Michelle Kees
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
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Michelle Kees
Clinical Associate Professor
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Areas of Interest
- Women, parenting, and family transitions
- Childhood adjustment and anxiety disorders
- Parent guidance and behavior management strategies
- Risk and resiliency in military and veteran families
- Peer mentorship programs for college student veterans
- Evidence-based interventions for military spouses/partners and their children
- Community dissemination of effective treatments and intervention models
Center Memberships
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Center MemberEisenberg Family Depression Center
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
Recent Publications
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Farero AM, Blow AJ, Bowles RP, Ufer L, Kees M, Guty D. Military Psychology, 2024 Jan 1; 36 (3): 274 - 285.Journal ArticleWhat predicts personal growth following a deployment? An examination of National Guard soldiers through the lens of posttraumatic growth
DOI:10.1080/08995605.2021.2002105 -
Lapidos A, Spinner J, Garlick J, Kees M. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 2023 Mar 1; 9 (1): 27 - 33.Journal ArticleImmediate Impact of a Brief Suicide Prevention Training for Veteran Volunteers
DOI:10.1177/2373379921989383 -
Blow AJ, Farero AM, Ufer L, Kees M, Guty D. Contemporary Family Therapy, 2022 Sep 1; 44 (3): 284 - 293.Journal ArticleNational Guard Couples Communicating During Deployment: The Challenge of Effective Connection
DOI:10.1007/s10591-021-09588-4 -
Farero AM, Kammes R, Blow A, Johnson T, Kees M, Ufer LG, Guty D. Military Behavioral Health, 2020 Apr 2; 8 (2): 159 - 170.Journal ArticleThe Impact of Military Fathers’ Mental Health on the Well-Being of Their Children Postdeployment: Findings From National Guard Fathers
DOI:10.1080/21635781.2019.1644262 -
Farero AM, Blow A, Bowles R, Gorman L, Kees M, Guty D. Military Behavioral Health, 2019 Jul 3; 7 (3): 336 - 344.Journal ArticleThe Relationship Between Parent–Soldier Communication and Postdeployment Soldier Mental Health
DOI:10.1080/21635781.2018.1550026 -
Farero A, Bowles R, Blow A, Ufer L, Kees M, Guty D. Contemporary Family Therapy, 2019 Jun 1; 41 (2): 125 - 134.Journal ArticleRasch Analysis of the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) with Military Couples
DOI:10.1007/s10591-018-09486-2 -
Julian MM, Muzik M, Kees M, Valenstein M, Dexter C, Rosenblum KL. Journal of Family Psychology, 2018 Sep 1; 32 (6): 804 - 815.Journal ArticleIntervention effects on reflectivity explain change in positive parenting in military families with young children
DOI:10.1037/fam0000431 PMID: 29878806 -
Julian MM, Muzik M, Kees M, Valenstein M, Dexter C, Rosenblum KL. Journal of Family Psychology, 2018 Jan 1; 32 (6): 804 - 815.Journal ArticleIntervention effects on reflectivity explain change in positive parenting in military families with young children.
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