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 ManualParent-Child Agreement on Family Accommodation Differentially Predicts Outcomes of Child-Based and Parent-Based Child Anxiety Treatment
Zilcha-Mano S, Shimshoni Y, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. Parent-Child Agreement on Family Accommodation Differentially Predicts Outcomes of Child-Based and Parent-Based Child Anxiety Treatment. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2020, 50: 427-439. PMID: 32401557, PMCID: PMC8496486, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2020.1756300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParent-child agreementFamily accommodationMultilevel response-surface analysisAnxious Childhood EmotionsChild anxiety treatmentChild anxiety severityCognitive behavioral therapyAnxiety symptom severityDistinct underlying mechanismsChildhood EmotionsChildhood anxietySupportive parentingAnxiety treatmentParent reportBehavioral therapyRole of accommodationAnxiety severityAnxiety disordersPoor treatment outcomesTreatment outcomesSymptom severitySubsequent treatment outcomesTreatment endSignificant predictorsChildren
2019
Parent-Based Treatment as Efficacious as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety: A Randomized Noninferiority Study of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
Lebowitz ER, Marin C, Martino A, Shimshoni Y, Silverman WK. Parent-Based Treatment as Efficacious as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety: A Randomized Noninferiority Study of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019, 59: 362-372. PMID: 30851397, PMCID: PMC6732048, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.02.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParent-based treatmentAnxious Childhood EmotionsChildhood anxiety disordersFamily accommodationChildhood anxietyAnxiety disordersChildhood EmotionsSupportive parentingParenting stressAnxiety outcomesCognitive behavioral therapyPrimary anxiety disorderParent interventionBehavioral therapyChildren's ratingsAnxiety severityTreatment credibilityClinician-rated scalesParent treatmentParent involvementAnxietyDiagnostic InterviewEmotionsParentingIndependent evaluators
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
2017
Parenting a Child with ASD: Comparison of Parenting Style Between ASD, Anxiety, and Typical Development
Ventola P, Lei J, Paisley C, Lebowitz E, Silverman W. Parenting a Child with ASD: Comparison of Parenting Style Between ASD, Anxiety, and Typical Development. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2017, 47: 2873-2884. PMID: 28634706, PMCID: PMC5711559, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3210-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParents of childrenParenting stylesStyles of parentsDevelopment of interventionsNeeds of parentsDistinct parenting stylesTypical developmentParental styleTD parentsAnxiety disordersChildren's symptomsChild's treatmentASDClinical groupsParentsStyleAnxietyUnique relationshipChildrenUnderstanding factorsBehaviorDisordersInterventionGroupRelationship
2016
Cross-generational influences on childhood anxiety disorders: pathways and mechanisms
Lebowitz ER, Leckman JF, Silverman WK, Feldman R. Cross-generational influences on childhood anxiety disorders: pathways and mechanisms. Journal Of Neural Transmission 2016, 123: 1053-1067. PMID: 27145763, PMCID: PMC5007197, DOI: 10.1007/s00702-016-1565-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnxiety DisordersChildEnvironmentFemaleHumansMaleOxytocinParent-Child RelationsParentingParentsConceptsAnxiety disordersChild anxiety treatment outcomeChild anxiety disordersChildhood anxiety disordersParent-based interventionsAnxiety treatment outcomesCross-generational influencesSocial referencingFamily accommodationChild anxietyParenting stylesVicarious learningOxytocinergic systemChildren's symptomsBehavioral systemsParental responsesParental anxietyMaternal anxietyAnxietyExistence of linksSevere distressDisordersPrenatal environmentTreatment outcomesResearch
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnxietyChildFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMother-Child RelationsMothersParentingConceptsFamily 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
2012
Parent Training in Nonviolent Resistance for Adult Entitled Dependence
Lebowitz E, Dolberger D, Nortov E, Omer H. Parent Training in Nonviolent Resistance for Adult Entitled Dependence. Family Process 2012, 51: 90-106. PMID: 22428713, DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01382.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research