Walkup, John T.

Associate Professor Deputy Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Main Office Address CMSC 314 The Johns Hopkins Hospital 600 North Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21287-5371 Phone: 410-955-5823 Fax: 410-955-8691  E-mail: jwalkup@jhmi.edu Administrative Assistant Carol Dean Phone: 410-955-2320 E-mail: cdean@jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

John T. Walkup, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore Maryland.   He currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is the Principal Investigator of the National Institute of Mental Health funded Johns Hopkins Research Unit of Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Psychosocial Interventions.  Dr. Walkup is the author of a number of articles and book chapters on psychopharmacology, Tourette's syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders.

Click the following links to learn more about Dr. Walkup's research

Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Tourette's Syndrome and Tic Disorders

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Selected Publications

Walkup JT, Riddle MA, Childhood Disorders: Tic Disorders.  In Psychiatry, Tasman A, Kay J, Lieberman JA (eds.) Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 2003  Walkup JT:  Increasing use of psychotropic medications: what does it mean?  J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2003 Spring;13(1):1-3. 

Walkup JT & Ginsburg G (eds.), Anxiety Disorders in Children. International Review of Psychiatry, 14:2, May 2002.  The Research Units of Pediatric Psychopharmacology Anxiety Study Group (Hopkins site û Walkup JT, Labellarte M, Riddle MA): Fluvoxamine for the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.  N Engl J Med 344(17): 1279-1285, 2001. 

Wissow LS, Walkup J, Barlow A, Reid R, Kane S: Cluster and regional influences on suicide in a Southwestern American Indian tribe.  Soc Sci Med 53(9): 1115-1124, 2001.