Suzanne King, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Director, Psychosocial Research Division
Douglas Mental Health University Institute
6875 Lasalle Blvd.
Verdun, Quebec
H4H 1R3
Canada
(514) 761-6131 ext. 2353
suzanne.king at douglas.mcgill.ca
http://douglasrecherche.qc.ca/profiles/details.asp?l=e&id=97
Suzanne King studies various aspects of developmental psychopathology using both retrospective research with schizophrenia patients and controls, and prospective studies of children exposed to maternal stress in utero. Risk factors studied include: genetics, prenatal stress, prenatal infection, obstetric complications, childhood maltreatment, and cannabis use. Developmental outcomes include cognitive development, physical development, behavioral development and psychopathology, and motor development.
Selected References
Brenner, K4, Liu, A., Laplante, D.P., Lupien, S., Pruessner, J.C., Ciampi, A., Joober, R., King, S. (2009) Cortisol Response to a Psychosocial Stressor in Schizophrenia: Blunted, Delayed or Normal? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34, 859-868. (doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.01.002) Selected for excerpting by MDLinx.com online medical research service on May 18, 2009: http://www.mdlinx.com/internalmdlinx/news-article.cfm/2713891.
King, S., Mancini-Marïe, A., Brunet, A., Walker, E. F., Meaney, M.J., Laplante, D.P. (2009) Prenatal maternal stress from a natural disaster predicts dermatoglyphic asymmetry in humans. Development & Psychopathology, 21: 343-353.
Laplante, D.P., Brunet, A., Schmitz, N., Ciampi, A. King, S., (2008) Project Ice Storm: Prenatal Maternal Stress Affects Cognitive and Linguistic Functioning in 5 ½ Year Old Children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), 47 (9), 1063 - 1072.
Brenner, K., Schmitz, N., Pawliuk, N., Fathalli, F., Joober, R., Ciampi, A., King, S.. (2007) Validation of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences with a Montreal Community Sample. Schizophrenia Research, 95 (1-3), 86-95.
Updated: September 1, 2010
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