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Overview

James T. McCracken is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans several main fields, including Neuroscience, Medicine, and Psychology. Within these areas, McCracken has made contributions particularly in the subfields of Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Genetics.

The primary topics of McCracken's work focus on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications.

McCracken has published research in multiple venues. Frequently appearing publication locations include the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, Biological Psychiatry, and European Neuropsychopharmacology.

Recent research papers by or including McCracken are:

  • Drug development for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Progress, challenges, and future directions, 2021, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Exome sequencing in obsessive-compulsive disorder reveals a burden of rare damaging coding variants, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Integrated gene analyses of de novo variants from 46,612 trios with autism and developmental disorders, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genome-wide association study of pediatric obsessive-compulsive traits: shared genetic risk between traits and disorder, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Optimizing behavior therapy for youth with Tourette's disorder, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of colleagues, including John Piacentini, Eric Hollander, Evdokia Anagnostou, Gerald Nestadt, and Linmarie Sikich.

Best Publications

  • Risperidone in Children with Autism and Serious Behavioral Problems

    James T. McCracken;James McGough;Bhavik Shah;Pegeen Cronin

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Sertraline, or a Combination in Childhood Anxiety

    John T. Walkup;Anne Marie Albano;John Piacentini;Boris Birmaher

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis

    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

  • Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Fred Volkmar;Matthew Siegel;Marc Woodbury-Smith;Bryan King

  • Switching to Another SSRI or to Venlafaxine With or Without Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents With SSRI-Resistant Depression: The TORDIA Randomized Controlled Trial

    David Brent;Graham Emslie;Greg Clarke;Karen Dineen Wagner

  • Suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury in the treatment of resistant depression in adolescents: findings from the TORDIA study.

    Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow;Giovanna Porta;Anthony Spirito;Graham J Emslie

  • Concurrent validity of the anxiety disorders section of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: child and parent versions.

    Jeffrey J. Wood;John C. Piacentini;R. Lindsey Bergman;James McCracken

  • Functional impairment in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    John Piacentini;R. Lindsey Bergman;Melody Keller;James McCracken

  • Parent-rated anxiety symptoms in children with pervasive developmental disorders: frequency and association with core autism symptoms and cognitive functioning.

    Denis G. Sukhodolsky;Lawrence Scahill;Kenneth D. Gadow;L. Eugene Arnold

  • Catecholamines in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Current perspectives

    Steven R. Pliszka;James T. McCRACKEN;James W. Maas

  • Efficacy and Safety of Immediate-Release Methylphenidate Treatment for Preschoolers with ADHD.

    Laurence Greenhill;Scott Kollins;Howard Abikoff;James Mccracken

  • Revealing the complex genetic architecture of obsessive-compulsive disorder using meta-analysis

    Paul D. Arnold;Kathleen D. Askland;Cristina Barlassina;Laura Bellodi

  • Psychiatric Comorbidity in Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings From Multiplex Families

    James J. McGough;Susan L. Smalley;James T. McCracken;May Yang

  • Fluvoxamine for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

    John T. Walkup;Michael J. Labellarte;Mark A. Riddle;Daniel S. Pine;Daniel S. Pine

  • Risperidone for the core symptom domains of autism: results from the study by the autism network of the research units on pediatric psychopharmacology.

    Christopher J Mcdougle;Lawrence Scahill;Michael G. Aman;James T. Mccracken

  • Lack of efficacy of citalopram in children with autism spectrum disorders and high levels of repetitive behavior: citalopram ineffective in children with autism

    Bryan H. King;Eric Hollander;Linmarie Sikich;James T. McCracken

  • Total and regional brain volumes in a population-based normative sample from 4 to 18 years: The NIH MRI study of normal brain development

    W. S. Ball;A. W. Byars;M. Schapiro;W. Bommer

  • Clinical Characteristics of Anxiety Disordered Youth

    Philip C. Kendall;Scott N. Compton;John T. Walkup;Boris Birmaher

  • Randomized, controlled, crossover trial of methylphenidate in pervasive developmental disorders with hyperactivity

    David J. Posey;David J. Posey;Michael G. Aman;L. Eugene Arnold;Yaser Ramadan

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

John Piacentini
John Piacentini University of California, Los Angeles
James J. McGough
James J. McGough University of California, Los Angeles
Benedetto Vitiello
Benedetto Vitiello University of Turin
Mark A. Riddle
Mark A. Riddle Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Christopher J. McDougle
Christopher J. McDougle Harvard University
Michael G. Aman
Michael G. Aman The Ohio State University
Benjamin D. Greenberg
Benjamin D. Greenberg Brown University
Susan L. Smalley
Susan L. Smalley University of California, Los Angeles
Gerald Nestadt
Gerald Nestadt Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David L. Pauls
David L. Pauls Harvard University

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