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2024, 'Scalable Technology for Adolescents and Youth to Reduce Stress in the Treatment of Common Mental Disorders in Jordan: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.', JMIR Res Protoc, 13, pp. e54585, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/54585
,2024, 'A pilot study of the role of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism in response to exercise-augmented exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107106
,2024, 'Cognitive Behavior Therapy vs Mindfulness in Treatment of Prolonged Grief Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA Psychiatry, 81, pp. 646 - 654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.0432
,2024, 'A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Predictors of Response to Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder', Psychological Bulletin, 150, pp. 767 - 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bul0000438
,2024, 'Dimensionality of the Swahili version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in a Kenyan population: A confirmatory factor analysis', Global Mental Health, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2024.46
,2024, 'Evaluating a stepped care model of psychological support for adults affected by adversity: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Jordan', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078091
,2023, 'Study protocol for a controlled trial of a resilience program on psychological distress in correctional officers in Australia', BMC Psychiatry, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04592-4
,2023, 'Positive affect training to reduce mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: A proof-of-concept randomised clinical trial', BMJ Mental Health, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300737
,2023, 'Augmenting trauma-focused psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder with brief aerobic exercise in Australia: a randomised clinical trial', The Lancet Psychiatry, 10, pp. 21 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00368-6
,2023, 'Habituation of distress during exposure and its relationship to treatment outcome in post-traumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief disorder', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2193525
,2022, 'Videoconferencing-delivered psychological intervention for the treatment of COVID-19 related psychological distress in University students: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in India', BMC Psychiatry, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04471-4
,2022, 'Effectiveness of a Videoconferencing-Delivered Psychological Intervention for Mental Health Problems during COVID-19: A Proof-of-Concept Randomized Clinical Trial', Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 91, pp. 63 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000520283
,2021, 'Brief videoconferencing psychological intervention for reducing COVID-19 related distress: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10529-x
,2019, 'Acute exercise-induced enhancement of fear inhibition is moderated by BDNF Val66Met polymorphism', Translational Psychiatry, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0464-z
,2019, 'The capacity for acute exercise to modulate emotional memories: A review of findings and mechanisms', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 107, pp. 438 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.09.033
,2017, 'Acute physical exercise in humans enhances reconsolidation of emotional memories', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 86, pp. 144 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.09.019
,2017, 'Brief exercise enhances intrusive memories of traumatic stimuli', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 141, pp. 9 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2017.03.012
,2017, 'Role of BDNF val66met polymorphism in modulating exercised-induced emotional memories', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 77, pp. 150 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.12.013
,2015, 'Mood influences the relationship between distress intolerance and discarding', Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 6, pp. 77 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2015.06.005
,Preprints
2024, The role of specific and non-specific factors in a brief group psychological intervention for psychological distress: a randomised clinical trial, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.15.24310464
,2023, Scalable Technology for Adolescents and Youth to Reduce Stress in the Treatment of Common Mental Disorders in Jordan: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.54585
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