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Elizabeth Turk-Karan

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Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
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Director of Practicum Training, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Director of Internship Training, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Department: Psychiatry
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13 Education:
21 9 B.A. 17 (Psychology) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 1987.
21 9 M.S. 20 (Clinical Psychology) c
2b Rutgers University, 1990.
21 a Ph.D. 20 (Clinical Psychology) c
2b Rutgers University, 1993.
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Selected Publications

3f3 Edna B. Foa, PhD; Helen Blair Simpson, MD, PhD; Thea Gallagher, PsyD; Michael G. Wheaton, PhD; Marina Gershkovich, PhD; Andrew B. Schmidt, PhD; Jonathan D. Huppert, PhD; Patricia Imms, RN; Raphael B. Campeas, MD; Shawn Cahill, PhD; Christina DiChiara, PsyD; Steven D. Tsao, PhD; Anthony Puliafico, PhD; Daniel Chazin, PhD; Anu Asnaani, PhD; Kelly Moore, PsyD; Jeremy Tyler, PsyD; Shari A. Steinman, PhD; Arturo Sanches-LaCay, MD; Sandy Capaldi, PsyD; Ívar Snorrason, PhD; Elizabeth Turk-Karan, PhD; Donna Vermes, PMHNP; Eyal Kalanthroff, PhD1; Anthony Pinto, PhD; Gabriella E. Hamlett, MA; Rachel Middleton, BA; Chang-Gyu Hahn, MD, PhD; Bin Xu, PhD; Page E. Van Meter, PhD; Martha Katechis, BA; David Rosenfield, PhD: Maintenance of Wellness in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder who Discontinue Medication After Exposure/Response Prevention Augmentation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry 79(3): 193-200, March 2022.

23d Simpson HB, Foa EB, Wheaton MG, Gallagher T, Gershkovich M, Schmidt AB, Huppert JD, Campeas RB, Imms PA, Cahill SP, DiChiara C, Tsao SD, Puliafico AC, Chazin D, Asnaani A, Moore K, Tyler J, Steinman SA, Sanchez-LaCay A, Capaldi S, Snorrason I, Turk-Karan E, Vermes D, Kalanthroff E, Pinto A, Hahn CG, Xu B, Van Meter PE, Katechis M, Scodes J, Wang Y.: Maximizing remission from cognitive-behavioral therapy in medicated adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behav Res Ther 143(103890), Aug 2021.

114 Kaczkurkin AN, Tyler J, Turk-Karan E, Belli G, Asnaani A.: The Association between Insomnia and Anxiety Symptoms in a Naturalistic Anxiety Treatment Setting. Behav Sleep Med 19(1): 110-125, Jan-Feb 2021.

10b Asnaani A, Benhamou K, Kaczkurkin AN, Turk-Karan E, Foa EB.: Beyond the Constraints of an RCT: Naturalistic Treatment Outcomes for Anxiety-Related Disorders. Behav Ther 51(3): 434-446, May 2020.

f0 Turk, E., Bry, B.H.: The contribution of mothers' and fathers' explanatory styles to adolescents' explanatory styles. Cognitive Therapy and Research 16: 349-357, 1992.

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