Education

• Tulane University 1973 B.A.
• Tulane University School of Medicine 1977 M.D.
• University of Virginia School of Medicine 1978 Internship in Pediatrics
• Duke University Medical Center 1980 Residency in General Psychiatry
• Stanford University School of Medicine 1982 Residency in Child Psychiatry
• Stanford University School of Medicine 1984 Research Fellow in Child Psychiatry

Interests

My major academic interest has been in the area of infant mental health and adverse early experiences. I conduct research on the effects of abuse, neglect, serious deprivation and exposure to violence on young children and on interventions designed to help them recover. I also have studied approaches to understanding and classifying disorders of early childhood, especially disorders of attachment and posttraumatic stress disorder. 

Publications

Zeanah, C.H. & Humphreys, K.L. (2020). World-wide prevalence of institutional care for children—a call for action. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 4(5), 343-344.

Humphreys, K.L., Myint, M. & Zeanah, C.H. (2020). Increased risk for family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatrics, 146 e20200982; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-0982.

Guyon-Harris, K.L., Humphreys, K.L., Miron, D., Tibu, F., Fox, N.A., Nelson, C.A. & Zeanah, C.H. (2020). Early caregiving quality predicts consistency of competent functioning from middle childhood to adolescence following early psychosocial deprivation. Development and Psychopathology, 1–11 doi:10.1017/S0954579419001500

Zeanah, C.H. (Ed). (2020). Encyclopedia of infant and early childhood development, Clinical and Atypical Volume. J. Benson, Editor-in-chief. New York, Elsevier Publishing.

Humphreys, K. L., Guyon-Harris, K. L., Tibu, F., Wade, M., Nelson, C. A., Fox, N. A., & Zeanah, C. H. (in press). Psychiatric outcomes following severe deprivation in early childhood: Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial at age 16. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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