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Carol S. North is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with significant contributions in clinical psychology, emergency medical services, general health professions, social psychology, and sociology and political science. The major topics of their work address posttraumatic stress disorder research, disaster response and management, resilience and mental health, migration, health and trauma, suicide and self-harm studies, COVID-19 and mental health, and mental health treatment and access.

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to prominent venues such as Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, Traumatology An International Journal, and the International Journal of Mental Health Promotion.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Carol S. North include:

  • "Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Universal Pediatric Suicide Risk Screening in a Health Care System: 90,000 Patient Encounters," 2021, Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
  • "A Nosological Exploration of PTSD and Trauma in Disaster Mental Health and Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2021, Behavioral Sciences
  • "Psychological distress and alcohol use disorder during the COVID-19 era among middle- and low-income U.S. adults," 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Relationship between novel inflammatory biomarker galectin-3 and depression symptom severity in a large community-based sample," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

Carol S. North has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including David E. Pollio, E. Whitney Pollio, Alina Surís, Josh M. Raitt, and Katy McDonald.

Best Publications

  • Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic.

    Betty Pfefferbaum;Carol S. North

  • Psychiatric disorders among survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing.

    Carol S. North;Sara Jo Nixon;Sheryll Shariat;Sue Mallonee

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder: A state-of-the-science review

    Charles B. Nemeroff;J. Douglas Bremner;Edna B. Foa;Helen S. Mayberg

  • Mental Health Response to Community Disasters: A Systematic Review

    Carol S North;Betty Pfefferbaum

  • Psychiatric Disorders in Rescue Workers After the Oklahoma City Bombing

    Carol S. North;Laura Tivis;J. Curtis McMillen;Betty Pfefferbaum

  • Coping, functioning, and adjustment of rescue workers after the Oklahoma City bombing

    Carol S. North;Laura Tivis;J. Curtis McMillen;Betty Pfefferbaum

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the DSM-5: Controversy, Change, and Conceptual Considerations

    Anushka Pai;Alina M. Suris;Carol S. North

  • What parts of PTSD are normal: intrusion, avoidance, or arousal? Data from the Northridge, California, earthquake.

    J. Curtis McMillen;Carol S. North;Elizabeth M. Smith

  • A randomized clinical trial of cognitive processing therapy for veterans with PTSD related to military sexual trauma

    Alina M Suris;Jessica Link-Malcolm;Kathleen Chard;Kathleen Chard;Chul Ahn

  • The course of PTSD, major depression, substance abuse, and somatization after a natural disaster.

    Carol S. North;Aya Kawasaki;Edward L. Spitznagel;Barry A. Hong

  • Research on the mental health effects of terrorism.

    Carol S. North;Betty Pfefferbaum

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in survivors of a mass shooting.

    Carol S. North;Elizabeth M. Smith;Edward L. Spitznagel

  • Acute postdisaster psychiatric disorders: identification of persons at risk.

    Elizabeth M. Smith;Carol S North;Robert E. McCool;James M. Shea

  • Are rates of psychiatric disorders in the homeless population changing

    Carol S. North;Karin M. Eyrich;David E. Pollio;Edward L. Spitznagel

  • Do life events or depression exacerbate inflammatory bowel disease? A prospective study.

    Carol S. North;David H. Alpers;John E. Helzer;Edward L. Spitznagel

  • One-Year Follow-Up of Survivors of a Mass Shooting

    Carol S. North;Elizabeth M. Smith;Edward L. Spitznagel

  • Toward validation of the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder.

    M.P.E. Carol S. North;Alina M. Suris;Miriam Davis;Rebecca P. Smith

  • A comparison of homeless men and women: different populations, different needs.

    Carol S. North;Elizabeth M. Smith

  • The Relation of Ulcerative Colitis to Psychiatric Factors: A Review of Findings and Methods

    Carol S. North;Ray E. Clouse;Edward L. Spitznagel;David H. Alpers

  • Postdisaster Course of Alcohol Use Disorders in Systematically Studied Survivors of 10 Disasters

    Carol S. North;Christopher L. Ringwalt;Dana Downs;Jim Derzon

  • Examining a Comprehensive Model of Disaster-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Systematically Studied Survivors of 10 Disasters

    Carol S. North;Julianne Oliver;Anand Pandya

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack Tsai
Jack Tsai The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Leonard A. Jason
Leonard A. Jason DePaul University
Melissa Jonson-Reid
Melissa Jonson-Reid Washington University in St. Louis
Joseph R. Ferrari
Joseph R. Ferrari DePaul University
Sara Jo Nixon
Sara Jo Nixon University of Florida
C. Robert Cloninger
C. Robert Cloninger Washington University in St. Louis
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen M. Chard
Kathleen M. Chard University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Helen S. Mayberg
Helen S. Mayberg Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Linda B. Cottler
Linda B. Cottler University of Florida

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