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Jean Adnopoz, MPH

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About

Biography

My clinical and research career has been devoted to the development of programs and policies that address the needs of children who are at substantial risk for disruption of their relationships with their primary caregivers and placement in facilities and systems other than their biologic families.

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Education & Training

MPH
Yale University (1981)
BA
Wellesley College (1954)

Research

Overview

My clinical and research career has been devoted to the development of programs and policies that address the needs of children who are at substantial risk for disruption of their relationships with their primary caregivers and placement in facilities and systems other than their biologic families. Our work has focused on children in the child welfare, mental health and juvenile justice systems. Some of these children are vulnerable for abuse, neglect, and abandonment or affected by parental drug addiction, chronic physical or mental illness, mental retardation and homelessness. Others suffer from their own serious psychiatric and behavioral disorders, often the result of the interaction between their own genetic imprint and chronic and pervasive stress, secondary to continuous exposure to neglect, violence and deprivation. The intervention and treatment models we have developed at the Child Study Center offer intensive, home-based, family focused services that incorporate concepts derived from developmental psychopathology, psychoanalysis, transactional risk, cognitive-behavioral and systems theories.
  • My colleagues and I are currently engaged in a randomized study of the Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service (IICAPS) a standardized treatment model for children with serious emotional disturbances and their families that is now being replicated in 17 sites within Connecticut.
  • We have also implemented two new models of treatment for children affected by parental substance abuse. Family Based Recovery, (FBR) is designed to address both the parent and child relationship in a developmental context and to provide reinforcement-based substance abuse treatment for parents who are active users. FBR has been replicated in 5 additional sites throughout the state. SAFE Families offers drug and mental health treatment for families from which a child has been removed. In collaboration with Advanced Behavioral Health it aims to promote reunification and permanency.

Medical Research Interests

Child Psychiatry; Family; Health Care; Mental Health; Psychiatry and Psychology; Risk Assessment; Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Substance Abuse Detection

Public Health Interests

Health Policy; Mental Health; Substance Use, Addiction; Child/Adolescent Health; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Health Systems Reform

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Jean Adnopoz's published research.

Publications

2024

Others

  • Murphy, R., Forsyth, B., Adnopoz, J., Neurobiological and Psychosocial Sequelae of HIV Disease in Child and Adolescents, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook, (3rd Ed.) M. Lewis (Ed.). Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Adnopoz, J., Home Based Child and Family Treatment, In: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook, (3rd Ed.) M. Lewis (Ed.). Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Woolston, J, Adnopoz, J., Berkowitz, S. IICAPS: A Home-Based Treatmetn for Children and Adolescents, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT., 2007
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Adnopoz, J., Working with High Risk Children and Families in their Own Homes: An Integrated Approach to the Treatment of Vulnerable Children, Handbook of Community-Based Clinical Practice, A. Lightburn, P. Sessions (eds), Oxford University Press, New York, 2005.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Adnopoz, J., Grigsby, K., High-Risk Children, Adolescents and Families: Organizing Principles for Mental Health Prevention and Intervention, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook, (3rd Ed.) M. Lewis (Ed.). Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 2002
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Rowland, M., Woolston, J., Adnopoz, J., Intensive Home-Based Family Preservation Approaches, Including Multisystemic Therapy, Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook, (4th Ed.) A.Martin, F. Volkmar (Ed.) Baltimore, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Senior Fellow

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Mailing Address

Child Study Center

P.O. Box 207900, 230 South Frontage Road

New Haven, ct 06520-7900

United States