Sarah E. Bledsoe
Adjunct Lecturer

B.A., University of Tennessee; M.S.W., University of Pittsburgh; Doctoral Student, Columbia University. Professional interests: evidence-based practice, mental-health services research, knowledge dissemination and implementation, clinical services and engagement strategies for low-income and minority populations, stress and mental health outcomes, interpersonal psychotherapy, culturally relevant services.

Publications: articles on evidence based practice conceptualization, challenges, implementation, and practitioner training; engaging disadvantaged and depressed individuals in psychotherapy; providing culturally relevant brief interpersonal psychotherapy for depression to low-income, pregnant women; meta-analysis of treatment for depression during pregnancy and postpartum; the role of chronic stress, optimism, and perceived control in depression in low income women and new mothers; and barriers and promoters of mental health services utilization in Latino populations.