Faculty and Staff

Clinical Staff Bios

Elna Yadin, Ph.D.
Psychotherapist
Ph.D., 1979
Bryn Mawr College
yadin@mail.med.upenn.edu

A clinically licensed psychologist since 1997, with main interests in anxiety disorders in adults, children, and adolescents. Coordinator of the obsessive-compulsive disorder open treatment clinic.

Representative Publications:

Yadin, E. & Thomas, E. (1981) Septal correlates of conditioned inhibition and excitation in rats. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 95:331- 340.

Yadin, E., Bruno, L., Micalizzi, M., Rorke, L., & D'Angio, G. (1983) An animal model to detect learning deficits following treatment of the immature brain. Child's Brain, 10:273-280.

Yadin, E., Guarini, V., & Gallistel, C.R. (1983) Unilaterally activated systems in rats self-stimulating at sites in the medial forebrain bundle, medial prefrontal cortex or locus coeruleus. Brain Research, 266:39-50.

Yadin, E. (1989) Unit activity in the medial septum during differential appetitive conditioning. Behavioral Brain Research, 33:45-50.

Thomas, E. & Yadin, E. (1991) Septal unit activity in classical conditioning: A regional comparison. Brain Research, 547:303-308.

Yadin, E., Friedman, E., & Bridger, W.H. (1991) Spontaneous alternation: An animal model for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 40:311-315.

Yadin, E., Thomas, E., Strickland, C.S., & Grishkat, H.L. (1991) Anxiolytic effects of benzodiazepines in amygdala-lesioned rats. Psychopharmacology, 103:473- 479.

Yadin, E., Thomas, E., Grishkat, H.L., & Strickland, C.E. (1993) The role of the lateral septum in anxiolysis. Physiology and Behavior, 53:1077-1083.

Yadin, E. & Thomas, E. (1996) Stimulation of the lateral septum diminishes stress-induced stomach ulcers. Physiology and Behavior, 59:883-886.

Thomas, E., Strickland, C.E., Yadin, E., & Burock, D.A. (2005) Effects of chlordiazepoxide on single-unit activity in the septal region of the freely moving rat: aversive vs. non-aversive contexts. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 80:151-159.

Foa, E.B., Hembree, E.A., Cahill, S.P., Rauch, S.A., Riggs, D.S., Feeny, N.C., Yadin, E.
(2005) Randomized trial of prolonged exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder with and without cognitive restructuring: Outcome at academic and community clinics. Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology, 73:953-64.

Foa, E.B., Doron, M. & Yadin, E. (2004), Prolonged Exposure: Treatment Manual for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Hebrew). Community Stress Prevention Centre Press.

Yadin, E. & Foa, E.B. (2005) Cognitive Behavioral Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In Kirmayer, L.J., Lemelson, R., & Barad, M. (Eds.), Inscribing Trauma: Cultural, Psychological, and Biological Perspectives on Terror and Its Aftermath

Media Appearances:

NBC10 Healthwatch segment on OCD, February 2000
FOX News morning news, October 2001
BBC Science/Discovery Channel, 2002
NBC10 Healthwatch segment on How to Talk to Kids about the tsunami, January 2005