By Associate Professor Susanne Schweizer

Journal articles

Fritz J; Stretton J; Askelund AD; Schweizer S; Walsh ND; Elzinga BM; Goodyer IM; Wilkinson PO; Van Harmelen AL, 2020, 'Mood and neural responses to social rejection do not seem to be altered in resilient adolescents with a history of adversity', Development and Psychopathology, 32, pp. 411 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419000178

Schweizer S; Gotlib IH; Blakemore SJ, 2020, 'The role of affective control in emotion regulation during adolescence', Emotion (Washington, D.C.), 20, pp. 80 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000695

du Toit SA; Kade SA; Danielson CT; Schweizer S; Han J; Torok M; Wong QJJ, 2020, 'The effect of emotional working memory training on emotional and cognitive outcomes in individuals with elevated social anxiety', Journal of Affective Disorders, 261, pp. 76 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.085

Werner-Seidler A; Huckvale K; Larsen ME; Calear AL; Maston K; Johnston L; Torok M; O'Dea B; Batterham PJ; Schweizer S; Skinner SR; Steinbeck K; Ratcliffe J; Oei JL; Patton G; Wong I; Beames J; Wong QJJ; Lingam R; Boydell K; Salmon AM; Cockayne N; Mackinnon A; Christensen H, 2020, 'A trial protocol for the effectiveness of digital interventions for preventing depression in adolescents: The Future Proofing Study', Trials, 21, pp. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3901-7

Dolcos F; Katsumi Y; Moore M; Berggren N; de Gelder B; Derakshan N; Hamm AO; Koster EHW; Ladouceur CD; Okon-Singer H; Pegna AJ; Richter T; Schweizer S; Van den Stock J; Ventura-Bort C; Weymar M; Dolcos S, 2020, 'Neural correlates of emotion-attention interactions: From perception, learning, and memory to social cognition, individual differences, and training interventions', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, pp. 559 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.08.017

Krause-Utz A-G; Walther J-C; Schweizer S; Lis S; Hampshire A; Schmahl C; Bohus M, 2019, 'Effectiveness of an Emotional Working Memory Training in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Proof-of-Principle Study', Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000504454

Schweizer S; Stretton J; Van Belle J; Price D; Calder AJ; Cam-CAN ; Dalgleish T, 2019, 'Age-related decline in positive emotional reactivity and emotion regulation in a population-derived cohort', Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 14, pp. 623 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsz036

Gómez de la Cuesta G; Schweizer S; Diehle J; Young J; Meiser-Stedman R, 2019, 'The Relationship between Maladaptive Appraisals and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Meta-Analysis', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10, pp. 1620084, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1620084

Askelund AD; Schweizer S; Goodyer IM; van Harmelen AL, 2019, 'Author Correction: Positive memory specificity is associated with reduced vulnerability to depression (Nature Human Behaviour, (2019), 3, 3, (265-273), 10.1038/s41562-018-0504-3)', Nature Human Behaviour, 3, pp. 758, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0633-3

Schweizer S; Satpute AB; Atzil S; Field AP; Hitchcock C; Black M; Barrett LF; Dalgleish T, 2019, 'The impact of affective information on working memory: A pair of meta-analytic reviews of behavioral and neuroimaging evidence', Psychological Bulletin, 145, pp. 566 - 609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bul0000193

Fuhrmann D; Schweizer S; Leung J; Griffin C; Blakemore SJ, 2019, 'The neurocognitive correlates of academic diligence in adolescent girls', Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, pp. 88 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2018.1504762

Asklund DA; Schweizer S; Goodyer IM; van Harmelen A-L, 2019, 'Positive memory specificity is associated with reduced vulnerability to depression', Nature Human Behaviour, 3, pp. 265 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0504-3

Schweizer S; Parker J; Leung JT; Griffin C; Blakemore SJ, 2019, 'Age-related differences in affective control and its association with mental health difficulties', Development and Psychopathology, 32, pp. 329 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419000099

Askelund AD; Schweizer S; Goodyer I; van Harmelen A-L, 2019, 'Positive memory recall reduces cognitive and neuroendocrine vulnerability to depression', PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 100, pp. S47 - S47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.12.163

Schweizer S; Navrady L; Breakwell L; Howard RM; Golden AM; Werner-Seidler A; Dalgleish T, 2018, 'Affective enhancement of working memory is maintained in depression', Emotion, 18, pp. 127 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000306

Schweizer S; Kievit RA; Emery T; Henson RN, 2018, 'Symptoms of depression in a large healthy population cohort are related to subjective memory complaints and memory performance in negative contexts', Psychological Medicine, 48, pp. 104 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717001519

Werner-Seidler A; Hitchcock C; Bevan A; McKinnon A; Gillard J; Dahm T; Chadwick I; Panesar I; Breakwell L; Muller V; Rodrigues E; Rees C; Gromley S; Schweizer S; Watson P; Raes F; Jobson L; Dalgleish T, 2018, 'A cluster randomized controlled platform trial comparing group Memory Specificity Training (MEST) to group psychoeducation and supportive counselling (PSC) in the treatment of recurrent depression.', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 105, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2018.03.004

Schweizer S; Samimi Z; Hasani J; Moradi A; Mirdoraghi F; Khaleghi M, 2017, 'Improving cognitive control in adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 93, pp. 88 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2017.03.017

Gadeikis D; Bos N; Schweizer S; Murphy F; Dunn B, 2017, 'Engaging in an experiential processing mode increases positive emotional response during recall of pleasant autobiographical memories', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 92, pp. 68 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2017.02.005

Dalgleish T; Walsh ND; Mobbs D; Schweizer S; Van Harmelen AL; Dunn B; Dunn V; Goodyer I; Stretton J, 2017, 'Social pain and social gain in the adolescent brain: A common neural circuitry underlying both positive and negative social evaluation', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 42010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42010

Krause-Utz A; Walther J-C; Schweizer S; Lis S; Dalgleish T; Schmahl C; Bohus M, 2017, '404. The Effectiveness of an Emotional Working Memory Training in Borderline Personality Disorder', Biological Psychiatry, 81, pp. S165 - S165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.02.421

Schweizer S, 2016, 'Bringing Emotion (Science) Into the ClinicBringing Emotion (Science) Into the Clinic', PsycCRITIQUES, 6161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0040607

Kuyken W; Warren FC; Taylor RS; Whalley B; Crane C; Bondolfi G; Hayes R; Huijbers M; Ma H; Schweizer S; Segal Z; Speckens A; Teasdale JD; Van Heeringen K; Williams M; Byford S; Byng R; Dalgleish T, 2016, 'Efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in prevention of depressive relapse an individual patient data meta-analysis from randomized trials', JAMA Psychiatry, 73, pp. 565 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0076

Schweizer S; Dalgleish T, 2016, 'The impact of affective contexts on working memory capacity in healthy populations and in individuals with PTSD', Emotion, 16, pp. 16 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000072

Schweizer S; Walsh ND; Stretton J; Dunn VJ; Goodyer IM; Dalgleish T, 2015, 'Enhanced emotion regulation capacity and its neural substrates in those exposed to moderate childhood adversity', Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11, pp. 272 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsv109

Dalgleish T; Goodall B; Chadwick I; Werner-Seidler A; McKinnon A; Morant N; Schweizer S; Panesar I; Humphrey A; Watson P; Lafortune L; Smith P; Meiser-Stedman R, 2015, 'Trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy versus treatment as usual for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young children aged 3 to 8 years: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial', Trials, 16, pp. 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0632-2

Dalgleish T; Bevan A; McKinnon A; Breakwell L; Mueller V; Chadwick I; Schweizer S; Hitchcock C; Watson P; Raes F; Jobson L; Werner-Seidler A, 2014, 'A comparison of MEmory Specificity Training (MEST) to education and support (ES) in the treatment of recurrent depression: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial', Trials, 15, pp. 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-293

Schweizer S; Grahn J; Hampshire A; Mobbs D; Dalgleish T, 2013, 'Training the emotional brain: Improving affective control through emotional working memory training', Journal of Neuroscience, 33, pp. 5301 - 5311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2593-12.2013

Schweizer S, 2013, 'Affective working memory training: Insight from training studies', Psychophysiology, 50, pp. S7 - S7

Feldman Hall O; Dalgleish T; Thompson R; Evans D; Schweizer S; Mobbs D, 2012, 'Differential neural circuitry and self-interest in real vs hypothetical moral decisions', Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7, pp. 743 - 751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nss069

Schweizer S; Hampshire A; Dalgleish T, 2011, 'Extending brain-training to the affective domain: Increasing cognitive and affective executive control through emotional working memory training', Plos One, 6, pp. e24372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024372

Schweizer S; Dalgleish T, 2011, 'Emotional working memory capacity in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)', Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, pp. 498 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2011.05.007

Schweizer S; Peeters F; Huibers M; Roelofs J; Van Os J; Arntz A, 2010, 'Does illness attribution affect treatment assignment in depression?', Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 17, pp. 418 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cpp.662

Aldao A; Nolen-Hoeksema S; Schweizer S, 2010, 'Emotion-regulation strategies across psychopathology: A meta-analytic review', Clinical Psychology Review, 30, pp. 217 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2009.11.004

Winkel FW; Schweizer S; Pemberton A, 2010, 'Victim offender dialogue: An analogue study examining the impact of apology on anger', Acta Criminologica, 23, pp. 1 - 13

Dalgleish T; Yiend J; Schweizer S; Dunn BD, 2009, 'Ironic Effects of Emotion Suppression When Recounting Distressing Memories', Emotion, 9, pp. 744 - 749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0017290

Mobbs D; Yu R; Meyer M; Passamonti L; Seymour B; Calder AJ; Schweizer S; Frith CD; Dalgleish T, 2009, 'A key role for similarity in vicarious reward', Science, 324, pp. 900, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1170539

Conference Papers

Krause-Utz AD; Walther J-C; Schweizer S; Lis S; Schmahl C; Bohus M, 2016, 'Cognitive Control of Disturbing Social Information and Heart Rate Variablility in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized-controlled Trial on the Effects of an Emotional Working Memory Training', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, pp. 415S - 415S, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000432440805166&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Schweizer S; Grahn J; Hampshire A; Mobbs D; Dalgleish T, 2015, 'Emotional Working Memory Training Improves Affective Control', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CANADA, Toronto, pp. 292S - 292S, presented at 70th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry on Stress, Emotion, Neurodevelopment and Psychopathology, CANADA, Toronto, 14 May 2015 - 16 May 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352207502015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Abstracts

Hasan Y; Bryant R; Chandra P; Fairbrother N; Graham B; Holmes N; Moulds M; Reilly N; Schweizer S, 2026, 'Using the Properties of Birth Narratives to Predict Poor Postpartum Mental Health', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NY, New York, Vol. 99, pp. S184 - S185, presented at 81st Annual Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry, NY, New York, 30 April 2026 - 02 May 2026

Preprints

Canessa F; Miranda M; Schweizer S, 2026, Social determinants of perinatal mental health and well-being: A social network analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9490400/v1

Bilston A; Daniels S; Hasan Y; Schweizer S, 2026, Momentary Mood and Affiliation Following Social Interactions in the Digital Age: Longitudinal Study Investigating Associations with Anxiety and Depression (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.94753

Fatimah A; Maston K; Godward J; Brown L; Schweizer S; Werner-Seidler A, 2026, Teens & Screens: A Pilot Study of a Digital Literacy Education Program for Secondary School Students, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6960537

Daniels S; Hasan Y; Schweizer S, 2025, A Single Session Online Training Improves Emerging Adults’ Tolerance of Uncertainty and Mental Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mpura_v1

Schweizer S; Daniels S, 2024, Postpartum Intrusions are Associated with Child and Maternal Mental Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a6zrs

du Toit SA; Schweizer S; Wong QJJ, 2023, Emotional Working Memory Training and Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Reduce Symptoms of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yp6qd

Grunewald K; Deng J; Wertz J; Schweizer S, 2022, The Effect of Online Social Evaluation on Mood and Cognition in Young People, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1962142/v1

Schweizer S; Leung JT; Kievit R; Speekenbrink M; Trender W; Hampshire A; Blakemore SJ, 2019, Protocol for an app-based affective control training for adolescents: Proof-of-principle double-blind randomized controlled trial, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15229.1

Schweizer S; Leung JT; Kievit R; Speekenbrink M; Tender WR; Hampshire A; Blakemore S-J, 2018, Protocol for an App-Based Affective Control Training for Adolescents, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/46mhy

Stretton J; Walsh N; mobbs D; Schweizer S; Van Harmelen A-L; Lombardo M; Goodyer I; Dalgleish T, 2018, How biopsychosocial depressive risk shapes behavioral and neural responses to social evaluation in adolescence., http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z2ryj

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