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

Speaker: 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 ________ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended only for behavioral/mental health professionals and clinical providers. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not imply any endorsement of any particular viewpoints, positions, products, services, or organizations by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC San Francisco, or the Regents of the University of California.