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Jonathan Ian Bisson

Jonathan Ian Bisson

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Psychology

D-Index
74
Citations
26195
World Ranking
1849
National Ranking
210

Overview

Jonathan Ian Bisson is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and has an extensive publication record in psychology and medicine, focusing primarily on clinical psychology and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research. Their work covers a range of topics within traumatic stress, resilience, and mental health.

The main fields of study for Jonathan Ian Bisson include:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

The scientist's subfields of study include:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Jonathan Ian Bisson's research addresses several main topics, such as:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jonathan Ian Bisson include:

  • Neil P. Roberts
  • Catrin Lewis
  • Neil J Kitchiner
  • Ian Jones
  • Natalie Simon

They have contributed significantly to several academic venues, with numerous publications in:

  • European journal of psychotraumatology
  • BJPsych Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • BMJ Open

Some notable recent papers include:

  • Stress resilience during the coronavirus pandemic, 2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • The impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on stress resilience and mental health: A critical review across waves, 2021, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Psychological therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, European journal of psychotraumatology
  • Dropout from psychological therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, European journal of psychotraumatology
  • Psychological and pharmacological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: Systematic review and component network meta-analysis, 2020, PLoS Medicine

Jonathan Ian Bisson has also contributed to book publications with Cambridge University Press and Guilford Press, including the titles:

  • Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
  • Effective treatments for PTSD, third edition: practice guidelines from the international society for traumatic stress studies (Guilford Press, 2020)

Best Publications

  • Psychological debriefing for preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

    Suzanna C. Rose;Jonathan Ian Bisson;Rachel Churchill;Simon Wessely

  • Psychological treatment of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

    Jonathan Ian Bisson;Martin Andrew

  • Psychological treatments for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder : Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jonathan Ian Bisson;Anke Ehlers;Rosa Matthews;Stephen Pilling

  • The International Trauma Questionnaire: development of a self‐report measure of ICD‐11 PTSD and complex PTSD

    Marylene Cloitre;Marylene Cloitre;Mark Shevlin;Chris R. Brewin;Jonathan I. Bisson

  • Psychological therapies for chronic post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults

    Jonathan Ian Bisson;Neil Patrick Roberts;Martin Andrew;Rosalind Cooper

  • International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Adam X. Maihofer;Torsten Klengel;Torsten Klengel;Elizabeth G. Atkinson;Elizabeth G. Atkinson

  • Randomised controlled trial of psychological debriefing for victims of acute burn trauma

    Jonathan I. Bisson;Peter L. Jenkins;Julie Alexander;Carol Bannister

  • Largest GWAS of PTSD (N=20 070) yields genetic overlap with schizophrenia and sex differences in heritability

    L. E. Duncan;A. Ratanatharathorn;A. E. Aiello;L. M. Almli

  • Stress resilience during the coronavirus pandemic.

    Christiaan H. Vinkers;Therese van Amelsvoort;Jonathan I. Bisson;Igor Branchi

  • Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid substance use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Neil Patrick Roberts;Neil Patrick Roberts;Pamela A. Roberts;Neil Jones;Jonathan Ian Bisson

  • The impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on stress resilience and mental health: A critical review across waves.

    Mirko Manchia;Anouk W Gathier;Hale Yapici-Eser;Mathias V Schmidt

  • Pharmacotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Mathew Hoskins;Jennifer Pearce;Andrew Bethell;Liliya Dankova

  • Psychological therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Catrin Lewis;Neil P. Roberts;Neil P. Roberts;Martin Andrew;Elise Starling

  • Brief psychological interventions ("debriefing") for trauma-related symptoms and the prevention of post traumatic stress disorder.[update in Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2001;(3):CD000560; PMID: 11686967]. [Review] [9 refs]

    Simon Wessely;S Rose;J Bisson

  • A guide to guidelines for the treatment of PTSD and related conditions

    David Forbes;Mark Creamer;Jonathan Ian Bisson;Judith A. Cohen

  • Evidence of distinct profiles of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) based on the new ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaire (ICD-TQ)

    Thanos Karatzias;Thanos Karatzias;Mark Shevlin;Claire Fyvie;Philip Hyland

  • Psychological interventions for ICD-11 complex PTSD symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Thanos Karatzias;Philip Murphy;Marylene Cloitre;Jonathan Bisson

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): The management of PTSD in adults and children in primary and secondary care

    Jonathan Ian Bisson;Anke Ehlers;Stephen Pilling;Pamela Dix

  • Multiple session early psychological interventions for the prevention of post‐traumatic stress disorder

    Neil Patrick Roberts;Neil James Kitchiner;Justin Kenardy;Jonathan Ian Bisson

  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Multiple-Session Early Interventions Following Traumatic Events

    Neil Patrick Roberts;Neil James Kitchiner;Justin Kenardy;Jonathan Ian Bisson

  • Dropout from psychological therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Catrin Lewis;Neil P. Roberts;Neil P. Roberts;Samuel Gibson;Jonathan I. Bisson

  • Brief measure of posttraumatic stress reactions: Impact of Event Scale-6

    Siri Thoresen;Kristian Tambs;Kristian Tambs;Ajmal Hussain;Trond Heir

  • Handbook of PTSD: science and practice, edited by Matthew J. Friedman, Terence M. Keane, Patricia A. Resick - 592pp, Guildford Press, New York, 2007 [Book review]

    Jonathan Ian Bisson

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil P. Roberts
Neil P. Roberts Cardiff University
Philip Hyland
Philip Hyland National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Marylene Cloitre
Marylene Cloitre New York University
Thanos Karatzias
Thanos Karatzias Edinburgh Napier University
Mark Shevlin
Mark Shevlin University of Ulster
Chris R. Brewin
Chris R. Brewin University College London
Miranda Olff
Miranda Olff University of Amsterdam
David Forbes
David Forbes University of Melbourne
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Marit Sijbrandij
Marit Sijbrandij Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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