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Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
|MPhil/PhD/MD(Res)
|Part Time, Full Time
RESEARCH PROFILE
- Current number of staff: 11.
- Current number of research students: 8.
- Recent publications:
- Adolescent irritability: phenotypic associations and genetic links with depressed mood; American Journal of Psychiatry.
- Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autistic Traits in theAvonLongitudinal Study of Parents and Children: Precursors and Early Signs. Journal of theAmericanAcademyof Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Practitioner review: Self-harm in Adolescents; Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- Disorder-specific functional abnormalities during sustained attention in youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and with Autism; Molecular Psychiatry.
- Psychiatric disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders: prevalence, comorbidity and associated factors; Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Current research projects in the department:
- Parenting intervention program;
- Treatment foster care;
- Functional imaging in normal development and child psychiatric disorders;
- Neuropsychology of impulsiveness;
- Comorbid psychiatric disorders in autism spectrum disorders.
KEY FACTS
Head of group/division
Professor Emily Simonoff
Awarding institution
King's College London
Duration
Three years FT; six years PT. Accelerated PT rates available - email iop.educationsupport@kcl.ac.uk for further information. Registration is carried out at four points in the year: October, January, April and July.
Location
Denmark Hill Campus
Student destinations
Students have become senior lecturers at the Institute; continued research; gained MRC fellowships; become consultant psychiatrists; become professors.
Year of entry 2013
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