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  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

John Piacentini is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States and specializes in research at the intersection of psychology and neuroscience. Their work primarily focuses on clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience, contributing significantly to the understanding of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and related areas in mental health.

Their research topics encompass a range of mental health and developmental conditions, including:

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

John Piacentini has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the field, including:

  • Emily J. Ricketts
  • Tara S. Peris
  • Douglas W. Woods
  • Joseph McGuire
  • John T. Walkup

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications in prominent academic journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • SLEEP
  • Translational Psychiatry

Some of the recent papers published by John Piacentini are:

  • Rapid Onset Functional Tic-Like Behaviors in Young Females During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, Movement Disorders
  • OUP accepted manuscript, 2020, Brain
  • Structural neuroimaging biomarkers for obsessive-compulsive disorder in the ENIGMA-OCD consortium: medication matters, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Identifying subtypes of trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder) and excoriation (skin picking) disorder using mixture modeling in a multicenter sample, 2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • The thalamus and its subnuclei-a gateway to obsessive-compulsive disorder, 2022, Translational Psychiatry

John Piacentini's main fields of study are psychology, with 142 publications, and neuroscience, with 51 publications. Within these fields, their research further emphasizes subfields such as clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry, mental health, and education.

Recognition of their work includes receiving the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • The NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3): Description, Acceptability, Prevalence Rates, and Performance in the MECA Study

    David Shaffer;Prudence Fisher;Mina K. Dulcan;Mark Davies

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Sertraline, or a Combination in Childhood Anxiety

    John T. Walkup;Anne Marie Albano;John Piacentini;Boris Birmaher

  • Behavior Therapy for Children With Tourette Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    John Piacentini;Douglas W. Woods;Lawrence Scahill;Sabine Wilhelm

  • A developmental psychopathology model of childhood traumatic stress and intersection with anxiety disorders

    Robert S Pynoos;Alan M Steinberg;John C Piacentini

  • Concurrent validity of the anxiety disorders section of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: child and parent versions.

    Jeffrey J. Wood;John C. Piacentini;R. Lindsey Bergman;James McCracken

  • Functional impairment in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    John Piacentini;R. Lindsey Bergman;Melody Keller;James McCracken

  • Revealing the complex genetic architecture of obsessive-compulsive disorder using meta-analysis

    Paul D. Arnold;Kathleen D. Askland;Cristina Barlassina;Laura Bellodi

  • Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale (PUTS): initial psychometric results and examination of the premonitory urge phenomenon in youths with Tic disorders.

    Douglas W Woods;John Piacentini;Michael B Himle;Susanna Chang

  • Fluvoxamine for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

    John T. Walkup;Michael J. Labellarte;Mark A. Riddle;Daniel S. Pine;Daniel S. Pine

  • Psychopathology in the Parents of Children with Conduct Disorder and Hyperactivity

    Benjamin B. Lahey;John C. Piacentini;Keith McBURNETT;Penny Stone

  • Combining discrepant diagnostic information from multiple sources: are complex algorithms better than simple ones?

    John C. Piacentini;Patricia Cohen;Jacob Cohen

  • Clinical Characteristics of Anxiety Disordered Youth

    Philip C. Kendall;Scott N. Compton;John T. Walkup;Boris Birmaher

  • Practice guideline recommendations summary: Treatment of tics in people with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders.

    Tamara Pringsheim;Michael S. Okun;Kirsten Müller-Vahl;Davide Martino

  • Prevalence and Description of Selective Mutism in a School-Based Sample

    R. Lindsey Bergman;John Piacentini;James T. Mccracken

  • Family cognitive behavioral therapy for child anxiety disorders

    Jeffrey J. Wood;John C. Piacentini;Michael Southam-Gerow;Brian C. Chu

  • Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS): rationale, design, and methods

    Scott N Compton;John T Walkup;Anne Marie Albano;John C Piacentini

  • Remission after acute treatment in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders: findings from the CAMS.

    Golda S. Ginsburg;Philip C. Kendall;Dara Sakolsky;Scott N. Compton

  • Impairment in childhood anxiety disorders: preliminary examination of the child anxiety impact scale-parent version.

    Audra K. Langley;R. Lindsey Bergman;James McCracken;John C. Piacentini

  • Genome-wide association study in obsessive-compulsive disorder: results from the OCGAS

    Mattheisen M;Samuels Jf;Wang Y;Greenberg Bd

  • Sensitivity of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children, 2nd Edition (DISC-2.1) for Specific Diagnoses of Children and Adolescents

    Prudence W. Fisher;David Shaffer;John C. Piacentini;Joanna Lapkin

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. McCracken
James T. McCracken University of California, Los Angeles
John T. Walkup
John T. Walkup Lurie Children's Hospital
Golda S. Ginsburg
Golda S. Ginsburg University of Connecticut
Douglas W. Woods
Douglas W. Woods Marquette University
Tara S. Peris
Tara S. Peris University of California, Los Angeles
Philip C. Kendall
Philip C. Kendall Temple University
Scott N. Compton
Scott N. Compton Duke University
Joseph F. McGuire
Joseph F. McGuire University of California, Los Angeles
Anne Marie Albano
Anne Marie Albano Columbia University
Boris Birmaher
Boris Birmaher University of Pittsburgh

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