Adam Scott Radomsky is a Canadian psychologist who studies obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related

anxiety disorders Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired. Anxiety may cause phys ...

. He is a professor in the Department of Psychology at

Concordia University Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...

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, and was editor-in-chief of the ''

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.''

Education and career

Radomsky received a BSc in psychology with a minor in philosophy from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

in 1994. He attended the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

for graduate studies, receiving a PhD in 2001 under the direction of

Stanley Rachman Stanley "Jack" Rachman (January 19, 1934 – September 2, 2021) was a South African-born Canadian psychologist who worked primarily with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other anxiety disorders. He facilitated some of the earliest studies ...

. His thesis was titled ''An Experimental Analysis of Compulsive Ordering and Arranging''. Upon graduation, he took a tenure-track position at the University of Concordia, where he was promoted to the rank of full professor in 2013. Radomsky currently directs a research laboratory as well as a clinical practice, both focusing on the research and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related anxiety disorders. His current research focuses on thoughts, beliefs and memory in OCD, and on new investigations of compulsive checking and contamination-based OCD. Radomsky became a co-editor of the ''

'' in 2012, and since 2016 has been editor-in-chief. In 2014, Radomsky was elected fellow of the

Canadian Psychological Association The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) is the primary organization representing psychologists throughout Canada. It was organized in 1939 and incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act, Part II, in May 1950. Its objectives are to imp ...

. He was the founding president of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (CACBT) in 2010 and was elected fellow in 2015.

Selected works

*Rachman, S., Radomsky, A.S., & Shafran, S. (2008). "Safety behaviour: A reconsideration". ''

Behaviour Research and Therapy ''Behaviour Research and Therapy'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering behavior therapy. It was established by Hans Eysenck and Stanley Rachman in 1963 as the world's first journal dedicated to behavior therapy. It is publishe ...

'', 46(2), 163–173. *Radomsky, A.S., Ashbaugh, A.R., & Gelfand, L.A. (2007). "Relationships between anger, symptoms and cognitive factors in OCD checkers". ''Behaviour Research and Therapy'', 45(11), 2712-2725 *Ashbaugh, A.R., Gelfand, L.A., & Radomsky, A.S. (2006)
"Interpersonal aspects of responsibility and obsessive compulsive symptoms"
''Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy'', 34(2), 151–163. *Coles, M.E., Radomsky, A.S., & Horng, B. (2006). "Exploring the boundaries of memory distrust from repeated checking: Increasing external validity and examining thresholds". ''Behaviour Research and Therapy'', 44(7), 995–1006. *Radomsky, A.S., Gilchrist, P.T., & Dussault, D. (2006)
"Repeated checking really does cause memory distrust"
''Behaviour Research and Therapy'', 44(2), 305–316.

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Radomsky's anxiety disorders research laboratory
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Education and career

Selected works

See also

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