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 ResearchConceptsParent-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 mediates the association between anxiety symptoms in mothers and children
Jones JD, Lebowitz ER, Marin CE, Stark KD. Family accommodation mediates the association between anxiety symptoms in mothers and children. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Mental Health 2015, 27: 41-51. PMID: 25958796, DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2015.1007866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily accommodationChild anxietyStructural equation modellingAnxiety symptomsMaternal anxietySubclinical anxiety symptomsPediatric anxiety disordersDevelopment of interventionsChild avoidMothers of childrenMediational roleGreater symptom severityAnxiety disordersOwn anxietyMaternal accommodationAnxietyEquation modellingPoor treatment outcomesSymptom severityParentsChildrenTreatment outcomesAccommodationYouthMothers
2014
COMPARING FAMILY ACCOMMODATION IN PEDIATRIC OBSESSIVE‐COMPULSIVE DISORDER, ANXIETY DISORDERS, AND NONANXIOUS CHILDREN
Lebowitz ER, Scharfstein LA, Jones J. COMPARING FAMILY ACCOMMODATION IN PEDIATRIC OBSESSIVE‐COMPULSIVE DISORDER, ANXIETY DISORDERS, AND NONANXIOUS CHILDREN. Depression And Anxiety 2014, 31: 1018-1025. PMID: 24677578, DOI: 10.1002/da.22251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderAnxiety disordersChildhood obsessive-compulsive disorderHealthy controlsNA groupSymptom severityPoor treatment outcomesFamily accommodationSeverity of anxietyPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderMothers of childrenAssessment of childrenTreatment outcomesClinical careGeneral populationClinical groupsComparison groupLower functioningDisordersMeasures of accommodationSeverityChildrenChild avoidGreater distressEmotional disorders