Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD
Research Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Center for Injury Research and Prevention
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South Street - 13th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South Street - 13th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 215-590-3118
Fax: 215-590-5425
Fax: 215-590-5425
Email:
adamsn@email.chop.edu
adamsn@email.chop.edu
Publications
Links
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Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress - Theme 5: Collaborating to make traumatic stress data FAIR
AfterTheInjury: Helping Parents Help Their Kids Recover
COVID-19 Mental Health Research Network (Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress)
The Child Trauma Data Archives - International data archives of child traumatic stress studies
HealthCareToolbox: Your Guide to Helping Children Cope with Illness and Injury
Search PubMed for articles
Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress - Theme 5: Collaborating to make traumatic stress data FAIR
AfterTheInjury: Helping Parents Help Their Kids Recover
COVID-19 Mental Health Research Network (Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress)
The Child Trauma Data Archives - International data archives of child traumatic stress studies
HealthCareToolbox: Your Guide to Helping Children Cope with Illness and Injury
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Johns Hopkins University, 1979.
MS (Counseling)
Johns Hopkins University, 1981.
MEd (Clinical Psychology)
University of Virginia, 1992.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
University of Virginia, 1995.
Permanent linkBA (Psychology)
Johns Hopkins University, 1979.
MS (Counseling)
Johns Hopkins University, 1981.
MEd (Clinical Psychology)
University of Virginia, 1992.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
University of Virginia, 1995.
Selected Publications
Kassam-Adams, N, Palmieri, P, Rork, K, Delahanty, D, Kenardy, J, Kohser, K, Landolt, M, Le Brocque, R, Marsac, M, Meiser-Stedman, R, Nixon, R, Bui, E, McGrath, C: Acute stress symptoms in children: Results from an international data archive. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 51(8): 812-20, August 2012.Kassam-Adams, N., Felipe Garcia-Espana, J., Marsac, M. L., Kohser, K., Baxt, C., Nance, M., Winston, F. K.: A pilot randomized controlled trial assessing secondary prevention of traumatic stress integrated into pediatric trauma care. Journal of Traumatic Stress 24(3): 252-9, 2011.
Marsac, M. L., Kassam-Adams, N., Hildenbrand, A. K., Kohser, K., Winston, F. K.: After the injury: Initial evaluation of a web-based intervention for parents of injured children. Health Education Research 26(1): 1-12, 2011.
Richmond, T. S., Ackerson, T., Ruzek, J., Wiebe, D., Winston, F., Kassam-Adams, N.: A predictive screener for depression & PTSD after physical injury. Injury Prevention 16(1): A76-A77, Sep 2010.
Kassam-Adams, N., Marsac, M. L., Winston, F. K.: Preventing traumatic stress after child injury: Development of a website for parents. Internet Use in the Aftermath of Trauma. Alain Brunet, Andrea R. Ashbaugh, & Christophe F. Herbert (eds.). IOS Press, Page: 157-178, 2010.
Kassam-Adams, N., Marsac, M. L., Cirilli, C.: Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom structure in injured children: Functional impairment and depression symptoms in a confirmatory factor analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 49(6): 616-625, 2010.
Kassam-Adams, N., Fleisher, C. L., Winston, F. K.: Acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in parents of injured children. Journal of Traumatic Stress 22(4): 294-302, 2009.
Kazak, A.E., Kassam-Adams, N., Schneider, S., Zelikovsky, N., Alderfer, M.A., Rourke, M.: An integrative model of pediatric medical traumatic stress. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 31(4): 343-355, 2006.
Kassam-Adams, N.: The acute stress checklist for children (ASC-Kids): Development of a child self-report measure. Journal of Traumatic Stress 19(1): 129-139, 2006.
Horowitz, L., Kassam-Adams, N., Bergstein, J.: Mental health aspects of emergency medical services for children: Summary of a consensus conference. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 26(8): 491-502, December 2001.
Kassam-Adams, N, Newman, E: The reactions to research participation questionnaires for children and parents (RRPQ-C and RRPQ-P). General Hospital Psychiatry 24(5): 336-342, September 2002.
Winston, F. K., Kassam-Adams, N., Garcia-Espana, F., Ittenbach, R., Cnaan, A.: Screening for risk of persistent posttraumatic stress in injured children and their parents. Journal of the American Medical Association 290(5): 643-649, 2003.
Kassam-Adams, N., Winston, F. K.: Predicting child PTSD: The relationship between acute stress disorder and PTSD in injured children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 43(4): 403-411, 2004.
Kassam-Adams, N., Garcia-España, J., Fein, J., Winston, F. K.: Heart rate and posttraumatic stress in injured children. Archives of General Psychiatry 62(2): 335-340, March 2005.
Kassam-Adams, N., Newman, E.: Child and parent reactions to participation in clinical research. General Hospital Psychiatry 27(1): 29-35, 2005.
Kassam-Adams, N., Garcia-Espana, J. F., Miller, V. A., Winston, F.: Parent-child agreement regarding children's acute stress: The role of parent acute stress reactions. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 45(12): 1485-1493, 2006.