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Neria, Yuval

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Early Life and Educational Background

Dr. Neria grew up in Israel and at the age of 18 joined the Israeli army and subsequently participated in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the 1982 Lebanon War. He was injured in the Yom Kippur War and at the age of 22 was awarded the Medal of Valor, the highest decoration for combat bravery in Israel. Neria’s political views and body of work were deeply influenced by his war experiences. Dr. Neria graduated philosophy and political science from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and completed his PhD in psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel. Following his doctorate studies, he received the Alon Award from Tel Aviv University and was on its faculty until his recruitment to Columbia University, Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology (2002).

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    The long-term emotional consequences of extreme exposure to trauma. To identify the long-term emotional consequences of extreme exposure to trauma, Dr. Neria conducted the largest study...

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  • Besser, A., & Neria, Y. (2010). The effects of insecure attachment orientations and perceived social support on posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms among civilians exposed to the 2009 Israel-Gaza war: A follow-up cross-lagged panel design study. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 335–341. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2010.03.004.

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  • Besser, A., Neria, Y., & Haynes, M. (2009). Adult attachment, perceived stress, and PTSD among civilians exposed to ongoing terrorist attacks in southern Israel. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 851–857. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.003.

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  • Besser, A., Zeigler-Hill, V., Pincus, A. L., & Neria, Y. (2013). Pathological narcissism and acute anxiety symptoms: A study of Israeli civilians exposed to war trauma. Psyhciatry, 6, 381–397. doi:10.1521/psyc.2013.76.4.381.

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  • Helpman, L., Papini, S., Chhetry, B. T., Shvil, E., Rubin, M., Sullivan, G. M., Markowitz, J. C., Mann, J. J., & Neria, Y. (2016). PTSD remission after prolonged exposure treatment is associated with anterior cingulate cortex thinning and volume reduction. Depression and Anxiety, 33(5), 384–391. doi:10.1002/da.22471.

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  • Neria, Y., & Shultz, J. M. (2012). Mental health effects of hurricane sandy: Characteristics, potential aftermath, and response. JAMA, 308(24), 2571–2572. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.110700. PMID: 23160987.

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  • Neria, Y., Solomon, Z., & Dekel, R. (1998). An eighteen-year follow up of Israeli prisoners of war and combat veterans. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 186, 174–182. PMID: 9521353.

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  • Neria, Y., Solomon, Z., Ginzburg, K., Dekel, R., Enoch, D., & Ohry, A. (2000a). Posttraumatic residues of captivity: A follow-up of Israeli ex-prisoners of war. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61, 39–46. PMID: 10695645.

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  • Neria, Y., Solomon, Z., Ginzburg, K., & Dekel, R. (2000b). Sensation seeking, wartime performance, and long-term adjustment among Israeli war veterans. Personality and Individual Differences, 29, 921–932. doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00243-3.

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  • Neria, Y., Guttman-Steinmetz, S., Koenen, K., Levinovsky, L., Zakin, G., & Dekel, R. (2001). Do attachment and hardiness relate to each other and to mental health in real life stress? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 18, 844–858. doi:10.1177/0265407501186006.

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  • Neria, Y., Bromet, E. J., Sievers, S., Lavelle, J., & Fochtmann, L. J. (2002). Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder in psychosis: Findings from a first-admission cohort. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 246–251. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.70.1.246. PMID: 11860051.

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  • Neria, Y., Bromet, E. J., Carlson, G. A., & Naz, B. (2005). Assaultive trauma and illness course in psychotic bipolar disorder: Findings from the Suffolk county mental health project. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 11, 380–383. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00530.x. PMID: 15819732.

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  • Neria, Y., Gross, R., Olfson, M., Gameroff, M., Wickramaratne, P., Das, A., Pilowsky, D., Feder, A., Blanco, C., Marshall, R. D., Lantigua, R., Shea, S., & Weissman, M. M. (2006). Posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care one year after the 9/11 attacks. General Hospital Psychiatry, 28, 213–222. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.02.002. PMID: 16675364.

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  • Neria, Y., Olfson, M., Gameroff, M., Wickramaratne, P., Pilowsky, D., Verdeli, H., Gross, R., Manetti-Cusa, J., Marshall, R. D., Lantigua, R., Shea, S., & Weissman, M. M. (2008a). Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder among primary care patients with bipolar spectrum disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 10, 503–510. doi:10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00589.x. PMID: 18452446.

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  • Neria, Y., Olfson, M., Gameroff, M., Gross, R., Pilowsky, D., Blanco, P. C., Manetti-Cusa Wickramaratne, J., Lantigua, R., Shea, S., & Weissman, M. M. (2008b). The mental health sequelae of loss: Findings from a New York city primary care practice one year after the 9/11 attacks. Psychiatry, 71, 339–348. doi:10.1521/psyc.2008.71.4.339.

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  • Neria, Y., Olfson, M., Gameroff, M. J., DiGrande, L., Wickramaratne, P., Gross, R., Pilowsky, D. J., Neugebauer, R., Manneti-Cusa, J., Lewis-Fernandez, R., Lantigua, R., Shea, S., & Weissman, M. (2010). Long term course of probable PTSD after the 9/11 attacks: A study in urban primary care. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 474–482. doi:10.1002/jts.20544. PMID: 20690169.

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  • Papini, S., Sullivan, G. M., Hien, D. A., Shvil, E., & Neria, Y. (2015). Toward a translational approach to targeting the endocannabinoid system in posttraumatic stress disorder: A critical review of preclinical research. Biological Psychology, 104C, 8–18. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.10.010.

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  • Shultz, J. M., Garfin, D. R., Espinel, Z., Araya, R., Oquendo, M. A., Wainberg, M. L., Chaskel, R., Gaviria, S. L., Ordóñez, A. E., Espinola, M., Wilson, F. E., García, N. M., Gómez Ceballos, Á. M., Garcia-Barcena, Y., Verdeli, H., & Neria, Y. (2014). Internally-displaced “victims of armed conflict” in Colombia: The trajectory and trauma signature of forced migration. Current Psychiatry Reports, 16(10), 475. doi:10.1007/s11920-014-0475-7.

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  • Shultz, J. M., Walsh, L., & Neria, Y. (2015a). The 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill: The trauma signature of an ecological disaster. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 42(1), 58–76.

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  • Shultz, J. M., Baingana, F., & Neria, Y. (2015b). The 2014 Ebola outbreak and mental health: Current status and recommended response. JAMA, 313(6), 567–568. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.17934.

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  • Shvil, E., Rusch, H., Sullivan, G. M., & Neria, Y. (2013). Neural, behavioral, and psychophysiological markers of fear processing in PTSD: A review of the literature. Current Psychiatry Reports, 15, 358. doi:10.1007/s11920-013-0358-3. PMID: 23619614.

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  • Shvil, E., Sullivan, G. M., Schafer, S. Markowitz, J. C., Campeas, M, Wager, T.D., Milad, M.R., & Neria, Y. (2014). Sex differences in extinction recall in posttraumatic stress disorder: An fMRI pilot study. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. pii: S1074-7427(14)00029-X. doi: 10.1016.

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  • Solomon, Z., Ginzburg, K., Mikulincer, M., Neria, Y., & Ohry, A. (1998). The role of attachment in coping with war captivity. The European Journal of Personality., l2, 271–285. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(199807/08)12:4<271::AID-PER309>3.0.CO;2-U.

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  • Zakin, G., Solomon, Z., & Neria, Y. (2003). Hardiness, attachment style, and long term distress among Israeli POWs and combat veterans. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 819–829. doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00073-9.

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Neria, Y. (2016). Neria, Yuval. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2026-1

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