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| John C PiacentiniSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Functional impairment in childhood OCD: development and psychometrics properties of the Child Obsessive-Compulsive Impact Scale-Revised (COIS-R)John Piacentini
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 36:645-53. 2007..These findings suggest that the COIS-R may hold utility for assessing the specific impact of OCD symptoms on youth functioning...- Reactivity of tic observation procedures to situation and settingJohn Piacentini
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA NPI, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 34:649-58. 2006..The clinical and research implications of these results are discussed... - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for children who have obsessive-compulsive disorderJohn Piacentini
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Clin Psychol 60:1181-94. 2004.... - Habit reversal training for tic disorders in children and adolescentsJohn Piacentini
UCLA School of Medicine, USA
Behav Modif 29:803-22. 2005..A growing body of data suggests that HRT is a well-tolerated and efficacious intervention for tic disorders in this age group... 
Behavior therapy for children with Tourette disorder: a randomized controlled trialJohn Piacentini
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 760 Westwood Plaza, Room 68 251, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
JAMA 303:1929-37. 2010..Antipsychotic medications, the first-line treatments for moderate to severe tics, are often associated with adverse effects. Behavioral interventions, although promising, have not been evaluated in large-scale controlled trials...- Controlled comparison of family cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoeducation/relaxation training for child obsessive-compulsive disorderJohn Piacentini
University of California Los Angeles Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:1149-61. 2011.... - Impairment in childhood anxiety disorders: preliminary examination of the child anxiety impact scale-parent versionAudra K Langley
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 14:105-14. 2004..The results provide initial support that the CAIS-P is a reliable and valid measure for the assessment of the impact of anxiety on child and adolescent functioning... - One-year follow-up of family versus child CBT for anxiety disorders: Exploring the roles of child age and parental intrusivenessJeffrey J Wood
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 40:301-16. 2009..To compare the relative long-term benefit of family-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (FCBT) and child-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CCBT) for child anxiety disorders at a 1-year follow-up... 
MRSI correlates of cognitive-behavioral therapy in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderJOSEPH O'NEILL
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024 1759, United States
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 36:161-8. 2012..We therefore probed putative metabolic effects of CBT on these brain structures in pediatric OCD using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H MRSI)...- An emergency department intervention for linking pediatric suicidal patients to follow-up mental health treatmentJoan Rosenbaum Asarnow
Department of Psychiatry and Semel Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 1759, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:1303-9. 2011..Many suicidal youths treated in emergency departments do not receive follow-up treatment as advocated by the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Two strategies for improving rates of follow-up treatment were compared... - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescentsKatharina Kircanski
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 20:239-54. 2011..The current state of knowledge will be aided by further study of predictors and mechanisms of CBT treatment response... - Concurrent validity of the anxiety disorders section of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: child and parent versionsJeffrey J Wood
Psychology Clinic, 2191 Franz Hall, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 31:335-42. 2002..These results provide support for the concurrent validity of the anxiety disorders section of the ADIS-C/P... - Cluster analysis of the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS): symptom dimensions and clinical correlates in an outpatient youth sampleKatharina Kircanski
Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1563, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 38:777-88. 2010..Findings lend support to prior research on tic phenomenology, help to organize treatment goals, and suggest symptom dimensions of tic disorders for further evaluation... - Family cognitive behavioral therapy for child anxiety disordersJeffrey J Wood
Department of Education, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:314-21. 2006..This study compared family-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT; the Building Confidence Program) with traditional child-focused CBT with minimal family involvement for children with anxiety disorders... - Recognizing and treating childhood anxiety disordersJohn Piacentini
University of California Los Angeles, UCLA-NPI, Room 68-251, 760 Westwood Plaza, 90024, USA
West J Med 176:149-51. 2002 - Depression, anxiety, and functional impairment in children with trichotillomaniaAdam B Lewin
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024 1759, USA
Depress Anxiety 26:521-7. 2009.... - Open trial of cognitive behavior therapy for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorderJohn Piacentini
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Anxiety Disord 16:207-19. 2002..Controlled trials are needed to provide a more rigorous test of this treatment approach and provide better information regarding potential mediators and moderators of outcome... - Effectiveness and tolerability of open label olanzapine in children and adolescents with Tourette syndromeJames T McCracken
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90024 1759, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 18:501-8. 2008..Secondary aims included assessing the response of TS-associated disruptive behaviors to olanzapine exposure... - Correlates of accommodation of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: parent, child, and family characteristicsTara S Peris
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:1173-81. 2008..This study conducted exploratory analyses of parent-, child-, and family-level correlates of family accommodation, considering both behavioral and affective components of the response... - Pediatric emergency department suicidal patients: two-site evaluation of suicide ideators, single attempters, and repeat attemptersJoan Rosenbaum Asarnow
UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA 90024 1759, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:958-66. 2008..In one of the largest clinical studies of youth ED patients presenting with suicidality, we examine ideators, single attempters, and repeat attempters with the aim of clarifying optimal strategies for ED management and risk assessment... - Clinical and cognitive correlates of depressive symptoms among youth with obsessive compulsive disorderTara S Peris
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, CA, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 39:616-26. 2010..Depressive symptoms were also linked to older age and more severe OCD. Low perceived control and self-competence and high OCD severity independently predicted depression scores... - Functional impairment in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorderJohn Piacentini
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 13:S61-9. 2003..Given the adverse developmental consequences of psychosocial dysfunction, treatment studies need to carefully track and address OCD-specific functional impairments in affected youngsters... - Prevalence and description of selective mutism in a school-based sampleR Lindsey Bergman
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:938-46. 2002..To examine the prevalence of selective mutism (SM) in a public school sample and compare the functioning and symptoms of children with SM to age- and gender-matched unaffected children... - Correlates of comorbid anxiety and externalizing disorders in childhood obsessive compulsive disorderAudra K Langley
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 1315, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 19:637-45. 2010..Results and clinical implications are further discussed... - Neurocognitive correlates of child obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourette syndromeSUSANNA W CHANG
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 29:724-33. 2007..TS findings were less robust and may be construed tentatively as suggestive of executive function deficits. Future research is needed to delineate the influence of development on neurocognitive deficits associated with OCD and TS... - Cognitive behavioral therapy, sertraline, or a combination in childhood anxietyJohn T Walkup
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
N Engl J Med 359:2753-66. 2008..Although cognitive behavioral therapy and selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors have shown efficacy in treating these disorders, little is known about their relative or combined efficacy... - The development and psychometric properties of the selective mutism questionnaireR Lindsey Bergman
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 37:456-64. 2008..Scores on the SMQ were correlated with measures of several theoretically and clinically important dimensions... - Obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without tics in a clinical sample of children and adolescentsGregory L Hanna
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Michigan Health System, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0390, USA
Depress Anxiety 16:59-63. 2002..The results indicate that tic-related OCD may be differentiated from non-tic-related OCD early in life by the presence or absence of certain compulsive symptoms... - Cognitive-behavior therapy for childhood anxiety disordersTami Roblek
School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 14:863-76, x. 2005..This article describes the conceptual framework underlying CBT and the key elements of this treatment approach. Important developmental and family considerations in treatment are discussed, and the empirical literature is reviewed... - Establishing the feasibility of direct observation in the assessment of tics in children with chronic tic disordersMichael B Himle
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53211, USA
J Appl Behav Anal 39:429-40. 2006.... - Brief review of habit reversal training for Tourette syndromeMichael B Himle
Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, USA
J Child Neurol 21:719-25. 2006.... - Behavioral treatments for tic suppression: habit reversal trainingJohn C Piacentini
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA
Adv Neurol 99:227-33. 2006
Research Grants
- Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Treatment StudyJohn Piacentini; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Behavior Therapy for Children with Chronic Tic DisordersJohn Piacentini; Fiscal Year: 2007..The Yale Infomatics group will provide data management services. ..
- BEHAVIOR THERAPY FOR CHILDHOOD OCDJohn Piacentini; Fiscal Year: 2002..The impact of baseline functioning, including family context, and initial change over time on treatment outcome will also be systematically evaluated. ..
- 6/6-Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Extended Long-Term Study (CAMELS)John C Piacentini; Fiscal Year: 2010..Key findings will inform the field about the preventive effects of successful treatment (both psychosocial and medication) on the development of later psychopathology and treatment durability. ..