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
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
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. & Khanna, M.S.: Camp Cope-A-Lot: The Coping Cat CD Rom. Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing Inc. 2008.
Khanna, M.S. & Kendall, P.C.: Computer Assisted CBT for Child Anxiety: Development of the Coping Cat CD Rom. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 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.
Flannery-Schroeder, E. Choudhury [Khanna], M., & Kendall, P.C.: One-year follow-up of group and individual cognitive-behavioral treatments for anxiety-disordered youth. Cognitive Therapy and Research 29(2): 243-259, 2005.
Chu, B.C., Choudhury [Khanna], M.S., Shortt, A., Pincus, D., Creed, T., & Kendall, P. C.: Alliance, technology, and outcome in the treatment of anxious youth. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 11(1): 44-55, 2004.
Kendall, P.C. & Choudhury, M.S.: Children and adolescents in cognitive-behavioral therapy: Some past efforts and current advances, and the challenges in our future. Cognitive Therapy and Research 27(1): 89-104, 2003.
Choudhury [Khanna], M.S., Pimentel, S.S., & Kendall, P.C. : Childhood anxiety disorders: Parent-child (dis)agreement using a structured interview for the DSM-IV. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 42(8): 957-964, 2003.
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