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Rita Rosner is affiliated with the Catholic University of America in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Psychology, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology. The scientist's work spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Social Psychology.

The main topics covered in Rosner's research include:

  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Psychiatric Care and Mental Health Services

The scientist has published extensively in several journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Trauma und Gewalt
  • Child Abuse & Neglect

Rita Rosner's recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • "Ecological Grief as a Response to Environmental Change: A Mental Health Risk or Functional Response?", 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder", 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "A systematic review and meta-analysis of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents", 2022, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • "The child and Adolescent Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2) - validation of an instrument to measure DSM-5 and ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in children and adolescents", 2022, European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • "ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder Criteria: Turning Challenges Into Opportunities With Multiverse Analyses", 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Throughout their career, Rosner has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Regina Steil
  • Cedric Sachser
  • Hannah Comteße
  • Elisa Pfeiffer
  • Johanna Unterhitzenberger

Best Publications

  • Posttraumatic growth after war: a study with former refugees and displaced people in Sarajevo.

    Steve Powell;Rita Rosner;Willi Butollo;Richard G. Tedeschi

  • CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR COMPLEX PTSD IN ADULTS.

    Ad De Jongh;Ad De Jongh;Patricia A. Resick;Lori A. Zoellner;Agnes van Minnen

  • International development and psychometric properties of the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS)

    Cedric Sachser;Lucy Berliner;Tonje Holt;Tine K. Jensen

  • The weaker sex? Gender and post-traumatic stress disorder

    Maria Gavranidou;Rita Rosner

  • A Meta-Analysis of Interventions for Bereaved Children and Adolescents

    Rita Rosner;Joachim Kruse;Maria Hagl

  • Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Eight German Mental Health Clinics.

    Lutz Goldbeck;Rainer Muche;Cedric Sachser;Dunja Tutus

  • Ecological Grief as a Response to Environmental Change: A Mental Health Risk or Functional Response?

    Hannah Comtesse;Verena Ertl;Sophie M. C. Hengst;Rita Rosner

  • Efficacy of an outpatient treatment for prolonged grief disorder: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

    Rita Rosner;Rita Rosner;Gabriele Pfoh;Michaela Kotoučová;Maria Hagl

  • Posttraumatic Growth in Populations with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder—A Systematic Review on Growth‐Related Psychological Constructs and Biological Variables

    Christine F. Schubert;Christine F. Schubert;Ulrike Schmidt;Rita Rosner

  • Hippocampal function during associative learning in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

    Natalie S. Werner;Thomas Meindl;Rolf R. Engel;Rita Rosner

  • Treatment of complicated grief.

    Rita Rosner;Gabriele Pfoh;Michaela Kotoučová

  • Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder.

    Rita Rosner;Hannah Comtesse;Anna Vogel;Bettina K. Doering

  • Long-term psychological distress of Bosnian war survivors: an 11-year follow-up of former displaced persons, returnees, and stayers

    Hannah Comtesse;Steve Powell;Andrea Soldo;Maria Hagl

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder three years after the siege of Sarajevo.

    Rita Rosner;Steve Powell;Willi Butollo

  • Impact of asylum interviews on the mental health of traumatized asylum seekers

    Katrin Schock;Rita Rosner;Christine Knaevelsrud

  • Impact of new traumatic or stressful life events on pre-existing PTSD in traumatized refugees: results of a longitudinal study

    Katrin Schock;Maria Böttche;Rita Rosner;Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn

  • Mental health and associated stress factors in accompanied and unaccompanied refugee minors resettled in Germany: a cross-sectional study.

    Lauritz Rudolf Floribert Müller;Karl Phillipp Büter;Rita Rosner;Johanna Unterhitzenberger

  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with unaccompanied refugee minors: a case series.

    Johanna Unterhitzenberger;Rima Eberle-Sejari;Miriam Rassenhofer;Thorsten Sukale

  • The child and Adolescent Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2) – validation of an instrument to measure DSM-5 and ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in children and adolescents

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  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents

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  • Developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy for adolescents suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder after childhood sexual or physical abuse: a pilot study.

    Simone Matulis;Patricia A. Resick;Rita Rosner;Regina Steil

  • Traumatische Erfahrungen, aktuelle Lebensbedingungen im Exil und psychische Belastung junger Flüchtlinge

    Maria Gavranidou;Barbara Niemiec;Birgit Magg;Rita Rosner

  • Efficacy of an integrative CBT for prolonged grief disorder: A long-term follow-up

    Rita Rosner;Rita Rosner;Helga Bartl;Gabriele Pfoh;Michaela Kotoučová

Frequent Co-Authors

Regina Steil
Regina Steil Goethe University Frankfurt
Andreas Maercker
Andreas Maercker University of Zurich
Babette Renneberg
Babette Renneberg Freie Universität Berlin
Lutz Goldbeck
Lutz Goldbeck University of Ulm
Paul L. Plener
Paul L. Plener Medical University of Vienna
Christine Knaevelsrud
Christine Knaevelsrud Freie Universität Berlin
Patricia A. Resick
Patricia A. Resick Duke University
Frank Neuner
Frank Neuner Bielefeld University
Markus A. Landolt
Markus A. Landolt University of Zurich
Lucy Berliner
Lucy Berliner University of Washington

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