Muniya Khanna
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Director, Child & Adolescent OCD, Tic, Trich, and Anxiety Group (COTTAGe)
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Child and Adolescent OCD, Tic, Trich, and Anxiety Group (COTTAGe)
3535 Market Street
Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3535 Market Street
Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-3327
Fax: 215-746-3311
Fax: 215-746-3311
Email:
muniya@mail.med.upenn.edu
muniya@mail.med.upenn.edu
Links
Child & Adolescent OCD, Tic, Trich and Anxiety Group (COTTAGe) website
ABCT Child & Adolescent Anxiety Special Interest Group website
Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
Child & Adolescent OCD, Tic, Trich and Anxiety Group (COTTAGe) website
ABCT Child & Adolescent Anxiety Special Interest Group website
Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
Education:
B.A. (Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania, 1997.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
Temple University, 2004.
B.A. (Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania, 1997.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
Temple University, 2004.
Post-Graduate Training
Pre-doctoral Intern, Child track, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, 2003-2004.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, 2004-2006.
Permanent linkPre-doctoral Intern, Child track, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, 2003-2004.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, 2004-2006.
Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Khanna's research interests are in the development, evaluation, and dissemination of cognitive-behavioral treatments for childhood OCD, anxiety, Tic Disorders, and Trichotillomania. Her scholarly publications include scientific articles and book chapters on the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, separation anxiety, and OCD in youth.She is coauthor of "The C.A.T. Project," a cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxious teens, "Camp Cope-A-Lot: The Coping Cat CD Rom," the first computer-assisted cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxious children, and "CBT4CBT: Computer-Based Training to become a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist for anxious youth," the first computer-based clinician training program in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety in youth.
Current Research Interests:
Treatment outcome research in pediatric OCD & anxiety
Web-based interventions for pediatric anxiety, OCD, Tics & Trichotillomania
Parent involvement in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety in youth
Computer technology in the dissemination of empirically-supported treatments for disorders in children & adolescents
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr. Khanna has dedicated her training, research, and clinical work to youth affected by OCD, anxiety and mood disorders and has provided individual, group, and family therapy services, consultation and evaluation services for the past several years for adults, teens, children, and families.Dr. Khanna has provided clinical services in a number of treatment facilities including the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic of Temple University, the Center for Management of ADHD in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and at the OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Clinic and Child and Adolescent Inpatient Units of the University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute.
She has been involved with the development of a number of treatment programs, including "The C.A.T. Project," and "Camp Cope-A-Lot: The Coping Cat CD Rom," for the treatment of anxious youth.
Selected Publications
Storch, E. A., Khanna, M., Merlo, L. J., Loew, B., Franklin, M. E., Reid, J., Goodman, W. K. & Murphy, T. K.: Children’s Florida Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (C-FOCI): Psychometric Properties and Feasibility of a Self-Report Measure of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Youth. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 40: 467-483, 2009.Freeman, J.B., Choate-Summers, M.L., Marrs-Garcia, A., Moore, P.S., Sapyta, J., Khanna, M., March, J.S., Foa, E.B., and Franklin, M.E.: The Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment Study II: Rationale, Design and Methods. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 3: 4, 2009.
Lewin, A. B., Piacentini, J. C., Flessner, C. A., Woods, D. W., Franklin, M. E., Keuthen, N. J., Moore, P., Khanna, M., March, J. S., Stein, D. J., & The Trichotillomania Learning Center Scientific Advisory Board TLC-SAB : Child trichotillomania: Evaluating depression, anxiety, and functional impairment. Depression and Anxiety 26(6): 521-527, 2009.
Khanna, M.S. & Kendall, P.C.: Exploring the role of parent-training in the treatment of childhood anxiety. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 77(5): 981, 2009.
Khanna, M.S. & Kendall, P.C.: Computer Assisted CBT for Child Anxiety: Development of the Coping Cat CD Rom. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 2008.
Keuthen, N. J., Flessner, C. A., Woods, D. W., Franklin, M. E., Piacentini, J. C., Khanna, M., Moore, P., Tolin, D. F., Cashin, S. E., & the Trichotillomania Learning Center Scientific Advisory Board: Parent-child concordance ratings for clinical symptomatology and functional impairment in trichotillomania. Child & Family Behavior Therapy 30(4): 337-353, 2008.
Khanna, M.S., & Kendall, P.C.: Computer Assisted CBT for Child Anxiety: Development of the Coping Cat CD Rom. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, Special Issue 15: 159, 2008.
Kendall, P.C. & Khanna, M.S.: Camp Cope-A-Lot: The Coping Cat CD Rom. Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing Inc. 2008.
Kendall, P.C. & Khanna, M.S. : CBT4CBT: Computer-Based Training to become a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist…for Anxious Youth. Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing Inc. 2008.
Kendall, P.C., Puliafico, A.C., Barmish, A.J., Choudhury [Khanna], M.S., Henin, A., Treadwell, K.S. : Assessing anxiety with the child behavior checklist and the teacher report form. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 21: 1004-1015, 2007.
