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Kathleen McKenna
Researcher at National Institutes of Health
Publications - 23
Citations - 2533
Kathleen McKenna is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychosis & Schizophrenia. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 23 publications receiving 2473 citations. Previous affiliations of Kathleen McKenna include Harvard University & Northwestern University.
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Childhood-onset schizophrenia: A double-blind clozapine-haloperidol comparison
Sanjiv Kumra,Jean A. Frazier,Leslie K. Jacobsen,Kathleen McKenna,Charles T. Gordon,Marge C. Lenane,Susan D. Hamburger,Amy Smith,Kathleen E. Albus,Javad Alaghband-Rad,Judith L. Rapoport +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the efficacy and adverse effects of clozapine and haloperidol were compared for children and adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia in a 6-week double-blind parallel comparison.
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Autistic Social Impairment in the Siblings of Children With Pervasive Developmental Disorders
John N. Constantino,Clara Lajonchere,Marin Lutz,Teddi Gray,Anna M. Abbacchi,Kathleen McKenna,Deepti Singh,Richard D. Todd +7 more
TL;DR: Results support the notion that genetic susceptibility factors responsible for common, subsyndromal social impairments may be related to the causes of categorically defined pervasive developmental disorders.
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Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: The Severity of Premorbid Course
Javad Alaghband-Rad,Kathleen McKenna,Charles T. Gordon,Kathleen E. Albus,Susan D. Hamburger,Judith M. Rumsey,Jean A. Frazier,Marge Lenane,Judith L. Rapoport +8 more
TL;DR: Review of premorbid histories of 23 children meeting DSM-III-R criteria for schizophrenia with onset before age 12 years found the childhood of later-onset schizophrenics may represent a more malignant form of the disorder.
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Looking for childhood-onset schizophrenia: the first 71 cases screened.
Kathleen McKenna,Charles T. Gordon,Marge Lenane,Debra Kaysen,Kimberly Fahey,Judith L. Rapoport +5 more
TL;DR: Childhood-onset schizophrenia is often misdiagnosed, perhaps because of the rarity of the disorder and the ambiguity in applying primary criteria, but an array of developmental disturbances are seen with less pervasive childhood-ONSet psychotic symptoms.
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Brain anatomic magnetic resonance imaging in childhood-onset schizophrenia
Jean A. Frazier,Jay N. Giedd,Susan D. Hamburger,Kathleen E. Albus,Debra Kaysen,A. Catherine Vaituzis,Jagath C. Rajapakse,Marge Lenane,Kathleen McKenna,Leslie K. Jacobsen,Charles T. Gordon,Alan Breier,Judith L. Rapoport +12 more
TL;DR: Brain anatomic abnormalities in childhood-onset schizophrenia are similar to those reported for adult populations, indicating overall continuity between these rare childhood cases and the adult schizophrenia populations.