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Overview

Emily Simonoff is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine, neuroscience, and psychology, with a strong focus on neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions. Simonoff's work primarily addresses Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), examining both the clinical and neurobiological aspects of these conditions.

Their main fields of study include Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology, supported by significant contributions in several subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Simonoff's research topics encompass:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simonoff include:

  • Tony Charman
  • Tobias Banaschewski
  • Jan K. Buitelaar
  • Declan Murphy
  • Andrew Pickles

Their work has been published repeatedly in notable academic journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Autism Research
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Autism
  • Molecular Autism

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Simonoff are:

  • ADHD management during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance from the European ADHD Guidelines Group (2020), The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • Comparative meta-analyses of brain structural and functional abnormalities during cognitive control in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder (2020), Psychological Medicine
  • The management of ADHD in children and adolescents: bringing evidence to the clinic: perspective from the European ADHD Guidelines Group (EAGG) (2021), European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Annual Research Review: Perspectives on progress in ADHD science - from characterization to cause (2022), Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • How do core autism traits and associated symptoms relate to quality of life? Findings from the Longitudinal European Autism Project (2020), Autism

Best Publications

  • Psychiatric disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders: Prevalence, comorbidity, and associated factors in a population-derived sample

    Emily Simonoff;Andrew Pickles;Tony Charman;Susie Chandler

  • Autism as a strongly genetic disorder: evidence from a British twin study.

    A. Bailey;A. Le Couteur;I. Gottesman;P. Bolton

  • Prevalence of disorders of the autism spectrum in a population cohort of children in South Thames: the Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP).

    Gillian Baird;Emily Simonoff;Andrew Pickles;Susie Chandler

  • Nonpharmacological Interventions for ADHD: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials of Dietary and Psychological Treatments

    Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke;Daniel Brandeis;Samuele Cortese;David Daley

  • Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

    Samuele Cortese;Nicoletta Adamo;Cinzia Del Giovane;Christina Mohr-Jensen

  • The Impact of Nonverbal Ability on Prevalence and Clinical Presentation of Language Disorder: Evidence from a Population Study.

    Courtenay Frazier Norbury;Courtenay Frazier Norbury;Debbie Gooch;Debbie Gooch;Charlotte Wray;Gillian Baird

  • Impairment in movement skills of children with autistic spectrum disorders.

    Dido Green;Tony Charman;Andrew Pickles;Susie Chandler

  • IQ in children with autism spectrum disorders: data from the Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP)

    Tony Charman;A Pickles;Emily Simonoff;Susie Chandler

  • The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA)

    Adrian Angold;M. Prendergast;A. Cox;R. Harrington

  • The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA).

    A Angold;E J Costello

  • Genetics and Developmental Psychopathology: 2. The Main Effects of Genes and Environment on Behavioral Problems in the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development

    Lindon J. Eaves;Judy L. Silberg;Joanne M. Meyer;Hermine H. Maes

  • The Influence of Genetic Factors and Life Stress on Depression Among Adolescent Girls

    Judy L. Silberg;Andrew Pickles;Michael Rutter;John Hewitt

  • Integrating nature and nurture: Implications of person-environment correlations and interactions for developmental psychopathology

    Michael Rutter;Judy Dunn;Robert Plomin;Emily Simonoff

  • Evidence for overlapping genetic influences on autistic and ADHD behaviours in a community twin sample

    Angelica Ronald;Emily Simonoff;Jonna Kuntsi;Philip Asherson

  • European guidelines on managing adverse effects of medication for ADHD.

    J. Graham;T. Banaschewski;J.K. Buitelaar;D. Coghill

  • Validation of the Social Communication Questionnaire in a Population Cohort of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Susie Chandler;Tony Charman;Gillian Baird;Emily Simonoff

  • Genetics and Child Psychiatry: II Empirical Research Findings

    Michael Rutter;Judy Silberg;Thomas O'Connor;Emily Simonoff

  • The Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development: Influences of Age, Sex, and Impairment on Rates of Disorder

    Emily Simonoff;Andrew Pickles;Joanne M. Meyer;Judy L. Silberg

  • Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders in Preschool and Elementary School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Fernando Salazar;Gillian Baird;Susie Chandler;Evelin Tseng

  • Predictors of antisocial personality. Continuities from childhood to adult life.

    Emily Simonoff;James Elander;Janet Holmshaw;Andrew Pickles

  • Efficacy of three screening instruments in the identification of autistic-spectrum disorders.

    Tony Charman;Gillian Baird;Emily Simonoff;Tom Loucas

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Pickles
Andrew Pickles King's College London
Tony Charman
Tony Charman King's College London
Gillian Baird
Gillian Baird Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Michael Rutter
Michael Rutter King's College London
Susie Chandler
Susie Chandler King's College London
Ian C. K. Wong
Ian C. K. Wong University of Hong Kong
Declan G. Murphy
Declan G. Murphy King's College London
David Coghill
David Coghill University of Melbourne
Francesca Happé
Francesca Happé King's College London
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University

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