Dr. Mancebo received a B.A. from Providence College, a M.A from Connecticut College, and a Ph.D. from Hofstra University. Following a clinical internship at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship with the OCD Research Program at Brown University under the mentorship of Drs. Steven Rasmussen and Jane Eisen.
Dr. Mancebo's primary research interest focuses on implementing evidence-based interventons for OCD and hoarding and their implementation in community settings. Her work has been funded by NIMH and led to her development of the OCD and Anxiety Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) at Butler Hospital.
Currently, Dr. Mancebo owns a private practice focused on speciality treatment of OCD, hoarding, and phobias. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the DPHB and provides training to psychology and psychiatry residents.
| Belli GM, Law C, Mancebo M, Eisen J, Rasmussen S, Boisseau CL. "Directionality of change in obsessive compulsive disorder and depression over six years of prospective follow-up." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 157, 2023, pp. 162-167. |
| Law C, Kamarsu S, Obisie-Orlu IC, Belli GM, Mancebo M, Eisen J, Rasmussen S, Boisseau CL. "Personality traits as predictors of OCD remission: A longitudinal study." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 320, 2023, pp. 196-200. |
| Szuhany KL, Steinberg MH, McLaughlin NCR, Mancebo MC, Brown RA, Greenberg BD, Simon NM, Abrantes AM. "Predictors of Long-Term Exercise Engagement in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Role of Physical Activity Enjoyment." Behavior Therapy, vol. 54, no. 4, 2023, pp. 610-622. |
| Mancebo, Maria C., Yip, Agustin G., Boisseau, Christina L., Rasmussen, Steven A., Zlotnick, Caron. "Behavioral Therapy Teams for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Lessons Learned From a Pilot Randomized Trial in a Community Mental Health Center." Behavior Therapy, vol. 52, no. 5, 2021, pp. 1296-1309. |
| Brown LA, Wakschal E, Russman-Block S, Boisseau CL, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Directionality of change in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and suicidal ideation over six years in a naturalistic clinical sample(✰)." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 245, 2019, pp. 841-847. |
| Boisseau CL, Sibrava NJ, Garnaat SL, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "The Brown Incompleteness Scale (BINCS): Measure development and initial evaluation." Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, vol. 16, 2018, pp. 66-71. |
| Medeiros GC, Torres AR, Boisseau CL, Leppink EW, Eisen JL, Fontenelle LF, do Rosário MC, Mancebo MC, Rasmussen SA, Ferrão YA, Grant JE. "A cross-cultural clinical comparison between subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder from the United States and Brazil." Psychiatry Research, vol. 254, 2017, pp. 104-111. |
| Abrantes AM, Brown RA, Strong DR, McLaughlin N, Garnaat SL, Mancebo M, Riebe D, Desaulniers J, Yip AG, Rasmussen S, Greenberg BD. "A pilot randomized controlled trial of aerobic exercise as an adjunct to OCD treatment." General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 49, 2017, pp. 51-55. |
| Boisseau CL, Schwartzman CM, Lawton J, Mancebo MC. "App-guided exposure and response prevention for obsessive compulsive disorder: an open pilot trial." Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, vol. 46, no. 6, 2017, pp. 1-12. |
| Mancebo, Maria C., Steketee, Gail, Muroff, Jordana, Rasmussen, Steven, Zlotnick, Caron. "Behavioral therapy teams for adults with OCD in a community mental health center: An open trial." Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, vol. 13, 2017, pp. 18-23. |
| Schwartzman CM, Boisseau CL, Sibrava NJ, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Symptom subtype and quality of life in obsessive-compulsive disorder." Psychiatry Research, vol. 249, 2017, pp. 307-310. |
| Ojserkis R, Boisseau CL, Reddy MK, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "The impact of lifetime PTSD on the seven-year course and clinical characteristics of OCD." Psychiatry Research, vol. 258, 2017, pp. 78-82. |
| Sibrava NJ, Boisseau CL, Eisen JL, Mancebo MC, Rasmussen SA. "An empirical investigation of incompleteness in a large clinical sample of obsessive compulsive disorder." Journal of Anxiety Disorders, vol. 42, 2016, pp. 45-51. |
| Francazio, Sarah K., Flessner, Christopher A., Boisseau, Christina L., Sibrava, Nicholas J., Mancebo, Maria C., Eisen, Jane L., Rasmussen, Steven A. "Parental Accommodation Predicts Symptom Severity at Long-Term Follow-Up in Children with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: A Preliminary Investigation." Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 25, no. 8, 2016, pp. 2562-2570. |
| Grant JE, Mancebo MC, Mooney ME, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Longitudinal course of body-focused repetitive behaviors in obsessive-compulsive disorder." Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, vol. 27, no. 3, 2015, pp. 185-91. |
| Garnaat SL, Boisseau CL, Yip A, Sibrava NJ, Greenberg BD, Mancebo MC, McLaughlin NC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Predicting course of illness in patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 76, no. 12, 2015, pp. e1605-e1610. |
| Askland KD, Garnaat S, Sibrava NJ, Boisseau CL, Strong D, Mancebo M, Greenberg B, Rasmussen S, Eisen J. "Prediction of remission in obsessive compulsive disorder using a novel machine learning strategy." Int. J. Methods Psychiatr. Res., vol. 24, no. 2, 2015, pp. 156-169. |
| Pardue CM, Sibrava NJ, Boisseau CL, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Differential Parental Influence in the Familial Aggregation of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder." Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, vol. 3, no. 3, 2014, pp. 215-219. |
| Odlaug BL, Weinhandl E, Mancebo MC, Mortensen EL, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA, Schreiber LR, Grant JE. "Excluding the typical patient: thirty years of pharmacotherapy efficacy trials for obsessive-compulsive disorder." Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, vol. 26, no. 1, 2014, pp. 39-46. |
| Mancebo, M. C., Boisseau, C. L., Garnaat, S. L., Eisen, J. L., Greenberg, B. D., Sibrava, N. J., Stout, R. L., & Rasmussen, S. A. "Long-term Course of Pediatric OCD: Three Years of Prospective Follow-up." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 55, no. 7, 2014, pp. 1498-1504. |
| Garnaat SL, Greenberg BD, Sibrava NJ, Goodman WK, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Who qualifies for deep brain stimulation for OCD? Data from a naturalistic clinical sample." The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, vol. 26, no. 1, 2014, pp. 81-6. |
| Eisen JL, Sibrava NJ, Boisseau CL, Mancebo MC, Stout RL, Pinto A, Rasmussen SA. "Five-year course of obsessive-compulsive disorder: predictors of remission and relapse." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 74, no. 3, 2013, pp. 233-9. |
| Grant JE, Mancebo MC, Weinhandl E, Odlaug BL, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Longitudinal course of pharmacotherapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder." International Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 28, no. 4, 2013, pp. 200-5. |
| Abrantes, Ana M., McLaughlin, Nicole, Greenberg, Benjamin D., Strong, David R., Riebe, Deborah, Mancebo, Maria, Rasmussen, Steven, Desaulniers, Julie, Brown, Richard A. "Design and Rationale for a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Efficacy of Aerobic Exercise for Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder." Mental Health and Physical Activity, vol. 5, no. 2, 2012, pp. 155-165. |
| Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Sibrava NJ, Dyck IR, Rasmussen SA. "Patient utilization of cognitive-behavioral therapy for OCD." Behavior Therapy, vol. 42, no. 3, 2011, pp. 399-412. |
| Sibrava NJ, Boisseau CL, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Prevalence and clinical characteristics of mental rituals in a longitudinal clinical sample of obsessive-compulsive disorder." Depression and Anxiety, vol. 28, no. 10, 2011, pp. 892-8. |
| Eisen JL, Pinto A, Mancebo MC, Dyck IR, Orlando ME, Rasmussen SA. "A 2-year prospective follow-up study of the course of obsessive-compulsive disorder." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 71, no. 8, 2010, pp. 1033-9. |
| Grant JE, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Impulse-control disorders in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder." Psychiatry Research, vol. 175, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 109-13. |
| Abrantes, Ana M., Strong, David R., Cohn, Amy, Cameron, Amy Y., Greenberg, Benjamin D., Mancebo, Maria C., Brown, Richard A. "Acute changes in obsessions and compulsions following moderate-intensity aerobic exercise among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder." Journal of Anxiety Disorders, vol. 23, no. 7, 2009, pp. 923-7. |
| Mancebo MC, Grant JE, Pinto A, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Substance use disorders in an obsessive compulsive disorder clinical sample." Journal of Anxiety Disorders, vol. 23, no. 4, 2009, pp. 429-35. |
| Mancebo MC, Greenberg B, Grant JE, Pinto A, Eisen JL, Dyck I, Rasmussen SA. "Correlates of occupational disability in a clinical sample of obsessive-compulsive disorder." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 49, no. 1, 2008, pp. 43-50. |
| Mancebo MC, Pinto A, Rasmussen SA, Eisen JL. "Development of the Treatment Adherence Survey-patient version (TAS-P) for OCD." Journal of Anxiety Disorders, vol. 22, no. 1, 2008, pp. 32-43. |
| Mancebo MC, Garcia AM, Pinto A, Freeman JB, Przeworski A, Stout R, Kane JS, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Juvenile-onset OCD: clinical features in children, adolescents and adults." Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, vol. 118, no. 2, 2008, pp. 149-59. |
| Coles ME, Pinto A, Mancebo MC, Rasmussen SA, Eisen JL. "OCD with comorbid OCPD: a subtype of OCD?." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 42, no. 4, 2008, pp. 289-96. |
| Didie ER, Walters MM, Pinto A, Menard W, Eisen JL, Mancebo M, Rasmussen SA, Phillips KA. "A comparison of quality of life and psychosocial functioning in obsessive-compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder." Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, vol. 19, no. 3, 2007, pp. 181-6. |
| Brown RA, Abrantes AM, Strong DR, Mancebo MC, Menard J, Rasmussen SA, Greenberg BD. "A pilot study of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for obsessive compulsive disorder." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 195, no. 6, 2007, pp. 514-20. |
| Grant JE, Mancebo MC, Pinto A, Williams KA, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Late-onset obsessive compulsive disorder: clinical characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity." Psychiatry Research, vol. 152, no. 1, 2007, pp. 21-7. |
| Phillips KA, Pinto A, Menard W, Eisen JL, Mancebo M, Rasmussen SA. "Obsessive-compulsive disorder versus body dysmorphic disorder: a comparison study of two possibly related disorders." Depression and Anxiety, vol. 24, no. 6, 2007, pp. 399-409. |
| Pinto A, Eisen JL, Mancebo MC, Greenberg BD, Stout RL, Rasmussen SA. "Taboo thoughts and doubt/checking: a refinement of the factor structure for obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms." Psychiatry Research, vol. 151, no. 3, 2007, pp. 255-8. |
| Eisen JL, Mancebo MA, Pinto A, Coles ME, Pagano ME, Stout R, Rasmussen SA. "Impact of obsessive-compulsive disorder on quality of life." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 47, no. 4, 2006, pp. 270-5. |
| Grant JE, Mancebo MC, Pinto A, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Impulse control disorders in adults with obsessive compulsive disorder." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 40, no. 6, 2006, pp. 494-501. |
| Greenberg BD, Pinto A, Mancebo M, Eisen J, Rasmussen SA. "Obsessive-compulsive disorder: recognition across medical settings, and treatments from behavior therapy to neurosurgery." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 89, no. 5, 2006, pp. 162-5. |
| Grant JE, Pinto A, Gunnip M, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Rasmussen SA. "Sexual obsessions and clinical correlates in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 47, no. 5, 2006, pp. 325-9. |
| Pinto A, Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Pagano ME, Rasmussen SA. "The Brown Longitudinal Obsessive Compulsive Study: clinical features and symptoms of the sample at intake." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 67, no. 5, 2006, pp. 703-11. |
| Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Pinto A, Greenberg BD, Dyck IR, Rasmussen SA. "The brown longitudinal obsessive compulsive study: treatments received and patient impressions of improvement." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 67, no. 11, 2006, pp. 1713-20. |
| Mancebo MC, Eisen JL, Grant JE, Rasmussen SA. "Obsessive compulsive personality disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder: clinical characteristics, diagnostic difficulties, and treatment." Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, vol. 17, no. 4, 2005, pp. 197-204. |
Sibrava, N.J., Boisseau, C.L., Mancebo, M.C., Eisen, J.L. & Rasmussen, S.A. (in press). Prevalence and clinical characteristics of mental rituals in a longitudinal clinical sample of obssessive compulsive disorder. Depression and Anxiety.
Mancebo, M.C., Eisen, J.L., Sibrava, N., Dyck, I.R. & Rasmussen, S.A. (2011). Patient utilization of cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder. Behavior Therapy, 42, 399-412.
Eisen, J.L., Pinto, A., Mancebo, M.C., Dyck, I., Orlando, M.E. & Rasmussen, S.A. A two-year follow-up study of the course of obsessive compulsive disorder (2010). Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 71(8), 1033-1039.
Grant, J., Mancebo, M.C., Eisen, J.L, & Rasmussen, S.A. (2010). Impulse Control Disorders in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Research, 175, 109-113.
Abrantes, A.M., Strong, D.R., Cohn, A., Cameron, A.Y., Greenberg, B.D., Mancebo, M.C., & Brown, R.A. (2009). Acute changes in obsessions and compulsions following moderate-intensity aerobic exercise among patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 923-7.
Mancebo, M.C., Grant, J., Pinto, A., Eisen, J.L. & Rasmussen, S.A. (2009). Substance use disorders in an OCD clinical sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 429-435.
Coles, M.E., Pinto, A., Mancebo, M.C., Rasmussen, S.A, & Eisen, J.L. (2008). OCD with comorbid OCPD: a subtype of OCD? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 42, 289-296.
Mancebo, M.C., Eisen, J.L., Pinto, A. & Rasmussen, S.A. (2008). Development of the Treatment Adherence Survey-Patient version for OCD. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22(1), 32-43
Mancebo, M.C., Greenberg, B.D., Pinto, A., Eisen, J.L., Dyck, I. & Rasmussen, S.A. (2008). Correlates of occupational disability in a clinical sample of obsessive compulsive disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 49(1), 181-6.
Mancebo M.C., Garcia A.M., Pinto A, Freeman J.B, Przeworksi A, Stout R, Kane J.S., Eisen J.L. & Rasmussen S.A. (2008). Juvenile-onset OCD: Clinical features of children, adolescents and adults. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 118, 149-159.
Phillips, K.A., Pinto, A., Menard, W., Eisen, J.L., Mancebo, M.C., & Rasmussen, S.A. (2007). Obsessive-compulsive disorder versus body dysmorphic disorder: a comparison study of two possibly related disorders. Depression and Anxiety, 24(6), 399-409.
Didie, E.R., Walters, M.W., Pinto, A., Menard, W., Eisen, J.L., Mancebo, M.C., Rasmussen, S.A. & Phillips, K.A. (2007). A comparison of quality of life and psychosocial functioning in obsessive compulsive disorder versus body dysmorphic disorder. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 19(3), 181-6.
Pinto, A., Eisen, J.L., Mancebo, M.C., Greenberg, B.D., Stout, R.L., & Rasmussen, S.A. (2007). Taboo thoughts and doubt/checking: a refinement of the factor structure for obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms. Psychiatry Research, 151(3), 255-8..
Brown, R.A., Abrantes, A.M., Strong, D.R., Mancebo, M.C., Menard, J., Rasmussen, S.A. & Greenberg, B.D. (2007). A pilot study of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195, 514-520.
Grant, J.E., Mancebo, M.C., Pinto, A., Williams, K., Eisen, J.L & Rasmussen, S.A. (2007). Late-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder: clinical characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity. Psychiatry Research, 152(1), 21-27.
Mancebo, M.C., Eisen, J.L., Pinto, A., Dyck, I., Greenberg, B. & Rasmussen, S.A. (2006). The Brown Longitudinal Obsessive Compulsive Study: Treatments received and patient impressions of improvement. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 67, 1713-1720.
Grant, J. E., Pinto, A., Gunnip, M., Mancebo, M.C., Eisen, J. L., & Rasmussen, S. A. (2006). Sexual obsessions and clinical correlates in adults with obsessive compulsive disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 47, 325-329.
Pinto, A., Mancebo, M. C., Eisen, J. L., Pagano, M. E., & Rasmussen, S. A. (2006). The Brown Longitudinal Obsessive Compulsive Study: Clinical features and symptoms of the sample at intake. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 67, 703-711.
Eisen, J.L., Mancebo, M.C., Pinto, A., Coles, M.E., Pagano, M.E., Stout, R.L., & Rasmussen, S.A. (2006). Impact of obsessive compulsive disorder on quality of life. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 47, 270-5.
Grant, J.E., Mancebo, M.C., Pinto, A., Eisen, J.L. & Rasmussen, S.A. (2006). Impulse control disorders in adults with obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 40, 494-501.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | PhD | Hofstra University |
| 1997 | MA | Connecticut College |
| 1993 | BA | Providence College |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, clinical psychology | 2002-2004 | Providence, RI |
| Intern | St. Barnabas Hospital, psychology | 2000-2001 | Bronx, NY |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Abrantes, Ana | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Greenberg, Benjamin | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Rasmussen, Steven | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Zlotnick, Caron | Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
Member, American Psychological Association
Member, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Professional Member, Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
Member, Rhode Island Psychological Association
Scientific Advisory Board, OCD RI
| Licensed Clinical Psychologist | Rhode Island | 2004-Present | #PS00867 |
| Owner, Maria Mancebo, PhD, LLC. 2022-Present |
| Program Manager, OCD and Anxiety Intensive Outpatient Program. Butler Hospital, 2016-2022 |
| Research Psychologist. Butler Hospital, 2010-2016 |
| Research Associate. Butler Hospital, 2006-Present |
| Psychologist; Project Director. Butler Hospital, 2001-2010 |
| Psychology Intern. St. Barnabas Hospital, 2000-2001 |
| Psychology Extern; Clinical Evaluator. Bio-Behavioral Institute, 1998-2001 |
| Clinical Psychology Extern. Pilgrim State Psychiatric Institute, 1998-1998 |
| Administrative Coordinator. Butler Hospital, 1994-1996 |
Faculty, DPHB Psychiatry Resident Seminars, Psychotherapy for OCD.
Faculty, DPHB Clinical Psychology Training Program, Didactic Seminar on Psychotherapy for OCD
Primary Supervisor, psychology residents, OCD and Anxiety Intensive Outpatient Program rotation
Psychotherapy Supervisor, Psychiatry Residents
Coordinator, Long-term Outpatient Experience, Clinical Psychology Training Program
