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Zafra Cooper is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and specializes in psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields including clinical psychology, applied psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in Cooper's work include eating disorders and behaviors, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, digital mental health interventions, the impact of technology on adolescents, obesity and health practices, mental health treatment and access, and behavioral health and interventions.

Cooper has published extensively in several journals, frequently contributing to the following venues:

  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
  • BioPsychoSocial Medicine
  • Eating Disorders

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Cooper include:

  • "Challenges and opportunities for enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) in light of COVID-19," 2020, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
  • "Posttraumatic stress disorder and eating disorders: maintaining mechanisms and treatment targets," 2021, Eating Disorders
  • "A common elements approach to the development of a modular cognitive behavioral theory for chronic loneliness," 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • "Developing a protocol to address co-occurring mental health conditions in the treatment of eating disorders," 2023, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Cognitive-behavioural therapy for a variety of conditions: an overview of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis," 2021, Health Technology Assessment

Cooper's collaborations include frequent co-authorship with the following researchers:

  • Rebecca Murphy (7 co-authored works)
  • Riccardo Dalle Grave (5 co-authored works)
  • Karen S. Mitchell (5 co-authored works)
  • Roz Shafran (5 co-authored works)
  • Tracey Wade (5 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • Cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders: a "transdiagnostic" theory and treatment.

    Christopher G Fairburn;Zafra Cooper;Roz Shafran

  • The development and validation of the body shape questionnaire

    Peter J. Cooper;Melanie J. Taylor;Zafra Cooper;Christopher G. Fairbum

  • The eating disorder examination: A semi‐structured interview for the assessment of the specific psychopathology of eating disorders

    Zafra Cooper;Christopher Fairburn

  • Clinical perfectionism: a cognitive-behavioural analysis.

    Roz Shafran;Zafra Cooper;Christopher G. Fairburn

  • Residual symptoms after partial remission: an important outcome in depression

    E S Paykel;R Ramana;Z Cooper;H Hayhurst

  • Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Eating Disorders: A Two-Site Trial With 60-Week Follow-Up

    Christopher G. Fairburn;Zafra Cooper;Helen A. Doll;Marianne E. O’Connor

  • Risk factors for anorexia nervosa: three integrated case-control comparisons.

    Christopher G. Fairburn;Zafra Cooper;Helen A. Doll;Sarah L. Welch

  • The Eating Disorder Examination (12th edition).

    Christopher G. Fairburn;Zafra Cooper

  • A cognitive behavioural theory of anorexia nervosa.

    Christopher G Fairburn;Roz Shafran;Zafra Cooper

  • The natural course of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder in young women.

    Christopher G. Fairburn;Zafra Cooper;Helen A. Doll;Patricia Norman

  • The validity of the eating disorder examination and its subscales.

    Zafra Cooper;Peter J. Cooper;Christopher G. Fairburn

  • The measurement of impairment due to eating disorder psychopathology.

    Kristin Bohn;Helen A. Doll;Zafra Cooper;Marianne O'Connor

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders

    Rebecca Murphy;Suzanne Straebler;Zafra Cooper;Christopher G. Fairburn

  • Weight maintenance and relapse in obesity: A qualitative study

    S Byrne;Z Cooper;C Fairburn

  • A new cognitive behavioural approach to the treatment of obesity.

    Zafra Cooper;Christopher G Fairburn

  • Therapist competence, therapy quality, and therapist training.

    Christopher G. Fairburn;Zafra Cooper

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obesity: A Clinician's Guide

    Zafra Cooper;Christopher G. Fairburn;Deborah M. Hawker

  • The severity and status of eating disorder NOS: Implications for DSM-V

    Christopher G. Fairburn;Zafra Cooper;Kristin Bohn;Marianne E. O’Connor

  • Eating Disorder Examination

    Zafra Cooper;Christopher Fairburn

  • Remission and relapse in major depression: a two-year prospective follow-up study

    R Ramana;E S Paykel;Z Cooper;H Hayhurst

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher G. Fairburn
Christopher G. Fairburn University of Oxford
Roz Shafran
Roz Shafran University College London
Peter J. Cooper
Peter J. Cooper University of Reading
Riccardo Dalle Grave
Riccardo Dalle Grave University of Verona
Carlos M. Grilo
Carlos M. Grilo Yale University
Steven D. Hollon
Steven D. Hollon Vanderbilt University
Simona Calugi
Simona Calugi University of Bologna
Jon Arcelus
Jon Arcelus University of Nottingham
John A. Naslund
John A. Naslund Harvard University
Paul Stallard
Paul Stallard University of Bath

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