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Peter Roy-Byrne is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has a research focus spanning psychology and medicine. Their scholarly work predominantly engages with clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, as well as social psychology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to mental health, with specific attention to COVID-19 and its impacts, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health research themes, anxiety and depression including treatment and cognitive processes, mental health treatment access, long-term effects of COVID-19, and child abuse and trauma.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by them include:

  • Genomic influences on self-reported childhood maltreatment, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Examining Individual and Synergistic Contributions of PTSD and Genetics to Blood Pressure: A Trans-Ethnic Meta-Analysis, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Prospective relations between anxiety sensitivity and transdiagnostic anxiety following cognitive-behavioral therapy: Evidence from the Coordinated Anxiety Learning Management Trial, 2022, Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Reciprocal and Indirect Effects Among Intervention, Perceived Social Support, and Anxiety Sensitivity Within a Randomized Controlled Trial for Anxiety Disorders, 2023, Behavior Therapy
  • Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers in China, 2020, Journal Watch

Peter Roy-Byrne has repeatedly published in venues such as:

  • Journal Watch
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors, notably:

  • Murray B. Stein
  • Norah C. Feeny
  • Matig Mavissakalian
  • Alex O. Rothbaum
  • Lori A. Zoellner

Throughout their career, Peter Roy-Byrne has focused on applying clinical and experimental approaches to understand psychological disorders, emphasizing anxiety disorders, trauma, and the psychological consequences of public health challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Their publications reflect interdisciplinary methodologies involving genetics, cognitive-behavioral therapy, social support mechanisms, and transdiagnostic factors in mental health.

Best Publications

  • The MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey: reliability, validity, and preliminary findings in schizophrenic outpatients.

    Joan Russo;Carol A. Trujillo;Dane Wingerson;Kathleen Decker

  • Anxiety disorders and comorbid medical illness

    Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Karina W. Davidson;Ronald C. Kessler;Gordon J.G. Asmundson

  • 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

  • Lifetime panic-depression comorbidity in the National Comorbidity Survey.

    Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Paul Stang;Hans Ulrich Wittchen;Bedirhan Ustun

  • Delivery of evidence-based treatment for multiple anxiety disorders in primary care: a randomized controlled trial.

    Peter Roy-Byrne;Michelle G. Craske;Greer Sullivan;Raphael D. Rose

  • Implementation of the CALM intervention for anxiety disorders: a qualitative study.

    Geoffrey M Curran;Greer Sullivan;Peter Mendel;Michelle G Craske

  • Psychedelic Effects of Ketamine in Healthy Volunteers Relationship to Steady-state Plasma Concentrations

    Andrew T. Bowdle;Allen D. Radant;Deborah S. Cowley;Evan D. Kharasch

  • Validation of a Brief Measure of Anxiety-Related Severity and Impairment: The Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS)

    Laura Campbell-Sills;Sonya B. Norman;Sonya B. Norman;Michelle G. Craske;Greer Greer Sullivan;Greer Greer Sullivan

  • Premenstrual syndromes: Overview from a methodologic perspective

    Rubinow Dr;Roy-Byrne P

  • A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Medication for Primary Care Panic Disorder

    Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Michelle G. Craske;Murray B. Stein;Greer Sullivan

  • A Controlled Study of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Medication-Resistant Major Depression

    David H. Avery;Paul E. Holtzheimer;Paul E. Holtzheimer;Walid Fawaz;Walid Fawaz;Joan Russo

  • A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Stepped Collaborative Care for Acutely Injured Trauma Survivors

    Douglas Zatzick;Peter Roy-Byrne;Joan Russo;Frederick Rivara

  • Psychiatric illness and irritable bowel syndrome: a comparison with inflammatory bowel disease.

    Edward A. Walker;Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Wayne J. Katon;Lawrence Li

  • The DSM-IV field trial for mixed anxiety-depression.

    R E Zinbarg;D H Barlow;M Liebowitz;L Street

  • Antidepressant effects of carbamazepine.

    R M Post;T W Uhde;P P Roy-Byrne;R T Joffe

  • Neuroendocrine Abnormalities in Bulimia

    Harry E. Gwirtsman;Peter Roy-Byrne;Joel Yager;Robert H. Gerner

  • Histories of sexual victimization in patients with irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease

    Edward A. Walker;Wayne J. Katon;Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Ron P. Jemelka

  • Changes in plasma hormones across the menstrual cycle in patients with menstrually related mood disorder and in control subjects.

    David R. Rubinow;M.Christine Hoban;D.Scott Galloway

  • Relationships among pain, anxiety, and depression in primary care.

    Adrienne J. Means-Christensen;Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Cathy D. Sherbourne;Michelle G. Craske

  • Irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric illness.

    Edward A. Walker;Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Wayne J. Katon

Frequent Co-Authors

Michelle G. Craske
Michelle G. Craske University of California, Los Angeles
Joan Russo
Joan Russo University of Washington
Cathy D. Sherbourne
Cathy D. Sherbourne RAND Corporation
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Richard K. Ries
Richard K. Ries University of Washington
Wayne Katon
Wayne Katon University of Washington
Robert M. Post
Robert M. Post George Washington University
Denise A. Chavira
Denise A. Chavira University of California, Los Angeles
Laura Campbell-Sills
Laura Campbell-Sills University of California, San Diego
Daniela Golinelli
Daniela Golinelli RAND Corporation

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