Carol Mathews, M.D.
Donald R Dizney Chair And Professor, Department Of Psychiatry
About Carol Mathews
Dr. Mathews is the Donald R. Dizney Chair in Psychiatry, Professor, Director of the Center for OCD, Anxiety and Related Disorders (COARD), and the Interim Director for the UF Health Center for Neurodevelopment for Department (CAN) of Psychiatry at the University of Florida. Dr. Mathews completed her undergraduate education at Cornell University and her medical training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She subsequently did an internship and psychiatric residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), followed by research fellowships in biological psychiatry and clinical research methods. She spent 15 years as a clinician and research scientist at UCSD and UCSF before moving to the University of Florida in 2015.
As the Director for COARD her research and clinical interests center around identifying the causes and neural underpinnings of obsessive compulsive and anxiety spectrum disorders, including OCD, hoarding disorder, tic disorders, and grooming disorders. She is actively engaged in studying the genetic causes of Tourette Syndrome (TS) and OC spectrum disorders, as well as examining how individuals with these disorders process information using standard neuropsychological assessments, electrophysiological methods such as EEG, and neuroimaging. She is also the principal investigator of a large study comparing community-based behavioral treatment for hoarding disorder to the current standard of care, group treatment by psychologists. She hopes that ultimately, this information will help to refine diagnosis, prevention, and intervention for these disorders. She serves on several advisory boards for non-profit organizations, including the Tourette Association of America, the International OCD Foundation, and the MHASF Task Force on Hoarding and Cluttering. She is also the chair of the TS/OCD Workgroup of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC).
Accomplishments
Teaching Profile
Board Certifications
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PsychiatryAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Clinical Profile
Carol Mathews, M.D is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Mathews obtained her Medical Degree at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Her research focuses on how one’s culture, environment and genes interact to influence the development and expression of neuropsychiatric syndromes and symptoms, including tic disorder, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and compulsive hoarding.
- Psychiatry
- Chronic motor or vocal tic disorder
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Generalized anxiety disorder in children
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Provisional tic disorder
- Separation anxiety in children
- Social anxiety disorder
- Stress and your health
- Tourette Syndrome and tic disorders
Research Profile
- Genetics
- Hoarding
- Neural phenotypes
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Pathophysiology
- Tic disorders
- Tourette Syndrome
Publications
Grants
Education
Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 294-4900
- Business:
- carolmathews@ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 103424
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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100 S NEWELL DR
GAINESVILLE FL 326100001