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Overview

Anu Asnaani is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with significant contributions to clinical psychology and experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work also spans social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and epidemiology.

The main topics covered in their research include anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. They have also explored child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, eating disorders and behaviors, posttraumatic stress disorder research, sleep and related disorders, and traumatic brain injury research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Anu Asnaani include Jeremy Tyler, Lily A. Brown, Christina DiChiara, Elizabeth Turk-Karan, and Jesse P. McCann.

Their recent publications include:

  • Anxiety sensitivity and emotion regulation as mechanisms of successful CBT outcome for anxiety-related disorders in a naturalistic treatment setting (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Maximizing remission from cognitive-behavioral therapy in medicated adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (2021, Behaviour Research and Therapy)
  • Maintenance of Wellness in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Who Discontinue Medication After Exposure/Response Prevention Augmentation (2022, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • The Association between Insomnia and Anxiety Symptoms in a Naturalistic Anxiety Treatment Setting (2020, Behavioral Sleep Medicine)
  • Impact of Treatment Setting and Format on Symptom Severity Following Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2022, Behavior Therapy)

The venues in which Anu Asnaani has frequently published include the Journal of Affective Disorders, Behaviour Research and Therapy, JAMA Psychiatry, Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and Behavior Therapy.

Best Publications

  • The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review of Meta-analyses

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Anu Asnaani;Imke J. J. Vonk;Alice T. Sawyer

  • Gender differences in anxiety disorders: prevalence, course of illness, comorbidity and burden of illness.

    Carmen P. McLean;Anu Asnaani;Brett T. Litz;Brett T. Litz;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Emotion dysregulation model of mood and anxiety disorders.

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Alice T. Sawyer;Angela Fang;Anu Asnaani

  • How to handle anxiety: The effects of reappraisal, acceptance, and suppression strategies on anxious arousal

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Sanna Heering;Alice T. Sawyer;Anu Asnaani

  • Culture and the anxiety disorders: recommendations for DSM‐V

    Roberto Lewis-Fernández;Devon E. Hinton;Amaro J. Laria;Elissa H. Patterson

  • Cultural Aspects in Social Anxiety and Social Anxiety Disorder

    Stefan G. Hofmann;M.A. Anu Asnaani;Devon E. Hinton

  • Gender differences in social anxiety disorder: A review.

    Maya Asher;Anu Asnaani;Idan M. Aderka

  • A cross-ethnic comparison of lifetime prevalence rates of anxiety disorders.

    Anu Asnaani;J. Anthony Richey;Ruta Dimaite;Devon E. Hinton

  • Perception of racial discrimination and psychopathology across three U.S. ethnic minority groups.

    Tina Chou;Anu Asnaani;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Psychometrics of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale for DSM-5 for Trauma-Exposed Children and Adolescents.

    Edna B. Foa;Anu Asnaani;Yinyin Zang;Sandra Capaldi

  • A Review of the Role of Negative Cognitions About Oneself, Others, and the World in the Treatment of PTSD

    Lily A. Brown;Gina M. Belli;Anu Asnaani;Edna B. Foa

  • The benefits of being mindful: Trait mindfulness predicts less stress reactivity to suppression

    Jacqueline R. Bullis;Hans Jakob Bøe;Anu Asnaani;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Collaboration in Multicultural Therapy: Establishing a Strong Therapeutic Alliance Across Cultural Lines

    Anu Asnaani;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • The serotonin transporter gene and risk for alcohol dependence: a meta-analytic review.

    R. Kathryn McHugh;Stefan G. Hofmann;Anu Asnaani;Alice T. Sawyer

  • The impact of PTSD symptoms on physical and mental health functioning in returning veterans.

    Anu Asnaani;Anu Asnaani;Madhavi K. Reddy;M. Tracie Shea

  • Cognitive Enhancers for Anxiety Disorders

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Jasper A.J. Smits;Anu Asnaani;Cassidy A. Gutner

  • Recent developments in understanding ethnocultural and race differences in trauma exposure and PTSD

    Anu Asnaani;Brittany Hall-Clark

  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy

    Carmen P. McLean;Anu Asnaani;Edna B. Foa

  • Rejection sensitivity mediates the relationship between social anxiety and body dysmorphic concerns

    Angela Fang;Anu Asnaani;Cassidy Gutner;Courtney Cook

  • HETEROGENEITY OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER : DO THE NUMBER OF CRITERIA MET MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

    Anu Asnaani;Iwona Chelminski;Diane Young;Mark Zimmerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
Stefan G. Hofmann
Stefan G. Hofmann Philipp University of Marburg
Brett T. Litz
Brett T. Litz Boston University
Carmen P. McLean
Carmen P. McLean Stanford University
Alan L. Peterson
Alan L. Peterson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Devon E. Hinton
Devon E. Hinton Harvard University
J. Cobb Scott
J. Cobb Scott University of Pennsylvania
Risa B. Weisberg
Risa B. Weisberg Boston University
Idan M. Aderka
Idan M. Aderka University of Haifa
Mohammed R Milad
Mohammed R Milad The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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