Robert Hendren, DO
Professor Emeritus
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Dr. Hendren is Past President of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2007-2009). He has published well over 150 scientific papers and 5 books and has been listed in “The Best Doctors in America”, each year since it was first published in 1996. Dr. Hendren took his residency in general psychiatry at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, and his child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center. He is board certified in General as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He has been on the faculty at the George Washington University School of Medicine, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now Rutger’s) - Robert Wood Johnson and New Jersey Medical Schools. From 2001-2009, he was Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Director and Tsakopoulos-Vismara Chair at the University of California, Davis M.I.N.D. Institute (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders).

His areas of research and publication interests are translational interventional outcomes research including clinical pharmacology, nutraceutical and nutritional trials using biomarkers (MRI, measures of inflammation, oxidative stress, immune function, pharmacogenomics and metabolomics) to enhance resilience in neurodevelopmental disorders. He is currently applying a targeted outcomes research approach in collaborative projects with the Oak Hill School for youth with severe autism and neurodevelopmental spectrum disorders in San Anselmo, CA where he is also Chairman of the Board. He has been on the Board of the Autism Research Institute since 2017.

• The role of grit and resilience in children with reading disorder: a longitudinal cohort study.
  Annals of dyslexia 2021 Hossain B, Chen Y, Bent S, Parenteau C, Widjaja F, Haft SL, Hoeft F, Hendren RL
• Visual Preference for Biological Motion in Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Eye-Tracking Study.
  Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2021 Kaliukhovich DA, Manyakov NV, Bangerter A, Ness S, Skalkin A, Boice M, Goodwin MS, Dawson G, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Shic F, Pandina G
• The association between anxiety and academic performance in children with reading disorder: A longitudinal cohort study.
  Dyslexia (Chichester, England) 2021 Hossain B, Bent S, Hendren R
• Editorial: Addressing the "Cliff" for Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2021 Hendren RL
• Editorial: What to Do About Rigid, Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder?
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2020 Hendren RL
• Enhanced visceromotor emotional reactivity in dyslexia and its relation to salience network connectivity.
  Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 2020 Sturm VE, Roy ARK, Datta S, Wang C, Sible IJ, Holley SR, Watson C, Palser ER, Morris NA, Battistella G, Rah E, Meyer M, Pakvasa M, Mandelli ML, Deleon J, Hoeft F, Caverzasi E, Miller ZA, Shapiro KA, …
• Social attention to activities in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder: effects of context and age.
  Molecular autism 2020 Kaliukhovich DA, Manyakov NV, Bangerter A, Ness S, Skalkin A, Goodwin MS, Dawson G, Hendren RL, Leventhal B, Hudac CM, Bradshaw J, Shic F, Pandina G
• The SOFIA Study: Negative Multi-center Study of Low Dose Fluoxetine on Repetitive Behaviors in Children and Adolescents with Autistic Disorder.
  Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2020 Herscu P, Handen BL, Arnold LE, Snape MF, Bregman JD, Ginsberg L, Hendren R, Kolevzon A, Melmed R, Mintz M, Minshew N, Sikich L, Attalla A, King B, Owley T, Childress A, Chugani H, Frazier J, …
• Clinical Validation of the Autism Behavior Inventory: Caregiver-Rated Assessment of Core and Associated Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2020 Bangerter A, Ness S, Lewin D, Aman MG, Esbensen AJ, Goodwin MS, Dawson G, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Shic F, Opler M, Ho KF, Pandina G
• Publisher Correction: ASPI: a public-private partnership to develop treatments for autism.
  Nature reviews. Drug discovery 2020 Ness S, Pandina G, Jagannatha S, Wathen K, Bangerter A, Manyakov NV, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Murphy D, Dawson G, Drevets WC, Manji HK
• Automated recognition of spontaneous facial expression in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: parsing response variability.
  Molecular autism 2020 Bangerter A, Chatterjee M, Manfredonia J, Manyakov NV, Ness S, Boice MA, Skalkin A, Goodwin MS, Dawson G, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Shic F, Pandina G
• Relationship Between Sleep and Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Exploring the Impact of Sleep Variability.
  Frontiers in neuroscience 2020 Bangerter A, Chatterjee M, Manyakov NV, Ness S, Lewin D, Skalkin A, Boice M, Goodwin MS, Dawson G, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Shic F, Esbensen A, Pandina G
• Quality of Life Among School-Age Children With Autism: The Oak Hill School Outcomes Study.
  Seminars in pediatric neurology 2020 Bent S, Wahlberg J, Chen Y, Widjaja F, McDonald MG, Hendren RL
• Dietary Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-analysis.
  Pediatrics 2019 Fraguas D, Díaz-Caneja CM, Pina-Camacho L, Moreno C, Durán-Cutilla M, Ayora M, González-Vioque E, de Matteis M, Hendren RL, Arango C, Parellada M
• Efficacy and safety of memantine in children with autism spectrum disorder: Results from three phase 2 multicenter studies.
  Autism : the international journal of research and practice 2019 Hardan AY, Hendren RL, Aman MG, Robb A, Melmed RD, Andersen KA, Luchini R, Rahman R, Ali S, Jia XD, Mallick M, Lateiner JE, Palmer RH, Graham SM
• Caregiver Daily Reporting of Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Observational Study Using Web and Mobile Apps.
  JMIR mental health 2019 Bangerter A, Manyakov NV, Lewin D, Boice M, Skalkin A, Jagannatha S, Chatterjee M, Dawson G, Goodwin MS, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Shic F, Ness S, Pandina G
• Improving autism perinatal risk factors: A systematic review.
  Medical hypotheses 2019 Cheng J, Eskenazi B, Widjaja F, Cordero JF, Hendren RL
• Anxiety and Attentional Bias in Children with Specific Learning Disorders.
  Journal of abnormal child psychology 2019 Haft SL, Duong PH, Ho TC, Hendren RL, Hoeft F
• An Observational Study With the Janssen Autism Knowledge Engine (JAKE®) in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  Frontiers in neuroscience 2019 Ness SL, Bangerter A, Manyakov NV, Lewin D, Boice M, Skalkin A, Jagannatha S, Chatterjee M, Dawson G, Goodwin MS, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Shic F, Frazier JA, Janvier Y, King BH, Miller JS, Smith CJ, …
• Automatic Recognition of Posed Facial Expression of Emotion in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2019 Manfredonia J, Bangerter A, Manyakov NV, Ness S, Lewin D, Skalkin A, Boice M, Goodwin MS, Dawson G, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Shic F, Pandina G
• Considerations from the 2017 IMFAR Preconference on Measuring Meaningful Outcomes from School-Age to Adulthood.
  Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research 2018 Bal VH, Hendren RL, Charman T, Abbeduto L, Kasari C, Klinger LG, Ence W, Glavin T, Lyons G, Rosenberg E
• Visual Exploration in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Exploring Age Differences and Dynamic Features Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis.
  Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research 2018 Manyakov NV, Bangerter A, Chatterjee M, Mason L, Ness S, Lewin D, Skalkin A, Boice M, Goodwin MS, Dawson G, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Shic F, Pandina G
• Identification of urinary metabolites that correlate with clinical improvements in children with autism treated with sulforaphane from broccoli.
  Molecular autism 2018 Bent S, Lawton B, Warren T, Widjaja F, Dang K, Fahey JW, Cornblatt B, Kinchen JM, Delucchi K, Hendren RL
• Recognizing Psychiatric Comorbidity With Reading Disorders.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2018 Hendren RL, Haft SL, Black JM, White NC, Hoeft F
• Abnormal age-related cortical folding and neurite morphology in children with developmental dyslexia.
  NeuroImage. Clinical 2018 Caverzasi E, Mandelli ML, Hoeft F, Watson C, Meyer M, Allen IE, Papinutto N, Wang C, Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott CAM, Marco EJ, Mukherjee P, Miller ZA, Miller BL, Hendren R, Shapiro KA, Gorno-Tempini ML
• Integrating Autism Care through a School-Based Intervention Model: A Pilot Study.
  Journal of clinical medicine 2017 Dang K, Bent S, Lawton B, Warren T, Widjaja F, McDonald MG, Breard M, O'Keefe W, Hendren RL
• JAKE® Multimodal Data Capture System: Insights from an Observational Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  Frontiers in neuroscience 2017 Ness SL, Manyakov NV, Bangerter A, Lewin D, Jagannatha S, Boice M, Skalkin A, Dawson G, Janvier YM, Goodwin MS, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Shic F, Cioccia W, Pandina G
• Correction: Pleiotropic Mechanisms Indicated for Sex Differences in Autism.
  PLoS genetics 2017 Mitra I, Tsang K, Ladd-Acosta C, Croen LA, Aldinger KA, Hendren RL, Traglia M, Lavillaureix A, Zaitlen N, Oldham MC, Levitt P, Nelson S, Amaral DG, Hertz-Picciotto I, Fallin MD, Weiss LA
• Autism Behavior Inventory: A Novel Tool for Assessing Core and Associated Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology 2017 Bangerter A, Ness S, Aman MG, Esbensen AJ, Goodwin MS, Dawson G, Hendren R, Leventhal B, Khan A, Opler M, Harris A, Pandina G
• Open-Label Trial of Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 2017 Bent S, Ailarov A, Dang KT, Widjaja F, Lawton BL, Hendren RL
• Examining Clinics for Children with Autism: The Autism Translating To Treatment Study.
  Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 2017 Bent S, Dang K, Widjaja F, Lawton B, Nazneen N, Hendren RL
• Pleiotropic Mechanisms Indicated for Sex Differences in Autism.
  PLoS genetics 2016 Mitra I, Tsang K, Ladd-Acosta C, Croen LA, Aldinger KA, Hendren RL, Traglia M, Lavillaureix A, Zaitlen N, Oldham MC, Levitt P, Nelson S, Amaral DG, Hertz-Picciotto I, Fallin MD, Weiss LA
• Safety and Efficacy of Memantine in Children with Autism: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study and Open-Label Extension.
  Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology 2016 Aman MG, Findling RL, Hardan AY, Hendren RL, Melmed RD, Kehinde-Nelson O, Hsu HA, Trugman JM, Palmer RH, Graham SM, Gage AT, Perhach JL, Katz E
• Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Methyl B12 for Children with Autism.
  Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology 2016 Hendren RL, James SJ, Widjaja F, Lawton B, Rosenblatt A, Bent S
• Psychopharmacological Management of Problem Behaviors in Mowat-Wilson Syndrome.
  Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology 2015 Besterman AD, Hendren RL
• Complementary and alternative treatments for autism part 1: evidence-supported treatments.
  AMA journal of ethics 2015 Bent S, Hendren RL
• Change in plasma cytokine levels during risperidone treatment in children with autism.
  Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology 2014 Choi JE, Widjaja F, Careaga M, Bent S, Ashwood P, Hendren RL
• A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of sapropterin to treat ADHD symptoms and executive function impairment in children and adults with sapropterin-responsive phenylketonuria.
  Molecular genetics and metabolism 2014 Burton B, Grant M, Feigenbaum A, Singh R, Hendren R, Siriwardena K, Phillips J, Sanchez-Valle A, Waisbren S, Gillis J, Prasad S, Merilainen M, Lang W, Zhang C, Yu S, Stahl S
• White matter morphometric changes uniquely predict children's reading acquisition.
  Psychological science 2014 Myers CA, Vandermosten M, Farris EA, Hancock R, Gimenez P, Black JM, Casto B, Drahos M, Tumber M, Hendren RL, Hulme C, Hoeft F
• Biomarkers in autism.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2014 Goldani AA, Downs SR, Widjaja F, Lawton B, Hendren RL
• Neuroimaging correlates of handwriting quality as children learn to read and write.
  Frontiers in human neuroscience 2014 Gimenez P, Bugescu N, Black JM, Hancock R, Pugh K, Nagamine M, Kutner E, Mazaika P, Hendren R, McCandliss BD, Hoeft F
• Internet-based, randomized, controlled trial of omega-3 fatty acids for hyperactivity in autism.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2014 Bent S, Hendren RL, Zandi T, Law K, Choi JE, Widjaja F, Kalb L, Nestle J, Law P
• Autism traits in the RASopathies.
  Journal of medical genetics 2013 Adviento B, Corbin IL, Widjaja F, Desachy G, Enrique N, Rosser T, Risi S, Marco EJ, Hendren RL, Bearden CE, Rauen KA, Weiss LA
• Considering biomedical/CAM treatments.
  Adolescent medicine: state of the art reviews 2013 Cheng JX, Widjaja F, Choi JE, Hendren RL
• Pharmacotherapy of inattention and ADHD in adolescents.
  Adolescent medicine: state of the art reviews 2013 McBurnett K, Swetye M, Muhr H, Hendren RL
• Preface. Adolescent psychopharmacology update.
  Adolescent medicine: state of the art reviews 2013 Hendren RL, Reeve A
• Resting-state functional connectivity of subgenual anterior cingulate cortex in depressed adolescents.
  Biological psychiatry 2013 Connolly CG, Wu J, Ho TC, Hoeft F, Wolkowitz O, Eisendrath S, Frank G, Hendren R, Max JE, Paulus MP, Tapert SF, Banerjee D, Simmons AN, Yang TT
• Altered cerebral perfusion in executive, affective, and motor networks during adolescent depression.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2013 Ho TC, Wu J, Shin DD, Liu TT, Tapert SF, Yang G, Connolly CG, Frank GK, Max JE, Wolkowitz O, Eisendrath S, Hoeft F, Banerjee D, Hood K, Hendren RL, Paulus MP, Simmons AN, Yang TT
• Autism: biomedical complementary treatment approaches.
  Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America 2013 Hendren RL
• A study on the effectiveness of videoconferencing on teaching parent training skills to parents of children with ADHD.
  Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 2013 Xie Y, Dixon JF, Yee OM, Zhang J, Chen YA, Deangelo S, Yellowlees P, Hendren R, Schweitzer JB
• A review of complementary and alternative treatments for autism spectrum disorders.
  Autism research and treatment 2012 Lofthouse N, Hendren R, Hurt E, Arnold LE, Butter E
• Brief report: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in children with autism spectrum disorder: a clinical trial.
  Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2012 Bent S, Bertoglio K, Ashwood P, Nemeth E, Hendren RL
• Gene expression in blood is associated with risperidone response in children with autism spectrum disorders.
  The pharmacogenomics journal 2011 Lit L, Sharp FR, Bertoglio K, Stamova B, Ander BP, Sossong AD, Hendren RL
• A pilot randomized controlled trial of omega-3 fatty acids for autism spectrum disorder.
  Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2011 Bent S, Bertoglio K, Ashwood P, Bostrom A, Hendren RL
• Improving the prediction of response to therapy in autism.
  Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics 2010 Bent S, Hendren RL
• Shifting the paradigm for autism treatments.
  Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics 2010 Hagerman RJ, Hendren RL
• Pilot study of the effect of methyl B12 treatment on behavioral and biomarker measures in children with autism.
  Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 2010 Bertoglio K, Jill James S, Deprey L, Brule N, Hendren RL
• Attenuated positive symptoms of psychosis in adolescents with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
  Schizophrenia research 2010 Stoddard J, Niendam T, Hendren R, Carter C, Simon TJ
• Mechanistic biomarkers for autism treatment.
  Medical hypotheses 2009 Hendren RL, Bertoglio K, Ashwood P, Sharp F
• Rural child and adolescent telepsychiatry: successes and struggles.
  Pediatric annals 2009 Hilty DM, Yellowlees PM, Sonik P, Derlet M, Hendren RL
• Omega-3 fatty acids for autistic spectrum disorder: a systematic review.
  Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2009 Bent S, Bertoglio K, Hendren RL
• Examining executive functioning in children with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and typical development.
  Psychiatry research 2009 Corbett BA, Constantine LJ, Hendren R, Rocke D, Ozonoff S
• Autism spectrum disorders have increased dramatically in prevalence in recent years. Preface.
  The Psychiatric clinics of North America 2009 McCarthy M, Hendren RL
• New developments in autism.
  The Psychiatric clinics of North America 2009 Bertoglio K, Hendren RL
• Towards a neurodevelopmental model of clinical case formulation.
  The Psychiatric clinics of North America 2009 Solomon M, Hessl D, Chiu S, Olsen E, Hendren RL
• Regarding omega-3 fatty acids in severe autism.
  Archives of medical research 2009 Bent S, Bertoglio K, Hendren RL
• Hats off: journal awards.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2008 Martin A, Hendren RL, Greenhill LL, Bird HR
• Casting a wide net to nurture mentally healthy children.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2008 Hendren RL
• Anterior cingulate volume in pediatric bipolar disorder and autism.
  Journal of affective disorders 2007 Chiu S, Widjaja F, Bates ME, Voelbel GT, Pandina G, Marble J, Blank JA, Day J, Brule N, Hendren RL
• Psychosis: atypical limbic epilepsy versus limbic hyperexcitability with onset at puberty?
  Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 2007 Sharp FR, Hendren RL
• A genetic etiology of pervasive developmental disorder guides treatment.
  The American journal of psychiatry 2007 Solomon M, Hessl D, Chiu S, Hagerman R, Hendren R
• Caudate nucleus volume and cognitive performance: Are they related in childhood psychopathology?
  Biological psychiatry 2006 Voelbel GT, Bates ME, Buckman JF, Pandina G, Hendren RL
• Neurodevelopmental pathways to aggression: a model to understand and target treatment in youth.
  The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2006 Sugden SG, Kile SJ, Hendren RL
• Discussion on integrated pharmacologic treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  Essential psychopharmacology 2005 Hendren RL
• Integrated pharmacologic treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  Essential psychopharmacology 2005 Horst RO, Hendren RL
• Pharmacotherapy of children and adolescents with pervasive developmental disorders.
  Essential psychopharmacology 2004 Hanft A, Hendren RL
• Review of neuroimaging studies of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders from the past 10 years.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2000 Hendren RL, De Backer I, Pandina GJ
• Frontal lobe of children with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic study.
  Biological psychiatry 1998 Brooks WM, Hodde-Vargas J, Vargas LA, Yeo RA, Ford CC, Hendren RL
• Brain abnormalities in schizophrenia-spectrum children: implications for a neurodevelopmental perspective.
  Psychiatry research 1997 Yeo RA, Hodde-Vargas J, Hendren RL, Vargas LA, Brooks WM, Ford CC, Gangestad SW, Hart BL
• A Primer on Adolescent Psychopharmacology.
  Adolescent medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1997 Bailey RA, Hendren RL
• Neuropsychophysiological study of children at risk for schizophrenia: a preliminary report.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1995 Hendren RL, Hodde-Vargas J, Yeo RA, Vargas LA, Brooks WM, Ford C
• Rock music and music videos.
  Pediatric annals 1995 Strasburger VC, Hendren RL
• Adolescent psychotherapy research: a practical review.
  American journal of psychotherapy 1993 Hendren RL
• Ethical perspectives on managed care as it relates to child and adolescent psychiatry.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1992 Geraty RD, Hendren RL, Flaa CJ
• What Pediatricians Should Know About Adolescent Psychiatry.
  Adolescent medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1992 Davis G, Hendren RL
• Brain imaging and neurodevelopmental psychiatry.
  The Western journal of medicine 1991 Hendren RL
• Magnetic resonance imaging of severely disturbed children--a preliminary study.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1991 Hendren RL, Hodde-Vargas JE, Vargas LA, Orrison WW, Dell L
• An autistic boy copes with a terminal illness.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1990 Hendren RL, Taylor WS, Lemke BJ, Lemke PA
• Schizophrenia in a fourteen-year-old boy.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1990 Hendren RL, Sholevar GP, Weinberger DR, Wiener JM
• Predicting success and failure of medical students at risk for dismissal.
  Journal of medical education 1988 Hendren RL
• Model for the group treatment of eating disorders.
  International journal of group psychotherapy 1987 Hendren RL, Atkins DM, Sumner CR, Barber JK
• Eating-disordered symptoms in a nonclinical population: a study of female adolescents in two private schools.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry 1986 Hendren RL, Barber JK, Sigafoos A
• Childhood depression.
  Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1983 Wiener JM, Hendren RL
• Depression in anorexia nervosa.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry 1983 Hendren RL
• Fire-setting by children.
  Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry 1982 Kuhnley EJ, Hendren RL, Quinlan DM