Alan E Kazdin
John M. Musser Professor of Psychology and Professor in the Child Study Center

Departments & Organizations
Albert J. Solnit Integrated Training ProgramChild Study Center: Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy | NIMH Research Training Program in Childhood-onset Neuropsychiatric Disorders | Parenting Center & Child Conduct Clinic
Biography
Alan E. Kazdin is John M. Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry and Director of the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic, an outpatient treatment service for children and families. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University. Before coming to Yale, he was on the faculty of The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. At Yale, he has been Chairman of the Psychology Department, Director of the Yale Child Study Center at the School of Medicine, and Director of Child Psychiatric Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Kazdin’s honors include Research Scientist Career and MERIT Awards from the National Institute of Mental Health and the 2009 Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology (American Psychological Association). His research focuses the treatment of oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior among children and adolescents. He has authored or edited over 650 articles and chapters, and books. His 45 books focus on child and adolescent psychotherapy, parenting, aggressive and antisocial behavior, and methodology and research design.Selected Publication
- Kazdin, A.E. (in press). Single-case research designs: Methods for clinical and applied settings (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. Weisz, J.R., & Kazdin, A.E. (Eds.) (in press). Evidence-based psychotherapies for children and adolescents (2nd ed.) New York: Guilford Press. Kazdin, A.E. (2009). Psychological science’s contributions to a sustainable environment: Extending our reach to a grand challenge of society. American Psychologist, 64, 339-356. Kazdin, A.E. with Rotella, C. (2008). The Kazdin Method for parenting the defiant child: With no pills, no therapy, no contest of wills. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Kazdin, A.E. (2007). Mediators and mechanisms of change in psychotherapy research. In S. Nolen-Hoeksema, T.D. Cannon, & T. Widiger (Eds.), Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 3, 1-27. Kazdin, A.E., & Whitley, M.K. (2006). Comorbidity, case complexity, and effects of evidence-based treatment for children referred for disruptive behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 455-467.
Articles

Summer 2004
Challenging Freud, starting a revolution
A residency requirement became a passion for one doctor and changed the field of psychiatry.As a neurology resident at...

Summer 2002
As we went to press
At press time we received the sad news that Albert J. Solnit, M.D., HS ’52, died following an automobile accident in...

Autumn 2008
The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child: With No Pills, No Therapy, No Contest of Wills
by Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, and director of the Yale Parenting Center and...

Summer 2005
Parent Management Training: Treatment for Oppositional, Aggressive, and Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents
by Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., director of the Child Study Center and the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology (Oxford...

Autumn 2003
Research Design in Clinical Psychology, 4th ed.
by Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., director of the Child Study Center and professor of psychologyAllyn & Bacon (Boston) 2002;...

Autumn 2006
Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: Where Practice and Research Meet
edited by Carol D. Goodheart, Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of and professor in the Child...

Spring 2004
Renewed “vows” herald a stronger link between Yale and London
When a trans-Atlantic group of psychiatrists and psychologists gathered at Yale in early December, it was as much a...

Spring 2002
Psychologist to lead Child Study Center
Early in his career as a clinical psychologist, Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., asked two fundamental questions about the work...

Winter 2007
New chairs named at School of Medicine
Several new appointments at the medical school were announced last summer and fall, with new leadership in the...

Spring 2007
Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D.
Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, has been named president of the American...



