violence
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
52(3): 478-489, 2022.
Barzilay, R., Moore, T.M., Calkins, M.E., Maliackel, L., Jones, J.D., Boyd, R.C., Warrier, V., Benton, T.D., Oquendo, M.A., Gur, R.C. and Gur, R.E.
: Deconstructing the role of the exposome in youth suicidal ideation: Trauma,
neighborhood environment, developmental and gender effects
Neurobiology of Stress
41: p.100314, 2021.
Benton, T. D., Jones, J. D., Julye, S., Butler, L. L., & Boyd, R. C. : ‘Web of Violence’, Depression, and Impairment in a Clinical Sample of Adolescents. Journal of Family Violence Published online(36): 17-26, 2021.
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