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Katherine A. Halmi

Katherine A. Halmi

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D-Index
84
Citations
22987
World Ranking
15228
National Ranking
7682

Overview

Katherine A. Halmi is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Sociology and Political Science as significant subfields.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Katherine A. Halmi include:

  • Allan S. Kaplan
  • Walter H. Kaye
  • Harry Brandt
  • Cynthia M. Bulik
  • D. Blake Woodside

The scientist has published extensively, with multiple papers appearing in various venues. Prominent publication venues include UNC Libraries, International Journal of Eating Disorders, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Genetics, and Biological Psychiatry. Their research output is particularly notable in UNC Libraries, with 21 publications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Katherine A. Halmi include:

  • Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors, 2023, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Machine learning enhances prediction of illness course: a longitudinal study in eating disorders, 2020, Psychological Medicine
  • Not all body image constructs are created equal: Predicting eating disorder outcomes from preoccupation, dissatisfaction, and overvaluation, 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Bulimia. Its incidence and clinical importance in patients with anorexia nervosa.

    Regina C. Casper;Elke D. Eckert;Katherine A. Halmi;Solomon C. Goldberg

  • Comorbidity of psychiatric diagnoses in anorexia nervosa.

    Katherine A. Halmi;Elke D Eckert;Peggy Marchi;Vincent Sampugnaro

  • Perfectionism in Anorexia Nervosa: Variation by Clinical Subtype, Obsessionality, and Pathological Eating Behavior

    Katherine A. Halmi;Suzanne R. Sunday;Michael Strober;Alan Kaplan

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • Ten-year follow-up of anorexia nervosa: clinical course and outcome

    Elke D Eckert;K. A. Halmi;K. A. Halmi;P. Marchi;P. Marchi;William M Grove

  • Outcome predictors for the cognitive behavior treatment of bulimia nervosa : Data from a multisite study

    W. S. Agras;Scott J Crow;K. A. Halmi;J. E. Mitchell

  • Symptom Fluctuation in Eating Disorders: Correlates of Diagnostic Crossover

    Federica Tozzi;Laura M. Thornton;Kelly L. Klump;Manfred M. Fichter

  • Features associated with excessive exercise in women with eating disorders.

    Hemal Shroff;Lauren Reba;Laura M. Thornton;Federica Tozzi

  • Predictors of Treatment Acceptance and Completion in Anorexia Nervosa: Implications for Future Study Designs

    Katherine A. Halmi;W. Stewart Agras;Scott Crow;James Mitchell

  • Alcohol Use Disorder Comorbidity in Eating Disorders: A Multicenter Study.

    Cynthia M. Bulik;Kelly L. Klump;Laura Thornton;Allan S. Kaplan

  • Evidence for a susceptibility gene for anorexia nervosa on chromosome 1

    D.E. Grice;K.A. Halmi;M.M. Fichter;M. Strober

  • The relation among perfectionism, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder in individuals with eating disorders.

    Katherine A. Halmi;Federica Tozzi;Laura M. Thornton;Scott Crow

  • Full syndromal versus subthreshold anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder: a multicenter study.

    Scott J. Crow;W. Stewart Agras;Katherine Halmi;James E. Mitchell

  • Anorexia nervosa. Treatment efficacy of cyproheptadine and amitriptyline.

    Katherine Ann Halmi;Elke Eckert;Terence J. LaDu;Jacob Cohen

  • Comparison of 2 Family Therapies for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomized Parallel Trial

    W. Stewart Agras;James Lock;Harry Brandt;Susan W. Bryson

  • The Yale-Brown-Cornell Eating Disorder Scale: development, use, reliability and validity

    Carolyn M. Mazure;Katherine A. Halmi;Suzanne R. Sunday;Steven J. Romano

  • Temperament and character in women with anorexia nervosa.

    Kelly Klump;Cynthia Bulik;Christine Pollice;Katherine Halmi

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Walter H. Kaye
Walter H. Kaye University of California, San Diego
James E. Mitchell
James E. Mitchell University of North Dakota
Michael Strober
Michael Strober University of California, Los Angeles
Allan S. Kaplan
Allan S. Kaplan University of Toronto
Manfred M. Fichter
Manfred M. Fichter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Scott J. Crow
Scott J. Crow University of Minnesota
Wade H. Berrettini
Wade H. Berrettini University of Pennsylvania
Kelly L. Klump
Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London

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