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RESEARCH GRANT SUPPORT

  1. A Genetic Linkage Study of Tourette’s Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA), 2007-2012, Total Direct Cost: $145,558, Principal Investigator: Grados MA, Role: Co-Investigator (in-kind).
  2. Child Habit Reversal Therapy, 5R01MH070802, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2004-2010, Total Direct: $612,515, Principal Investigator: Walkup JT, Role: Collaborator (2006-2010, 75% effort), Principal Investigator (2010, 25% effort).
  3. Prolonged Tic Suppression and Habituation to the Premonitory Urge, Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA), 2008-2010, Total Direct: $48,389, Principal Investigator: Specht, MW (25% effort)

 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

    Activity / ResponsibilityDates
    Journal Reviewer, Journal of Youth and Adolescence2009
    Journal Reviewer, Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities2009
    Journal Reviewer, Behavior Modification2013
    Journal Reviewer, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders2015
    Journal Reviewer, Psychiatry Research2015
    Journal Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry2015

    RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

      1. Articles in professional peer-reviewed journals

      1. Chapman A, Mayer J, Specht M, Farmer R, and Field C. Passive avoidance learning among males as a function of Cloninger’s temperament typology. Personality and Individual Differences. 2003; 35: 1571-1584.
      2. Chapman AL, Specht MW, and Cellucci, T. Borderline personality disorder and deliberate self-harm: does experiential avoidance play a role? Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior. 2005; 35(4): 388-399.
      3. Chapman AL, Specht MW, and Cellucci, T. Factors associated with suicide attempt history in female inmates: The hegemony of hopelessness. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior. 2005; 35(5): 558–569.
      4. Specht MW, Chapman A, and Cellucci T. Schemas and borderline personality disorder symptoms in incarcerated women. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychology. 2009; 40(2): 256-264.
      5. Piacentini J, Woods DW, Scahill L, Wilhelm S, Peterson AL, Chang S, Ginsburg GS, Deckersbach T, Dziura J, Levi-Pearl S, Walkup JT. Behavior Therapy for Children With Tourette DisorderA Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA. 2010; 303(19): 1929-1937.
      6. Woods DW, Piacentini JC, Scahill L, Peterson AL, Wilhelm S, Chang S, Deckersbach T, McGuire J, Specht M, Conelea CA and Rozenman M. Behavior therapy for tics in children: Acute and long-term effects on psychiatric and psychosocial functioning. Journal of Child Neurology. 2011; 26(7): 858-865.
      7. Specht MW, Woods DW, Piacentini J, Scahill L, Wilhelm S, Peterson AL, Chang S, Kepley H, Deckersbach T, Flessner C and Buzzella BA. Clinical characteristics of children and adolescents with a primary tic disorder. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. 2011; 23(1): 15-31.
      8. Specht MW, Woods DW, Nicotra CM, Kelly LM, Ricketts EJ, Conelea CA, Grados MA, Ostrander RS and Walkup JT. Effects of Tic Suppression: Ability to Suppress, Rebound, Negative Reinforcement, and Habituation to the Premonitory Urge. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2013; 51(1): 24-30.
      9. Hankinson JC, Eldridge MA, Ostrander R, Shah B, Reynolds EK, Perry-Parrish C, Specht M and Gearhart JP. Emotional and behavioral functioning in children with bladder exstrophy–epispadias complex: A developmental perspective. Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2014; 10(1): 136-141.
      10. Srivastava S, Landy‐Schmitt C, Clark B, Kline AD, Specht M and Grados MA. Autism traits in children and adolescents with Cornelia de Lange syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 2014; 164(6): 1400-1410.
      11. Himle MB, Capriotti MR, Hayes LP, Ramanujam K, Scahill L, Sukhodolsky DG, Wilhelm S, Deckersbach T, Peterson AL, Specht MW and Walkup JT. Variables associated with tic exacerbation in children with chronic tic disorders. Behavior Modification. 2014; 38(2): 163-183.
      12. Specht MW, Nicotra CM, Kelly LM, Woods DW, Ricketts EJ, Perry-Parrish C, Reynolds E, Hankinson J, Grados MA, Ostrander RS and Walkup JT. A Comparison of Urge Intensity and the Probability of Tic Completion During Tic Freely and Tic Suppression Conditions. Behavior Modification. 2014; 0145445514537059.
      13. Scahill L, Specht M and Page C. The prevalence of tic disorders and clinical characteristics in children. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. 2014; 3(4): 394-400.
      14. Lucke IM, Lin C, Conteh F, Federline A, Sung H, Specht M, Grados MA. Continuous performance test in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders: the role of sustained attention. CNS spectrums. 2015 Oct;20(5):479-89.
      15. Ramanujam K, Himle MB, Hayes LP, Woods DW, Scahill L, Sukhodolsky DG, Wilhelm S, Deckersbach T, Peterson AL, Specht M and Walkup JT. Clinical Correlates and Predictors of Caregiver Strain in Children with Chronic Tic Disorders. Children’s Health Care. 2015; 44(3): 249-263.
      16. Timbo W, Sriram A, Reynolds EK, DeBoard-Lucas R, Specht M, Howell C, McSweeney C, Grados MA. Risk Factors for Seclusion and Restraint in a Pediatric Psychiatry Day Hospital. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 2016 Oct 1;47(5):771-9.
      17. Brabson LA, Brown JL, Capriotti MR, Ramanujam K, Himle MB, Nicotra CM, Ostrander R, Kelly LM, Grados MA, Walkup JT, and Perry-Parrish C, Reynolds EK, Hankinson JC and Specht MW. Patterned changes in urge ratings with tic suppression in youth with chronic tic disorders. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 2016; 50:162-170.
      18. Reynolds EK, Grados MA, Praglowski N, Hankinson JC, Deboard-Lucas R, Goldstein L, Perry-Parrish CK, Specht MW, Ostrander R. Use of Modified Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit for High-Risk Youths. Psychiatric services (Washington, DC). 2016 May 1;67(5):570.
      19. Borden LA, Hankinson J, Perry-Parrish C, Reynolds EK, Specht MW, Ostrander R. Family and Maternal Characteristics of Children With Co-Occurring ADHD and Depression. Journal of attention disorders. 2016 Aug 26:1087054716666321.
      20. Kennedy TM, Morris AT, Walkup JT, Barash M, Gettings JM, Hankinson J, Reynolds EK, Perry-Parrish C, Ostrander R, Specht MW. Rapid-response behavioral triage for tics (RRBTT): A 2-week clinical case series. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology. 2016 Dec;4(4):373.
      21. Perry-Parrish C, Webb L, Zeman J, Spencer S, Malone C, Borowski S, Reynolds E, Hankinson J, Specht M, Ostrander R. Anger regulation and social acceptance in early adolescence: Associations with gender and ethnicity. The Journal of Early Adolescence. 2017 Apr;37(4):475-501.
      22. Specht MW, Mahone EM, Kline T, Waranch R, Brabson L, Thompson CB, Singer HS. Efficacy of parent‐delivered behavioral therapy for primary complex motor stereotypies. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2017 Feb 1;59(2):168-73.
      23. Edwards KR, Mendlowitz S, Jackson E, Champigny C, Specht M, Arnold P, Gorman D, Dimitropoulos G. A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences of Children and Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2017;26(1):39.
      24. Ricketts EJ, McGuire JF, Chang S, Bose D, Rasch MM, Woods DW, Specht MW, Walkup JT, Scahill L, Wilhelm S, Peterson AL. Benchmarking treatment response in Tourette’s disorder: a psychometric evaluation and signal detection analysis of the Parent Tic Questionnaire. Behavior therapy. 2018 Jan 1;49(1):46-56.
      25. Hankinson JC, Borden L, Allen T, Santo Domingo L, Oliva-Hemker M, Mathews T, Brock K, Perry-Parrish C, Reynolds EK, Specht M, Ostrander R. Outcomes of combined medical and behavioral treatments for constipation within a specialty outpatient clinic. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology. 2018 Mar;6(1):31.
      26. Reynolds EK, Silver AM, Morris A, Hankinson J, Perry-Parish C, Specht MW, Ostrander R. Factors associated with length of youth inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. Adolescent Psychiatry. 2018 Aug 1;8(2):111-20.
      27. Raines JM, Edwards KR, Sherman MF, Higginson CI, Winnick JB, Navin K, Gettings JM, Conteh F, Bennett SM, Specht MW. Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale (PUTS): replication and extension of psychometric properties in youth with chronic tic disorders (CTDs). Journal of Neural Transmission. 2018 Apr 1;125(4):727-34.
      28. Conelea CA, Wellen B, Woods DW, Greene DJ, Black KJ, Specht M, Himle MB, Lee HJ, Capriotti M. Patterns and predictors of tic suppressibility in youth with tic disorders. Frontiers in psychiatry. 2018;9.
      29. Reynolds EK, Silver AM, Morris A, Hankinson J, Perry-Parish C, Specht MW, Ostrander R. Factors associated with length of youth inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. Adolescent Psychiatry. 2018 Aug 1;8(2):111-20.
      30. Borden LA, Hankinson J, Perry-Parrish C, Reynolds EK, Specht MW, Ostrander R. Family and maternal characteristics of children with co-occurring ADHD and depression. Journal of Attention Disorders. 2020 May;24(7):963-72.
      31. Singer HS, McDermott S, Ferenc L, Specht M, Mahone EM. Efficacy of parent-delivered, home-based therapy for tics. Pediatric Neurology. 2020 May 1;106:17-23.
      32. Edwards KR, Raines JM, Winnick JB, Sherman MF, Higginson CI, Navin K, Conteh F, Ricketts EJ, Specht MW. Sex and psychiatric comorbidity correlates of the premonitory urge for tic scale in youth with persistent tic disorders. Journal of Neural Transmission. 2020 Jun;127(6):977-85.
      33. ​​Xie IY, Lucke IM, Fürst N, Specht M, Grados MA. Deficits of sustained attention in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbid with Tic disorders. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. 2020 Oct 1;27:100579.
      34. Ramsey KA, De Nadai AS, Espil FM, Ricketts E, Stiede JT, Schild J, Specht MW, Woods DW, Bennet S, Walkup JT, Chang S. Urge intolerance predicts tic severity and impairment among adults with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022;13.
      35. Espil FM, Woods DW, Specht MW, Bennett SM, Walkup JT, Ricketts EJ, McGuire JF, Stiede JT, Schild JS, Chang SW, Peterson AL. Long-term outcomes of behavior therapy for youth with Tourette disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 1;61(6):764-71.
      36. Ricketts EJ, Woods DW, Espil FM, McGuire JF, Stiede JT, Schild J, Yadegar M, Bennett SM, Specht MW, Chang S, Scahill L. Childhood Predictors of Long-Term Tic Severity and Tic Impairment in Tourette’s Disorder. Behavior Therapy. 2022 Jul 16.
      37. Bennett SM, Hindin JS, Mohatt J, Bauer C, Schild J, Falk A, Specht M, Woods D, Walkup J. Proof of Concept Study of an Oral Orthotic in Reducing Tic Severity in Tourette Syndrome. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 2022 Oct;53(5):953-63.

      Reviews

      1. Cellucci T, Specht M and Krogh J. The MMPI-2: An update on new scales. The Idaho Psychologist. 2003.
      2. Grados MA, Specht MW, Sung HM and Fortune, D. Glutamate drugs and pharmacogenetics of OCD: a pathway-based exploratory approach. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. 2013; 8(12): 1515-1527.
      3. Edwards KR, Specht M. A Review of the Literature Regarding Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Tic Disorders (CTDs): Where Do We Go from Here?. Current Developmental Disorders Reports. 2016 Dec 1;3(4):222-8.
      4. Raines JM, Specht MW. The Current Understanding of Premonitory Urge Phenomena in Chronic Tic Disorders. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports. 2016 Dec 1;3(4):368-75

      Chapters

      1. Specht MW, Pierce-Keeton C and Walkup JT. Childhood disorders: Tic disorders. In A. Tasman J, Kay J, Lieberman MB and First M. Maj (Eds.), Psychiatry 3rd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. West Sussex, UK. 2008.
      2. Specht MW, Chang SW. Integration of neuropsychological assessment and clinical intervention for youth with Tourette’s disorder and other tic disorders. In Reddy, Hale, and Weissman (Eds.):  Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention for Emotional and Behavior Disordered Youth: An Integrated Step-by-Step Evidence-Based Approach. APA Press. Washington DC. 2013.
      3. Specht MW, Edwards KR, Perry-Parrish C, Amatya K. Brief trans-diagnostic parent training: a strengths-based, parent-centered treatment for youth with Tourette syndrome. InThe Clinician’s Guide to Treatment and Management of Youth with Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders 2018 Jan 1 (pp. 225-253). Academic Press.

      LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

      Didactic teaching: (e.g., lectures, continuing medical education courses, grand rounds, professional development programs, seminars, tutorials)
      Presenter, Parents/Patients, Tourette Syndrome and Associated Disorders. National Alliance for Minority Medical Educators (NAMME) 33rd Annual Conference. TSA-CDC Education and Outreach Program, Arlington, VADates
      2008
      Keynote Speaker, Parents/Patients, Tourette’s and Tic Disorders Treatment: A Neurobehavioral Perspective, Tourette’s Syndrome Association-Greater Washington, Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD2009
      Presenter, Parents/Patients, Treatment of Tourette’s: Pharmacology and Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention (CBIT). North Baltimore Support Group, Annual Meeting, Hunt Valley, MD2011
      Presenter, Professional, Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Tourette’s Disorder. Physician’s Education Retreat, Department of Neurology, Montefiore Hospital-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY2012
      Faculty/Presenter, Professional, Tourette Syndrome Association Behavioral Therapy Institute (TSA-BTI). Tourette Syndrome Association-Behavioral Sciences Consortium. Vancouver, British Columbia.2013
      Faculty/Presenter, Professional, Tourette Syndrome Association Behavioral Therapy Institute (TSA-BTI). Tourette Syndrome Association-Behavioral Sciences Consortium. Toronto, Ontario2013
      Faculty/Presenter, Professional, Tourette Syndrome Association Behavioral Therapy Institute (TSA-BTI). Tourette Syndrome Association Behavioral Sciences Consortium, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL2014
      Presenter, Professional, Assessment and Treatment of Clinically Complex Pediatric Patients: Tourette’s Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Co-Occurring Conditions. Foundations Community Partnership, Professional Education Workshops, Doylestown, PA2014
      Grand Rounds, Professional, Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Tourette’s Disorder,
      Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns
      Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
      2014
      Keynote Address, Professional, School avoidance considerations in psychiatrically complex youth: Tourette’s Disorder, ADHD, OCD, and non-OCD anxiety, Fairfax County
      Public Schools, School Anxiety and Avoidance Symposium, Oakton, VA
      2014
      Grand Rounds, Professional, Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Pediatric Tourette’s Disorder: A Front-line Intervention? Department of Psychiatry, Division of Psychology, Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA2014
      Grand Rounds, Professional, Treatment of Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,
      Department of Psychiatry, Division of Psychology and Behavioral Health, Children’s
      National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
      2015
      Keynote Speaker, Professional, Pediatric Tourette Syndrome, National Association of
      Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), Maryland/Chesapeake Chapter, Annual
      Meeting, Baltimore, MD
      2015
      Presenter, Parents/Patients, Tourette’s Syndrome and Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions:
      Implications for Treatment, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Metropolitan
      Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
      2015
      Grand Rounds, Professional, Tourette’s Syndrome: An Emerging Neurobehavioral Model,
      Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Weill
      Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
      2015
      Keynote Address, Parents/Patients, Toward Independent, Fully Functioning, Happy,
      Healthy, Productive Adults...with Tourette’s, Tourette’s Syndrome Association-Greater
      Washington, Annual Meeting, Silver Spring, MD.
      2015
      Presenter, Patients/Parents, Tourette Syndrome: Stress and Anxiety, Johns Hopkins
      Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
      2016
      Presenter, Professional, Tourette’s Disorder: An Early Indicator of Neurodevelopmental
      Vulnerability, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD
      2016
      Faculty/Presenter, Professional, Tourette Association of America Behavioral Therapy
      Institute (TAA-BTI). Tourette Syndrome Association Behavioral Sciences Consortium,
      University of California, Los Angeles, Westwood, CA
      2016
      Presenter, Patients/Parents, Anxiety in the Age of Generation Z, NewYork Presbyterian
      Community Lecture Series
      2017
      Presenter, Professional, Tourette’s Syndrome as a Behaviorist Sees It, Department of
      Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psyhiatry, Child/Adolescent Anxiety and
      Mood Program, University of Connecticut Health, West Hartford, CT
      2017
      Grand Rounds, Tourette's Disorder: Avoiding Inappropriate Suboptimal Care,
      Department of Psychiatry, Division of Psychology, Weill Cornell Medical College and New
      York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
      2017
      Grand Rounds, Tics, An Early Marker of Neurodevelopmental Vulnerability, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA2017

      Additional Professional Presentations

       

      1. Piacentini J, Sherrill J, Walkup J, Scahill L, Ginsburg G, Himle MB, Rozenman M, Wilhelm S, Findley D, Conelea C, Specht M, Woods D, Peterson A, Chang S, Deckersbach T, Sukhodolsky D, Levi-Pearl S, Behavior Therapy for Child and Adolescent Tic Disorder: The NIMH Child CBITS Study. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Orlando, FL. 2011.
      2. Nicotra CM and Specht MW. The Relationship Between Premonitory Urge Severity Ratings and the Probability of a Tic Occurring During Tic Suppression. Poster presented at the ABCT’s 46th Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD. 2012.
      3. Specht M. Updates in the Phenomenology of Tourette Disorder: New Directions for Treatment. Symposium at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy Conference, Nashville, TN. 2013
      4. Capriotti MR, Ricketts EJ, Woods D, Ramanujam K, Himle MB, Brabson L, Brown J, Houghton D, Conelea CA and Specht MW. Behavioral research in Tourette syndrome: Standing on the shoulders of neuroscience, psychiatry, and neurology. Symposium presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. 2014.
      5. Capriotti MR, Ricketts EJ, Woods D, Ramanujam K, Himle MB, Brabson L, Brown J, Houghton D, Conelea CA and Specht MW. Effects of Tic Suppression: Ability to Suppress, Preferential Responding, Rebound, Negative Reinforcement, and Habituation to the Premonitory Urge. Poster presented at the 61st Annual Meeting. AACAP, San Diego, CA. 2014.
      6. Specht MW, Kennedy TM, Walkup JT, Barash M, Reese J. Rapid Response Behavioral Triage for Tics (RR-BTT): A Quality Improvement Clinical Case Series. Poster presented at the 1st World Congress on Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders, London, UK. 2015.
      7. Brabson LB, Brown J, Capriotti M, Ramanujam K, Himle M, Nicotra CM, Ostrander R, Kelly L, Grados M, Walkup JT, Perry-Parrish C, Reynolds E, Hankinson J, Specht M. Patterned Changes in Urge Ratings with Tic Suppression in Youth with Chronic Tic Disorders. Poster presented at the 1st World Congress on Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders, London, UK. 2015.
      8. Shields A, Gilman B, Chasson G, Specht M. Delineating Behaviors Associated with Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Tic Disorder (TD), and Comorbid OCD+TD. Poster to be presented at the 50th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY. 2016.
      9. Raines J, Winnick JB, Sherman M, Higginson C, Gettings J, Navin K, Conteh F, Specht MW. The Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale: Internal Consistency, Convergent Validity, and Exploratory Factor Analysis. Poster to be presented at the 50th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY. 2016.
      10. Specht MW, Mohatt JW. Systematically Addressing Family Variables in Comorbid Psychiatric Presentations with a Brief Transdiagnostic Parent Training Across Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood. Clinical Perspective presented at the 66th annual convention of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2019 Oct 1;58(10):S9.

        MEDIA

         

        1. Senator Ben Cardin, Speaking to Congress about Tourette’s and treatment by Dr. Specht at Johns Hopkins, United States Senate, 112th Congress, 2nd Session. 2011.
        2. Getting Tics to Fly Under the Radar. Physician Update. Johns Hopkins Medicine Marketing and Communications, Baltimore, MD. 2012.
        3. For Tics: Flying Beneath the Radar. Hopkins BrainWise. The Newsletter of the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, MD. 2012.
        4. Tourette’s, OCD, and a Great Presentation, Foundations Community Partnership, Doylestown, PA. 2012
        5. Getting Tics to Fly Under the Radar: Behavioral Therapy Proves Lasting and Without Side Effects. Hopkins Medicine. Johns Hopkins Medicine Marketing and Communications, Baltimore, MD. 2013; 36(2): 12.
        6. Teen Triumphs Over Tourette’s Syndrome. David Snyder. Baltimore Jewish Times, 2013.
        7. Specht MW and Cabrera A. Tic disorders. The Johns Hopkins Phipps Psychiatry Guide. Johns Hopkins Point of Care-Information Technology (POC-IT) Center. Johns Hopkins Point of Care Information Technology Center. Baltimore, MD. 2014.
        8. Specht MW and Cabrera A. Stereotypic movement disorders. The Johns Hopkins Phipps Psychiatry Guide. Johns Hopkins Point of Care-Information Technology (POC-IT) Center. Johns Hopkins Point of Care Information Technology Center. Baltimore, MD. 2014.
        9. This Is What It’s Like To Live With OCD. Scheeler, C. Self Magazine. 2016.
        10. Singer H, Specht MW. Frontline Home-based Behavioral Therapy for Tics. Digital Media Group. Johns Hopkins Health System and Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2017.
        11. Childhood Anxiety Disorders: Recognize the Signs, See Where to Get Help. Lohud, USA Today Network, White Plains, NY. 2017.
        12. Anxiety Disorders in Adolescents: Therapies Designed to Help Them Cope. Lohud, USA Today Network, White Plains, NY. 2017.
        13. What It Really Feels Like to Have OCD. Scheeler, C. Good Housekeeping. Hearst Communications, Inc. 2017.
        14. Go Ahead, Heap Rewards on Your Kid. Moyer, MW. Slate Magazine. Brooklyn, NY. 2017.

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