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Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine

Publications (189)

Psychiatric Genetics in Clinical Practice: Essential Knowledge for Mental Health Professionals.

Journal: The American journal of psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors: Besterman Aaron D AD Alnor Mohamed A MA Castaño Mauricio M DeLisi Lynn E LE Grice Dorothy E DE Lohoff Falk W FW Middeldorp Christel M CM Müller Daniel J DJ Quattrone Diego D Nurnberger John J

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

Two-Eyed Seeing and other Indigenous perspectives for neuroscience.

Journal: Nature

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors: Illes J J Perreault M L ML Bassil K K Bjaalie J G JG Taylor-Bragge R L RL Chneiweiss H H Gregory T R TR Kumar B N BN Matshabane O P OP Svalastog A L AL

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

Cognitive predictors of mental health trajectories are mediated by inferior frontal and occipital development during adolescence.

Journal: Molecular psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors: Li Qingyang Q Cao Miao M Stein Dan J DJ Sahakian Barbara J BJ Jia Tianye T Langley Christelle C Gu Zixin Z Hou Wenjie W Lu Han H Cao Luolong L

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

Prioritizing infant mental health: a research-driven pathway for action.

Journal: Nature medicine

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Authors & Co-authors: Lachman Anusha A Gerber Berna B Burger Marlette M Ross Fiona F Bornman Juan J Smythe Tracey T

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

Association between a large change between the minimum and maximum monthly values of solar insolation and a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder.

Journal: International journal of bipolar disorders

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Authors & Co-authors: Ritter Philipp P Glenn Tasha T Achtyes Eric D ED Alda Martin M Agaoglu Esen E Altınbaş Kürsat K Andreassen Ole A OA Angelopoulos Elias E Ardau Raffaella R Aydin Memduha M

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

Early biological and psychosocial factors associated with PTSD onset and persistence in youth.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Williams Kimberley C KC Nto Nto J NJ van Vuren Esmé Jansen EJ Sallie Farhanah N FN Molebatsi Keneilwe K Kroneberg Kayla S KS Roomaney Aqeedah A AA Salie Muneeb M Womersley Jacqueline S JS

Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective.

Journal: Comprehensive psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors: Lochner Christine C Kariuki Symon M SM

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

Challenges in addressing youth mental health - Authors' reply.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors: McGorry Patrick D PD Killackey Eóin E Iyer Srividya N SN Dalal Naeem N

Data-Driven Cutoff Selection for the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Depression Screening Tool.

Journal: JAMA network open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Levis Brooke B Bhandari Parash Mani PM Neupane Dipika D Fan Suiqiong S Sun Ying Y He Chen C Wu Yin Y Krishnan Ankur A Negeri Zelalem Z Imran Mahrukh M

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

Exploring psychotic symptoms among substance-naïve individuals and recent abstainers without a psychosis diagnosis: A cross-country study across Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Africa.

Journal: Psychiatry research

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Authors & Co-authors: Kisiang'ani Isaac Babu IB Aden Mohammed M Mwangi Henry R HR Akena Dickens D Alemayehu Melkam M Barasa Julius J Gelaye Bizu B Gichuru Stella S Kariuki Symon M SM Kwobah Edith Kamaru EK

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

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa.

Journal: Comprehensive psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors: Kipkemoi Patricia P Mufford Mary S MS Akena Dickens D Alemayehu Melkam M Atwoli Lukoye L Chibnik Lori B LB Gelaye Bizu B Gichuru Stella S Kariuki Symon M SM Koenen Karestan C KC

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

The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: McGorry Patrick D PD Mei Cristina C Dalal Naeem N Alvarez-Jimenez Mario M Blakemore Sarah-Jayne SJ Browne Vivienne V Dooley Barbara B Hickie Ian B IB Jones Peter B PB McDaid David D

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

Journal: Npj mental health research

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

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

The cumulative impact of trauma, chronic illness, and COVID-19 stress on mental health in a case-control study of adults with psychotic disorders in Ethiopia.

Journal: Comprehensive psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors: Sharma Manasi M Alemayehu Melkam M Girma Engida E Milkias Barkot B Stevenson Anne A Gelaye Bizu B Koenen Karestan C KC Teferra Solomon S

Opportunities to accelerate progress in infant mental health.

Journal: The Lancet. Child & adolescent health

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Authors & Co-authors: Lachman Anusha A Gerber Berna B Bornman Juan J Smythe Tracey T

Opportunities to accelerate progress in infant mental health.

Journal: The Lancet. Child & adolescent health

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Authors & Co-authors: Lachman Anusha A Gerber Berna B Bornman Juan J Smythe Tracey T

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

Reintroduction of Clozapine following Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in a Young Patient with Resistant Schizophrenia.

Journal: Case reports in psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors: Chandad Miriam M Chlihfane Rajae R Kodad Safae S Oneib Bouchra B Elghazouani Fatima F

Posttraumatic stress disorder is characterized by functional dysregulation of dermal fibroblasts.

Journal: Biochimie

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Authors & Co-authors: van de Vyver M M Benecke R M RM van den Heuvel L L Kruger M J MJ Powrie Y Y Seedat S S Smith C C

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

Journal: Nature genetics

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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

First international consensus statement on sports psychiatry.

Journal: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports

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Authors & Co-authors: Claussen Malte Christian MC Currie Alan A Koh Boon Yau Eugene E Nishida Masaki M Martínez Vania V Burger James J Creado Shane S Schorb Alexander A Nicola Roberto Fernandes RF Pattojoshi Amrit A

Equivalency of the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-8 and PHQ-9: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.

Journal: Psychological medicine

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Wu Yin Y Levis Brooke B Riehm Kira E KE Saadat Nazanin N Levis Alexander W AW Azar Marleine M Rice Danielle B DB Boruff Jill J Cuijpers Pim P Gilbody Simon S