Targeting Threat and Reward Processing in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression

Michelle G. Craske, PhD • Kevin Love Fund Centennial Chair in Psychology • Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences • Director, Anxiety and Depression Research Center • Co-Director, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge • Associate Director, UCLA Staglin Family Music Center for Behavioral and Brain Health • Dept. of Psychology • UCLA College of Life Sciences

Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Understand role of fear overgeneralization and poor extinction for anxiety, and treatments that target extinction
• Understand role of deficits in reward processing in anxiety and depression, and treatments that target reward processes
• Understand potential role of reward processes in exposure therapy for anxiety

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In addition to the Pritzker Building, DPBS members can also watch this event live at Mount Zion (Room B730) and ZSFG (Bldg. 5, Room 7G8), as well as on Zoom (psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds).

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended only for behavioral/mental health professionals and clinical providers.

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for physicians, psychologists, nurses, and therapists who participate in this activity.