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D-Index
52
Citations
9287
World Ranking
5037
National Ranking
2764

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Cognition
  • Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia

Clinical psychology, Schizophrenia, Psychiatry, Cognition and Psychosis are his primary areas of study. His Clinical psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Schizophrenia and Autism, Autism spectrum disorder. His Schizoaffective disorder and Comorbidity study, which is part of a larger body of work in Psychiatry, is frequently linked to Social environment, bridging the gap between disciplines.

Social cognition and Neurocognitive are the core of his Cognition study. He interconnects Cognitive rehabilitation therapy, Cognitive therapy and Cognitive remediation therapy in the investigation of issues within Neurocognitive. His Psychosis research integrates issues from Psychiatric status rating scales and Psychopathology.

His most cited work include:

  • Psychiatric Symptoms and Quality of Life in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis (296 citations)
  • Neuroprotective Effects of Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Against Gray Matter Loss in Early Schizophrenia: Results From a 2-year Randomized Controlled Trial (245 citations)
  • Cognitive Enhancement Therapy for Early Course Schizophrenia: Effects of a Two-Year Randomized Controlled Trial (201 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Shaun M. Eack focuses on Clinical psychology, Schizophrenia, Cognition, Psychiatry and Social cognition. His research in Clinical psychology intersects with topics in Cognitive remediation therapy, Randomized controlled trial, Schizophrenia and Autism, Autism spectrum disorder. Shaun M. Eack combines subjects such as Psychosis, Social cognitive theory, Neuroscience and Psychopathology with his study of Schizophrenia.

His Cognition research includes elements of Psychotherapist and Supportive psychotherapy. His Psychiatry study typically links adjacent topics like Young adult. His Social cognition research focuses on Emotional intelligence and how it relates to Psychometrics.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Clinical psychology (48.07%)
  • Schizophrenia (42.54%)
  • Cognition (37.57%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Clinical psychology (48.07%)
  • Cognition (37.57%)
  • Schizophrenia (42.54%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Clinical psychology, Cognition, Schizophrenia, Autism spectrum disorder and Autism. His Clinical psychology research incorporates themes from Mental health, Cluster B personality disorders and Neuropsychology. His work in the fields of Cognition, such as Social cognition and Neurocognitive, overlaps with other areas such as Chemistry.

The various areas that Shaun M. Eack examines in his Schizophrenia study include Fornix, Prefrontal cortex, Neuroscience and Default mode network. Psychiatry covers he research in Autism spectrum disorder. His Autism research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Schizophrenia and Audiology.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Meta-Analysis of Cognitive Performance in Neurodevelopmental Disorders during Adulthood: Comparisons between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales. (8 citations)
  • Reduced White Matter Integrity and Deficits in Neuropsychological Functioning in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder. (6 citations)
  • Transdiagnostic validity of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery across the autism-schizophrenia spectrum. (5 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Cognition
  • Schizophrenia
  • Psychiatry

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Cognition, Clinical psychology, Schizophrenia, Autism spectrum disorder and Social cognition. His study looks at the relationship between Cognition and fields such as Psychosis, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. His work on Clinical psychology is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Neurocognitive.

His Schizophrenia study incorporates themes from Fornix, Endocrinology and Neuroscience. His work is dedicated to discovering how Autism spectrum disorder, Working memory are connected with Intellectual disability, Asperger syndrome, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and Intelligence quotient and other disciplines. His work deals with themes such as Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, Functional connectivity, Supportive psychotherapy, Functional magnetic resonance imaging and Amygdala, which intersect with Social cognition.

Best Publications

  • Psychiatric Symptoms and Quality of Life in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis

    Shaun M. Eack;Christina E. Newhill

  • Neuroprotective Effects of Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Against Gray Matter Loss in Early Schizophrenia: Results From a 2-year Randomized Controlled Trial

    Shaun M. Eack;Gerard E. Hogarty;Raymond Y. Cho;Konasale M. R. Prasad

  • Cerebellar-Prefrontal Network Connectivity and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

    Roscoe O. Brady;Irene Gonsalvez;Ivy Lee;Dost Öngür

  • Cognitive Enhancement Therapy for Early Course Schizophrenia: Effects of a Two-Year Randomized Controlled Trial

    Shaun M Eack;Deborah P Greenwald;Susan S Hogarty;Susan J Cooley

  • A Systematic Review of Psychosocial Interventions for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick;Nancy J. Minshew;Shaun M. Eack

  • A dimensional approach to the psychosis spectrum between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: the Schizo-Bipolar Scale.

    Matcheri S. Keshavan;David W Morris;John A Sweeney;Godfrey Pearlson

  • Web-Based Psychoeducational Intervention for Persons With Schizophrenia and Their Supporters: One-Year Outcomes

    Armando J. Rotondi;Carol M. Anderson;Gretchen L. Haas;Shaun M. Eack

  • Social Cognition Deficits Among Individuals at Familial High Risk for Schizophrenia

    Shaun M. Eack;Diana E. Mermon;Debra M. Montrose;Jean Miewald

  • Medial temporal lobe structures and hippocampal subfields in psychotic disorders: findings from the Bipolar-Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes (B-SNIP) study.

    Ian Mathew;Tova M. Gardin;Neeraj Tandon;Neeraj Tandon;Shaun Eack

  • Assessing Social-Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia With the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test

    Shaun M. Eack;Catherine G. Greeno;Michael F. Pogue-Geile;Christina E. Newhill

  • Commonalities in social and non-social cognitive impairments in adults with autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia

    Shaun M. Eack;Amber L. Bahorik;Summer A.F. McKnight;Susan S. Hogarty

  • Cognitive enhancement therapy improves emotional intelligence in early course schizophrenia: preliminary effects.

    Shaun M. Eack;Gerard E. Hogarty;Deborah P. Greenwald;Susan S. Hogarty

  • Social and neuro-cognition as distinct cognitive factors in schizophrenia: A systematic review

    Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta;Jagadisha Thirthalli;D.K. Subbakrishna;Bangalore N. Gangadhar

  • Misinterpretation of facial expressions of emotion in verbal adults with autism spectrum disorder

    Shaun M Eack;Carla A Mazefsky;Nancy J Minshew

  • The combined impact of social support and perceived stress on quality of life in adults with autism spectrum disorder and without intellectual disability

    Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick;Carla A Mazefsky;Shaun M Eack

  • Violent Behavior in Borderline Personality

    Christina E. Newhill;Shaun M. Eack;Edward P. Mulvey

  • Perception of Life as Stressful, Not Biological Response to Stress, is Associated with Greater Social Disability in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick;Nancy J. Minshew;Carla A. Mazefsky;Shaun M. Eack

  • Durability and mechanism of effects of cognitive enhancement therapy.

    Unknown

  • Correlations Between Brain Structure and Symptom Dimensions of Psychosis in Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, and Psychotic Bipolar I Disorders

    Jaya L. Padmanabhan;Neeraj Tandon;Chiara S. Haller;Ian T. Mathew

  • ASD, a Psychiatric Disorder, or Both? Psychiatric Diagnoses in Adolescents with High-Functioning ASD

    Carla A. Mazefsky;Donald P. Oswald;Taylor N. Day;Shaun M. Eack

  • One-year durability of the effects of cognitive enhancement therapy on functional outcome in early schizophrenia

    Shaun M. Eack;Deborah P. Greenwald;Susan S. Hogarty;Matcheri S. Keshavan;Matcheri S. Keshavan

  • RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

    Bruce A. Thyer;Amy Ai;Thomas A. Artelt;Wendy Auslander

Frequent Co-Authors

Christina E. Newhill
Christina E. Newhill University of Pittsburgh
Debra M. Montrose
Debra M. Montrose University of Pittsburgh
Carla A. Mazefsky
Carla A. Mazefsky University of Pittsburgh
John A. Sweeney
John A. Sweeney University of Cincinnati
Jack R. Cornelius
Jack R. Cornelius University of Pittsburgh
Nancy J. Minshew
Nancy J. Minshew University of Pittsburgh
Marek Kubicki
Marek Kubicki Brigham and Women's Hospital
Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar
Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar University of Pittsburgh
Michael F. Pogue-Geile
Michael F. Pogue-Geile University of Pittsburgh
Mary L. Phillips
Mary L. Phillips University of Pittsburgh

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