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Margaret Thompson is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, and child and adolescent health. Additional research interests include pharmaceutical studies and practices, family and disability support research, and children's physical and motor development.

The scientist's work spans several fields of study, with prominent contributions in medicine, psychology, and health professions. Subfields include clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, speech and hearing, public health, environmental and occupational health, and general health professions.

Recent notable papers include:

  • An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis: Behavioral Treatments for Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Whole Cluster and Dried Stem Additions' Effects on Chemical and Sensory Properties of Pinot noir Wines over Two Vintages, 2020, American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
  • The feasibility of a strategy for the remote recruitment, consenting and assessment of recent referrals: a protocol for phase 1 of the On-Line Parent Training for the Initial Management of ADHD referrals (OPTIMA), 2022, Pilot and Feasibility Studies
  • Supporting Japanese Mothers of Children at Risk for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Small Scale Randomized Control Trial of Well Parent Japan, 2020, Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Online Parent Training for The Initial Management of ADHD referrals (OPTIMA): the protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a digital parenting intervention implemented to support parents and children on a treatment waitlist, 2022, Trials

Margaret Thompson has frequently published in venues such as the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, and Journal of Child and Family Studies.

The scientist has collaborated extensively with colleagues including David Daley, Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Samuele Cortese, Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne, and Claire Ballard.

Best Publications

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Beyond the dual pathway model: Evidence for the dissociation of timing, inhibitory, and delay-related impairments in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Edmund Sonuga-Barke;Edmund Sonuga-Barke;Paraskevi Bitsakou;Margaret Thompson

  • The analysis of 51 genes in DSM-IV combined type attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: association signals in DRD4, DAT1 and 16 other genes.

    K. Brookes;X. Xu;W. Chen;K. Zhou

  • Parent-Based Therapies for Preschool Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized, Controlled Trial With a Community Sample

    Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;David Daley;Margaret Thompson;Cathy Laver-Bradbury

  • Does maternal ADHD reduce the effectiveness of parent training for preschool children's ADHD?

    Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;David Daley;Margaret Thompson

  • A prospective study of self-esteem in the prediction of eating problems in adolescent schoolgirls: Questionnaire findings

    E. J. Button;E. J. S. Sonuga-Barke;J. Davies;M. Thompson

  • Autism symptoms in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Familial trait which Correlates with Conduct, Oppositional Defiant, Language and Motor Disorders

    Aisling Mulligan;Richard J. L. Anney;Myra O'Regan;Wai Chen

  • Barriers to, and facilitators of, parenting programmes for childhood behaviour problems: a qualitative synthesis of studies of parents’ and professionals’ perceptions

    J. Koerting;Elizabeth Smith;M. M. Knowles;S. Latter

  • The influence of serotonin- and other genes on impulsive behavioral aggression and cognitive impulsivity in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Findings from a family-based association test (FBAT) analysis

    Robert D. Oades;Jessica Lasky-Su;Hanna Christiansen;Stephen V. Faraone

  • DSM-IV combined type ADHD shows familial association with sibling trait scores: a sampling strategy for QTL linkage.

    Wai Chen;Kaixin Zhou;Pak Sham;Barbara Franke

  • Practitioner Review: Current best practice in the use of parent training and other behavioural interventions in the treatment of children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    David Daley;Saskia van der Oord;Saskia van der Oord;Maite Ferrin;Samuele Cortese;Samuele Cortese

  • A small-scale randomized controlled trial of the revised new forest parenting programme for preschoolers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Margaret J J Thompson;Cathy Laver-Bradbury;Michelle Ayres;Emma Le Poidevin

  • Dopamine and serotonin transporter genotypes moderate sensitivity to maternal expressed emotion: the case of conduct and emotional problems in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke;Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke;Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke;Robert D. Oades;Lamprini Psychogiou;Wai Chen;Wai Chen

  • Assessing expressed emotion in mothers of preschool AD/HD children: psychometric properties of a modified speech sample.

    D. Daley;E. J. S. Sonuga‐Barke;M. Thompson

  • Delay Aversion in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: an empirical investigation of the broader phenotype.

    Paraskevi Bitsakou;Lamprini Psychogiou;Margaret Thompson;Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke

  • Early detection and intervention for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;Johanna Koerting;Elizabeth Smith;Donna C. McCann

  • Varieties of preschool hyperactivity: multiple pathways from risk to disorder

    Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke;Judith Auerbach;Susan B. Campbell;David Daley

  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in pre-school children: current findings, recommended interventions and future directions

    D. Daley;K. Jones;J. Hutchings;M. Thompson

  • Nonpharmacological interventions for preschoolers with ADHD: The case for specialized parent training

    Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke;Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke;Margaret Thompson;Howard Abikoff;Rachel Klein

  • The analysis of 51 genes in DSM-IV combined type attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: association signals in DRD4, DAT1 and 16 other genes

    Keeley J. Brookes;Xiaohui Xu;Wai Chen;Kaixin Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke King's College London
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen University of Southern Denmark
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University
Herbert Roeyers
Herbert Roeyers Ghent University
Ana Miranda
Ana Miranda University of Valencia
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Richard P. Ebstein
Richard P. Ebstein Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Michael Gill
Michael Gill Trinity College Dublin
David Daley
David Daley University of Nottingham
Wai Chen
Wai Chen University of Western Australia

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