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Overview

Thanos Karatzias is affiliated with Edinburgh Napier University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology. Additional areas of study include social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and health.

The main research topics addressed by Karatzias include:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Karatzias has contributed to several recent papers in the field. Notable publications include:

  • "Psychological characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in Ireland and the United Kingdom" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Anxiety, depression, traumatic stress and COVID-19-related anxiety in the UK general population during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020) published in BJPsych Open
  • "Anxiety and depression in the Republic of Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020) published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
  • "Psychological and pharmacological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: Systematic review and component network meta-analysis" (2020) published in PLoS Medicine
  • "Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Associated Comorbidity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland: A Population-Based Study" (2020) published in Journal of Traumatic Stress

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mark Shevlin
  • Philip Hyland
  • Menachem Ben-Ezra
  • Marylène Cloître
  • Frédérique Vallières

Prominent venues for Karatzias's publications encompass:

  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

In addition to journal articles, Karatzias has a forthcoming book titled Komplexe Traumafolgestörungen, slated for publication in 2025 by Hogrefe Verlag.

Best Publications

  • Psychological characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

    Jamie Murphy;Frédérique Vallières;Richard P. Bentall;Mark Shevlin

  • The International Trauma Questionnaire: development of a self‐report measure of ICD‐11 PTSD and complex PTSD

    Marylene Cloitre;Marylene Cloitre;Mark Shevlin;Chris R. Brewin;Jonathan I. Bisson

  • Anxiety, depression, traumatic stress and COVID-19-related anxiety in the UK general population during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Mark Shevlin;Orla McBride;Jamie Murphy;Jilly Gibson Miller

  • Anxiety and depression in the Republic of Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Philip Hyland;Philip Hyland;Mark Shevlin;Orla McBride;Jamie Murphy

  • Evidence of distinct profiles of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) based on the new ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaire (ICD-TQ)

    Thanos Karatzias;Thanos Karatzias;Mark Shevlin;Claire Fyvie;Philip Hyland

  • Psychological interventions for ICD-11 complex PTSD symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Thanos Karatzias;Philip Murphy;Marylene Cloitre;Jonathan Bisson

  • Psychological and pharmacological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: systematic review and component network meta-analysis

    Peter Coventry;Nick Meader;Hollie Anne Melton;Melanie Temple

  • ICD-11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the United States: A Population-Based Study.

    Marylène Cloitre;Marylène Cloitre;Philip Hyland;Philip Hyland;Jonathan I. Bisson;Chris R. Brewin

  • Validation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire.

    Philip Hyland;Mark Shevlin;Chris R. Brewin;Marylene Cloitre

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) as per ICD-11 proposals: A population study in Israel.

    Menachem Ben-Ezra;Thanos Karatzias;Thanos Karatzias;Philip Hyland;Chris R. Brewin

  • Risk factors and comorbidity of ICD‐11 PTSD and complex PTSD: Findings from a trauma‐exposed population based sample of adults in the United Kingdom

    Thanos Karatzias;Thanos Karatzias;Philip Hyland;Philip Hyland;Aoife Bradley;Marylène Cloitre;Marylène Cloitre

  • An initial psychometric assessment of an ICD-11 based measure of PTSD and Complex PTSD (ICD-TQ): Evidence of construct validity

    Thanos Karatzias;Thanos Karatzias;Mark Shevlin;Claire Fyvie;Philip Hyland

  • PTSD and Complex PTSD: ICD-11 updates on concept and measurement in the UK, USA, Germany and Lithuania.

    Thanos Karatzias;Marylene Cloitre;Andreas Maercker;Evaldas Kazlauskas

  • Examining patterns of adversity in Chinese young adults using the Adverse Childhood Experiences-International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ).

    Grace W.K. Ho;Athena C.Y. Chan;Wai-Tong Chien;Daniel T. Bressington

  • Quality not quantity: loneliness subtypes, psychological trauma, and mental health in the US adult population.

    Philip Hyland;Mark Shevlin;Marylène Cloitre;Thanos Karatzias;Thanos Karatzias

  • Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Associated Comorbidity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland: A Population-Based Study.

    Thanos Karatzias;Thanos Karatzias;Mark Shevlin;Jamie Murphy;Orla McBride

  • War exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder, and complex posttraumatic stress disorder among parents living in Ukraine during the Russian war

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  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in DSM-5 and ICD-11: Clinical and Behavioral Correlates.

    Philip Hyland;Philip Hyland;Mark Shevlin;Claire Fyvie;Thanos Karatzias;Thanos Karatzias

  • A Controlled Comparison of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Psychological Therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing vs. Emotional Freedom Techniques

    Thanos Karatzias;Kevin Power;Keith Brown;Theresa McGoldrick

  • Monitoring the psychological, social, and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the population: Context, design and conduct of the longitudinal COVID-19 psychological research consortium (C19PRC) study.

    Orla McBride;Jamie Murphy;Mark Shevlin;Jilly Gibson-Miller

  • Illness appraisals and self-esteem as correlates of anxiety and affective comorbid disorders in schizophrenia.

    Thanos Karatzias;Andrew Gumley;Kevin Power;Margaret O'Grady

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Hyland
Philip Hyland National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Mark Shevlin
Mark Shevlin University of Ulster
Marylene Cloitre
Marylene Cloitre New York University
Neil P. Roberts
Neil P. Roberts Cardiff University
Menachem Ben-Ezra
Menachem Ben-Ezra Ariel University
Jonathan Ian Bisson
Jonathan Ian Bisson Cardiff University
Kevin Power
Kevin Power University of Stirling
Orla McBride
Orla McBride University of Ulster
Richard P. Bentall
Richard P. Bentall University of Sheffield
Chris R. Brewin
Chris R. Brewin University College London

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