Joseph Woolston, MD
Albert J.Solnit Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist in the Child Study CenterCards
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Child Study Center
PO Box 207900, 230 South Frontage Road
New Haven, CT 06520-7900
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Albert J.Solnit Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist in the Child Study Center
Biography
Dr. Joseph Woolston is the Albert J. Solnit Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine. He is the Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs for the Child Study Center. In that capacity he oversees clinical program development and quality improvement. Dr. Woolston has focused his career on creating, implementing and improving clinical programs designed to treat children and families who are living in significant psychosocial adversity.
Dr. Woolston started the Children’s Psychiatric Inpatient Service at Yale New Haven Medical Center in 1985. This service has been an international model for evaluation of seriously disturbed children and their families, for the training mental health professionals, and for research on severe childhood psychopathology and innovative service delivery models. In 1996, he co-founded Intensive In-home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service (IICAPS), an innovative blend of home-based, system of care service approach with a medical model. IICAPS is designed to help SED children and their families to reduce the risk of requiring institutional based care and to improve their development. IICAPS has now developed into a manualized, state-wide network that provides treatment for over 2200 children and families each year. In 2005 Dr. Woolston became Director of the Children’s Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic. With colleagues, he transformed the treatment model to be a data-driven, problem solving focused approach that emphasizes ongoing family engagement. Beginning in 2009, Dr. Woolston has led an integration of all Child Study Center clinical programs, including hospital-based, home-based and clinic-based programs, so that patients and patient information can flow as needed to optimize patient care.
Appointments
Child Study Center
EmeritusPrimaryChild Study Center
Senior Research ScientistSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program
- Child Study Center
- Predoctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychology
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- MD
- University of Pennsylvania (1973)
- Resident
- Stanford University Medical Center
- Fellow
- Yale University School of Medicine
Research
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Medical Research Interests
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Research Interests
Line Brotnow Decker
Brian Forsyth, MBChB, FRCPC
Erin M. Warnick, PhD
Jean Adnopoz, MPH
Kathleen M.B. Balestracci, PhD, MSW
Liliya Katsovich, MS, MBA
Child Psychiatry
Adolescent Psychiatry
Publications
2024
Who are the Parents? Risk and Resiliency Among Parents of Youth Receiving Intensive Home-Based Psychiatric Treatment
Conway C, Decker L, Adnopoz J, Woolston J. Who are the Parents? Risk and Resiliency Among Parents of Youth Receiving Intensive Home-Based Psychiatric Treatment. Journal Of Child & Adolescent Trauma 2024, 1-11. DOI: 10.1007/s40653-024-00643-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse childhood eventsIntensive home-based treatmentNon-birthing parentsChildhood experiencesChildhood eventsHigher ACE scoresParents of childrenImpact parenting behaviorsExperiences of parentsParents of youthHome-based treatmentACE scoresEffective interventionsBirth parentsChildhood adversityChildhood experiences of parentingHigh-risk youthPractice recommendationsComplex clinical presentationParents' childhood experiencesScoresBirthChildhoodChildrenFuture policy
2023
Therapeutic Work with Parents’ Childhood Experiences in the Context of Intensive Home-Based Treatment for High-Risk Youth: Practical Mentalization-Based and Trauma-Informed Interventions
Decker L, Torres B, Dunnum S, Woolston J, Stob V. Therapeutic Work with Parents’ Childhood Experiences in the Context of Intensive Home-Based Treatment for High-Risk Youth: Practical Mentalization-Based and Trauma-Informed Interventions. Contemporary Family Therapy 2023, 46: 339-348. DOI: 10.1007/s10591-023-09687-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsThe Family Cycle in Supervision: Enhancing Clinician Mentalizing in Work with Highly Stressed Families
Stob V, Slade A, Brotnow L, Woolston J. The Family Cycle in Supervision: Enhancing Clinician Mentalizing in Work with Highly Stressed Families. Journal Of Infant Child And Adolescent Psychotherapy 2023, 22: 226-237. DOI: 10.1080/15289168.2023.2228719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2022
Addressing Chronic School Absenteeism Through Intensive Home-Based Psychiatric Treatment: An Examination of the IICAPS Program
Conway C, Decker L, Moffett S, Adnopoz J, Woolston J. Addressing Chronic School Absenteeism Through Intensive Home-Based Psychiatric Treatment: An Examination of the IICAPS Program. Child And Adolescent Social Work Journal 2022, 41: 95-106. DOI: 10.1007/s10560-022-00839-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsIntensive home-based treatmentChronic school absenteeismConcurrent mental health issuesTreatment trajectoriesSchool absenteeismHome-based treatmentRate of absenceDifferential treatment effectsMental health issuesPhysical health outcomesClinical presentationHigh-risk youthSchool attendancePsychiatric treatmentClinical concernHealth outcomesPsychosocial adversityClinical diagnosisMinority of parentsSchool absenceProtective factorsHealth issuesTreatment effectsOne-thirdGreater improvement
2021
When parents and clinicians disagree: Consequences for high-risk youth receiving in-home family-based psychiatric treatment
Decker L, Patel A, Conway C, Kim S, Adnopoz J, Woolston J. When parents and clinicians disagree: Consequences for high-risk youth receiving in-home family-based psychiatric treatment. Children And Youth Services Review 2021, 121: 105913. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2020
The Family Cycle: Breaking the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma through Mentalizing
Stob V, Slade A, Adnopoz J, Woolston J. The Family Cycle: Breaking the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma through Mentalizing. Journal Of Infant Child And Adolescent Psychotherapy 2020, 19: 255-270. DOI: 10.1080/15289168.2020.1786762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2019
The Family Cycle: An Activity to Enhance Parents’ Mentalization in Children’s Mental Health Treatment
Stob V, Slade A, Brotnow L, Adnopoz J, Woolston J. The Family Cycle: An Activity to Enhance Parents’ Mentalization in Children’s Mental Health Treatment. Journal Of Infant Child And Adolescent Psychotherapy 2019, 18: 103-119. DOI: 10.1080/15289168.2019.1591887.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2018
5.6 Attachment and Functioning: The Intersection Between Childhood Events and Children’s Response to an Intensive In-Home, Family-Based Intervention
Desir A, Mayes L, Woolston J, Adnopoz J, Katsovich L. 5.6 Attachment and Functioning: The Intersection Between Childhood Events and Children’s Response to an Intensive In-Home, Family-Based Intervention. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2018, 57: s228-s229. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensive home-based programs for youth with serious emotional disturbances: A comprehensive review of experimental findings
Moffett S, Brotnow L, Patel A, Adnopoz J, Woolston J. Intensive home-based programs for youth with serious emotional disturbances: A comprehensive review of experimental findings. Children And Youth Services Review 2018, 85: 319-325. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.10.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsSerious emotional disturbanceEmotional disturbanceHome-based interventionMechanisms of changeHome-based programBehavioral impairmentsQuasi-experimental studySuch interventionsYouthEmpirical findingsCaregiver perspectivesRelative dearthInstitutional placementInterventionFindingsImpairmentPerspectiveChildrenProgramContinuum of careComprehensive reviewConclusive comparisonPartnersDearth
2012
IICAPS: A Treatment Model for Delinquent Youths with Co-occurring Mental Health Disorders
Adnopoz J, Woolston J, Balestracci K. IICAPS: A Treatment Model for Delinquent Youths with Co-occurring Mental Health Disorders. 2012, 357-369. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0905-2_23.ChaptersCitationsConceptsMental health disordersCo-occurring mental health disordersHealth disordersFemale juvenile detaineesMental health interventionsGeneral populationPsychiatric disordersHealth interventionsConduct disorderLarge-scale studiesDisordersTreatment modelFemale detaineesPrevalence researchJuvenile detaineesCook County
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Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 1979
Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 1978
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- July 01, 2024
Yale Child Study Center recognizes 2024 award recipients and retirees
- June 30, 2022
Yale Child Study Center Recognizes Long-term Service of Faculty & Staff
- November 13, 2018
Child Study Center Represents Yale at AACAP
- March 17, 2016
Alumna Martine Solages Reflects on Powerful Mentorship at Child Study Center
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