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7000
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Overview

Martin J. Dorahy is affiliated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple fields within psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on clinical psychology and psychiatry. The scientist has contributed significantly to topics including psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, mental health and psychiatry, emotions and moral behavior, and personality disorders and psychopathology. Other notable areas of work include psychotherapy techniques, identity and memory, as well as cognitive processes related to anxiety, depression, and treatment evaluation.

Their publication record includes papers in a variety of scientific journals. Recent publications encompass:

  • "A meta-analytic review of the relationship between attachment styles and posttraumatic growth," 2021, Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • "Inter-identity amnesia for neutral episodic self-referential and autobiographical memory in Dissociative Identity Disorder: An assessment of recall and recognition," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Effects of baseline psychological symptom severity on dropout from trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis," 2022, Traumatology An International Journal
  • "Maladaptive daydreaming should be included as a dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals: position paper," 2025, The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • "The Dissociation-Related Beliefs About Memory Questionnaire (DBMQ): Development and psychometric properties," 2022, Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy

The scientist's collaborations have been frequent with several co-authors, including Warwick Middleton, Donncha Hanna, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Rafaële J. C. Huntjens, and Jacinta R. Cording. These partnerships underscore a multidisciplinary approach within their research domain.

Martin J. Dorahy's work has appeared predominantly in journals such as:

  • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
  • Clinical Psychology Review
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Traumatology An International Journal
  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy

Their research portfolio reflects extensive engagement with clinical psychological issues, trauma, and dissociation. The scientist's contributions combine empirical studies, meta-analytic reviews, and development of psychometric instruments aimed at advancing understanding of mental health disorders and treatment outcomes.

Overall, the major fields of study for Martin J. Dorahy include psychology with 46 publications and medicine with 18 publications. Within psychology, notable subfields are clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, philosophy, and sociology and political science.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of the Evidence for the Trauma and Fantasy Models of Dissociation

    Constance J. Dalenberg;Bethany L. Brand;David H. Gleaves;Martin J. Dorahy

  • Cumulative Traumas and Psychosis: an Analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey and the British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

    Mark Shevlin;James E. Houston;Martin J. Dorahy;Gary Adamson

  • Minimization of childhood maltreatment is common and consequential: results from a large, multinational sample using the childhood trauma questionnaire

    Kai MacDonald;Michael L. Thomas;Andres F. Sciolla;Beacher Schneider

  • Trauma and psychosis: an analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey.

    Mark Shevlin;Martin J. Dorahy;Gary Adamson

  • Dissociative identity disorder: An empirical overview:

    Martin J Dorahy;Bethany L Brand;Vedat Şar;Christa Krüger

  • Childhood traumas and hallucinations: an analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey.

    Mark Shevlin;Martin J. Dorahy;Gary Adamson

  • Shame and guilt in men exposed to childhood sexual abuse: a qualitative investigation.

    Martin J. Dorahy;Ken Clearwater

  • Auditory Hallucinations in Dissociative Identity Disorder and Schizophrenia With and Without a Childhood Trauma History: Similarities and Differences

    Martin J. Dorahy;Ciarán Shannon;Lenaire Seagar;Mary Corr

  • Psychosis, trauma and dissociation : emerging perspectives on severe psychopathology

    Andrew Moskowitz;Ingo Schäfer;Martin J. Dorahy

  • Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation

    Andrew Moskowitz;Ingo Schfer;Martin J. Dorahy

  • The distribution of positive psychosis-like symptoms in the population: A latent class analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey

    Mark Shevlin;Jamie Murphy;Martin J. Dorahy;Gary Adamson

  • Complex trauma and intimate relationships: The impact of shame, guilt and dissociation

    Martin J. Dorahy;Mary Corry;Maria Shannon;Kevin Webb

  • The Impact of Early Life Trauma on Health and Disease: Clinical perspectives: assessment and treatment of trauma spectrum disorders

    Ruth A. Lanius;Eric Vermetten;Clare Pain

  • Complex PTSD, interpersonal trauma and relational consequences: findings from a treatment-receiving Northern Irish sample.

    Martin J. Dorahy;Mary Corry;Maria Shannon;Anne MacSherry

  • The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 5th edition (DSM-5)

    M. J. Dorahy

  • Anger, aggression, and self-harm in PTSD and complex PTSD.

    Kevin F. W. Dyer;Martin J. Dorahy;Geraldine Hamilton;Mary Corry

  • An Exploratory Analysis of Voice Hearing in Chronic PTSD: Potential Associated Mechanisms

    Caroline Anketell;Martin J. Dorahy;Maria Shannon;Rhonda Elder

  • Reality versus fantasy: Reply to Lynn et al. (2014).

    Constance J Dalenberg;Bethany L Brand;Richard J Loewenstein;David H Gleaves

  • Dissociative identity disorder and memory dysfunction: the current state of experimental research and its future directions.

    Martin J Dorahy

  • Dissociation, shame, complex PTSD, child maltreatment and intimate relationship self-concept in dissociative disorder, chronic PTSD and mixed psychiatric groups

    Martin J. Dorahy;Warwick Middleton;Lenaire Seager;Patrick McGurrin

  • DSM-5's posttraumatic stress disorder with dissociative symptoms: challenges and future directions.

    Martin J. Dorahy;Onno van der Hart

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Alan Lewis
Christopher Alan Lewis University of Warwick
Vedat Sar
Vedat Sar Koç University
Bethany L. Brand
Bethany L. Brand Towson University
Onno van der Hart
Onno van der Hart Utrecht University
Mark Shevlin
Mark Shevlin University of Ulster
Janet D. Carter
Janet D. Carter University of Canterbury
Gary Adamson
Gary Adamson University of Ulster
Harvey J. Irwin
Harvey J. Irwin Macquarie University
Anne P. DePrince
Anne P. DePrince University of Denver
Richard J. Loewenstein
Richard J. Loewenstein University of Maryland, Baltimore

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