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First paper of the new year! The team at Pediatric Anxiety Research Center presents outcomes from a novel team-based delivery model of exposure therapy for youth with anxiety and OCD. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper with Rothman Center UM Child Anxiety examining clinical characteristics of youth misophonia in the largest treatment-seeking sample to date. Misophonia is a distinct clinical condition that warrants further assessment and intervention development: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jc…

Presenting today at SBM #SBM2024 in collaboration with Rachel Plotke — There is a need for increased focus on sociocontextual factors such as neighborhood disadvantage that contribute to youth anxiety and depression to inform intervention at multiple ecological levels.

Can't wait to share this project at the annual HiTOP conference tomorrow! Advanced quant methods and novel technology like DSEM and EMA allow us to identify idiographic antecedents of irritability to augment clinical interventions Spencer Evans UM Child Affect and Behavior Lab

New in press with Elizabeth Halliday & Hannah Grassie — We used network analysis to identify links between parent and child anxiety and depression symptoms among a large sample of treatment-seeking families: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38753375/

Also… I am officially an M.S.! 🤓🥳

I’m so excited to be here at International OCD Foundation! I’ll be speaking this afternoon about conceptual and methodological limitations of the dichotomous “early onset” and “late onset” OCD subtyping scheme and recommendations for alternative approaches to better capture heterogeneity in OCD.

In addition, come stop by my International OCD Foundation poster! We examined treatment barriers and treatment-related decision-making among individuals receiving treatment for OCD and related disorders at Rothman Center.

Day 2 at International OCD Foundation! This morning, my great friends Kate Sheehan Hannah Frank, PhD and I discussed strategies to reduce barriers and improve treatment access for individuals with obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.

Last day at International OCD Foundation and maybe the one I’ve been most excited for: Mercedes Woolley, Kate Sheehan, Kiara Timpano and I discussed the practial applications of network analysis to inform treatment personalization for OCRDs. Thank you to everyone who came to support!

And if you couldn’t make it, the paper I discussed is now published! We used network analysis to examine symptom overlap and shared risk factor explanations for the high comorbidity among GAD, MDD, and OCD. Check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Looking forward to sharing findings from my Master’s thesis and listening to these wonderful speakers next Thursday!

Hey #ABCT2024! I’m thrilled to chair this symposium on community-engaged youth mental health research with the fantastic Drs. Ilana Seager van Dyk (Ilana Seager van Dyk, Ph.D. 🏳️‍🌈), Sarah Kate Bearman (Dr. Sarah Kate Bearman), V. Robin Weersing, Mario Mercado Diaz, Emily Bilek, & Allison Harvey. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 🤩🥳

I’m also excited to speak about geospatial data analysis in this symposium focused on novel quantitative methods for the study of anxiety-related disorders with PASO Lab and some other very cool researchers 🤓 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies #ABCT2024

And if you’re interested in quantitative methods, check out my poster describing the application of natural language processing to identify motivations for object saving behaviors in hoarding disorder. PASO Lab #ABCT2024

Last but not least at #ABCT2024, I’ll be presenting some work examining clinician and client predictors of implementation of the Unified Protocol for adolescents in community mental health clinics UM Child Anxiety Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Just published with Elizabeth Halliday: Psychometric evaluation of a youth adaptation of the Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New paper with Hannah Broos and Kiara Timpano on the relationship between disgust propensity, distress intolerance, and contamination-related OCD symptoms: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Very proud of this one: Primary outcomes from one of the largest randomized effectiveness trials for adolescents with emotional disorders treated in community clinics. CBT and measurement-based care both conferred benefits over treatment as usual. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-…

I’m very excited to share my new paper evaluating the efficacy of the Unified Protocol for youth OCD - just published open access in a special issue of Children: doi.org/10.3390/childr…