Robert A. King, M.D.

Professor of Child Psychiatry
Medical Director, Tourette's/OCD Clinic, Yale Child Study Center
Attending physician, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Research Interests

Diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of tic disorders, OCD, and related disorders (including PANDAS, trichotillomania, and anxiety disorders)

Pediatric consultation & liaison

Adolescent suicide

Psychoanalysis of children, adolescence and adults

Recent Publications

• King RA, Apter A (Eds). Child and Adolescent Suicide, Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2003
• King RA. PANDAS: to treat or not to treat?. Advances in Neurology. 99:179-83, 2006.
• King RA, Scahill L, Lombroso P, Leckman JF. Psychopharmacological treatment of chronic tic disorder. In. Martin, A., Scahill, L., Charney, D., Leckman, J.F. (Eds.): Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Principles and Practice. New York: Oxford University Press; 2003
• King RA, Schwab-Stone M, Flisher AJ, Greenwald S, Kramer RA, Goodman SH, Lahey BB, Shaffer D, Gould MS, Psychosocial and risk behavior correlates of youth suicide attempts and suicidal ideation. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 40(7):837-846, 2001
• King RA, Leonard H, March J. Practice Parameters on the Assessment and Treatment of children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37(suppl):27S-45S, 1998
• King RA: Practice parameters for the Psychiatric Assessment of Children and Adolescents. Work Group on Quality Issues. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 34:1386-1402, 1995. (Reprinted vol. 36 (Supplement): 4S-20S, 1997)
• King RA, Apter A: Psychoanalytic perspectives on youth suicide. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 51:491-511, 1996.
• Apter A, Bleich A, King RA, Kron S, Fluch A, Kotler M, Cohen DJ: Death without warning? A clinical post-mortem study of 43 Israeli adolescent male suicides. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 50:138-142, 1993.
• King RA, Riddle MA, Chappell PB, Hardin MT, Anderson GM, Lombroso P, Scahill L: Emergence of self-destructive phenomena in children and adolescents during fluoxetine treatment. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 30:179-186, 1991.
• King RA and Noshpitz JD: Pathways of Growth: Essentials of Child Psychiatry, Vol. 2 - Psychopathology, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

Contact

Campus Address
Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Road
P.O. Box 207900
New Haven, CT 06520-7900

Office Address
SHM I-264

E-mail
robert.king@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-785-5880

Fax
203-737-5104