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Robert Vermeiren is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and specializes in the field of psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology, general health professions, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, as well as speech and hearing. Their research encompasses a wide range of topics primarily related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, family and disability support, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, functional brain connectivity studies, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

Vermeiren has contributed extensively to scientific literature with numerous publications in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include Psychiater (Amsterdam. Online)/'De 'psychiater, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal of Integrated Care, and Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research.

Their research collaborations feature several frequent co-authors, such as Laura Nooteboom, E. Mulder, Arne Popma, Neda Jahanshad, and Paul M. Thompson, indicating active engagement in multidisciplinary research networks.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Impact of war and forced displacement on children's mental health-multilevel, needs-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches (2022, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
  • ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Cortical volume abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: an ENIGMA-psychiatric genomics consortium PTSD workgroup mega-analysis (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Towards Integrated Youth Care: A Systematic Review of Facilitators and Barriers for Professionals (2020, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research)

Best Publications

  • A meta-analytic review on treatment dropout in child and adolescent outpatient mental health care.

    Anna M. de Haan;Albert E. Boon;Joop T.V.M. de Jong;Joop T.V.M. de Jong;Joop T.V.M. de Jong;Machteld Hoeve

  • Psychopathology and delinquency in adolescents: a descriptive and developmental perspective.

    Robert Vermeiren

  • Oxytocin modulates amygdala, insula, and inferior frontal gyrus responses to infant crying: a randomized controlled trial.

    Madelon M.E. Riem;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Suzanne Pieper;Mattie Tops;Mattie Tops

  • Cortisol Moderates the Relationship between Testosterone and Aggression in Delinquent Male Adolescents

    Arne Popma;Robert Vermeiren;Robert Vermeiren;Charlotte A.M.L. Geluk;Thomas Rinne

  • White matter disturbances in major depressive disorder: a coordinated analysis across 20 international cohorts in the ENIGMA MDD working group

    Laura S. van Velzen;Sinead Kelly;Sinead Kelly;Dmitry Isaev;Andre Aleman

  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

    Laura K.M. Han;Richard Dinga;Richard Dinga;Tim Hahn;Christopher R.K. Ching

  • Impact of war and forced displacement on children’s mental health—multilevel, needs-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches

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  • Sexual Behavior in High-Functioning Male Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Hans Hellemans;Kathy Colson;Christine Verbraeken;Robert Vermeiren

  • Peer-Victimization and Mental Health Problems in Adolescents: Are Parental and School Support Protective?

    Christina Stadler;Julia Feifel;Sonja Rohrmann;Robert Vermeiren

  • Psychiatric Disorders in Detained Male Adolescents : A Systematic Literature Review

    Olivier Colins;Robert Vermeiren;Coby Vreugdenhil;Wim van den Brink

  • Violence exposure and substance use in adolescents: Findings from three countries

    Robert Vermeiren;Mary Schwab-Stone;Dirk Deboutte;Peter E Leckman

  • Psychiatric disorders in a representative sample of incarcerated boys in the Netherlands.

    Coby Vreugdenhil;Theo A.H. Doreleijers;Robert Vermeiren;Luuk F.J.M. Wouters

  • ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing

    Lianne Schmaal;Elena Pozzi;Tiffany C Ho;Tiffany C Ho;Laura S van Velzen

  • Violence exposure, posttraumatic stress, and personality in juvenile delinquents.

    Vladislav V. Ruchkin;Mary Schwab-Stone;Roman Koposov;Robert Vermeiren

  • Mental health problems in juvenile justice populations.

    Robert Vermeiren;Ine Jespers;Terrie E. Moffitt

  • Development and tests of short versions of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory and the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory-Child Version

    Yoast van Baardewijk;Henrik Andershed;Hedy Stegge;Kent W. Nilsson

  • Juvenile sex offenders compared to non-sex offenders. A review of the literature 1995-2005

    Anton van Wijk;Robert Vermeiren;Rolf Loeber;Lisette A. 't Hart-Kerkhoffs

  • Violent Juvenile Sex Offenders Compared with Violent Juvenile Nonsex Offenders: Explorative Findings From the Pittsburgh Youth Study

    Anton van Wijk;Rolf Loeber;Rolf Loeber;Robert Vermeiren;Dustin Pardini

  • Aberrant resting-state functional connectivity in limbic and salience networks in treatment--naïve clinically depressed adolescents.

    Justine Nienke Pannekoek;S.J.A. van der Werff;Paul H.F. Meens;Bianca G. van den Bulk

  • Predicting recidivism in delinquent adolescents from psychological and psychiatric assessment.

    Robert Vermeiren;Mary Schwab-Stone;Vladislav Ruchkin;Antoine De Clippele

  • Sexuality in Adolescent Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Self-Reported Behaviours and Attitudes.

    Jeroen Dewinter;Robert Vermeiren;Ine Vanwesenbeeck;Ine Vanwesenbeeck;Jill Lobbestael

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier F. Colins
Olivier F. Colins Ghent University
Arne Popma
Arne Popma University of Amsterdam
Nic J.A. van der Wee
Nic J.A. van der Wee Leiden University Medical Center
Vladislav Ruchkin
Vladislav Ruchkin Uppsala University
Wim Meeus
Wim Meeus Utrecht University
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn University College London
Hans M. Koot
Hans M. Koot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ilya M. Veer
Ilya M. Veer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Rolf Loeber
Rolf Loeber University of Pittsburgh

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