PI Publications

1. 1. Fine, N. B., Helpman, L., Armon, D. B., Gurevitch, G., Sheppes, G., Seligman, Z., Hendler, T. & Bloch, M., (2024). Amygdala-related electroencephalogram neurofeedback as add-on therapy for treatment-resistant childhood sexual abuse posttraumatic stress disorder: feasibility study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 78(1), 19-28.
  2. Fine, N. B., Neuman Fligelman, E., Carlton, N., Bloch, M., Hendler, T., Helpman, L.*, Seligman*, Z. & Armon, D. B.* Integration of limbic self-neuromodulation with psychotherapy for complex post-traumatic stress disorder: treatment rationale and case study (2024). European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 15(1), 2256206.
  3. Helpman, L., Lassri, D., Zsido, R. G., Monk, C. & Dauvermann, M. R., (2023). Editorial: Pathways of risk, resilience, and recovery: impact of stress and trauma on women and girls. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1290535.
  4. Tene, O.*, Bleich Cohen, M.*, Helpman, L., Fine, N., Halevy, A., Goldway, N., Perry, D., Bary, P., Aisenberg Romano, G., Ben-Zion, Z., Hendler, T. & Bloch, M. (2023). Limbic self-neuromodulation as a novel treatment option for emotional dysregulation in premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD); a proof-of-concept study
    Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 77, 10, 550-558 9 p.
  5. Noga Shiffman, N., Gluska, H., Margalit, S., Mayer, Y., Daher, R., Elyasyan, L., Elia, N.,Sharon Weiner, M., Miremberg, H., Kovo, M., Biron-Shental, T., Gabbay-Benziv, R., Helpman, L. (2023). Postpartum Post-traumatic stress symptoms during the COVID-19 period: exposure and fear as mediating factors. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 14(2).
  6. Helpman, L. (2023). On the stress of being a woman: The synergistic contribution of sex as a biological variable and gender as a psychosocial one to risk of stress-related disorders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 150, 105211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105211.
  7. Zilcha-Mano, S., Duek, O., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Zhu, X., Lazarov, A., Helpman, L., Korem, N., Malka, M., Harpaz-Rotem, I., & Neria, Y. (2023). Underlying Hippocampal Mechanism of PTSD Treatment Outcome: Evidence from Two Clinical Trials. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.01.005
  8. Eder-Moreau, E., Zhu, X., Fisch, C. T., Bergman, M., Neria, Y., & Helpman, L. (2022). Neurobiological Alterations in Females With PTSD: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.862476
  9. Bloch, M., Helpman, L., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., & Fried-Zaig, I. (2022). Cognitive processing of emotional information during menstrual phases in women with and without postpartum depression: differential sensitivity to changes in gonadal steroids. Archives of Womens Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-022-01235-7
  10. Gluska, H., Shiffman, N., Mayer, Y., Margalit, S., Daher, R., Elyasyan, L., Weiner, M. S., Miremberg, H., Kovo, M., Biron-Shental, T., Helpman, L., & Gabbay-Benziv, R. (2022). Postpartum Depression in COVID-19 Days: Longitudinal Study of Risk and Protective Factors. Journal of Clinical Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11123488
  11. Zilcha‐Mano, S., Zhu, X., Lazarov, A., Suarez‐Jimenez, B., Helpman, L., Kim, Y., Maitlin, C., Neria, Y., & Rutherford, B. R. (2022). Structural brain features signaling trauma, PTSD, or resilience? A systematic exploration. Depression and Anxiety. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.23275
  12. Gluska, H., Mayer, Y., Shiffman, N., Daher, R., Elyasyan, L., Elia, N., Weiner, M. S., Miremberg, H., Kovo, M., Biron-Shental, T., Helpman, L., & Gabbay-Benziv, R. (2021). The use of personal protective equipment as an independent factor for developing depressive and post-traumatic stress symptoms in the postpartum period. European Psychiatry, 64(1). https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.29
  13. Fine, N. B., Ben-Aharon, N., Armon, D. B., Seligman, Z., Helpman, L., Bloch, M., Hendler, T., & Sheppes, G. (2021). Reduced emotion regulatory selection flexibility in post-traumatic stress disorder: converging performance-based evidence from two PTSD populations. Psychological Medicine, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291721004670
  14. Helpman, L., Zhu, X., Zilcha-Mano, S., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Lazarov, A., Rutherford, B., & Neria, Y. (2021). Reversed patterns of resting state functional connectivity for females vs. males in posttraumatic stress disorder. Neurobiology of Stress, 15, 100389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100389
  15. Mootz, J. J., Stabb, S., Carlson, C., Helpman, L., Onyango Mangen, P., & Wainberg, M. L. (2020). Why place and space matter for intimate partner violence survivors’ mental wellbeing and communities in Northeastern Uganda. Women & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2020.1784366
  16. Shultz, J. M., Verdeli, H., Ceballos, Á. G., Hernandez, L. J., Espinel, Z., Helpman, L., Neria, Y., & Araya, R. (2019). A pilot study of a stepped-care brief intervention to help psychologically-distressed women displaced by conflict in Bogotá, Colombia. Global Mental Health, 6. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2019.26
  17. Wainberg, M. L., Helpman, L., Duarte, C. S., Vermund, S. H., Mootz, J. J., Gouveia, L., Oquendo, M. A., McKinnon, K., & Cournos, F. (2018). Curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders. The Lancet Psychiatry, 5(11), 940–944. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30342-0
  18. Zhu, X., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Lazarov, A., Helpman, L., Papini, S., Lowell, A., Durosky, A., Lindquist, M. A., Markowitz, J. C., Schneier, F., Wager, T. D., & Neria, Y. (2018). Exposure-based therapy changes amygdala and hippocampus resting-state functional connectivity in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 35(10), 974–984.
  19. Blanco, C., Hoertel, N., Wall, M. M., Franco, S., Peyre, H., Neria, Y., Helpman, L., & Limosin, F. (2018). Toward Understanding Sex Differences in the Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.16m11364
  20. Lazarov, A., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Abend, R., Naim, R., Shvil, E., Helpman, L., Zhu, X., Papini, S., Duroski, A., Rom, R., Schneier, F. R., Pine, D. S., Bar-Haim, Y., & Neria, Y. (2018). Bias-contingent attention bias modification and attention control training in treatment of PTSD: a randomized control trial. Psychological Medicine, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291718003367
  21. Wainberg, M. L., Scorza, P., Shultz, J. M., Helpman, L., Mootz, J. J., Johnson, K. A., Neria, Y., Bradford, J. E., Oquendo, M. A., & MR, A. (2017). Challenges and Opportunities in Global Mental Health: a Research-to-Practice Perspective. Current Psychiatry Reports, 19(5). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-017-0780-z
  22. Helpman, L., Penso, J., Zagoory-Sharon, O., Feldman, R., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2017). Endocrine and emotional response to exclusion among women and men; cortisol, salivary alpha amylase, and mood. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 30(3), 253–263.
  23. Lowell, A., Durosky, A., Hilburn, A., Helpman, L., Zhu, X., & Neria, Y. (2017). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following 9/11: In New York After 9/11 (pp. 180–205). Fordham University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv8jp0j2.11
  24. Lowell, A., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Helpman, L., Zhu, X., Durosky, A., Hilburn, A., Schneier, F., Gross, R., & Neria, Y. (2017). 9/11-related PTSD among highly exposed populations: a systematic review 15 years after the attack. Psychological Medicine, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717002033
  25. Rachamim, L., Shalom, J. G., Helpman, L., & Mirochnik, I. (2017). Developmentally Focused Cognitive Case Conceptualization for Toddlers and Preschoolers With Posttraumatic Symptoms Following a Medical Trauma. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 10(4), 330–345. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2017.10.4.330
  26. Zhu, X., Helpman, L., Papini, S., Schneier, F., Markowitz, J. C., Meter, P. E. van, Lindquist, M. A., Wager, T. D., & Neria, Y. (2016). Altered resting state functional connectivity of fear and reward circuitry in comorbid PTSD and major depression. Depression and Anxiety. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22594
  27. Pala, A. N., Steca, P., Bagrodia, R., Helpman, L., Colangeli, V., Viale, P., & Wainberg, M. L. (2016). Subtypes of depressive symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers: An exploratory study on a sample of HIV-positive patients. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 56, 105–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.02.013
  28. Rubin, M., Shvil, E., Papini, S., Chhetry, B. T., Helpman, L., Markowitz, J. C., Mann, J. J., & Neria, Y. (2016). Greater hippocampal volume is associated with PTSD treatment response. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 252, 36–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.05.001
  29. Helpman, L., Papini, S., Chhetry, B. T., Shvil, E., Rubin, M., Sullivan, G. M., Markowitz, J. C., Mann, J. J., & Neria, Y. (2016). PTSD remission after Prolonged Exposure treatmet is associated with rostral anterior cingulate thinning and volume reduction. Depression and Anxiety, 33(5), 384–391. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22471
  30. Helpman, L., Marin, M.-F., Papini, S., Zhu, X., Sullivan, G. M., Schneier, F., Neria, M., Shvil, E., Aragon, M. J. M., Markowitz, J. C., Lindquist, M. A., Wager, T. D., Milad, M. R., & Neria, Y. (2016). Neural changes in extinction recall following prolonged exposure treatment for PTSD: A longitudinal fMRI study. NeuroImage: Clinical, 12, 715–723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.10.007
  31. Rachamim, L., Helpman, L., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., & Yadin, E. (2016). Prolonged Exposure Treatment for Children. In Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (pp. 1331–1347). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08359-9_86
  32. Rachamim, L., Mirochnik, I., Helpman, L., Nacasch, N., & Yadin, E. (2015). Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Toddlers With Traumas Following Medical Procedures. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 22(2), 240–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2014.01.006
  33. Helpman, L., Besser, A., & Neria, Y. (2015). Acute Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms but not Generalized Anxiety Symptoms Are Associated with Severity of Exposure to War Trauma: A Study of Civilians under Fire. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.08.001
  34. Helpman, L., Rachamim, L., Aderka, I. M., Gabai-Daie, A., Schindel-Allon, I., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2014). Posttraumatic Symptom Structure Across Age Groups. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 44(4), 630–639. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2014.883928
  35. Gilboa-Schechtman, E., Shachar, I., & Helpman, L. (2014). Evolutionary Perspective on Social Anxiety. Social Anxiety: Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives: Third Edition, 599–622.
  36. Gilboa-Schechtman, E., Friedman, L., Helpman, L., & Kananov, J. (2013). Self-Evaluations of Social Rank and Affiliation in Social Anxiety: Explicit and Implicit Measures. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 6(3), 208–220. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2013.6.3.208
  37. Rachamim, L., Helpman, L., Foa, E. B., Aderka, I. M., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2011). Validation of the child posttraumatic symptom scale in a sample of treatment-seeking Israeli youth. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24(3), 356–360. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20639