Katherine Shear, Columbia University
Professor
Social Work
New York City, New York
ks2394@columbia.edu
Office:
(212) 851-2176
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Shear graduated with honors from the University of Chicago and attended Tufts University Medical School. In addition to a major focus on treatment studies, Dr. Shear has engaged in a line of investigation related to development and testing of assessment instruments.Among the instruments that res...
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Bio/Research
Shear graduated with honors from the University of Chicago and attended Tufts University Medical School. In addition to a major focus on treatment studies, Dr. Shear has engaged in a line of investigation related to development and testing of assessment instruments.Among the instruments that resulted from this work are the widely used Panic Disorder Severity Scale, as well as a newer Generalized Anxiety Disorder Severity Scale, a structured version of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety, an instrument to assess adult separation anxiety disorder and several new grief assessment measures. She has served on the scientific advisory board of the Italy-based Spectrum Project. Most recently, she has worked in the area of bereavement and grief. She developed and tested a novel treatment for the newly identified condition of complicated grief. This work culminated in the publication in June 2005 of the first randomized controlled treatment study for complicated grief.
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