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Overview

Thomas J. Spencer is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, psychology, and neuroscience, with significant contributions to psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's work covers numerous topics, including:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Mental health research topics
  • Mental health and psychiatry
  • Advanced MRI techniques and applications
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Neuroscience and music perception

Among their recent papers are:

  • Precision weighting of cortical unsigned prediction error signals benefits learning, is mediated by dopamine, and is impaired in psychosis, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Natural Language Processing markers in first episode psychosis and people at clinical high-risk, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Lower speech connectedness linked to incidence of psychosis in people at clinical high risk, 2020, Schizophrenia Research
  • Outreach and support in South-London (OASIS) 2001-2020: Twenty years of early detection, prognosis and preventive care for young people at risk of psychosis, 2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Cortical and subcortical neuroanatomical signatures of schizotypy in 3004 individuals assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

They have frequently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Attention Disorders

Thomas J. Spencer collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, notably:

  • Philip McGuire
  • Kelly Diederen
  • Paolo Fusar-Poli
  • Gemma Modinos
  • Andrea De Micheli

Best Publications

  • The prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Lenard Adler;Russell Barkley;Joseph Biederman

  • The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): a short screening scale for use in the general population.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Lenard Adler;Minnie Ames;Olga Demler

  • Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Steven Pliszka;William Bernet;Oscar Bukstein;Heather J. Walter

  • Patterns of psychiatric comorbidity, cognition, and psychosocial functioning in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    Joseph Biederman;Stephen V. Faraone;Thomas Spencer;Timothy Wilens

  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis, Lifespan, Comorbidities, and Neurobiology

    Thomas J Spencer;Joseph Biederman;Eric Mick

  • Influence of Gender on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children Referred to a Psychiatric Clinic

    Joseph Biederman;Eric Mick;Stephen V. Faraone;Ellen Braaten

  • PHARMACOTHERAPY OF ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER ACROSS THE LIFE CYCLE

    T. J. Spencer;J. Biederman;T. E. Wilens;M. Harding

  • Young adult outcome of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a controlled 10-year follow-up study.

    Joseph Biederman;Michael C. Monuteaux;Eric Mick;Thomas Spencer

  • Further evidence for family-genetic risk factors in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Patterns of comorbidity in probands and relatives in psychiatrically and pediatrically referred samples.

    Joseph Biederman;Stephen V. Faraone;Kate Keenan;Jonathan Benjamin

  • A prospective 4-year follow-up study of attention-deficit hyperactivity and related disorders

    Joseph Biederman;Stephen Faraone;Sharon Milberger;Jessica Guite

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults: an overview

    Stephen V Faraone;Joseph Biederman;Thomas Spencer;Tim Wilens

  • Validity of the World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) Screener in a representative sample of health plan members.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Lenard A. Adler;Michael J. Gruber;Chaitanya A. Sarawate

  • Atomoxetine in the treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-response study.

    David Michelson;Douglas Faries;Joachim Wernicke;Douglas Kelsey

  • Dopamine transporter density in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Darin D Dougherty;Ali A Bonab;Thomas J Spencer;Scott L Rauch

  • Atomoxetine in adults with ADHD: two randomized, placebo-controlled studies.

    David Michelson;Lenard Adler;Thomas Spencer;Frederick W Reimherr

  • Psychoactive substance use disorders in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): effects of ADHD and psychiatric comorbidity.

    Joseph Biederman;Timothy Wilens;Eric Mick;Sharon Milberger

  • Predictors of persistence and remission of ADHD into adolescence : results from a four-year prospective follow-up study

    Joseph Biederman;Stephen Faraone;Sharon Milberger;Shannon Curtis

  • Patterns and predictors of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder persistence into adulthood: results from the national comorbidity survey replication.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Lenard A. Adler;Russell Barkley;Joseph Biederman

  • Pharmacotherapy of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Reduces Risk for Substance Use Disorder

    Joseph Biederman;Timothy Wilens;Eric Mick;Thomas Spencer

  • Functional impairments in adults with self-reports of diagnosed ADHD: A controlled study of 1001 adults in the community.

    Joseph Biederman;Stephen V. Faraone;Thomas J. Spencer;Eric Mick

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy E. Wilens
Timothy E. Wilens Harvard University
Eric Mick
Eric Mick University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Michael C. Monuteaux
Michael C. Monuteaux Boston Children's Hospital
Janet Wozniak
Janet Wozniak Harvard University
Larry J. Seidman
Larry J. Seidman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Pradeep G. Bhide
Pradeep G. Bhide Florida State University
Ronna Fried
Ronna Fried Harvard University
Jeffrey H. Newcorn
Jeffrey H. Newcorn Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bertha K. Madras
Bertha K. Madras Harvard University
Mark Spalding
Mark Spalding University of Cambridge

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