Dr. Goodman was a professor in the School of Nursing and a Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholar alumna. She is dually certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as both a Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
She had taught courses in psychotherapy and in psychopharmacology in the psychiatric nursing specialty track and was the coordinator of the Mind Body Health and Healing certificate program. She maintains a private practice north of Boston where she specializes in women's mental health, providing psychotherapy and psychopharmacological treatment, focusing on perinatal and maternal mental health.
She has received several awards for her research and scholarship, including previous research funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the American Nurses Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Freedom from Fear Foundation, Postpartum Support International, and the Association of Women’s Health and Obstetrical and Neonatal Nurses.
Dr. Goodman was a Faculty Nurse Scientist at The Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research at Massachusetts General Hospital.
- BSN, North Park College, Chicago, IL
- MSN, Psychiatric/Mental Health, Hunter College, CUNY
- PhD, Nursing, Boston College
Research Interests
Dr. Goodman's research focused on the mental health of women and families with the primary goal of developing interventions for preventing and treating perinatal depression and anxiety and the associated negative effects on the mother-infant relationship and child development.
Goodman, J.H., Watson, G.R., & Stubbs, B. (2016). Anxiety Disorders in the Postpartum Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2013:292-331.
Paulson, J.F., Bazemore, S.D., Goodman, J.H., & Leiferman, J.A. (2016). The course and interrelationship of maternal and paternal perinatal depression. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. Epub ahead of print.
Goodman, J.H., Prager, J., Goldstein, R., & Freeman, M.P. (2014). Perinatal Dyadic Psychotherapy for postpartum depression: A randomized controlled pilot trial. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 18(3):493-506. doi: 10.1007/s00737-014-0483-y
Goodman, J.H., Chenausky, K. L., & Freeman, M.P. (2014). Anxiety disorders during pregnancy: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 75(10):e1153-e1184.
Goodman, J.H., Guarino, A.J., Chenausky, K., Klein, L., Prager, J., Petersen, R., Forget, A., & Freeman, M. (2014). CALM Pregnancy: Results of a pilot study of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for perinatal anxiety. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. 17(5):373-87. doi: 10.1007/s00737-013-0402-7.
Goodman, J.H., Guarino, A.J., & Prager, J. (2013). Perinatal Dyadic Psychotherapy: Intervention development and preliminary report. Journal of Family Nursing, 19(3):291-294. PMID: 23562990
Coffman, M.J., Goodman, J.H., Thomas, T.L., & Roberson, D. (2013). The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar Program: An opportunity for junior nurse faculty. Nursing Outlook, 61(1):25-30.
Goodman, J.H., Prager, J., Goldstein, R., & Freeman, M.P. (2014). Perinatal Dyadic Psychotherapy for postpartum depression: A randomized controlled pilot trial. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 18(3):493-506.
Goodman, J.H., Chenausky, K. L., & Freeman, M.P. (2014). Anxiety disorders during pregnancy: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 75(10):e1153-e1184.
LeTourneau, K., Goodman, J.H. (2014). A patient-centered approach for addressing physical activity in older adults: Motivational Interviewing. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 8:1-7.
Hickey, K.T., Hodges, E.A., Thomas, T.L., Coffman, M.J., Taylor-Piliae, R.E., Johnson-Mallard, V.M., Goodman, J.H., Jones, R.A., Kuntz, S., Galik, E., Gates, M.G., Casida, J.M. (2014). Initial evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars (RWJF NFS) Program. Nursing Outlook, 62(6):394-401. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2014.06.004.
Goodman, J.H., Guarino, A.J., Chenausky, K., Klein, L., Prager, J., Peterson, R., Forget, A., & Freeman, M. (2014). CALM Pregnancy: Results of a pilot study of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for perinatal anxiety. Archives of Women's Mental Health. DOI: 10.1007/s00737-013-0402-7.
See Curriculum Vitae for complete list.