Tara S Peris Author

Tara S. Peris, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute. She is the Program Director for the ABC Children's Partial Hospitalization Program at the Institute. Her clinical specialty is in evidence-based treatments for child and adolescent OCD and anxiety disorders. Her research interests center on family factors that influence how youth fare in treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, and related conditions. John Piacentini, PhD, ABPP, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute and Director of the UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety and Tic Disorders Program. The primary focus of his work is on the development and dissemination of evidence-based treatments for childhood OCD and other psychiatric disorders.