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Katharina Kircanski

Staff Scientist, National Institute of Mental Health, Emotion and Development Branch
Verified email at mail.nih.gov
Cited by 6761

A latent variable approach to differentiating neural mechanisms of irritability and anxiety in youth

K Kircanski, LK White, WL Tseng, JL Wiggins… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Comorbidity is ubiquitous in psychiatry, but it is unclear how to differentiate
neural mechanisms of co-occurring symptoms. Pediatric irritability and anxiety symptoms are …

Irritability in children and adolescents

MA Brotman, K Kircanski… - Annual Review of Clinical …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Irritability is a common and impairing clinical presentation in children and adolescents. Despite
its significant public health impact, irritability remains an elusive construct. Chronic and …

Optimizing inhibitory learning during exposure therapy

MG Craske, K Kircanski, M Zelikowsky… - Behaviour research and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Prevailing models of exposure therapy for phobias and anxiety disorders construe level of
fear throughout exposure trials as an index of corrective learning. However, the evidence, …

Feelings into words: Contributions of language to exposure therapy

K Kircanski, MD Lieberman… - Psychological …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of research has revealed that labeling an emotion, or putting one’s feelings
into words, can help to downregulate that affect, as occurs with intentional forms of emotion …

Cognitive aspects of depression

K Kircanski, J Joormann… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Depression is a prevalent and impairing psychiatric disorder that affects how we feel and how
we think about ourselves and the world around us. Cognitive theories of depression have …

Irritability in youths: A translational model

MA Brotman, K Kircanski, A Stringaris… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Although irritability is among the most common reasons that children and adolescents are
brought for psychiatric care, there are few effective treatments. Developmentally sensitive …

Emotion-network density in major depressive disorder

ML Pe, K Kircanski, RJ Thompson… - Clinical …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent disorder involving disturbances in mood.
There is still much to understand regarding precisely how emotions are disrupted in individuals …

Panic disorder: a review of DSM‐IV panic disorder and proposals for DSM‐V

MG Craske, K Kircanski, A Epstein… - Depression and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers the literature since the publication of DSM‐IV on the diagnostic criteria
for panic attacks (PAs) and panic disorder (PD). Specific recommendations are made based …

Challenges to the traditional exposure paradigm: Variability in exposure therapy for contamination fears

K Kircanski, A Mortazavi, N Castriotta, AS Baker… - Journal of behavior …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Traditional models and methods of exposure therapy
utilize a fear hierarchy, whereby patients complete sets of exposures in a graduated manner, …

Rumination and worry in daily life: Examining the naturalistic validity of theoretical constructs

K Kircanski, RJ Thompson… - Clinical …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Rumination and worry, two forms of perseverative thinking, hold promise as core processes
that transect depressive and anxiety disorders. Whereas previous studies have been limited …