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Christian F. Mauro

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
Box 3527 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
2608 Erwin Road Lakeview Pavi, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


Dr. Mauro received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University. He earned his master’s and doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.   He joined the Duke University Medical Center faculty after completing the psychology internship program at Duke.  He has been a certified cognitive behavioral therapist (CBT) on a number of NIMH funded clinical trials and was the CBT Supervisor for The Child and Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Treatment Study (CAMS) at Duke University.  Dr. Mauro has had a number of teaching and leadership roles in the department.   Since 2003, he has been Director of the Psychosocial Treatment Clinic where he supervises and trains graduate students, psychology interns, and child psychiatry fellows on evidence based practice for children and adolescents.  Since July 1, 2016, he has directed the APA Accredited Pre-doctoral Psychology Internship Program .  This nationally recognized program provides doctoral-level internship training in the essential skill areas of Clinical Psychology. 

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2021 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Recent Publications


Adaptation of the TEAM Mental Healthcare Delivery Model: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation.

Journal Article Issues Ment Health Nurs · March 2022 We report on the adaptation and evaluation of an existing approach to multicultural education into an eight-session online, modular curriculum for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students (n = 6) and psychology interns (n = 10). Training parti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Children's Beliefs about Pain: An Exploratory Analysis.

Journal Article Children (Basel) · May 27, 2021 Functional abdominal pain (FAP) is one of the most common childhood medical complaints, associated with significant distress and impairment. Little is known about how children understand their pain. Do they attribute it to personal weakness? Do they percei ... Full text Link to item Cite

When children and adolescents do not go to school: Terminology, technology, and trends

Chapter · January 1, 2019 This chapter addresses the many challenging issues faced by children who struggle to attend school. First, we review history and terminology and discuss the longstanding difficulty of accurately classifying and understanding these children and families. We ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Family Based Treatment of Early Childhood OCD

ResearchTherapist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2012

Adapting Marital Therapy in Older Adults with Depression

ResearchTherapist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2010

Treatment of Adolescent Suicide Attempts (TASA)

ResearchCBT Therapist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2009

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Education, Training & Certifications


Miami University · 2001 Ph.D.