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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Joseph Zohar is affiliated with Sheba Medical Center in Israel and has an extensive research portfolio in psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their work spans various subfields including clinical psychology, pharmacology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry, and mental health, as well as biological psychiatry.

They have contributed significantly to multiple research topics, which include:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Joseph Zohar's recent publications illustrate a focus on problematic internet use, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and advances in related psychiatric conditions. Some notable papers include:

  • "Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance," 2020, Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • "How to manage obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) under COVID-19: A clinician's guide from the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) and the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Research Network (OCRN) of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology," 2020, Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • "Advances in problematic usage of the internet research - A narrative review by experts from the European network for problematic usage of the internet," 2022, Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • "Clinical advances in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a position statement by the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders," 2020, International Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • "Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response," 2021, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Daniel Souery
  • Alessandro Serretti
  • Stuart Montgomery
  • Chiara Fabbri
  • Julien Mendlewicz

Joseph Zohar's work has been published extensively in several key scientific venues. Notable publication outlets include:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Suicide prevention strategies revisited: 10-year systematic review

    Gil Zalsman;Gil Zalsman;Keith Hawton;Danuta Wasserman;Kees van Heeringen

  • Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance.

    Orsolya Király;Marc N. Potenza;Dan J. Stein;Daniel L. King

  • World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders – First Revision

    Borwin Bandelow;Josef Zohar;Eric Hollander;Siegfried Kasper

  • Clinical factors associated with treatment resistance in major depressive disorder: results from a European multicenter study.

    Daniel Souery;Pierre Oswald;Isabelle Massat;Ursula Bailer

  • Treatment resistant depression: methodological overview and operational criteria.

    D. Souery;J. Amsterdam;C. de Montigny;Y. Lecrubier

  • Serotonergic Responsivity in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Comparison of Patients and Healthy Controls

    Joseph Zohar;Edward A. Mueller;Thomas R. Insel;Rachel C. Zohar-Kadouch

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder: psychobiological approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and pathophysiology

    Joseph Zohar;Thomas R. Insel

  • Treatment non-response in OCD: methodological issues and operational definitions.

    Stefano Pallanti;Eric Hollander;Carol Bienstock;Lorrin Koran

  • Guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive - compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care

    Borwin Bandelow;Leo Sher;Robertas Bunevicius;Eric Hollander

  • Return of symptoms after discontinuation of clomipramine in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Michele T. Pato;Rachel Zohar-Kadouch;Joseph Zohar;Dennis L. Murphy

  • Serotonergic Responsivity in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Effects of Chronic Clomipramine Treatment

    Joseph Zohar;Thomas R. Insel;Rachel C. Zohar-Kadouch;James L. Hill

  • Efficacy and Safety of Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial.

    Lior Carmi;Aron Tendler;Alexander Bystritsky;Eric Hollander

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder: Diagnosis and epidemiology, comorbidity and social consequences, biology and treatment

    Nicoletta Brunello;Jonathan R. T.R. Davidson;Martin Deahl;Ron C.Ron Kessler

  • The role of dopamine in obsessive-compulsive disorder: preclinical and clinical evidence.

    Damiaan Denys;Joseph Zohar;Herman G. M. Westenberg

  • Epidemiology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A World View

    Yehuda Sasson;Joseph Zohar;Miriam Chopra;Michal Lustig

  • High dose hydrocortisone immediately after trauma may alter the trajectory of PTSD: interplay between clinical and animal studies

    Joseph Zohar;Hila Yahalom;Nitsan Kozlovsky;Shlomit Cwikel-Hamzany

  • The neuropeptide Y (NPY)-ergic system is associated with behavioral resilience to stress exposure in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Hagit Cohen;Tianmin Liu;Nitsan Kozlovsky;Zeev Kaplan

  • Manifesto for a European research network into Problematic Usage of the Internet.

    N A Fineberg;N A Fineberg;N A Fineberg;Z Demetrovics;D J Stein;K Ioannidis

  • Blunted HPA axis response to stress influences susceptibility to posttraumatic stress response in rats.

    Hagit Cohen;Joseph Zohar;Yori Gidron;Michael A. Matar

  • Paroxetine versus clomipramine in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD Paroxetine Study Investigators.

    Joseph Zohar;Rajinder Judge

  • The relevance of differential response to trauma in an animal model of posttraumatic stress disorder

    Hagit Cohen;Hagit Cohen;Joseph Zohar;Joseph Zohar;Michael Matar;Michael Matar

Frequent Co-Authors

Siegfried Kasper
Siegfried Kasper Medical University of Vienna
Julien Mendlewicz
Julien Mendlewicz Université Libre de Bruxelles
Alessandro Serretti
Alessandro Serretti Kore University of Enna
Stuart Montgomery
Stuart Montgomery Imperial College London
Michael A. Matar
Michael A. Matar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Raffaella Calati
Raffaella Calati University of Milano-Bicocca
Eric Hollander
Eric Hollander Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Naomi A. Fineberg
Naomi A. Fineberg University of Hertfordshire
Dan J. Stein
Dan J. Stein University of Cape Town
Stefano Pallanti
Stefano Pallanti Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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