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Professor Jeremy Turk

Professor Jeremy Turk

Professor Jeremy Turk is a Consultant Child Psychiatrist and Head of the Child Psychiatry Section at St George's.

His research interests are:
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

 

Recent Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Books

Turk, J., Graham, P.J. & Verhulst, F. (2006) Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: A Developmental Approach (4th edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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.

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. (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. & 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.

Jeremy turk

Jeremy Turk

Professor of Developmental Psychiatry/Head of Child Psychiatry Section

Section of Child Psychiatry
Division of Clinical Developmental Sciences
St George's, University of London
Cranmer Terrace
London
SW17 0RE

Tel: (+44) 20 8725 3592
Email: jturk@sgul.ac.uk

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