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Elizabeth Reynolds

Elizabeth Reynolds, PhD

Psychology

Psychiatry

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • English

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Gender

Female

About Elizabeth Reynolds

Professional Titles

  • Director, Pediatric Medical Psychology

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Background

Liz Reynolds is an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She serves as the director of Pediatric Medical Psychology. Dr. Reynolds received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2011. She completed her pre-doctoral internship training at Alpert Medical School of Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium.

Research and clinical interests focus on 1) patient safety, quality, and behavioral programming within youth psychiatric acute care and 2) social-contextual and self-regulatory factors associated with adolescent health risk behaviors. She has led efforts to develop, implement, and disseminate Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to reduce the use of seclusion, restraint, and PRN use in acute psychiatric care settings (i.e., inpatient and day hospital services). She completed the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute patient safety and quality improvement leadership academy.

Centers and Institutes

Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Research Summary

Behavioral programming within youth psychiatric acute care (e.g., Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training, behavioral activation); social-contextual and self-regulatory factors associated with adolescent health risk behaviors with specific focus in moderating risk behavior within youth who receive acute psychiatric care.

Selected Publications

  • Reynolds EK, Grados MA, Praglowski N, Hankinson JC, Parrish C, & Ostrander R. Implementation of Modified Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (M-PBIS) in a Youth Psychiatric Partial Hospital Program. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management. 2019: 24: 64-70

  • Reynolds, E.K., Grados, M.A., Praglowski, N., Hankinson, J.C., Deboard-Lucas, R., Goldstein, L., Perry-Parish, C., Specht, M.W., Ostrander, R. Use of Modified Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit for High-Risk Youths. Psychiatric Services. 2016; 67(5):570-573.

  • Reynolds, E.K., MacPherson, L., Matusiewicz, A., Lejuez, C.W. Discrepancy between parent and adolescent perceptions of parental monitoring and adolescent risk behavior engagement. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2011; 40: 67-79.

  • Reynolds, E.K., MacPherson, L., Schwartz, S., Fox, N.A., Lejuez, C.W. Analogue Study of Peer Influence on Risk-Taking Behavior in Older Adolescents. Prevention Science. 2014; 15(6):842-849.

  • Reynolds, E.K., Schreiber, W.M., Geisel, K., MacPherson, L., Ernst, M., Lejuez, C.W. Influence of social stress on risk-taking behavior in adolescents. Journal of Anxiety Disorder. 2013; 27(3): 2717-277.

Additional Training

  • Predoctoral Clinical Internship Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium Clinical Psychology (2011)
  • PhD, University of Maryland Clinical Psychology (2011)

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins Children's Center
    • 1800 Orleans Street, Bloomberg 12N, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Clinical Psychology, 2012

    University of Maryland Baltimore

    Graduate School, PhD, 2011

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