Benjamin Lahey

Benjamin Bernard Lahey is an American psychologist and epidemiologist. He is the Irving B. Harris Professor in the Departments of Health Studies and Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. He is known for his research on psychological problems in children, adolescents, and adults such as ADHD and antisocial behavior,[1][2][3][4] and he was a member of a scientific panel that constructed the current definition of ADHD in the 1990s.[5] He was one of the authors of the papers that first hypothesized a hierarchical organization of dimensions of psychological problems, with a general factor at the top of the hierarchy.[6][7][8] He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He is also a member of both the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, as well as a former president of both organizations.[9]

Benjamin Lahey
NationalityAmerican
EducationDavidson College (A.B., 1967)
University of Tennessee (Ph.D., 1970)
Known forResearch on ADHD
AwardsFellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science
Scientific career
FieldsChild psychology
Psychiatric epidemiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
ThesisEffects of Verbal Response Consequences in Fixed-Trial Choice Learning (1970)
Doctoral studentsPaul Frick

References
  1. Alessio, Carolyn (1999-02-14). "Getting A Grip On Add". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  2. Steenhuysen, Julie (2010-10-05). "Early ADHD diagnosis a risk factor for depression". Reuters. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  3. Roach, John; Thompson-Wadsworth (2008-11-08). "Bullies' Brains Light Up With Pleasure as People Squirm". National Geographic. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  4. Lahey, Benjamin B.; Class, Quetzal A.; Zald, David H.; Rathouz, Paul J.; Applegate, Brooks; Waldman, Irwin D. (June 2018). "Prospective Test of the Developmental Propensity Model of Antisocial Behavior: From Childhood and Adolescence into Early Adulthood". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines. 59 (6): 676–683. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12852. ISSN 0021-9630. PMC 5975120. PMID 29197109.
  5. Weintraub, Karen (2013-01-21). "ADHD diagnoses in kids increasing". USA Today. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  6. Lahey, Benjamin B.; Van Hulle, Carol A.; Singh, Amber L.; Waldman, Irwin D.; Rathouz, Paul J. (February 2011). "Higher-Order Genetic and Environmental Structure of Prevalent Forms of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology". Archives of General Psychiatry. 68 (2): 181–189. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.192. ISSN 0003-990X. PMC 3322461. PMID 21300945.
  7. Lahey, Benjamin B.; Applegate, Brooks; Hakes, Jahn K.; Zald, David H.; Hariri, Ahmad R.; Rathouz, Paul J. (November 2012). "Is There a General Factor of Prevalent Psychopathology during Adulthood?". Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 121 (4): 971–977. doi:10.1037/a0028355. ISSN 0021-843X. PMC 4134439. PMID 22845652.
  8. Lahey, Benjamin B.; Krueger, Robert F.; Rathouz, Paul J.; Waldman, Irwin D.; Zald, David H. (February 2017). "A Hierarchical Causal Taxonomy of Psychopathology across the Life Span". Psychological Bulletin. 143 (2): 142–186. doi:10.1037/bul0000069. ISSN 0033-2909. PMC 5269437. PMID 28004947.
  9. "Benjamin B. Lahey, PhD". University of Chicago. Retrieved 2018-07-12.


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