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  • 2013 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine
  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

William T. Carpenter is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Biological Psychiatry as subfields.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics, including:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Recent notable publications authored or coauthored by William T. Carpenter include:

  • "Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): I. Psychosis superspectrum" (2020, World Psychiatry)
  • "The schizophrenia syndrome, circa 2024: What we know and how that informs its nature" (2023, Schizophrenia Research)
  • "Clozapine Optimization: A Delphi Consensus Guideline From the Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis Working Group" (2023, Schizophrenia Bulletin)
  • "Precision psychiatry and Research Domain Criteria: Implications for clinical trials and future practice" (2023, CNS Spectrums)
  • "Primary psychosis: more to know, much more to do" (2021, World Psychiatry)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with William T. Carpenter include:

  • Robert W. Buchanan
  • John M. Kane
  • Roman Kotov
  • Katherine Jonas
  • David H. Zald

The scientist's publications appear regularly in leading venues such as:

  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin Open
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • World Psychiatry

William T. Carpenter's contributions to mental health research have been recognized by awards such as the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health from the National Academy of Medicine in 2013. They were also elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1998.

Best Publications

  • The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Dimensional Alternative to Traditional Nosologies

    Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson;Thomas M. Achenbach

  • Remission in Schizophrenia: Proposed Criteria and Rationale for Consensus

    Nancy C. Andreasen;William T. Carpenter;John M. Kane;Robert A. Lasser

  • The Quality of Life Scale: An Instrument for Rating the Schizophrenic Deficit Syndrome

    Douglas W. Heinrichs;Thomas E. Hanlon;William T. Carpenter

  • Deficit and nondeficit forms of schizophrenia: the concept.

    William T. Carpenter;Douglas W. Heinrichs;Althea M. Wagman

  • The Psychosis High-Risk State: A Comprehensive State-of-the-Art Review

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Stefan Borgwardt;Andreas Bechdolf;Jean Addington

  • The NIMH-MATRICS Consensus Statement on Negative Symptoms

    Brian Kirkpatrick;Wayne S Fenton;William T Carpenter;Stephen R Marder

  • Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: An NIMH Workshop on Definitions, Assessment, and Research Opportunities

    Michael F. Green;David L. Penn;Richard Bentall;William T. Carpenter;William T. Carpenter

  • Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis (TRRIP) Working Group Consensus Guidelines on Diagnosis and Terminology.

    Oliver D. Howes;Rob McCutcheon;Ofer Agid;Andrea De Bartolomeis

  • The prediction of outcome in schizophrenia. I. Characteristics of outcome.

    John S. Strauss;William T. Carpenter

  • Definition and description of schizophrenia in the DSM-5

    Rajiv Tandon;Wolfgang Gaebel;M Deanna;Juan Bustillo

  • The Schedule for the Deficit syndrome: an instrument for research in schizophrenia.

    Kirkpatrick B;Buchanan Rw;McKenney Pd;Alphs Ld

  • The Prediction of Outcome in Schizophrenia: II. Relationships Between Predictor and Outcome Variables: A Report From the WHO International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia

    John S. Strauss;William T. Carpenter

  • A separate disease within the syndrome of schizophrenia.

    Brian Kirkpatrick;Robert W. Buchanan;David E. Ross;William T. Carpenter

  • Treatments of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: Meta-Analysis of 168 Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Evangelos Papanastasiou;Daniel Stahl;Matteo Rocchetti

  • The expert consensus guideline series: adherence problems in patients with serious and persistent mental illness.

    Alan S. Bellack;Charles L. Bowden;Christopher R. Bowie;Matthew J. Byerly

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Late Life

    Arnold J. Friedhoff;James Ballenger;Alan S. Bellack;William T. Carpenter

  • Prediction of outcome in schizophrenia. III. Five-year outcome and its predictors.

    John S. Strauss;William T. Carpenter

  • Treatment of Negative Symptoms

    William T. Carpenter;Douglas W. Heinrichs;Larry D. Alphs

  • Limbic System Abnormalities Identified in Schizophrenia Using Positron Emission Tomography With Fluorodeoxyglucose and Neocortical Alterations With Deficit Syndrome

    Carol A. Tamminga;Gunvant K. Thaker;Robert Buchanan;Brian Kirkpatrick

  • Neuroleptic withdrawal in schizophrenic patients. A review of the literature.

    P L Gilbert;M J Harris;L A McAdams;D V Jeste

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert W. Buchanan
Robert W. Buchanan University of Maryland, Baltimore
James M. Gold
James M. Gold University of Maryland, Baltimore
Carol A. Tamminga
Carol A. Tamminga The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jim van Os
Jim van Os University Medical Center Utrecht
Thomas H. McGlashan
Thomas H. McGlashan Yale University
John S. Strauss
John S. Strauss Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Ming T. Tsuang
Ming T. Tsuang University of California, San Diego
Gregory P. Strauss
Gregory P. Strauss University of Georgia
Dolores Malaspina
Dolores Malaspina Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rajiv Tandon
Rajiv Tandon Western Michigan University

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