Courtney Ferrell

Courtney Ferrell, Ph.D.

Dr. Ferrell's research interests include research practices and policy regarding autism. She has clinical experience working with children and adolescents at the Maryland Center for Anxiety Disorders and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in community, school, inpatient, and outpatient settings. Her current clinical work with the Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington focuses on social anxiety and other related anxiety disorders, depression, ADHD, and disruptive behavioral disorders. She also oversees several fellowship programs through the Office of Research Training and Career Development at the National Institute of Mental Health, including Individual, Neurodevelopmental, Psychosocial Stress and Related Disorders, and Affective Regulatory Disorders Fellowships.

Positions

  • Chief, Individual Fellows Program, Division of Developmental and Translational Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD

 

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park, Clinical Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Ferrell, C.B. (in press). Re-engineering clinical research science: A focus on translational research. Behavior Modification.
  • Ferrell, C.B. (in press). ADHD. In C. S. Clauss-Ehlers (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Cross Cultural School Psychology. New York: Springer.
  • Boyce, C. A., Heinssen, R., Ferrell, C. B., & Nakamura, R. K. (2007). Prospects for the prevention of mental illness: Integrating neuroscience and behavior. M. T. Tsuang, W. S. Stone, & M. J. Lyons (Eds.), Recognition and prevention of major mental and substance use disorders (pp. 241-261). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
  • Ferrell, C. B., Beidel, D. C., & Turner, S. M. (2004). Assessment and treatment of socially phobic children: A cross cultural comparison. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33(2), 260-268.
  • Beidel, D. C., Yeganeh, R., Ferrell, C. B., & Alfano, C. (2004). Treatment of social anxiety disorder in children. In B. Bandelow & D. J. Stein (Eds.), Social Anxiety Disorder (pp. 315-334). New York: Marcel Dekker.