Our research and publications

A variety of research and publications from our team.

Books

Farrell, Ollendick and Muris. (Eds). 2019. Innovations in CBT for Childhood Anxiety, OCD & PTSD: Improving Access & Outcomes.Cambridge University Press.

Selected book chapters

  1. Dyason, Mathieu, Griffiths, Farrell(2019). ASD and comorbid OCRDs across the developmental lifespan. Handbook of ASD. Oxford University Press.
  2. Dyason, Farrell, Waters (2019). Brief Intensive Treatments for Paediatric OCD. In (Eds) Farrell, Ollendick, Muris. Innovations in CBT for Childhood Anxiety, OCD & PTSD:  Improving Access & Outcomes. Cambridge University Press.
  3. Lavell, Cadman, Waters and Farrell. (in press 2018). Psychoeducation for anxiety. In Peris, Storch, McGuire (Eds):A Clinicians' Guide to Exposure Therapy with Children and Adolescent.Elsevier Press.
  4. Mackenzie, M., & Farrell, L.J. (2019). Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in Children inEncyclopaedia of Child and Adolescent Development(Eds) Zimmer-Gembcek. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers
  5. Munro-Lee, Kershaw, Farrell. (2018). Integrating Play Therapy into Single Session Behavioral Treatment for Pre-school Children with Specific Phobias. In Childhood Anxieties, Fears, and Phobias: Effective Play-BasedInterventions and Techniques (Eds) Charles Schaefer and Athena Drewes. Guildford Press.
  6. Farrell, L.J., Mathieu, S., & Lavell, C. (2018). Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents. In T.H. Ollendick, S. White, & B. White, The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Oxford University Press.
  7. James, S., Farrell, L.J.,& Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J. (2017). Description and prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. In J. Abramowitz, D. McKay & E.A. Storch (Eds.) Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Across the Lifespan. NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
  8. Oar, E., Farrell, L.J.,Byrne, S., & Ollendick, T.H. (2017). Specific Phobia. In C.A. Flessner and J. Piacentini (Eds.). Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Step-by-Step Treatment Manual. Guilford Press.
  9. Schneider, S.C., Farrell, L.J.,Turner, C.M., Webb, H.J. (2016).Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Advances in Theoretical and Clinical Research. In WCBCT Scientific Committee (Eds),  Innovations and Future Directions in Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. Australian Academic Press, Brisbane
  10. Farrell, L.J.,James, S., Maddox, B., Griffiths, G., & White, S. (2016). OCD and Comorbid ASD – the case of Max. In E.A. Storch & A. Lewin (Eds.) Clinical Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders: A Case-Based Approach to Treating Pediatric and Adult Populations. Springer Science + Business Media Inc.
  11. Oar, E., Farrell, L.J., & Cadman, J. (2016). Aggressive obsession in paediatric OCD. In E.A. Storch & A. Lewin (Eds). Clinical Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders: A Case-Based Approach to Treating Pediatric and Adult Populations. Springer Science + Business Media Inc.
  12. Farrell, L.J.,Waters, A.M., Milliner, E., & Ollednick, T.H. (2013). Prognostic indicators of treatment response in child anxiety disorders (pp. 37 – 56). In D. McKay & E. Storch (Eds.), Handbook of Treating Variants and Complications in Anxiety Disorders.Springer Science + Business Media Inc.
  13. Milliner, E., Farrell, L.J., Ollendick, T.H. (2013). CBT for Childhood Specific Phobias (pp. 255 – 274). In Graham & Reynolds (Eds.), Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Children and Families, third edition. London: Cambridge University Press.
  14. Waters, A. M., Farrell, L. J., & Schilpzand, E. (2013). Neuropsychological assessment and clinical intervention for youth with anxiety disorders. In L.A. Reddy, A.Weissman. & J.B., Hale (Ed.), Neuropsychological assessment and intervention for youth: An evidence-based approach to emotional and behavioral disorders. American Psychological Association Press: Washington DC.
  15. Farrell, L.,Donovan, C., Turner, C., & Walker, J. (2010). Secondary anxiety disorders in children with chronic health problems. In E.A. Storch & D. McKay (Eds.) Handbook of Anxiety Disorders. NY, USA: Oxford University Press.
  16. Barrett, P., & Farrell, L.(2008). The prevention of anxiety and anxiety disorders. In M. Anthony & M. Stein (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Anxiety and Related Disorders,(pp. 497-511). NY, USA: Oxford University Press.
  17. Barrett, P., & Farrell, L.(2007). Behavioural family intervention for childhood anxiety. In Briesmeister and Schaefer (Eds). Handbook of Parent Training 3rdEd, (pp. 133-163). NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
  18. Farrell, L.,Barrett, P., & Ollendick, T. (2007). School based intervention for anxiety in children and youth. In S. Evans (Ed.) Advances in school-based mental health advances, volume 2 (pp. 1-20). NJ, USA: Civic Research Institute.
  19. Farrell, L., & Barrett, P. (2007). The function of the family in childhood OCD: Family interactions and accommodation. In E. Storch, G. Geffken, & T. Murphy (Eds.) A comprehensive Handbook of Child and Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,(pp. 313-332). NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
  20. Barrett, P., Healy, L., Piacentini, J., & March, J. (2003). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Childhood and Adolescence: Description and Treatment.  In P.M. Barrett & T.H. Ollendick (Eds.). Handbook of Interventions that Work With Children and Adolescents: From Prevention to Treatment.London: Vivian Ward Psychology Publishing.

Selected Refereed journal articles (past 7 years only)

  1. de Diaz, NAN.,Farrell, LJ., Waters, AM., Donovan, C., McConnell, HW (2018). Sleep-Related Problems in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Intensive Exposure Therapy, Behavior Therapy.  ISSN 0005-7894,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2018.09.008.
  2. Dowell, T., Donovan, C.L., Farrell, L.J., Waters, A.M. (2018). Treatment of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents. Current Options in Psychiatry. DOI 10.1007/s40501-018-0136-2
  3. Lavell, C.H, Webb, Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J., and Farrell, L.J. (2018). A prospective study of adolescents’ body dysmorphic symptoms: peer victimization, and the direct and protective roles of emotion regulation and mindfulness. Body Image, 24,17-25.
  4. Farrell, L. J., Waters, A. M., Oar, E. L., Tiralongo, E., Garbharran, V., Alston‐Knox, C., ... & Testa, C. (2018). D‐cycloserine‐augmented one‐session treatment of specific phobias in children and adolescents. Brain and Behavior,8(6), e00984
  5. Farrell, L.J., Kershaw, H., & Ollendick, T.H. (2018). Play modified one-session treatment for young children with a specific phobia of dogs: a multiple baseline case series. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 49 (2), 317-329
  6. Lavell, C. H., Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Farrell, L. J. (2018). A prospective study of adolescents’ body dysmorphic symptoms: Peer victimization and the direct and protective roles of emotion regulation and mindfulness. Body image, 24, 17-25.
  7. Ollendick, T.H., Ost, L.G., Farrell, L.J. (2018).  Innovations in the psychosocial treatment of youth with anxiety disorders: Implications for a stepped care approach. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 21 (3), 112-114.
  8. Masters, M. R., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Farrell, L. J. (2018). Transactional Associations Between Adolescents’ Emotion Dysregulation and Symptoms of Social Anxiety and Depression: A Longitudinal Study. The Journal of Early Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431618806053
  9. Roberts, C., Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J., Lavell, C., Miyamoto, T., Gregertsen, E.& Farrell, LJ (2018). The Appearance Anxiety Inventory: Factor Structure and Associations with Appearance-based Rejection Sensitivity and Social Anxiety, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, ISSN 2211-3649,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2018.10.004.
  10. Selles, R. R., Højgaard, D. R., Ivarsson, T., Thomsen, P. H., McBride, N., Storch, E. A.,Farrell, L.J ... & Mathieu, S. (2018). Symptom Insight in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Outcomes of an International Aggregated Cross-Sectional Sample. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 57(8), 615-619.
  11. Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Webb, H. J., Farrell, L. J., & Waters, A. M. (2018). Girls’ and boys’ trajectories of appearance anxiety from age 10 to 15 years are associated with earlier maturation and appearance-related teasing. Development and psychopathology, 30(1), 337-350.
  12. Donovan, C.L., Holmes, M. Farrell, L.J., & Hearn, C. (2017) Thinking about worry: Investigation of the cognitive components of worry in children. Journal of Affective Disorders,208, 230-237.
  13. Griffiths, D. L., Farrell, L. J., Waters, A. M., & White, S. W. (2017). ASD Traits Among Youth with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 48, 911-921.
  14. Griffiths, D. L., Farrell, L. J., Waters, A. M., & White, S. W. (2017). Clinical Correlates of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Comorbid Autism Spectrum Disorder in Youth. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 14, 90-98.
  15. Kershaw, H., Farrell, L. J., Donovan, C., & Ollendick, T. (2017). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a One-Session Treatment for a Preschooler With Specific Phobias. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 31(1), 7-22.
  16. Mataix-Cols, D. Fernández de la Cruz, L. Monzani, B., Rosenfield, D., Andersson, E., Pérez-Vigil, A., Frumento, P. de Kleine, R.A., Difede, J., Dunlop, B.W., Farrell, L.J., Geller, D., Gerardi, M., Guastella, A.J., Hofmann, S.G., Hendriks, G-J., Kushner, M.G., Lee, F.S., Lenze, E.J., Levinson, C.A., McConnell, H., Otto, M.W., Plag, J., Pollack, M.H., Ressler, K.J., Rodebaugh, T.L., Rothbaum, B.O., Scheeringa, M.S., Siewert-Siegmund, A., Smits, J.A.J., Storch, E.A., Ströhle, A.S, Tart, C.D., Tolin, D.F., van Minnen, A., Waters, A.M., Weems, C.F., Wilhelm, S., Wyka, K., Davis, M., Rück, C.,  MD; for the DCS Anxiety Consortium. (2017). D-Cycloserine Augmentation of Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety,Obsessive-Compulsive, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry, published online January 25, doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3955
  17. Muris, P., Simon, E., Lijphart, H., Bos, A., Hale, W., Schmeitz, K., ICAAAEG. (2017). The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5): Development and First Psychometric Evidence of a New Scale for Assessing Anxiety Disorders Symptoms of Children and Adolescents. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 48, 1-17. DOI 10.1007/s10578-016-0648-1
  18. Oar, E. L., Farrell, L. J., Conlon, E. G., Waters, A. M., & Ollendick, T. H. (2017). Patterns of Response and Remission Following a One-Session Treatment for Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia in Youth. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 39(1), 43-63.
  19. Webb, H. J., Zimmer‐Gembeck, M. J., Waters, A. M., Farrell, L. J., Nesdale, D., & Downey, G. (2017). “Pretty Pressure” From Peers, Parents, and the Media: A Longitudinal Study of Appearance‐Based Rejection Sensitivity. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
  20. Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Webb, H. J., Farrell, L. J., & Waters, A. M. (2017). Girls’ and boys’ trajectories of appearance anxiety from age 10 to 15 years are associated with earlier maturation and appearance-related teasing.Development and Psychopathology, 1-14.
  21. Donovan, C.L., Holmes, M.C., & Farrell, L. (2016). Investigation of the Cognitive Variables Associated with Worry in Children with Generalised Anxiety Disorder and their Parents. Journal of Affective Disorders, 192¸1-7.
  22. Farrell, L.J.,Oar, E., Waters, A.M., McConnell, H., Tiralongo, E., Garbharran, V., & Ollendick, T.H. (2016). Brief Intensive CBT for Pediatric OCD with E-Therapy Maintenance. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 42, 85-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.06.005
  23. Farrell, L.J.,Sluis, R., & Waters, A.M. (2016). Intensive Treatment of Paediatric OCD: The case of Sarah. Special Issue: Paediatric OCD and Related Disorders.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, In Session, 72(11), 174=1190. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22397.
  24. Farrell, L.J., Gregertsen, E., Donovan, C.L., Pammenter, A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2016). Maternal rejection and idealized value of appearance: exploring the origins of body dysmorphic concerns among young adults.J of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 30(3), 154-167.
  25. Lavell, C., Farrell, L.J.,Waters, A.M., & Cadman, J. (2016). Predictors of Treatment Response to Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Paediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Psychiatry Research, 245, 186-193.
  26. Mastro, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J., Webb, H., Farrell, L.J. & Waters, A.M. (2016). Young Adolescents' Body Dysmorphic Symptoms: Social Problems, Self-perceptions and Comorbidities.  Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders and Related Disorders, 8, 50-55.
  27. Oar, E.L., Farrell, L.J., Waters, A.M., & Ollendick, T.H. (2016). Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia in Youth: Psychological characteristics relative to youth with Animal Phobia. Behaviour Therapy, 47, 3112-324.
  28. Roberts, Farrell, Waters, Ollendick  (2016). Parents' Perceptions of Novel Treatments for Child and Adolescent Specific Phobia and Anxiety Disorders.  Child Psychiatry and Human Development, DOI 10.1007/s10578-015-0579-2
  29. Farrell, L.J., Hourigan, D., Waters, A.M. & Harrington, M. (2015). Special Issue: Threat interpretation bias in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder. J of Cognitive Psychotherapy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0889-8391.29.3.230
  30. Mathieu, S., Farrell, L.J., Waters, A.M. (2015). An observational study of parent-child behaviours in paediatric OCD: Examining the origins of inflated responsibility. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 6, 132-143.
  31. Holmes, M., Donovan, C., &  Farrell, L.J.(2015). A disorder-specific, cognitively-focused, group treatment for childhood GAD: Development and case illustration of the No Worries! Program. J of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 29(4), 275-301.
  32. Oar, E. L., Farrell, L. J., & Ollendick, T. H. (2015). One Session Treatment for Specific Phobias:An Adaptation for Pediatric Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia in Youth.Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.
  33. Oar, E.L., Farrell, L.J., Waters, A.M., Conlon, E.G., & Ollendick, T.H. (2015). One-Session Treatment for Pediatric Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A controlled multiple baseline trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 73, 131-142.
  34. Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Mastro, S., Farrell, L.J.,Waters, A.M., Lavell, C. (2015). Adolescents’ body dysmorphic symptoms: Associations with same- and cross-sex peer teasing via appearance-based rejection sensitivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, accepted Jan 2015.
  35. Byrne, S. Farrell, L.J., Storch, E.A., & Rapee, R. (2014). d-Cycloserine Augmented Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Review of Preliminary Research  Psychopathology Review, 1(1)157-168.
  36. Farrell, L.J., Milliner, E. (2014). Intensive Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Psychopathology Review, 1(1), 182-188.
  37. Holmes, M., Donovan, C.L., Farrell, L.J., & March, S. (2014). The Efficacy of a Group-Based, Disorder-Specific Treatment Program for Childhood GAD – A Randomized Controlled Trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 61,122-135.
  38. Lavell, C., Farrell, L.J., & Zimmer-Gembeck. (2014). Do Obsessional Belief Domains Relate to Body Dysmorphic Concerns in Undergraduate Students? Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, 3(4), 354-358.
  39. Lavell, C.H., Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J., Farrell, L.J., Webb, H (2014). Victimization, Social Anxiety, and Body Dysmorphic Concerns: Appearance-based Rejection Sensitivity as a Mediator. Body Image, 11(4). 391-395.
  40. Oar, E., & Farrell, L.J.,(2014) Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Phobias in Youth. Psychopathology Review, 1(1), 175-181.
  41. Sun, J., Boschen, M., Farrell, L.J., Buys, N. Zhang-Jiang (2014). Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in a Normative Chinese Sample of Youth: Prevalence, Symptom Dimensions, and Factor Structure of the Leyton Obsessional Inventory - Child Version. Journal of Affective Disorders,19-26.
  42. Waters, A.M., & Farrell, L.J.(2014). Response inhibition to emotional faces in childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 3(1), 65-70.
  43. Waters, A. M., Farrell, L. J.,Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Milliner, E., Tiralongo, E., Donovan, C. L., McConnell, H., Bradley, B. P., Mogg, K., & Ollendick, T. H. (2014). Augmenting one session treatment of children’s specific phobias with attention training towards positive stimuli. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 62, 107-119.
  44. Farrell, L.J., Waters, A.M., Boschen, M.J., Hattingh, L., McConnell, H., Milliner, E., Colligs, Zimmer-Gembeck, M., Shelton, D., Ollendick, T.H., Storch, E.S. (2013).Treatment Refractory Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Preliminary results of a randomised trial of d-Cycloserine Augmented Behaviour Therapy.Depression and Anxiety, 30, 723-731.
  45. Farrell, L.J.,Hourigan, D., & Waters, A.M. (2013). Do mothers enhance responsibility in children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? a preliminary study of mother-child interactions during a problem solving discussion. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2, 78-84.