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Wilhelm, Sabine, PhD

Director, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, MGH
Director, OCD and Related Disorders Program, MGH
Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Biography

Dr. Sabine Wilhelm is Director of the OCD and Related Disorders Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School. She is also the Founder and Director of the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Clinic & Research Unit, the Director of the Tic Disorders Program and the Director of the Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Program. She is an Associate Professor of Psychology (Psychiatry) at the Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Wilhelm is a leading researcher in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), and Tic Disorders, and has published numerous articles, reviews, and chapters on the cognitive functioning, prevalence, and treatment outcome of these disorders. Currently, Dr. Wilhelm is the principal investigator of several NIMH-funded clinical research studies. In addition, Dr. Wilhelm recently authored a treatment manual for OCD entitled: Cognitive Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Guide for Professionals. She also recently wrote the self-help book Feeling Good About the Way You Look: A Program for Overcoming Body Image Problems.

Dr. Wilhelm serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards, as well as the Scientific Advisory Board of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, the International Obsessive-Compulsive Cognitions Working Group (OCCWG), and the Tourette Syndrome Association Behavioral Science Consortium. She was the Chair of the Scientific Review Committee of the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies which was held in Boston June 2010. Her areas of clinical and research interest include the development, maintenance, and treatment outcome of BDD, OCD, and Tourette Syndrome/Tic Disorders.

Disclosure

Research Support

NIMH and FDA.

Speaking/Honoraria

Various academic institutions, Bay State Medical Center, Philoctetes Center of New York, UMASS Grand Rounds, and Grand Rounds NEMEC.

Royalties

New Harbinger Publications, Oxford University Press, Baystate Health Foundation Inc., and Tourette Syndrome Association.

Last updated: 7/27/2010

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