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Lauren Milgram

@laurenmilgram.bsky.social
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Clinical Psychology PhD Student at the University of Miami • NSF GRFP Fellow • Interested in anxiety-related disorders, exposure therapy, & quantitative methods

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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I’m excited begin a new role as incoming Student Representative on the Board of Directors for the American Psychological Association Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. In this piece, I share how my research and clinical experiences thus far inform my goals for the organization.
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The Student View: Introducing Student Representative Lauren Milgram and a Focus on Student Mentorship – Spring 2026 | In Balance
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
How do children’s surroundings impact their mental health? In this new study, we found that youth living in areas of greater neighborhood disadvantage exhibited more severe anxiety and depression and had longer delays to care. There is a critical need to reduce barriers to youth mental health care.
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Impact of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Youth Emotional Symptoms and Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Outcomes - Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Youth living in low-resource geographical areas may have a greater need for and/or poorer access to mental health care. Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with a range of adverse mental health sy...
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
New study: Individuals with hoarding symptoms experience strong, vivid memories associated with their possessions, which motivate the urge to save. doi.org/10.1017/S135...
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The Proust effect and hoarding symptoms: relationships among memory vividness, object type, and urge to save | Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy | Cambridge Core
The Proust effect and hoarding symptoms: relationships among memory vividness, object type, and urge to save
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Looking forward to this clinical workshop tomorrow at @abctnow.bsky.social! Dr. Jill Ehrenreich-May and I will be discussing theories and applications of exposure therapy for youth anxiety disorders. Join us!
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Excited to share findings from a new randomized controlled trial evaluating the Unified Protocol for youth misophonia: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Treatment of Youth Misophonia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Psychoeducation and Relaxation Training
Misophonia is a distinct clinical disorder that lacks official diagnostic classification. Despite growing evidence of the prevalence and impairment as…
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Just published: Treatment barriers and preferences for youth and adults with OCD and related disorders. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40760198/
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Treatment Barriers and Modality Preferences Among Individuals With Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders - PubMed
Findings can inform future efforts to increase the accessibility and uptake of evidence-based interventions for obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Day 2 at the International OCD Foundation Conference! Our team at University of Miami teamed up with folks at the McLean OCDI to discuss theories of exposure therapy, novel approaches to measuring change during exposure, and implications for clinical care.
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Had a great time presenting at the International OCD Foundation research symposium on my research applying the Unified Protocol to youth with OCD. More to come!
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I’m very excited to share my new paper evaluating the efficacy of the Unified Protocol for youth OCD - just published open access in Children: doi.org/10.3390/chil...
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Very proud of this one: Primary outcomes from one of the largest randomized effectiveness trials for adolescents with emotional disorders treated in community clinics. CBT and measurement-based care both conferred benefits over treatment as usual. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
New paper on the relationship between disgust propensity, distress intolerance, and contamination-related OCD symptoms: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Synergistic Relationship of Disgust Propensity and Distress Intolerance with Contamination-Related Obsessive–Compulsive Symptoms - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogenous condition that encompasses a range of symptoms, including contamination and washing symptoms. The contamination/washing symptom dimension is the m...
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Just published with Liz Halliday and @drehrenreich.bsky.social: Psychometric evaluation of a youth adaptation of the Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Psychometric Evaluation of a Caregiver- and Self-Report Youth Adaptation of the Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Depressive disorders affect a rising number of youth and are associated with significant comorbidities and adverse psychosocial outcomes. Despite the critical need for effective assessment tools, exis...
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Last but not least at #ABCT2024, I’ll be presenting some work examining clinician and client predictors of implementation of the Unified Protocol for adolescents in community mental health clinics @abctnow.bsky.social 😊
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
And if you’re interested in quantitative methods, check out my @abctnow.bsky.social poster describing the application of natural language processing to identify motivations for object saving behaviors in hoarding disorder.
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Also great to speak about geospatial data analysis in this symposium focused on novel quantitative methods for the study of anxiety-related disorders with some very cool researchers 🤓 @abctnow.bsky.social
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I’m thrilled to chair this symposium on community-engaged youth mental health research with the fantastic Drs. Ilana Seager van Dyk @drilanasvd.bsky.social, Sarah Kate Bearman, V. Robin Weersing, Mario Mercado Diaz, Emily Bilek, & Allison Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social @abctnow.bsky.social 🤩🥳
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Recently published: We used network analysis to examine symptom overlap and shared risk factor explanations for the high comorbidity among GAD, MDD, and OCD. Check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A Network Analysis of GAD, MDD, and OCD: Symptom Overlap and Shared Risk/Maintenance Factors - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) exhibit high comorbidity. Possible explanations for this comorbidity include symptom overla...
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 14/03/2024
Presenting today at the Society of Behavioral Medicine 2024 Conference — There is a need for increased focus on socio-contextual factors such as neighborhood disadvantage that contribute to youth anxiety and depression to inform intervention at multiple ecological levels.
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
New paper examining clinical characteristics of youth misophonia in the largest treatment-seeking sample to date. Misophonia is a distinct clinical condition that warrants further assessment and intervention development: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Clinical characteristics of treatment‐seeking youth with misophonia
Objective Misophonia is a psychiatric condition characterized by strong emotional and/or behavioral responses to auditory stimuli, leading to distress and functional impairment. Despite previous att.....
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
First paper of the new year! The team at the Pediatric Anxiety Research Center presents outcomes from a novel team-based delivery model of exposure therapy for youth with anxiety and OCD. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Open Trial of a Telehealth Adaptation of Team-Based Delivery of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for P...
This brief report presents the results of an open trial of a telehealth adaptation of a novel team-based approach to cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) for pediatric anxiety and obsessive-compuls...
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
I’m also very pleased to share our latest PASO Lab research at the ABCT Tic & OCD SIG! We found that individuals with hoarding symptoms experience emotional memories associated with non-valued possessions, likely maintaining hoarding symptoms over time.
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Lauren Milgram @laurenmilgram.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
Hi Seattle! I’m thrilled to share my research examining mechanisms of change during youth community mental health care at the ABCT SIG Expo tonight and as a talk at the Child & Adolescent Anxiety SIG meeting tomorrow. Come say hi!
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