John Boekamp, PhD, is clinical director of the Pediatric Partial Hospital Program at Bradley Hospital, a family-centered, intensive day treatment program for very young children (newborn to age six) who have serious emotional, behavioral or relationship disturbances. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Dr. Boekamp earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his doctorate in clinical psychology from Case Western Reserve University. He completed his predoctoral clinical psychology internship at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Dr. Boekamp completed a fellowship in child and adolescent psychopathology at the Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School and a postdoctoral fellowship in child and adolescent clinical psychology at Bradley Hospital and the Brown University clinical psychology training consortium.
He joined the staff of Bradley Hospital in 1999 and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2000. Dr. Boekamp has been awarded the Brown Medical School Dean ‘s Excellence in Teaching Award and Teaching Recognition Award for his work with residents and postdoctoral fellows in clinical psychology and psychiatry. He has also served as co-director of the Bradley Hospital Fire Safe Families Program and was vice chair of the Rhode Island Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Coalition.
Dr. Boekamp’s research focuses on understanding and addressing serious emotional and behavioral challenges in early childhood. His work examines factors linked to disruptive or aggressive behavior, self-harm thoughts and actions, mood dysregulation, and sleep difficulties in young children receiving evaluation and care in a psychiatric day hospital setting.
He has presented extensively to professional organizations within Rhode Island in the areas of juvenile fire setting, early childhood feeding disorders, attachment disorders and day treatment for young children.
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- Post Graduate: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
- Fellowship: Cambridge Health Alliance
- Fellowship: Bradley Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Publications
Selected Publications
Barreto, S. J., Boekamp, J.R., Armstrong, L. M., & Gillen, P. (2004). Community-based interventions for juvenile firestarters: A brief family-centered model. Psychological Services, 1, 158-168.
Martin, S.D., Boekamp, J.R., McConville, D.W., & Wheeler, E.E. (2010). Anger and sadness perception in clinically referred preschoolers: Emotion processes and externalizing behavior symptoms. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 41, 30-46.
Barreto, S. J., Zeff, K., Boekamp, J.R., & Paccione-Dyszlewski, M. (2007). Fire behavior in children and adolescents, Lewis’ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, (4th ed), 483-493.
Boekamp, J.R., & Martin, S.E. (2010). Maintaining Young Children with Severe Behavioral Problems at Home: A Case for Psychiatric Partial Hospital Treatment. The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, 26 (9), 1-6.
Boekamp, J. (2008). Reactive Attachment Disorder: Current perspectives on diagnosis and treatment considerations. The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, 24 (8), 1-7.