Resham C Gellatly, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Biography
Dr. Resham Gellatly received her PhD from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2021 and completed her clinical internship at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. Dr. Gellatly’s research focuses on expanding access to quality mental health care for vulnerable youth and families around the world through collaborating with local stakeholders to design and test interventions aimed at reducing barriers to treatments and increasing scalability. She is particularly interested in utilizing qualitative methods to understand how culture and context impact the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based practices implemented in resource-limited settings.
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, PhD
- University of California, Los Angeles, MA
- Boston University, BA
Publications
- Published on 11/29/2024
Taknint JT, Thomas FC, Gellatly R, Ameresekere M. Responding to Trauma: A Critical Review of Mental Health and Psychosocial Interventions for Refugee Women. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2024 Dec; 26(12):866-876. PMID: 39612155.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/17/2024
Gellatly R, Boustani M, Nair P, Mahajan R, Jambhale A, Sahu R, Chodankar B, Krishna M, Malik K, Mathur S, Becker K, Michelson D, Patel V, Chorpita B. Adolescent engagement in a stepped care, transdiagnostic mental health intervention delivered in Indian schools. Discov Psychol. 2024; 4(1):43. PMID: 38686018.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2024
Taknint JT, Marzoughi M, Gellatly R, Krengel MH, Kimball SL. Improving Access to Disability Assessment for US Citizenship Applicants in Primary Care: An Embedded Neuropsychological Assessment Innovation. Ann Fam Med. 2024; 22(5):458. PMID: 39313347.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/22/2023
Valentine SE, Godfrey LB, Gellatly R, Paul E, Clark C, Giovannini K, Saia KA, Nillni YI. Supporting the implementation of written exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in an obstetrics-substance use disorder clinic in the Northeastern United States. SSM Ment Health. 2023 Dec 15; 4. PMID: 38645900.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/21/2023
Musindo O, Jafry S, Nyamiobo J, Becker KD, Gellatly R, Maloy C, Lozano-Ruiz A, Romero-Gonzalez B, Kola L, Merali Z, Chorpita BF, Kumar M. Mental health and psychosocial interventions integrating sexual and reproductive rights and health, and HIV care and prevention for adolescents and young people (10-24 years) in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Mar; 57:101835. PMID: 36874395.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/24/2022
Gellatly R, Knudsen K, Boustani MM, Michelson D, Malik K, Mathur S, Nair P, Patel V, Chorpita BF. A qualitative analysis of collaborative efforts to build a school-based intervention for multiple common adolescent mental health difficulties in India. Front Psychiatry. 2022; 13:1038259. PMID: 36506442.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/20/2022
Mattar S, Gellatly R. Refugee mental health: Culturally relevant considerations. Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 Oct; 47:101429. PMID: 35973355.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/15/2021
Kumar M, Chu W, Gellatly R, Wambua GN, Becker KD, Chorpita BF. Identified needs of peripartum adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2013 to 2021: a mapping of domains for strengthening psychosocial interventions. Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 Jun; 45:101291. PMID: 35016086.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/8/2021
Knudsen KS, Becker KD, Guan K, Gellatly R, Patel VH, Malik K, Boustani MM, Mathur S, Chorpita BF. A pilot study to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of training mental health workers in India to select case-specific intervention procedures within a dynamic modular treatment designed for a low-resource setting. J Eval Clin Pract. 2022 08; 28(4):531-541. PMID: 34622536.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/23/2021
Wright B, Brookman-Frazee L, Kim JJ, Gellatly R, Kuckertz M, Lau AS. Observed Engagement in Community Implemented Evidence-Based Practices for Children and Adolescents: Implications for Practice Delivery. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2023 Jul 04; 52(4):475-489. PMID: 34424121.
Read at: PubMed
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