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Overview

Alyson K. Zalta is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on Psychology, with a strong emphasis on Clinical Psychology as well as Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Their work also spans General Health Professions, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include Philip Held, Randy A. Boley, Mark H. Pollack, David P. Cenkner, and Dale L. Smith.

Their work has been published in various academic journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • European journal of psychotraumatology
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Recent publications by Alyson K. Zalta include:

  • Examining moderators of the relationship between social support and self-reported PTSD symptoms: A meta-analysis, 2020, Psychological Bulletin
  • Self-reported PTSD symptoms and social support in U.S. military service members and veterans: a meta-analysis, 2021, European journal of psychotraumatology
  • Does COVID-19 count?: Defining Criterion A trauma for diagnosing PTSD during a global crisis, 2021, Depression and Anxiety
  • Maintenance of treatment gains up to 12-months following a three-week cognitive processing therapy-based intensive PTSD treatment programme for veterans, 2020, European journal of psychotraumatology
  • Do morally injurious experiences and index events negatively impact intensive PTSD treatment outcomes among combat veterans?, 2021, European journal of psychotraumatology

Best Publications

  • Rates of post-traumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed children and adolescents: meta-analysis

    Eva Alisic;Alyson K Zalta;Floryt van Wesel;Sadie E Larsen

  • Telomere shortening and mood disorders: preliminary support for a chronic stress model of accelerated aging.

    Naomi M. Simon;Jordan W. Smoller;Kate L. McNamara;Richard S. Maser

  • The prevalence and correlates of psychiatric comorbidity in individuals with complicated grief.

    Naomi M. Simon;Katherine M. Shear;Elizabeth H. Thompson;Alyson K. Zalta

  • Expanding the Science of Resilience: Conserving Resources in the Aid of Adaptation.

    Stevan E. Hobfoll;Natalie R. Stevens;Alyson K. Zalta

  • Change in negative cognitions associated with PTSD predicts symptom reduction in prolonged exposure.

    Alyson K. Zalta;Seth J. Gillihan;Aaron J. Fisher;Jim Mintz

  • The association of comorbid anxiety disorders with suicide attempts and suicidal ideation in outpatients with bipolar disorder.

    Naomi M. Simon;Alyson K. Zalta;Michael W. Otto;Michael J. Ostacher

  • Point prevalence of bulimia nervosa in 1982, 1992, and 2002.

    Pamela K. Keel;Todd F. Heatherton;David J. Dorer;Thomas E. Joiner

  • Olanzapine augmentation of fluoxetine for refractory generalized anxiety disorder: a placebo controlled study.

    Mark H. Pollack;Naomi M. Simon;Alyson K. Zalta;John J. Worthington

  • Examining moderators of the relationship between social support and self-reported PTSD symptoms: A meta-analysis.

    Alyson K. Zalta;Vanessa Tirone;Daria Orlowska;Rebecca K. Blais

  • Evaluating patterns and predictors of symptom change during a three-week intensive outpatient treatment for veterans with PTSD.

    Alyson K. Zalta;Alyson K. Zalta;Philip Held;Dale L. Smith;Brian J. Klassen

  • Peer influence on bulimic symptoms in college students.

    Alyson K. Zalta;Pamela K. Keel

  • Examining military population and trauma type as moderators of treatment outcome for first-line psychotherapies for PTSD: A meta-analysis

    Casey L. Straud;Jedidiah Siev;Stephen Messer;Alyson K. Zalta

  • Understanding the link between anxiety symptoms and suicidal ideation and behaviors in outpatients with bipolar disorder.

    Naomi M. Simon;Mark H. Pollack;Michael J. Ostacher;Alyson K. Zalta

  • Impact of concurrent naturalistic pharmacotherapy on psychotherapy of complicated grief

    Naomi M. Simon;M. Katherine Shear;Andrea Fagiolini;Ellen Frank

  • Understanding Gender Differences in Anxiety: The Mediating Effects of Instrumentality and Mastery.

    Alyson K. Zalta;Dianne L. Chambless

  • Self-reported PTSD symptoms and social support in U.S. military service members and veterans: a meta-analysis

    Rebecca K. Blais;Vanessa Tirone;Daria Orlowska;Ashton Lofgreen

  • Rates of isolated sleep paralysis in outpatients with anxiety disorders.

    Michael W. Otto;Naomi M. Simon;Mark Powers;Devon Hinton

  • Sleep quality predicts treatment outcome in CBT for social anxiety disorder.

    Alyson K. Zalta;Sheila Dowd;David Rosenfield;Jasper A. J. Smits

  • A Mobile Phone-Based Intervention to Improve Mental Health Among Homeless Young Adults: Pilot Feasibility Trial.

    Stephen M Schueller;Angela C Glover;Anne K Rufa;Claire L Dowdle

  • Using Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy to Treat Veterans with Moral Injury-Based PTSD: Two Case Examples

    Philip Held;Brian J. Klassen;Michael B. Brennan;Alyson K. Zalta

  • Next-step strategies for panic disorder refractory to initial pharmacotherapy: a 3-phase randomized clinical trial.

    Naomi M. Simon;Michael W. Otto;John J. Worthington;Elizabeth A. Hoge

Frequent Co-Authors

Naomi M. Simon
Naomi M. Simon New York University
Stephen M. Schueller
Stephen M. Schueller University of California, Irvine
Dianne L. Chambless
Dianne L. Chambless University of Pennsylvania
Stevan E. Hobfoll
Stevan E. Hobfoll Rush University Medical Center
Pamela K. Keel
Pamela K. Keel Florida State University
Elizabeth A. Hoge
Elizabeth A. Hoge Georgetown University
Brian J. Hall
Brian J. Hall New York University Shanghai
Jasper A. J. Smits
Jasper A. J. Smits The University of Texas at Austin
Ellen Frank
Ellen Frank University of Pittsburgh
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania

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