Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D.

Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Director, UCLA Anxiety and Depression Research Center Director, Innovative Treatment Network, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge

I research risk factors for fear, anxiety and depression that then guide the development of effective strategies for prevention and intervention. Training in mindful loving kindness, gratitude, generosity and appreciative joy is part of prevention for depression and anxiety in high school students and young adults in college samples, and is part of our new treatment program for treating depression and anhedonia. My laboratory is committed to large scale implementation for those with unmet need by harnessing the latest advances in technologies for screening, tracking and treating anxiety and depression.