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Overview

Robert L. Findling is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Speech and Hearing, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

Their work addresses multiple main topics, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Pharmaceutical studies and practices
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Recent notable research publications authored or co-authored by Findling include:

  • "A novel digital intervention for actively reducing severity of paediatric ADHD (STARS-ADHD): a randomised controlled trial" (2020), published in The Lancet Digital Health
  • "Practice guideline: Treatment for insomnia and disrupted sleep behavior in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder" (2020), published in Neurology
  • "Sleep, Growth, and Puberty After 2 Years of Prolonged-Release Melatonin in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder" (2020), published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "A Phase III, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Once-daily SPN-812 (Viloxazine Extended-release) in the Treatment of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in School-age Children" (2020), published in Clinical Therapeutics
  • "Once-Daily SPN-812 200 and 400 mg in the treatment of ADHD in School-aged Children: A Phase III Randomized, Controlled Trial" (2021), published in Clinical Therapeutics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Findling include:

  • Eric A. Youngstrom
  • Mary A. Fristad
  • Boris Birmaher
  • Sarah McCue Horwitz
  • Thomas Frazier

Findling's publications are predominantly featured in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • JAACAP Open
  • Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
  • CNS Spectrums

Their research outputs reflect strong contributions to child and adolescent psychiatry and psychopharmacology, with considerable work on developmental and treatment-related aspects of psychiatric disorders in pediatric populations.

Best Publications

  • Rare Structural Variants Disrupt Multiple Genes in Neurodevelopmental Pathways in Schizophrenia

    Tom Walsh;Jon M. McClellan;Shane E. McCarthy;Anjené M. Addington

  • A fluid percussion model of experimental brain injury in the rat

    C. E. Dixon;Bruce G Lyeth;J. T. Povlishock;R. L. Findling

  • The Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS): Long-term effectiveness and safety outcomes

    John S. March;Susan Silva;Stephen Petrycki;John Curry

  • The International Society for bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders

    Isabella Pacchiarotti;David J. Bond;Ross J. Baldessarini;Willem A. Nolen

  • Treatment guidelines for children and adolescents with bipolar disorder

    Robert A Kowatch;Mary Fristad;Boris Birmaher;Karen Dineen Wagner

  • Aripiprazole in the treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autistic disorder.

    Randall Owen;Linmarie Sikich;Ronald N. Marcus;Patricia Corey-Lisle

  • Double-blind comparison of first- and second-generation antipsychotics in early-onset schizophrenia and schizo-affective disorder: findings from the treatment of early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders (TEOSS) study

    Linmarie Sikich;Jean A. Frazier;Jon McClellan;Robert L. Findling

  • Double-blind, placebo-controlled study of risperidone for the treatment of disruptive behaviors in children with subaverage intelligence

    Michael G. Aman;Goedele De Smedt;Albert Derivan;Ben Lyons

  • Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder.

    Jon McClellan;Robert Kowatch;Robert L. Findling

  • Validation of Proposed DSM-5 Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Thomas W. Frazier;Eric Arden Youngstrom;Leslie Speer;Rebecca Embacher

  • Review and meta‐analysis of the phenomenology and clinical characteristics of mania in children and adolescents

    Robert A Kowatch;Eric A Youngstrom;Arman Danielyan;Robert L Findling

  • Rapid, continuous cycling and psychiatric co‐morbidity in pediatric bipolar I disorder

    Robert L Findling;Barbara L Gracious;Nora K McNamara;Eric A Youngstrom

  • International consensus statement on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs): clinical implications and treatment practice suggestions.

    Stan Kutcher;Michael Aman;Sarah J Brooks;Jan Buitelaar

  • A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Citalopram for the Treatment of Major Depression in Children and Adolescents

    Karen Dineen Wagner;Adelaide S. Robb;Robert L. Findling;Jianqing Jin

  • A double-blind pilot study of risperidone in the treatment of conduct disorder.

    Robert L. Findling;Nora K. McNAMARA;Lisa A. Branicky;Mark D. Schluchter

  • Olanzapine Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Adolescents With Bipolar Mania

    Mauricio Tohen;Ludmila Kryzhanovskaya;Gabrielle Carlson;Melissa DelBello

  • A multiple-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of oral aripiprazole for treatment of adolescents with schizophrenia.

    Robert L. Findling;Adelaide Robb;Margaretta Nyilas;Robert A. Forbes

  • Treatment Recommendations for the Use of Antipsychotics for Aggressive Youth (TRAAY). Part II

    Elizabeth Pappadopulos;James C. Macintyre Ii;M. Lynn Crismon;Robert L. Findling

  • Efficacy and tolerability of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (NRP-104) in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, forced-dose, parallel-group study.

    Joseph Biederman;Suma Krishnan;Yuxin Zhang;James J. McGough

  • Treatment Guidelines for Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder: Child Psychiatric Workgroup on Bipolar Disorder

    Robert A. Kowatch;Mary Fristad;Boris Birmaher;Karen Dineen Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric A. Youngstrom
Eric A. Youngstrom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joseph R. Calabrese
Joseph R. Calabrese Case Western Reserve University
L. Eugene Arnold
L. Eugene Arnold The Ohio State University
Mary A. Fristad
Mary A. Fristad The Ohio State University
Boris Birmaher
Boris Birmaher University of Pittsburgh
Sarah M. Horwitz
Sarah M. Horwitz New York University
Thomas W. Frazier
Thomas W. Frazier John Carroll University
David Axelson
David Axelson The Ohio State University
Norah C. Feeny
Norah C. Feeny Case Western Reserve University
Michael G. Aman
Michael G. Aman The Ohio State University

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