Professor Jeremy Turk

NAME	Jeremy Turk
Research Status	Clinical Scientist
Academic Section	Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Phone Number	020 8725 3592
Email	jturk@sgul.ac.uk
Research Interests	Developmental, psychiatric & behaviour genetics Intellectual & developmental disabilities in childhood & adolescence Childhood cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy Paediatric psychopharmacology Behavioural phenotypes, in particular fragile X syndrome Autistic spectrum disorders
MAJOR Research Techniques	Epidemiology & Community Studies Psychiatric & psychological structured & semi-structured interview techniques Psychometric evaluations Gene-behaviour correlates Therapeutic intervention studies
Minor Research Techniques	Single case studies & clinical series reports Research data meta-analyses Service development & configuration enquiries
RECENT PUBLICATIONS — ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS
1.Cornish, K., Kogan, C., Turk, J., Manly, T., James, N., Mills, A. & Dalton, A. (2005) The emerging fragile X premutation phenotype: evidence from the domain of social cognition. Brain and Cognition, 57, 53-60. 2.Cornish, K.M., Turk, J., Wilding, J., Sudhalter, V., Munir, F., Kooy, F. & Hagerman, R. (2004) Annotation: Deconstructing the attention deficit in fragile X syndrome: a developmental neuropsychological approach. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 45, 1042-1053. 3.Ingrassia, A. & Turk, J. (2005) The use of clonidine for severe and intractable sleep problems in children with neurodevelopmental disorders: a case series. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 14, 34-40. 4.Mukherjee, R.A.S., Hollins, S. & Turk, J. (2006) Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: an overview. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 99, 298-302. 5.Turk, J., Robbins, I. & Woodhead, M. (2005) Post-traumatic stress disorder in young people with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 49, 872-875. 6.Wentz, E., Lacey, J.H, Waller, G., Rastam, E., Turk, J. & Gillberg, C. (2005) Childhood onset neuropsychiatric disorders in adult eating disorder patients. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 14, 431-437.
RECENT REVIEWS / BOOK CHAPTERS
Turk, J., Graham, P.J. & Verhulst, F. (2006) Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: A Developmental Approach (4th edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. In press. Turk, J. & O’Brien, G. (2002) Counselling Parents & Carers of Individuals with Behavioural Phenotypes. In: Behavioural Phenotypes in Clinical Practice, (ed.: O’Brien, G.). London: MacKeith Press.Pp. 152-168. Turk, J. (2003) The Importance of Diagnosis (15-19), Behaviours & Management (132-143), Medication Matters (149-155), Support for Individuals with Fragile X Syndrome & their Families (181-187). In: Educating Children with Fragile X Syndrome, (ed.: Dew-Hughes, D.). London: Routledge Falmer. Turk, J. (2005) Children with developmental disabilities and their parents. In: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Families, 2nd edition (ed.: Graham, P.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 244-262. Turk, J. (2005) The Mental Health Needs of Children with Learning Disabilities. In: Mental Health Learning Disabilities, A Training Resource, (eds.: Holt, G., Hardy, S. & Bouras, N.). Brighton: Pavilion Publications. Turk, J. (2006) Chromosomal abnormalities. In: Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2nd Edition), (eds.: Ayers, S., Baum, A., McManus, C., Newman, S., Wallston, K., Weinman, J. & West, R. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.