Abstract

This is a request for an ADAMHA Scientist Development Award for Clinicians (SDAC). The main objective is to establish the Principal Investigator, Dr. March, as an independent clinical investigator in the area of child and adolescent anxiety disorders. C. Keith Conners, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Psychology at DUMC and Director of the DUMC Psychometrics Laboratory, will serve as Sponsor for the duration the Award. The main objective will be met through: (1) course work in statistics and research design; (2) tutorials in neuropsychiatry and electrophysiology; (3) expert consultation; and (4), a supervised research experience. The proposed two-stage research program examines the relationship between childhood anxiety disorders, attention-deficit disorder, and the comorbid conditions in clinic-referred children, ages 8-14. Stage 1 pilots the evaluation of novel neurocognitive factors hypothesized to differentiate anxiety- from attention-deficit disordered children. Stage 11 extends these results, adding a normal control group and electroencephalographic measures to the Study 1 research design.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Unknown (K20)
Project #
5K20MH000981-03
Application #
2240270
Study Section
Research Scientist Development Review Committee (MHK)
Project Start
1992-03-01
Project End
1997-02-28
Budget Start
1994-04-01
Budget End
1995-02-28
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
1994
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Duke University
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
071723621
City
Durham
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27705

  Publications

Epstein, J N; March, J S; Conners, C K et al. (1998) Racial differences on the Conners Teacher Rating Scale. J Abnorm Child Psychol 26:109-18
March, J S; Amaya-Jackson, L; Terry, R et al. (1997) Posttraumatic symptomatology in children and adolescents after an industrial fire. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 36:1080-8
Levin, E D; Conners, C K; Sparrow, E et al. (1996) Nicotine effects on adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 123:55-63
March, J S; Leonard, H L (1996) Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents: a review of the past 10 years. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 35:1265-73
Conners, C K; Levin, E D; Sparrow, E et al. (1996) Nicotine and attention in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Psychopharmacol Bull 32:67-73
March, J S; Leonard, H L; Swedo, S E (1995) Neuropsychiatry of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. Compr Ther 21:507-12
March, J S (1995) Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for children and adolescents with OCD: a review and recommendations for treatment. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 34:7-18
March, J S; 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. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 33:333-41