AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Seedat Soraya S

Publications (203)

Investigating the gut microbiome in schizophrenia cases versus controls: South Africa's version.

Journal: Neurogenetics

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Rust Carlien C Asmal Laila L O'Hare Michaela M Pretorius Etheresia E Emsley Robin R Seedat Soraya S Hemmings Sian S

Neurocognitive difficulties in trauma-exposed adults with metabolic syndrome: no influence of PTSD status or PTSD and metabolic syndrome comorbidity.

Journal: Discover mental health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Suliman Sharain S van den Heuvel Leigh L Bröcker Erine E Seedat Soraya S

Childhood Maltreatment and Somatic Symptoms in Adulthood: Establishing a New Research Pathway.

Journal: Neuropsychobiology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Lüönd Antonia M AM Ayas Görkem G Bachem Rahel R Carranza-Neira Julia J Eberle David J DJ Fares-Otero Natalia E NE Hashim Mohammad M Iqbal Naved N Jenkins Dan D Kamari Songhorabadi Saman S

Screening and detection of perinatal depression by non-physician primary healthcare workers in Nigeria.

Journal: BMC primary care

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Oladeji Bibilola D BD Ayinde Olatunde O OO Bello Toyin T Kola Lola L Zelkowitz Phyllis P Seedat Soraya S Gureje Oye O

The impact of trauma and how to intervene: a narrative review of psychotraumatology over the past 15 years.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Olff Miranda M Hein Irma I Amstadter Ananda B AB Armour Cherie C Skogbrott Birkeland Marianne M Bui Eric E Cloitre Marylene M Ehlers Anke A Ford Julian D JD Greene Talya T

Serious mental health conditions and exposure to adulthood trauma in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

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Authors & Co-authors:  Stevenson Anne A Girma Engida E Kitafuna Benon Kabale BK Harerimana Boniface B Koenen Karestan C KC Seedat Soraya S

The saNeuroGut Initiative: Investigating the Gut Microbiome and Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress.

Journal: Neuroimmunomodulation

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  O'Hare Michaela A MA Swart Patricia C PC Malan-Müller Stefanie S van den Heuvel Leigh L LL Bröcker Erine E Seedat Soraya S Hemmings Sian M J SMJ

Collaborative Outcomes Study on Health and Functioning During Infection Times (COH-FIT): Global and Risk-Group Stratified Course of Well-Being and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Adolescents.

Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors:  Solmi Marco M Thompson Trevor T Cortese Samuele S Estradé Andrés A Agorastos Agorastos A Radua Joaquim J Dragioti Elena E Vancampfort Davy D Thygesen Lau Caspar LC Aschauer Harald H

Epigenome-wide association studies identify novel DNA methylation sites associated with PTSD: a meta-analysis of 23 military and civilian cohorts.

Journal: Genome medicine

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Katrinli Seyma S Wani Agaz H AH Maihofer Adam X AX Ratanatharathorn Andrew A Daskalakis Nikolaos P NP Montalvo-Ortiz Janitza J Núñez-Ríos Diana L DL Zannas Anthony S AS Zhao Xiang X Aiello Allison E AE

The Contribution of Noncommunicable and Infectious Diseases to the Effect of Depression on Mortality: A Longitudinal Causal Mediation Analysis.

Journal: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Didden Christiane C Egger Matthias M Folb Naomi N Maartens Gary G Rohner Eliane E Kassanjee Reshma R Mesa-Vieira Cristina C Kriel Ayesha A Seedat Soraya S Haas Andreas D AD

Predictors of study dropout in cognitive-behavioural therapy with a trauma focus for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: An individual participant data meta-analysis.

Journal: BMJ mental health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Wright Simonne S Karyotaki Eirini E Cuijpers Pim P Bisson Jonathan J Papola Davide D Witteveen Anke B AB Back Sudie E SE Bichescu-Burian Dana D Capezzani Liuva L Cloitre Marylene M

Social support and (complex) posttraumatic stress symptom severity: does gender matter?

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Fares-Otero Natalia E NE Sharp Tamsin H TH Balle Stefanie R SR Quaatz Sarah M SM Vieta Eduard E Åhs Fredrik F Allgaier Antje-Kathrin AK Arévalo Adrián A Bachem Rahel R Belete Habte H

Fathers who experienced childhood maltreatment: aggression and testosterone.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors:  Fares-Otero Natalia E NE Schäfer Ingo I Vieta Eduard E Seedat Soraya S Halligan Sarah L SL

Collaborative outcomes study on health and functioning during infection times (COH-FIT): Insights on modifiable and non-modifiable risk and protective factors for wellbeing and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic from multivariable and network analyses.

Journal: European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Solmi Marco M Thompson Trevor T Cortese Samuele S Estradé Andrés A Agorastos Agorastos A Radua Joaquim J Dragioti Elena E Vancampfort Davy D Thygesen Lau Caspar LC Aschauer Harald H

Global and risk-group stratified well-being and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in adults: Results from the international COH-FIT Study.

Journal: Psychiatry research

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Authors & Co-authors:  Solmi Marco M Thompson Trevor T Estradé Andrés A Agorastos Agorastos A Radua Joaquim J Cortese Samuele S Dragioti Elena E Vancampfort Davy D Thygesen Lau Caspar LC Aschauer Harald H

Mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: An international comparison of gender-related home and work-related responsibilities, and social support.

Journal: Archives of women's mental health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Eugene Dominique D Nöthling Jani J Tarsitani Lorenzo L Palantza Christina C Papola Davide D Barbui Corrado C Bryant Richard R Panter-Brick Catherine C Hall Brian J BJ Lam Agnes Iok Fok AIF

Childhood maltreatment is linked to larger preferred interpersonal distances towards friends and strangers across the globe.

Journal: Translational psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Haim-Nachum Shilat S Sopp Marie R MR Lüönd Antonia M AM Afzal Nimrah N Åhs Fredrik F Allgaier Antje-Kathrin AK Arévalo Adrián A Asongwe Christian C Bachem Rahel R Balle Stefanie R SR

Childhood maltreatment and its associations with trauma-related psychopathology: disentangling two classification approaches.

Journal: Npj mental health research

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Haim-Nachum Shilat S Amsalem Doron D Lazarov Amit A Seedat Soraya S Neria Yuval Y Zhu Xi X

Epigenome-wide association studies identify novel DNA methylation sites associated with PTSD: A meta-analysis of 23 military and civilian cohorts.

Journal: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Katrinli Seyma S Wani Agaz H AH Maihofer Adam X AX Ratanatharathorn Andrew A Daskalakis Nikolaos P NP Montalvo-Ortiz Janitza J Núñez-Ríos Diana L DL Zannas Anthony S AS Zhao Xiang X Aiello Allison E AE

Trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) agonism for psychosis: a living systematic review and meta-analysis of human and non-human data.

Journal: Wellcome open research

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Authors & Co-authors:  Siafis Spyridon S Chiocchia Virginia V Macleod Malcolm R MR Austin Charlotte C Homiar Ava A Tinsdeall Francesca F Friedrich Claire C Ramage Fiona J FJ Kennett Jaycee J Nomura Nobuyuki N

Childhood maltreatment: A call for a standardised definition and applied framework.

Journal: European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Fares-Otero Natalia E NE Seedat Soraya S

Pro-dopaminergic pharmacological interventions for anhedonia in depression: protocol for a living systematic review of human and non-human studies.

Journal: Wellcome open research

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Authors & Co-authors:  Ostinelli Edoardo G EG Chiocchia Virginia V Macleod Malcolm M Browning Michael M Harmer Catherine C Siafis Spyridon S Stansfield Claire C Friedrich Claire C Wright Simonne S Chikaura Tanatswa T

Adaptation and feasibility of WHO PM+ for adolescents living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa: an implementation feasibility study protocol.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Wambua Grace Nduku GN Stein Alan A Seedat Soraya S Sijbrandij Marit M Baisley Kathy K Shahmanesh Maryam M Seeley Janet J Ngwenya Nothando N

Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following exposure to acute psychological trauma in children aged 8-16 years in South Africa: protocol for the Sinethemba longitudinal study.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Sharp Tamsin H TH Chideya Yeukai Y Giuliani Alessandra A Hunt Xanthe X Tomlinson Mark M Seedat Soraya S Creswell Cathy C Fearon Pasco P Hamilton-Giachritsis Catherine C Hiller Rachel R

Mapping the availability of translated versions of posttraumatic stress disorder screening questionnaires for adults: A scoping review.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Hoffman Joel J Ben-Zion Ziv Z Arévalo Adrián A Duek Or O Greene Talya T Hall Brian J BJ Harpaz-Rotem Ilan I Liddell Belinda B Locher Cosima C Morina Naser N

Attitudes of patients and mental health professionals towards hypothetical use of serious games in psychotherapy.

Journal: Health informatics journal

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Spies Georgina G Huss Jessica J Motswage Oscar O Seedat Soraya S Eichenberg Christiane C

Attitudes of patients and mental health professionals towards hypothetical use of serious games in psychotherapy.

Journal: Health informatics journal

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Spies Georgina G Huss Jessica J Motswage Oscar O Seedat Soraya S Eichenberg Christiane C

Relationships between trauma types and psychotic symptoms: A network analysis of patients with psychotic disorders in a large, multi-country study in East Africa.

Journal: Comprehensive psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Stevenson Anne A Misra Supriya S Girma Engida E Isvoranu Adela-Maria AM Akena Dickens D Alemayehu Melkam M Atwoli Lukoye L Gelaye Bizu B Gichuru Stella S Kariuki Symon M SM

A pilot randomised control study to investigate the effect of the South African Adolescence Group Sleep Intervention (SAASI) on adolescent sleep and PTSD.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Rossouw Jaco J Suliman Sharain S Nothling Jani J Lombard Carl C Bröcker Erine E Hewett Maryke M Simmons Candice C Shorter Gillian W GW Seedat Soraya S Milanak Melissa E ME

Influence of childhood trauma and traumatic stress on a woman's risk of having a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Journal: Alcohol, clinical & experimental research

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Authors & Co-authors:  Parker Michelle M May Philip A PA Marais Anna-Susan AS de Vries Marlene M Kalberg Wendy O WO Buckley David D Hasken Julie J Hoyme H Eugene HE Seedat Soraya S

Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Journal: Nature genetics

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Nievergelt Caroline M CM Maihofer Adam X AX Atkinson Elizabeth G EG Chen Chia-Yen CY Choi Karmel W KW Coleman Jonathan R I JRI Daskalakis Nikolaos P NP Duncan Laramie E LE Polimanti Renato R Aaronson Cindy C

Trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) agonists for psychosis: protocol for a living systematic review and meta-analysis of human and non-human studies.

Journal: Wellcome open research

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Siafis Spyridon S McCutcheon Robert R Chiocchia Virginia V Ostinelli Edoardo G EG Wright Simonne S Stansfield Claire C Juma Damian Omari DO Mantas Ioannis I Howes Oliver D OD Rutigliano Grazia G

Perceptions of HIV-related trauma in people living with HIV in Zimbabwe's Friendship Bench Program: A qualitative analysis of counselors' and clients' experiences.

Journal: Transcultural psychiatry

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Verhey Ruth R Chibanda Dixon D Vera Aquila A Manda Ethel E Brakarsh Jonathan J Seedat Soraya S

Potential Resilience to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Common Mental Disorders among Lay Health Workers Working on the Friendship Bench Programme in Zimbabwe.

Journal: Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Verhey Ruth R Brakarsh Jonathan J Gibson Lorna L Shea Susan S Chibanda Dixon D Seedat Soraya S

Violence in the world and in South Africa--what is a doctor to do?

Journal: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Publication Year: 2002

Authors & Co-authors:  Stein Dan J DJ Seedat Soraya S Emsley Robin A RA

What do South African psychiatrists and GPs think, feel and know about evidence-based mental health care?

Journal: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Publication Year: 2003

Authors & Co-authors:  Siegfried Nandi N Swingler George G Seedat Soraya S Muller Martie M Churchill Rachel R Stein Dan J DJ

The South Africa Stress and Health Study: rationale and design.

Journal: Metabolic brain disease

Publication Year: 2004

Authors & Co-authors:  Williams David R DR Herman Allen A Kessler Ronald C RC Sonnega John J Seedat Soraya S Stein Dan J DJ Moomal Hashim H Wilson Colwick M CM

A brain-behaviour initiative for South Africa: the time is right.

Journal: Metabolic brain disease

Publication Year: 2007

Authors & Co-authors:  Stein Dan J DJ Daniels Willie W Emsley Robin R Harvey Brian B Blackburn Jonathan J Carey Paul P Ellis George G Illing Nicola N Flisher Alan A Moolman-Smook Hanlie H

Comparison of pain, cortisol levels, and psychological distress in women undergoing surgical termination of pregnancy under local anaesthesia versus intravenous sedation.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2007

Authors & Co-authors:  Suliman Sharain S Ericksen Todd T Labuschgne Peter P de Wit Renee R Stein Dan J DJ Seedat Soraya S

From research methods to clinical practice in psychiatry: challenges and opportunities in the developing world.

Journal: International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)

Publication Year: 2008

Authors & Co-authors:  Stein Dan J DJ Seedat Soraya S