Anxiety Program Faculty
Adelman, Caroline
Postgraduate Fellow in the Child Study Center
Research Interests:Anxiety Disorders; Pediatric OCD; Parent and Family-Based Interventions for Childhood Anxiety Disorders; Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI); Adolescent Depression; Peer Influence Processes.
Clinical Interests:Treatment of Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders; Pediatric OCD and Anxiety Disorders; Mood Disorders in Children; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP); Family Therapy
Bloch, Michael
Assistant Professor in the Child Study Center
Research Interests:tourette syndrome; obsessive-compulsive disorder; trichotillomania
Clinical Interests:Tourette's Syndrome; obsessive compulsive disorders, trichotillomania
Crowley, Michael
Associate Research Scientist in the Child Study Center
Grantz, Heidi
Clinical Interests:Anxiety Disorders; Cognitive Behavioral Therapies; OCD; Habit Reversal Therapy; Tic disorders; Trichotillomania; Yale Children's Global Stress Index (YCGSI); Tourette Syndrome; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; psychosocial stress; intervention; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; ADHD
King, Robert
Professor in the Child Study Center and of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Tourette's/OCD Clinic at Yale Child Study Center
Research Interests:tic disorders; Tourette's syndrome; obsessive-compulsive disorders (children and adolescents); adolescent suicide
Clinical Interests:Child and adolescent psychiatry; psychoanalysis; psychotherapy; psychopharmacology; tic disorders; Tourette's syndrome; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD) in children and adolescents; trichotillomania (hair-pulling)
Lebowitz, Eli
Associate Research Scientist in the Child Study Center
Research Interests:anxiety disorders; family systems; parent based treatment
Clinical Interests:anxiety disorders; obsessive compulsive disorder; tic diosrders
Scahill, Lawrence
Professor of Nursing and Associate Professor in the Child Study Center and of Nursing
Director of the Research Unit on Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Research Interests:Developing and testing new treatments for children with autism and related disorders. Treatment research in Tourette syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Clinical Interests:Tourette's syndrome; obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD).
Sukhodolsky, Denis
Research Scientist in the Child Study Center
Clinical Interests:Behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapy for children with specialization in 1) Anger control training and parent managment training for disruptive behavior 2) Habit reversal training for Tourette Syndrome 3) Exposure and response prevention for OCD. 4) CBT for anxiety disorders
Vitulano, Lawrence
Associate Clinical Professor in the Child Study Center
Research Interests:Behavioral Activation CBT and other interventions for change; anxiety disorders; dissemination of evidenced based treatments ; obsessive-compulsive disorders; Tourette's syndrome; anger management; adjustments in chronic illness; Integrative Medicine; hypnosis; sports psychology; executive coaching and leadership development; business ethics and decision making
Clinical Interests:child and adolescent psychology

