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'''Jonathan ("Jon") Stuart Abramowitz''' (born 1969, Baltimore MD) is an American psychologist and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He maintains an active research lab and serves as the Director of the UNC-CH Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic. Abramowitz is an internationally renowned authority on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders. He approaches the understanding and treatment of psychological problems from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. |
'''Jonathan ("Jon") Stuart Abramowitz''' (born 1969, Baltimore MD) is an American psychologist and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He maintains an active research lab and serves as the Director of the UNC-CH Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic. Abramowitz is an internationally renowned authority on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders. He approaches the understanding and treatment of psychological problems from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. |
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==Academic Career== |
==Academic Career== |
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Jonathan ("Jon") Stuart Abramowitz (born 1969, Baltimore MD) is an American psychologist and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He maintains an active research lab and serves as the Director of the UNC-CH Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic. Abramowitz is an internationally renowned authority on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders. He approaches the understanding and treatment of psychological problems from a cognitive-behavioral perspective.
Academic Career
Abramowitz earned his B.A. in Psychology from Muhlenberg College in 1991, his M.A. in Psychology from Bucknell University in 1993, and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Memphis in 1998. He completed both a predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a staff psychologist and Associate Professor at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) from 2000 until 2006 when he moved to North Carolina.
His research interests focus on the development and evaluation of cognitive-behavioral treatments (CBT) for OCD and other anxiety-related disorders, and the nature and psychopathology of anxiety problems, especially OCD.
Abramowitz's research has been highly influential. He is considered an international expert on OCD and anxiety. His more than 250 publications include 15 books and over 200 scientific articles and book chapters. He has lectured extensively around the world, is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, and has served as President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2014-2015).
In his clinical practice, Abramowitz specializes in the outpatient cognitive-behavioral assessment, consultation, and treatment of OCD and other anxiety-related problems.