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Jan Volavka is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research across the fields of social sciences, medicine, and psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including sociology and political science, clinical psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, health, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on topics related to misinformation, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, schizophrenia research and treatment, psychopathy, forensic psychiatry and sexual offending, healthcare decision-making and restraints, and crime patterns and interventions.

Recent papers by Jan Volavka include:

  • "Dissociation, Cognitive Reflection and Health Literacy Have a Modest Effect on Belief in Conspiracy Theories about COVID-19" (2021) published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Specific Anti-hostility Effects of Atypical Antipsychotics in Persons with Schizophrenia: From Clozapine to Cariprazine" (2021) published in Harvard Review of Psychiatry
  • "Willingness to Vaccinate Against COVID-19: The Role of Health Locus of Control and Conspiracy Theories" (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Efficacy of clozapine versus second-generation antipsychotics in people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis" (2025) published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Deconstructing violence in acutely exacerbating psychotic patients" (2020) published in CNS Spectrums

Jan Volavka has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Jan Vevera (7 collaborative works)
  • Vojtěch Pišl (5 collaborative works)
  • Gabriela Kavalířová (3 collaborative works)
  • Leslie Citrome (3 collaborative works)
  • Edita Chvojková (2 collaborative works)

Publications have appeared in a range of academic venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • CNS Spectrums (2 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1 publication)
  • The Lancet Psychiatry (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Psychology (1 publication)

The main topics that characterize their research can be summarized as:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions

Best Publications

  • The catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism: relations to the tonic-phasic dopamine hypothesis and neuropsychiatric phenotypes.

    Robert M Bilder;Jan Volavka;Jan Volavka;Herbert M Lachman;Anthony A Grace

  • Neurocognitive effects of clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone, and haloperidol in patients with chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder

    Robert M. Bilder;Robert S. Goldman;Jan Volavka;Pal Czobor

  • Changes in Glucose and Cholesterol Levels in Patients With Schizophrenia Treated With Typical or Atypical Antipsychotics

    Jean Pierre Lindenmayer;Pal Czobor;Jan Volavka;Leslie Citrome

  • Clozapine, Olanzapine, Risperidone, and Haloperidol in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder

    Jan Volavka;Pal Czobor;Brian Sheitman;Jean Pierre Lindenmayer

  • Effectiveness of antipsychotic treatments in a nationwide cohort of patients in community care after first hospitalisation due to schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: observational follow-up study.

    Jari Tiihonen;Kristian Wahlbeck;Jouko Lönnqvist;Timo Klaukka

  • Mental disorder and violence: is there a relationship beyond substance use?

    Richard Van Dorn;Jan Volavka;Norman Johnson

  • Neurocognitive correlates of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism in chronic schizophrenia

    Robert M. Bilder;Jan Volavka;Pál Czobor;Anil K. Malhotra

  • Neurobiology of violence

    Jan Volavka

  • Naltrexone: disposition, metabolism, and effects after acute and chronic dosing.

    Karl Verebey;Jan Volavka;Salvatore J. Mule;R. B. Resnick

  • Association between catechol O-methyltransferase genotype and violence in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.

    Herbert M. Lachman;Karen A. Nolan;Pavel Mohr;Takuya Saito

  • Association between low activity serotonin transporter promoter genotype and early onset alcoholism with habitual impulsive violent behavior.

    T. Hallikainen;T. Saito;H. M. Lachman;Jan Volavka

  • Analysis of a functional catechol-O-methyltransferase gene polymorphism in schizophrenia: evidence for association with aggressive and antisocial behavior

    Rael D. Strous;Nigel Bark;Sam S. Parsia;Jan Volavka

  • Effects of Clozapine, Olanzapine, Risperidone, and Haloperidol on Hostility Among Patients With Schizophrenia

    Leslie Citrome;Jan Volavka;Pal Czobor;Brian Sheitman

  • Catechol O-Methyltransferase Val158Met Polymorphism in Schizophrenia: Differential Effects of Val and Met Alleles on Cognitive Stability and Flexibility

    Karen A. Nolan;Robert M. Bilder;Herbert M. Lachman;Jan Volavka

  • Antipsychotic-induced weight gain and therapeutic response: a differential association.

    Pál Czobor;Jan Volavka;Brian Sheitman;Jean Pierre Lindenmayer

  • Frontal white matter microstructure, aggression, and impulsivity in men with schizophrenia: a preliminary study.

    Matthew J Hoptman;Matthew J Hoptman;Jan Volavka;Jan Volavka;Glyn Johnson;Elisabeth Weiss

  • Naloxone increases ACTH and cortisol levels in man.

    Volavka J;Cho D;Mallya A;Bauman J

  • Comparison of antipsychotic medication effects on reducing violence in people with schizophrenia

    Jeffrey W. Swanson;Marvin S. Swartz;Richard A. Van Dorn;Jan Volavka

  • Association Between the Functional Variant of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Gene and Type 1 Alcoholism

    Tiihonen J;Hallikainen T;Lachman H;Saito T

  • The EEG After Alcohol Administration in Men at Risk for Alcoholism

    Vicki E. Pollock;Jan Volavka;Donald W. Goodwin;Sarnoff A. Mednick

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie Citrome
Leslie Citrome New York Medical College
Thomas B. Cooper
Thomas B. Cooper Columbia University
Jeffrey A. Lieberman
Jeffrey A. Lieberman Columbia University
Joseph P. McEvoy
Joseph P. McEvoy Augusta University
Antonio Convit
Antonio Convit New York University
Robert M. Bilder
Robert M. Bilder University of California, Los Angeles
Max Fink
Max Fink Stony Brook University
Matthew J. Hoptman
Matthew J. Hoptman Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Jari Tiihonen
Jari Tiihonen Karolinska Institute
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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