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W. Edward Craighead

W. Edward Craighead

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
60
Citations
19222
World Ranking
3478
National Ranking
1957

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

W. Edward Craighead is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio spanning psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their work encompasses a range of topics focused on mental health, brain function, and pharmacological impacts on psychological conditions.

The primary fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Their research further delves into specific subfields such as:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Pharmacology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Biological Psychiatry

Main topics covered in their publications involve:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Boadie W. Dunlop
  • Helen S. Mayberg
  • Ki Sueng Choi
  • Sudeepa Bhattacharyya
  • A. John Rush

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by W. Edward Craighead are:

  • "Alterations in acylcarnitines, amines, and lipids inform about the mechanism of action of citalopram/escitalopram in major depression" (2021) published in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Indoxyl sulfate, a gut microbiome-derived uremic toxin, is associated with psychic anxiety and its functional magnetic resonance imaging-based neurologic signature" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Metabolomic and inflammatory signatures of symptom dimensions in major depression" (2022) published in Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Single-cell molecular profiling of all three components of the HPA axis reveals adrenal ABCB1 as a regulator of stress adaptation" (2021) published in Science Advances
  • "VIA character strengths among U.S. college students and their associations with happiness, well-being, resiliency, academic success and psychopathology" (2020) published in The Journal of Positive Psychology

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Nature Mental Health
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

In 1991, W. Edward Craighead was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Effects of Exercise Training on Older Patients With Major Depression

    James A. Blumenthal;Michael A. Babyak;Kathleen A. Moore;W. Edward Craighead

  • Exercise Treatment for Major Depression: Maintenance of Therapeutic Benefit at 10 Months

    Michael Babyak;James A. Blumenthal;Steve Herman;Parinda Khatri

  • Exercise and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of major depressive disorder

    James A. Blumenthal;Michael A. Babyak;P. Murali Doraiswamy;Lana Watkins

  • Normative and reliability data for the Children's Depression Inventory.

    Mervin R. Smucker;W. Edward Craighead;Linda Wilcoxon Craighead;Barbara J. Green

  • The Role of Nonspecific Factors in Cognitive‐Behavior Therapy for Depression

    Stephen S. Ilardi;W. Edward Craighead

  • Neurobiological and psychiatric consequences of child abuse and neglect

    Christine Heim;Margaret Shugart;W. Edward Craighead;Charles B. Nemeroff

  • Self-esteem enhancement with children and adolescents

    Alice W. Pope;Susan M. McHale;W. Edward Craighead

  • Toward a Neuroimaging Treatment Selection Biomarker for Major Depressive Disorder

    Callie L. McGrath;Mary E. Kelley;Paul E. Holtzheimer;Boadie W. Dunlop

  • Selective Recall of Positive and Negative Feedback, Self-control Behaviors, and Depression

    R. Eric Nelson;W. Edward Craighead

  • Functional Connectivity of the Subcallosal Cingulate Cortex And Differential Outcomes to Treatment With Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy or Antidepressant Medication for Major Depressive Disorder

    Boadie W. Dunlop;Boadie W. Dunlop;Boadie W. Dunlop;Justin K. Rajendra;Justin K. Rajendra;Justin K. Rajendra;W. Edward Craighead;W. Edward Craighead;W. Edward Craighead;Mary E. Kelley;Mary E. Kelley;Mary E. Kelley

  • Factor analysis of the Children's Depression Inventory in a community sample

    W. Edward Craighead;Mervin R. Smucker;Linda Wilcoxon Craighead;Stephen S. Ilardi

  • Behavior Modification: Principles, Issues, and Applications

    W. Edward Craighead;Alan E. Kazdin;Michael J. Mahoney

  • Family-Focused Treatment for Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder: Results of a 2-Year Randomized Trial

    David J. Miklowitz;David A. Axelson;Boris Birmaher;Elizabeth L. George

  • Psychosocial treatments for major depressive disorder.

    W. Edward Craighead;Benjamin N. Johnson;Sean Carey;Boadie W. Dunlop

  • Exercise and pharmacotherapy in patients with major depression: one-year follow-up of the SMILE study.

    Benson M. Hoffman;Michael A. Babyak;W. Edward Craighead;Andrew Sherwood

  • Family-focused treatment for adolescents with bipolar disorder

    David J. Miklowitz;Elizabeth L. George;David A. Axelson;Eunice Y. Kim

  • Distortion of perception and recall of positive and neutral feedback in depression

    Bob G. DeMonbreun;W. Edward Craighead

  • Defective Inflammatory Pathways in Never-Treated Depressed Patients Are Associated with Poor Treatment Response

    Shariful A. Syed;Eleonore Beurel;David A. Loewenstein;Jeffrey A. Lowell

  • Attributional style in clinically depressed and conduct disordered adolescents.

    John F. Curry;W. Edward Craighead

  • Away from a unitary model of depression.

    W. Edward Craighead

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen S. Mayberg
Helen S. Mayberg Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Boadie W. Dunlop
Boadie W. Dunlop Emory University
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society
John F. Curry
John F. Curry Duke University
David J. Miklowitz
David J. Miklowitz University of California, Los Angeles
Alan E. Kazdin
Alan E. Kazdin Yale University
L. Cinnamon Bidwell
L. Cinnamon Bidwell University of Colorado Boulder
Christine Heim
Christine Heim Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki
Karen C. Wells
Karen C. Wells Duke University

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