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Overview

Ayelet Meron Ruscio is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, and psychiatry and mental health. Their research encompasses 38 publications primarily related to psychology.

The main topics of Ruscio's work include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ruscio are:

  • Elizabeth Cameron Stade
  • Giovanni de Girolamo
  • Peter de Jonge
  • Oye Gureje
  • Josep María Haro

Ruscio's work has appeared repeatedly in prominent publication venues, notably:

  • Clinical Psychological Science
  • Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • World Psychiatry
  • BMC Psychiatry

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Ruscio include:

  • "A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Worry and Rumination" (2022), published in Clinical Psychological Science
  • "Patterns and correlates of patient-reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys" (2022), published in World Psychiatry
  • "Perceived helpfulness of treatment for generalized anxiety disorder: a World Mental Health Surveys report" (2021), published in BMC Psychiatry
  • "Depression and anxiety have distinct and overlapping language patterns: Results from a clinical interview" (2023), published in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • "Restlessness in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Using Actigraphy to Measure Physiological Reactions to Threat" (2020), published in Behavior Therapy

Best Publications

  • The epidemiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

    A M Ruscio;D J Stein;D J Stein;W T Chiu;R C Kessler

  • The epidemiology of traumatic event exposure worldwide: results from the World Mental Health Survey Consortium.

    C. Benjet;E. Bromet;E. G. Karam;R. C. Kessler

  • Social fears and social phobia in the USA: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

    Ayelet Meron Ruscio;Timothy A. Brown;Wai Tat Chiu;Jitender Sareen

  • A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Cognitive Bias Modification on Anxiety and Depression

    Lauren S. Hallion;Ayelet Meron Ruscio

  • The epidemiology of panic attacks, panic disorder, and agoraphobia in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Wai Tat Chiu;Robert Jin;Ayelet Meron Ruscio

  • Psychometric properties of nine scoring rules for the Clinician-Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale.

    Frank W. Weathers;Ayelet Meron Ruscio;Terence M. Keane

  • A meta-analysis of the relation of intolerance of uncertainty to symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Emily L. Gentes;Ayelet Meron Ruscio

  • Epidemiology of Anxiety Disorders

    Ronald C. Kessler;Ayelet Meron Ruscio;Katherine Shear;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

  • Psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder.

    Thomas D. Borkovec;Ayelet M. Ruscio

  • Cross-sectional comparison of the epidemiology of DSM-5 generalized anxiety disorder across the globe

    Ayelet Meron Ruscio;Lauren S. Hallion;Carmen C.W. Lim;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola

  • Male war-zone veterans' perceived relationships with their children: the importance of emotional numbing.

    Ayelet Meron Ruscio;Frank W. Weathers;Lynda A. King;Lynda A. King;Daniel W. King;Daniel W. King

  • The latent structure of posttraumatic stress disorder: A taxometric investigation of reactions to extreme stress.

    Ayelet Meron Ruscio;John Ruscio;Terence M. Keane

  • Prevalence and correlates of estimated DSM-IV child and adult separation anxiety disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

    Katherine Shear;Robert Jin;Ayelet Meron Ruscio;Ellen E. Walters

  • Introduction to the Taxometric Method: A Practical Guide

    John Ruscio;Nick Haslam;Ayelet Meron Ruscio

  • Risk factors for the incidence and persistence of suicide-related outcomes: a 10-year follow-up study using the National Comorbidity Surveys.

    Guilherme Borges;Jules Angst;Matthew K. Nock;Ayelet Meron Ruscio

  • Dissociation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence from the World Mental Health Surveys

    Dan J. Stein;Karestan C. Koenen;Matthew J. Friedman;Eric D. Hill

  • Generalized worry disorder: a review of DSM-IV generalized anxiety disorder and options for DSM-V.

    Gavin Andrews;Megan J. Hobbs;Thomas D. Borkovec;Katja Beesdo

  • Informing the continuity controversy: a taxometric analysis of depression.

    John Ruscio;Ayelet Meron Ruscio

  • A Taxometric Investigation of the Latent Structure of Worry

    Ayelet Meron Ruscio;T. D. Borkovec;John Ruscio

  • Experience and appraisal of worry among high worriers with and without generalized anxiety disorder.

    Ayelet Meron Ruscio;T.D. Borkovec

  • Lifetime prevalence and age of onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative.

    Ronald C Kessler;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Jordi Alonso;Matthias C Angermeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

John Ruscio
John Ruscio College of New Jersey
Nick Haslam
Nick Haslam University of Melbourne
Katie A. McLaughlin
Katie A. McLaughlin University of Oregon
Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University
Evelyn J. Bromet
Evelyn J. Bromet Stony Brook University
Wai Tat Chiu
Wai Tat Chiu Harvard Medical School
Thomas D. Borkovec
Thomas D. Borkovec Pennsylvania State University
Brendan Bunting
Brendan Bunting University of Ulster
Terence M. Keane
Terence M. Keane Boston University

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