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Randi E. McCabe, Ph.D., C.Psych.

Director, Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre
Psychologist-in-Chief,
St. Joseph's Healthcare
50 Charlton Ave. East
6th Floor, Fontbonne Building
Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6
Tel: 905-522-1155, ext. 33697
Fax: 905-521-6120
E-mail: rmccabe@stjoes.ca

Dr. McCabe is Director of the Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre and Psychologist-in-Chief at St. Joseph 's Healthcare Hamilton.  She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University where she is the CBT Anxiety Module Coordinator for the Postgraduate Psychiatry Psychotherapy Program. Dr. McCabe has numerous published articles, book chapters, and conference presentations on anxiety, eating disorders, and cognitive behavior therapy. She has authored one book for professionals: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Groups and four books geared to consumers: The Overcoming Bulimia Workbook, 10 Simple Solutions to Panic, Overcoming Your Animal and Insect Phobias and the Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Weight Management. Dr. McCabe is on the editorial board of Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.  She is actively involved in training other mental health professionals and has given many workshops on conducting cognitive behavioural therapy and the treatment of anxiety disorders and eating disorders.  Her research interests focus on 1) variables affecting treatment outcome for anxiety disorders including motivation, process factors, and comorbidity; and 2) factors related to the phenomenology of anxiety and its disorders such as personality traits, life history, and information processing.  Current research projects include a study examining augmentation of exposure-based treatment for OCD with motivational enhancement funded by that Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (OCF) and study investigating self portrayal processes in social anxiety funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). 

 

Selected Publications:

McCabe, R.E., Ashbaugh, A.R., & Antony, M. M. (in press). Specific and social phobia.  In M. M. Antony and D. H. Barlow (Eds.), Handbook of Assessment and Treatment Planning for Psychological Disorders, 2nd edition.  New York: Guilford.

McCabe, R.E., Swinson, R.P., & Jacobs, A.M. (in press). Neo-Kraepelinian diagnosis: Adequacy for OCD, GAD, and PTSD. In D. McKay, J.S. Abramowitz, S. Taylor, and G.J.G. Asmundson (Eds.), Current perspectives on the anxiety disorders: Implications for DSM-V and beyond. New York: Springer.

McCabe, R.E., & Gifford, S. (in press).  Psychological Treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia. In M. Antony and M.B. Stein (Eds.), Oxford handbook of anxiety and related disorders. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

McCabe, R.E. (2010). Agoraphobia. In I.B. Weiner and W.E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini’s Encyclopedia of Psychology, Fourth Edition, (pp.55-56). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

McCabe, R.E., Miller, J.L., Laugesen, N., Antony, M.M., & Young, L. (2010). The relationship between anxiety disorders in adults and recalled childhood teasing.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 238-243.

Laliberte, M., McCabe, R.E., & Taylor, V. (2009). A cognitive behavioral approach to weight management: A step-by-step workbook. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications. 

Rosmarin, D.H., Bourque, L.M., Antony, M.M., & McCabe, R.E. (2009). Interpretation bias in panic disorder: Self-referential or global? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 33, 624-632.

Grös, D.F., Antony, M.M., McCabe, R.E., & Swinson, R.P. (2009).  Frequency and severity of the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome across the anxiety disorders and depression.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 290-296.

Collimore, K.C., McCabe, R.E., Carleton, R.N., & Asmundson, G.J.G. (2008). Media exposure and dimensions of anxiety sensitivity: Differential associations with PTSD symptom clusters. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22, 1021-1028.

McCabe, R.E. & Antony, M.M. (2008).  Anxiety disorders: Social and specific phobias.  In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J.A. Lieberman, M.B. First, and M. Maj (Eds.), Psychiatry third edition (pp. 1409-1442).  Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Rowa, K., McCabe, R.E., & Antony, M.M. (2008). Specific and social phobia. In J. Hunsley and E.J. Mash (Eds.), A guide to assessments that work (pp. 207-228). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

McCabe, R.E. & Boivin, M. (2008). Eating disorders. In D. McKay, J. Abramowitz, and S. Taylor (Eds.), Clinical handbook of obsessive compulsive disorder and related problems (pp. 188-204). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Katerelos, M., Hawley, L., Antony, M.M., & McCabe, R.E. (2008).  The exposure hierarchy as a measure of progress and efficacy in the treatment of social anxiety disorder.  Behavior Modification, 32, 504-518.

Moscovitch, D.A., McCabe, R.E., Antony, M.M., Rocca, L., & Swinson, R.P. (2008). Anger experience and expression across the anxiety disorders. Depression and Anxiety, 25, 107-113.

Laliberte, M., Newton, M., McCabe, R.E., & Mills, J.S. (2007). Controlling your weight versus controlling your lifestyle: How beliefs about weight control affect risk for disordered eating, body dissatisfaction and self esteem.  Cognitive Therapy and Research, 31, 853-869.

Bieling, P.J., McCabe, R.E., & Antony, M.M. (2006).  Cognitive behavioral therapy in groups.  New York: Guilford. 

Beaton, E.A., Schmidt, L.A., Ashbaugh, A.R., Santesso, D.L., Antony, M.M., & McCabe, R.E., & Schulkin, J. (2006).  Low salivary cortisol levels among socially anxious young adults: Preliminary evidence from a selected and a non-selected sample.  Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 1217-1228.

Antony, M.M., Coons, M.J., McCabe, R.E., Ashbaugh, A.R., & Swinson, R.P. (2006).  Psychometric properties of the Social Phobia Inventory: Further evaluation.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1177-1185.

McCabe, R.E., Antony, M.M., & Ollendick, T.H. (2005).  Assessment of specific phobias. In V.E. Caballo (Ed.), Handbook of cognitive-behavioral assessment of psychological disorders (pp 427-445). Madrid, Spain: Piramide.

Antony, M.M., & McCabe, R.E. (2005).  Overcoming animal and insect phobias: How to conquer fear of dogs, snakes, rodents, bees, spiders, and more.  Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

McCabe, R.E., & Antony, M.M. (2005).  Panic disorder and agoraphobia.  In M. Antony, D.R. Ledley, and R. Heimberg (Eds.), Improving outcomes and preventing relapse in cognitive behavioral therapy (pp. 1 – 37). New York: Guilford.

McCabe, R.E., Chudzik, S.M., Antony, M.M., Young, L., & Swinson, R.P. (2004). Smoking behaviors across anxiety disorders.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 18, 7-18.

McCabe, R.E., & Antony, M.M. (2004). Challenges in the assessment and treatment of health anxiety: The Case of Mrs. A.  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 11, 102-106.

Antony, M.M., & McCabe, R.E. (2004). Ten simple solutions to panic: How to overcome panic attacks, calm physical symptoms, and reclaim your life. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications. 

McCabe, R.E., McFarlane, T., & Olmsted, M.P. (2003). The overcoming bulimia workbook: Your comprehensive step-by-step guide to recovery.  Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Carter, J. C., Olmsted, M. P., Kaplan, A. S., McCabe, R. E., Mills, J. S., & Aimé, A. (2003). Self-help for Bulimia Nervosa: A randomized controlled trial.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 973-978.

McCabe, R.E., Antony, M.M., Summerfeldt, L.J., Liss, A., & Swinson, R.P. (2003). A preliminary examination of the relationship between anxiety disorders in adults and self-reported history of teasing or bullying experiences. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 32, 187-193.

 

 

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