Current Studies
The Pediatric Neuropsychiatry team is currently looking for patients interested in enrolling in the studies listed below. If you are interested and would like more information, please contact the team by telephone (727-767-8230) or email (RothmanCtr@health.usf.edu)
Dr. Tanya Murphy
Title: Cefdinir for New Onset Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Purpose: To see if antibiotic therapy helps makes the symptoms of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and/or tics better. Click here to see IRB-approved advertisement.Title: SSRI-Induced Activation Syndrome in Pediatric OCD
Purpose: To study the side effects (such as agitation, increased anxiety, impulsivity, and manic behavior) often associated with antidepressant use in children.Title: Prospective Study of "PANDAS"
Purpose: To see whether changes in obsessive-compulsive (OC) or tic symptoms in children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and/or Tourette's Syndrome (TS) are related to earlier streptococcal infection ("strep throat"),Title: Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study of the Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of Memantine in Pediatric Patients with Autism.
Purpose: To determine whether or not memantine is effective at improving social interactions, communication, and restricted interests and repetitive behaviors in children with autism.
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Dr. Eric Storch
Title: Videophone Administered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Purpose: To evaluate how well videophone-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy works to treat obsessive compulsive disorder in children. *See IRB-approved advertisement VCBTwebad31809222.pdfTitle: Predictors of Treatment Response in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive
Purpose: To examine predictors of treatment response in cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric OCD.Title: Predictors of Treatment Response in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Purpose: To examine different factors that may predict how well people do in cognitive-behavioral therapy.Title: Double Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Palperidone Addition in SRI-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Purpose: To determine whether or not the Palperidone is effective in treating OCD in patients who are non-responsive to SRIs. *See IRB-approved advertisementpaliwebad22.pdfTitle: D-Cycloserine Augmentation of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Purpose: To determine whether cognitive-behavioral therapy is more effective if combined with an FDA-approved medication (D-Cycloserine) than if used alone when treating childhood OCD. *See IRB-approved advertisementDCSwebad22.pdfTitle: Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Youth with Prader-Willi Syndrome: A Pilot Project
Purpose: To develop and test a form of psychotherapy that targets obsessive-compulsive symptoms in youth with Prader Willi Syndrome that are problematic and negatively impact the child and his/her family.Title: Insight in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Purpose: To examine how well children with OCD recognize that their symptoms are a problem; to examine how well 2 measures of OCD symptoms work.
Dr. Adina Aldea
Title: Cognitive and Affective Factors in the Relationship between Perfectionism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Purpose: To determine whether or not OCD patients who are maladaptive perfectionists experience more impairment than OCD patients who are not perfectionists, and whether this relationship is due to cognitive and affective factors; to validate a new measure of OCD impairment in adults.
Dr. Omar Rahman
Title: Controlled Study of Habit Reversal Training for Trichotillomania in Youth
Purpose: To examine how well habit reversal training (HRT) works in treatment of Trichotillomania in children and adolescents; to examine the how well certain psychosocial factors predict treatment response.