Dr Kelsie Boulton
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Dr Kelsie Boulton

Senior Research Fellow
Sydney Medical School
Children's Hospital at Westmead
Faculty of Medicine and Health (FMH)
Project titleResearch student
Modified Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Group Intervention for Social Anxiety in Adults with Autism Spectrum ConditionsBruna BERGER ROISENBERG
Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Needs of Autistic Young People with Social AnxietyJay MARINIS

Publications

Journals

  • Ong, N., Boulton, K., Milne, J., Tomsic, G., Guastella, A., Silove, N., Weise, J., Long, J., Walton, M., Burgess, A. (2025). Identifying Patient Safety Competencies for Healthcare Staff Treating Children and Young People With Intellectual Disability in Hospitals: A Delphi Study. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 38(1), e13329. [More Information]
  • Demetriou, E., Boulton, K., Bowden, M., Guastella, A. (2024). Adjustment and homesickness in hospitalised children: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 110, 102431. [More Information]
  • Boulton, K., Lee, D., Honan, I., Phillips, N., Morgan, C., Crowle, C., Novak, I., Badawi, N., Guastella, A. (2024). Exploring early life social and executive function development in infants and risk for autism: a prospective cohort study protocol of NICU graduates and infants at risk for cerebral palsy. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), 359. [More Information]

2025

  • Ong, N., Boulton, K., Milne, J., Tomsic, G., Guastella, A., Silove, N., Weise, J., Long, J., Walton, M., Burgess, A. (2025). Identifying Patient Safety Competencies for Healthcare Staff Treating Children and Young People With Intellectual Disability in Hospitals: A Delphi Study. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 38(1), e13329. [More Information]

2024

  • Demetriou, E., Boulton, K., Bowden, M., Guastella, A. (2024). Adjustment and homesickness in hospitalised children: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 110, 102431. [More Information]
  • Boulton, K., Lee, D., Honan, I., Phillips, N., Morgan, C., Crowle, C., Novak, I., Badawi, N., Guastella, A. (2024). Exploring early life social and executive function development in infants and risk for autism: a prospective cohort study protocol of NICU graduates and infants at risk for cerebral palsy. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), 359. [More Information]
  • Ambarchi, Z., Boulton, K., Thapa, R., Arciuli, J., DeMayo, M., Hickie, I., Thomas, E., Guastella, A. (2024). Social and joint attention during shared book reading in young autistic children: a potential marker for social development. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. [More Information]

2023

  • Crouse, J., LaMonica, H., Song, C., Boulton, K., Rohleder, C., DeMayo, M., Wilson, C., Loblay, V., Hindmarsh, G., Stratigos, T., Guastella, A., Troy, J., Hickie, I., et al (2023). Designing an app for parents and caregivers to promote cognitive and socioemotional development and well-being among children aged 0 to 5 years in diverse cultural settings: Scientific framework. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 6, 1-10. [More Information]
  • Boulton, K., Redoblado Hodge, M., Jewell, A., Ong, N., Silove, N., Guastella, A. (2023). Diagnostic delay in children with neurodevelopmental conditions attending a publicly funded developmental assessment service: Findings from the Sydney Child Neurodevelopment Research Registry. BMJ Open, 13(2). [More Information]
  • Jameson, C., Boulton, K., Silove, N., Nanan, R., Guastella, A. (2023). Ectodermal origins of the skin-brain axis: a novel model for the developing brain, inflammation, and neurodevelopmental conditions. Molecular Psychiatry, 28(1), 108-117. [More Information]

2022

  • Demetriou, E., Boulton, K., Bowden, M., Thapa, R., Guastella, A. (2022). An evaluation of homesickness in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 297, 463-470. [More Information]
  • 2-s2.0-85126360810, Z., Boulton, K., Thapa, R., DeMayo, M., Ambarchi, Z., Thomas, E., Pokorski, I., Hickie, I., Guastella, A. (2022). Atypical sensory processing features in children with autism, and their relationships with maladaptive behaviors and caregiver strain. Autism Research, 15(6), 1120-1129. [More Information]
  • Jameson, C., Boulton, K., Silove, N., Guastella, A. (2022). Eczema and related atopic diseases are associated with increased symptom severity in children with autism spectrum disorder. Translational Psychiatry, 12(1). [More Information]

2021

  • Boulton, K., Coghill, D., Silove, N., Pellicano, E., Whitehouse, A., Bellgrove, M., Rinehart, N., Lah, S., Redoblado Hodge, M., Badawi, N., Burns, J., Nanan, R., Novak, I., Goldwater, M., Munro, N., Togher, L., Nassar, N., Guastella, A., et al (2021). A national harmonised data collection network for neurodevelopmental disorders: A transdiagnostic assessment protocol for neurodevelopment, mental health, functioning and well-being. JCPP Advances, 1(4), e12048. [More Information]
  • Camm, S., Porter, M., Brooks, A., Boulton, K., Campos Veloso, G. (2021). Cognitive interventions for children with acquired brain injury: A systematic review. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 31(4), 621-666. [More Information]
  • Thapa, R., Pokorski, I., Ambarchi, Z., Thomas, E., DeMayo, M., Boulton, K., Matthews, S., Patel, S., Sedeli, I., Hickie, I., Guastella, A. (2021). Heart Rate Variability in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Associations With Medication and Symptom Severity. Autism Research, 14(1), 75-85. [More Information]

2020

  • Miezah, D., Porter, M., Batchelor, J., Boulton, K., Campos Veloso, G. (2020). Cognitive abilities in Williams syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 104, 103701. [More Information]
  • Reyes, N., Boulton, K., Han, J., Torok, M., Wong, Q. (2020). Cognitive Bias Modification for the Induction of Negative Versus Benign Interpretations of the Self in Individuals with Elevated Social Anxiety: Effects on Self-related and Anxiety Outcomes. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 44(3), 567-580. [More Information]
  • Langdon, R., Boulton, K., Connaughton, E., Gao, T. (2020). Perceiving and attributing intentionality in schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 25(4), 269-280. [More Information]

2019

  • Boulton, K., Porter, M. (2019). Extending the positive bias in Williams syndrome: The influence of biographical information on attention allocation. Development and Psychopathology, 32(1), 243-256. [More Information]
  • Pepper, K., Demetriou, E., Park, S., Boulton, K., Hickie, I., Thomas, E., Guastella, A. (2019). Self-reported empathy in adults with autism, early psychosis, and social anxiety disorder. Psychiatry Research, 281, 1-7. [More Information]

2018

  • Wong, Q., Certoma, S., McLellan, L., Halldorsson, B., Reyes, N., Boulton, K., Hudson, J., Rapee, R. (2018). Development and validation of a measure of Maladaptive Social- Evaluative beliefs characteristic of social anxiety disorder in youth: The Report of Youth Social Cognitions (RYSC). Psychological Assessment, 30(7), 904-915. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2024

  • BMC compact with UofT - Child Youth Mental Health, early child development and related use of digital technologies, Hickie I, Szatmari P, Gallagher L, Guastella A, Ameis S, LaMonica H, Iorfino F, Boulton K, Office of Global Engagement/Compact Agreement Global Research Partnerships

2022

  • Identifying the emergence and early development of executive dysfunction in infants with CP, Boulton K, Cerebral Palsy Alliance/Emerging Researcher Grant
  • A Randomised Controlled Trial of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Treatment-Resistant Social Anxiety in Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Guastella A, Hickie I, Boulton K, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/2021 Innovative Therapies For Mental Illness Grant