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Curriculum Vitae

  
Cynthia G. Last, Ph.D.

                                                                               
Licensure

1990 - present            Florida (# PY4425)

1987 - 1989                Pennsylvania

 
 
Memberships
 
American Psychological Association
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
International Society for Bipolar Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
Selective Mutism Group - Child Anxiety Network
Trichotillomania Learning Center 
  
                

Education and Training 

1973 ‑ 1977 

 Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges 
Clinton, New York    

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology 

1977 ‑ 1982              

State University of New York at Albany
Albany, New York   

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

 
1981 - 1982

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Clinical Psychology Internship

 1982 ‑ 1984    

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Child Psychiatry
 

     
Appointments and Positions

 

2001 - 2008                 

Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

1999- 2001                  

Professor of Behavioral Sciences

Health Professions Division
Nova Southeastern University
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1989 - 2001

Professor of Psychology
Center for Psychological Studies

Nova Southeastern University
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1989 - 1999                 

Director, Anxiety Treatment Center
Nova Southeastern University
Ft. Lauderdale, FL   
                                     
             
1990- 1995                  

Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

 
1988 ‑ 1989 
               

Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry 
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

1985 ‑ 1989  
     
Director, Child and Adolescent Anxiety Clinic                       
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 

1984 ‑ 1988               

Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry 
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 

                     
Honors and Awards

1984
       
Clinical Investigator Award,
National Institute of Mental Health 
  

                                                                 
1994    
  
Included in Good Housekeeping’s list of 
“The
 327 Best Mental Health Experts in the United States"

Research Papers

Last CG: Paired‑associate learning of affective words in chronic schizophrenics.  J Clin Psychol, 33:366‑368, 1977.
 
Last CG & Blanchard EB: Classification of phobics versus fearful non‑phobics: Procedural and theoretical issues.   Behav Assessment, 4:195‑210, 1982.
 
Last CG, Barlow DH, & O'Brien GT: A comparison of two cognitive strategies in the treatment of a patient with generalized anxiety disorder. Psychol Reports, 53:19‑26, 1983.
 
Last CG, Barlow DH, & O'Brien GT: Imipramine with or without cognitive‑behavior therapy in the treatment of an agoraphobic. Psychol Reports, 53:103‑114, 1983.
     
Last CG, Barlow DH, & O'Brien GT: Cognitive changes during in vivo exposure in an agoraphobic. Behav Modif, 8:93‑113, 1984.
 
Last CG, Barlow DH, & O'Brien GT: Cognitive change during treatment of agoraphobia: Behavioral and cognitive‑behavioral approaches. Behav Modif, 8:181‑210, 1984.
 
Barlow DH, O'Brien GT, & Last CG: Couples treatment of agoraphobia. Behav Ther, 15:41‑58, 1984.
 
Last CG, Thase ME, Hersen M, Bellack AS, & Himmelhoch JM: Treatment outcome for solicited and nonsolicited unipolar depressed females. J Consult Clin Psych, 52:16,1984.
 
Last CG, Barlow DH, & O'Brien GT: Precipitants of agoraphobia: Role of stressful life events. Psychol Reports, 54:567‑570, 1984.
 
Thase ME, Last CG, Hersen M, Bellack AS, & Himmelhoch, JM: Symptomatic volunteers in depression research: A closer look. Psychiatry Res, 11: 25‑33, 1984.
 
Last CG, Griest D, & Kazdin AE: Physiological and cognitive assessment of a fire‑setting child. Behav Modif, 9:94‑102, 1985.
 
Last CG, Barlow DH, & O'Brien GT: Assessing cognitive aspects of anxiety: Stability over time and agreement between several methods. Behav Modif, :72‑93, 1985. 
 
Last CG, O'Brien GT, & Barlow DH: The relationship between cognitions and anxiety: A preliminary report. Behav Modif, 9:235‑241, 1985.
 
Last CG, Thase ME, Hersen M, Bellack AS, & Himmelhoch JM: Patterns of attrition for psychosocial and pharmacological treatments of depression. J Clin Psychiatry, 46:361‑366, 1985. 
 
Last CG, Francis G, Hersen M, Kazdin AE, & Strauss CC: Separation anxiety and school phobia: A comparison using DSM‑III criteria. Amer J Psychiat, 144:653‑657, 1987.
 
Last CG, Hersen M, Kazdin AE, Finkelstein R, & Strauss CC: Comparison of DSM‑III separation anxiety and overanxious disorders: Demographic characteristics and patterns of comorbidity. J Amer Acad Child and Adol Psychiat, 26:527‑531, 1987.
 
Last CG, Phillips J, & Statfeld A: Childhood anxiety disorders in mothers and their children. Child Psychiat and Human Devel, 18:103‑112, 1987.
 
Last CG, Strauss CC, & Francis G: Comorbidity among childhood anxiety disorders. J Nerv Mental Disease, 175:726‑730, 1987.
 
Francis G, Last CG, & Strauss CC: Expression of separation anxiety disorder: The roles of age and gender. Child Psychiat and Human Develop, 18:82‑89, 1987.
 
Last CG, Hersen M, Kazdin AE, Francis G, & Grubb HJ: Psychiatric illness in the mothers of anxious children. Amer J Psychiat, 144:1580‑1583, 1987.
 
Strauss CC, Last CG, Hersen M, & Kazdin AE: Association between anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. J Abnorm Child Psychology, 15:57‑68, 1988.
 
Strauss CC, Lease CL, Last CG, & Francis G: Overanxious disorder: An examination of developmental differences. J Abnorm Child Psychology, 16:433‑443, 1988.
 
Last CG, & Strauss CC: Panic disorder in children and adolescents. J of Anxiety Disorders, 3:87‑95, 1989.
 
Last CG, Francis G, & Strauss CC: Assessing fears in anxiety disordered children with the Revised Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSSC‑R). J Clin Child Psychology, 18:137‑141, 1989.
 
Strauss CC, Lease CA, Kazdin AE, Dulcan MK, & Last CG: Multimethod assessment of the social competence of children with anxiety disorders. J Clin Child Psychology, 18:184‑189, 1989.
 
Last CG, & Strauss CC: Obsessive‑compulsive disorder in childhood. J of Anxiety Disorders, 3:295-302, 1989.
 
Last CG, & Strauss CC: School refusal in anxiety disordered children and adolescents. J Amer Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 29:31-35, 1990.
 
Bell-Dolan DJ, Last CG, & Strauss CC: Symptoms of anxiety disorders in normal children. J Amer Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 29:759-765, 1990.
 
Last CG, Hersen M, Kazdin AE, Orvaschel H, & Perrin, S: Anxiety disorders in children and their families. Archives of General Psychiatry, 48:928-934, 1991.
 
Last, CG: Somatic complaints in anxiety disordered children. J of Anxiety Disorders, 5:125-138, 1991 (invited).
 
Perrin S & Last CG: Do childhood anxiety measures measure anxiety? J Abnorm Child Psychology, 20:567-578, 1992.
 
Last CG, Perrin S, Hersen M, & Kazdin AE: DSM-III-R anxiety disorders in children: Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. J Amer Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 31:1070-1076, 1992.
 
Francis G, Last CG, & Strauss CC: Avoidant disorder of childhood or adolescence: A preliminary report on 25 cases.  J Amer Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 31:1086-1089, 1992.
 
Last CG & Perrin S: Anxiety disorders in African American and white children. J Abnorm Child Psychology, 21:153-164, 1993.
 
Strauss CC, & Last CG: Social and simple phobias in children. J of Anxiety Disorders, 7:141-152, 1993.
 
Acierno R, Tremont G, Last CG, & Montgomery D: Tripartite assessment of the efficacy of eye-movement desensitization in a multi-phobic patient. J of Anxiety Disorders, 8:259-276, 1994.
 
Acierno R& Last CG: Outpatient treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder by self-directed graded exposure and response prevention. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 14:1-11, 1995.
 
Last CG, Perrin S, Hersen M, Kazdin AE: A prospective study of childhood anxiety disorders.  J Amer Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 35:1502-1510, 1996.
 
Perrin S, & Last CG: Relationship between ADHD and anxiety in boys: Results from a family study. J Amer Acad Child and Adol Psychiatry, 35: 988-996, 1996.
 
Perrin S, & Last CG: Worrisome thoughts in children clinically referred for anxiety disorders. J of Clinical Child Psychology, 26: 181-189, 1997.
 
Last CG, Hansen C, & Franco N. Anxious children in adulthood: A prospective study of adjustment. J Amer Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36: 637-652, l997.
 
Last CG, Hansen C., & Franco N: Cognitive-behavioral treatment of school phobia. J Amer Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37: 404-411, 1998.
 
Hansen C,  Sanders SL, Massaro S, & Last CG: Predictors of school absenteeism in school phobic children. J of Clinical Child Psychology, 27: 246-254, 1998.
 
Hansen C & Last CG: ADHD children in adulthood: A prospective study of adjustment.   J Amer Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38: 165-171, 1999. 
 
Bernstein G, Borchardt C, Perwien AR, Crosby RD, Kushner MG, Thuras PD, & Last CG: Imipramine plus cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of school refusal. J Amer Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39: 276-283, 2000.

Books

 
  Hersen M & Last CG (Eds.): Behavior therapy casebook. New York: Springer Publications, 1985.
 
Last CG & Hersen M (Eds.): Issues in diagnostic research. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp., 1987.
 
Last CG & Hersen M (Eds.): Handbook of anxiety disorders. New York: Pergamon Press, 1988.
 
Hersen M & Last CG (Eds.): Child behavior therapy casebook. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp., 1988.
 
Last CG & Hersen M (Eds.): Handbook of child psychiatric diagnosis. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1989.
 
Klein R & Last CG: Anxiety disorders in children. Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series (A. Kazdin, Ed.). Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1989.
 
Hersen M & Last CG (Eds.): Handbook of child and adult psychopathology: A longitudinal perspective. New York: Pergamon Press, 1990.
 
 Last CG (Ed.): Anxiety across the lifespan: A developmental perspective. New York: Springer Publications, 1993.
 
Ammerman RT, Last CG, & Hersen M (Eds.): Handbook of prescriptive treatments for children and adolescents. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 1993.
 
Last CG & Hersen M (Eds.): Adult behavior therapy casebook. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp., 1994.
 
Ammerman RT, Hersen M & Last CG (Eds.): Handbook of prescriptive treatments for children and adolescents (Second Edition) New York: Allyn & Bacon, 1999.
 
Last CG: The 5 reasons why we overeat. New Jersey: Birch Lane Press, 1999. 
 
Last CG: Help for worried kids: How your child can conquer anxiety and fear. New York: Guilford Press, 2006. 
 
Last CG: When someone you love is bipolar: Help and support for you and your partner.  New York: Guilford Press, 2009. 

Treatment Manuals

Last CG: Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of School Refusal – Therapist Manual (June, 2000). 
 
Last CG & Gallo MA: Therapist Treatment Manual for NIMH School Phobia Study – Educational-Support Therapy Program (August, 1993).

Book Chapters
 
O'Brien GT, Barlow DH, & Last CG: Changing marriage patterns of agoraphobia as a result of treatment. In R Dupont (Ed.), Phobia: A comprehensive survey of modern treatments. New York: Brunner‑Mazel, 1982. 
 
Barlow DH, O'Brien GT, Last CG, & Holden AE: Couples treatment of agoraphobia: Initial outcome.   In KD Craig & RH McMahon (Eds.), Advances in clinical behavior therapy. New York: Brunner‑Mazel, 1983.
 
Last CG: Cognitive treatment of phobia. In M Hersen, RM Eisler, & PM Miller (Eds.), Progress in behavior modification: Volume 16. New York: Academic Press, 1984.
 
Last CG: School phobia. In M Hersen & CG Last (Eds.), Behavior therapy casebook. New York: Springer Publications, 1985.
 
ast CG & Hersen M: Clinical practice of behavior therapy. In M Hersen & CG Last (Eds.), Behavior therapy casebook. New York: Springer Publications, 1985.

Last CG: Cognitive restructuring. In AS Bellack & M Hersen (Eds.), Dictionary of behavior therapy techniques. New York: Pergamon Press, 1985.
 
Last CG: Satiation training. In AS Bellack & M Hersen (Eds.), Dictionary of behavior therapy techniques. New York: Pergamon Press, 1985.
 
Last CG: Implosion. In AS Bellack & M Hersen (Eds.), Dictionary of behavior therapy techniques. New York: Pergamon Press, 1985.
 
Last CG: Simple phobias. In L Michelson & LM Asher (Eds.), Anxiety and stress disorders: Cognitive‑behavioral assessment and treatment. New York: Guilford Press, 1987.
 
Last CG: Developmental considerations. In CG Last & M Hersen (Eds.), Issues in diagnostic research. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp., 1987.
 
Last CG: Interview Schedule for Children. In M Hersen & AS Bellack (Eds.), Dictionary of behavioral assessment techniques. New York: Pergamon Press, 1988.
 
Last CG: Thought‑listing procedure. In M Hersen & AS Bellack (Eds.), Dictionary of behavioral assessment techniques. New York: Pergamon Press, 1988.
 
Last CG & Hersen M: Overview. In CG Last & M Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of anxiety disorders. New York: Pergamon Press, 1988.
 
Last CG: Anxiety disorders of childhood and adolescence. In CG Last & M Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of anxiety disorders. NY: Pergamon Press, 1988.
 
Last CG: Separation anxiety disorder. In M Hersen & CG Last (Eds.), Child behavior therapy casebook. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp., 1988.
 
Hersen M & Last CG: How the field has moved on. In M Hersen & CG Last (Eds.), Child behavior therapy casebook. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp., 1988.
 
Last CG: Anxiety disorders of childhood or adolescence. In CG Last & M Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of child psychiatric diagnosis. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1989.
 
Last CG & Francis G: School phobia. In B Lahey & A Kazdin (Eds.), Advances in clinical child psychology: Volume 11. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp., 1988.
 
Last CG: Anxiety disorders. In T Ollendick & M Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of child psychopathology. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp., 1989.
 
Last CG & Beidel D: Anxiety. In M Lewis (Ed.), Child and adolescent psychiatry: A comprehensive textbook. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1991.
 
Last CG: Anxiety disorders. In WM Reynolds (Ed.), Internalizing disorders in children and adolescents. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1992.
 
Last CG: Relationship between familial and childhood anxiety disorders. In CG Last (Ed.), Anxiety across the lifespan: A developmental perspective. New York: Springer Publications, 1993.
 
Last CG: Introduction. In CG Last (Ed.), Anxiety across the lifespan: A developmental perspective. New York: Springer Publications, 1993.
 
Last CG: Conclusions and future directions. In CG Last (Ed.), Anxiety across the lifespan: A developmental perspective. New York: Springer Publications, 1993.
 

Ammerman, RT, Last, CG, & Hersen, M. A prescriptive approach to treatment of children and adolescents. In RT Ammerman, CG Last, & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of prescriptive treatments for children and adolescents. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 1993.
 
Last, CG & Hersen, M.: Clinical considerations in CG Last & M. Hersen (Eds.), Adult behavior therapy casebook. New York: Plenum Publishing Corp., 1994.
 
Perrin S & Last CG:  Dealing with comorbidity. In A Eisen, C Kearney, & C Schaefer (Eds.), Clinical handbook of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. New York: Jacob Aronson Press, 1995.
 
Last CG, Beidel D, & Perrin S: Anxiety. In M. Lewis (Ed.), Child and adolescent psychiatry: A comprehensive textbook (2nd edition). Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1996.
 
Ammerman RT, Hersen M, & Last CG: A prescriptive approach to treatment of children and adolescents. In RT Ammerman, M. Hersen, & CG Last (Eds.), Handbook of prescriptive treatments for children and adolescents (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon, 1999.
 
Weiss D & Last CG: Developmental variations in the prevalence and manifestations of anxiety disorders. In M Vasey & M Dadds (Eds.), The developmental psychopathology of anxiety. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 
 

Book Reviews
 
Last CG: Review of S. Agras : "Panic: Facing Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety." Behavior Modification, 4:258, 1986.
 
Last CG: Review of J. March: “Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents.” Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 19:51-52, l997. 
 

Scientific Presentations
 
Last CG & Blanchard EB: "The role of cognitions in fears and phobias." Paper presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco, 1979, December.  
 
O'Brien GT, Barlow DH, & Last CG: "Changing marriage patterns of agoraphobics as a result of treatment." Paper presented at the Second Annual Phobia Conference, Washington, DC, 1980, June.
 
Barlow DH & Last CG: "Assessment and treatment of obsessive‑compulsive disorders." Workshop presented at the Fourth Annual Pottsdam Conference on Behavior Modification and Therapy, Pottsdam, New York, 1980, July.
 
Last CG, Barlow DH, O'Brien GT, & Waddell MT: "A comparison of two cognitive strategies in a patient with generalized anxiety disorder." Paper presented at the Berkshire Conference on Behavioral Analysis, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1980, October.
 
Blanchard CG, Cohen RE, Last CG, Dudek BC, Horton J, & Ruckdeschel JC: "Concerns of mastectomy patients during the first year." Paper presented at the American Assoc. for Cancer Education, Louisville, KY, 1980, October.
 
Last CG, Barlow DH, & O'Brien GT: "Cognitive changes during in vivo exposure in an agoraphobic." Paper presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, 1981, November.
 
Last CG, Barlow DH, & O'Brien GT: "Imipramine versus in vivo exposure and imipramine: A comparison in an agoraphobic." Paper presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Los Angeles, 1982, November.
 
Last CG: "Cognitive assessment strategies for phobias." Paper presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Los Angeles, 1982, November.
 
Barlow DH & Last CG: "Issues and answers in the research of anxiety‑based disorders." Paper presented at the Association or Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Los Angeles, 1982, November.  
 
Last CG, Thase ME, Hersen M, Bellack AS, & Himmelhoch JM: "Treatment outcome for solicited versus nonsolicited unipolar depressed females." Paper presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC, 1983, December. 
 
Last CG, Thase ME, Hersen M, Bellack AS, & Himmelhoch JM: "Patterns of attrition for psychosocial and pharmacological treatments of depression." Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Toronto, 1984, August.
 
Last CG, Barlow DH, & O'Brien GT: "Precipitants of agoraphobia: Role of stressful life events." Paper presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, 1984, November.
 
Francis G, Strauss CC, & Last CG: "Social anxiety in school phobic adolescents." Paper presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, 1987, November.
 
Bell-Dolan D & Last CG: "Attributional style of anxious children." Paper presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco, 1990, November.
 
Last CG, Perrin S, Hersen M, & Kazdin: "A prospective study of anxiety disorders in children". Paper presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, 1991, November.
 
Last CG, Perrin S, Hersen M, & Kazdin: "DSM-III-R anxiety disorders in children: Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics". Paper presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, 1991, November.
 
Perrin S & Last CG: "A comparison of anxiety disordered, ADHD, and normal children on three commonly used measures of anxiety". Paper presented at the 12th National Conference on Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Houston, 1992, April.
 
Last CG & Perrin S: "Comorbidity of childhood anxiety disorders". Paper presented at the 13th National Conference of Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Charleston, 1993, March.
 
Perrin S, Morris T, & Last CG: "Gender differences and perceived social competency in clinically referred children with anxiety disorders." Paper presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Diego, 1994, November.
 
Perrin S, & Last CG: "The relationship between ADHD and anxiety in boys: Results from a family study." Paper presented at the 29th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC, 1995, November.
 
Perrin S, & Last CG: "Patterns of onset and comorbidity in anxiety disordered children and adolescents." Paper presented at the 29th Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington DC, 1995, November.
 
Sanders SL., Franco N, Hansen C, & Last CG: "Factors associated with school absenteeism for school phobic children.” Paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Orlando, 1996, March.
 
Hansen C, Sanders SL, & Last CG: “Efficacy of exposure-based behavioral treatment of school phobia.” Paper presented at the 105th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, l997, August.
 
Sanders SL, Hansen C, Weiss D, & Last CG: “Predictors of severity of school absenteeism in school phobic children.” Paper presented at the 31st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Therapy, Miami Beach, l997, November.
 
Hansen C, Levinson L, & Last CG: “Correspondence between DSM-III-R OAD and DSM-IV GAD in Clinically-Referred Children and Adolescents.” Paper presented at the First Annual Conference on Assessment Psychology, Orlando, 1998, April.
 
Hansen C, Weiss D, & Last CG: “Adjustment in ADHD Boys Reaching Young Adulthood.” Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Therapy, Washington, D. C., 1998, November.
 
Weiss D, Sanders S, & Last CG: “Fears, Anxiety, and Home Environments of School Phobic Children.” Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Therapy, Washington, D. C., 1998, November. 
 

 
Invited Lectures
 
Developmental perspectives: Validity of childhood anxiety disorders. Presentation at the National Institute of Mental Health workshop on "Longitudinal Assessment of Anxiety Disorders," Bethesda, 1987, April.
 
Psychiatric illness in the families of anxiety disordered children and adolescents. Presentation at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry research forum on "Anxiety Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence," Seattle, 1988, October.
 
Anxiety disordered children and adolescents: Familial psychiatric illness.  Presentation at the Grand Rounds Lecture Series for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Schneider Children's Hospital and Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, 1989, April.

Physical complaints in anxiety disordered children.  Presentation at the National
Institute of Mental Health workshop "Anxiety Disorders in Childhood and
Adolescence, Pittsburgh, 1989, April.
 
 Developmental issues in the treatment of specific phobias. Presentation at the National Institute of Mental Health workshop on "Specific Phobias," Bethesda, 1989, November.
 
Anxiety disorders in children. Grand rounds at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University School of Medicine, New York, 1993, March.
 
Childhood anxiety disorders. Lecture presented at the “Developmental Psychopathology Seminar” at the Dutch Research School on Experimental Psychopathology and Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, l997, September.
 
School Phobia: Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment. Continuing education workshop presented live at Nova Southeastern University and at other sites via compressed video, Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa, 1999, January.
 
Childhood anxiety disorders. Grand rounds at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1999, February.
 
 

 
Other Professional Activities
 

Clinical Practice
 
1985 - present    

Specializing in the cognitive-behavioral treatment

of children, adolescents, and adults.
 

Teaching
 
1989 - 2001       

Research supervision of psychology doctoral students,
Center for Psychological Studies,

Nova Southeastern University,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
 

1989 - 2000      

Psychology doctoral courses “Clinical Interviewing”
and "Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Anxiety

Disorders”, Center for Psychological Studies,

Nova Southeastern University,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

 
1989 - 1999      

Clinical supervision of psychology doctoral students,
Center for Psychological Studies,

Nova Southeastern University,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
 
 
1992 - 1997      

Lecturer on “Learning and Behavior”
for Psychology Licensing Exam,       
Academic Review, New York 

 
1984 ‑ 1989      

Lectures to residents, interns, and fellows

on research design and methods,
cognitive behavior therapy, and
child assessment techniques,
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic,

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 

Pittsburgh, PA

 
 1984 ‑ 1989      

Research supervision of post‑doctoral fellows,

psychology interns, and undergraduate students,
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic,

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 
Pittsburgh, PA

 
1983 ‑ 1989      

Clinical supervision of residents and interns,

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic,

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 
Pittsburgh, PA

 
 
1983                   

Undergraduate Instructor for "Behavior Modification"

Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh,

Pittsburgh, PA

 
 
 

Research Grants (National Institute of Mental Health)

 
 
1984-1987

Anxiety Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence   
(Clinical Investigator Award - KO8 MH00546)

$140,748
Principal Investigator 

 
 
1986-1991 

DSM‑III Anxiety Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
(RO1 MH40021)    

$611,956                        
Principal Investigator
 

 
 
1990-1994

Imipramine Treatment of School Refusal
(RO1 MH45424)
                                 
$752,038
Co-Principal Investigator
 

1993-1998

Behavioral Treatment of School Phobia
(RO1 MH4958)

$437,824
Principal Investigator
 

 
1997-2002 

Risk Factors in Childhood-Onset Depression
(PO1 MH56193)

$7,117,860
Co-Core Director                                 
 
 

Grant Reviewer
 

1998        
      
National Institute of Mental Health Ad Hoc Reviewer- B-Start Grants

1997 
             
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation
    
  

National Institute of Mental Health Ad Hoc Reviewer-  

Child/Adolescent Development, Risk and Review

Committee      

 
1993 
             

National Institute of Mental Health Site Reviewer- 
Mental Health Projects Review Committee,

Clinical Subcommittee

1989  
            
National Institute of Mental Health 
Ad Hoc Reviewer- Psychopathology and Clinical Biology
Research Review Committee (Panel 1)
 

1985-1999 
    
British Columbia Health Care
Ad Hoc Reviewer; Research Foundation         
 
 


Editorships, Editorial Boards, and Consultantships

 
1986-2001

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
 

1997                  

Book Proposal Reviewer                                    
American Psychological Books;
Oxford University Press; Elsevier Science  

1994-1999 

Editorial Board, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
 

1993-2001

Editorial Board, Journal of Psychotherapy in Independent
Practice (formerly Psychotherapy in Private Practice)

                 
1992-1994

Consultant on NIMH research grant

“Imipramine Treatment of School Refusal,”

Gail Bernstein, PI, University of Minnesota   

  
1991-1999 

Scientific Advisory Board Member,

Anxiety Disorders Association of America
 

1991-1994 

Editorial Board, Journal of Emotional and

Behavioral Disorders 

 
1988-1992

Consultant, DSM‑IV  

         
1987                  

Guest Editor, Behavior Modification
Special issue on Childhood Anxiety Disorders
 
 
1986                  

Consultant, Work Group to Revise DSM-III-R 

 
1985-2000       

Editorial Board, Behavior Modification
 
 

Journal Reviewer
 
Archives of General Psychiatry; Behavior Modification;

Behavior Therapy; Clinical Psychology Review;

Cognitive Therapy and Research; Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology; Journal of Abnormal

Psychology; Journal of Behavior Therapy and

Experimental Psychiatry;

Journal of Behavioral Assessment; Journal of

Child Psychiatry and PsychologyJournal of Clinical

Psychology and Psychiatry;
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology;
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders; 
Journal of Psychotherapy in Independent Practice;

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships;
Psychotherapy in Private Practice;

School Psychology Review
 
 

Media Interviews
 
Television:            

ABC’s “The View” with Barbara Walters, 1999
CNBC’s “Healthy Solutions” with Mariette Hartley, 1997
WPLG, Eyewitness News, South Florida, 1999
WDIV, Newsbeat, South Florida, 1999
WTAE, Evening News, Pittsburgh, 1985

Newspapers:  
      

The New York Times; USA Today; The Miami Herald;

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;

Albany Times-Union; Boca Raton News; The Palm Beach

Post; New York Daily News; Newsday (Long Island); 

Utica Observer Dispatch; The Baltimore Morning Sun; 

The Orange County Register; Denver Rocky Mountain

News; The Boston Globe; The Associated Press

Web:
           
About.com/Bipolar Disorder; bphope.com; Beliefnet.com/beyond blue/;

Lifescript.com; Moodletter.com; Psychcentral.com/bipolar; WebMD News;

WeightWatchers.com; Wireless Flash News
 

Magazines:        


Better Homes and Gardens; Boca Raton Magazine;

Cosmopolitan; Delta Airlines “Sky”;

Family Life; Florida Parent Magazine; Freudin (Germany);

LA Parent’s Magazine; Ladies’ Home Journal;

Parents Magazine; Parenting; Redbook; Slim & Fit;

Teen; Us

 
Radio:                     
 

Sony Worldwide Radio Network; CFPL Radio 98

(Ontario, Canada); WNN 1470AM InnerViews” (Florida);
The Parent Report (Canada); Positive Parenting

(national); Emotional Fitness (California);  Doctor Radio Sirius Radio XM

 
Podcast:

Psychjourney podcast (www.psychjourneypodcast.com)