Steven Marans, MSW, Ph.D.

Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, National Center for Children Exposed to Violence at the Yale Child Study Center

Research Interests

Our research has been focused on the experience of violent trauma in the lives of children and families as well as changes in systems of care that can improve services and clinical outcomes. The partnership between mental health and law enforcement professionals--in New Haven and around the country--has generated broad opportunities to identify and respond to thousands of children and families each year who have experienced violence in their homes, schools and communities. Our work in responding to acute, peri-traumatic and longer-term responses to violent and catastrophic events has led to the development of new clinical approaches to meeting the needs of traumatized children and families. These innovative intervention strategies are also grounded in an integration of developmental,psychodynamic, behavioral and neurophysiologic aspects of the traumatic response. We have applied a similar perspective in developing new collaborative responses to domestic violence and to psychologically-informed approaches to emergency management responses to mass casualty man-made and natural disasters.

Recent Publications

• Marans, S., Dahl, K., Schowalter, J. Psychoanalytic Principles of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. 2002; 381-399
• Marans, S., and Cohen, D.J. Child Psychoanalytic Theories of Development. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook. 2002; 196-211.
• Marans, S., Murphy, R., Berkowitz, S. Police-Mental Health Responses to Children Exposed to Violence: The Child Development-Community Policing Program. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook. 2002; 1406-1416.
• Marans, S., Berkman, M., Berkowitz, S., Casey, R., Police in the Lives of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Collaborative Approaches to Intervention. Ending Domestic Violence in the Lives of Children. 2004; 153-157.
• Marans, S. Psychoanalytic Responses To Violent Trauma: The Child Development-Community Policing Partnership. Analysts in the trenches: streets, schools, war zones. 2004; 211-236.
• Marans, S., Listening to Fear: Helping Kids Cope from Nightmares to the Nightly News. 2005.
• Marans, S., Murphy, R.A., Rosenheck, R.A., Berkowitz, S. Clinical Response Modality and Timing in a Police-Mental Health Program for Children Exposed to Violence. Psychiatric Quarterly. 2005; 107-121.
• Marans, S. Commentary: When We All Need Someone To Lean On. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. 55(3), 2005; 443-454.
• Marans, S., Berkman, M. Police-Mental Health Collaboration on Behalf of Children Exposed to Violence: The Child Development-Community Policing Model. Handbook of Community Based Clinical Practice. A. Lightburn and P. Sessions (eds.); Oxford University Press. 2005; 426-440.
• Marans, S., Murphy, R., Casey, R., Berkowitz, S., Berkman, M. Mental Health-Law Enforcement Collaborative Responses to Children’s Exposure to Violence. Johnson and Johnson Pediatric Institute, Interventions for Children Exposed to Violence. Lieberman, A and De Martino, R. (eds.). 2006; 111-134.

Contact

Campus Address
Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Road
P.O. Box 207900
New Haven, CT 06520-7900

E-mail
steven.marans@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-785-3377

Fax
203-785-4608