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H. Blair Simpson is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of psychology, with a special emphasis on clinical psychology. Their work also extends to cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, and psychiatry and mental health.

Simpson's research covers a variety of topics including:

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Recent publications by H. Blair Simpson include:

  • Toward a neurocircuit-based taxonomy to guide treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (2021), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • An overview of the first 5 years of the ENIGMA obsessive-compulsive disorder working group: The power of worldwide collaboration (2020), published in Human Brain Mapping
  • OUP accepted manuscript (2020), published in Brain
  • Acute effects of cannabinoids on symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A human laboratory study (2020), published in Depression and Anxiety
  • Structural neuroimaging biomarkers for obsessive-compulsive disorder in the ENIGMA-OCD consortium: medication matters (2020), published in Translational Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simpson include:

  • Dan J. Stein
  • Odile A. van den Heuvel
  • Christine Löchner
  • Marcelo C. Batistuzzo
  • Marcelo Q. Hoexter

Simpson's publications commonly appear in several scholarly venues, notably:

  • Psychiatric Services
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • Current Issues in Criminal Justice
  • Molecular Psychiatry

In addition to articles, Simpson has contributed to book publications with the Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks, including titles such as "Maintaining father-child relationships using video visitation in Australian prisons" (2024) and "Video visitation in Australian prisons: Perspectives on father-child contact" (2024).

Best Publications

  • Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of exposure and ritual prevention, clomipramine, and their combination in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Edna B. Foa;Michael R. Liebowitz;Michael J. Kozak;Sharon Davies

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Dan J. Stein;Daniel L. C. Costa;Christine Lochner;Euripedes C. Miguel

  • Repeated Cortico-Striatal Stimulation Generates Persistent OCD-Like Behavior

    Susanne E. Ahmari;Timothy Spellman;Neria L. Douglass;Mazen A. Kheirbek

  • OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: A REVIEW OF THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND POSSIBLE SUBTYPES AND DIMENSIONAL SPECIFIERS FOR DSM-V

    James F. Leckman;Damiaan Denys M.D.;H. Blair Simpson;David Mataix-Cols

  • Quality of life and functional impairment in obsessive–compulsive disorder: a comparison of patients with and without comorbidity, patients in remission, and healthy controls

    Jonathan D. Huppert;Jonathan D. Huppert;H. Blair Simpson;Kore J. Nissenson;Michael R. Liebowitz

  • Distinct Subcortical Volume Alterations in Pediatric and Adult OCD: A Worldwide Meta- and Mega-Analysis.

    Premika S.W. Boedhoe;Lianne Schmaal;Yoshinari Abe;Stephanie H. Ameis

  • A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Augmenting Pharmacotherapy in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Helen Blair Simpson;Edna B Foa;Michael R Liebowitz;Deborah Roth Ledley

  • The OCI-R: Validation of the subscales in a clinical sample

    Jonathan D. Huppert;Michael R. Walther;Greg Hajcak;Greg Hajcak;Elna Yadin

  • Towards an international expert consensus for defining treatment response, remission, recovery and relapse in obsessive‐compulsive disorder

    David Mataix-Cols;Lorena Fernández de la Cruz;Ashley E. Nordsletten;Fabian Lenhard

  • Randomized sham-controlled trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Antonio Mantovani;Antonio Mantovani;Helen B. Simpson;Brian A. Fallon;Simone Rossi

  • Response Versus Remission in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

    Helen Blair Simpson;Jonathan D. Huppert;Eva Petkova;Edna B. Foa

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy vs Risperidone for Augmenting Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Helen Blair Simpson;Helen Blair Simpson;Edna B. Foa;Michael R. Liebowitz;Jonathan D. Huppert;Jonathan D. Huppert

  • Cortical Abnormalities Associated With Pediatric and Adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Findings From the ENIGMA Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Working Group

    Premika S.W. Boedhoe;Lianne Schmaal;Yoshinari Abe;Pino Alonso

  • The classification of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in the ICD-11

    D. J. Stein;C. S. Kogan;M. Atmaca;N. A. Fineberg;N. A. Fineberg;N. A. Fineberg

  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders

    Yash Patel;Nadine Parker;Jean Shin;Derek Howard

  • Treatment response, symptom remission, and wellness in obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Samantha G. Farris;Carmen P. McLean;Page E. Van Meter;Helen Blair Simpson

  • Reduced functional connectivity within the limbic cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loop in unmedicated adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Jonathan Posner;Jonathan Posner;Rachel Marsh;Rachel Marsh;Tiago V. Maia;Tiago V. Maia;Bradley S. Peterson;Bradley S. Peterson

  • Fluoxetine in children and adolescents with OCD: a placebo-controlled trial.

    Michael R. Liebowitz;Samuel M. Turner;John Piacentini;Deborah C. Beidel

  • Impulse control disorders and "behavioural addictions" in the ICD-11

    Jon Edgar Grant;Murad Atmaca;Naomi A Fineberg;Leonardo F. Fontenelle

  • Impaired Sensorimotor Gating in Unmedicated Adults with Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

    Susanne E Ahmari;Victoria B Risbrough;Mark A Geyer;H Blair Simpson

  • Increased Capacity to Delay Reward in Anorexia Nervosa

    Joanna E. Steinglass;Bernd Figner;Staci Berkowitz;H. Blair Simpson

  • Patient Adherence Predicts Outcome from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

    Helen Blair Simpson;Michael J. Maher;Yuanjia Wang;Yuanyuan Bao

Frequent Co-Authors

Carles Soriano-Mas
Carles Soriano-Mas University of Barcelona
Damiaan Denys
Damiaan Denys University of Amsterdam
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
Michael G. Wheaton
Michael G. Wheaton Barnard College
Y.C. Janardhan Reddy
Y.C. Janardhan Reddy National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
David F. Tolin
David F. Tolin Yale University
Francesco Benedetti
Francesco Benedetti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
David Mataix-Cols
David Mataix-Cols Karolinska Institute
Jonathan D. Huppert
Jonathan D. Huppert Hebrew University of Jerusalem
María del Pino Alonso Ortega
María del Pino Alonso Ortega Bellvitge University Hospital

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