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Steven M. Southwick

Steven M. Southwick

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
123
Citations
61212
World Ranking
3324
National Ranking
1828

Psychology

D-Index
123
Citations
61919
World Ranking
227
National Ranking
144

Steven M. Southwick publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven M. Southwick sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 412 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Steven M. Southwick D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven M. Southwick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Steven M. Southwick is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology as well as related subfields such as General Health Professions, Health, Pharmacology, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Modulation of the antidepressant effects of ketamine by the mTORC1 inhibitor rapamycin," 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Moral distress in frontline healthcare workers in the initial epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: Relationship to PTSD symptoms, burnout, and psychosocial functioning," 2021, Depression and Anxiety
  • "Positron Tomographic Emission Study of Olfactory Induced Emotional Recall in Veterans with and without Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder," 2025, Psychopharmacology Bulletin
  • "PTSD is associated with neuroimmune suppression: evidence from PET imaging and postmortem transcriptomic studies," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Dose-related effects of ketamine for antidepressant-resistant symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans and active duty military: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multi-center clinical trial," 2022, Neuropsychopharmacology

Frequent publication venues for Steven M. Southwick's work include:

  • The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • The American Journal of Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Southwick are:

  • Robert H. Pietrzak
  • John H. Krystal
  • Adriana Feder
  • Dennis S. Charney
  • Jack Tsai

Steven M. Southwick has contributed to academic publishing beyond articles and papers. Notably, they have authored a book titled Resilience, published in 2023 by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Resilience definitions, theory, and challenges: interdisciplinary perspectives

    Steven M. Southwick;George A. Bonanno;Ann S. Masten;Catherine Panter-Brick

  • MRI-based measurement of hippocampal volume in patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

    J. Douglas Bremner;Penny Randall;Tammy M. Scott;Richard A. Bronen

  • The psychobiology of depression and resilience to stress: implications for prevention and treatment.

    Steven M. Southwick;Meena Vythilingam;Dennis S. Charney

  • Substance Use Disorders in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of the Literature

    Leslie K. Jacobsen;Steven M. Southwick;Thomas R. Kosten

  • Social support and resilience to stress: from neurobiology to clinical practice.

    Fatih Ozbay;Douglas C Johnson;Eleni Dimoulas;C A Morgan

  • Prevalence and Axis I comorbidity of full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder in the United States: results from Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

    Robert H. Pietrzak;Risë B. Goldstein;Steven M. Southwick;Bridget F. Grant

  • The science of resilience: implications for the prevention and treatment of depression.

    Steven M. Southwick;Dennis S. Charney

  • Measurement of dissociative states with the clinician-administered dissociative states scale (CADSS)

    J. Douglas Bremner;John H. Krystal;Frank W. Putnam;Steven M. Southwick

  • MRI and PET Study of Deficits in Hippocampal Structure and Function in Women With Childhood Sexual Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    J. Douglas Bremner;Meena Vythilingam;Eric Vermetten;Steven M. Southwick

  • Psychobiologic Mechanisms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Dennis S. Charney;Ariel Y. Deutch;John H. Krystal;Steven M. Southwick

  • Elevated CSF Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Concentrations in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    J. Douglas Bremner;Julio Licinio;Adam Darnell;John H. Krystal

  • Childhood physical abuse and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans

    J D Bremner;S M Southwick;D R Johnson;R Yehuda

  • Neural correlates of exposure to traumatic pictures and sound in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: a positron emission tomography study

    J.Douglas Bremner;Lawrence H Staib;Danny Kaloupek;Danny Kaloupek;Steven M Southwick

  • Neural Correlates of Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    J. D. Bremner;M. Narayan;L. H. Staib;S. M. Southwick

  • Abnormal Noradrenergic Function in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Steven M. Southwick;John H. Krystal;C. Andrew Morgan;David Johnson

  • Chronic PTSD in Vietnam combat veterans: course of illness and substance abuse.

    J D Bremner;S M Southwick;A Darnell;D S Charney

  • Noradrenergic mechanisms in stress and anxiety: I. preclinical studies

    J D Bremner;J H Krystal;S M Southwick;D S Charney

  • Deficits in short-term memory in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Bremner Jd;Scott Tm;Delaney Rc;Southwick Sm

  • Role of norepinephrine in the pathophysiology and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

    Steven M. Southwick;Steven M. Southwick;J.Douglas Bremner;J.Douglas Bremner;Ann M. Rasmusson;Ann M. Rasmusson;Charles A. Morgan;Charles A. Morgan

  • Low urinary cortisol excretion in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Rachel Yehuda;Steven M. Southwick;Gabriel Nussbaum;Victor S. Wahby

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Pietrzak
Robert H. Pietrzak Yale University
John H. Krystal
John H. Krystal Yale University
Dennis S. Charney
Dennis S. Charney Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ilan Harpaz-Rotem
Ilan Harpaz-Rotem Yale University
Jack Tsai
Jack Tsai The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Chadi G. Abdallah
Chadi G. Abdallah Baylor College of Medicine
J. Douglas Bremner
J. Douglas Bremner Emory University
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Natalie Mota
Natalie Mota University of Manitoba

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