Dr. Tolin is the founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at
The Institute of Living. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of
Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Tolin received his
Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, and completed a predoctoral
internship at Tufts University School of Medicine/VA Medical Center, Boston.
Dr. Tolin’s research and clinical interests include cognitive-behavioral
therapy for anxiety disorders in adults and children, and cognitive
processes that underlie anxiety disorders, particularly obsessive-compulsive
disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder. Dr. Tolin is
board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional
Psychology, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology.
He is the recipient of the award for Distinguished Contribution to the
Science of Psychology from the Connecticut Psychological Association, and an
Early Career Award from the Anxiety Disorders Special Interest Group of the
Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He is a Fellow of the
Council for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health.
Dr. Tolin is the author of over 100 journal
articles and book chapters, and over 170 research presentations to national
and international organizations. He is co-author of the books
Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding (with Drs. R. Frost and G. Steketee) and
Treating
Trichotillomania: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Hair Pulling and Related
Problems (with
Dr. M. Franklin). Dr. Tolin is principal investigator on the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded studies “Stepped Care for
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder” and “Neural Mechanisms of Compulsive
Hoarding,” and co-investigator on the NIMH-funded studies
“Psychopathology of Compulsive Hoarding” (principal investigator: R.
Frost), “Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding” (principal investigator: G.
Steketee), and “Screening for GAD among Frail Elderly” (principal
investigator: G. Diefenbach). He has served as principal investigator on
several industry-sponsored clinical trials of experimental medications. Dr.
Tolin has been interviewed for
The New York Times and the
Associated Press, and has been a recurrent guest on The Today Show, Good Morning
America (1,
2) and The Oprah Winfrey Show (1,
2,
3).
Journal Articles:
Wilhelm, S., Buhlmann, U., Tolin, D.F.,
Meunier, S.A., Pearlson, G.D., Reese, H.E., Cannistraro, P., Jenike, M.A., &
Rauch, S.L. (in press). Augmentation of behavior therapy with d-cycloserine
for obsessive-compulsive disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry
Tolin, D. F., Frost, R. O., Steketee, G.,
Gray, K. D., & Fitch, K. E. (in press). The economic and social burden of
compulsive hoarding. Psychiatry Research.
Frost, R. O., Steketee, G., Tolin, D. F., &
Renaud, S. (in press). Development and validation of the Clutter Image
Rating. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
Tolin, D.F., Brady, R.E., & Hannan, S.E. (in
press). Obsessional beliefs and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in
a clinical sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
Diefenbach, G.J., Tolin, D.F.,
Meunier, S., & Worhunsky, P. (in press).
Emotion regulation and trichotillomania: A
comparison of clinical and nonclinical hair pulling. Journal of Behavior
Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.
Tolin, D.F., Diefenbach, G.J., Flessner, C.A.,
Franklin, M.E., Keuthen, N.J., Moore, P., Piacentini, J., Stein, D.J., &
Woods, D.W. (in press). The Trichotillomania Scale for Children: Development
and validation. Child Psychiatry and Human Development.
Tolin, D.F., & Breslau, N. (2007). Sex
differences in risk of PTSD. PTSD Research Quarterly, 18, 1-7.
Tolin, D.F., Franklin, M.E.,
Diefenbach, G.J., Anderson, E., & Meunier, S.A. (2007).
Pediatric trichotillomania: Descriptive
psychopathology and an open trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 36, 129-144.
Diefenbach, G.J., Abramowitz, J.S.,
Norberg, M., & Tolin, D.F. (2007).
Changes in quality of life following cognitive-behavior therapy for
obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45,
3060-3068.
Tolin, D.F., Robison, J.T., Gaztambide, S.,
Horowitz, S., & Blank, K. (2007). Ataques de nervios and psychiatric
disorders in older Puerto Rican primary care patients. Journal of
Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 659-669.
Tolin, D.F., Frost, R.O., & Steketee, G.
(2007). An open trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy for compulsive
hoarding. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1461-1470.
Tolin, D.F., Worhunsky, P., Brady, R.E., &
Maltby, N. (2007). The relationship between obsessive beliefs and thought
control strategies in a clinical sample. Cognitive Therapy and Research,
31, 307-318.
Tolin, D.F., Hannan, S., Maltby, N.,
Diefenbach, G.J., Worhunsky, P., & Brady, R.E. (2007). A randomized
controlled trial of self-directed versus therapist-directed CBT for OCD
patients with prior medication trials. Behavior Therapy, 38, 179-191.
Olatunji, B.O., Cisler, J., & Tolin, D.F.
(2007). Quality of life in the anxiety disorders: A meta-analytic review.
Clinical Psychology Review, 27, 572-581.
Olatunji, B.O., Lohr, J.M., Sawchuk, C.N., &
Tolin, D.F. (2006). Multimodal assessment of disgust in
contamination-related obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research
and Therapy, 45, 263-276.
Tolin, D.F., & Foa, E.B. (2006). Sex
differences in trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder: A quantitative
review of 25 years of research. Psychological Bulletin, 132,
959-992.
Astur, R.S., St. Germain, S.A., Tolin, D.F.,
Ford, J., Russell, D., & Stevens, M. (2006). Hippocampus function predicts
severity of post-traumatic stress disorder. CyberPsychology & Behavior,
9, 234-240.
Tolin, D.F., Worhunsky,
P., & Maltby, N. (2006). Are “obsessive” beliefs specific to OCD? A
comparison across anxiety disorders. Behaviour
Research and Therapy, 44, 469-480.
Tolin, D.F., Woods, C.M., & Abramowitz, J.S.
(2006). Disgust sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a
nonclinical sample. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental
Psychiatry, 37, 30-40.
Tolin, D.F., Diefenbach, G.J., Maltby, N., &
Hannan, S. (2005). Stepped care for
obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot study. Cognitive and
Behavioral Practice, 12, 403-414.
Maltby, N., & Tolin, D. F. (2005). A brief
motivational intervention for treatment-refusing OCD patients. Cognitive
Behaviour Therapy, 34, 176-184.
Tolin, D.F., Abramowitz, J.S., & Diefenbach,
G.J. (2005). Defining “response” in clinical trials for OCD: A signal
detection analysis of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Journal
of Clinical Psychiatry, 66, 1549-1557.
Diefenbach, G. J., Tolin, D. F., Hannan, S.,
Crocetto, J., & Worhunsky, P. (2005). Trichotillomania: impact on
psychosocial functioning and quality of life. Behaviour Research and
Therapy, 43, 869-884.
Tolin, D.F., Robison, J.T.,
Gaztambide, S., & Blank, K. (2005). Anxiety
disorders in older Puerto Rican primary care patients. American Journal
of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13, 150-156.
Maltby, N., Tolin, D.F.,
Worhunsky, P., O'Keefe, T.M., & Kiehl, K.A. (2005). Dysfunctional
action monitoring hyper-activates frontal-striatal
circuits in obsessive-compulsive disorder: An event-related fMRI study.
NeuroImage, 24, 495-503.
Abramowitz, J.S., Tolin, D.F., & Diefenbach,
G.J. (2005). Measuring change in OCD: Sensitivity of the
Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised. Journal of Psychopathology and
Behavioral Assessment, 27, 317-325.
Olatunji, B. O., Tolin, D. F., & Lohr, J. M.
(2004). Irritable bowel syndrome: Associated features and the efficacy of
psychosocial treatments. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 11, 125-140.
Diefenbach, G.J., Robison, J.T., Tolin, D.F., &
Blank, K. (2004). Late-Life anxiety disorders in Hispanic primary care
patients: Impact on well-being, functioning, and service utilization.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 18, 841-858.
Tolin, D.F., Maltby, N., Diefenbach, G. J.,
Hannan, S. E., & Worhunsky,
P. (2004). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for medication
nonresponders with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a
wait-list-controlled open trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 65,
922-931.
Tolin, D.F., Worhunsky,
P., & Maltby, N. (2004). Sympathetic magic in contamination-related OCD.
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 35, 193-205.
Tolin, D.F., Maltby, N., Weathers, F.W.,
Litz, B.T., Knight, J., & Keane, T.M. (2004).
The use of the MMPI-2 infrequency-pathology scale in the assessment of
posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans. Journal of Psychopathology and
Behavioral Assessment, 26, 23-29.
Lovejoy, D.W., Diefenbach, G.J.,
Licht, D.J., & Tolin, D.F. (2003). Tracking
levels of psychiatric distress associated with the terrorist events of
September 11, 2001: A review of the literature. Journal of Insurance
Medicine, 35, 114-124.
Tolin, D.F., Woods, C.M., & Abramowitz, J.S.
(2003). Relationship between obsessive beliefs and obsessive-compulsive
symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 27, 657-669.
Maltby, N., & Tolin, D.F. (2003). Overview of
treatments for OCD and spectrum conditions: Conceptualization, theory and
practice. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 3, 127-144.
Abramowitz, J.S., Whiteside, S.,
Kalsy, S.A., & Tolin, D.F. (2003). Thought
control strategies in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A replication and
extension. Behaviour Research and
Therapy, 41, 529-540.
Tolin, D.F., Abramowitz, J.S.,
Brigidi, B.D., & Foa,
E.B. (2003). Intolerance of uncertainty in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 17, 233-242.
Tolin, D.F. (2003). Scrupulosity: Scientific
and theological perspectives. OCD Newsletter, 17, 1.
Tolin, D.F., Abramowitz, J.S., Hamlin, C.,
Foa, E.B., & Synodi,
D.S. (2002). Attributions for thought suppression failure in
obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 26,
505-517.
Tolin, D.F., Abramowitz, J.S.,
Przeworski, A., & Foa,
E.B. (2002). Thought suppression in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40,
1251-1270.
Tolin, D.F., Hamlin, C., &
Foa, E.B. (2002). Directed forgetting in obsessive-compulsive
disorder: Replication and extension. Behaviour
Research and Therapy, 40, 793-803.
Tolin, D.F., & Franklin, M.E. (2002). Prospects
for the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy in childhood
obsessive-compulsive disorder. Expert Review of
Neurotherapeutics, 2, 539-548.
Tolin, D.F. (2001).
Bibliotherapy and extinction treatment of obsessive-compulsive
disorder in a five-year-old boy. Journal of the American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1111-1114.
Tolin, D.F., Abramowitz, J.S.,
Kozak, M.J., & Foa,
E.B. (2001). Fixity of belief, perceptual aberration, and magical ideation
in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients. Journal of Anxiety Disorders,
15, 501-510.
Tolin, D.F., Abramowitz, J.S.,
Brigidi, B.D., Amir,
N., Street, G.P., & Foa, E.B. (2001). Memory and
memory confidence in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39, 913-927.
Franklin, M.E., Tolin, D.F., March, J.S., & Foa,
E.B. (2001). Treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: A case
example of intensive cognitive-behavioral therapy incorporating exposure and
ritual prevention. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 8, 297-304.
Abramowitz, J.S., Tolin, D.F., & Street, G.P.
(2001). Paradoxical effects of thought suppression: A meta-analysis of
controlled studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 21, 683-703.
Herbert, J., Lilienfeld,
S.O., Lohr, J.M., Montgomery, R.W.,
O'Donohue, W., Rosen, G.M., & Tolin, D.F.
(2000). The science and pseudoscience of eye movement desensitization and
reprocessing: Implications for clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology
Review, 20, 945-971.
Foa,
E.B., & Tolin, D.F. (2000). A comparison of the PTSD Symptom Scale-Interview
Version and the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale. Journal of Traumatic
Stress, 13, 181-191.
Tolin, D.F., Sawchuk,
C.N., & Lee, T.C. (1999). The role of disgust in blood-injection-injury
phobia. The Behavior Therapist, 5,
96-99.
Tolin, D.F., & Foa, E.B. (1999). Treatment of a
police officer with PTSD using prolonged exposure. Behavior Therapy, 30,
527-538.
Foa,
E.B., Ehlers, A., Clark, D.M., Tolin, D.F., & Orsillo,
S.M. (1999). The Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): Development and
validation. Psychological Assessment, 11, 303-314.
Lohr, J.M., Lilienfeld, S.O.,
Tolin, D.F., & Herbert, J.D. (1999).
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: An analysis of specific
versus nonspecific treatment effects. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 13,
185-208.
Tolin, D.F., Lohr,
J.M., Lee, T.C., & Sawchuk, C.N. (1999). Visual
avoidance in specific phobia. Behaviour
Research and Therapy, 37, 63-70.
Tolin, D.F., Lohr,
J.M., Sawchuk, C.N., & Lee, T.C. (1997). Disgust
and disgust sensitivity in specific phobia.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 35, 949-953.
Lohr, J.M., Kleinknecht, R.A., Tolin, D.F., &
Barrett, R.H. (1995). The empirical status of the clinical application of
eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Journal of Behavior Therapy
and Experimental Psychiatry, 26, 285-302.
Books and Book
Chapters:
Frost, R.O., & Tolin, D.F. (in press).
Compulsive hoarding. In S. Taylor, J. S. Abramowitz, & D. McKay (Eds.),
Clinical handbook of obsessive-compulsive disorder and related problems.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Treadwell, K.R.H., & Tolin, D.F. (in press).
Clinical challenges in the treatment of pediatric OCD. In E.A. Storch, T.K.
Murphy, & G.R. Geffken (Eds.), A comprehensive handbook of child and
adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
Meunier, S.A., Maltby, N.A., & Tolin, D.F. (in
press). Compulsive hoarding. In M. Hersen (Series & Vol. Ed.) & J. Rosqvist
(Vol. Ed.), The handbook of assessment, conceptualization, and treatment:
Vol. 1. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Franklin, M.E., & Tolin, D.F. (2007).
Treating trichotillomania: Cognitive behavior therapy for hair pulling and
related problems. New York: Springer.
Tolin, D.F., & Maltby, N. (2007). Motivating
treatment-refusing patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. In H.
Arkowitz, H.A. Westra, W.R. Miller, & S. Rollnick (Eds.), Motivational
interviewing in the treatment of psychological problems (pp. 85-108). New
York: Guilford Press.
Tolin, D.F., & Meunier, S.A. (2007).
Contamination and decontamination. In Abramowitz, D. McKay S., & Taylor, J.S.
(Eds.), Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Subtypes and spectrum conditions (pp.
3-18). New York: Elsevier.
Franklin, M.E., Tolin, D.F., & Diefenbach,
G.J. (2007). Trichotillomania. In Abramowitz, D. McKay S., & Taylor, J.S.
(Eds.), Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Subtypes and spectrum conditions (pp.
139-159. New York: Elsevier.
Tolin, D.F., Frost, R.O., & Steketee, G.
(2007).
Buried in treasures: Help for compulsive acquiring, saving and hoarding.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Tolin, D.F., & Steketee, G. (2007). General
issues in psychological treatment for OCD. In M.M. Antony, C.L. Purdon, &
L.J. Summerfeldt (Eds.), Psychological treatment of OCD: Fundamentals and
beyond (pp. 31-59). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Franklin, M.E., Tolin, D.F., & Diefenbach,
G.J. (2006). Trichotillomania. In E. Hollander & D.J. Stein (Eds.), Clinical
manual of impulse control disorders (pp. 149-173). Washington, DC: American
Psychiatric Press.
Hannan, S.E., & Tolin, D.F. (2005).
Mindfulness and acceptance based behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive
disorder. In S.M. Orsillo & L. Roemer (Eds.), Acceptance and
mindfulness-based approaches to anxiety: conceptualization and treatment
(pp. 271-299). New York: Springer.
Tolin, D.F., & Hannan, S.E. (2005). The role
of the therapist in behavior therapy. In J.S. Abramowitz & A.C. Houts
(Eds.), Handbook of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (pp. 317-332).
New York: Springer.
Lohr, J.M., Hooke, W., Gist, R., & Tolin, D.F.
(2002). Novel and controversial treatments for trauma-related stress
disorders. In S.O. Lilienfeld, J.M. Lohr, & S.J. Lynn (Eds.), Science and
pseudoscience in clinical psychology (pp. 243-272). New York: Guilford
Press.
Tolin, D.F., & Foa, E.B. (2002). Gender and
PTSD: A Cognitive Model. In R. Kimerling, P. Ouimette, & J. Wolfe (Eds.),
Gender and PTSD (pp. 76-97). New York: Guilford Press.
Lohr, J.M., Montgomery, R.W., Lilienfeld, S.O.,
& Tolin, D.F. (1999). Pseudoscience and the commercial promotion of trauma
treatments. In R. Gist and B. Lubin (Eds.), Response to disaster:
Psychosocial, community, and ecological approaches (pp. 291-326).
Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis.
