Robert King, MD
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PO Box 207900, 230 South Frontage Road
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Emeritus Professor in the Child Study Center
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Child Study Center
EmeritusPrimaryChild Study Center
Senior Research ScientistSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program
- Child Study Center
- Developmental Disabilities Program
- Pituitary Program
- Tic Disorder & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Program
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington D.C (1974)
- Fellow
- Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center (1972)
- Resident
- Massachusetts Mental Health Center (1971)
- Resident
- Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center (1969)
- MD
- Harvard University (1968)
Board Certifications
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 1981
Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 1974
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Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Robert King's research output by year.
Lawrence A. Vitulano, PhD, ABPP
Paul Lombroso, MD
James Leckman, MD, PhD
Michael Bloch, MD, MS
Denis Sukhodolsky, PhD
Andrés S Martin, MD, PhD
61Publications
6,753Citations
Publications
2025
Sex Differences in Natural History and Health Outcomes Among Individuals With Tic Disorders
Dy-Hollins M, Chibnik L, Tracy N, Osiecki L, Budman C, Cath D, Grados M, King R, Lyon G, Rouleau G, Sandor P, Singer H, Sharma N, Mathews C, Scharf J. Sex Differences in Natural History and Health Outcomes Among Individuals With Tic Disorders. Neurology 2025, 104: e210249. PMID: 39813627, PMCID: PMC11735146, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000210249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsTourette syndromeTic disordersTime to diagnosisSex differencesVocal tic disorderLonger time to diagnosisGeneralized estimating equation regression modelsSymptom onsetAnalyze sex differencesEquation regression modelsTic severityClinical measuresTouretteParticipantsRegression modelsFamily relationshipsPersistent motorSymptomsDisordersResearch studies
2024
Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Stereotypical Movement Disorders and Tic Disorders
Vitulano L, Vitulano M, King R, Yazgan M, Leckman J. Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Stereotypical Movement Disorders and Tic Disorders. 2024, 1685-1707. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51366-5_45.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental coordination disorderStereotypic movement disorderTic disordersCoordination disorderMotor skillsBest practice assessmentsNeurodevelopmental disorder groupMotor disordersMovement disordersSelf-bitingHead bangingNeurobiological disorderMotor behaviorHand flappingDisordersPractical assessmentEarly-onsetNonrhythmic movementsChildrenGroup of conditionsJerking movementsMagnetic resonance imaging techniquesSkillsIndividualsThe Challenge of Examining Social Determinants of Health in People Living With Tourette Syndrome
Dy-Hollins M, Carr S, Essa A, Osiecki L, Lackland D, Voeks J, Mejia N, Sharma N, Budman C, Cath D, Grados M, King R, Lyon G, Rouleau G, Sandor P, Singer H, Chibnik L, Mathews C, Scharf J. The Challenge of Examining Social Determinants of Health in People Living With Tourette Syndrome. Pediatric Neurology 2024, 155: 55-61. PMID: 38608551, PMCID: PMC11132913, DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsParental educational attainmentEthnic minority groupsEducational attainmentSocial determinants of healthExamining social determinants of healthNon-Hispanic white individualsDeterminants of healthDiagnosis ageNon-Hispanic whitesMinority groupsHispanic individualsWhite individualsSignificant disparitiesLogistic regressionParental educationNon-whiteComorbid conditionsNon-parametric testsEthnicityGroup differencesSymptom onsetOutcomesParticipantsResearch studiesTourette syndrome
2023
Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Stereotypical Movement Disorders and Tic Disorders
Vitulano L, Vitulano M, King R, Yazgan M, Leckman J. Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Stereotypical Movement Disorders and Tic Disorders. 2023, 1-23. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_45-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotypic movement disorderTic disordersDevelopmental coordination disorderMovement disordersMotor disordersCoordination disorderMotor skillsNeurodevelopmental disorder groupMagnetic resonance imaging techniquesBest practice assessmentHead bangingHand flappingNeurobiological disorderDisorder groupMotor behaviorDisordersNonrhythmic movementsSuch childrenPractice assessmentUnwanted attentionChildrenImaging techniquesSkillsYearsRecurrent
2022
Mispatterning and interneuron deficit in Tourette Syndrome basal ganglia organoids
Brady M, Mariani J, Koca Y, Szekely A, King R, Bloch M, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Leckman J, Vaccarino F. Mispatterning and interneuron deficit in Tourette Syndrome basal ganglia organoids. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 5007-5019. PMID: 36447010, PMCID: PMC9949887, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01880-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsTourette syndromeInterneuron deficitsGABAergic interneuronsHealthy controlsNeurodevelopmental underpinningsNeuropathological deficitsBG circuitryNeuropsychiatric disordersDecreased differentiationT patientsInterneuronsAltered expressionPotential mechanismsCilia disruptionSonic hedgehogOrganoidsStem cellsTS individualsPluripotent stem cellsGli transcription factorsDeficitsOrganoid differentiationEarly stagesCholinergicPatientsPhenomenology of Tics and Sensory Urges
Leckman J, Bloch M, Sukhodolsky D, Artukoğlu B, Scahill L, King R. Phenomenology of Tics and Sensory Urges. 2022, 6-25. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780197543214.003.0002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComprehensive Assessment Strategies
King R, Landeros-Weisenberger A. Comprehensive Assessment Strategies. 2022, 335-342. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780197543214.003.0020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConcepts
2017
The PNKD gene is associated with Tourette Disorder or Tic disorder in a multiplex family
Sun N, Nasello C, Deng L, Wang N, Zhang Y, Xu Z, Song Z, Kwan K, King R, Pang Z, Xing J, Heiman G, Tischfield J. The PNKD gene is associated with Tourette Disorder or Tic disorder in a multiplex family. Molecular Psychiatry 2017, 23: 1487-1495. PMID: 28894297, PMCID: PMC5847395, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNonsense-mediated mRNA decayNonsense mutationMultiplex familiesPluripotent stem cellsTD phenotypeDeleterious sequence variantsGenetic architectureMRNA decayHouse bioinformatics pipelineDNA sequencesBioinformatics pipelineTD familyWhole-exome sequencingSequence variantsBiochemical assaysMolecular differencesWhole exomeIsoform levelsStem cellsProtein levelsTD etiologyExome sequencingPNKDHeterozygous nonsense mutationGenesGenetic and phenotypic overlap of specific obsessive-compulsive and attention-deficit/hyperactive subtypes with Tourette syndrome
Hirschtritt M, Darrow S, Illmann C, Osiecki L, Grados M, Sandor P, Dion Y, King R, Pauls D, Budman C, Cath D, Greenberg E, Lyon G, Yu D, McGrath L, McMahon W, Lee P, Delucchi K, Scharf J, Mathews C. Genetic and phenotypic overlap of specific obsessive-compulsive and attention-deficit/hyperactive subtypes with Tourette syndrome. Psychological Medicine 2017, 48: 279-293. PMID: 28651666, PMCID: PMC7909616, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291717001672.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderSymmetry/exactnessTourette syndromeLatent class analysisSymptom patternsADHD symptomsHigher psychiatric comorbidity ratesPsychiatric comorbidity ratesExploratory factor analysisHyperactive subtypeComorbidity ratesTS patientsClinical relevanceSpecific subtypesSum scoreUnique phenotypicHyperactivity disorderSymptomsPhenotypic overlapThree-class solutionTraditional diagnostic boundariesAggressive urgesSyndromeSubtypesDiagnostic boundaries896 Genetic and Phenotypic Overlap of Specific Obsessive-Compulsive Subtypes with Tourette Syndrome
Hirschtritt M, Darrow S, Illmann C, Osiecki L, Grados M, Sandor P, Dion Y, King R, Pauls D, Budman C, Cath D, Greenberg E, Lyon G, Yu D, McGrath L, McMahon W, Lee P, Delucchi K, Scharf J, Mathews C. 896 Genetic and Phenotypic Overlap of Specific Obsessive-Compulsive Subtypes with Tourette Syndrome. Biological Psychiatry 2017, 81: s361-s362. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.02.621.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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activity Neuropsychiatric Disorders
01/01/2008 - PresentResearchDetailsIsraelAbstract/SynopsisProfessor King collaborates with the Schneider Children's Hospital of Israel and Geha Psychiatric Hospital, both affiliated with University of Tel Aviv School of Medicine, on studies of neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood -- Tourette's syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder; epidemiology and prevention of adolescent suicide.
activity Psychoanalysis of Children
01/01/2008 - PresentResearchDetailsUnited KingdomAbstract/SynopsisProfessor King collaborates with the Anna Freud Centre (Hampstead, London) on the study of intensive psychodynamic and psychoanalytic treatment of children.
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