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Overview

Nader Perroud is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a significant focus on clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. Their work also covers subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and genetics.

Their academic output includes extensive investigation into topics related to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, personality disorders and psychopathology, bipolar disorder and treatment, functional brain connectivity studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health and psychiatry, and neural and behavioral psychology studies.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response, 2021, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • Inflammation, anxiety, and stress in bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder: A narrative review, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Inflammation, Anxiety, and Stress in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2021, Biomedicines
  • Half a century of research on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A scientometric study, 2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Transdiagnostic risk of mental disorders in offspring of affected parents: a meta-analysis of family high-risk and registry studies, 2023, World Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include Roland Hasler, Martin Debbané, Camille Piguet, Rosetta Nicastro, and Martin Blay, reflecting ongoing collaboration within their areas of study.

Publications are often found in key venues that feature their work, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • L Encéphale
  • Psychiatry Research
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • PLoS ONE

In addition to journal articles, Nader Perroud has contributed to book literature, including a publication with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique titled Manuel de l'hyperactivité et du déficit de l'attention published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Neurotrophin levels in postmortem brains of suicide victims and the effects of antemortem diagnosis and psychotropic drugs.

    Félicien Karege;Geneviève Vaudan;Michèle Schwald;Nader Perroud

  • Increased methylation of glucocorticoid receptor gene ( NR3C1 ) in adults with a history of childhood maltreatment: a link with the severity and type of trauma

    N Perroud;A Paoloni-Giacobino;P Prada;E Olié;E Olié

  • Genome-Wide Pharmacogenetics of Antidepressant Response in the GENDEP Project

    Rudolf Uher;Nader Ali Perroud;Mandy Y. M. Ng;Joanna Hauser

  • The Tutsi genocide and transgenerational transmission of maternal stress: epigenetics and biology of the HPA axis.

    Nader Perroud;Eugene Rutembesa;Ariane Paoloni-Giacobino;Jean Mutabaruka

  • Adverse reactions to antidepressants

    Rudolf Uher;Anne Farmer;Neven Henigsberg;Marcella Rietschel

  • Prevalence and heritability of compulsive hoarding: a twin study.

    Alessandra C. Iervolino;Nader Perroud;Miguel Angel Fullana;Michel Guipponi

  • Response to psychotherapy in borderline personality disorder and methylation status of the BDNF gene

    N Perroud;A Salzmann;P Prada;R Nicastro

  • Alteration in Kinase Activity But Not in Protein Levels of Protein Kinase B and Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β in Ventral Prefrontal Cortex of Depressed Suicide Victims

    Félicien Karege;Félicien Karege;Nader Perroud;Sandra Burkhardt;Michèle Schwald

  • Is it valid to measure suicidal ideation by depression rating scales

    Martin Desseilles;Martin Desseilles;Martin Desseilles;Nader Perroud;Sébastien Guillaume;Isabelle Jaussent

  • Genetic predictors of response to antidepressants in the GENDEP project

    Rudolf Uher;Patricia Huezo-Diaz;Nader Perroud;Robert Peter Smith

  • Moderation of antidepressant response by the serotonin transporter gene

    Patricia Huezo-Diaz;Rudolf Uher;Robert Peter Smith;Marcella Rietschel

  • Impulsivity, aggression and suicidal behavior in unipolar and bipolar disorders.

    Nader Ali Perroud;Patrick Baud;Dominique Mouthon;Philippe Courtet;Philippe Courtet

  • A Randomized Trial of Spiritual Assessment of Outpatients With Schizophrenia: Patients' and Clinicians' Experience

    Philippe Huguelet;Sylvia Mohr;Carine Betrisey;Laurence Borras

  • Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response

    Oliver Pain;Karen Hodgson;Vassily Trubetskoy;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke

  • Interaction between BDNF Val66Met and childhood trauma on adult's violent suicide attempt.

    Nader Perroud;Philippe Courtet;I. Vincze;Isabelle Jaussent

  • Genetic relationships between suicide attempts, suicidal ideation and major psychiatric disorders: A genome-wide association and polygenic scoring study

    Niamh Mullins;Nader Perroud;Rudolf Uher;Rudolf Uher;Amy W. Butler;Amy W. Butler

  • Genomewide Association Scan of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviour in Major Depression

    Alexandra Schosser;Alexandra Schosser;Amy W. Butler;Amy W. Butler;Marcus Ising;Nader Perroud;Nader Perroud

  • Genetic Predictors of Response to Serotonergic and Noradrenergic Antidepressants in Major Depressive Disorder: A Genome-Wide Analysis of Individual-Level Data and a Meta-Analysis

    Katherine K.E. Tansey;Michel Guipponi;Nader Perroud;Guido Bondolfi

  • Borderline personality disorder and childhood maltreatment: a genome-wide methylation analysis.

    Julien Prados;Ludwig Stenz;P Courtet;Paco Boris Prada

  • Genome-wide association study of increasing suicidal ideation during antidepressant treatment in the GENDEP project.

    N Perroud;R Uher;M Y M Ng;M Guipponi

  • Genetic predictors of increase in suicidal ideation during antidepressant treatment in the GENDEP project

    Nader Perroud;Katherine J Aitchison;Rudolf Uher;Rebecca Smith

  • Practical considerations for the evaluation and management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults

    S Weibel;O Menard;A Ionita;M Boumendjel

  • Spirituality and religiousness as predictive factors of outcome in schizophrenia and schizo-affective disorders.

    Sylvia Mohr;Nader Perroud;Christiane Gillieron;Pierre-Yves Brandt

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Uher
Rudolf Uher Dalhousie University
Sébastien Guillaume
Sébastien Guillaume University of Montpellier
Martin Debbané
Martin Debbané University of Geneva
Marion Leboyer
Marion Leboyer Paris-Est Créteil University
Martin Desseilles
Martin Desseilles University of Namur
Cathryn M. Lewis
Cathryn M. Lewis King's College London
Ian W. Craig
Ian W. Craig King's College London
Fabrice Jollant
Fabrice Jollant University of Paris-Saclay
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University

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