Thank you for visiting the web site of PCAAD. We hope that you will keep us in mind when making referrals for children and adolescents suffering from anxiety and affective disorders, provided your patient lives within driving distance of Duke University (for the locations of other study sites, see the individual study pages).

The studies currently in open enrollment are for OCD (ages 7-17), and teens (ages 12-18) who have recently attempted suicide.

Please explore the site, and do not hesitate to call Rebecca Dingfelder, Ph.D. to make referrals or ask related questions. Her number is 416-2447.

Return to this page at any time by clicking "For Clinicians" at the bottom of any page on the site.

NEW: The Food and Drug Administration is always reviewing and releasing the most up to date information available for psychotropic drugs. A new resource for clinicians, The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Medguide for Physicians, was released in January.

Below is more information on measures used by our center, as well as other resources to learn more about affective and anxiety disorders. Further information can be found by clicking the "Other Resources" tab above or on any page.

Dr. March's OCD treatment program, which used to be known as How I Ran OCD of My Land is now available in book form with a new title: March, J. and K. Mulle (1998). OCD in Children and Adolescents: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Manual . New York, Guilford Press. You can order from your local bookseller or follow this link to the book's page at Amazon.

	Dr. Goldston's Measuring Suicidal Behavior and Risk in Children and Adolescents can also be purchased on Amazon. The text provides up-to-date information on a wide range of instruments used to evaluate suicidal behaviors in children and adolescents. Discusses the conceptual, definitional, and psychometric issues important in evaluating and comparing various assessment instruments. For researchers and practitioners.
	The Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) The MASC questionnaires and manual are available from Multihealth Systems (MHS): 800-456-3003 or www.mhs.com .
	The Conners / March Developmental Questionnaire (CMDQ) The CMDQ is available from Multihealth Systems (MHS): 800-456-3003 or www.mhs.com .
	We also recommend and use the Conners Ratings Scales-Revised and the Children's Depression Inventory .

Here are some other treatment resources for children, adolescents and adults with anxiety, OCD and tic disorders

The OC Foundation

Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation P.0. Box 70 Milford, CT 203.878.5669

Besides Dr. March's book (see above), here are some good books about OCD.

Baer, L. (1991). Getting Control. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company.

Ciarrocchi, J. (1995). The Doubting Disease. Mawhah, NJ: Paulist Press.

Foa, E., & Wilson, R. (1991). Stop Obsessing! New York: Bantam.

Francis, G., & Gragg, R. (1996). Childhood Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Thousand Oaks: Sage Press.

Fruehling J (1997). Drug Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents. Milford, CT: OC Foundation

Greist, J. (1994). Obsessvive Compulsive Disorder: A Guide. (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Obsessive Compulsive Information Center.

Jenike M, Baer L, Minichello W (1998). Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. St. Louis: Mosby

Johnston, H. (1993). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Madison, WI: Child Psychopharmacology Information Center

Neziroglu, F., & Yaryura-Tobias, J. (1991). Over and Over Again: Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.

Rapoport, J. (1989). The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing. New York: EP Dutton.

Schwartz, J. (1996). Brain Lock. New York: Harper Collins.

Steketee, G., & White, K. (1990). When Once Is Not Enough: Help for Obsessive-Compulsives. Oakland, CA: Harbinger Publications.

Swinson R, Antony M, Rachman S, Richter M. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. NY: Guilford

vanNoppen, B., Pato, M., & Rasmussen, S. (1993). Learning to Live with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. (2nd ed.). Milford, CT: OC Foundation.

What can I read that will help with disorders that commonly complicate the treatment of anxiety, OCD and tic disorders?

Article or Book	Dr. March's comments
Barkley, R. (1987). Defiant Children: A clinician's manual for parent training . New York: Guilford Press.	A straightforward manual to guide treatment of the child with a DRP on a session-by-session basis. Includes rating scales and parent handouts.
Barlow, D. H. (1992). Cognitive-behavioral approaches to panic disorder and social phobia. Bull Menninger Clin, 56 (2 Suppl A), A14-28.
Barlow, D., & Craske, M. (1989). Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic . Albany: Graywind.	A elegant approach to the treatment of social phobia and panic disorder in adults; easily downsized so as to be made age appropriate for children and adolescents.
Deblinger, E., McLeer, S. V., & Henry, D. (1990). Cognitive behavioral treatment for sexually abused children suffering post-traumatic stress: preliminary findings. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 29(5), 747-52.
Dornbush, M and Pruit, S (1995). Teaching the Tiger: A Handbook for Individuals Involved in the Education of Students with Attention Deficit Disorders, Tourette Syndrome or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Duarte,CA: Hope Press	The absolute best step-by-step survival guide to navigating through schools. Includes very helpful suggestions for school staff working with a child with OCD, ADHD or Tourettes. Also covers social needs, learning style differences, and your legal rights.
Hibbs, E & Jensen, P (Eds.), Psychosocial Treatments for Child and Adolescent Disorders: Empirically Based Approaches . Washington: American Psychological Press.	Marvelous and current descriptions of empirically supported to treatment for all the major clusters of child and adolescent psychopathology written by the experts who developed those treatments.
Foa, E., & Kozak, M. (1985). Emotional processing of fear: exposure to corrective information. Psychological Bulletin, 90 , 20-35.
Foa, E., & Rothbaum, E. (1992). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. In P. Saigh (Ed.), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Behavioral Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment (pp. 85-110). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Francis, G., & Beidel, D. (1995). Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy. In J. March (Ed.), Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents (pp. 321-340). New York: Guilford Publications, Inc.	An excellent introduction to CBT for youth with anxiety disorders. Within the book itself, each treatment chapter also presents a detailed discussion of CBT plus the treatment section includes a discussion of how to set up a multidisciplinary anxiety disorders clinic.
Heimberg, R. G., & Juster, H. R. (1994). Treatment of social phobia in cognitive-behavioral groups. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 55 (6, Suppl), 38-46.
Kendall, P. (1991). Child and Adolescent Therapy . New York: Guilford Press.	A seminal text on the cognitive-behavioral covering a range of child and adolescent disorders.
Kendall, P. C. (1993). Cognitive-behavioral therapies with youth: guiding theory, current status, and emerging developments. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 61 (2), 235-47.
Kendal P (1995). Coping Cat Workbook. Available from Workbook Publishing, 208 Llanfair Road, Ardmore, Penn 19003	Phil Kendall's manualized treatment program for anxiety problems in children. Highly recommended.
Kendall, P. C., & Panichelli-Mindel, S. M. (1995). Cognitive-behavioral treatments. J Abnorm Child Psychol, 23 (1), 107-24.
Lewinsohn, P. M., Clarke, G. N., & Rohde, P. (1994). Psychological approaches to the treatment of depression in adolescents. Plenum Press, New York, NY, US, 616 , 309-344.	An introduction to CBT for depression by the folks who do it best.
Lochman, J., Lampron, L., Gemmer, T., & Harris, S. (1987). Anger coping intervention with agressive children: a guide to implementation in school settings. In P. Keller & S. Heyman (Eds.), Innovations In Clinical Practice: A Source Book (Vol. Six, pp. 339-356). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange.	Widely utilized in prevention intervention program, anger coping is a useful modality to incorporate into treatment protocols for DRBs, depression and anxiety, i.e. wherever children have difficulty with bossy tempers.
Manassis K (1996). Keys to Parenting Your Anxious Child. Hauppauge, NY: Barrons	A very nice summary of cognitive-behavioral strategies for parents of anxious youngsters.
March, J., & Mulle, K. (1995). Manualized cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder in childhood: a preliminary single case study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 9 (2), 175-184.
March, J., Mulle, K., & Herbel, B. (1994). Behavioral Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Open Trial of a New Protocol Driven Treatment Package. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33 (3), 333-341.
March, J. (1995). Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents. New York: Guilford Press.	A comprehensive review of the foundations of anxiety in kids, the disorders themselves and treatment approaches. Includes a chapter on how to set up an anxiety disorders program modeled on PCAAD.
March, J., Wells, K., & Conners, C. (1995). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Part I. Diagnosis. Journal of practical psychiatry and behavioral health , 1(4), 219-223
March, J., Wells, K., & Conners, C. (1996). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Part II. Treatment. Journal of practical psychiatry and behavioral health . 2(1), 23-32	A detailed summary of the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.
March, J., L. Amaya-Jackson, et al. (1998). "Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy For Children And Adolescents With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following a Single Incident Stressor." J American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 37(6): 585-593.	A new cognitive-behavioral protocol for treating PTSD.
McMahon R & R. Forehand (Eds.), Helping the Non-Compliant Child: A Clinician's Guide to Parent Training . New York: Guilford Press.	Another excellent guide to helping manage oppositional behavior.
Mufson, L, Moreau, D, Weissman, M & Klerman G (1993). Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents. New York: Guilford Press	Another excellent approach to the depressed youngster, especially when relationship and/or grief issues are paramount.
Pennington, B. (1991). Diagnosing Learning Disorders. New York: Guilford Press.	An excellent introduction to the overlap of LD and psychopathology, this book also serves as an introduction to an LD model developmental psychopathology.
Pfiffner, L., & Barkley, R. (1990). Educational Placement and classroom management. In R. Barkley (Ed.), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (pp. 498-539). New York: Guilford Press.
Stein D, Christenson G, Hollander E. Trichotillomania (1999). NY: Guildord Press.	The definitive book on Trichotillomania. The chapter by Barbara Rothbaum on CBT for TTM is worth the price of the book.
Saigh P, Bremner D (1999). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon	Up to date text on PTSD in children, adolescents and adults.
Thompson Sue (1997). The Sourcebook for Non-Verbal Learning Disorders. East Moline, IL: LinguiSystems ( http://www.linguisystems.com )	Without question, the best guide to helping children with non-verbal LD.
van Oppen, P., Emmelkamp, P., & al., e. (1995). Cognitive therapy and exposure in vivo in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 33 (4), 370-390.
Vitulano, L. A., King, R. A., Scahill, L., & Cohen, D. J. (1992). Behavioral treatment of children and adolescents with trichotillomania. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 31 (1), 139-46.
Wells, K. (1995). Family Therapy. In J. March (Ed.), Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents (pp. 401-419). New York: Guilford Press.	An excellent discussion of how to work with anxious children from the family therapy perspective.
Willens, T (1998). Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids. NY: Guilford Press	An excellent discussion of the ins and outs of using psychotropic medications for parents.