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Clinical Research Lab
The Clinical Psychology Research Lab directed by聽Dave Haaga聽has conducted research on depression, cigarette smoking cessation, and various forms of cognitive assessment and cognitive behavior therapy but now focuses primarily on body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as Trichotillomania:
Over the years a number of patients have been treated for trichotillomania (TTM) (compulsive hair-pulling) in our training clinic and reported having had considerable trouble finding treatment providers with expertise in TTM. We developed a stepped-care model to try to improve access to TTM and conducted a study of this approach with support from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Subsequent TTM treatment research, supported by the TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, developed and tested a manualized protocol for the Comprehensive Behavioral (COMB) model of treatment developed by Charles Mansueto, PhD and his colleagues.
Selected publications
Carlson, E. J., Malloy, E. J., Brauer, L., Golomb, R. G., Grant, J. E., Mansueto, C. S., & Haaga, D. A. (2021). Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) Treatment of Trichotillomania: A Randomized Clinical Trial.聽Behavior therapy,听52(6), 1543-1557.
Falkenstein, M. J., Conelea, C. A., Garner, L. E., & Haaga, D. A. (2018). Sensory over-responsivity in trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder).聽Psychiatry research,听260, 207-218.
Rogers, K., Banis, M., Falkenstein, M. J., Malloy, E. J., McDonough, L., Nelson, S. O., ... & Haaga, D. A. (2014). Stepped care in the treatment of trichotillomania. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 82(2), 361.
Nelson, S. O., Rogers, K., Rusch, N., McDonough, L., Malloy, E. J., Falkenstein, M. J., ... & Haaga, D. A. (2014). Validating indicators of treatment response: Application to trichotillomania. Psychological assessment, 26(3), 857.
Graduates
More than 40 17吃瓜在线 graduate students have worked in this lab with Dave Haaga as their primary research advisor. See our former doctoral and master's students at our聽Graduates page.
Current Students
Eight graduate students are currently active in our lab.聽See more about our students聽and their work.