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Overview

Robert Keers was affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research focused on genetics and psychology, with a particular emphasis on psychiatric and developmental topics.

Their publication record included works spanning several years and multiple journals. Notable papers included:

  • Genetic architecture of Environmental Sensitivity reflects multiple heritable components: a twin study with adolescents (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • The effects of polygenic risk for psychiatric disorders and smoking behaviour on psychotic experiences in UK Biobank (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Genome-wide stress sensitivity moderates the stress-depression relationship in a nationally representative sample of adults (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Polygenic scores for schizophrenia and major depression are associated with psychosocial risk factors in children: evidence of gene-environment correlation (2022, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
  • Polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia and major depression are associated with socio-economic indicators of adversity in two British community samples (2022, Translational Psychiatry)

Frequent coauthors in their research included:

  • Patricia B. Munroe
  • Michael Pluess
  • David M. Howard
  • Elham Assary
  • Sandra Machlitt-Northen

The publication venues most associated with their work consisted of:

  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Genes

Keers' research primarily covered fields of:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, they concentrated on subfields such as:

  • Genetics
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

The main topics addressed in their work included:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Best Publications

  • The Relationship Between Delusions and Violence: Findings From the East London First Episode Psychosis Study

    Jeremy W. Coid;Simone Ullrich;Constantinos Kallis;Robert Keers

  • Gene-environment interaction and psychiatric disorders: Review and future directions

    Elham Assary;John Paul Vincent;Robert Keers;Michael Pluess

  • Gender differences in antidepressant drug response

    Robert Keers;Katherine J Aitchison

  • Association of Violence With Emergence of Persecutory Delusions in Untreated Schizophrenia

    Robert Keers;Simone Ullrich;Bianca L. DeStavola;Jeremy W. Coid

  • Gang membership, violence, and psychiatric morbidity

    Jeremy W Coid;Simone Ullrich;Robert Keers;Paul Bebbington

  • Delusions, Anger, and Serious Violence: New Findings From the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study

    Simone Ullrich;Robert Keers;Jeremy W. Coid

  • Clinical Predictors of Response to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: The Genes for Treatment (GxT) Study

    Jennifer L. Hudson;Robert Keers;Susanna Roberts;Jonathan R.I. Coleman

  • A Genome-Wide Test of the Differential Susceptibility Hypothesis Reveals a Genetic Predictor of Differential Response to Psychological Treatments for Child Anxiety Disorders.

    Robert Keers;Robert Keers;Jonathan Coleman;Kathryn Jane Lester;Kathryn Jane Lester;Susanna Louise Roberts

  • Genetic architecture of Environmental Sensitivity reflects multiple heritable components: a twin study with adolescents.

    Elham Assary;Helena M S Zavos;Eva Krapohl;Robert Keers

  • Gene–Environment Interaction in Major Depression and Antidepressant Treatment Response

    Robert Keers;Rudolf Uher

  • Paranoid Ideation and Violence: Meta-analysis of Individual Subject Data of 7 Population Surveys

    Jeremy W. Coid;Simone Ullrich;Paul Bebbington;Seena Fazel

  • HPA AXIS RELATED GENES AND RESPONSE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES: GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS

    Susanna Roberts;Robert Keers;Kathryn J Lester;Kathryn J Lester;Jonathan R. I. Coleman

  • Interaction between serotonin transporter gene variants and life events predicts response to antidepressants in the GENDEP project

    Robert Keers;Rudolf Uher;Patricia Huezo-Diaz;Rebecca Smith

  • The endogenous and reactive depression subtypes revisited: integrative animal and human studies implicate multiple distinct molecular mechanisms underlying major depressive disorder

    Karim Malki;Robert Keers;Maria Grazia Tosto;Maria Grazia Tosto;Anbarasu Lourdusamy

  • Stressful life events and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene in bipolar disorder

    Georgina M. Hosang;Rudolf Uher;Robert Keers;Sarah Cohen-Woods

  • Reduced Anxiety and Depression-Like Behaviours in the Circadian Period Mutant Mouse Afterhours

    Robert Keers;Inti Pedroso;Gerome Breen;Katherine J Aitchison

  • Estimating the heritability of reporting stressful life events captured by common genetic variants

    Robert Power;T. Wingenbach;Sarah Cohen-Woods;Rudolf Uher

  • Variation in GNB3 predicts response and adverse reactions to antidepressants

    Robert Keers;Cristian Bonvicini;Catia Scassellati;Rudolf Uher

  • DNA methylation of FKBP5 and response to exposure-based psychological therapy

    Susanna Roberts;Robert Keers;Robert Keers;Gerome Breen;Gerome Breen;Jonathan R I Coleman

  • Is digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia effective in treating sub-threshold insomnia: A pilot RCT

    Dan Denis;Dan Denis;Thalia C. Eley;Fruhling Rijsdijk;Helena M.S. Zavos

  • Changes in body weight during pharmacological treatment of depression

    Rudolf Uher;Ole Mors;Joanna Wiktoria Hauser;Marcella Rietschel

Frequent Co-Authors

Thalia C. Eley
Thalia C. Eley King's College London
Kathryn J. Lester
Kathryn J. Lester University of Sussex
Rudolf Uher
Rudolf Uher Dalhousie University
Ian W. Craig
Ian W. Craig King's College London
Peter J. Cooper
Peter J. Cooper University of Reading
Jennifer L. Hudson
Jennifer L. Hudson University of New South Wales
Maaike H. Nauta
Maaike H. Nauta University of Groningen
Silvia Schneider
Silvia Schneider Ruhr University Bochum
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Cathy Creswell
Cathy Creswell University of Oxford

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