Adam B. Lewin, PhD, MS

Dr. Lewin is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neuropsychiatry in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of South Florida.  Dr. Lewin received his PhD in Clinical & Health Psychology from the University of Florida.  Subsequently, he completed his clinical residency and a postdoctoral National Institutes of Mental Health research fellowship in biopsychology at the Semel Institute for Neuropsychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).  Dr. Lewin recently received a young investigator award from NARSAD (National Association for Research in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders) and was awarded the 2007-2008 Joseph Drown Foundation and Friends of the Semel Institute Fellowship to fund his research activities at UCLA.  Dr. Lewin’s clinical and research activities focus on obsessive-compulsive spectrum and anxiety disorders.  Current interests focus on improving the specificity of treatments and identifying biomarkers of OCD and tic disorders in children. 

Education & Training

Scholarly Activity and Interests

• Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (including OCD, Tourettes Syndrome & tic disorders, and trichotillomania)
• Anxiety disorders
• Treatment outcome and biomarker research
• Assessment and cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) of OCD/tic-spectrum and anxiety disorders in youth and adults
• Non-adherence in youth with pediatric type 1 diabetes.

  Selected Publications

• Lewin, A.B., Storch, E.A., Adkins, J., Murphy, T.K., & Geffken, G.R.  (2005). Current directions in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.Pediatric Annals, 34(2), 128-134

• Lewin, A.B., Heidgerken, A.D., Geffken, G.R., Williams, L.B., Storch, E.A., Gelfand, K.M., & Silverstein, J.H.  (2006). The relation between family factors and metabolic control:  The role of diabetes adherence. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 174-183

• Lewin, A.B., Storch, E.A., Geffken, G.R., Goodman, W.K. & Murphy, T.K. (2006). A neuropsychiatric review of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Etiology and efficacious treatments. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2, 21-31.

• Lewin, A.B., Storch, E.A., Merlo, L.J., Adkins, J.W., Murphy, T.K., & Geffken, G.R. (2006). Intensive cognitive behavioral therapy for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: A treatment protocol for mental health providers. Psychological Services, 2, 91-104.

• Lewin, A.B., Piacentini, J., Flessner, C.A., Woods, D.W., Franklin, M.E., Keuthen, N.J., Moore, P., Khanna, M., March, J.S., Stein, D.J., & the TLC-SAB (2009). Depression, anxiety, and functional impairment in children with trichotillomania, depression and anxiety, 26, 521–527.

• Lewin, A.B., La Greca, A.M., Geffken, G.R., Williams, L.B., Duke, D.C., Storch, E.A., & Silverstein, J.H. (in press). Validity and reliability of an adolescent and parent rating scale of type 1 diabetes adherence behaviors: The self-care Inventory (SCI). Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

• Lewin, A.B. & Piacentini, J. (in press). Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children. In B.J. Sadock, V.A. Sadock, & P. Ruiz (Eds.), Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 9th Edition.

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