South African Medical Research Council; Stellenbosch University
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Selected Publications
Journal Articles
J. Bantjes, Rachel Maina, Carrie Brooke-Sumner, Lauro Estivalete, Noluthando Mpisane, S. Laher, M. Mosalisa, Y. Chideya, Mark Tomlinson, S. Skeen, A. Lachman, Nuhaa Holland, B. Chiliza, S. Paruk, Soraya Seedat, Lesley-Ann Erasmus, Yollande Chikudju, Jennifer Matibi, Sikelela Rollom, Z. Mneimneh, G. Salum (2026). Systematic review of psychometric instruments for child and adolescent mental health in South Africa. The Lancet Regional Health - Africa.DOI
C. Iyegbe, M. Chaouch, Itunuoluwa Isewon, L. Majara, O. Ayinde, Michaela A. O'Hare, M. Mufford, Ofure A. Ubah, A. Larnaout, Anje-Lore Grobler, M. Ramaboli, N. Nto, Emmanuel Alagbe, S. Toikumo, Fatima A. Elmugadam, C. van der Merwe, O. Gureje, Mounia Bensaid, M. Abdulaziz, S. Boujraf, A. Benkahla, Z. Lombard, Soraya Seedat, N. Okewole, Kenneth A. Ae-Ngbise, S. Hemmings, A. Dahdouh (2026). Neuropsychiatry genetics in Africa. Nature Communications.DOI
Sian M. J. Hemmings, Morne du Plessis, Jacomine Grobler, Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker, Leigh Van der Heuvel, Soraya Seedat (2026). F44. EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF POLYGENIC RISK SCORE- AND MACHINE LEARNING-BASED CLASSIFICATION FOR THE PREDICTION OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN A SOUTH AFRICAN POPULATION. European Neuropsychopharmacology.DOI
Sian M. J. Hemmings, Caradee Wright, Busi Shezi, Setshaba Taukobong, Tahira Kootbodien, Matsepo Ramaboli, Isaac Khobo, Musa Aminu, Soraya Seedat, Elisabeth Kathleen Webb (2026). T3. HEAT EXPOSURE, PTSD SEVERITY, AND IMMUNE MARKERS IN TRAUMA-EXPOSED ADULTS. European Neuropsychopharmacology.DOI
Shilat Haim‐Nachum, Misari Oe, Soraya Seedat, Fatima Ahmed, Chana T. Fisch, Amit Lazarov, Deborah Jenkins, Julia Carranza-Neira, Leslie Young, Stefanie Rita Balle, Yaron Sela, Yuval Neria, Vedat Şar, Görkem Ayas, Billy Jansson, Ulrich Schnyder, Monique C. Pfaltz, Doron Amsalem (2026). A brief video intervention targeting self-stigma among childhood maltreatment survivors: an international, multicentre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine.DOI
Ayesha Assim, Sharain Suliman, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Soraya Seedat, Kristina Jo Korte (2026). Examining the structure of post-traumatic stress symptoms in South Africa: A latent class approach. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.DOI
Jaco Rossouw, Elna Yadin, Debra Alexander, Soraya Seedat (2026). Five-year outcomes in a randomised controlled trial of prolonged exposure therapy and supportive counselling for post-traumatic stress disorder in adolescents: a task-shifted intervention. European Journal of Psychotraumatology.DOI
Katharine Smith, Spyridon Siafis, Robert Ali McCutcheon, Toby Pillinger, Rachel Upthegrove, James Leonard Downs, Soraya Seedat, Emma Lawrance, Georgia Salanti, Oye Gureje, Ilina Singh, Jennifer Potts, Solomon Teferra, Claudia Sartor, Charles Mudenge, Christoph Ulrich Correll, Andrea Cipriani (2026). Improving access to antipsychotic medications for schizophrenia in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa: an evidence-based global consensus. The Lancet Psychiatry.DOI
Sage E. Hawn, Sinead M. Sinnott, Alicia K. Smith, Kyle Bourassa, Leslie Brick, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Soraya Seedat, Arash Javanbakht, Lauren Smith, Antonia V. Seligowski, Nathan A. Kimbrel, Divya Mehta, Hossein Abbasi, Erika J. Wolf (2026). Best practices for using biological data in psychological research. Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders.DOI
Hossein Abbasi, Sage E. Hawn, Arash Javanbakht, Soraya Seedat, Kyle Bourassa, Sinead M. Sinnott, Antonia V. Seligowski, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Nathan A. Kimbrel, Erika Wolf, Alicia K. Smith, Leslie Brick, Divya Mehta (2026). From molecules to minds: Integrative multi-omics in psychiatry. Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders.DOI
Mary Sophia Mufford, Dennis van der Meer, C. Lexi Baird, Delin Sun, Kevin S. LaBar, Raj Ramesar, Ahmed Tafsirul Hussain, Chadi G. Abdallah, Elpiniki Andrew, Christopher L. Averill, Justin T. Baker, Lee A. Baugh, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Jessica A. Bomyea, Richard Allan Bryant, Christopher R. K. Ching, Kyle Choi, Andrew S. Cotton, Judith K. Daniels, Nicholas D. Davenport, Richard J. Davidson, Michael D. De Bellis, Emily L. Dennis, Maria Densmore, Terri A. deRoon‐Cassini, Seth G. Disner, Stéfan du Plessis, Amit Etkin, Negar Fani, Kelene A. Fercho, Jacklynn M. Fitzgerald, Elbert Geuze, Evan M. Gordon, Daniel W. Grupe, Ilan Harpaz‐Rotem, Courtney C. Russel, Julia Herzog, David Hofmann, Anna R. Hudson, Jonathan Ipser, Neda Jahanshad, Tanja Jovanović, Milissa L. Kaufman, Saskia B.J. Koch, Inga Katharina Koerte, Mayuresh S. Korgaonkar, John Harrison Krystal, Ruth A. Lanius, Christine L. Larson, Lauren A. M. Lebois, Ifat Levy, Gen Li, Israel Liberzon, Mark W. Logue, Vincent A. Magnotta, Antje Manthey, Adi Maron‐Katz, Geoffrey May, Katie A. McLaughlin, Sven C. Mueller, Laura Nawijn, S. W. Nelson, Yuval Neria, Richard W. J. Neufeld, Jack B. Nitschke, Erin N. O’Leary, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Miranda Olff, Elizabeth A. Olson, Matthew Peverill, K. Luan Phan, Evelyn Pineda, Kerry James Ressler, Isabelle M. Rosso, Lauren E. Salminen, Kelly Meltzer, Christian G. Schmahl, Soraya Seedat, Caitlin A. Sharp, Martha E. Shenton, Anika Sierk, Raluca M. Simons, Jeffrey S. Simons, Scott R. Sponheim, Murray B. Stein, Jennifer Strafford Stevens, Thomas Straube, Benjamin Suarez‐Jimenez, Jean Théberge, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Nic JA van der Wee, Steven J.A. van der Werff, Theo G.M. van Erp, Sanne J.H. van Rooij, Mirjam van Zuiden, Dick J. Veltman, Robert R. J. M. Vermeiren, Henrik Walter, Xin Wang, Li Wang (2026). Shared and specific associations of amygdala nuclei volumes with PTSD symptom domains and childhood trauma: An ENIGMA-PGC PTSD mega-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry.DOI
Nothando B. Ngwenya, Grace Nduku Wambua, Janet Seeley, Soraya Seedat, Alan L. Stein (2026). Contextualising adolescent emotional development in Africa: toward culturally grounded interventions. The Lancet Regional Health - Africa.DOI
Kerry J. Ressler, Barbara O. Rothbaum, Paula P. Schnurr, E Binder, Alisha R. Moreland-Capuia, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Karestan Chase Koenen, Soraya Seedat, Arieh Y Shalev, Charles R. Marmar, Ronald C. Kessler (2026). Post-traumatic stress disorder. Nature Reviews Disease Primers.DOI
Jani Nöthling, Fairuz Pansari, Erine Bröcker, Soraya Seedat (2026). Psychological Distress, Resilience and Social Support as Predictors of Change in Quality of Life Over One Year in Paramedic Trainees. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.DOI
Dan Jenkins, M. Roxanne Sopp, Shilat Haim‐Nachum, Monique C. Pfaltz, Soraya Seedat, Georgina Spies (2026). Combined effects of socio-economic status, social strain, and childhood maltreatment on comfortable interpersonal distance. Current Psychology.DOI
Natalia E. Fares‐Otero, Yuki Furukawa, Marit Sijbrandij, Stefan Leucht, Eduard Vieta, Pim Cuijpers, Mathias Harrer, Soraya Seedat (2026). Efficacy of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and functional outcomes. European Neuropsychopharmacology.DOI
Haley R Wang, Zhen-Qi Liu, Elena Pozzi, Ahmed Tafsirul Hussain, Priyanka Sigar, Chadi G. Abdallah, Nina Alexander, Justin Baker, Jochen Bauer, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Josh M. Cisler, Colm G. Connolly, Andrew S. Cotton, Judith Karina Daniels, Udo Dannlowski, Maria Densmore, Terri A. deRoon‐Cassini, Danai Dima, Stéfan du Plessis, Amit Etkin, Negar Fani, L. Fisch, Jacklynn M. Fitzgerald, Thomas Frodl, Cynthia H.Y. Fu, Ali Saffet Gönül, Evan M. Gordon, Ian H. Gotlib, Roberto Goya‐Maldonado, Nynke A. Groenewold, Dominik Grotegerd, Tim Hahn, J. Paul Hamilton, Laura K. M. Han, Ilan Harpaz‐Rotem, C C Haswell, Ryan J. Herringa, Julia Herzog, Jonathan Ipser, Neda Jahanshad, Jovanovic Tanja, Milissa L. Kaufman, Tilo T. J. Kircher, Maximilian Konowski, Sheri‐Michelle Koopowitz, Axel Krug, John Harrison Krystal, Ruth A. Lanius, Christine Larson, Amit Lazarov, Lauren Lebois, Elisabeth Johanna Leehr, Ifat Levy, Meng Li, Antje Manthey, Adi Maron‐Katz, Andrew Mark McIntosh, Katie A. McLaughlin, Susanne L. Meinert, Benson Mwangi, S. W. Nelson, Igor Nenadić, Yuval Neria, Richard W. J. Neufeld, Amar Ojha, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Elizabeth A. Olson, Nils Opel, Matthew Peverill, Kerry Ressler, Marisa C. Ross, Isabelle M. Rosso, Matthew D. Sacchet, Kelly Sambrook, Christian G. Schmahl, Soraya Seedat, Martha E. Shenton, Maurizio Sicorello, Anika Sierk, Jair C. Soares, Dan Joseph Stein, Frederike Stein, Murray B. Stein, Benjamin Suarez‐Jimenez, Jean Théberge, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Carissa Tomas, Paula L Usemann, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Sanne J.H. van Rooij, Henrik Walter, Martin Walter, Xin Wang, Heather Clare Whalley, Nils Ralf Winter, Mon‐Ju Wu, Hong Xie, Tony T. Yang, Xi Zhu, Sigal Zilcha‐Mano (2026). Childhood Maltreatment and Deviations From Normative Brain Structure: A Mega-Analysis of 3711 Individuals From the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder and ENIGMA Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Working Groups. Biological Psychiatry.DOI
Natalia E. Fares‐Otero, Stefan Leucht, Soraya Seedat (2026). Assessment of childhood maltreatment in pharmacotherapy trials for schizophrenia. The Lancet Psychiatry.DOI
Alberta SJ van der Watt, Veronika Reichenberger, Nomvo Dwadwa-Henda, Quinette Louw, Soraya Seedat, Tracey Smythe (2026). Perspectives on play for young children with disabilities in South Africa: a qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation.DOI
N.E. Fares Otero, S. Amoretti, B. Solé, M. Ferri, N. Russiñol, M. Pallarés, C. Casado, J.M. Estrada-Lorenzo, SL Halligan, Eduard Vieta, Stefan Leucht, Soraya Seedat, Mathias Harrer (2026). Efficacy of psychosocial interventions on social functioning for individuals with childhood maltreatment: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Neuroscience Applied.DOI
Natalia E. Fares-Otero, Silvia Amoretti, Brisa Sole, Sarah L. Halligan, Eduard Vieta, Stefan Leucht, Soraya Seedat, Mathias Harrer (2025). Efficacy of psychosocial interventions on social functioning in individuals with childhood maltreatment experiences: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 16, No. 10.DOI
Joan M. Cook, Debra L. Kaysen, Jackie June ter Heide, Cherie Armour, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Sandra L. Bloom, John Briere, Eric Bui, Eve Carlson, Marylene Cloitre, Marie-eve Daspe, Charles R. Figley, Julian D. Ford, Bonnie L. Green, Talya Greene, Rodrigo Gillibrand, Maj Hansen, Nathaniel G. Harnett, Irma M. Hein, Jinhee Hyun, Jana D. Javakhishvili, Debra Kaminer, Nancy Kassam-Adams, Karestan C. Koenen, Catrin Lewis, Alexander McFarlane, Alessandra Minelli, Candice Monson, Frank Neuner, Elana Newman, Angela Nickerson, Meaghan O'Donnell, Misari Oe, Matthew Price, Patricia Resick, Neil P. Roberts, Carolina Salgado, Ulrich Schnyder, Soraya Seedat, Antonia V. Seligowski, Marit Sijbrandij, Stuart Turner, Bessel van der Kolk, Miranda Olff (2025). Experts in traumatic stress are concerned about global impact of what is happening in US. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 16, No. 10.DOI
Simonne L. Wright, Anna Kessler, Marit Sijbrandij, Eirini Karyotaki, Pim Cuijpers, Jonathan Bisson, Kathleen Brady, Sheila M. Dowd, Boadie W. Dunlop, Mark H. Pollack, Barbara O. Rothbaum, Soraya Seedat (2025). Exploring study dropout in drug trials for adults with PTSD: insights from a conventional and individual participant data meta-analysis. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 160, No. 10.DOI
Miranda Olff, Irma Hein, Ananda B. Amstadter, Cherie Armour, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Eric Bui, Marylene Cloitre, Anke Ehlers, Julian D. Ford, Talya Greene, Maj Hansen, Nathaniel G. Harnett, Debra Kaminer, Catrin Lewis, Alessandra Minelli, Barbara Niles, Nicole R. Nugent, Neil Roberts, Matthew Price, Anthony N. Reffi, Soraya Seedat, Antonia V. Seligowski, Anka A. Vujanovic (2025). The impact of trauma and how to intervene: a narrative review of psychotraumatology over the past 15 years. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 16, No. 10.DOI
Jani Nothling, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Shibe Mhlongo, Carl Lombard, Naeemah Abrahams, Soraya Seedat, Sian Megan Joanne Hemmings (2025). The relationship between childhood trauma, rs1360780 genotypes, FKBP5 intron 7 methylation and posttraumatic stress disorder in women who have experienced rape. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 16, No. 10.DOI
Philip A. May, Julie M. Hasken, Jason Blankenship, Anna-Susan Marais, J. Phillip Gossage, Wendy O. Kalberg, Marlene De Vries, Luther K. Robinson, David Buckley, Melanie Manning, Charles D. H. Parry, H. Eugene Hoyme, Barbara Tabachnick, Soraya Seedat (2025). Does paternal alcohol consumption affect the severity of traits of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders? Alcohol-Clinical And Experimental Research, Vol. 490, No. 80.DOI
Ayesha Assim, Marco Solmi, Christoph U. Correll, Trevor Thompson, Andres Estrade, Georgina Spies, Soraya Seedat (2025). Risk and protective factors associated with change in well-being and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Vol. 370.DOI
Michaela A. O'Hare, Carlien Rust, Stefanie Malan-Muller, Walter Pirovano, Christopher A. Lowry, Matsepo Ramaboli, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2025). Preliminary Insights Into the Relationship Between the Gut Microbiome and Host Genome in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Genes Brain And Behavior, Vol. 24, No. 30.DOI
Natalia E. Fares-Otero, Julia Carranza-Neira, Jacqueline S. Womersley, Aniko Stegemann, Inga Schalinski, Eduard Vieta, Georgina Spies, Soraya Seedat (2025). [Review] Child maltreatment and resilience in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, Vol. 550.DOI
Louise M. Howard, Claire A. Wilson, Thomas J. Reilly, Katrina M. Moss, Gita D. Mishra, Ella Coupland-Smith, Anita Riecher-Rossler, Soraya Seedat, Shubulade Smith, Julia R. Steinberg, Jenneke van Ditzhuijzen, Sian Oram (2025). Women's reproductive mental health: currently available evidence and future directions for research, clinical practice and health policy. World Psychiatry, Vol. 24, No. 2.DOI
Simonne L. Wright, Eirini Karyotaki, Marit Sijbrandij, Pim Cuijpers, Jonathan I. Bisson, Davide Papola, Anke B. Witteveen, Sudie E. Back, Dana Bichescu-Burian, Liuva Capezzani, Marylene Cloitre, Grant J. Devilly, Thomas Elbert, Marcelo Feijo Mello, Julian D. Ford, Damion Grasso, Richard Gray, Moira Haller, Nigel Hunt, Rolf J. Kleber, Julia Koenig, Claire Kullack, Jonathan Laugharne, Rachel Liebman, Christopher William Lee, Jeannette Lely, John C. Markowitz, Candice Monson, Mirjam J. Nijdam, Sonya Norman, Miranda Olff, Tahereh Mina Orang, Luca Ostacoli, Nenad Paunovic, Eva Petkova, Rita Rosner, Maggie Schauer, Joy M. Schmitz, Ulrich Schnyder, Brian Smith, Anka A. Vujanovic, Yinyin Zang, Soraya Seedat (2025). Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies With a Trauma Focus for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, Vol. 93, No. 6.DOI
Tristan Yates, Siphumelele Sigwebela, Soraya Seedat, Michael Milham, Stefan du Plessis, Lior Abramson, Erica Niemiec, Carol Worthman, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Giovanni Salum, Alexandre Franco, Arianna Zuanazzi, Fatima Ahmed, Kelly Gemmell, Joan Christodoulou, Nomandla Mhlaba, Noluncedo Mqhele, Nomfusi Ngalimane, Akhona Sambudla, Nim Tottenham, Mark Tomlinson (2025). Investigative Approaches to Resilient Emotion Regulation Neurodevelopment in a South African Birth Cohort. Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, Vol. 5, No. 3.DOI
Marco Solmi, Trevor Thompson, Samuele Cortese, Andres Estrade, Agorastos Agorastos, Joaquim Radua, Elena Dragioti, Davy Vancampfort, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Harald Aschauer, Monika Schloegelhofer, Elena Aschauer, Andres Andres Schneeberger, Christian G. Huber, Gregor Hasler, Philippe Conus, Kim Q. Do Cuenod, Roland von Kanel, Gonzalo Arrondo, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Philip Gorwood, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Marie-Odile Krebs, Elisabetta Scanferla, Taishiro Kishimoto, Golam Rabbani, Karolina Skonieczna-Zydecka, Paolo Brambilla, Angela Favaro, Akihiro Takamiya, Leonardo Zoccante, Marco Colizzi, Julie Bourgin, Karol Kaminski, Maryam Moghadasin, Soraya Seedat, Evan Matthews, John Wells, Emilia Vassilopoulou, Ary Gadelha, Kuan-Pin Su, Jun Soo Kwon, Minah Kim, Tae Young Lee, Oleg Papsuev, Denisa Mankova, Andrea Boscutti, Cristiano Gerunda, Diego Saccon, Elena Righi, Francesco Monaco, Giovanni Croatto, Guido Cereda, Jacopo Demurtas, Natascia Brondino, Nicola Veronese, Paolo Enrico, Pierluigi Politi, Valentina Ciappolino, Andrea Pfennig, Andreas Bechdolf, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Kai G. Kahl, Katharina Domschke, Michael Bauer, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Sibylle Winter, Stefan Borgwardt, Istvan Bitter, Judit Balazs, Pal Czobor, Zsolt Unoka, Dimitris Mavridis, Konstantinos Tsamakis, Vasilios P. Bozikas, Chavit Tunvirachaisakul, Michael Maes, Teerayuth Rungnirundorn, Thitiporn Supasitthumrong, Ariful Haque, Andre R. Brunoni, Carlos Gustavo Costardi, Felipe Barreto Schuch, Guilherme Polanczyk, Jhoanne Merlyn Luiz, Lais Fonseca, Luana V. Aparicio, Samira S. Valvassori, Merete Nordentoft, Per Vendsborg, Sofie Have Hoffmann, Jihed Sehli, Norman Sartorius, Sabina Heuss, Daniel Guinart, Jane Hamilton, John Kane, Jose Rubio, Michael Sand, Ai Koyanagi, Aleix Solanes, Alvaro Andreu-Bernabeu, Antonia San Jose Caceres, Celso Arango, Covadonga M. Diaz-Caneja, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Eduard Vieta, Javier Gonzalez-Penas, Lydia Fortea, Mara Parellada, Miquel A. Fullana, Norma Verdolini, Eva Andrlikova, Karolina Janku, Mark J. Millan, Mihaela Honciuc, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska, Igor Loniewski, Jerzy Samochowiec, Lukasz Kiszkiel, Maria Marlicz, Pawel Sowa, Wojciech Marlicz, Georgina Spies, Brendon Stubbs, Joseph Firth, Sarah Sullivan, Asli Enez Darcin, Hatice Aksu, Nesrin Dilbaz, Onur Noyan, Momoko Kitazawa, Shunya Kurokawa, Yuki Tazawa, Alejandro Anselmi, Cecilia Cracco, Ana Ines Machado, Natalia Estrade, Diego De Leo, Jackie Curtis, Michael Berk, Andre F. Carvalho, Philip Ward, Scott Teasdale, Simon Rosenbaum, Wolfgang Marx, Adrian Vasile Horodnic, Liviu Oprea, Ovidiu Alexinschi, Petru Ifteni, Serban Turliuc, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Alexandra Bolos, Valentin Matei, Dorien H. Nieman, Iris Sommer, Jim van Os, Therese van Amelsvoort, Ching-Fang Sun, Ta-wei Guu, Can Jiao, Jieting Zhang, Jialin Fan, Liye Zou, Xin Yu, Xinli Chi, Philippe de Timary, Ruud van Winkel, Bernardo Ng, Edilberto Pena, Ramon Arellano, Raquel Roman, Thelma Sanchez, Larisa Movina, Pedro Morgado, Sofia Brissos, Oleg Aizberg, Anna Mosina, Damir Krinitski, James Mugisha, Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani, Farshad Sheybani, Masoud Sadeghi, Samira Hadi, Serge Brand, Antonia Errazuriz, Nicolas Crossley, Dragana Ignjatovic Ristic, Carlos Lopez-Jaramillo, Dimitris Efthymiou, Praveenlal Kuttichira, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Afzal Javed, Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, Bawo James, Omonefe Joy Seb-Akahomen, Jess Fiedorowicz, Jeff Daskalakis, Lakshmi N. Yatham, Lin Yang, Tarek Okasha, Aicha Dahdouh, Jari Tiihonen, Jae Il Shin, Jinhee Lee, Ahmed Mhalla, Lotfi Gaha, Takoua Brahim, Kuanysh Altynbekov, Nikolay Negay, Saltanat Nurmagambetova, Yasser Abu Jamei, Mark Weiser, Christoph U. Correll (2025). 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 Of The American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 64, No. 4.DOI
Dominique Eugene, Jani Nothling, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Christina Palantza, Davide Papola, Corrado Barbui, Richard Bryant, Catherine Panter-Brick, Brian J. Hall, Agnes Iok Fok Lam, Anja C. Huizink, Daniela Fuhr, Fredrick Dermawan Purba, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Dhini Andriani, Judith van der Waerden, Ceren Acarturk, Gulsah Kurt, Sebastian Burchert, Christine Knaevelsrud, Anke B. Witteveen, Martina Patane, Soledad Quero, Amanda Diaz-Garcia, Naser Morina, Irene Pinucci, Marit Sijbrandij, Soraya Seedat (2025). Mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: An international comparison of gender-related home and work-related responsibilities, and social support. Archives Of Womens Mental Health, Vol. 280, No. 2.DOI
Chanelle Hendrikse, Leigh Luella van den Heuvel, Robin Emsley, Soraya Seedat, Stefan du Plessis (2025). Increased Brain Age Among Psychiatrically Healthy Adults Exposed to Childhood Trauma. Brain And Behavior, Vol. 150, No. 40.DOI
Esme Jansen van Vuren, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Soraya Seedat (2025). Cardiovascular risk and allostatic load in PTSD: The role of cumulative trauma and resilience in affected and trauma-exposed adults. Journal Of Psychiatric Research, Vol. 182.DOI
Jessica Kew, Tobias Stalder, Clemens Kirschbaum, Soraya Seedat, Leigh Luella van den Heuvel (2025). Investigating the association between hair progesterone, anxiety, sleep quality, and other determinants in South African females. Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol. 171.DOI
Marco Solmi, Trevor Thompson, Samuele Cortese, Andres Estrade, Agorastos Agorastos, Joaquim Radua, Elena Dragioti, Davy Vancampfort, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Harald Aschauer, Monika Schloegelhofer, Elena Aschauer, Andres Schneeberger, Christian G. Huber, Gregor Hasler, Philippe Conus, Kim Q. Do Cuenod, Roland von Kanel, Gonzalo Arrondo, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Philip Gorwood, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Marie-Odile Krebs, Elisabetta Scanferla, Taishiro Kishimoto, Golam Rabbani, Karolina Skonieczna-Zydecka, Paolo Brambilla, Angela Favaro, Akihiro Takamiya, Leonardo Zoccante, Marco Colizzi, Julie Bourgin, Karol Kaminski, Maryam Moghadasin, Soraya Seedat, Evan Matthews, John Wells, Emilia Vassilopoulou, Ary Gadelha, Kuan-Pin Su, Jun Soo Kwon, Minah Kim, Tae Young Lee, Oleg Papsuev, Denisa Mankova, Andrea Boscutti, Cristiano Gerunda, Diego Saccon, Elena Righi, Francesco Monaco, Giovanni Croatto, Guido Cereda, Jacopo Demurtas, Natascia Brondino, Nicola Veronese, Paolo Enrico, Pierluigi Politi, Valentina Ciappolino, Andrea Pfennig, Andreas Bechdolf, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Kai G. Kahl, Katharina Domschke, Michael Bauer, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Sibylle Winter, Stefan Borgwardt, Istvan Bitter, Judit Balazs, Pal Czobor, Zsolt Unoka, Dimitris Mavridis, Konstantinos Tsamakis, Vasilios P. Bozikas, Chavit Tunvirachaisakul, Michael Maes, Teerayuth Rungnirundorn, Thitiporn Supasitthumrong, Ariful Haque, Andre R. Brunoni, Carlos Gustavo Costardi, Felipe Barreto Schuch, Guilherme Polanczyk, Jhoanne Merlyn Luiz, Lais Fonseca, Luana V. Aparicio, Samira S. Valvassori, Merete Nordentoft, Per Vendsborg, Sofie Have Hoffmann, Jihed Sehli, Norman Sartorius, Sabina Heuss, Daniel Guinart, Jane Hamilton, John Kane, Jose Rubio, Michael Sand, Ai Koyanagi, Aleix Solanes, Alvaro Andreu-Bernabeu, Antonia San Jose Caceres, Celso Arango, Covadonga M. Diaz-Caneja, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Eduard Vieta, Javier Gonzalez-Penas, Lydia Fortea, Mara Parellada, Miquel A. Fullana, Norma Verdolini, Eva Andrlikova, Karolina Janku, Mark J. Millan, Mihaela Honciuc, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska, Igor Loniewskiaf, Jerzy Samochowiec, Lukasz Kiszkiel, Maria Marlicz, Pawel Sowa, Wojciech Marlicz, Georgina Spies, Brendon Stubbs, Joseph Firth, Sarah Sullivan, Asli Enez Darcin, Hatice Aksu, Nesrin Dilbaz, Onur Noyan, Momoko Kitazawa, Shunya Kurokawa, Yuki Tazawa, Alejandro Anselmi, Cecilia Cracco, Ana In Es Machado, Natalia Estrade, Diego De Leo, Jackie Curtis, Michael Berk, Andre F. Carvalho, Philip Ward, Scott Teasdale, Simon Rosenbaum, Wolfgang Marx, Adrian Vasile Horodnic, Liviu Oprea, Ovidiu Alexinschi, Petru Ifteni, Serban Turliuc, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Alexandra Bolos, Valentin Matei, Dorien H. Nieman, Iris Sommer, Jim van Os, Therese van Amelsvoort, Ching-Fang Sunat, Ta-Wei Guuat, Can Jiao, Jieting Zhang, Jialin Fan, Liye Zou, Xin Yu, Xinli Chi, Philippe de Timary, Ruud van Winkel, Bernardo Ng, Edilberto Pena de Leon, Ramon Arellano, Raquel Roman, Thelma Sanchez, Larisa Movina, Pedro Morgado, Sofia Brissos, Oleg Aizberg, Anna Mosina, Damir Krinitski, James Mugisha, Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani, Farshad Sheybani, Masoud Sadeghi, Samira Hadi, Serge Brandei, Antonia Errazuriz, Nicolas Crossley, Dragana Ignjatovic Ristic, Carlos Lopez-Jaramilli, Dimitris Efthymiou, Praveenlal Kuttichira, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Afzal Javed, Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, Bawo James, Omonefe Joy Seb-Akahomen, Jess Fiedorowicza, Jeff Daskalakis, Lakshmi N. Yatham, Lin Yang, Tarek Okasha, Aicha Dahdouh, Jari Tiihonen, Jae Il Shin, Jinhee Lee, Ahmed Mhalla, Lotfi Gaha, Takoua Brahim, Kuanysh Altynbekov, Nikolay Negay, Saltanat Nurmagambetova, Yasser Abu Jamei, Mark Weiser, Christoph U. Correll (2025). 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. European Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 90.DOI
Antonia M. Luond, Gorkem Ayas, Rahel Bachem, Julia Carranza-Neira, David J. Eberle, Natalia E. Fares-Otero, Mohammad Hashim, Naved Iqbal, Dan Jenkins, Saman Kamari Songhorabadi, Katharina Ledermann, Nino Makhashvili, Chantal Martin-Soelch, Ertac Nebioglu, Misari Oe, Juliet N. Olayinka, Miranda Olff, Laura Picot, Soraya Seedat, Tanya Tandon, Dany L. Wadji, Jacqueline S. Womersley, Ulrich Schnyder, Vedat Sar, Monique C. Pfaltz, Deniz Ceylan (2025). [Review] Childhood Maltreatment and Somatic Symptoms in Adulthood: Establishing a New Research Pathway. Neuropsychobiology, Vol. 840, No. 2.DOI
A. Agorastos, Trevor Thompson, Marco Solmi, S. Cortese, Andrés Estradé, J. Raduà, Elena Dragioti, D. Vancampfort, L. Thygesen, Harald N. Aschauer, M. Schlögelhofer, Elena Aschauer, A. Schneeberger, Christian G. Huber, Gregor Hasler, P. Conus, Kim Q. Do Cuénod, R. von Känel, G. Arrondo, P. Fusar-Poli, P. Gorwood, P. Llorca, Marie-Odile Krebs, E. Scanferla, Taishiro Kishimoto, G. Rabbani, K. Skonieczna-Żydecka, P. Brambilla, A. Favaro, A. Takamiya, L. Zoccante, Marco Colizzi, J. Bourgin, Karol Kamiński, M. Moghadasin, Soraya Seedat, Evan Matthews, J. Wells, E. Vassilopoulou, A. Gadelha, Kuan-Pin Su, J. Kwon, Minah Kim, Taeyoung Lee, O. Papsuev, D. Manková, A. Boscutti, Cristiano Gerunda, Diego Saccon, E. Righi, Francesco Monaco, Giovanni Croatto, G. Cereda, J. Demurtas, N. Brondino, N. Veronese, Paolo Enrico, P. Politi, V. Ciappolino, A. Pfennig, A. Bechdolf, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Kai G. Kahl, K. Domschke, Michael Bauer, N. Koutsouleris, Sibylle Winter, S. Borgwardt, I. Bitter, Judit Balázs, Pál Czobor, Z. Unoka, Dimitris Mavridis, Konstantinos Tsamakis, V. Bozikas, C. Tunvirachaisakul, Michael Maes, Teerayuth Rungnirundorn, T. Supasitthumrong, Ariful Haque, A. R. Brunoni, C. G. Costardi, F. Schuch, Guilherme V. Polanczyk, J. M. Luiz, Lais Fonseca, Luana V. Aparicio, Samira S. Valvassori, M. Nordentoft, Per Vendsborg, S. Hoffmann, Jihed Sehli, N. Sartorius, Sabina C. Heuss, D. Guinart, Jane Hamilton, John Kane, Jose Rubio, Michael Sand, A. Koyanagi, Aleix Solanes, Á. Andreu-Bernabeu, A. S. J. Cáceres, Celso Arango, C. Díaz-Caneja, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, E. Vieta, J. González-Peñas, L. Fortea, Mara Parellada, M. A. Fullana, N. Verdolini, Eva Andrlíková, Karolina Janků, M. Millan, Mihaela Honciuc, A. Moniuszko-Malinowska, I. Łoniewski, J. Samochowiec, Łukasz Kiszkiel, Maria Marlicz, P. Sowa, Wojciech Marlicz, G. Spies, B. Stubbs, Joseph Firth, S. Sullivan, A. Darcin, Hatice Aksu, N. Dilbaz, O. Noyan, Momoko Kitazawa, S. Kurokawa, Yuki Tazawa, Alejandro Anselmi, Cecilia Cracco, A. Machado, Natalia Estrade, D. de Leo, Jackie Curtis, Michael Berk, A. Carvalho, Philip B. Ward, S. Teasdale, S. Rosenbaum, Wolfgang Marx, A. Horodnic, L. Oprea, Ovidiu Alexinschi, P. Ifteni, Ș. Turliuc, T. Ciuhodaru, Alexandra Boloṣ, V. Matei, D. Nieman, Iris Sommer, J. van Os, T. van Amelsvoort, Ching-Fang Sun, Ta-wei Guu, Can Jiao, Jieting Zhang, Jialin Fan, Liye Zou, Xin Yu, Xin-Li Chi, P. de Timary, R. van Winkel, B. Ng, Edilberto Peña, Ramon Arellano, Raquel Román, Thelma Sanchez, L. Movina, Pedro Morgado, Sofia Brissos, O. Aizberg, A. Mosina, D. Krinitski, J. Mugisha, Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani, Farshad Sheybani, Masoud Sadeghi, Samira Hadi, Serge Brand, A. Errázuriz, Nicolas Crossley, D. Ristic, C. López-Jaramillo, D. Efthymiou, P. Kuttichira, R. Kallivayalil, Afzal Javed, M. I. Afridi, B. James, O. J. Seb-Akahomen, Jess Fiedorowicz, Jeff Daskalakis, L. Yatham, Lin Yang, T. Okasha, A. Dahdouh, J. Tiihonen, J. Shin, Jinhee Lee, Ahmed Mhalla, L. Gaha, Takoua Brahim, Kuanysh Altynbekov, N. Negay, S. Nurmagambetova, Yasser Abu Jamei, M. Weiser, C. Correll (2025). Mental health, coping and related risk factors during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic in children: Nationally representative, multi-wave, cross-sectional results from 12 countries from the global COH-FIT study. European Neuropsychopharmacology.DOI
S. Suliman, Jenny Bloom, Naeem Dalal, E. Remera, Raissa Muvunyi, M. Abdulaziz, A. Kakunze, Ismahan S Diop, Djenaba Fafa Cissé, Ndèye Awa Dieye, Britt McKinnon, M. Sall, A. Binagwaho, Soraya Seedat (2025). Validation of the Child Depression Screening Tool in three African settings: Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa. Global Mental Health.DOI
Ezethu Gaxo, Muneeb Salie, Jenny Bloom, A. Lachman, E. L. Davids, Linda C. Theron, Jace Pillay, Soraya Seedat (2025). COVID-19 pandemic stress and anxiety among South African parents and their children. Journal of Child and Family Studies.DOI
M. Tlali, R. Kassanjee, L. L. van den Heuvel, Stephan Rabie, John A. Joska, C. Orrell, Soraya Seedat, Hans W. Prozesky, Kristina Adorjan, M. Davies, L. F. Johnson, A. Haas (2025). Suicidal thoughts and behaviours in Cape Town: A cross-sectional study of prevalence and social, contextual, and clinical correlates. medRxiv.DOI
Soraya Seedat, Brian N. Smith, Andrea Phelps, Sonya B. Norman, Bita Ghafoori, Judy Bass, A. Nickerson, R. Hiller, Sonia Norman (2025). Panels. European Journal of Psychotraumatology.DOI
Mohhadiah Rafique, A. S. J. van der Watt, Olena Soloneko, Yuliia Rozmyrska, Soraya Seedat, Larysa Zasiekina (2025). Decision: Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents exposed to continuous traumatic stress in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis — R1/PR9.DOI
Mohhadiah Rafique, A. S. J. van der Watt, Olena Soloneko, Yuliia Rozmyrska, Soraya Seedat, Larysa Zasiekina (2025). Recommendation: Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents exposed to continuous traumatic stress in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis — R1/PR8.DOI
Mohhadiah Rafique, A. S. J. van der Watt, Olena Soloneko, Yuliia Rozmyrska, Soraya Seedat, Larysa Zasiekina (2025). Review: Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents exposed to continuous traumatic stress in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis — R1/PR7.DOI
A. S. J. van der Watt, Georgina Spies, Soraya Seedat (2025). Longitudinal Neurocognitive Performance in South African Women With HIV and Domestic Violence. Violence Against Women.DOI
Mohhadiah Rafique, A. S. J. van der Watt, Olena Soloneko, Yuliia Rozmyrska, Soraya Seedat, Larysa Zasiekina (2025). Decision: Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents exposed to continuous traumatic stress in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis — R0/PR5.DOI
Mohhadiah Rafique, A. S. J. van der Watt, Olena Soloneko, Yuliia Rozmyrska, Soraya Seedat, Larysa Zasiekina (2025). Recommendation: Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents exposed to continuous traumatic stress in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis — R0/PR4.DOI
Mohhadiah Rafique, A. S. J. van der Watt, Olena Soloneko, Yuliia Rozmyrska, Soraya Seedat, Larysa Zasiekina (2025). Review: Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents exposed to continuous traumatic stress in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis — R0/PR3.DOI
Akeem Adedolapo, Merga Belina Feyasa, Muneeb Salie, Soraya Seedat (2025). Mental Health in Relation to Xenophobic Experiences among African University Students in South Africa. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.DOI
Mohhadiah Rafique, A. S. J. van der Watt, Olena Soloneko, Yuliia Rozmyrska, Soraya Seedat, Larysa Zasiekina (2025). Review: Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents exposed to continuous traumatic stress in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis — R0/PR2.DOI
A. S. J. van der Watt, Martin Kidd, Freda Scheffler, Annerine Roos, Elmien Lesch, Soraya Seedat (2025). Factors associated with psychological distress following romantic relationship dissolutions and the role of attachment. Current Psychology.DOI
Veronika Reichenberger, A. S. J. van der Watt, Quinette Abegail Louw, Soraya Seedat, Tracey Smythe (2025). Mapping play-based interventions for children with disabilities in LMICs: a scoping review on cultural relevance, implementation, and impact. EClinicalMedicine.DOI
Brenda Cabrera‐Mendoza, Margit Burmeister, Marcella Rietschel, David Crepaz‐Keay, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Soraya Seedat, Victoria S. Marshe, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Roseann Elizabeth Peterson, Ruchika Kaushik, Biju Viswanath, Reeteka Sud, Partha Haldar, Mandy Johnstone, Anish V. Cherian, Todd Lencz, Janneke Zinkstok, Renato A Polimanti, Daniel J. Müller, Gabriel Lázaro‐Muñoz, Chunyu Liu, Nurnberger John, Humberto Nicolini, Consuelo Walss‐Bass, Marcos Leite Santoro, Sujata Sathtapathy Satapathy, Chittaranjan Behera, Anna R. Docherty (2025). Equitable Collaboration Between LMIC and HIC Researchers, Part I: A Preliminary Framework for Capacity Building in Psychiatric Genetics Research. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics.DOI
Irene Pinucci, Federico Tedeschi, Roberta Serra, Martina Patanè, Ceren Acartürk, D. Andriani, Richard Allan Bryant, Sebastian Burchert, Giulia Caggiu, Daniel Campos, Claudia Conflitti, Camille Davisse‐Paturet, Mireia Félez-Nóbrega, Daniela Christina Fuhr, Brian James Hall, Josep María Haro, Anja C. Huizink, Christine Knaevelsrud, Gülşah Kurt, A. Lam, Ingmar Leijen, Roberto Mediavilla, Maria Melchior, Ellenor Mittendorfer‐Rutz, Naser Morina, Matteo Monzio Compagnoni, Pablo Nicaise, Christina Palantza, Catherine Panter‐Brick, Davide Papola, Soledad Quero, Cristina Rodríguez-Prada, Soraya Seedat, Hari Setyowibowo, Pierre Smith, Judith E.B. van der Waerden, Henrik Walter, Anke Boukje Witteveen, Massimo Pasquini, Marit Sijbrandij, Corrado Barbui, Lorenzo Tarsitani (2025). Resilient outcomes in people with a history of mental disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international 2-years longitudinal prospective study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.DOI
Natalia E. Fares‐Otero, Sarah L. Halligan, Nora K. Moog, Antje Horsch, Eduard Vieta, Soraya Seedat, Kamilla Woznica Miskowiak (2025). Cognition and Mood Changes in Pregnancy: Timing and Childhood Maltreatment Histories. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.DOI
Carlien Rust, Daniel Paul Tonge, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Laila Asmal, Jonathan Ambrose Carr, Etheresia Pretorius, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2025). Investigating the Blood Microbiome in Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Brain and Behavior.DOI
Carlien Rust, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Soraya Bardien, Jonathan Ambrose Carr, Etheresia Pretorius, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2025). Association between the relative abundance of butyrate-producing and mucin-degrading taxa and Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience.DOI
Carlien Rust, Laila Asmal, Michaela A. O’Hare, Etheresia Pretorius, Robin Alexander Emsley, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2025). Investigating the gut microbiome in schizophrenia cases versus controls: South Africa’s version. Neurogenetics.DOI
Sharain Suliman, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Erine Bröcker, Soraya Seedat (2025). Neurocognitive difficulties in trauma-exposed adults with metabolic syndrome: no influence of PTSD status or PTSD and metabolic syndrome comorbidity. Discover Mental Health.DOI
A. S. J. van der Watt, Georgina Spies, Soraya Seedat (2025). A longitudinal analysis of neurocognitive profiles in South African women with HIV. AIDS Care.DOI
Soraya Seedat (2025). No two traumas are alike, and neither are two presentations of PTSD. World Psychiatry.DOI
Cheryl R. Z. See, Shuqing Si, C. Lexi Baird, Courtney C. Haswell, Ahmed Tafsirul Hussain, Miranda Olff, Dick J. Veltman, Jessie L. Frijling, Mirjam van Zuiden, Saskia B.J. Koch, Laura Nawijn, Li Wang, Ye Zhu, Gen Li, Yuval Neria, Xi Zhu, Benjamin Suarez‐Jimenez, Sigal Zilcha‐Mano, Amit Lazarov, Jennifer S. Stevens, Kerry James Ressler, Negar Fani, Tanja Jovanović, Sanne J.H. van Rooij, Milissa L. Kaufman, Lauren A. M. Lebois, Isabelle M. Rosso, Elizabeth A. Olson, Justin Taylor Baker, Scott R. Sponheim, Seth G. Disner, Nicholas D. Davenport, Amit Etkin, Adi Maron‐Katz, Murray B. Stein, Martha E. Shenton, Dan Joseph Stein, Jonathan Ipser, Sheri‐Michelle Koopowitz, Soraya Seedat, Stefan S. du Plessis, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Shmuel M. Lissek, Hannah E. Berg, Thomas Straube, David Hofmann, Lee A. Baugh, Gina L. Forster, Raluca M. Simons, Jeffrey S. Simons, Vincent A. Magnotta, Kelene A. Fercho, Xin Wang, Andrew S. Cotton, Erin N. O’Leary, Hong Bo Xie, Daniel W. Grupe, Jack B. Nitschke, Richard J. Davidson, Christine L. Larson, Terri A. deRoon‐Cassini, Carissa W. Tomas, Jacklynn M. Fitzgerald, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Evan M. Gordon, Geoffrey May, Steven M. Nelson, Ruth A. Lanius, Jean Théberge, Maria Densmore, Richard W. J. Neufeld, Chadi G. Abdallah, Christopher L. Averill, Ilan Harpaz‐Rotem, Ifat Levy, John Harrison Krystal, Elbert Geuze, Remko van Lutterveld, Emily L. Dennis, David F. Tate, David X. Cifu, William C. Walker, Elisabeth A. Wilde, Nic J.A. van der Wee, Robert R. J. M. Vermeiren, Steven J.A. van der Werff, Katie A. McLaughlin, Kelly Sambrook, Matthew Peverill, Joaquim Raduà, Lauren E. Salminen, Neda Jahanshad, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Anthony James, Lucia Valmaggia, Paul M. Thompson, Rajendra A. Morey, Matthew J. Kempton (2025). A whole-brain voxel-based analysis of structural abnormalities in PTSD: An ENIGMA-PGC study. European Psychiatry.DOI
Sharain Suliman, Erine Bröcker, Natalie Beath, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Laila Asmal, Sanja Kilian, Robin Alexander Emsley, Jonathan Ambrose Carr, Soraya Seedat (2025). The concordance between the Montreal cognitive assessment and the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status as a cognitive screening tool in a south African community sample. Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health.DOI
Jaco Rossouw, Sharain Suliman, Jani Nothling, Carl Lombard, Erine Brocker, Maryke Hewett, Candice Simmons, Gillian W. Shorter, Soraya Seedat, Melissa E. Milanak, Cherie Armour (2024). A pilot randomised control study to investigate the effect of the South African Adolescence Group Sleep Intervention (SAASI) on adolescent sleep and PTSD. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 15, No. 10.DOI
Natalia E. Fares-Otero, Tamsin H. Sharp, Stefanie R. Balle, Sarah M. Quaatz, Eduard Vieta, Fredrik Ahs, Antje-Kathrin Allgaier, Adrian Arevalo, Rahel Bachem, Habte Belete, Tilahun Belete Mossie, Azi Berzengi, Necip Capraz, Deniz Ceylan, Daniel Dukes, Aziz Essadek, Naved Iqbal, Laura Jobson, Einat Levy-Gigi, Antonia Luond, Chantal Martin-Soelch, Tanja Michael, Misari Oe, Miranda Olff, Helena Ornkloo, Krithika Prakash, Muniarajan Ramakrishnan, Vijaya Raghavan, Vedat Sar, Soraya Seedat, Georgina Spies, Vandhana Susilkumar, Dany Laure Wadji, Rachel Wamser-Nanney, Shilat Haim-Nachum, Ulrich Schnyder, Marie R. Sopp, Monique C. Pfaltz, Sarah L. Halligan (2024). Social support and (complex) posttraumatic stress symptom severity: does gender matter? European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 15, No. 10.DOI
Bibilola D. Oladeji, Olatunde O. Ayinde, Toyin Bello, Lola Kola, Neda Faregh, Jibril Abdulmalik, Phyllis Zelkowitz, Soraya Seedat, Oye Gureje (2024). Addressing the challenges of integrating care for perinatal depression in primary care in Nigeria. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 590, No. 10.DOI
Jaiyeola Abiola Kajero, Soraya Seedat, Jude U. U. Ohaeri, Abidemi Akindele, Oluwagbemiga Aina (2024). The effects of cannabidiol on behavioural and oxidative stress parameters induced by prolonged haloperidol administration. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Vol. 360, No. 5.DOI
Shilat Haim-Nachum, Marie R. Sopp, Antonia M. Luond, Nimrah Afzal, Fredrik Ahs, Antje-Kathrin Allgaier, Adrian Arevalo, Christian Asongwe, Rahel Bachem, Stefanie R. Balle, Habte Belete, Tilahun Belete Mossie, Azi Berzengi, Necip Capraz, Deniz Ceylan, Daniel Dukes, Aziz Essadek, Natalia E. Fares-Otero, Sarah L. Halligan, Alla Hemi, Naved Iqbal, Laura Jobson, Einat Levy-Gigi, Chantal Martin-Soelch, Tanja Michael, Misari Oe, Miranda Olff, Helena Ornkloo, Krithika Prakash, Sarah M. Quaatz, Vijaya Raghavan, Muniarajan Ramakrishnan, Dorota Reis, Vedat Sar, Ulrich Schnyder, Soraya Seedat, Ibtihal Najm Shihab, Susilkumar Vandhana, Dany Laure Wadji, Rachel Wamser, Reut Zabag, Georgina Spies, Monique C. Pfaltz (2024). Childhood maltreatment is linked to larger preferred interpersonal distances towards friends and strangers across the globe. Translational Psychiatry, Vol. 14, No. 10.DOI
Anne Stevenson, Supriya Misra, Engida Girma, Adela-Maria Isvoranu, Dickens Akena, Melkam Alemayehu, Lukoye Atwoli, Bizu Gelaye, Stella Gichuru, Symon M. Kariuki, Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Joseph Kyebuzibwa, Rehema M. Mwema, Carter P. Newman, Charles R. J. C. Newton, Linnet Ongeri, Rocky E. Stroud II, Solomon Teferra, Karestan C. Koenen, Soraya Seedat (2024). Relationships between trauma types and psychotic symptoms: A network analysis of patients with psychotic disorders in a large, multi-country study in East Africa. Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol. 133.DOI
Ayesha Assim, Debra Kaminer, Lee Hogarth, Bella Magner-Parsons, Soraya Seedat (2024). Coping motives as a mediator of the relationship between child maltreatment and substance use problems in south African adolescents. Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol. 1540.DOI
Simonne Lesley Wright, Eirini Karyotaki, Pim Cuijpers, Jonathan Bisson, Davide Papola, Anke Witteveen, Sharain Suliman, Georgina Spies, Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Liuva Capezzani, Sara Carletto, Thanos Karatzias, Claire Kullack, Jonathan Laugharne, Christopher William Lee, Mirjam J. Nijdam, Miranda Olff, Luca Ostacoli, Soraya Seedat, Marit Sijbrandij (2024). EMDR v. other psychological therapies for PTSD: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, Vol. 540, No. 80.DOI
Ruichong Shuai, Fatima Ahmed-Leitao, Jenny Bloom, Soraya Seedat, Lee Hogarth (2024). Brief online negative affect focused functional imagery training (FIT) improves four-week drinking outcomes in hazardous student drinkers: A pilot randomised controlled trial replication in South Africa. Addictive Behaviors Reports, Vol. 19.DOI
Michelle Parker, Philip A. May, Anna-Susan Marais, Marlene de Vries, Wendy O. Kalberg, David Buckley, Julie Hasken, H. Eugene Hoyme, Soraya Seedat (2024). Influence of childhood trauma and traumatic stress on a woman's risk of having a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Alcohol-Clinical And Experimental Research, Vol. 480, No. 60.DOI
Georgina Spies, Jessica Huss, Oscar Motswage, Soraya Seedat, Christiane Eichenberg (2024). Attitudes of patients and mental health professionals towards hypothetical use of serious games in psychotherapy. Health Informatics Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2.DOI
Adam X. Maihofer, Andrew Ratanatharathorn, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Karen H. Costenbader, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Renato Polimanti, Alex O. Rothbaum, Soraya Seedat, Elizabeth A. Mikita, Alicia K. Smith, Rany M. Salem, Richard A. Shaffer, Tianying Wu, Jonathan Sebat, Kerry J. Ressler, Murray B. Stein, Karestan C. Koenen, Erika J. Wolf, Jennifer A. Sumner, Caroline M. Nievergelt (2024). Effects of genetically predicted posttraumatic stress disorder on autoimmune phenotypes. Translational Psychiatry, Vol. 14, No. 10.DOI
Ashley A. Huggins, C. Lexi Baird, Melvin Briggs, Sarah Laskowitz, Ahmed Hussain, Samar Fouda, Courtney Haswell, Delin Sun, Lauren E. Salminen, Neda Jahanshad, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Dick J. Veltman, Jessie L. Frijling, Miranda Olff, Mirjam van Zuiden, Saskia B. J. Koch, Laura Nawjin, Li Wang, Ye Zhu, Gen Li, Dan J. Stein, Jonathan Ipser, Soraya Seedat, Stefan du Plessis, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez, Xi Zhu, Yoojean Kim, Xiaofu He, Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Amit Lazarov, Yuval Neria, Jennifer S. Stevens, Kerry J. Ressler, Tanja Jovanovic, Sanne J. H. van Rooij, Negar Fani, Anna R. Hudson, Sven C. Mueller, Anika Sierk, Antje Manthey, Henrik Walter, Judith K. Daniels, Christian Schmahl, Julia I. Herzog, Pavel Riha, Ivan Rektor, Lauren A. M. Lebois, Milissa L. Kaufman, Elizabeth A. Olson, Justin T. Baker, Isabelle M. Rosso, Anthony P. King, Isreal Liberzon, Mike Angstadt, Nicholas D. Davenport, Scott R. Sponheim, Seth G. Disner, Thomas Straube, David Hofmann, Rongfeng Qi, Guang Ming Lu, Lee A. Baugh, Gina L. Forster, Raluca M. Simons, Jeffrey S. Simons, Vincent A. Magnotta, Kelene A. Fercho, Adi Maron-Katz, Amit Etkin, Andrew S. Cotton, Erin N. O'Leary, Hong Xie, Xin Wang, Yann Quide, Wissam El-Hage, Shmuel Lissek, Hannah Berg, Steven Bruce, Josh Cisler, Marisa Ross, Ryan J. Herringa, Daniel W. Grupe, Jack B. Nitschke, Richard J. Davidson, Christine L. Larson, Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Carissa W. Tomas, Jacklynn M. Fitzgerald, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Bunmi O. Olatunji, William S. Kremen, Michael J. Lyons, Carol E. Franz, Evan M. Gordon, Geoffrey May, Steven M. Nelson, Chadi G. Abdallah, Ifat Levy, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, John H. Krystal, Emily L. Dennis, David F. Tate, David X. Cifu, William C. Walker, Elizabeth A. Wilde, Ian H. Harding, Rebecca Kerestes, Paul M. Thompson, Rajendra Morey (2024). Smaller total and subregional cerebellar volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder: a mega-analysis by the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD workgroup. Molecular Psychiatry, Vol. 290, No. 30.DOI
Kirsten Rowe, Erine Brocker, Sharain Suliman, Soraya Seedat, Renee Blaauw, Leigh Luella van den Heuvel (2024). The relationship between nutrient intake and executive function in adults with post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal Of Affective Disorders, Vol. 3490.DOI
Philip A. May, Julie M. Hasken, Marlene M. de Vries, Anna-Susan Marais, Omar Abdul-Rahman, Luther K. Robinson, Margaret P. Adam, Melanie A. Manning, Wendy O. Kalberg, David Buckley, Cudore L. Snell, Soraya Seedat, Charles D. H. Parry, H. Eugene Hoyme (2024). Maternal risk factors for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Distal variables. Alcohol-Clinical And Experimental Research, Vol. 480, No. 20.DOI
Katharina Domschke, Patrik D. Seuling, Miriam A. Schiele, Borwin Bandelow, Neeltje M. Batelaan, Wicher A. Bokma, Igor Branchi, Karl Broich, Julius Burkauskas, Simon J. C. Davies, Bernardo Dell'Osso, Harry Fagan, Naomi A. Fineberg, Toshi A. Furukawa, Stefan G. Hofmann, Sean Hood, Nathan T. M. Huneke, Milan Latas, Nicky Lidbetter, Vasilios Masdrakis, R. Hamish McAllister-Williams, Antonio E. Nardi, Stefano Pallanti, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Giampaolo Perna, Steve Pilling, Stefano Pini, Andreas Reif, Soraya Seedat, Gemma Simons, Shrikant Srivastava, Vesta Steibliene, Dan J. Stein, Murray B. Stein, Michael van Ameringen, Anton J. L. M. van Balkom, Nic van der Wee, Peter Zwanzger, David S. Baldwin (2024). The definition of treatment resistance in anxiety disorders: a Delphi method-based consensus guideline. World Psychiatry, Vol. 23, No. 1.DOI
Catherine Lohrentz, Jacqueline S. Womersley, Patricia C. Swart, Jessica Sommer, Martina Hinsberger, Thomas Elbert, Roland Weierstall, Debbie Kaminer, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2024). The role of oxytocin receptor gene variants in appetitive aggression: A study in a South African male sample. Aggressive Behavior, Vol. 50, No. 2.DOI
Cristina Mesa-Vieira, Christiane Didden, Michael Schomaker, Johannes P. Mouton, Naomi Folb, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Chiara Gastaldon, Morna Cornell, Mpho Tlali, Reshma Kassanjee, Oscar H. Franco, Soraya Seedat, Andreas D. Haas (2024). Post-traumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events: a cohort study of a South African medical insurance scheme. Epidemiology And Psychiatric Sciences, Vol. 33.DOI
Anne M. de Graaff, Pim Cuijpers, Lynn Boschloo, Mariam Elsawy, Sam Hunaidy, Soraya Seedat, Anke B. Witteveen, Anja C. Huizink, Marit Sijbrandij (2024). The associations of hair cortisol and DHEA with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in refugees. Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol. 129.DOI
Jin Yang, Ashley A. Huggins, Delin Sun, C. Lexi Baird, Courtney C. Haswell, Jessie L. Frijling, Miranda Olff, Mirjam van Zuiden, Saskia B. J. Koch, Laura Nawijn, Dick J. Veltman, Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez, Xi Zhu, Yuval Neria, Anna R. Hudson, Sven C. Mueller, Justin T. Baker, Lauren A. M. Lebois, Milissa L. Kaufman, Rongfeng Qi, Guang Ming Lu, Pavel Riha, Ivan Rektor, Emily L. Dennis, Christopher R. K. Ching, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Lauren E. Salminen, Neda Jahanshad, Paul M. Thompson, Dan J. Stein, Sheri M. Koopowitz, Jonathan C. Ipser, Soraya Seedat, Stefan du Plessis, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Li Wang, Ye Zhu, Gen Li, Anika Sierk, Antje Manthey, Henrik Walter, Judith K. Daniels, Christian Schmahl, Julia I. Herzog, Israel Liberzon, Anthony King, Mike Angstadt, Nicholas D. Davenport, Scott R. Sponheim, Seth G. Disner, Thomas Straube, David Hofmann, Daniel W. Grupe, Jack B. Nitschke, Richard J. Davidson, Christine L. Larson, Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Jennifer U. Blackford, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Evan M. Gordon, Geoffrey May, Steven M. Nelson, Chadi G. Abdallah, Ifat Levy, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, John H. Krystal, Rajendra A. Morey, Aristeidis Sotiras (2024). Examining the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and disruptions in cortical networks identified using data-driven methods. Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 490, No. 3.DOI
Kathleen E. E. Crombie, Kenneth D. D. Crombie, Muneeb Salie, Soraya Seedat (2024). Medical Students' Experiences of Mistreatment by Clinicians and Academics at a South African University. Teaching And Learning In Medicine, Vol. 360, No. 10.DOI
N. Fares-Otero, I. Schäfer, E. Vieta, Soraya Seedat, S. Halligan (2024). Fathers who experienced childhood maltreatment: aggression and testosterone. Lancet psychiatry.DOI
Marco Solmi, Trevor Thompson, Andrés Estradé, A. Agorastos, J. Raduà, S. Cortese, E. Dragioti, D. Vancampfort, L. Thygesen, H. Aschauer, M. Schlögelhofer, Elena Aschauer, A. Schneeberger, Christian G. Huber, Gregor Hasler, P. Conus, Kim Q. Do Cuénod, Roland von Känel, G. Arrondo, P. Fusar-Poli, P. Gorwood, P. Llorca, Marie-Odile Krebs, E. Scanferla, Taishiro Kishimoto, G. Rabbani, K. Skonieczna-Żydecka, P. Brambilla, A. Favaro, A. Takamiya, L. Zoccante, M. Colizzi, J. Bourgin, Karol Kamiński, M. Moghadasin, Soraya Seedat, Evan Matthews, J. Wells, E. Vassilopoulou, A. Gadelha, Kuan-Pin Su, Jun Soo Kwon, Minah Kim, T. Lee, O. Papsuev, D. Manková, A. Boscutti, Cristiano Gerunda, Diego Saccon, E. Righi, Francesco Monaco, Giovanni Croatto, G. Cereda, J. Demurtas, N. Brondino, N. Veronese, Paolo Enrico, P. Politi, V. Ciappolino, A. Pfennig, A. Bechdolf, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Kai G. Kahl, K. Domschke, Michael Bauer, N. Koutsouleris, Sibylle Winter, Stefan Borgwardt, I. Bitter, Judit Balázs, P. Czobor, Z. Unoka, Dimitris Mavridis, Konstantinos Tsamakis, V. Bozikas, C. Tunvirachaisakul, Michael Maes, Teerayuth Rungnirundorn, T. Supasitthumrong, Ariful Haque, A. Brunoni, C. G. Costardi, F. Schuch, Guilherme V. Polanczyk, J. M. Luiz, Lais Fonseca, Luana V. Aparicio, Samira S. Valvassori, M. Nordentoft, Per Vendsborg, S. Hoffmann, Jihed Sehli, N. Sartorius, Sabina C. Heuss, D. Guinart, Jane Hamilton, John Kane, Jose Rubio, Michael Sand, A. Koyanagi, Aleix Solanes, Á. Andreu-Bernabeu, A. S. J. Cáceres, Celso Arango, C. Díaz-Caneja, D. Hidalgo-Mazzei, E. Vieta, J. González-Peñas, L. Fortea, Mara Parellada, M. Fullana, N. Verdolini, Eva Andrlíková, Karolina Janků, M. Millan, Mihaela Honciuc, Anna M. Moniuszko-Malinowska, I. Łoniewski, J. Samochowiec, Łukasz Kiszkiel, Maria Marlicz, P. Sowa, Wojciech Marlicz, G. Spies, B. Stubbs, Joseph Firth, S. Sullivan, A. Darcin, Hatice Aksu, N. Dilbaz, O. Noyan, Momoko Kitazawa, S. Kurokawa, Yuki Tazawa, Alejandro Anselmi, Cecilia Cracco, A. Machado, Natalia Estrade, D. de Leo, Jackie Curtis, Michael Berk, A. Carvalho, Philip B. Ward, S. Teasdale, S. Rosenbaum, Wolfgang Marx, A. Horodnic, L. Oprea, Ovidiu Alexinschi, P. Ifteni, Ș. Turliuc, T. Ciuhodaru, Alexandra Boloṣ, V. Matei, D. Nieman, Iris Sommer, J. van Os, T. van Amelsvoort, Ching-Fang Sun, Ta-wei Guu, Can Jiao, Jieting Zhang, Jialin Fan, Liye Zou, Xin Yu, Xin-Li Chi, P. de Timary, Ruud van Winkel, B. Ng, Edilberto Peña de León, Ramon Arellano, Raquel Román, Thelma Sanchez, L. Movina, Pedro Morgado, S. Brissos, O. Aizberg, A. Mosina, D. Krinitski, J. Mugisha, Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani, Farshad Sheybani, Masoud Sadeghi, Samira Hadi, Serge Brand, A. Errázuriz, Nicolas Crossley, D. Ristic, C. López-Jaramillo, D. Efthymiou, P. Kuttichira, R. Kallivayalil, Afzal Javed, M. I. Afridi, B. James, O. J. Seb-Akahomen, Jess Fiedorowicz, Jeff Daskalakis, L. Yatham, Lin Yang, T. Okasha, A. Dahdouh, J. Tiihonen, J. Shin, Jinhee Lee, A. Mhalla, L. Gaha, Takoua Brahim, Kuanysh Altynbekov, N. Negay, S. Nurmagambetova, Yasser Abu Jamei, M. Weiser, C. Correll (2024). Global and risk-group stratified well-being and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in adults: Results from the international COH-FIT Study. Psychiatry Research.DOI
Michaela A. O'Hare, Patricia Swart, Stefanie Malan‐Müller, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Erine Bröcker, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2024). The saNeuroGut Initiative: Investigating the Gut Microbiome and Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress. NeuroImmunoModulation.DOI
Simonne Lesley Wright, Eirini Karyotaki, Pim Cuijpers, Jonathan I. Bisson, Davide Papola, Anke Boukje Witteveen, Sudie E. Back, Dana Maria Bichescu-Burian, Liuva Capezzani, Marylène Cloître, Grant James Devilly, Thomas R. Elbert, Marcelo F. Mello, Julián D. Ford, Damion J. Grasso, Pedro S. Gamito, Richard Gray, Moira M. Haller, Nigel C. Hunt, Rolf J. Kleber, Julia König, Claire Kullack, Jonathan D. E. Laugharne, Rachel E. Liebman, Christopher William Lee, Jeannette C. G. Lely, John C. Markowitz, Candice M. Monson, Mirjam J. Nijdam, Sonya B. Norman, Miranda Olff, Tahereh Mina Orang, Luca Ostacoli, Nenad Paunović, Eva Petkova, Patricia A. Resick, Rita Rosner, Maggie Schauer, Joy M. Schmitz, Ulrich Schnyder, Brian N. Smith, Anka A. Vujanovic, Yinyin Zang, Érica Panzani Duran, Francisco Lotufo Neto, Soraya Seedat, Marit Sijbrandij (2024). 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. BMJ Mental Health.DOI
Christiane Didden, Matthias Egger, Naomi Folb, Gary Maartens, Eliane Rohner, Reshma Kassanjee, Cristina Mesa-Vieira, Ayesha Kriel, Soraya Seedat, Andreas D. Haas (2024). The Contribution of Noncommunicable and Infectious Diseases to the Effect of Depression on Mortality: A Longitudinal Causal Mediation Analysis. Epidemiology.DOI
Danielle Jansen van Rensburg, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Lindi I. Martin, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2024). Differential microRNA expression in adolescent anxiety proneness. European Journal of Neuroscience.DOI
Shilat Haim‐Nachum, Doron Amsalem, Amit Lazarov, Soraya Seedat, Yuval Neria, Xi Zhu (2024). Childhood maltreatment and its associations with trauma-related psychopathology: disentangling two classification approaches. npj Mental Health Research.DOI
Natalia E. Fares‐Otero, Soraya Seedat (2024). Childhood maltreatment: A call for a standardised definition and applied framework. European Neuropsychopharmacology.DOI
Grace Nduku Wambua, Alan L. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Marit Sijbrandij, Kathy J. Baisley, Maryam Shahmanesh, Janet Seeley, Nothando B. Ngwenya (2024). Adaptation and feasibility of WHO PM+ for adolescents living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa: an implementation feasibility study protocol. BMJ Open.DOI
Marí van de Vyver, Rohan M. Benecke, Lambertus P. van den Heuvel, Mariana Kruger, Yigael S. L. Powrie, Soraya Seedat, Carine Smith (2024). Posttraumatic stress disorder is characterized by functional dysregulation of dermal fibroblasts. Biochimie.DOI
A. S. J. van der Watt, Stéfan du Plessis, Fatima Ahmed-Leitao, Annerine Roos, Elmien Lesch, Soraya Seedat (2024). Hippocampus, amygdala, and insula activation in response to romantic relationship dissolution stimuli: A case-case-control fMRI study on emerging adult students. Journal of Affective Disorders.DOI
Spyridon Siafis, Virginia Chiocchia, Malcolm Robert Macleod, Charlotte Austin, Ava Homiar, Francesca Tinsdeall, Claire Friedrich, Fiona Ramage, Jaycee Kennett, Nobuyuki Nomura, Olena Maksym, Grazia Rutigliano, Luke James Vano, Robert Ali McCutcheon, David Gilbert, Edoardo Giuseppe Ostinelli, Claire Stansfield, Hossein Dehdarirad, Damian Omari Juma, Simonne Lesley Wright, Simple Ouma, Olufisayo Oluyinka Elugbadebo, Thomy Tonia, Ioannis Mantas, Oliver Howes, Toshi A. Furukawa, Lea Milligan, Carmen Moreno, Julian Elliott, Janna Hastings, James Thomas, Susan G. Michie, Emily S. Sena, Soraya Seedat, Matthias Egger, Jennifer Potts, Andrea Cipriani, Georgia Salanti, Stefan Leucht (2024). Trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) agonism for psychosis: a living systematic review and meta-analysis of human and non-human data. Wellcome Open Research.DOI
Hilmar Klaus Luckhoff, Sharain Suliman, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Retha Smit, Sanja Kilian, Erine Bröcker, Lebogang Phaladira, Laila Asmal, Soraya Seedat, Robin Alexander Emsley (2024). Metabolic syndrome associations with neurocognitive function in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychiatry Research Communications.DOI
Chanellé Juanita Hendrikse, Hilmar Klaus Luckhoff, Jean‐Paul Fouché, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Robin Alexander Emsley, Soraya Seedat, Stéfan du Plessis (2024). Fronto‐limbic white matter microstructural changes in psychiatrically healthy adults with childhood trauma. Journal of Neuroscience Research.DOI
Anne Stevenson, Engida Girma, Benon Kabale Kitafuna, Boniface Harerimana, Karestan Chase Koenen, Soraya Seedat (2024). Serious mental health conditions and exposure to adulthood trauma in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health.DOI
Debra Kaminer, Candice Simmons, Soraya Seedat, Stephanie Skavenski, Laura Murray, Martin Kidd, Judith A. A. Cohen (2023). Effectiveness of abbreviated trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for South African adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 14, No. 10.DOI
Natalia E. Fares-Otero, Jiaqing O, Georgina Spies, Jacqueline S. Womersley, Carolina Gonzalez, Goerkem Ayas, Tilahun Belete Mossie, Julia Carranza-Neira, Jose-Manuel Estrada-Lorenzo, Eduard Vieta, Inga Schalinski, Ulrich Schnyder, Soraya Seedat (2023). [Review] Child maltreatment and resilience in adulthood: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 14, No. 20.DOI
Katharine Kirykowicz, Beth Jaworski, Jason Owen, Clemens Kirschbaum, Soraya Seedat, Leigh Luella van den Heuvel (2023). Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a mental health self-management app in clinicians working during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Psychiatry Research, Vol. 329.DOI
Julian D. Ford, Soraya Seedat (2023). On the path to recovery: traumatic stress research during the COVID-19 pandemic 2021-2023. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 14, No. 20.DOI
Philip A. May, Julie M. Hasken, Marlene M. de Vries, Anna-Susan Marais, Omar Abdul-Rahman, Luther K. Robinson, Margaret P. Adam, Melanie A. Manning, Wendy O. Kalberg, David Buckley, Soraya Seedat, Charles D. H. Parry, H. Eugene Hoyme (2023). Maternal and paternal risk factors for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Alcohol and other drug use as proximal influences. Alcohol-Clinical And Experimental Research.DOI
Melanie Deist, Sharain Suliman, Martin Kidd, Donald Franklin, Mariana Cherner, Robert K. Heaton, Georgina Spies, Soraya Seedat (2023). Neuropsychological Test Norms for the Assessment of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairment Among South African Adults. Aids And Behavior, Vol. 270, No. 9.DOI
Rory C. O'Connor, Carol M. Worthman, Marie Abanga, Nikoletta Athanassopoulou, Niall Boyce, Lai Fong Chan, Helen Christensen, Jayati Das-Munshi, James Downs, Karestan C. Koenen, Christine Yu Moutier, Peter Templeton, Philip Batterham, Karen Brakspear, Richard G. Frank, Simon Gilbody, Oye Gureje, David Henderson, Ann John, Wilbroad Kabagambe, Murad Khan, David Kessler, Olivia J. Kirtley, Sarah Kline, Brandon Kohrt, Alisa K. Lincoln, Crick Lund, Emily Mendenhall, Regina Miranda, Valeria Mondelli, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, David Osborn, Jane Pirkis, Anthony R. Pisani, Benny Prawira, Hala Rachidi, Soraya Seedat, Dan Siskind, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Paul S. F. Yip (2023). [Review] Gone Too Soon: priorities for action to prevent premature mortality associated with mental illness and mental distress. Lancet Psychiatry, Vol. 10, No. 6.DOI
Kim A. Nguyen, Bronwyn Myers, Naeemah Abrahams, Rachel Jewkes, Shibe Mhlongo, Soraya Seedat, Carl Lombard, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Esnat Chirwa, Andre P. Kengne, Nasheeta Peer (2023). Symptoms of posttraumatic stress partially mediate the relationship between gender-based violence and alcohol misuse among South African women. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention And Policy, Vol. 18, No. 10.DOI
Wendy O. Kalberg, Anna-Susan Marais, Marlene M. De Vries, Marci Laurel, Kathleen Taylor, Julie M. Hasken, Barbara G. Tabachnick, David Buckley, Marian A. Ortega, Soraya Seedat, Philip A. May (2023). Relationship-based intervention for children who were prenatally alcohol exposed in South Africa. Research In Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 136.DOI
Eamonn Kennedy, Emily L. Dennis, Hannah M. Lindsey, Terri deRoon-Cassini, Stefan Du Plessis, Negar Fani, Milissa L. Kaufman, Nastassja Koen, Christine L. Larson, Sarah Laskowitz, Lauren A. M. Lebois, Rajendra A. Morey, Mary R. Newsome, Cori Palermo, Nicholas J. Pastorek, Abigail Powers, Randall Scheibel, Soraya Seedat, Antonia Seligowski, Dan J. Stein, Jennifer Stevens, Delin Sun, Paul Thompson, Maya Troyanskaya, Sanne J. H. van Rooij, Amanda A. Watts, Carissa W. Tomas, Wright Williams, Frank G. Hillary, Mary Jo Pugh, Elisabeth A. Wilde, David F. Tate (2023). Harmonizing PTSD Severity Scales Across Instruments and Sites. Neuropsychology, Vol. 370, No. 4.DOI
Georgina Spies, Melanie Deist, Sharain Suliman, Soraya Seedat (2023). Screening for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Impairment: Development and Validation of an Abbreviated Neuropsychological Test Battery for Use in South African Clinical Settings. Neuropsychology, Vol. 370, No. 2.DOI
Soraya Seedat, Sarah L. Halligan (2023). Beyond bruises: the lifelong toll of violence on women’s health. Nature Medicine.DOI
Gen Li, Yifan Li, Agnes Iok Fong Lam, Weiming Tang, Soraya Seedat, Corrado Barbui, Davide Papola, Catherine Panter‐Brick, Judith E.B. van der Waerden, Richard Allan Bryant, Ellenor Mittendorfer‐Rutz, Katalin Gémes, Fredrick Dermawan Purba, Hari Setyowibowo, Irene Pinucci, Christina Palantza, Ceren Acartürk, Gülşah Kurt, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Naser Morina, Sebastian Burchert, Martina Patanè, Soledad Quero, Daniel Campos, Anja C. Huizink, Daniela Christina Fuhr, Tobias R. Spiller, Marit Sijbrandij, Brian James Hall (2023). Understanding the protective effect of social support on depression symptomatology from a longitudinal network perspective. BMJ Mental Health.DOI
S. Mhlongo, Soraya Seedat, Rachel K. Jewkes, BRONWYN J. MYERS, E. Chirwa, Jani Nöthling, Carl J. Lombard, Nasheeta Peer, André Pascal Kengne, Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno, Kristin Dunkle, Naeemah Abrahams (2023). Depression and post-traumatic stress symptoms two years post-rape and the role of early counselling: Rape Impact Cohort Evaluation (RICE) study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Morne du Plessis, M. Claire Greene, Leigh L. van den Heuwel, Eugene Kinyanda, Soraya Seedat (2023). Decision: Advances in the molecular neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder from global contexts: A systematic review of longitudinal studies — R1/PR10.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Morne du Plessis, M. Claire Greene, Leigh L. van den Heuwel, Eugene Kinyanda, Soraya Seedat (2023). Recommendation: Advances in the molecular neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder from global contexts: A systematic review of longitudinal studies — R1/PR9.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Morne du Plessis, M. Claire Greene, Leigh L. van den Heuwel, Eugene Kinyanda, Soraya Seedat (2023). Review: Advances in the molecular neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder from global contexts: A systematic review of longitudinal studies — R1/PR8.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Morne du Plessis, M. Claire Greene, Leigh L. van den Heuwel, Eugene Kinyanda, Soraya Seedat (2023). Review: Advances in the molecular neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder from global contexts: A systematic review of longitudinal studies — R1/PR7.DOI
Patricia Swart, Morne Du Plessis, Carlien Rust, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2023). Identifying genetic loci that are associated with changes in gene expression in PTSD in a South African cohort. Journal of Neurochemistry.DOI
Carlien Rust, Stefanie Malan‐Müller, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Daniel Paul Tonge, Soraya Seedat, Etheresia Pretorius, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2023). Platelets bridging the gap between gut dysbiosis and neuroinflammation in stress-linked disorders: A narrative review. Journal of Neuroimmunology.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Morne du Plessis, M. Claire Greene, Leigh L. van den Heuwel, Eugene Kinyanda, Soraya Seedat (2023). Decision: Advances in the molecular neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder from global contexts: A systematic review of longitudinal studies — R0/PR5.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Morne du Plessis, M. Claire Greene, Leigh L. van den Heuwel, Eugene Kinyanda, Soraya Seedat (2023). Recommendation: Advances in the molecular neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder from global contexts: A systematic review of longitudinal studies — R0/PR4.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Morne du Plessis, M. Claire Greene, Leigh L. van den Heuwel, Eugene Kinyanda, Soraya Seedat (2023). Review: Advances in the molecular neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder from global contexts: A systematic review of longitudinal studies — R0/PR3.DOI
Andrea Cipriani, Soraya Seedat, Lea Milligan, Georgia Salanti, Malcolm Robert Macleod, Janna Hastings, James Thomas, Susan G. Michie, Toshi A. Furukawa, David Gilbert, Karla Soares‐Weiser, Carmen Moreno, Stefan Leucht, Matthias Egger, Parisa Mansoori, James M. Barker, Spyridon Siafis, Edoardo Giuseppe Ostinelli, Robert Ali McCutcheon, Simonne Lesley Wright, M. Simpson, Olufisayo Oluyinka Elugbadebo, Virginia Chiocchia, Thomy Tonia, Rania Elgarf, Ayşe Kurtulmuş, Emily S. Sena, Simple Ouma, Niall Boyce, Sophie Chung, Anjuli Sharma, Miranda Wolpert, Jennifer Potts, Julian Elliott (2023). New living evidence resource of human and non-human studies for early intervention and research prioritisation in anxiety, depression and psychosis. BMJ Mental Health.DOI
Alberta SJ van der Watt, Annerine Roos, Elmien Lesch, Soraya Seedat (2023). Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students. Journal of Psychology in Africa.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Morne du Plessis, M. Claire Greene, Leigh L. van den Heuwel, Eugene Kinyanda, Soraya Seedat (2023). Advances in the molecular neurobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder from global contexts: A systematic review of longitudinal studies. Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health.DOI
Joonas Korhonen, Anna Axelin, Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Lonia Mwape, Ronelle Jansen, Gunter Groen, Gerhard Grobler, Astrid Jorns-Presentati, Jouko Katajisto, Mari Lahti (2022). Mental health literacy among primary healthcare workers in South Africa and Zambia. Brain And Behavior, Vol. 120, No. 120.DOI
Philip A. May, Marlene M. de Vries, Anna-Susan Marais, Wendy O. Kalberg, David Buckley, Julie M. Hasken, Omar Abdul-Rahman, Luther K. Robinson, Melanie A. Manning, Soraya Seedat, Charles D. H. Parry, H. Eugene Hoyme (2022). The prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in rural communities in South Africa: A third regional sample of child characteristics and maternal risk factors. Alcohol-Clinical And Experimental Research, Vol. 460, No. 100.DOI
Zulfa Ryklief, Sharain Suliman, M. J. Sian Hemmings, L. Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Soraya Seedat (2022). Rates of and factors associated with atopy and allergies in posttraumatic stress disorder as compared to controls. Journal Of Psychosomatic Research, Vol. 158.DOI
Anja Wettstein, Mpho Tlali, John A. Joska, Morna Cornell, Veronika W. Skrivankova, Soraya Seedat, Johannes P. Mouton, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Nicola Maxwell, Mary-Ann Davies, Gary Maartens, Matthias Egger, Andreas D. Haas (2022). The effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on mental health care use in South Africa: an interrupted time-series analysis. Epidemiology And Psychiatric Sciences, Vol. 31.DOI
Bernard Janse van Rensburg, Carla Kotze, Karis Moxley, Ugasvaree Subramaney, Zukiswa Zingela, Soraya Seedat (2022). Profile of the current psychiatrist workforce in South Africa: establishing a baseline for human resource planning and strategy. Health Policy And Planning, Vol. 370, No. 40.DOI
Rachel Jewkes, Shibe Mhlongo, Esnat Chirwa, Soraya Seedat, Bronwyn Myers, Nasheeta Peer, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Kristin Dunkle, Naeemah Abrahams (2022). Pathways to and factors associated with rape stigma experienced by rape survivors in South Africa: Analysis of baseline data from a rape cohort. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, Vol. 29, No. 1.DOI
Gunter Groen, Astrid Jörns‐Presentati, Anja Dessauvagie, Soraya Seedat, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Sharain Suliman, Gerhard P. Grobler, Ronelle Jansen, Lonia Mwape, Patricia Katowa-Mukwato, Fabian Chapima, Joonas Korhonen, Dan Joseph Stein, Deborah Jonker, John Mudenda, Timo Turunen, Kārlis Valtiņš, Anete Beinaroviča, Leva Grada, Mari Lahti (2022). Development of a Mobile Application for Detection of Adolescent Mental Health Problems and Feasibility Assessment with Primary Health Care Workers. Issues in Mental Health Nursing.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Simone Roeh, Lindi I. Martin, Fatima Ahmed-Leitao, Susann Sauer, Monika Rex‐Haffner, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Elisabeth B. Binder, Soraya Seedat (2022). FKBP5 intron 7 methylation is associated with higher anxiety proneness and smaller right thalamus volume in adolescents. Brain Structure and Function.DOI
Eileen Vuong, Nasheeta Peer, Esnat Dorothy Chirwa, Shibe Mhlongo, Carl J. Lombard, Sian M. J. Hemmings, André Pascal Kengne, Naeemah Abrahams, Soraya Seedat (2022). Prospective Association of Circulating Adipokines with Cardiometabolic Risk Profile Among Women: The Rape Impact Cohort Evaluation Study. Women s Health Reports.DOI
Fatima Ahmed-Leitao, Stefan S. du Plessis, Elisabete Castelon Konkiewitz, Georgina Spies, Soraya Seedat (2022). Altered white matter integrity in the corpus callosum in adults with HIV: a systematic review of diffusion tensor imaging studies. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging.DOI
Eileen Vuong, Shibe Mhlongo, Esnat Dorothy Chirwa, Carl J. Lombard, Nasheeta Peer, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Naeemah Abrahams, Soraya Seedat (2022). Serum adiponectin-levels are predictive of posttraumatic stress disorder in women. Neurobiology of Stress.DOI
Kim Anh Nguyen, Naeemah Abrahams, Rachel K. Jewkes, Shibe Mhlongo, Soraya Seedat, Bronwyn Meyers, Carl J. Lombard, Claudia García‐Moreno, Esnat Dorothy Chirwa, André Pascal Kengne, Nasheeta Peer (2022). EXPOSURES TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND NON-PARTNER SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERTENSION IN SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN. Journal of Hypertension.DOI
Chanellé Juanita Hendrikse, Stéfan du Plessis, Hilmar Klaus Luckhoff, Matthijs Vink, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Freda Scheffler, Lebogang Phahladira, Retha Smit, Laila Asmal, Soraya Seedat, Robin Alexander Emsley (2022). Childhood trauma exposure and reward processing in healthy adults: A functional neuroimaging study. Journal of Neuroscience Research.DOI
Kim Anh Nguyen, Naeemah Abrahams, Rachel K. Jewkes, Shibe Mhlongo, Soraya Seedat, BRONWYN J. MYERS, Carl J. Lombard, Claudia García‐Moreno, Esnat Dorothy Chirwa, André Pascal Kengne, Nasheeta Peer (2022). The Associations of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-Partner Sexual Violence with Hypertension in South African Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.DOI
Sian M. J. Hemmings, Patricia Swart, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Ellen S. Ovenden, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Nathaniel W. McGregor, Stuart Meier, Soraya Bardien, Shameemah Abrahams, Gerard C. Tromp, Robin Alexander Emsley, Jonathan Ambrose Carr, Soraya Seedat (2022). RNA-seq analysis of gene expression profiles in posttraumatic stress disorder, Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia identifies roles for common and distinct biological pathways. Discover Mental Health.DOI
Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Retha Smit, Tobias Stalder, Clemens Kirschbaum, Soraya Seedat, Robin Alexander Emsley (2022). Hair cortisol levels in schizophrenia and metabolic syndrome. Early Intervention in Psychiatry.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Simone Roeh, Lindi I. Martin, Fatima Ahmed-Leitao, Susann Sauer, Monika Rex‐Haffner, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Elke Binder, Soraya Seedat (2022). Associations between FKBP5 methylation, childhood trauma, anxiety proneness and structural brain volumes – a neuroimaging epigenetics study in South African adolescents. Neuroscience Applied.DOI
Sian M. J. Hemmings, Natasha Kitchin, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Anna‐Susan Marais, Marlene M. de Vries, P. A. May, Soraya Seedat (2022). Investigating the gut microbiome in foetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Neuroscience Applied.DOI
Natalie Beath, Karis Moxley, Ugasvaree Subramaney, Zukiswa Zingela, Bonginkosi Chiliza, John Joska, Carla Kotze, Liezl Koen, Soraya Seedat (2021). Factors Affecting Specialist Psychiatry Training in South Africa: Are Psychiatry Residents Satisfied with Their Training? Academic Psychiatry, Vol. 450, No. 60.DOI
Lucy V. Hiscox, Rachel Hiller, Abigail Fraser, Stephan Rabie, Jackie Stewart, Soraya Seedat, Mark Tomlinson, Sarah L. Halligan (2021). Sex differences in post-traumatic stress disorder in a high adversity cohort of South African adolescents: an examination of depressive symptoms, age, and trauma type as explanatory factors. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 12, No. 10.DOI
Philip A. May, Anna-Susan Marais, Marlene M. De Vries, David Buckley, Wendy O. Kalberg, Julie M. Hasken, Julie M. Stegall, Dixie M. Hedrick, Luther K. Robinson, Melanie A. Manning, Barbara G. Tabachnick, Soraya Seedat, Charles D. H. Parry, H. Eugene Hoyme (2021). The prevalence, child characteristics, and maternal risk factors for the continuum of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: A sixth population-based study in the same South African community. Drug And Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 218.DOI
Khethelo R. Xulu, Jacqueline S. Womersley, Jessica Sommer, Martina Hinsberger, Thomas Elbert, Roland Weierstall, Debbie Kaminer, Stefanie Malan-Muller, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2021). DNA methylation and psychotherapy response in trauma-exposed men with appetitive aggression. Psychiatry Research, Vol. 295.DOI
Jennifer A. Sumner, Adam X. Maihofer, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Alex O. Rothbaum, Lynn M. Almli, Ole A. Andreassen, Allison E. Ashley‐Koch, Dewleen G. Baker, Jean C. Beckham, Bekh Bradley, Gerome D. Breen, Jonathan R. I. Coleman, Anders Martin Dale, Michelle F. Dennis, Norah C. Feeny, Carol E. Franz, Melanie E. Garrett, Charles F. Gillespie, Guia Guffanti, Michael A. Hauser, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Tanja Jovanović, Nathan A. Kimbrel, William S. Kremen, Bruce R. Lawford, Mark W. Logue, Adriana Lori, Michael J. Lyons, Jessica L. Maples‐Keller, MATIG R. MAVISSAKALIAN, Regina E. McGlinchey, Divya Mehta, Rebecca Mellor, William Milberg, Mark W. Miller, Charles Phillip Morris, Matthew S. Panizzon, Kerry J. Ressler, Victoria B. Risbrough, BARBARA OLASOV ROTHBAUM, Peter Roy‐Byrne, Soraya Seedat, Alicia K. Smith, Jennifer Strafford Stevens, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Joanne Voisey, Ross McD. Young, Lori A. Zoellner, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Erika J. Wolf (2021). Examining Individual and Synergistic Contributions of PTSD and Genetics to Blood Pressure: A Trans-Ethnic Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Neuroscience.DOI
Patricia Swart, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Cathryn M. Lewis, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2021). A Genome-Wide Association Study and Polygenic Risk Score Analysis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Metabolic Syndrome in a South African Population. Frontiers in Neuroscience.DOI
Astrid Jörns‐Presentati, Ann-Kathrin Napp, Anja Dessauvagie, Dan Joseph Stein, Deborah Jonker, Elsie Breet, Weslin Charles, Renier L. Swart, Mari Lahti, Sharain Suliman, Ronelle Jansen, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Soraya Seedat, Gunter Groen (2021). The prevalence of mental health problems in sub-Saharan adolescents: A systematic review. PLoS ONE.DOI
Allan Kalungi, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Eugene Kinyanda, Moses Lutaakome Joloba, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Rebecca Namugabwe Nsubuga, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2021). The 5-HTTLPR-rs25531 S-A-S-A Haplotype and Chronic Stress Moderate the Association Between Acute Stress and Internalizing Mental Disorders Among HIV+ Children and Adolescents in Uganda. Frontiers in Genetics.DOI
Allan Kalungi, Eugene Kinyanda, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Moses Lutaakome Joloba, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Rebecca Namugabwe Nsubuga, Pontiano Kaleebu, Jonathan B. Levin, Martin Kidd, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2021). TERT rs2736100 and TERC rs16847897 genotypes moderate the association between internalizing mental disorders and accelerated telomere length attrition among HIV+ children and adolescents in Uganda. BMC Medical Genomics.DOI
Georgina Spies, Fatima Ahmed-Leitao, Graeme Hoddinott, Soraya Seedat (2021). Effects of unhealthy alcohol use on brain morphometry and neurocognitive function among people with HIV. Journal of NeuroVirology.DOI
Aqeedah Abbas Roomaney, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Patricia Swart, Georgina Spies, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2021). Childhood trauma and genetic variation in the DAT 40-bp VNTR contribute to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. IBRO Neuroscience Reports.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Khethelo Richman Xulu, Jessica E. Sommer, Martina Hinsberger, Martin Kidd, Thomas R. Elbert, Roland Weierstall, Debra Kaminer, Stefanie Malan‐Müller, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2021). Associations between telomere length and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and appetitive aggression in trauma-exposed men. Neuroscience Letters.DOI
Jani Nöthling, Naeemah Abrahams, Sylvanus Toikumo, Matthew J Suderman, Shibe Mhlongo, Carl J. Lombard, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2021). Genome-wide differentially methylated genes associated with posttraumatic stress disorder and longitudinal change in methylation in rape survivors. Translational Psychiatry.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Georgina Spies, Gerard C. Tromp, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2021). Longitudinal telomere length profile does not reflect HIV and childhood trauma impacts on cognitive function in South African women. Journal of NeuroVirology.DOI
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Jani Nöthling, Sylvanus Toikumo, Stefanie Malan‐Müller, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Nathaniel W. McGregor, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2021). Childhood trauma, the stress response and metabolic syndrome: A focus on DNA methylation. European Journal of Neuroscience.DOI
Leigh Luella van den Heuvel, Debbie Acker, Stefan du Plessis, Tobias Stalder, Sharain Suliman, Marguerite Yvonne Thorne, Clemens Kirschbaum, Soraya Seedat (2020). Hair cortisol as a biomarker of stress and resilience in South African mixed ancestry females. Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol. 113.DOI
Christy A. Denckla, Dante Cicchetti, Laura D. Kubzansky, Soraya Seedat, Martin H. Teicher, David R. Williams, Karestan C. Koenen (2020). Psychological resilience: an update on definitions, a critical appraisal, and research recommendations. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 11, No. 10.DOI
Stefan S. du Plessis, Minke Bekker, Chanellé Buckle, Matthijs Vink, Soraya Seedat, Soraya Bardien, Jonathan Ambrose Carr, Shameemah Abrahams (2020). Association Between a Variable Number Tandem Repeat Polymorphism Within the DAT1 Gene and the Mesolimbic Pathway in Parkinson's Disease. Frontiers in Neurology.DOI
Christy A. Denckla, Georgina Spies, Robert Heaton, Jennifer Vasterling, Donald Franklin, Kristina J. Korte, Courtney Colgan, David C. Henderson, Karestan C. Koenen, Soraya Seedat (2019). Generalizability of demographically corrected Zambian neuropsychological norms to South African women. Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol. 330.DOI
Georgina Spies, Martin Kidd, Soraya Seedat (2019). A factor analytic study of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form in an all-female South African sample with and without HIV infection. Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol. 920.DOI
Elsie Breet, Soraya Seedat, Ashraf Kagee (2019). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Men and Women Who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence. Journal Of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 340, No. 10.DOI
Oluyomi Esan, John Appiah-Poku, Caleb Othieno, Lola Kola, Benjamin Harris, Gareth Nortje, Victor Makanjuola, Bibilola Oladeji, LeShawndra Price, Soraya Seedat, Oye Gureje (2019). A survey of traditional and faith healers providing mental health care in three sub-Saharan African countries. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 540, No. 3.DOI
Lee Hogarth, Lindi Martin, Soraya Seedat (2019). Relationship between childhood abuse and substance misuse problems is mediated by substance use coping motives, in school attending South African adolescents. Drug And Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 194.DOI
Lindi Martin, Martin Kidd, Soraya Seedat (2019). The effects of childhood maltreatment and anxiety proneness on neuropsychological test performance in non-clinical older adolescents. Journal Of Affective Disorders, Vol. 2430.DOI
K. Haag, A. Fraser, R. Hiller, Soraya Seedat, Dr., Annie Zimmerman, S. Halligan (2019). Running head: Developmental sex differences in PTSD.
Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Lara Bianka Clauss, Olivette Varathan, Susan Engelbrecht, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Soraya Seedat, Georgina Spies (2019). The effect of childhood trauma, ApoE genotype and HIV-1 viral protein R variants on change in cognitive performance. BMC Research Notes.DOI
Georgina Spies, Elisabete Castelon Konkiewitz, Soraya Seedat (2018). Incidence and Persistence of Depression Among Women Living with and Without HIV in South Africa: A Longitudinal Study. Aids And Behavior, Vol. 220, No. 10.DOI
Olivia V. Fletcher, Philip A. May, Soraya Seedat, Kathleen J. Sikkema, Melissa H. Watt (2018). Attitudes toward alcohol use during pregnancy among women recruited from alcohol-serving venues in Cape Town, South Africa: A mixed-methods study. Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 215.DOI
Sarah V. Biedermann, Stefanie Meliss, Candice Simmons, Jani Noethling, Sharain Suliman, Soraya Seedat (2018). Sexual abuse but not posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with neurocognitive deficits in South African traumatized adolescents. Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol. 800.DOI
Jessica Sommer, Martina Hinsberger, Leon Holtzhausen, Debra Kaminer, Soraya Seedat, Thomas Elbert, Mareike Augsburger, Andreas Maercker, Roland Weierstall (2017). Associations between societal disapproval and changes in symptoms of PTSD and appetitive aggression following treatment among high-risk South African males. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 8, No. 10.DOI
Melissa H. Watt, Brandon A. Knettel, Karmel W. Choi, Elizabeth T. Knippler, Philip A. May, Soraya Seedat (2017). Risk for Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies Among Women at Drinking Venues in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs, Vol. 780, No. 50.DOI
Janine Pingo, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Bavinisha Vythylingum, Soraya Seedat (2017). Probable postpartum hypomania and depression in a South African cohort. Archives Of Womens Mental Health, Vol. 200, No. 3.DOI
Jessica Sommer, Martina Hinsberger, Thomas Elbert, Leon Holtzhausen, Debra Kaminer, Soraya Seedat, Solomon Madikane, Roland Weierstall (2017). The interplay between trauma, substance abuse and appetitive aggression and its relation to criminal activity among high-risk males in South Africa. Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 640.DOI
Jessica Sommer, Martina Hinsberger, Roland Weierstall, Leon Holtzhausen, Debra Kaminer, Soraya Seedat, Andreas Maercker, Solomon Madikane, Thomas Elbert (2017). Social Acknowledgment of Violent Experiences and Its Role in PTSD and Appetitive Aggression Among High-Risk Males in South Africa. Clinical Psychological Science, Vol. 50, No. 10.DOI
Philip A. May, Anna-Susan Marais, Marlene M. de Vries, Wendy O. Kalberg, David Buckley, Julie M. Hasken, Colleen M. Adnams, Ronel Barnard, Belinda Joubert, Marise Cloete, Barbara Tabachnick, Luther K. Robinson, Melanie A. Manning, Kenneth Lyons Jones, Heidre Bezuidenhout, Soraya Seedat, Charles D. H. Parry, H. Eugene Hoyme (2016). The continuum of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in a community in South Africa: Prevalence and characteristics in a fifth sample. Drug And Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 168.DOI
Lindi Martin, Martin Kidd, Soraya Seedat (2016). Anxiety Sensitivity in School Attending Youth: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the 18-Item CASI in a Multicultural South African Sample. Frontiers In Psychology, Vol. 6.DOI
Sian M. J. Hemmings, Lindi I. Martin, Lize van der Merwe, Rohan Benecke, Katharina Domschke, Soraya Seedat (2016). Serotonin transporter variants play a role in anxiety sensitivity in South African adolescents. World Journal Of Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 170, No. 10.DOI
Martina Hinsberger, Jessica Sommer, Debra Kaminer, Leon Holtzhausen, Roland Weierstall, Soraya Seedat, Solomon Madikane, Thomas Elbert (2016). Perpetuating the cycle of violence in South African low-income communities: attraction to violence in young men exposed to continuous threat. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 70.DOI
Erica Breuer, Kevin Stoloff, Landon Myer, Soraya Seedat, Dan J. Stein, John A. Joska (2014). The Validity of the Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Symptom Screener (SAMISS) in People Living with HIV/AIDS in Primary HIV Care in Cape Town, South Africa. Aids And Behavior, Vol. 180, No. 6.DOI
Gareth Nortje, Soraya Seedat (2013). Recruiting medical students into psychiatry in lower income countries. International Review Of Psychiatry, Vol. 250, No. 4.DOI
Sian M. J. Hemmings, Lindi I. Martin, Marisa Klopper, Lize van der Merwe, Lisa Aitken, Erika de Wit, Gillian F. Black, Eileen G. Hoal, Gerhard Walzl, Soraya Seedat (2013). BDNF Val66Met and DRD2 Taq1A polymorphisms interact to influence PTSD symptom severity: A preliminary investigation in a South African population. Progress In Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 40.DOI
Erica Breuer, Kevin Stoloff, Landon Myer, Soraya Seedat, Dan J. Stein, John Joska (2012). Reliability of the Lay Adherence Counsellor Administered Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Symptoms Screener (SAMISS) and the International HIV Dementia Scale (IHDS) in a Primary care HIV Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. Aids And Behavior, Vol. 160, No. 6.DOI
Jesse D. Gass, Dan J. Stein, David R. Williams, Soraya Seedat (2011). Gender Differences in Risk for Intimate Partner Violence Among South African Adults. Journal Of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 260, No. 14.DOI
Belinda Bruwer, Katherine Sorsdahl, Judith Harrison, Dan J. Stein, David Williams, Soraya Seedat (2011). Barriers to Mental Health Care and Predictors of Treatment Dropout in the South African Stress and Health Study. Psychiatric Services, Vol. 62, No. 7.DOI
Leigh Boardman, Lize van der Merwe, Christine Lochner, Craig J. Kinnear, Soraya Seedat, Dan J. Stein, Johanna C. Moolman-Smook, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2011). Investigating SAPAP3 variants in the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania in the South African white population. Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol. 52, No. 20.DOI
Elizabeth Penland Miller, Joshua A. Breslau, Maria Petukhova, J. Fayyad, Jennifer Greif Green, Lola Kola, Soraya Seedat, Dan Joseph Stein, A. Tsang, María Carmen Viana, Laura Helena Andrade, Koen Demyttenaere, Giovanni de Girolamo, Josep María Haro, C. Hu, Elie Georges Karam, Viviane Kovess–Masféty, Toma Tomov, Ronald C. Kessler (2011). Premarital mental disorders and physical violence in marriage: cross-national study of married couples. The British Journal of Psychiatry.DOI
Natalie Slopen, David R. Williams, Soraya Seedat, Hashim Moomal, Allen Herman, Dan J. Stein (2010). Adversities in childhood and adult psychopathology in the South Africa Stress and Health Study: Associations with first-onset DSM-IV disorders. Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 71, No. 10.DOI
Sharain Suliman, Soraya Seedat, David R. Williams, Dan J. Stein (2010). Predictors of Transitions Across Stages of Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Use Disorders in South Africa. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs, Vol. 710, No. 50.DOI
John A. Joska, Dylan S. Fincham, Dan J. Stein, Robert H. Paul, Soraya Seedat (2010). Clinical Correlates of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders in South Africa. Aids And Behavior, Vol. 140, No. 2.DOI
Soraya Seedat, D. J. Stein, A. Herman, R. Kessler, J. Sonnega, S. Heeringa, S. Williams, D. Williams (2008). Twelve-month treatment of psychiatric disorders in the South African Stress and Health Study (World Mental Health Survey Initiative). Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 430, No. 11.DOI
Dylan Fincham, Johannes Schickerling, Michael Temane, Daan Nel, Winnie De Roover, Soraya Seedat (2008). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the multidimensional anxiety scale for children among adolescents in the cape town metropole of south africa. Depression And Anxiety, Vol. 25, No. 11.DOI
Sean Joe, Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Allen Herman, David R. Williams (2008). Non-fatal suicidal behavior among South Africans. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 430, No. 6.DOI
Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Debra Kaminer, Hashim Moomal, Allen Herman, John Sonnega, David R. Williams (2008). The impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on psychological distress and forgiveness in South Africa. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 430, No. 6.DOI
Landon Myer, Dan J. Stein, Anna Grimsrud, Soraya Seedat, David R. Williams (2008). Social determinants of psychological distress in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults. Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 66, No. 8.DOI
Sean Joe, Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Allen Herman, David R. Williams (2008). Prevalence and correlates of non-fatal suicidal behaviour among South Africans. British Journal Of Psychiatry, Vol. 1920, No. 4.DOI
Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Allen Herman, Hashim Moomal, Steven G. Heeringa, Ronald C. Kessler, David R. Williams (2008). Lifetime prevalence pf psychiatric disorders in South Africa. British Journal Of Psychiatry, Vol. 1920, No. 2.DOI
Stacey L. Williams, David R. Williams, Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Pamela B. Jackson, Hashim Moomal (2007). Multiple traumatic events and psychological distress: The South Africa stress and health study. Journal Of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 200, No. 50.DOI
Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat (2007). From research methods to clinical practice in psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities in the developing world. International Review Of Psychiatry, Vol. 190, No. 5.DOI
Benjamin O. Olley, Soraya Seedat, Dan J. Stein (2006). Persistence of psychiatric disorders in a cohort of HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa: A 6-month follow-up study. Journal Of Psychosomatic Research, Vol. 61, No. 4.DOI
Leslie M. Swartz, Ashraf Kagee, Zuhayr Kafaar, Joalida Smit, Arvin Bhana, Glenda Gray, Anthea Lesch, Graham Lindegger, Cecilia Milford, Linda Marleine Richter, Soraya Seedat, Nokuthula Skhosana, Dan Joseph Stein (2005). Social and Behavioral Aspects of Child and Adolescent Participation in HIV Vaccine Trials. Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care.DOI
Preprints
Aqeedah Abbas Roomaney, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Georgina Spies, Scott Lee Letendre, Soraya Seedat, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley (2026). Epigenetic Effects of HIV and Childhood Maltreatment in Women. medRxiv.DOI
Lauren C. Martin, Natasha Kitchin, Jacqueline Samantha Womersley, Kristien Nel Van Zyl, Anna‐Susan Marais, Marlene M. de Vries, Matthew John Dalby, Raymond Kiu, Lindsay J. Hall, Philip A. May, Soraya Seedat, Sian M. J. Hemmings (2026). Maternal gut and vaginal microbiota, alcohol use during pregnancy, and infant fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis in a South African cohort. medRxiv.DOI
Tatum Connell, Caio B. Casella, Nathália Bianchini Esper, Nim Tottenham, Mark Tomlinson, Agustin Ibanez, Antonis A. Kousoulis, Soraya Seedat, Jason R. Bantjes, Brandon A. Kohrt, Matias Irarrazaval, Stephanie Hope Ameis, Luís Augusto Rohde, Dan Joseph Stein, Paul Thompson, Pedro Mario Pan, Zul Merali, Pedro Antonio Valdes-Sosa, Christian Kieling, Michael Peter Milham, Zeina Mneimneh, Giovanni Abrahão Salum (2026). Global Disparities in Neuroimaging Research for Mental Health Conditions. medRxiv.DOI
Olga Nsangi Tendo, Ronald M. Galiwango, Eugene Kinyanda, Martha Sajatovic, Mark Kaddumukasa, Martin N. Kaddumukasa, Elly Katabira, Catherine Nabbumba, Seedat Soraya, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Segun Fatumo, Allan Kalungi (2025). Genetic Determinants of Major Depressive Disorder among Adult Persons Living With HIV in Uganda. medRxiv.DOI