Testimonials
| | "The FOCUS Program, developed by Dr. Paula Barrett and colleagues, is an excellent resource for mental health professionals working in the area of child and adolescent OCD. | |
Comprehensive in scope and derived from evidence-based clinical principles, the FOCUS Program provides structured guidelines for including other family members in treatment and is flexible enough for use in both individual and group settings. Controlled outcome research has demonstrated impressive short- and long-term efficacy for the program, and provides further evidence that this manual will be an important addition to any clinician’s library. | ||
Comprehensive in scope and derived from evidence-based clinical principles, the FOCUS Program provides structured guidelines for including other family members in treatment and is flexible enough for use in both individual and group settings. Controlled outcome research has demonstrated impressive short- and long-term efficacy for the program, and provides further evidence that this manual will be an important addition to any clinician’s library. | ||
Dr. Barrett has conducted truly pioneering work in the phenomenology, prevention, and treatment of childhood OCD and other anxiety disorders. Her research is both innovative and elegant, internationally-recognized, and has served to advance the clinical and research understanding of many of the most pressing problems in child mental health today." | ||
John Piacentini, Ph.D., ABPP |
Short Bio of John Piacentini, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences in the David Geffen School of Medicine and Director of the Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour at UCLA.
He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia and completed post-doctoral training and was a faculty member at Columbia University/NY State Psychiatric Institute.
Dr. Piacentini has authored over 140 papers, chapters, and books and has received numerous NIH and other grants addressing the etiology, assessment and treatment of childhood anxiety, OCD, tic disorders, and adolescent suicide.
He is Chair of the Tourette Syndrome Association Behavioural Sciences consortium, Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, President-elect of the American Board of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Trichotillomania Learning Center.
Dr. Piacentini is also Deputy Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and an editorial board member for several leading psychology journals. He is a frequent lecturer and actively involved in training mental health practitioners how to treat youngsters with anxiety and similar problems.
