2020
Childhood Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Review of Treatments and a Novel Parent-Based Approach.
Shimshoni Y, Lebowitz ER. Childhood Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Review of Treatments and a Novel Parent-Based Approach. Journal Of Cognitive Psychotherapy 2020, 34: 200-224. PMID: 32817402, DOI: 10.1891/jcpsy-d-20-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAvoidant/Restrictive Food Intake DisorderParent-based treatmentRestrictive food intake disorderPilot Randomized Control TrialRetrospective chart reviewFood intake disorderReview of treatmentRandomized control trialFamily-based therapyPilot open trialCognitive behavioral therapyChart reviewCase seriesOpen trialCase reportOutpatient careControl trialPsychosocial treatmentsDietary restrictionCase presentationBehavioral therapyEating habitsChildren's symptomsPsychosocial functioningStatistical Manual
2018
The SPACE program, a parent-based treatment for childhood and adolescent OCD: The case of Jasmine.
Lebowitz ER, Shimshoni Y. The SPACE program, a parent-based treatment for childhood and adolescent OCD: The case of Jasmine. Bulletin Of The Menninger Clinic 2018, 82: 266-287. PMID: 30589579, DOI: 10.1521/bumc.2018.82.4.266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBehavior TherapyChildFamily TherapyHumansObsessive-Compulsive DisorderParentingProgram DevelopmentConceptsParent-based treatmentCurrent evidence-based treatmentsCognitive behavioral therapyObsessive-compulsive disorderEvidence-based treatmentsChild avoidFamily accommodationResponse preventionLack of motivationSupportive responsesAdolescent OCDOwn behaviorChildren's symptomsPsychopharmacological treatmentYouthDisordersOCDAdolescentsDistressMotivationCase descriptionTheoretical backgroundParentsSymptomsChildren
2015
Family Accommodation of Child and Adolescent Anxiety: Mechanisms, Assessment, and Treatment
Norman KR, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. Family Accommodation of Child and Adolescent Anxiety: Mechanisms, Assessment, and Treatment. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing 2015, 28: 131-140. PMID: 26238937, PMCID: PMC4896065, DOI: 10.1111/jcap.12116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety-related distressFamily accommodationPediatric anxiety disordersAnxiety disordersAnxiety symptomsCurrent evidence-based interventionsChild anxiety symptomsCommon mental health concernsPsychiatric mental health nurse practitionersPotential neurobiological underpinningsMental health concernsCortico-limbic circuitryEvidence-based interventionsAdolescent anxietyNeurobiological underpinningsOxytocinergic systemOwn behaviorMultidisciplinary team membersGreater caregiver burdenTeam membersCurrent findingsPsychotherapy servicesClinical interventionsPsyc INFOCaregiver burden