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Overview

Martin Alda is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health. Their research output encompasses 192 publications, with significant specialization in areas such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in Martin Alda's work include:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Martin Alda's recent scholarly papers reflect contributions to psychiatric and neurobiological knowledge with a focus on mood disorders and genetics. Some of the recent publications include:

  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • The clinical characterization of the adult patient with bipolar disorder aimed at personalization of management, 2022, World Psychiatry
  • What we learn about bipolar disorder from large-scale neuroimaging: Findings and future directions from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group, 2020, Human Brain Mapping

Frequent collaborators in Martin Alda's research include Abraham Nunes, Janice M. Fullerton, Mark A. Frye, Tomáš Hájek, and Ole A. Andreassen. These co-authors have contributed alongside Alda in multiple studies, illustrating consistent research partnerships.

The scientist has published in several recurring academic journals and venues with a notable number of contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

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

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder

    Lakshmi N Yatham;Sidney H Kennedy;Sagar V Parikh;Ayal Schaffer

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

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

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

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) collaborative update of CANMAT guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: update 2013.

    Lakshmi N. Yatham;Sidney H. Kennedy;Sagar V. Parikh;Ayal Schaffer

  • Risk of Mental Illness in Offspring of Parents With Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Family High-Risk Studies

    Daniel Rasic;Tomas Hajek;Martin Alda;Rudolf Uher;Rudolf Uher

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder : An MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

    D P Hibar;L T Westlye;L T Westlye;N T Doan;N T Doan;N Jahanshad

  • Risk Factors for Suicide Completion in Major Depression: A Case-Control Study of Impulsive and Aggressive Behaviors in Men

    Alexandre Dumais;A. D. Lesage;Martin Alda;Guy Rouleau

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) collaborative update of CANMAT guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: update 2009.

    Lakshmi N Yatham;Sidney H Kennedy;Ayal Schaffer;Sagar V Parikh

  • Differential responses to lithium in hyperexcitable neurons from patients with bipolar disorder

    Jerome Mertens;Jerome Mertens;Qiu-Wen Wang;Yongsung Kim;Diana X. Yu

  • Assessment of Response to Lithium Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar Disorder: A Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) Report

    Mirko Manchia;Mazda Adli;Nirmala Akula;Raffaella Ardau

  • Genome scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part III: Bipolar disorder.

    Ricardo Segurado;Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh;Douglas F. Levinson;Cathryn M. Lewis

  • Is response to prophylactic lithium a familial trait

    Paul Grof;Anne Duffy;Patrizia Cavazzoni;Eva Grof

  • Subcortical volumetric abnormalities in bipolar disorder

    D. P. Hibar;L. T. Westlye;L. T. Westlye;T. G. M. van Erp;J. Rasmussen

  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: consensus and controversies.

    Lakshmi N Yatham;Sidney H Kennedy;Claire O'Donovan;Sagar Parikh

  • Genetic variants associated with response to lithium treatment in bipolar disorder: a genome-wide association study

    Liping Hou;Urs Heilbronner;Urs Heilbronner;Franziska Degenhardt;Mazda Adli

  • Genome-wide association study reveals two new risk loci for bipolar disorder

    Thomas W. Mühleisen;Thomas W. Mühleisen;Markus Leber;Markus Leber;Thomas G. Schulze;Jana Strohmaier

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • Differential responses to lithium in hyperexcitable neurons from patients with bipolar disorder.

    Jerome Mertens;Qiu-Wen Wang;Yongsung Kim;Diana X. Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Grof
Paul Grof University of Toronto
Gustavo Turecki
Gustavo Turecki Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Michael Bauer
Michael Bauer TU Dresden
Janice M. Fullerton
Janice M. Fullerton University of New South Wales
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Mikael Landén
Mikael Landén University of Gothenburg
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Anne Duffy
Anne Duffy Queen's University
Mirko Manchia
Mirko Manchia University of Cagliari

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