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Overview

R.S. Kahn is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience, with a focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's work addresses various topics within mental health and neuroscience. Key areas of research include schizophrenia research and treatment, mental health research topics, functional brain connectivity studies, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, homicide, infanticide, and child abuse, as well as psychosomatic disorders and their treatments.

R.S. Kahn has published in several notable venues, including:

  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • European Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience Applied

Some recent publications by Kahn include:

  • Familial Risk of Postpartum Psychosis, 2025, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Prediction of drop-out and functional impairment in recent-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders, 2021, European Psychiatry
  • Why do psychosis patients discontinue their antipsychotics? Using AI to unravel the roles of efficacy and side effects., 2025, Neuroscience Applied

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors:

  • Inge Winter van Rossum
  • Adrianna P. Kępińska
  • Thalia Robakis
  • Keith Humphreys
  • Xiaoqin Liu

Best Publications

  • Dopamine in Schizophrenia: A Review and Reconceptualization

    Kenneth L. Davis;René S. Kahn;Grant Ko;Michael Davidson

  • Strange Feelings: Do Amygdala Abnormalities Dysregulate the Emotional Brain in Schizophrenia?

    André Aleman;René S Kahn

  • Incidence of psychotic disorders in immigrant groups to The Netherlands

    J.-P. Selten;N. Veen;W. Feller;J. D. Blom

  • The Role of Serotonin in Schizophrenia

    A Bleich;S L Brown;R Kahn;H M van Praag

  • Impaired recognition and expression of emotional prosody in schizophrenia: Review and meta-analysis

    Marjolijn Hoekert;Rene S. Kahn;Marieke Pijnenborg;Andre Aleman

  • Working memory capacity in schizophrenia: a parametric fMRI study

    J.M Jansma;N.F Ramsey;N.J.A van der Wee;R.S Kahn

  • Specific versus nonspecific brain activity in a parametric N-back task.

    Johan Martijn Jansma;Nick F. Ramsey;Richard Coppola;René S. Kahn

  • Behavioral indications for serotonin receptor hypersensitivity in panic disorder.

    RenéS S. Kahn;Scott Wetzler;Herman M. van Praag;Gregory M. Asnis

  • Emotional processing in a non-clinical psychosis-prone sample.

    Mascha van 't Wout;André Aleman;Roy P.C Kessels;Frank Larøi

  • Brain volume changes in the first year of illness and 5-year outcome of schizophrenia.

    W. Cahn;N. E. M. van Haren;H. E. Hulshoff Pol;H. G. Schnack

  • Spatial working memory deficits in obsessive compulsive disorder are associated with excessive engagement of the medial frontal cortex.

    Nic J.A van der Wee;Nick F Ramsey;Johan M Jansma;Damiaan A Denys

  • The effects of a sub-anaesthetic dose of ketamine on human selective attention.

    B. Oranje;B. N.M. Van Berckel;C. Kemner;J. M. Van Ree

  • Language lateralization in female patients with schizophrenia: an fMRI study.

    I.E.C. Sommer;N.F. Ramsey;R.C.W. Mandl;R.S. Kahn

  • Brain morphology in antipsychotic-naïve schizophrenia: a study of multiple brain structures

    W Cahn;H E Hulshoff Pol;M Bongers;H G Schnack

  • Behavioral inhibition system (BIS), behavioral activation system (BAS) and schizophrenia: relationship with psychopathology and physiology.

    Marion R. M. Scholten;Jack van Honk;Andre Aleman;Rene S. Kahn

  • Automatic segmentation of the ventricular system from MR images of the human brain.

    Hugo G. Schnack;Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol;Wim F. C. Baaré;Max A. Viergever

  • Cholecystokinin in anxiety

    Harold J.G.M. van Megen;Herman G.M. Westenberg;Johan A. den Boer;RenéS. Kahn

  • The effects of low dose ketamine on sensory gating, neuroendocrine secretion and behavior in healthy human subjects.

    B. N.M. Van Berckel;B. Oranje;J. M. Van Ree;M. N. Verbaten

  • Cannabidiol as a potential treatment for psychosis

    C. D. Schubart;I. E C Sommer;Paolo Fusar-Poli;L. de Witte

  • Critical issues in defining the role of serotonin in psychiatric disorders.

    L J Siever;R S Kahn;B A Lawlor;R L Trestman

  • Brain Plasticity and Intellectual Ability Are Influenced by Shared Genes

    R. G. H. Brans;R. S. Kahn;H. G. Schnack;G. C. M. van Baal

  • Excessive recruitment of neural systems subserving logical reasoning in schizophrenia.

    N F Ramsey;H A M Koning;P Welles;W Cahn

  • S.27.05 Genetic contributions to human brain morphology and intelligence

    H.E. Hulshoff Pol;J.S. Peper;D.I. Boomsma;R.S. Kahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol
Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol Utrecht University
Marco P. Boks
Marco P. Boks University of Amsterdam
Gerry Jager
Gerry Jager Wageningen University & Research
Roel A. Ophoff
Roel A. Ophoff University of California, Los Angeles
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Richard J. Sinke
Richard J. Sinke University Medical Center Groningen
Marian Joëls
Marian Joëls University of Groningen
Matthijs Vink
Matthijs Vink Utrecht University
Margriet M. Sitskoorn
Margriet M. Sitskoorn Tilburg University
Peter L. Pearson
Peter L. Pearson Universidade de São Paulo

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