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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2020 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine
  • 2016 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Stephen P. Hinshaw is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a notable focus on psychiatry and mental health as well as clinical psychology. Additional subfields of study include cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and social psychology.

Their research topics prominently cover Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, neural and behavioral psychology studies, children's physical and motor development, functional brain connectivity studies, bipolar disorder and treatment, and autism spectrum disorder research.

Their recent publications include:

  • "The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder," 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action," 2020, American Psychologist
  • "Variable Patterns of Remission From ADHD in the Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD," 2021, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Annual Research Review: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in girls and women: underrepresentation, longitudinal processes, and key directions," 2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "Review: Adult Outcome as Seen Through Controlled Prospective Follow-up Studies of Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Followed Into Adulthood," 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Lily Hechtman
  • Brooke S. G. Molina
  • Xiuyun Lin
  • James M. Swanson
  • Peter S. Jensen

They regularly publish in venues such as:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Attention Disorders
  • The ADHD Resource Hub

Their book publications include:

  • Understanding ADHD, published by Open Agenda Publishing eBooks in 2020

Stephen P. Hinshaw has received several awards, including the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 2020, the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health from the National Academy of Medicine in 2020, and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2016. They are also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2007 and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association since 2005.

Best Publications

  • A 14-Month Randomized Clinical Trial of Treatment Strategies for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Pj Jensen;Le Arnold;Je Richters;Jb Severe

  • Externalizing behavior problems and academic underachievement in childhood and adolescence: causal relationships and underlying mechanisms.

    Stephen P. Hinshaw

  • The MTA at 8 Years: Prospective Follow-up of Children Treated for Combined-Type ADHD in a Multisite Study

    Brooke S.G. Molina;Stephen P. Hinshaw;James M. Swanson;L. Eugene Arnold

  • ADHD Comorbidity Findings From the MTA Study: Comparing Comorbid Subgroups

    Peter S. Jensen;Stephen P. Hinshaw;Helena C. Kraemer;Nilantha Lenora

  • Clinical relevance of the primary findings of the MTA: success rates based on severity of ADHD and ODD symptoms at the end of treatment.

    James M. Swanson;Helena C. Kraemer;Stephen P. Hinshaw;L. Eugene Arnold

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based Conclusions about the Disorder

    Stephen V. Faraone;Tobias Banaschewski;David Coghill;Yi Zheng

  • On the distinction between attentional deficits/hyperactivity and conduct problems/aggression in child psychopathology.

    Stephen P. Hinshaw

  • 3-Year Follow-up of the NIMH MTA Study

    Peter S. Jensen;L. Eugene Arnold;James M. Swanson;Benedetto Vitiello

  • What aspects of peer relationships are impaired in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

    Betsy Hoza;Sylvie Mrug;Alyson C. Gerdes;Stephen P. Hinshaw

  • The Ecological Validity of Delay Aversion and Response Inhibition as Measures of Impulsivity in AD/HD: A Supplement to the NIMH Multimodal Treatment Study of AD/HD

    Mary V. Solanto;Howard Abikoff;Howard Abikoff;Edmund Sonuga-Barke;Russell Schachar

  • Findings from the NIMH Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD (MTA): Implications and applications for primary care providers.

    Peter Jensen;Stephen Hinshaw;James Swanson;Laurence Greenhill

  • Family socioeconomic status and child executive functions: the roles of language, home environment, and single parenthood.

    Khaled Sarsour;Margaret Ann Sheridan;Douglas Jutte;Amani Nuru-Jeter

  • National Institute of Mental Health Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD follow-up: 24-month outcomes of treatment strategies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Pj Jensen;Le Arnold;Jb Severe;Benedetto Vitiello

  • Issues of taxonomy and comorbidity in the development of conduct disorder

    Stephen P. Hinshaw;Benjamin B. Lahey;Elizabeth L. Hart

  • Conduct and oppositional defiant disorders.

    Stephen P. Hinshaw;Steve S. Lee

  • Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action.

    June Gruber;Mitchell J. Prinstein;Lee Anna Clark;Jonathan Rottenberg

  • Moderators and mediators of treatment response for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the Multimodal Treatment Study of children with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Pj Jensen;Le Arnold;Je Richters;Jb Severe

  • Stigma as related to mental disorders.

    Stephen P. Hinshaw;Andrea Stier

  • Symptom profiles in children with ADHD: effects of comorbidity and gender

    Jeffrey H. Newcorn;Jeffrey M. Halperin;Peter S. Jensen;Howard B. Abikoff

  • Academic underachievement, attention deficits, and aggression: Comorbidity and implications for intervention.

    Stephen P. Hinshaw

  • ADHD and the Nature of Self-Control

    Stephen P. Hinshaw

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Swanson
James M. Swanson University of California, Irvine
Betsy Hoza
Betsy Hoza University of Vermont
Karen C. Wells
Karen C. Wells Duke University
L. Eugene Arnold
L. Eugene Arnold The Ohio State University
William E. Pelham
William E. Pelham Florida International University
Elizabeth B. Owens
Elizabeth B. Owens University of California, Berkeley
John S. March
John S. March Duke University
Helena C. Kraemer
Helena C. Kraemer Stanford University
C. Keith Conners
C. Keith Conners Duke University
Linda J. Pfiffner
Linda J. Pfiffner University of California, San Francisco

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