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Catherine J. Harmer

Catherine J. Harmer

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Psychology

D-Index
88
Citations
25265
World Ranking
1047
National Ranking
130

Overview

Catherine J. Harmer is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields including Neuroscience, Psychology, and Medicine, with a particular focus on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics related to mental health, with a strong concentration on the treatment of major depression and associated psychological conditions. Major research themes include:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Frequent collaboration has been a characteristic of their research, notably with the following co-authors:

  • Philip J. Cowen
  • Susannah E. Murphy
  • Ellen Leibenluft
  • Anissa Abi-Dargham
  • New York

Publication venues where Catherine J. Harmer has had multiple works featured include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Neuroscience Applied
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist reflect their research interests and multidisciplinary approach. Some notable publications are:

  • "Cognitive neuropsychological theory of antidepressant action: a modern-day approach to depression and its treatment" (2020), Psychopharmacology
  • "The knowns and unknowns of SSRI treatment in young people with depression and anxiety: efficacy, predictors, and mechanisms of action" (2021), The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Multi-omics data integration methods and their applications in psychiatric disorders" (2023), European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Mindfulness Training Changes Brain Dynamics During Depressive Rumination: A Randomized Controlled Trial" (2022), Biological Psychiatry
  • "The clinical effectiveness of using a predictive algorithm to guide antidepressant treatment in primary care (PReDicT): an open-label, randomised controlled trial" (2021), Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • Increased positive versus negative affective perception and memory in healthy volunteers following selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibition.

    Catherine J. Harmer;Nicholas C. Shelley;Philip J. Cowen;Guy M. Goodwin

  • Why do antidepressants take so long to work? A cognitive neuropsychological model of antidepressant drug action

    Catherine J. Harmer;Guy M. Goodwin;Philip J. Cowen

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on psychological treatments research in tomorrow's science

    Emily A Holmes;Ata Ghaderi;Catherine J Harmer;Catherine J Harmer;Paul G Ramchandani

  • Prebiotic intake reduces the waking cortisol response and alters emotional bias in healthy volunteers

    Kristin Schmidt;Philip J. Cowen;Catherine J. Harmer;George Tzortzis

  • Effect of Acute Antidepressant Administration on Negative Affective Bias in Depressed Patients

    Catherine J Harmer;Ursula O'Sullivan;Elisa Favaron;Rachel Massey-Chase

  • How do antidepressants work? New perspectives for refining future treatment approaches

    Catherine J Harmer;Ronald S Duman;Philip J Cowen

  • Antidepressant drug treatment modifies the neural processing of nonconscious threat cues.

    Catherine J. Harmer;Clare E. Mackay;Catriona B. Reid;Philip J. Cowen

  • Acute SSRI administration affects the processing of social cues in healthy volunteers.

    C J Harmer;Z Bhagwagar;D I Perrett;B A Völlm

  • Diminished Neural Processing of Aversive and Rewarding Stimuli During Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Treatment

    Ciara McCabe;Zevic Mishor;Philip J. Cowen;Catherine J. Harmer

  • Meta-analysis of emotion recognition deficits in major depressive disorder.

    Michael N Dalili;Ian S Penton-Voak;Catherine Harmer;Marcus R Munafo

  • Toward a neuropsychological theory of antidepressant drug action: increase in positive emotional bias after potentiation of norepinephrine activity.

    Catherine J. Harmer;Simon A. Hill;Matthew J. Taylor;Philip J. Cowen

  • The modification of attentional bias to emotional information: A review of the techniques, mechanisms, and relevance to emotional disorders.

    Michael Browning;Emily A. Holmes;Catherine J. Harmer

  • Effect of a single dose of citalopram on amygdala response to emotional faces

    Susannah E. Murphy;Raymond Norbury;Ursula D. O'Sullivan;Philip J. Cowen

  • Oxytocin enhances processing of positive versus negative emotional information in healthy male volunteers

    M Di Simplicio;R Massey-Chase;P J Cowen;Catherine J Harmer

  • Neural representation of reward in recovered depressed patients.

    Ciara McCabe;Philip J. Cowen;Catherine J. Harmer

  • Lateral Prefrontal Cortex Mediates the Cognitive Modification of Attentional Bias

    Michael Browning;Emily A. Holmes;Susannah E. Murphy;Guy M. Goodwin

  • Using attentional bias modification as a cognitive vaccine against depression.

    Michael Browning;Emily A. Holmes;Matthew Charles;Philip J. Cowen

  • Serotonin and emotional processing: does it help explain antidepressant drug action?

    Catherine J. Harmer

  • A single dose of citalopram increases fear recognition in healthy subjects.

    M Browning;C Reid;Philip J. Cowen;Guy M Goodwin

  • Increased neural processing of rewarding and aversive food stimuli in recovered anorexia nervosa

    Felicity A. Cowdrey;Rebecca J. Park;Catherine J. Harmer;Ciara McCabe

  • Increased Waking Salivary Cortisol Levels in Young People at Familial Risk of Depression

    Zola N. Mannie;Catherine J. Harmer;F.R.C.Psych. Philip J. Cowen

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy M. Goodwin
Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford
Ray Norbury
Ray Norbury Brunel University London
Kamilla W. Miskowiak
Kamilla W. Miskowiak Copenhagen University Hospital
Marcus R. Munafò
Marcus R. Munafò University of Bath
Lars Vedel Kessing
Lars Vedel Kessing University of Copenhagen
Maj Vinberg
Maj Vinberg University of Copenhagen
Ian S. Penton-Voak
Ian S. Penton-Voak University of Bristol
Nils Inge Landrø
Nils Inge Landrø University of Oslo
Emily A. Holmes
Emily A. Holmes Uppsala University
Robert D. Rogers
Robert D. Rogers Bangor University

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