Jenika C Hardeman

Jenika Hardeman, Ph.D., M.S. is a proud alumna of the illustrious Howard University, wherein her undergraduate education nurtured her interests in psychology and the administration of justice. Dr. Hardeman holds a M.S. in Forensic Psychology from Drexel University and a M.A., in Clinical Psychology from Temple University. She trained at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Pediatric Health Psychology, in addition to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry during her pre-doctoral internship. Dr. Hardeman recently completed her doctoral training using a developmental psychopathology framework under the mentorship of Deborah Drabick, Ph.D. at Temple University. Dr. Hardeman joins the North Carolina-Psychiatry Access Line team via the Department of Social Services arm as a mental/behavior health consultant for Rapid Response Team, and collaborates with others on the Department of Social Services Pilot Study. Clinically, Dr. Hardeman is a generalist and provides evaluation, consultation, and intervention to patients across the lifespan (ages 0-65) and a variety of presenting symptoms in clinics among the Duke Child and Family Studies and ADHD Clinics. Dr. Hardeman’s work at Duke University Medical Center aligns with her clinical and research interests, namely: (1) identifying ways to promote resilience among at-risk youth which take into account systemic and contextual factors that contribute to the development of psychopathology across development, (2) increasing access to and the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatment of psychopathology which considers contextual influences to primary care and community settings.