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Overview

John T. Walkup is affiliated with Lurie Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on psychology and medicine with considerable contributions to clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health.

Their scholarly output includes significant engagement with pediatric and adolescent mental health concerns, combining clinical and cognitive neuroscience perspectives. The main fields of study for their work are:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

The subfields of study cover:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Education

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Family and Disability Support Research

Their recent publications reflect these research interests with work published in a range of prominent journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Research Review: Pediatric anxiety disorders - what have we learnt in the last 10 years?" (2020), published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "Combining selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and cognitive behavioral therapy in youth with depression and anxiety" (2021), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis" (2021), published in The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Long-term Outcomes of Behavior Therapy for Youth With Tourette Disorder" (2021), published in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Defining tic severity and tic impairment in Tourette Disorder" (2020), published in Journal of Psychiatric Research

Their frequent coauthors suggest collaborations with experts across related fields. These collaborators include:

  • John Piacentini
  • Douglas W. Woods
  • Jeffrey R. Strawn
  • Joseph McGuire
  • Emily J. Ricketts

John T. Walkup's publications are often found in specialized journals, with the highest number in:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (41 publications)
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development (3 publications)
  • Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology (3 publications)
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2 publications)
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America (2 publications)

Best Publications

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

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

  • A family study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Gerald Nestadt;Jack Samuels;Mark Riddle;O. Joseph Bienvenu

  • Behavior Therapy for Children With Tourette Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    John Piacentini;Douglas W. Woods;Lawrence Scahill;Sabine Wilhelm

  • 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

  • Clinical Characteristics of Anxiety Disordered Youth

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

  • Fluvoxamine for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial.

    Mark A. Riddle;Elizabeth A. Reeve;Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias;Hwa Ming Yang

  • Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS): rationale, design, and methods

    Scott N Compton;John T Walkup;Anne Marie Albano;John C Piacentini

  • Remission after acute treatment in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders: findings from the CAMS.

    Golda S. Ginsburg;Philip C. Kendall;Dara Sakolsky;Scott N. Compton

  • Epidemiology and Impact of Health Care Provider-Diagnosed Anxiety and Depression Among US Children.

    Rebecca H. Bitsko;Joseph R. Holbrook;Reem M. Ghandour;Stephen J. Blumberg

  • Contemporary Assessment and Pharmacotherapy of Tourette Syndrome

    Lawrence Scahill;Gerald Erenberg;Cheston M. Berlin;Cathy Budman

  • Randomized Trial of Behavior Therapy for Adults With Tourette Syndrome

    Sabine Wilhelm;Alan L. Peterson;John Piacentini;Douglas W. Woods

  • The Treatment of Adolescent Suicide Attempters Study (TASA): Predictors of Suicidal Events in an Open Treatment Trial

    David A. Brent;Laurence L. Greenhill;Scott Compton;Graham Emslie

  • Recovery and Recurrence Following Treatment for Adolescent Major Depression

    John Curry;Susan Silva;Paul Rohde;Golda Ginsburg

  • Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment.

    Harvey S. Singer;John T. Walkup

  • A randomized controlled trial of risperidone, lithium, or divalproex sodium for initial treatment of bipolar I disorder, manic or mixed phase, in children and adolescents.

    Barbara Geller;Joan L. Luby;Paramjit Joshi;Karen Dineen Wagner

  • Predictors and moderators of treatment response in childhood anxiety disorders: results from the CAMS trial.

    Scott N. Compton;Tara S. Peris;Daniel Almirall;Boris Birmaher

  • The familial phenotype of obsessive-compulsive disorder in relation to tic disorders: the Hopkins OCD family study.

    Marco A. Grados;Marco A. Grados;Mark A. Riddle;Mark A. Riddle;Jack F. Samuels;Kung Yee Liang

  • Gut Microbiota and Autism: Key Concepts and Findings

    Helen T. Ding;Ying Taur;John T. Walkup;John T. Walkup

  • Patient selection and assessment recommendations for deep brain stimulation in Tourette syndrome.

    Jonathan W. Mink;John Walkup;Kirk A. Frey;Peter Como

  • Exploring the Impact of Chronic Tic Disorders on Youth: Results from the Tourette Syndrome Impact Survey

    Christine A. Conelea;Douglas W. Woods;Samuel H. Zinner;Samuel H. Zinner;Cathy Budman

  • Brief review of habit reversal training for Tourette syndrome.

    Michael B. Himle;Douglas W. Woods;John C. Piacentini;John T. Walkup

  • Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS): safety results.

    Graham Emslie;Graham Emslie;Graham Emslie;Christopher Kratochvil;Benedetto Vitiello;Susan Silva

  • Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS): Rationale, design, and methods

    John March;Susan Silva;Stephen Petrycki;John Curry

  • Obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions in affected sibling pairs diagnosed with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

    James F. Leckman;David L. Pauls;Heping Zhang;Maria C. Rosario-Campos

Frequent Co-Authors

John Piacentini
John Piacentini University of California, Los Angeles
Golda S. Ginsburg
Golda S. Ginsburg University of Connecticut
Scott N. Compton
Scott N. Compton Duke University
Boris Birmaher
Boris Birmaher University of Pittsburgh
Anne Marie Albano
Anne Marie Albano Columbia University
Philip C. Kendall
Philip C. Kendall Temple University
Douglas W. Woods
Douglas W. Woods Marquette University
John S. March
John S. March Duke University
James T. McCracken
James T. McCracken University of California, Los Angeles
Alan L. Peterson
Alan L. Peterson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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