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Isobel Heyman

Researcher at UCL Institute of Child Health

Publications -  209
Citations -  8307

Isobel Heyman is an academic researcher from UCL Institute of Child Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 173 publications receiving 6586 citations. Previous affiliations of Isobel Heyman include South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust & Guy's Hospital.

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

Phil Lee, +606 more
- 12 Dec 2019 - 
TL;DR: Genetic influences on psychiatric disorders transcend diagnostic boundaries, suggesting substantial pleiotropy of contributing loci within genes that show heightened expression in the brain throughout the lifespan, beginning prenatally in the second trimester, and play prominent roles in neurodevelopmental processes.
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Progressive increase of frontostriatal brain activation from childhood to adulthood during event-related tasks of cognitive control.

Katya Rubia, +6 more
- 01 Dec 2006 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, rapid, randomized, mixed-trial event-related fMRI was used to investigate developmental differences of the neural networks mediating motor and cognitive inhibition functions in a sizeable number of adolescents and adults.
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A population survey of mental health problems in children with epilepsy

S Davies, +2 more
- 01 May 2003 - 
TL;DR: Emotional, behavioural, and relationship difficulties are common in children with epilepsy, and constitute a significant burden to the children and their families, indicating the need for effective mental health services for these children.
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Prevalence of obsessive—compulsive disorder in the British nationwide survey of child mental health

Isobel Heyman, +5 more
- 01 Oct 2001 - 
TL;DR: Although OCD is rare in young children, the rate increases towards the adult rates at puberty, and the majority of the childhood cases identified appear to have been undetected and untreated.
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Prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the British nationwide survey of child mental health.

Isobel Heyman, +5 more
- 01 Jan 2003 - 
TL;DR: Although OCD is rare in young children, the rate increases towards the adult rates at puberty, and the majority of childhood cases identified in this survey appear to have been undetected and untreated.