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Ellen J. Wright
Researcher at Boston Children's Hospital
Publications - 13
Citations - 2283
Ellen J. Wright is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 13 publications receiving 2221 citations. Previous affiliations of Ellen J. Wright include Brandeis University.
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Controlled prospective study of postpartum mood disorders: comparison of childbearing and nonchildbearing women.
TL;DR: In this article, a controlled prospective study was undertaken to determine the extent to which pregnancy and the puerperium are associated with increased risk for minor and major depression, depressive symptomatology, and poor social adjustment.
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A family-based approach to the prevention of depressive symptoms in children at risk: evidence of parental and child change.
TL;DR: A large-scale efficacy trial of 2 manual-based preventive intervention programs that target the relatively healthy children (ages 8-15) of parents with mood disorder and found that parents in both conditions reported significant change in child-related behaviors and and attitudes, and that the amount of change reported increased over time.
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Prospective Study of Postpartum Blues: Biologic and Psychosocial Factors
TL;DR: The hypothesis that the postpartum blues is within the spectrum of affective disorders is supported, and personal and family history of depression, social adjustment, stressful life events, and levels of free and total estriol are predicted.
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Long-term effects from a randomized trial of two public health preventive interventions for parental depression.
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that brief, family-centered preventive interventions for parental depression may contribute to long-term, sustained improvements in family functioning.
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Examination of Children's Responses to Two Preventive Intervention Strategies Over Time
William R. Beardslee,Ellen J. Wright,Patricia Salt,Karen Drezner,Tracy R. G. Gladstone,Eve M. Versage,Phyllis Clarke Rothberg +6 more
TL;DR: The greater effects of the clinician-facilitated intervention support the need for linking cognitive information to families' life experience and involving children directly in order to achieve long-term effects.