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John Weisz

John Weisz, Ph.D.

Dr. Weisz is committed to improving the lives of children whose emotional and behavioral problems threaten to limit their potential. His current research focuses on promoting youth mental health through intervention programs in schools and community centers.

Positions

  • President, Judge Baker Children's Center, Harvard Medical School

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1975, Yale University, Clinical and Developmental Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Weisz, J. R., Jensen, A. L., McLeod, B. D. (2005). Milestones and methods in the development and dissemination of child and adolescent psychotherapies: Review, commentary, and a new deployment-focused model. In E. D. Hibbs & P. S. Jensen (Eds.), Psychosocial treatments for child and adolescent disorders: Empirically based strategies for clinical practice (2nd ed., pp. 9-39). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Weisz, J. R., Doss, A. J., & Hawley, K. M. (2005). Youth psychotherapy outcome research: A review and critique of the evidence base. Annual Review of Psychology, 56, 337-363.
  • Weisz, J. R., Chu, B. C., & Polo, A. J. (2004). Treatment dissemination and evidence-based practice: Strengthening intervention through clinician-researcher collaboration. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 11, 300-307.
  • Weisz, J. R., Hawley, K. M. & Jensen Doss, A. (2004). Empirically tested psychotherapies for youth internalizing and externalizing problems and disorders. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 13, 729-816.
  • Hawley, K. M., & Weisz, J. R. (2003). Child, parent, and therapist (dis)agreement on target problems in outpatient therapy: The therapist's dilemma and its implications. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 62-70.

 

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