OCD in Children and Adolescents: The OCD Is Not the Boss of Me Manual

About Annie SimpsonKatherine McKenneyS. Evelyn Stewart

Katherine McKenney PhD is a staff psychologist with the Provincial OCD Program at BC Childrens Hospital (BCCH) in Vancouver British Columbia Canada as well as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and a director at Cornerstone Child and Family Psychology Clinic. At BCCH Dr. McKenney provides assessment and group treatment to youth with obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) and their families. She also consults and trains clinicians around the province is actively involved in research and program development and has coauthored numerous peer-reviewed publications. Dr. McKenney has developed several group therapy manuals for the treatment of OCD and maintains a busy private practice. Annie Simpson PhD is a director at Cornerstone Child and Family Psychology Clinic in Vancouver and a clinical associate in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby British Columbia Canada. She previously worked as a staff psychologist with the Provincial OCD Program at BC Childrens Hospital (BCCH). Dr. Simpson was actively involved in research and program development in her role at BCCH and coauthored numerous publications. She has worked as a consultant for Anxiety Canada providing lectures and workshops and developing self-help materials for children and adolescents. S. Evelyn Stewart MD is Full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada and Founding Director of the Provincial OCD Program at BC Childrens Hospital (BCCH) the first integrated clinic and research program for pediatric OCD in Canada. Dr. Stewart spent her early career as a psychiatrist within the pediatric and adult obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) clinic teams at Massachusetts General Hospital as Research Director of the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital and as Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She has authored over 100 original papers reviews and book chapters on family genetic neuroimaging and treatment aspects of OCD and related illnesses throughout the lifespan.