Amanda Jensen-Doss
Amanda Jensen-Doss
Assistant Professor, Child Division
University of California, Los Angeles, 2004
Research Interests
My research is dedicated to characterizing and improving mental health outcomes for youths seeking services in community mental health clinics. To this end, my research to date has followed three interrelated themes: 1) to identify the strengths and limitations of youth mental health care in clinical care settings, 2) to identify experimentally supported assessment tools and treatments that are most ready for dissemination to these settings, and 3) to bridge the gap between clinical services and evidence-based practices by testing the benefits of employing evidence-based assessment tools and treatments in clinical care settings. I currently have a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to examine the impact of a state-level policy requiring the use of evidence-based treatments in community mental health clinics.
Selected Publications
Jensen-Doss, A., Hawley, K.H., Lopez, M., & Osterberg, L.D.* (2009). Using evidence-based treatments: The experiences of youth providers working under a mandate. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 40, 417-424.
Hawley, K.M., Cook, J.R. & Jensen-Doss, A. (2009). Do noncontingent incentives increase survey response rates among mental health providers? A randomized trial comparison. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 36, 343–348.
Weisz, J.R., Southam-Gerow, M.A., Gordis, E., Connor-Smith, J.K., Chu, B.C., Langer, D.A., McLeod, B.M., Jensen-Doss, A., Updegraff, A., Weiss, B. (2009). Cognitive-behavioral therapy versus usual clinical care for youth depression: An initial test of transportability to community clinics and clinicians. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 383-396.
Jensen-Doss, A. & Weisz, J.R. (2008). Diagnostic agreement predicts treatment process and outcomes in youth mental health clinics. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 711-722. **Selected as Featured Article for Volume 76, Issue 5.
Jensen-Doss, A., Cusack, K.J., & de Arellano, M.A. (2008). Workshop-based training in trauma-focused CBT: An in-depth analysis of impact on provider practices. Community Mental Health Journal, 44, 227- 244.
Jensen Doss, A., Cook, K.T.* & McLeod, B.D. (2007). Diagnostic issues. In D. Reitman (Ed.) Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Case Conceptualization and Treatment, Child Volume (pp. 25-52). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Weisz, J.R., Jensen-Doss, A., & Hawley, K.M. (2006). Evidence-based youth psychotherapies versus usual clinical care: A meta-analysis of direct comparisons. American Psychologist, 61, 671-689.
Jensen Doss, A. & Weisz, J.R. (2006). Syndrome co-occurrence and treatment outcomes in youth mental health clinics. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 74, 416-425.
Jensen Doss, A. (2005). Evidence-based diagnosis: Incorporating diagnostic instruments into clinical practice. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 44, 947-952.
Weisz, J.R., Jensen Doss, A., & Hawley, K.M. (2005). Youth psychotherapy outcome research: A review and critique of the literature. Annual Review of Psychology, 56, 337-363.
Jensen, A.L., & Weisz, J.R. (2002). Assessing match and mismatch between practitioner-generated and standardized interviewer-generated diagnoses for clinic-referred children and adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 158-168.
Teaching
- Sample Syllabi
- Psy 641 Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Other Professional Activities
Website Editor, Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Division 53 of the American Psychological Association