Michal Assaf, MD
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2024
Empathic disequilibrium in schizophrenia: An individual participant data meta-analysis
Shalev I, Shamay-Tsoory S, Montag C, Assaf M, Smith M, Eran A, Uzefovsky F. Empathic disequilibrium in schizophrenia: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 181: 253-261. PMID: 39637716, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.11.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive empathySchizophrenia diagnosisEmotional empathyCognitive components of empathyComponents of empathyInterpersonal Reactivity IndexSocial cognitive constructsSchizophrenia phenomenologyPositive symptomsCognitive constructsEmpathy measuresSchizophreniaSocial difficultiesCognitive componentsEmpathyReactivity indexData meta-analysisParticipant data meta-analysisMeta-analysisIndividual participant data meta-analysisResponse surface analysisSymptomsIndividual-participant data meta-analysisStable indexInterpersonalDisentangling negative and positive symptoms in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder
Corbera S, Wexler B, Bell M, Pittman B, Pelphrey K, Pearlson G, Assaf M. Disentangling negative and positive symptoms in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. Schizophrenia Research 2024, 271: 1-8. PMID: 39002525, PMCID: PMC11384336, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutism spectrum disorderPositive and Negative Syndrome ScaleAutism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-GenericExperiential negative symptomsPositive symptomsNegative symptomsExploratory factor analysisSpectrum disorderNegative Syndrome ScaleTarget negative symptomsSyndrome ScaleDiscriminant function analysisSZ relativesAssociated with quality of lifeSchizophreniaSocial skillsSocial functioningDiagnostic classificationAutismFactor analysisAssociated with qualityPredictor of diagnosisSymptomsDisordersQuality of lifeBrain-based classification of youth with anxiety disorders: transdiagnostic examinations within the ENIGMA-Anxiety database using machine learning
Bruin W, Zhutovsky P, van Wingen G, Bas-Hoogendam J, Groenewold N, Hilbert K, Winkler A, Zugman A, Agosta F, Åhs F, Andreescu C, Antonacci C, Asami T, Assaf M, Barber J, Bauer J, Bavdekar S, Beesdo-Baum K, Benedetti F, Bernstein R, Björkstrand J, Blair R, Blair K, Blanco-Hinojo L, Böhnlein J, Brambilla P, Bressan R, Breuer F, Cano M, Canu E, Cardinale E, Cardoner N, Cividini C, Cremers H, Dannlowski U, Diefenbach G, Domschke K, Doruyter A, Dresler T, Erhardt A, Filippi M, Fonzo G, Freitag G, Furmark T, Ge T, Gerber A, Gosnell S, Grabe H, Grotegerd D, Gur R, Gur R, Hamm A, Han L, Harper J, Harrewijn A, Heeren A, Hofmann D, Jackowski A, Jahanshad N, Jett L, Kaczkurkin A, Khosravi P, Kingsley E, Kircher T, Kostic M, Larsen B, Lee S, Leehr E, Leibenluft E, Lochner C, Lui S, Maggioni E, Manfro G, Månsson K, Marino C, Meeten F, Milrod B, Jovanovic A, Mwangi B, Myers M, Neufang S, Nielsen J, Ohrmann P, Ottaviani C, Paulus M, Perino M, Phan K, Poletti S, Porta-Casteràs D, Pujol J, Reinecke A, Ringlein G, Rjabtsenkov P, Roelofs K, Salas R, Salum G, Satterthwaite T, Schrammen E, Sindermann L, Smoller J, Soares J, Stark R, Stein F, Straube T, Straube B, Strawn J, Suarez-Jimenez B, Sylvester C, Talati A, Thomopoulos S, Tükel R, van Nieuwenhuizen H, Werwath K, Wittfeld K, Wright B, Wu M, Yang Y, Zilverstand A, Zwanzger P, Blackford J, Avery S, Clauss J, Lueken U, Thompson P, Pine D, Stein D, van der Wee N, Veltman D, Aghajani M. Brain-based classification of youth with anxiety disorders: transdiagnostic examinations within the ENIGMA-Anxiety database using machine learning. Nature Mental Health 2024, 2: 104-118. DOI: 10.1038/s44220-023-00173-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Subscales of alexithymia show unique pathways through reappraisal and suppression to anxiety, depression and stress
Morie K, Lord K, Diefenbach G, Basuchoudhary O, Lewis S, Assaf M. Subscales of alexithymia show unique pathways through reappraisal and suppression to anxiety, depression and stress. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 347: 445-452. PMID: 38007105, PMCID: PMC10842914, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.11.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulation strategiesRegulation strategiesMechanical TurkPlatform Amazon Mechanical TurkAmazon Mechanical TurkEmotion regulationMediation modelAlexithymiaAnxietyMental healthSubscalesReappraisalDepressionNegative associationDistressDirect associationPositive associationConstituent factorsVarianceFantasizingBVAQAssociationMultiple factorsTurksUnique pathway