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    Wendy Silverman, PhD, ABPP

    Alfred A. Messer Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Psychology
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    Director, Yale Child Study Center Program for Anxiety Disorders

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    Alfred A. Messer Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Psychology

    Director, Yale Child Study Center Program for Anxiety Disorders

    Biography

    Dr. Wendy Silverman is the Alfred A. Messer Professor of Child Psychiatry and Director of the Yale Child Study Center Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program, and Professor of Psychology. Dr. Silverman’s research focuses on the development/maintenance of anxiety and mood disorders and developing/testing treatments to alleviate them. She has published widely in the field and has served as principal investigator/co-investigator of many National Institute of Health research grants. She has contributed to the profession by serving as Chairperson and member of federal grant review panels, and as Associate Editor and Editor of major scientific journals in clinical psychology. Dr. Silverman has been recognized for her mentoring including being a past recipient of a NIMH midcareer research-mentoring award.

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    PhD
    Case Western Reserve Univ (1981)

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    Frequent collaborators of Wendy Silverman's published research.

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    2024

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    Overview

    Wendy Silverman, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at the Yale Child Study Center who treats children with anxiety and phobias. She specializes in differential diagnosis, a process of distinguishing a patient’s condition from others that have similar symptoms. She also specializes in developing and testing novel treatments to reduce anxiety and phobias.

    During her decades-long career, Silverman has seen exciting improvements in treatments that help reduce a child’s anxiety.

    “It’s satisfying to see how the results of my decades of research and others have led to new and improved treatments that have helped children and families manage the child’s anxiety,” Silverman says. “It is reassuring for patients and families to learn that their treatments are backed by strong evidence.”

    Silverman is the director of the Yale Child Study Center Anxiety and Mood Disorders program.

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    Psychiatry; Psychology

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    Child Study Center

    230 South Frontage Road

    New Haven, CT 06520

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