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Overview

Robert R. Althoff is affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, as well as child and adolescent health. The scientist's work engages with specific areas such as childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, infant health and development, family and disability support research, child nutrition and feeding issues, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Their scholarly contributions include numerous publications across several key journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (62 publications)
  • JAACAP Open (7 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (2 publications)
  • Translational Psychiatry (1 publication)
  • American Journal of Psychiatry (1 publication)

Within the broader disciplinary framework, Robert R. Althoff's research intersects multiple subfields, including:

  • Clinical Psychology (33 publications)
  • General Health Professions (10 publications)
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (10 publications)
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health (9 publications)
  • Genetics (5 publications)

The scientist has collaborated extensively with peers, frequently co-authoring with:

  • Douglas K. Novins (44 coauthored papers)
  • Samuele Cortese (39 coauthored papers)
  • Tonya White (39 coauthored papers)
  • Jean A. Frazier (37 coauthored papers)
  • Elizabeth McCauley (37 coauthored papers)

Notable recent research papers authored or coauthored by Robert R. Althoff include:

  • "ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries," 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Irritability in Youths: A Critical Integrative Review," 2024, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Narrative Review: Impairing Emotional Outbursts: What They Are and What We Should Do About Them," 2022, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Editors' Note and Special Communication: Research Priorities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Emerging From the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Neural Correlates of Adolescent Irritability and Its Comorbidity With Psychiatric Disorders," 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Dimensional Alternative to Traditional Nosologies

    Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson;Thomas M. Achenbach

  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

    Paul M Thompson;Neda Jahanshad;Christopher R K Ching;Lauren E Salminen

  • Internalizing/Externalizing Problems: Review and Recommendations for Clinical and Research Applications

    Thomas M. Achenbach;Masha Y. Ivanova;Leslie A. Rescorla;Lori V. Turner

  • Amnesia is a Deficit in Relational Memory

    Jennifer D. Ryan;Robert R. Althoff;Stephen Whitlow;Neal J. Cohen

  • Eye-movement-based memory effect: a reprocessing effect in face perception.

    Robert R. Althoff;Neal J. Cohen

  • Neuropsychosocial profiles of current and future adolescent alcohol misusers

    Robert Whelan;Robert Whelan;Richard Watts;Catherine A. Orr;Robert R. Althoff

  • Anesthesia and cognitive performance in children: no evidence for a causal relationship.

    Meike Bartels;Robert R. Althoff;Dorret I. Boomsma

  • Worth a Glance: Using Eye Movements to Investigate the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory

    Deborah E. Hannula;Robert R. Althoff;David E. Warren;Lily Riggs

  • A dimensional approach to developmental psychopathology.

    James J. Hudziak;Thomas M. Achenbach;Robert R. Althoff;Daniel S. Pine

  • Adult Outcomes of Childhood Dysregulation: A 14-year Follow-up Study

    Robert R. Althoff;Robert R. Althoff;Frank C. Verhulst;David C. Rettew;David C. Rettew;James J. Hudziak;James J. Hudziak;James J. Hudziak

  • The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis

    Christopher J. Hopwood;Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson

  • The Stability of Problem Behavior Across the Preschool Years: An Empirical Approach in the General Population.

    Maartje Basten;Henning Tiemeier;Robert R. Althoff;Robert R. Althoff;Rens van de Schoot

  • Eye-movement-based memory effect: A reprocessing effect in face perception.

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  • Genetic and Environmental Contributions to the Child Behavior Checklist Obsessive-Compulsive Scale A Cross-cultural Twin Study

    James J. Hudziak;C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt;Robert R. Althoff;Catherine Stanger

  • Prevalence and genetic architecture of Child Behavior Checklist-juvenile bipolar disorder.

    James J. Hudziak;Robert R. Althoff;Eske M. Derks;Stephen V. Faraone

  • The CBCL predicts DSM bipolar disorder in children: a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.

    Stephen V Faraone;Robert R Althoff;James J Hudziak;Michael Monuteaux

  • Child Behavior Checklist Juvenile Bipolar Disorder (CBCL-JBD) and CBCL Posttraumatic Stress Problems (CBCL-PTSP) scales are measures of a single dysregulatory syndrome

    Lynsay Ayer;Robert Althoff;Masha Ivanova;David Rettew

  • Latent Class Analysis Shows Strong Heritability of the Child Behavior Checklist–Juvenile Bipolar Phenotype

    Robert R. Althoff;David C. Rettew;Stephen V. Faraone;Dorret I. Boomsma

  • A genetically informed study of the longitudinal relation between irritability and anxious/depressed symptoms

    Jeanne Savage;Brad Verhulst;William Copeland;Robert R. Althoff

  • The genetic and environmental contributions to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as measured by the Conners' Rating Scales--Revised.

    James J. Hudziak;Eske M. Derks;Robert R. Althoff;David C. Rettew

  • Redefining Phenotypes to Advance Psychiatric Genetics: Implications From Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology

    Monika A. Waszczuk;Nicholas R. Eaton;Robert F. Krueger;Alexander J. Shackman

Frequent Co-Authors

James J. Hudziak
James J. Hudziak University of Vermont
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hugh Garavan
Hugh Garavan University of Vermont
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal
Masha Y. Ivanova
Masha Y. Ivanova University of Vermont
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University
Luise Poustka
Luise Poustka University of Göttingen
Frauke Nees
Frauke Nees Kiel University
Gunter Schumann
Gunter Schumann King's College London
Meike Bartels
Meike Bartels Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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