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Kavita Tahilani

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
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Psychologist, Anxiety Behaviors Clinic in the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Outpatient Department, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 7
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Clinical Director, Mood Disorder Partial Hospitalization Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Department: Psychiatry
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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Philadelpiha, PA 19139
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32 University of Connecticut, 2005.
21 8 PhD 2d (Clinical Psychology, Child Track) c
30 St. John’s University, 2014.
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24 c1 Psychology Intern, Child and Adolescent Track, Child and Family Institute and Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Services (CARES), St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center 1b , 2013-2014.
24 b7 Post-Doctoral Fellow in Psychology , Child and Family Institute and Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Services (CARES), Mt. Sinai-St. Luke’s Hospital Center 1b , 2014-2015.
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Selected Publications

19f Lewandowski, R.E., Jenness, J., Spiro, C., Delonga, K., Crowe, K., Tahilani, K., Sullivan, P., Kim, J., Fleiss, K., Happer, K., Camacho, K., Watson, B., Knepley, M., Schlechter, A., Martell, C., Hoagwood, K., Sarah M. Horwitz, S.M, McCauley, E.: Implementation of Behavioral Activation within a care pathway for adolescent depression at an academic medical center. 43 Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health. 5a 8(1): 73-87, March 2022 Notes: doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2022.2042870.

182 Sharma-Patel, K., Filton, B., Tebbett, A., Tahilani, K., Brown, E., Campbell, C.: Patterns in blame attribution in maltreated youth: Association with psychopathology and interpersonal functioning. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma 23(6): 567-588, May 2014 Notes: doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2014.920456.

166 Eddy KT, Dorer DJ, Franko DL, Tahilani K, Thompson-Brenner H, Herzog DB. : Diagnostic crossover in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: Implications for DSM-V. American Journal of Psychiatry 165(2): 245-250, February 2008 Notes: doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07060951. Epub 2008 Jan 15.

156 Eddy KT, Dorer DJ, Franko DL, Tahilani K, Thompson-Brenner H, Herzog DB. : Should bulimia nervosa be subtyped by history of anorexia nervosa? A longitudinal validation. International Journal of Eating Disorders 40: S67-S71, November 2007 Notes: doi: 10.1002/eat.20422.

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