Selected Publications
1. Sharma, N., Dajani, R., Tofail, F., Black, C., Tutlam, N., & Bhutta, Z. (2026). Long term effects of childhood exposure to violence in fragile and conflict affected settings. The British Medical Journal, 392:e086040. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078351
2. Rajabi, M.,* Black, C. J., Betancourt, T. S., Calam, R., Ashrafi, F., & Halligan, S. L. (2026). Iran’s mental health care capacity and policy reforms in response to a global refugee crisis. Accepted in The Lancet Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00280-9
3. Jung, E., Black, C. J., Placencio-Castro M., Chamlagai, L., Osman, R., Hoffman, M., & Betancourt, T. S. (2026). Delivering a Family-Based Child Mental Health Promotion Program among Two Resettled Refugee Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned in a Hybrid Type II Implementation-Effectiveness Randomized Control Trial. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70021
4. Bah. A. J., Nwanguma, K., Betancourt, T. S. & Black, C. (2025). Becoming a parent with the legacy of civil war: Learning from a 22-year study on intergenerational impact in Sierra Leone. Early Childhood Matters. https://earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/becoming-a-parent-with-the-legacy-of-civil-war/
5. Black, C. J., Placencio-Castro, M., Phend, G., Havugimana, J. M. V., Umulisa, G., Uwamahoro, P., Nyirahabimana, M. G., Bond, L., Hernandez, K., Jensen, S. K. G., Murray, S. M., Rawlings, L. B., Sezibera, V., & Betancourt, T. S. (2025) Scaling Up Home-Visiting to Promote Early Childhood Development and Prevent Violence in Rwanda: An Embedded Hybrid Type-II Effectiveness-Implementation Trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14160
6. Black, C. J., McEwen, F., Smeeth, D., Popham, C., Karam, E. & Pluess, M. (2023). Effects of war exposure on pubertal development in refugee children. Developmental Psychology, 59(9), 1559-1572. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001569
7. Black, C. J., Berent, J. M., and Joshi, U., Chamlagai, L., Khan A., Shrivastavam R., Gautam, B., Negeye A., Nor Iftin A., Ali H., Bhan A., Desrosiers A., Naslund, J. A., Betancourt, T. S. (2023). Applying human-centered design in global mental health to improve reach among underserved populations in the United States and India. Global Health Science and Practice, 11(1), e2200312. https://doi.org/10.9745/ghsp-d-22-00312
8. Grieco-Page, H.,* Black, C. J., Berent, J. M., Gautam, B., & Betancourt, T. S. (2021) Beyond the Pandemic: Leveraging Rapid Expansions in Telemental Health and Digital Platforms to Address Disparities and Resolve the Digital Divide. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.671502
9. Rahman, A., Naslund, J. A., Betancourt, T. S., Black, C. J., Bhan, A., Byansi, W., Chen, H., Gaynes, B. N., Restrepo, C. G., Gouveia, L., Hamdani, S. U., Marsch, L. A., Petersen, I., Bahar, O. S., Sheilds-Zeeman, L., Ssewamala, F., & Wainberg, M. L. (2020). The NIMH global mental health research community and COVID-19, The Lancet Psychiatry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30347-3.
* Asterisks denote student mentees.