James T. McCracken, M.D., is the Joseph Campbell Professor of Child Psychiatry and Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital in Los Angeles. His current areas of research include family-genetic studies of childhood disorders, and the testing of new pharmacological treatments for a variety of child neuropsychiatric disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, obsessive compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders. Dr. McCracken has published over 120 papers in the area of child psychiatry and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology and the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. He is the recipient of several honors and awards including the American Psychiatric Association Young Psychiatrist Research Award and is listed in Best Doctors in America and Top Doctors in America. Dr. McCracken received medical and post-graduate training at Baylor College of Medicine, Duke University, and UCLA before joining the faculty at UCLA in 1987.