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Patrick J. McGrath

Patrick J. McGrath

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Medicine
Canada
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
138
Citations
84096
World Ranking
1810
National Ranking
1033

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Patrick J. McGrath is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the interface of neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with significant contributions to the understanding of cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology.

The scientist has produced extensive work related to functional brain connectivity studies and the treatment of major depression. Other prominent research topics include mental health research, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, cognitive processes, genetic associations and epidemiology, as well as neural and behavioral psychology and neural dynamics and brain function.

Frequent coauthors in McGrath's body of work include Myrna M. Weissman, Madhukar H. Trivedi, Maurizio Fava, Diego A. Pizzagalli, and Crystal Cooper. These collaborations span multiple studies and contribute to the depth and scope of their research.

McGrath has published numerous articles in various scientific journals, with a concentration in several key venues. These include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Nature Biotechnology

Selected recent papers by McGrath and collaborators highlight different aspects of neuropsychiatric research and treatment response:

  • "An electroencephalographic signature predicts antidepressant response in major depression," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank," 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Baseline reward processing and ventrostriatal dopamine function are associated with pramipexole response in depression," 2020, Brain
  • "Dynamic Resting-State Network Biomarkers of Antidepressant Treatment Response," 2022, Biological Psychiatry

The main fields of study in McGrath's research include neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. Within these broader categories, subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, pharmacology, genetics, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging are prominent areas of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of outcomes with citalopram for depression using measurement-based care in STAR*D: implications for clinical practice

    Madhukar H. Trivedi;A. John Rush;Stephen R. Wisniewski;Andrew A. Nierenberg

  • Core outcome domains for chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations.

    Dennis C Turk;Robert H Dworkin;Robert R Allen;Nicholas Bellamy

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: A systematic review

    Sara King;Christine T. Chambers;Anna Huguet;Rebecca C. MacNevin

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • The development of a tool to assess neonatal pain

    J. Lawrence;D. Alcock;J. Kay;P.J. McGrath

  • Sequenced treatment alternatives to relieve depression (STAR * D): rationale and design

    A.John Rush;Maurizio Fava;Stephen R Wisniewski;Philip W Lavori

  • Predictors of parent training efficacy for child externalizing behavior problems--a meta-analytic review.

    Sandra M. Reyno;Patrick J. McGrath;Patrick J. McGrath

  • Core outcome domains and measures for pediatric acute and chronic/recurrent pain clinical trials: PedIMMPACT recommendations

    Patrick J. McGrath;Gary A. Walco;Dennis C. Turk;Robert H. Dworkin

  • Psychological interventions for needle‐related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents

    Lindsay S Uman;Christine T Chambers;Patrick J McGrath;Stephen R Kisely

  • The development of a tool to assess neonatal pain.

    Lawrence J;Alcock D;McGrath P;Kay J

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Ratio scales of sensory and affective verbal pain descriptors

    Richard H. Gracely;Patricia McGrath;Ronald Dubner

  • Light therapy for seasonal affective disorder. A review of efficacy.

    M Terman;J S Terman;F M Quitkin;P J McGrath

  • The epidemiology of pain in children and adolescents: a review.

    J. E. Goodman;P. J. McGrath

  • Error patterns on the Continuous Performance Test in non-medicated and medicated samples of children with and without ADHD : A meta-analytic review

    Bruno J. Losier;Patrick J. McGrath;Raymond M. Klein

  • Genomewide association studies: history, rationale, and prospects for psychiatric disorders.

    Sven Cichon;Nick Craddock;Mark Daly;Mark Daly;Stephen V. Faraone

  • A Comparison of Lithium and T 3 Augmentation Following Two Failed Medication Treatments for Depression: A STAR*D Report

    Andrew A. Nierenberg;Maurizio Fava;Madhukar H. Trivedi;Stephen R. Wisniewski

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan W. Stewart
Jonathan W. Stewart Columbia University
Frederic M. Quitkin
Frederic M. Quitkin Columbia University
Maurizio Fava
Maurizio Fava Harvard University
Madhukar H. Trivedi
Madhukar H. Trivedi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Myrna M. Weissman
Myrna M. Weissman Columbia University
Christine T. Chambers
Christine T. Chambers Dalhousie University
Donald F. Klein
Donald F. Klein New York University
Judith G. Rabkin
Judith G. Rabkin Columbia University
Ramin V. Parsey
Ramin V. Parsey Stony Brook University
Melvin G. McInnis
Melvin G. McInnis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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