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Walter H. Kaye is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Psychology, with significant contributions in the subfields of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics, and Applied Psychology.

Their work extensively covers topics related to Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Behavioral Health and Interventions, as well as Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Walter H. Kaye include:

  • Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • Psilocybin therapy for females with anorexia nervosa: a phase 1, open-label feasibility study, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors, 2023, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Body mistrust bridges interoceptive awareness and eating disorder symptoms., 2020, Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  • Brain Structure in Acutely Underweight and Partially Weight-Restored Individuals With Anorexia Nervosa: A Coordinated Analysis by the ENIGMA Eating Disorders Working Group, 2022, Biological Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include Christina E. Wierenga, Allan S. Kaplan, Cynthia M. Bulik, Tiffany A. Brown, and Katherine A. Halmi.

Walter H. Kaye has published frequently in venues such as UNC Libraries, International Journal of Eating Disorders, Biological Psychiatry, Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, and Eating Disorders.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Comorbidity of anxiety disorders with anorexia and bulimia nervosa

    Walter H Kaye;Cynthia M Bulik;Laura Thornton;Nicole Barbarich

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

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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • New insights into symptoms and neurocircuit function of anorexia nervosa

    Walter H. Kaye;Julie L. Fudge;Martin Paulus

  • Neurobiology of anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

    Walter Kaye

  • Controlled Family Study of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: Evidence of Shared Liability and Transmission of Partial Syndromes

    Michael Strober;Roberta Freeman;Carlyn Lampert;Jane Diamond

  • A Controlled Family Study of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: Psychiatric Disorders in First-Degree Relatives and Effects of Proband Comorbidity

    Lisa R. Lilenfeld;Walter H. Kaye;Catherine G. Greeno;Kathleen R. Merikangas

  • Academy for eating disorders position paper: eating disorders are serious mental illnesses.

    Kelly L. Klump;Cynthia M. Bulik;Walter H. Kaye;Janet Treasure

  • Abnormal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in anorexia nervosa. Pathophysiologic mechanisms in underweight and weight-corrected patients.

    P. W. Gold;H. Gwirtsman;P. C. Avgerinos;L. K. Nieman;L. K. Nieman

  • Perfectionism in Anorexia Nervosa: Variation by Clinical Subtype, Obsessionality, and Pathological Eating Behavior

    Katherine A. Halmi;Suzanne R. Sunday;Michael Strober;Alan Kaplan

  • Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels: the neurobiology of anorexia nervosa

    Walter H. Kaye;Christina E. Wierenga;Ursula F. Bailer;Ursula F. Bailer;Alan N. Simmons;Alan N. Simmons

  • Dimensions of emotion dysregulation in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: A conceptual review of the empirical literature.

    Jason M. Lavender;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Scott G. Engel;Kathryn H. Gordon

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • Neurocognitive correlates of obesity and obesity-related behaviors in children and adolescents

    J Liang;B E Matheson;W H Kaye;K N Boutelle

  • Double-blind placebo-controlled administration of fluoxetine in restricting- and restricting-purging-type anorexia nervosa

    Walter H Kaye;Toshihiko Nagata;Toshihiko Nagata;Theodore E Weltzin;Theodore E Weltzin;L.K.George Hsu;L.K.George Hsu

  • Symptom Fluctuation in Eating Disorders: Correlates of Diagnostic Crossover

    Federica Tozzi;Laura M. Thornton;Kelly L. Klump;Manfred M. Fichter

  • Relationship of depression, anxiety, and obsessionality to state of illness in anorexia nervosa.

    Christine Pollice;Walter H. Kaye;Catherine G. Greeno;Theodore E. Weltzin

  • Persistent perfectionism, symmetry, and exactness after long-term recovery from anorexia nervosa.

    Nalini M. Srinivasagam;Walter H. Kaye;Katherine H. Plotnicov;Catherine Greeno

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Strober
Michael Strober University of California, Los Angeles
Manfred M. Fichter
Manfred M. Fichter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Allan S. Kaplan
Allan S. Kaplan University of Toronto
Guido K.W. Frank
Guido K.W. Frank University of California, San Diego
Kelly L. Klump
Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University
James E. Mitchell
James E. Mitchell University of North Dakota
Christina E. Wierenga
Christina E. Wierenga University of California, San Diego
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Wade H. Berrettini
Wade H. Berrettini University of Pennsylvania

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