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World Ranking
850
National Ranking
535

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Pamela K. Keel is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine. Their work primarily spans clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, psychiatry and mental health, applied psychology, and pharmacy. The scientist focuses on topics related to eating disorders and behaviors, obesity, physical activity and diet, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, behavioral health and interventions, obesity and health practices, child nutrition and feeding issues, and genetic associations and epidemiology.

Among recent publications, several notable papers include:

  • "Are We There Yet? Progress in Depicting Diverse Images of Beauty in Instagram's Body Positivity Movement," 2020, Body Image
  • "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
  • "Patient-Centered Care for Obesity: How Health Care Providers Can Treat Obesity While Actively Addressing Weight Stigma and Eating Disorder Risk," 2022, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • "Increased rates of eating disorders and their symptoms in women with major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders," 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Gaining 'The Quarantine 15:' Perceived versus observed weight changes in college students in the wake of COVID-19," 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pamela K. Keel include Kelly L. Klump, S. Alexandra Burt, Michael C. Neale, James E. Mitchell, and Megan E. Mikhail. These partnerships have contributed to a range of publications in related fields.

Research findings have been published regularly in various venues, with frequent publications in:

  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Eating Behaviors
  • UNC Libraries
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Innovation in Aging

The scientist's book contributions include a publication with Oxford University Press titled The Void Inside, released in 2020.

Fields of study covered by this researcher include:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Subfields of study include:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Applied Psychology
  • Pharmacy

Main research topics covered are:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

In 2015, Pamela K. Keel was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Revisiting the Affect Regulation Model of Binge Eating: A Meta-Analysis of Studies using Ecological Momentary Assessment

    Alissa A. Haedt-Matt;Pamela K. Keel

  • Are Eating Disorders Culture-Bound Syndromes? Implications for Conceptualizing Their Etiology

    Pamela K. Keel;Kelly L. Klump

  • Outcome in bulimia nervosa.

    Pamela K. Keel;James E. Mitchell

  • Recovery and relapse in anorexia and bulimia nervosa: a 7.5-year follow-up study.

    David B. Herzog;David J. Dorer;Pamela K. Keel;Sherrie E. Selwyn

  • Predictors of mortality in eating disorders.

    Pamela K. Keel;David J. Dorer;Kamryn T. Eddy;Debra Franko

  • Update on course and outcome in eating disorders

    Pamela K. Keel;Tiffany A. Brown

  • Long-term outcome of bulimia nervosa

    Pamela K. Keel;James E. Mitchell;Kathryn B. Miller;Traci L. Davis

  • Postremission Predictors of Relapse in Women With Eating Disorders

    Pamela K. Keel;David J. Dorer;Debra L. Franko;Safia C. Jackson

  • Recovery From Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa at 22-Year Follow-Up

    Kamryn T. Eddy;Nassim Tabri;Jennifer J. Thomas;Helen B. Murray

  • Do you “like” my photo? Facebook use maintains eating disorder risk

    Annalise G. Mabe;K. Jean Forney;Pamela K. Keel

  • Psychosocial risk factors for eating disorders

    Pamela K. Keel;K. Jean Forney

  • Symptom Fluctuation in Eating Disorders: Correlates of Diagnostic Crossover

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

  • Homosexuality as a specific risk factor for eating disorders in men

    Christopher J. Russell;Pamela K. Keel

  • A 20-Year Longitudinal Study of Body Weight, Dieting, and Eating Disorder Symptoms

    Pamela K. Keel;Mark G. Baxter;Todd F. Heatherton;Thomas E. Joiner

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

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

  • Suicidality in eating disorders: occurrence, correlates, and clinical implications.

    Debra L. Franko;Pamela K. Keel

  • A 10-year longitudinal study of body weight, dieting, and eating disorder symptoms.

    Todd F. Heatherton;Fary Mahamedi;Meg Striepe;Alison E. Field

  • Longitudinal comparison of anorexia nervosa subtypes.

    Kamryn T. Eddy;Pamela K. Keel;David J. Dorer;Sherrie S. Delinsky

  • Genetic and environmental influences on anorexia nervosa syndromes in a population–based twin sample

    K. L. Klump;K. B. Miller;K. B. Miller;K. B. Miller;P. K. Keel;P. K. Keel;P. K. Keel;M. McGUE

  • A Longitudinal Investigation of Mortality in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

    Debra L. Franko;Aparna Keshaviah;Kamryn T. Eddy;Meera Krishna

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelly L. Klump
Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alessandro Rotondo
Alessandro Rotondo University of Pisa
S. Alexandra Burt
S. Alexandra Burt Michigan State University
Tiffany A. Brown
Tiffany A. Brown Auburn University
Michael C. Neale
Michael C. Neale Virginia Commonwealth University
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Thomas E. Joiner
Thomas E. Joiner Florida State University
Todd F. Heatherton
Todd F. Heatherton Dartmouth College
Kamryn T. Eddy
Kamryn T. Eddy Harvard University

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