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Margaret A. Richter is affiliated with the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a significant focus on clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health. The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, as well as anxiety, depression, psychometrics, and related cognitive processes.

Their work includes investigations into eating disorders and behaviors, heart rate variability and autonomic control, mental health research topics, and body image alongside dysmorphia studies. The interdisciplinary nature of their research reflects a broad engagement across psychological and medical domains.

Margaret A. Richter's recent publications cover a range of topics and appear in multiple established journals. Notable papers include:

  • Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound capsulotomy for refractory obsessive compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder: clinical and imaging results from two phase I trials (2020), Molecular Psychiatry
  • Genome-wide association study of pediatric obsessive-compulsive traits: shared genetic risk between traits and disorder (2021), Translational Psychiatry
  • Pregnancy and Delivery Outcomes Following Benzodiazepine Exposure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2020), The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Technology supported mindfulness for obsessive compulsive disorder: Self-reported mindfulness and EEG correlates of mind wandering (2020), Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Examining cognitive change in magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound capsulotomy for psychiatric illness (2020), Translational Psychiatry

The scientist has frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple occasions. These co-authors include James L. Kennedy, Clement C. Zai, Neil A. Rector, Gwyneth Zai, and Lance L. Hawley.

Publications by Margaret A. Richter often appear in venues known for psychiatric and psychological research, including Biological Psychiatry, Translational Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, and the Journal of Anxiety Disorders. Biological Psychiatry stands out as a frequent publication venue for this researcher.

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

  • Serotonin transporter promoter gain-of-function genotypes are linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Xian-Zhang Hu;Robert H. Lipsky;Guanshan Zhu;Longina A. Akhtar

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

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

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

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

  • Glutamate transporter gene SLC1A1 associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Paul Daniel Arnold;Tricia Sicard;Eliza Burroughs;Margaret A. Richter

  • Symptom structure in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a confirmatory factor-analytic study

    Laura J Summerfeldt;Margaret A Richter;Martin M Antony;Martin M Antony;Richard P Swinson

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Theory, Research, and Treatment

    Richard P. Swinson;Martin M. Antony;Stanley Rachman;Margaret A. Richter

  • Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    S. E. Stewart;D. Yu;J. M. Scharf;B. M. Neale

  • Maternal Anxiety During Pregnancy and the Association With Adverse Perinatal Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Sophie Grigoriadis;Lisa Graves;Miki Peer;Lana Mamisashvili

  • Partitioning the heritability of tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder reveals differences in genetic architecture

    Lea K. Davis;Dongmei Yu;Clare L. Keenan;Eric R. Gamazon

  • Association of a glutamate (NMDA) subunit receptor gene (GRIN2B) with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary study.

    Paul D. Arnold;David R. Rosenberg;Emanuela Mundo;Subi Tharmalingam

  • Comorbidity and pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia: is there evidence for a schizo-obsessive subtype of schizophrenia?

    Alexandra Bottas;Robert G. Cooke;Margaret A. Richter

  • Quality of life in OCD: differential impact of obsessions, compulsions, and depression comorbidity.

    Mario Masellis;Neil A Rector;Margaret A Richter

  • Memory and confidence in memory judgments among individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder and non-clinical controls

    Penny A. Macdonald;Martin M. Antony;Colin M. Macleod;Margaret A. Richter

  • Inflammation in the Neurocircuitry of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

    Sophia Attwells;Sophia Attwells;Elaine Setiawan;Alan A. Wilson;Alan A. Wilson;Pablo M. Rusjan

  • Obsessive compulsive disorder, response to serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the serotonin transporter gene

    E A Billett;M A Richter;N King;A Heils

  • Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD): Practical strategies for pharmacological and somatic treatment in adults☆

    Naomi A. Fineberg;Naomi A. Fineberg;Naomi A. Fineberg;Samar Reghunandanan;Helen B. Simpson;Katharine A. Phillips

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder and the five-factor model of personality: distinction and overlap with major depressive disorder

    N.A. Rector;N.A. Rector;K. Hood;K. Hood;M.A. Richter;M.A. Richter;R. Michael Bagby;R. Michael Bagby

  • Investigation of dopamine system genes in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Billett Ea;Richter Ma;Sam F;Swinson Rp

  • Is the 5-HT1Dβ Receptor Gene Implicated in the Pathogenesis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

    Emanuela Mundo;Margaret A. Richter;Fariba Sam;Fabio Macciardi

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of antenatal anxiety on postpartum outcomes

    Sophie Grigoriadis;Lisa Graves;Miki Peer;Lana Mamisashvili

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Neil A. Rector
Neil A. Rector Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Euripedes Constantino Miguel
Euripedes Constantino Miguel Universidade de São Paulo
Benjamin D. Greenberg
Benjamin D. Greenberg Brown University
Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
Fabio Macciardi
Fabio Macciardi University of California, Irvine
Susanne Walitza
Susanne Walitza University of Zurich
Edwin H. Cook
Edwin H. Cook University of Illinois at Chicago
Danielle C. Cath
Danielle C. Cath Utrecht University

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