PatriciaELesterMD

Psychiatry • Los Angeles, CA

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Jane and Marc Nathanson Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine

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Office
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Behavioral Health
760 Westwood Plaza, A8-159
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone+1 310-794-3227

Fax+1 310-794-3227
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Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1998 - 2000
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Psychiatry, 1993 - 1997
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1994 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

UCLA FOCUS Family Resiliency Training Research Study Start of enrollment: 2011 Dec 01
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
UCLA Couples Counseling for Combat Veterans Start of enrollment: 2012 Jan 01
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
Mobile Health Application for Family and Behavioral Health Provider Communication Start of enrollment: 2016 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Intergenerational Transmission of Traumatic Stress Start of enrollment: 2021 Oct 06
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Long-term consequences of mothers' and fathers' wartime deployments: Protocol for a two-wave panel study.
Shelley M MacDermid Wadsworth, Dave Topp, Valerie Stander, Sharon L Christ, Shawn Whiteman, Leanne Knobloch, Patricia Lester> ;Plos One. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Hybrid delivery of behavioral health screening and prevention intervention for pediatric heart transplant recipients and families: A randomized pilot study.
Kanchana Wijesekera, Cara Kiff, Hilary Aralis, Maegan Sinclair, Brenda Bursch, Juan C Alejos, Patricia Lester> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2023 Dec 1
Creating a Statistical Analysis Plan to Continually Evaluate Intervention Adaptations that Arise in Real-World Implementation.
Teresa Bufford, Hilary Aralis, Sheryl Kataoka, Sung-Jae Lee, Carla Lavelle Trinh, Patricia Lester> ;Prevention Science. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Implementing depression care in under-resourced communities: a school-based family resilience skill-building pilot randomized controlled trial in the United States.
Lauren Marlotte, Alexandra Klomhaus, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Hilary Aralis, Patricia Lester, Kim Griffin Esperon, Sheryl Kataoka> ;Frontiers in Psychology. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
A Public Partnership to Support Well-Being: Population Health Implementation of Trauma and Resilience Informed Care Across Child and Family Ecosystems.
Patricia Lester, Catherine Mogil, Norweeta G. Milburn, Gita Murthy, Jonathan Sherin> ;Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2021 Oct 1
Evaluating the KidCOPE for Children in Active Duty Military Families.
Stephanie M. Ernestus, Ruth Ellingsen, Kristin Gray, Hilary Aralis, Patricia Lester, Norweeta G. Milburn> ;Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 2021 Aug 6
1 citations
Implementing a School-Based, Trauma-Informed Resilience Curriculum for Parents.
Eric Fein, Sheryl H. Kataoka, Hilary Aralis, Patricia Lester, Lauren Marlotte, Rebecca Morgan, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi> ;Social Work in Public Health. 2021 Jul 25
2 citations
Factors associated with response and remission from depression at 6-months of treatment in a retrospective cohort treated within an integrated care program.
Jessica Jeffrey, Alex Klomhaus, Hilary Aralis, Wendy Barrera, Shanna Rosenberg, Mark Grossman, Patricia Lester> ;BMC Health Services Research. 2021 Jul 16
6 citations
A Trauma-Informed, Family-Centered, Virtual Home Visiting Program for Young Children: One-Year Outcomes
Catherine Mogil, Nastassia J. Hajal, Hilary Aralis, Blair Paley, Norweeta G. Milburn, Wendy Barrera, Cara J. Kiff, William R. Beardslee, Patricia Lester> ;Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 2021 May 7
3 citations
Using web-based technology to improve depression screening in primary care settings.
Jessica Jeffrey, Minh-Chau T Do, Nastassia J. Hajal, Yu-Hsiang Lin, Rachel Linonis, Mark Grossman, Patricia Lester> ;BMJ Open Quality. 2021 Feb 1
8 citations
Mental Health Community and Health System Issues in COVID-19: Lessons from Academic, Community, Provider and Policy Stakeholders.
Armen C. Arevian, Felica Jones, Elizabeth M. Moore, Nichole Goodsmith, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Toby Ewing, Hafifa Siddiq, Patricia Lester, Erick H. Cheung, Roya Ijadi-...> ;Ethnicity & Disease. 2020 Sep 24
8 citations
Self-Report Rating Scales to Guide Measurement-Based Care in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Jessica Jeffrey, Alexandra M Klomhaus, Michael Enenbach, Patricia Lester, Rajeev Krishna> ;Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2020 Jul 29
6 citations
Leveraging a public-public partnership in Los Angeles County to address COVID-19 for children, youth, and families in underresourced communities.
Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Domenique Harrison, Alex R. Kelman, Sheryl H. Kataoka, Audra K. Langley, Natalia Ramos, Gita Murthy Cugley, Marta A Alquijay, Kanchana Tate, Patr...> ;Psychological Trauma. 2020 Jun 18
3 citations
Parental Wartime Deployment and Socioemotional Adjustment in Early Childhood: The Critical Role of Military Parents’ Perceived Threat During Deployment
Nastassia J. Hajal, Hilary Aralis, Cara J. Kiff, Melissa M. Wasserman, Blair Paley, Norweeta G. Milburn, Catherine Mogil, Patricia Lester> ;Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2020 Mar 31
5 citations
Youth Growing Up in Families Experiencing Parental Substance Use Disorders and Homelessness: A High-Risk Population.
Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Michelle Quan, John M. Horton, Gery W. Ryan, Sheryl H. Kataoka, Patricia Lester, Norweeta G. Milburn, Lillian Gelberg> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2019 Dec 2
2 citations
Education Research: Evaluation of curriculum to teach resilience skills to neurology residents.
Brenda Bursch, Caitlin K. Mulligan, Adrienne M. Keener, Hilary Aralis, Jessica Lloyd, Catherine Mogil, Wendy Barrera, Maegan Sinclair, Patricia Lester> ;Neurology. 2019 Mar 12
9 citations
Feasibility of Online Mental Wellness Self-assessment and Feedback for Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Nurses.
Brenda Bursch, Natacha D. Emerson, Armen C. Arevian, Hilary Aralis, Lee A. Galuska, Jessica Bushman, Maegan Sinclair, Karen A. Grimley, Patricia Lester, Yonca Bulut> ;Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 2018 Nov 1
5 citations
Adaptation and Evaluation of Military Resilience Skills Training for Pediatric Residents.
Brenda Bursch, Jessica Lloyd, Catherine Mogil, Kanchana Wijesekera, Karen Miotto, Michelle Wu, Rebecca Wilkinson, Alexandra M. Klomhaus, Arija Iverson, Patricia Lester> ;Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. 2017 Jan 1
3 citations
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Military-Connected Families: The Relevance of a Family-Centered Approach
Patricia Lester, Paula K. Rauch, Laura Loucks, Jo Sornborger, Bonnie Y. Ohye, Niranjin S. Karnik> ;Focus. 2017 Oct 16
13 citations
Adapting and Implementing a School-Based Resilience-Building Curriculum Among Low-Income Racial and Ethnic Minority Students.
Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Lauren Marlotte, Ediza Garcia, Hilary Aralis, Patricia Lester, Pia Escudero, Sheryl H. Kataoka> ;Contemporary School Psychology. 2017 Jun 29
20 citations
Pathways of Risk and Resilience: Impact of a Family Resilience Program on Active-Duty Military Parents
William R. Saltzman, Patricia Lester, Norweeta G. Milburn, Kirsten Woodward, Judith A. Stein> ;Family Process. 2016 Dec 1
Child-mother attachments in the face of grandparent HIV.
Mary J. Ward, Elizabeth A. Carlson, Patricia Lester, Leila Beckwith, Marian Sigman, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus> ;Attachment & Human Development. 2016 Jul 19
12 citations
Accumulation of Risk and Promotive Factors Among Young Children in US Military Families.
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Jean-François Cardin, Sharon L. Christ, Elaine Willerton, Allison Flittner O’Grady, David Topp, Elizabeth C. Coppola, Patricia Lester, Sar...> ;American Journal of Community Psychology. 2016 Mar 1
27 citations
The Impact of Deployment on Parental, Family and Child Adjustment in Military Families.
Patricia Lester, Hilary Aralis, Maegan Sinclair, Cara J. Kiff, Kyung-Hee Lee, Sarah A. Mustillo, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth> ;Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 2016 Jan 21
37 citations
Evaluation of a Family-Centered Preventive Intervention for Military Families: Parent and Child Longitudinal Outcomes.
Patricia Lester, Li-Jung Liang, Norweeta G. Milburn, Catherine Mogil, Kirsten Woodward, William P. Nash, Hilary Aralis, Maegan Sinclair, Alan Semaan, Lee E. Klosinski,...> ;Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2016 Jan 1
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Press Mentions

UCLA Health Researchers to Study the Impact of Stress on HealthSeptember 3rd, 2021
Mindfulness Can Help Young Kids Manage EmotionsOctober 3rd, 2016
Training Doctors to Manage Their FeelingsMay 9th, 2016
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