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Ilan Harpaz-Rotem

Ilan Harpaz-Rotem

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
42
Citations
6677
World Ranking
4794
National Ranking
2270

Overview

Ilan Harpaz-Rotem is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and medicine, with a notable emphasis on clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research, traumatic brain injury, migration, health and trauma, resilience and mental health, and suicide and self-harm studies.

Their work includes significant exploration of functional brain connectivity and broader mental health research topics. Harpaz-Rotem's publications frequently appear in established academic journals, including Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Psychiatric Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and JAMA Network Open.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Harpaz-Rotem include:

  • Cortical volume abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: an ENIGMA-psychiatric genomics consortium PTSD workgroup mega-analysis, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, 2022, Medical Clinics of North America
  • Network analysis of PTSD and depressive symptoms in 158,139 treatment-seeking veterans with PTSD, 2020, Depression and Anxiety
  • The Reward System and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Does Trauma Affect the Way We Interact With Positive Stimuli?, 2021, Chronic Stress
  • The National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study: A Narrative Review and Future Directions, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Collaborations form an important part of Harpaz-Rotem's scholarly activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Or Duek
  • Robert H. Pietrzak
  • Ifat Levy
  • Tobias R. Spiller
  • John H. Krystal

The main fields of study encompass Psychology with 148 publications and Medicine with 60 publications. Subfields within these include Clinical Psychology with 122 publications, Cognitive Neuroscience with 25, Epidemiology with 21, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology with 16, and General Health Professions with 14 publications.

The central topics covered in their research involve:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Best Publications

  • Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Multisite ENIGMA-PGC Study: Subcortical Volumetry Results From Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Consortia

    Mark W. Logue;Sanne J.H. van Rooij;Emily L. Dennis;Sarah L. Davis

  • The role of coping, resilience, and social support in mediating the relation between PTSD and social functioning in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Jack Tsai;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Robert H. Pietrzak;Steven M. Southwick

  • Treatment retention among children entering a new episode of mental health care.

    Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Douglas Leslie;Robert A. Rosenheck

  • Dimensional structure of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.

    Jack Tsai;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Cherie Armour;Steven M. Southwick

  • Functional significance of a novel 7-factor model of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans study.

    Robert H. Pietrzak;Robert H. Pietrzak;Jack Tsai;Jack Tsai;Cherie Armour;Natalie Mota

  • Serving Those Who Served: Retention of Newly Returning Veterans From Iraq and Afghanistan in Mental Health Treatment

    Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Robert A. Rosenheck

  • Synaptic Loss and the Pathophysiology of PTSD: Implications for Ketamine as a Prototype Novel Therapeutic

    John H. Krystal;Chadi G. Abdallah;Lynette A. Averill;Benjamin Kelmendi

  • Impact of the seeking safety program on clinical outcomes among homeless female veterans with psychiatric disorders.

    Rani A. Desai;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Lisa M. Najavits;Robert A. Rosenheck

  • Correlates of VA mental health treatment utilization among OEF/OIF/OND veterans: resilience, stigma, social support, personality, and beliefs about treatment

    Jason C DeViva;Christina M Sheerin;Steven M Southwick;Alicia M Roy

  • Psychotherapy Utilization and Retention in a National Sample of Veterans With PTSD

    Jennifer M. Doran;Robert H. Pietrzak;Rani Hoff;Ilan Harpaz‐Rotem

  • Support for a novel five-factor model of posttraumatic stress symptoms in three independent samples of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans: a confirmatory factor analytic study.

    Robert H. Pietrzak;Jack Tsai;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Julia M. Whealin

  • Cognitive-behavioral coping strategies associated with combat-related PTSD in treatment-seeking OEF-OIF Veterans.

    Robert H. Pietrzak;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Steven M. Southwick

  • Psychological resilience in U.S. military veterans: A 2-year, nationally representative prospective cohort study

    Kayla Isaacs;Natalie P. Mota;Jack Tsai;Jack Tsai;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem

  • Cortical thickness reduction in combat exposed U.S. veterans with and without PTSD.

    Kristen M. Wrocklage;Lynnette A. Averill;J. Cobb Scott;Christopher L. Averill

  • Neural computations of threat in the aftermath of combat trauma

    Philipp Homan;Ifat Levy;Eric Feltham;Charles Gordon;Charles Gordon

  • The dimensional structure of posttraumatic stress symptomatology in 323,903 U.S. veterans

    Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Jack Tsai;Robert H. Pietrzak;Rani Hoff

  • Mental and Physical Health Conditions in US Combat Veterans: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.

    Melissa M. Thomas;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Jack Tsai;Jack Tsai;Steven M. Southwick;Steven M. Southwick

  • FKBP5 polymorphisms, childhood abuse, and PTSD symptoms: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

    Laura E. Watkins;Laura E. Watkins;Shizhong Han;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Natalie P. Mota

  • Oxytocin and Stress-related Disorders: Neurobiological Mechanisms and Treatment Opportunities:

    Lauren M Sippel;Lauren M Sippel;Casey E Allington;Robert H Pietrzak;Robert H Pietrzak;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Ilan Harpaz-Rotem

  • Cortical volume abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: an ENIGMA-psychiatric genomics consortium PTSD workgroup mega-analysis.

    Xin Wang;Hong Xie;Tian Chen;Andrew S. Cotton

  • Changes in outpatient psychiatric diagnosis in privately insured children and adolescents from 1995 to 2000.

    Ilan Harpaz-Rotem;Robert A. Rosenheck

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Pietrzak
Robert H. Pietrzak Yale University
Steven M. Southwick
Steven M. Southwick Yale University
Jack Tsai
Jack Tsai The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Natalie Mota
Natalie Mota University of Manitoba
Chadi G. Abdallah
Chadi G. Abdallah Baylor College of Medicine
Gina L. Forster
Gina L. Forster University of South Dakota
Christian Schmahl
Christian Schmahl Heidelberg University
Miranda Olff
Miranda Olff University of Amsterdam
Joan M. Cook
Joan M. Cook Yale University
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University

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