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11 Facts About Michelle Craske

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Michelle G Craske was born on 1959 and is an Australian academic who is currently serving as Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences, Miller Endowed Chair, Director of the Anxiety and Depression Research Center, and Associate Director of the Staglin Family Music Center for Behavioral and Brain Health at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Michelle Craske was a member of the DSM-IV work group on Anxiety Disorders and the DSM-5 work group on Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum, Posttraumatic, and Dissociative Disorders, while chairing the sub-work group on Anxiety Disorders.

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Michelle Craske is the Editor-in-chief of Behaviour Research and Therapy.

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In 2015, Michelle Craske received an honorary doctorate from Maastricht University for her work in clinical psychology and experimental psychopathology.

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Michelle Craske completed a postdoctoral fellowship in SUNY Albany under the guidance of David Barlow.

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In 1990, Michelle Craske joined the faculty of UCLA where she has remained throughout her career.

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Michelle Craske has develop a series of a computer-assisted therapy programs for treating anxiety disorders that are designed to help therapists and their clients.

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Michelle Craske is the author of several academic texts including Anxiety Disorders: Psychological Approaches to Theory and Treatment, The Origins of Phobias and Anxiety Disorders: Why More Women than Men, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

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Michelle Craske published over 460 peer reviewed journal articles in the field of fear, anxiety and depression.

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In June 2022, Michelle Craske was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to psychology, particularly the study of anxiety and depression, and to tertiary education".

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Michelle Craske married actor Robert Ginty in 2003, they remained together until Ginty's death in 2009.