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Peter Jensen

Peter Jensen, M.D.

Dr. Jensen's major areas of work and research emphasis include the integration of research findings into clinical settings, effectiveness and dissemination research, and studies of optimal approaches to facilitate the adoption of evidence-based mental health approaches by practitioners and parents on behalf of children with mental disorders.

Positions

  • Ruane Professor of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Director, Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health, Columbia University

 

Education

  • M.D., 1978, George Washington University Medical School

 

Relevant Publications

  • Patel, N. C., Crismon, M., Hoagwood, K., & Jensen, P. S. (2005). Unanswered questions regarding atypical antipsychotic use in aggressive children and adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 15(2), 270-284.
  • Jensen, P. S., Weersing, R., Hoagwood, K., & Goldman, E. (2005). What is the evidence for evidence-based treatments?: A hard look at our soft underbelly. Mental Health Services Research, 7(1), 53-74.
  • Jensen, P. S., & Hibbs, E. D. (2005). Grading the progress in child and adolescent psychotherapy research: How are we doing? In P. S. Jensen & E. D. Hibbs (Eds.), Psychosocial treatments for child and adolescent disorders: Empirically based strategies for clinical practice (2nd ed., pp. 769-787). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Pappadopulos, E. A., Guelzow, B., Wong, C., Ortega, M., & Jensen, P. S. (2004). A review of the growing evidence base for pediatric psychopharmacology. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 13, 817-855.
  • Jensen, P. S. (2003). Comorbidity and child psychopathology: Recommendations for the next decade. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31(3), 293-300.

 

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