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Ananda B. Amstadter is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Psychology and Medicine, contributing notably within Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, Genetics, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work covers a range of research topics including:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Significant recent publications by Amstadter include:

  • A Systematic Review of the Self-Medication Hypothesis in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Problematic Alcohol Use (2020, Journal of Traumatic Stress)
  • Depression, Anxiety, Resilience, and Coping: The Experience of Pregnant and New Mothers During the First Few Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021, Journal of Women's Health)
  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of PTSD across 10 military and civilian cohorts identifies methylation changes in AHRR (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder (2024, Nature Genetics)
  • Trauma-related drinking to cope: A novel approach to the self-medication model (2020, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)

Amstadter researches frequently appear in these publication venues:

  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
  • Journal of American College Health

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kaitlin E. Bountress
  • Christina M. Sheerin
  • Danielle M. Dick
  • Shannon E. Cusack
  • Adam X. Maihofer

Best Publications

  • Prevalence and correlates of emotional, physical, sexual, and financial abuse and potential neglect in the United States: the National Elder Mistreatment Study.

    Ron E. Acierno;Melba A. Hernández;Ananda B. Amstadter;Heidi S. Resnick

  • International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Adam X. Maihofer;Torsten Klengel;Torsten Klengel;Elizabeth G. Atkinson;Elizabeth G. Atkinson

  • Largest GWAS of PTSD (N=20 070) yields genetic overlap with schizophrenia and sex differences in heritability

    L. E. Duncan;A. Ratanatharathorn;A. E. Aiello;L. M. Almli

  • Emotion regulation and anxiety disorders

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  • Is Reporting of Rape on the Rise? A Comparison of Women With Reported Versus Unreported Rape Experiences in the National Women’s Study-Replication

    Kate B. Wolitzky-Taylor;Heidi S. Resnick;Jenna L. McCauley;Ananda B. Amstadter

  • Internet-based interventions for traumatic stress-related mental health problems: a review and suggestion for future research.

    Ananda B. Amstadter;Joshua Broman-Fulks;Heidi Zinzow;Kenneth J. Ruggiero

  • Offspring psychological and biological correlates of parental posttraumatic stress: review of the literature and research agenda.

    Ellen W. Leen-Feldner;Matthew T. Feldner;Matthew T. Feldner;Ashley Arehart Knapp;Liviu Bunaciu;Liviu Bunaciu

  • A Systematic Review of the Self-Medication Hypothesis in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Problematic Alcohol Use.

    Sage E. Hawn;Shannon E. Cusack;Ananda B. Amstadter

  • Genetic determinants of depression: recent findings and future directions.

    Erin C. Dunn;Ruth C. Brown;Yael Dai;Jonathan Rosand

  • Reporting Rape in a National Sample of College Women

    Kate B. Wolitzky-Taylor;Heidi S. Resnick;Ananda B. Amstadter;Jenna L. McCauley

  • Genetics of post-traumatic stress disorder: review and recommendations for genome-wide association studies.

    Marilyn C. Cornelis;Nicole R. Nugent;Ananda B. Amstadter;Karestan C. Koenen

  • Emotional Reactions During and After Trauma: A Comparison of Trauma Types

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  • Exposure to interpersonal violence and risk for PTSD, depression, delinquency, and binge drinking among adolescents: Data from the NSA-R

    Josh M. Cisler;Angela M. Begle;Ananda B. Amstadter;Heidi S. Resnick

  • Longitudinal pathways of victimization, substance use, and delinquency: Findings from the National Survey of Adolescents.

    Angela M. Begle;Rochelle F. Hanson;Carla Kmett Danielson;Michael R. McCart

  • Primum non nocere: an evolutionary analysis of whether antidepressants do more harm than good.

    Paul William Andrews;J. Anderson Thomson;Ananda Amstadter;Michael C Neale

  • Relations among gender, violence exposure, and mental health: the national survey of adolescents

    Rochelle F. Hanson;Cameo Borntrager;Shannon Self-Brown;Dean G. Kilpatrick

  • Modification of the Association Between Serotonin Transporter Genotype and Risk of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults by County-Level Social Environment

    Karestan C. Koenen;Allison E. Aiello;Erin Bakshis;Ananda B. Amstadter

  • Prevalence and risk of psychiatric disorders as a function of variant rape histories: results from a national survey of women

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Heidi S. Resnick;Jenna L. McCauley;Ananda B. Amstadter

  • Trauma-Related Risk Factors for Substance Abuse Among Male Versus Female Young Adults

    Carla Kmett Danielson;Ananda B. Amstadter;Ruth E. Dangelmaier;Heidi S. Resnick

  • Genetics of PTSD: Fear Conditioning as a Model for Future Research.

    Ananda B. Amstadter;Nicole R. Nugent;Karestan C. Koenen

  • Psychiatric resilience: longitudinal twin study

    Ananda B. Amstadter;John M. Myers;Kenneth S. Kendler

  • The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Workgroup: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Enters the Age of Large-Scale Genomic Collaboration

    Mark W Logue;Ananda B Amstadter;Dewleen G Baker;Laramie Duncan

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Elder Mistreatment in South Carolina: The South Carolina Elder Mistreatment Study:

    Ananda B. Amstadter;Kristyn Zajac;Martha Strachan;Melba A. Hernández

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean G. Kilpatrick
Dean G. Kilpatrick Medical University of South Carolina
Kenneth J. Ruggiero
Kenneth J. Ruggiero Medical University of South Carolina
Ron Acierno
Ron Acierno The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Nicole R. Nugent
Nicole R. Nugent Brown University
Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University
Carla Kmett Danielson
Carla Kmett Danielson Medical University of South Carolina
Heidi S. Resnick
Heidi S. Resnick Medical University of South Carolina
Danielle M. Dick
Danielle M. Dick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University

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