Rhonda C. Boyd, Ph.D.
Rhonda C. Boyd, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Center for Family Intervention Science
3535 Market Street, Suite 1230
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Center for Family Intervention Science
3535 Market Street, Suite 1230
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 590-3945
Fax: (215) 590-7410
Fax: (215) 590-7410
Email:
rboyd@mail.med.upenn.edu
rboyd@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
B.Sc. (Psychology)
Brown University, 1992.
M.A. (Psychology)
University of Iowa, 1995.
Ph.D. (Psychology)
University of Iowa, 1998.
Permanent linkB.Sc. (Psychology)
Brown University, 1992.
M.A. (Psychology)
University of Iowa, 1995.
Ph.D. (Psychology)
University of Iowa, 1998.
Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Boyd’s research focuses on maternal depression and the prevention of mental health problems in at-risk youth. In regards to maternal depression, she has conducted research focusing on three major lines that are interrelated: 1) developmental psychopathology research on children of depressed mothers; 2) preventive intervention development and clinical trials for depressed mothers and their families, 3) postpartum depression in low income women.Description of Clinical Expertise
Her expertise is in providing cognitive-behavioral therapy, especially with child internalizing disorders. She specializes in treatment and prevention of depression in children of depressed parents. She has implemented empirically validated cognitive behavioral depression interventions for at-risk and depressed youth.Selected Publications
Boyd, R. C., Chen, E. & Benton, T. : A pilot investigation of the rates and predictors of mental health services utilization among depressed African-American mothers and their children. Journal of the National Medical Association 101: 1096-1103, 2009.Boyd, R.C., Wooden, T.D., Munro, M., Liu, T., & Ten Have, T. : The impact of community violence exposure on anxiety in children of mothers with depression. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma 1: 287-299, 2008.
Boyd, R.C., Diamond, G.S., & Bourjolly, J.N.: Developing a family based depression prevention program in urban community mental health clinics. Family Process 45: 187-203, 2006.
McKee, M.D., Zayas, L.H., Fletcher, J., Boyd, R.C., & Nan S.H.: Effects of an intervention to reduce perinatal depression among low-income minority women in community primary care. Journal of Social Services Research 2006.
Boyd, R.C., Zayas, L.H., & McKee, M.D.: Mother-infant interaction, life events and prenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms among urban minority women in primary care. Maternal and Child Health Journal 10: 139-148, 2006.
Lambert, S.F., Ialongo, N.S., Boyd, R.C., & Cooley, M.: Risk factors for community violence exposure in adolescence. American Journal of Community Psychology 36: 29-48, 2005.
Cooley-Quille, M., Boyd, R. C., & Grados, J. J.: Feasibility of an anxiety preventive intervention for community violence exposed African American children. Journal of Primary Prevention 25: 105-123, 2004.
Boyd, R. C., Cooley, M., Lambert, S. F., & Ialongo, N. S. : First-grade child risk behaviors for community violence exposure in middle school. Journal of Community Psychology 31: 297-314, 2003.
Boyd, R. C., Ginsburg, G. S., Lambert, S. F., Cooley, M. R., & Campbell, K. : Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Psychometric properties in an African American parochial high school sample Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 42: 1188-1196, 2003.
Cooley-Quille, M., Boyd, R. C., Frantz, E., & Walsh, J.: The emotional and behavioral impact of exposure to community violence in inner-city adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 30: 199-206, 2001.