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Walter H. Kaye

Researcher at University of California, San Diego

Publications -  420
Citations -  34415

Walter H. Kaye is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses) & Eating disorders. The author has an hindex of 96, co-authored 403 publications receiving 30915 citations. Previous affiliations of Walter H. Kaye include Georgia State University & University of California, Berkeley.

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Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

Verneri Anttila, +720 more
- 22 Jun 2018 - 
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that, in the general population, the personality trait neuroticism is significantly correlated with almost every psychiatric disorder and migraine, and it is shown that both psychiatric and neurological disorders have robust correlations with cognitive and personality measures.
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Comorbidity of anxiety disorders with anorexia and bulimia nervosa

Walter H. Kaye, +4 more
- 01 Dec 2004 - 
TL;DR: The prevalence of anxiety disorders in general and OCD in particular was much higher in people with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa than in a nonclinical group of women in the community.
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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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New insights into symptoms and neurocircuit function of anorexia nervosa

Walter H. Kaye, +2 more
- 15 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: New brain imaging technology provides insights into ventral and dorsal neural circuit dysfunction — perhaps related to altered serotonin and dopamine metabolism — that contributes to the puzzling symptoms found in people with eating disorders.
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A Controlled Family Study of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: Psychiatric Disorders in First-Degree Relatives and Effects of Proband Comorbidity

Lisa R. Lilenfeld, +9 more
- 01 Jul 1998 - 
TL;DR: Relatives of anorexic and bulimic probands had increased risk of clinically subthreshold forms of an eating disorder, major depressive disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessional personality traits may be a specific familial risk factor for anorexia nervosa.