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Olivier Halfon is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research contributions are reflected in publications within the field of psychology.

Their recent scholarly work includes the paper titled "Depression and dependency: Which relationship?", published in 2020 in Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society. This article explores the interrelations between depression and dependency and has been cited in academic literature.

Collaborative research has involved frequent co-authors such as:

  • Monique Bolognini
  • Bernard Plancherel
  • Jacques Laget
  • Maurice Corcos
  • Philippe Jeammet

Publications by Olivier Halfon have appeared notably in:

  • Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society

Best Publications

  • Self-esteem and mental health in early adolescence : Development and gender differences

    Monique Bolognini;Bernard Plancherel;Walter Bettschart;Olivier Halfon

  • Anxiety disorders in subjects seeking treatment for eating disorders: a DSM-IV controlled study.

    Nathalie T. Godart;Martine F. Flament;Florence Curt;Fabienne Perdereau

  • TORC1 is a calcium- and cAMP-sensitive coincidence detector involved in hippocampal long-term synaptic plasticity

    Krisztián A. Kovács;Pascal Steullet;Myriam Steinmann;Kim Q. Do

  • CCAAT/Enhancer-binding Protein Family Members Recruit the Coactivator CREB-binding Protein and Trigger Its Phosphorylation

    Krisztián A. Kovács;Myriam Steinmann;Pierre J. Magistretti;Olivier Halfon

  • Depressive personality dimensions and alexithymia in eating disorders.

    Mario Speranza;Maurice Corcos;Gwenolé Loas;Philippe Stéphan

  • Oxytocin response to an experimental psychosocial challenge in adults exposed to traumatic experiences during childhood or adolescence

    B. Pierrehumbert;R. Torrisi;D. Laufer;O. Halfon

  • Associations between parental and child attachment representations.

    Raphaële Miljkovitch;Blaise Pierrehumbert;Inge Bretherton;Olivier Halfon

  • Mood disorders in eating disorder patients: Prevalence and chronology of ONSET

    N. Godart;N. Godart;L. Radon;F. Curt;J. Duclos

  • Adult attachment representations predict cortisol and oxytocin responses to stress

    Blaise Pierrehumbert;Raffaella Torrisi;François Ansermet;Ayala Borghini

  • Alexithymia, Depressive Experiences, and Dependency in Addictive Disorders

    Mario Speranza;Maurice Corcos;Philippe Stéphan;Gwenolé Loas

  • Disrupting astrocyte-neuron lactate transfer persistently reduces conditioned responses to cocaine.

    Benjamin Boury-Jamot;Anthony Carrard;Jean-Luc Martin;Olivier Halfon

  • The influence of attachment on perceived stress and cortisol response to acute stress in women sexually abused in childhood or adolescence.

    Blaise Pierrehumbert;Raffaella Torrisi;Nathalie Glatz;Nevena Dimitrova

  • Deletion of CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 1 induces pathological aggression, depression-related behaviors, and neuroplasticity genes dysregulation in mice.

    Lionel Breuillaud;Clara Rossetti;Elsa M. Meylan;Christophe Mérinat

  • Mental disorders in offspring of parents with bipolar and major depressive disorders

    Caroline Vandeleur;Stéphane Rothen;Mehdi Gholam-Rezaee;Enrique Castelao

  • Gut microbiome correlates with altered striatal dopamine receptor expression in a model of compulsive alcohol seeking.

    Kshitij S. Jadhav;Veronica L. Peterson;Olivier Halfon;Grace Ahern;Grace Ahern

  • Parent-child agreement and prevalence estimates of diagnoses in childhood: direct interview versus family history method.

    Stéphane Rothen;Caroline L. Vandeleur;Yodok Lustenberger;Yodok Lustenberger;Nicolas Jeanprêtre

  • Les représentations d'attachement du jeune enfant. Développement d'un système de codage pour les histoires à compléter

    Raphaële Miljkovitch;Blaise Pierrehumbert;Athanassia Karmaniola;Olivier Halfon

  • Does the frequency of anxiety and depressive disorders differ between diagnostic subtypes of anorexia nervosa and bulimia

    Nathalie Godart;Nathalie Godart;Sylvie Berthoz;Sylvie Berthoz;Zoé Rein;Zoé Rein;Fabienne Perdereau;Fabienne Perdereau

  • Party drug use in techno nights: A field survey among French-speaking Swiss attendees

    Léonie Chinet;Philippe Stéphan;Frank Zobel;Olivier Halfon

  • The HDAC inhibitor SAHA improves depressive-like behavior of CRTC1-deficient mice: Possible relevance for treatment-resistant depression.

    Elsa M. Meylan;Olivier Halfon;Pierre J. Magistretti;Jean-René Cardinaux

Frequent Co-Authors

Gwenolé Loas
Gwenolé Loas Université Libre de Bruxelles
Catherine Stanton
Catherine Stanton Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Sylvie Berthoz
Sylvie Berthoz Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Kathleen R. Merikangas
Kathleen R. Merikangas National Institutes of Health
Inge Bretherton
Inge Bretherton University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yasser Khazaal
Yasser Khazaal University of Lausanne
Markus Heinrichs
Markus Heinrichs University of Freiburg
Michael H. Herzog
Michael H. Herzog École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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