Esther Deblinger, PhD

Esther Deblinger, Ph.D., is Co-founder and Co-director of the Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute and Professor of Psychiatry at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Deblinger and her colleagues have conducted groundbreaking research on the impact and treatment of child sexual abuse as well as other childhood trauma(s). Anthony Mannarino, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents and Vice Chair, Department of...See more

Esther Deblinger, Ph.D., is Co-founder and Co-director of the Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute and Professor of Psychiatry at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Deblinger and her colleagues have conducted groundbreaking research on the impact and treatment of child sexual abuse as well as other childhood trauma(s). Anthony Mannarino, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. He is also Professor of Psychiatry at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Mannarino has been a leader in the field of child traumatic stress for the past 25 years. Judith A. Cohen, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine, and Medical Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children & Adolescents at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Cohen is a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist who has received wide acclaim for her work in the field. Melissa K. Runyon, Ph.D., is Treatment Services Director of the Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute and Professor of Psychiatry at the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine where she has conducted cutting-edge research in the field of child abuse. Anne Heflin, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Washington, DC, where she teaches in the areas of child psychopathology, child psychotherapy, and child maltreatment. See less