2007
Children's Center Researcher to Study Effects of OCD Therapy in 4-7 Year-Olds
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June 01, 2007
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center psychologist Golda Ginsburg, Ph.D., is one of eight scientists nationally to receive a 2007 research award from the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation Inc.
Ginsburg, who directs the Anxiety Clinic and Research Program in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, will study the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy with parental participation for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in 4- to 7-year-olds. Children younger than 7 are typically excluded from research meaning that scientific data is largely lacking for this neglected group.
“We are thrilled that we’ll be able to study a population of children with what can be a devastating psychiatric condition that has been largely overlooked,” Ginsburg said. “Our study will include parents in the therapy sessions because we are hoping to identify and limit the ways in which parents might inadvertently be maintaining OCD behaviors in their children.”
Founded in 1912 as the children's hospital of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, the Johns Hopkins Children's Center offers one of the most comprehensive pediatric medical programs in the country, with nearly 95,000 patient visits and some 9,000 admissions each year. Hopkins Children’s is consistently ranked among the top children's hospitals in the nation. Hopkins Children’s is Maryland's largest children’s hospital and the only state-designated Trauma Service and Burn Unit for pediatric patients. It has recognized Centers of Excellence in dozens of pediatric subspecialties, including allergy, cardiology, cystic fibrosis, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, pulmonary, and transplant. For more information, visit www.hopkinschildrens.org.