Daniel Waschbusch, MS, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Biography
Dr. Daniel Waschbusch is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Penn State College of Medicine and a clinical child psychologist. His research focuses on understanding, assessing, and treating behavioral and emotional difficulties in children, particularly attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD), and callous-unemotional (CU) traits/Limited Prosocial Emotions (LPE).
His research examines the development and clinical characteristics of disruptive behavior problems, with particular emphasis on callous-unemotional traits, limited prosocial emotions, irritability, and individual differences among children with ADHD and conduct problems. He is also interested in developing and evaluating assessment instruments that improve the identification and characterization of childhood psychopathology.
Dr. Waschbusch conducts clinical research involving preschool- and elementary-school-aged children and their families. His work includes studies of behavioral assessment, parent and teacher reports of child behavior, behavioral interventions, and intensive summer treatment programs for children with ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders.
He serves as Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and mentors students, trainees, and early-career investigators.
Research keywords: ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, disruptive behavior disorders, conduct problems, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, callous-unemotional traits, limited prosocial emotions, irritability, child psychopathology, developmental psychopathology, psychological assessment, behavioral interventions, summer treatment programs.