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