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Overview

Eric Butter is affiliated with Nationwide Children's Hospital in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with particular focus on Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional subfields of interest include Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, and Education.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Eric Butter has contributed to multiple publication venues, often publishing in:

  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism Research
  • PEDIATRICS
  • PsycEXTRA Dataset
  • JMIR Formative Research

Notable recent papers by Eric Butter include:

  • Integrated gene analyses of de novo variants from 46,612 trios with autism and developmental disorders, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Pediatric Telebehavioral Health: A Transformational Shift in Care Delivery in the Era of COVID-19, 2020, JMIR Mental Health
  • Beliefs in vaccine as causes of autism among SPARK cohort caregivers, 2020, Vaccine
  • Child Behavior Problems and Parenting Stress in Underserved Families of Children with ASD: Investigation of Family Resources and Parenting Self-efficacy, 2022, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Validity of the WISC-V in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance, 2021, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Kevin G. Stephenson
  • Megan Norris
  • Ann Levine
  • Rachel M. Fenning
  • Robin Steinberg-Epstein

Best Publications

  • Religion and Spirituality: Unfuzzying the Fuzzy

    Brian J. Zinnbauer;Kenneth I. Pargament;Brenda Cole;Mark S. Rye

  • Effect of Parent Training vs Parent Education on Behavioral Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Karen Bearss;Cynthia Johnson;Cynthia Johnson;Tristram Smith;Luc Lecavalier

  • SPARK: A US Cohort of 50,000 Families to Accelerate Autism Research

    Pamela Feliciano;Amy M. Daniels;LeeAnne Green Snyder;Amy Beaumont

  • Red flags and religious coping: identifying some religious warning signs among people in crisis.

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Brian J. Zinnbauer;Allie B. Scott;Eric M. Butter

  • Medication and Parent Training in Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Serious Behavior Problems: Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Michael G. Aman;Christopher J. McDougle;Lawrence Scahill;Benjamin Handen

  • Increasing knowledge of PTEN germline mutations: Two additional patients with autism and macrocephaly†

    Gail E. Herman;Eric Butter;Benedicta Enrile;Matthew Pastore

  • Correlates and risk markers for sleep disturbance in participants of the Autism Treatment Network.

    Jill A. Hollway;Michael G. Aman;Eric Butter

  • Age at first autism spectrum disorder diagnosis: the role of birth cohort, demographic factors, and clinical features

    Micah O. Mazurek;Benjamin L. Handen;Ericka L. Wodka;Lisa Nowinski

  • What does risperidone add to parent training and stimulant for severe aggression in child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

    Michael G. Aman;Oscar G. Bukstein;Kenneth D. Gadow;L. Eugene Arnold

  • Effects of Risperidone and Parent Training on Adaptive Functioning in Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Serious Behavioral Problems

    Lawrence Scahill;Christopher J. McDougle;Michael G. Aman;Cynthia Johnson

  • Development of a parent training program for children with pervasive developmental disorders

    Cynthia R. Johnson;Benjamin L. Handen;Eric Butter;Ann Wagner

  • Factors related to parents’ choices of treatments for their children with autism spectrum disorders

    Victoria A. Miller;Kimberly A. Schreck;James A. Mulick;Eric Butter

  • Aggression in children with autism spectrum disorders and a clinic-referred comparison group:

    Cristan Farmer;Eric Butter;Micah O. Mazurek;Charles Cowan

  • A Review of Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Nicholas Lofthouse;Robert Hendren;Elizabeth Hurt;L. Eugene Arnold

  • Metformin for Treatment of Overweight Induced by Atypical Antipsychotic Medication in Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Evdokia Anagnostou;Evdokia Anagnostou;Michael G. Aman;Benjamin L. Handen;Kevin B. Sanders

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  • Risperidone Added to Parent Training and Stimulant Medication: Effects on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and Peer Aggression

    Kenneth D. Gadow;L. Eugene Arnold;Brooke S.G. Molina;Robert L. Findling

  • Autism: A late-20th-century fad magnet.

    Bernard Metz;James A. Mulick;Eric M. Butter

  • Contactin 4 as an autism susceptibility locus

    Catherine E. Cottrell;Natalie Bir;Elizabeth Varga;Carlos E. Alvarez;Carlos E. Alvarez

  • Early intervention critical to autism treatment.

    Eric M Butter;Jacqueline Wynn;James A Mulick

  • Research Units of Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) autism network randomized clinical trial of parent training and medication: one-year follow-up.

    L. Eugene Arnold;Michael G. Aman;Xiaobai Li;Eric Butter

  • Toward an exportable parent training program for disruptive behaviors in autism spectrum disorder

    Karen Bearss;Luc Lecavalier;Noha Minshawi;Cynthia Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Aman
Michael G. Aman The Ohio State University
Benjamin L. Handen
Benjamin L. Handen University of Pittsburgh
James A. Mulick
James A. Mulick The Ohio State University
Luc Lecavalier
Luc Lecavalier The Ohio State University
L. Eugene Arnold
L. Eugene Arnold The Ohio State University
Tristram Smith
Tristram Smith University of Rochester Medical Center
Cynthia R. Johnson
Cynthia R. Johnson Case Western Reserve University
Mirko Uljarević
Mirko Uljarević University of Melbourne
Christopher J. McDougle
Christopher J. McDougle Harvard University
Micah O. Mazurek
Micah O. Mazurek University of Virginia

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