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Overview

Susanne Walitza is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, medicine, and neuroscience, with significant contributions in clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as genetics.

The main topics addressed in their work include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, autism spectrum disorder research, functional brain connectivity studies, COVID-19 and mental health, and anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

Walitza's frequent coauthors include:

  • Edna Grünblatt
  • Tobias Banaschewski
  • Gregor Berger
  • Silvia Brem
  • Daniel Brandeis

Publication venues where Walitza has frequently contributed are:

  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Recent publications include:

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder (2021), Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance (2020), Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • ADHD: Current Concepts and Treatments in Children and Adolescents (2020), Neuropediatrics
  • Stress and Mental Health among Children/Adolescents, Their Parents, and Young Adults during the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Switzerland (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent psychiatric services after 1 year (February/March 2021): ESCAP CovCAP survey (2021), European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

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

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

  • Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance.

    Orsolya Király;Marc N. Potenza;Dan J. Stein;Daniel L. King

  • Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Sarah E. Medland;Sarah E. Medland;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Philip Asherson

  • Revealing the complex genetic architecture of obsessive-compulsive disorder using meta-analysis

    Paul D. Arnold;Kathleen D. Askland;Cristina Barlassina;Laura Bellodi

  • Molecular genetics of adult ADHD: converging evidence from genome-wide association and extended pedigree linkage studies

    Klaus-Peter Lesch;Nina Timmesfeld;Tobias J. Renner;Rebecca Halperin

  • Brain Imaging of the Cortex in ADHD: A Coordinated Analysis of Large-Scale Clinical and Population-Based Samples

    Martine Hoogman;Ryan Muetzel;Joao P. Guimaraes;Elena Shumskaya

  • Genome-wide copy number variation study associates metabotropic glutamate receptor gene networks with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Josephine Elia;Joseph T. Glessner;Kai Wang;Nagahide Takahashi

  • The feedback-related negativity (FRN) revisited: New insights into the localization, meaning and network organization

    Tobias U. Hauser;Reto Iannaccone;Philipp Stämpfli;Renate Drechsler

  • Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    S. E. Stewart;D. Yu;J. M. Scharf;B. M. Neale

  • Genetics of early-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Susanne Walitza;Jens R. Wendland;Edna Gruenblatt;Andreas Warnke

  • Potential adverse effects of amphetamine treatment on brain and behavior: a review

    Steven M. Berman;Ronald Kuczenski;James T. McCracken;Edythe D. London

  • Distinct Subcortical Volume Alterations in Pediatric and Adult OCD: A Worldwide Meta- and Mega-Analysis.

    Premika S.W. Boedhoe;Lianne Schmaal;Yoshinari Abe;Stephanie H. Ameis

  • Genome-wide analysis of copy number variants in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: the role of rare variants and duplications at 15q13.3

    Nigel M A Williams;Barbara Franke;Eric O Mick;Richard J Anney

  • A common variant of the latrophilin 3 gene, LPHN3, confers susceptibility to ADHD and predicts effectiveness of stimulant medication

    Arcos-Burgos M;Jain M;Acosta Mt;Shively S

  • ADHD: Current Concepts and Treatments in Children and Adolescents

    Renate Drechsler;Silvia Brem;Silvia Brem;Daniel Brandeis;Edna Grünblatt;Edna Grünblatt

  • Partitioning the heritability of tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder reveals differences in genetic architecture

    Lea K. Davis;Dongmei Yu;Clare L. Keenan;Eric R. Gamazon

  • Co-morbidity of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with focus on personality traits and related disorders in a tertiary referral center

    Christian P. Jacob;Jasmin Romanos;Astrid Dempfle;Monika Heine

  • Cortical Abnormalities Associated With Pediatric and Adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Findings From the ENIGMA Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Working Group

    Premika S.W. Boedhoe;Lianne Schmaal;Yoshinari Abe;Pino Alonso

  • Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Linkage Scans of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Kaixin Zhou;Astrid Dempfle;Mauricio Arcos-Burgos;Mauricio Arcos-Burgos;Steven C. Bakker

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Romanos
Marcel Romanos University of Würzburg
Daniel Brandeis
Daniel Brandeis University of Zurich
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen University of Southern Denmark
Christian Jacob
Christian Jacob University of Würzburg
Carles Soriano-Mas
Carles Soriano-Mas University of Barcelona
Damiaan Denys
Damiaan Denys University of Amsterdam
Luisa Lázaro
Luisa Lázaro University of Barcelona
Anke Hinney
Anke Hinney University of Duisburg-Essen

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