Anthony P. Mannarino, PhD

Anthony P. Mannarino, PhD, is the director of the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents and chair of the Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also a 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 30 years. He has been awarded numerous federal grants from the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate the clinical course of traumatic stress symptoms in children and to develop effective treatment approaches for traumatized children and their families. Dr. Mannarino has received many honors for his work, including the Betty Elmer Outstanding Professional Award; the Most Outstanding Article Award for papers published in the journal Child Maltreatment, given by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC); the Model Program Award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Traumatic Stress”; and the Legacy Award from the Greater Pittsburgh Psychological Association. Dr. Mannarino has completed two-year terms as the president of APSAC and the president of the Section on Child Maltreatment, Division of Child and Family Policy and Practice, American Psychological Association. He is one of the developers of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT).