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Overview

Hanga Galfalvy is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Their work focuses on several subfields including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, biological psychiatry, social psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.

The main topics Galfalvy investigates encompass areas related to mental health and neuropsychology. These include:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Galfalvy has a substantial number of publications distributed across several well-known academic venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Their recent papers reflect a sustained focus on psychiatric disorders, suicide risk, and assessment methods. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors," 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • "GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors," 2023, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Detecting suicidal thoughts: The power of ecological momentary assessment," 2020, Depression and Anxiety
  • "National Suicide Prevention Lifeline crisis chat interventions: Evaluation of chatters' perceptions of effectiveness," 2021, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • "Highly variable suicidal ideation: a phenotypic marker for stress induced suicide risk," 2020, Molecular Psychiatry

Galfalvy often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • J. John Mann
  • Bárbara Stanley
  • M. Elizabeth Sublette
  • Katalin Szántó
  • Fatemeh Haghighi

Best Publications

  • Prospective Study of Clinical Predictors of Suicidal Acts After a Major Depressive Episode in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder or Bipolar Disorder

    Maria A. Oquendo;Hanga Galfalvy;Stefani Russo;Steven P. Ellis

  • Comparison of the Safety Planning Intervention With Follow-up vs Usual Care of Suicidal Patients Treated in the Emergency Department.

    Barbara Stanley;Barbara Stanley;Gregory K. Brown;Lisa A. Brenner;Lisa A. Brenner;Hanga C. Galfalvy;Hanga C. Galfalvy

  • Ketamine for Rapid Reduction of Suicidal Thoughts in Major Depression: A Midazolam-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial

    Michael F. Grunebaum;Hanga C. Galfalvy;Tse-Hwei Choo;John G. Keilp

  • Sex Differences in Clinical Predictors of Suicidal Acts After Major Depression: A Prospective Study

    Maria A. Oquendo;Mary E. Bongiovi-Garcia;Hanga Galfalvy;Pablo H. Goldberg

  • Plasma Kynurenine Levels are Elevated in Suicide Attempters with Major Depressive Disorder

    M. Elizabeth Sublette;Hanga C. Galfalvy;Dietmar Fuchs;Manana Lapidus

  • Molecular aging in human prefrontal cortex is selective and continuous throughout adult life.

    Loubna Erraji-Benchekroun;Loubna Erraji-Benchekroun;Mark D. Underwood;Mark D. Underwood;Victoria Arango;Victoria Arango;Hanga Galfalvy;Hanga Galfalvy

  • The Relationship of Aggression to Suicidal Behavior in Depressed Patients With a History of Alcoholism

    Leo Sher;Maria A. Oquendo;Hanga C. Galfalvy;Michael F. Grunebaum

  • Treatment of suicide attempters with bipolar disorder: a randomized clinical trial comparing lithium and valproate in the prevention of suicidal behavior.

    Maria A. Oquendo;Hanga C. Galfalvy;Dianne Currier;Michael F. Grunebaum

  • Attachment and social adjustment: relationships to suicide attempt and major depressive episode in a prospective study

    Michael F. Grunebaum;Hanga C. Galfalvy;Lindsey Y. Mortenson;Ainsley K. Burke

  • Moral or religious objections to suicide may protect against suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder

    Kanita Dervic;Juan J. Carballo;Enrique Baca-Garcia;Hanga C. Galfalvy

  • Lower cortisol levels in depressed patients with comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder.

    M A Oquendo;G Echavarria;H C Galfalvy;M F Grunebaum

  • Serotonin receptors and suicide, major depression, alcohol use disorder and reported early life adversity.

    Mark D. Underwood;Suham A. Kassir;Mihran J. Bakalian;Hanga Galfalvy

  • Feasibility, acceptability, and clinical utility of the Cultural Formulation Interview: Mixed-methods results from the DSM-5 international field trial

    Roberto Lewis-Fernández;Neil Krishan Aggarwal;Peter C. Lam;Hanga Galfalvy

  • GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors.

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  • Clinical predictors of suicidal acts after major depression in bipolar disorder: a prospective study

    Hanga Galfalvy;Maria A Oquendo;Juan J Carballo;Leo Sher

  • Religion as a Risk Factor for Suicide Attempt and Suicide Ideation Among Depressed Patients.

    Ryan E. Lawrence;David A. Brent;J. John Mann;Ainsley K. Burke

  • Gene Expression Profiling of Depression and Suicide in Human Prefrontal Cortex

    Etienne Sibille;Etienne Sibille;Victoria Arango;Victoria Arango;Hanga C Galfalvy;Paul Pavlidis

  • Substance use disorders and suicide attempts in bipolar subtypes.

    M. Elizabeth Sublette;Juan J. Carballo;Carmen Moreno;Hanga C. Galfalvy

  • Suicidal ideation and the subjective aspects of depression

    John G. Keilp;Michael F. Grunebaum;Marianne Gorlyn;Simone LeBlanc

  • Neuron density and serotonin receptor binding in prefrontal cortex in suicide.

    Mark D. Underwood;Suham A. Kassir;Mihran J. Bakalian;Hanga Galfalvy

  • Correlates of suicide attempt history in bipolar disorder: a stress-diathesis perspective.

    Michael F Grunebaum;Sarah R Ramsay;Hanga C Galfalvy;Steven P Ellis

  • Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors

    Niamh Mullins;Jooeun Kang;Adrian I Campos;Adrian I Campos;Jonathan R I Coleman;Jonathan R I Coleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria A. Oquendo
Maria A. Oquendo University of Pennsylvania
Barbara Stanley
Barbara Stanley Columbia University
J. John Mann
J. John Mann Columbia University
John G. Keilp
John G. Keilp Columbia University
Leo Sher
Leo Sher Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Gorazd Rosoklija
Gorazd Rosoklija Columbia University
Katalin Szanto
Katalin Szanto University of Pittsburgh
Etienne Sibille
Etienne Sibille University of Toronto
Enrique Baca-García
Enrique Baca-García Autonomous University of Madrid
Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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