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About the speaker

John Piacentini is Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute where he directs the Child OCD, Anxiety and Tic Disorders Clinic/Tourette Association of America (TAA) Center of Excellence and the Center for Child Anxiety, Resilience, Education and Support (CARES).  A board-certified psychologist, his work focuses on the development and dissemination of treatments for youth with OCD, anxiety, tics and related disorders. Dr. Piacentini has authored over 350 scientific publications, including nine books and treatment manuals, and received research funding from NIMH, PCORI, IOCDF, Tourette Association of America and other mental health foundations.  He has trained hundreds of clinicians in the treatment of tics and related disorders through his UCLA clinic and numerous workshops nationally and around the world.  Dr. Piacentini co-chairs the Scientific Advisory Board for the Tourette Association of America, and plays a leadership role for several other national mental health organizations            

Disclosure Statements

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John Piacentini, PhD, ABPP, reports being an owner of VirtuallyBetter Health, LLC, and an employee and stockholder of Lumate Health. He will be discussing commonly used medications for pediatric OCD. The content of the educational activity was reviewed and is not related to the business line or product of the company.  All relationships have been mitigated through review. 

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Jon Hershfield, LMFT, Todd Peters, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis Marino, MD, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Alfredo Sagisi, DNP, MS, RN, FACHE, Stephanie M. Robinson, MSN, RN, PMH-BC, NPD-BC, NE-BC, Lisa E. Seldon, DNP, MSA, RN, NEA-BC, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.