Publications

Haim-Nachum, S., Lazarov, A., Markowitz, J. C., Levi-Belz, Y., Lurie, I., Wainberg, M. L., Mendlovich, S., Neria, Y., & Amsalem, D. (2025). War-related stressors and mental health: The longitudinal mediating role of betrayal-related moral injury among civilians. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy,

Zabag, R., Mouadeb, D., Haim-Nachum, S., Levy-Gigi, E., Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2025). Temporal Dynamics of Social Anxiety and Depression: The Moderating Role of Cognitive Flexibility. Depression and Anxiety.

Amsalem, D., Haim-Nachum, S., Fisch, C., Lazarov, A., Levi-Belz, Y., Markowitz, J., Nachsch, N., Wainberg, M., Lurie, I., Mendlovic, S., Neria, Y. (2025). Betrayal Experiences Among Individuals Living in War Zones: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 

Cheng, Z*., Haim-Nachum, S*., Prasad, N., Zilcha-Manu, S., Lazarov, A., Neria, Y., Zhu, Xi. (2025). PTSD subtypes and their underlying neural biomarkers: A systematic review. Psychological Medicine.

*These authors contributed equally to this paper.

Amsalem, D., Haim-Nachum, S., Lazarov, A., Levi-Belz, Y., Markowitz, J. C., Klein Rafaeli, A., Brenner, L. A., Nacasch, N., Wainberg, M., Luria, I., Mendlovic, S., & Neria, Y. (2025). The Effects of War-Related Experiences on Mental Health Symptoms of Individuals Living in Conflict Zones: A Longitudinal Study. Scientific Reports.

Haim-Nachum, S., Lazarov, A., Levi-Belz, Y., Markowitz, J. C., Klein Rafaeli, A., Brenner, L. A., Nacasch, N., Wainberg, M., Luria, I., Mendlovic, S., Neria, Y, &Amsalem, D. (2025). Treatment stigma mediates relationships between morally injurious events and depression, PTSD and anxiety symptoms. European Journal of Psychotraumatology.

Amsalem, D., Haim-Nachum, S., Lazarov, A., Levi-Belz, Y., Markowitz, J. C., Klein Rafaeli, A., Brenner, L. A., Nacasch, N., Wainberg, M., Luria, I., Mendlovic, S., & Neria, Y. (2025). Brief video intervention to increase treatment-seeking among individuals living in a conflict zone: A randomized controlled trial.Psychiatry Research.

Amsalem, D., Andres, M., Dixon, L., Haim-Nachum, S. (2025). Using Instagram to Promote Youth Mental Health: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Brief Social Contact-Based Video Intervention to Reduce Depression Stigma. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Amsalem, D., Jankowski, E. S., Fisch, C.T., Haim-Nachum, S., Markowitz, J.C., Pope, L.G., Dixon, L.B. (2025). Leveraging Brief Video Interventions to Increase Treatment-Seeking Among Depressed Youth. World Psychiatry.

Sopp, M.R., Haim-Nachum. S., Lass-Hennemann, J., Braun, M., Schäfer, K.S., Michael, T. (2025). How We See the World – Inflexible Interpretation Updating as a Predictor and Moderator of PTSD Symptoms in High-Risk Occupations. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Haim-Nachum, S., Martin, A., Fisch, A. Lazarov, A., Neria, Y., Amsalem, D. (2025). Reducing self-stigma and increasing treatment seeking in child maltreatment survivors: A New Randomized Control Trial. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Haim-Nachum, S.,Amsalem, D., Lazarov, A., Seedat, S., Neria, Y., Zhu, X. (2024). Childhood Maltreatment Classification Approaches and their Associations with Trauma-Related Psychopathologies. NPJ Nature Mental Health.

Haim-Nachum, S.,Lazarov, A., Zabag, R., Martin, A., Bergman, M., Neria, Y., & Amsalem, D. (2024). Self-Stigma Mediates the Relationships Between Childhood Maltreatment and Symptom Severity of PTSD, Depression, and General Anxiety. European Journal of Psychotraumatology.

Amsalem, D., Haim-Nachum, S., Dixon, B.L., Martin, A. (2024). Leveraging Instagram to Engage Adolescents with Depression: The use of Evidence-Based Brief Video Interventions. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Haim-Nachum, S., Kube, T., Rozenkrantz, L., Lazarov, A., Levy-Gigi, E., Michael, T., Neria, Y., & Sopp, M.R. (2024). Does Disconfirmatory Evidence Shape Safety-and Danger-Related Beliefs of Trauma-Exposed Individuals? European Journal of Psychotraumatology 15(1).

Fares-Otero, N. E., Sharp, T., Balle, S. R., Quaatz, S. M., Vieta, E., Åhs, F., Allgaier, A.-K., Arévalo, A., Bachem, R., Belete, H., Belete, T., Berengi, A., Capraz, N., Dukes, D., Essadek, A., Iqbal, N., Jobson, L., Levy-Gigi, E., Lüönd, A., Martin-Soelch, C., Michael, T., Oe, M., Olff, M., Örnkloo, H., Prakash, K., Ramakrishnan, M., Ranghavan, V., Şar, V., Seedat, S., Shihab, I. N., Spies, G., Vandhana, A., Wadji, D. L., Wamser-Nanney, R., Haim-Nachum, S., Schnyder, U., Sopp, M. R., Pfaltz, M. C., & Halligan, S. L. (2024). Social support and (complex) posttraumatic stress symptom severity: Does gender matter? European Journal of Psychotraumatology.

Otero, N. F., Sharp, T., Balle, S. R., Quaatz, S. M., Vieta, E., Åhs, F., ...Haim-Nachum, S., … & Halligan, S. L. (2024). Exploring the moderating role of sex between perceived social support and (complex) posttraumatic stress symptom severity in a multi-country sample. Neuroscience Applied, 3, 104719.

Haim-Nachum, S., Sopp, M. R., Lüönd, A. M., Afzal, N., Åhs, F., Allgaier, A.-K., Arévalo, A., Asongwe, C., Bachem, R., Balle, S. R., Belete, H., Belete, T., Berzengi, A., Capraz, N., Ceylan, D., Dukes, D., Essadek, A., Fares-Otero, N. E., Halligan, S. L., Hemi, A., Iqbal, N., Jobson, L., Levy-Gigi, E., Martin-Soelch, C., Michael, T., Oe, M., Olff, M., Örnkloo, H., Prakash, K., Quaatz, S. M., Raghavan, V., Ramakrishnan, M., Reis, D., Şar, V., Schnyder, U., Seedat, S., Shihab, I. N., Vandhana, A., Wadji, D. L., Wamser-Nanney, R., Zabag, R., & Spies, G, & Pfaltz, M. (2024). Childhood Maltreatment is Linked to Larger Preferred Interpersonal Distances Towards Friends and Strangers Across the Globe. Translational Psychiatry

Haim-Nachum, S., Kube, T., Rozenkrantz, L., Lazarov, A., Levy-Gigi, E., Michael, T., Neria, Y., & Sopp, M.R. (2024). Does Disconfirmatory Evidence Shape Safety-and Danger-Related Beliefs of Trauma-Exposed Individuals? European Journal of Psychotraumatology 15(1)

Haim-Nachum, S., Amsalem, D., Lazarov, A., Zabag, R., Neria, Y. Sopp, M. R. (2024). Anhedonia mediates the relationships between childhood trauma and symptoms of PTSD and depression, but not of social anxiety. Journal of Affective Disorders. 344(1), 577-584.

Lommen, J.J. M., Haim-Nachum, S., Sopp, M. R. (2023). To Sleep or Not to Sleep, That Is the Question: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Post-Trauma Sleep on Intrusive Memories of Analog Trauma. Behaviour Research and Therapy

Olff, M., Schnyder, U., Pfaltz, M., Haim-Nachum, S., Spies, G., Sopp, M. R., Oe, M., Wadji, D. L., Bartoli, E., Martin-Soelch, C., Pfaltz, M. C., Langevin, R., Havermans, D., & Sobczak, S. (2023). Global research on the impact of childhood trauma across domains and the lifespan. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(S1), 258.

Haim-Nachum*, S., Sopp*, M.R., Bonanno, G.A., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2022). The lasting effects of early adversity and updating ability on the tendency to develop PTSD symptoms following exposure to trauma in adulthood. Cognitive Therapy and Research Journal, 

*These authors contributed equally to this paper.

Sopp*, M.R., Haim-Nachum*, S., Wirth, B.E., Bonanno, G.A., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2022). Leaving the door open: Trauma, updating, and the development of PTSD symptoms. Behaviour Research and Therapy 154; 1-9

*These authors contributed equally to this paper.

Pfaltz, M.C., Halligan, S.L., Haim-Nachum, S., Sopp, M.R., Åhs, F., Bachem, R., Bartoli, E., Belete, H., Belete, T., Berzengi, A., Dukes, D., Essadek, A., Fares Otero, N.E., Iqbal, N., Jobson, L., Langevin, R., Levy-Gigi, E., Lüönd, A.M., Martin-Sölch, C., … Seedat, S. (2022). Social functioning in individuals affected by childhood maltreatment: Establishing a research agenda to inform interventions. Review Paper. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 91(4), 1-14.

Vered*, R., Haim-Nachum*, S., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2021). Acting against your own interests: The tension between emotion-regulation preference and efficacy and its implications for individuals with depressive symptoms. Plos One 16(7), 1-16, e0254213.

*These authors contributed equally to this paper

Haim-Nachum, S., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2021). The tension between cognitive and regulatory flexibility and their associations with current and lifetime PTSD symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology 12, 1-7, 615289

Michael*, T., Sopp*, M.R., Lass-Hennemann, J., Haim-Nachum, S., & Lommen, M. J. (2021). Longitudinal associations between hair cortisol, PTSD symptoms, and sleep disturbances in a sample of firefighters with repeated trauma exposure. Psychoneuroendocrinology 134, 1-9.

Haim-Nachum, S., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2021). To be or not to be flexible: Selective impairments in cognitive flexibility as a means to differentiate between depression and PTSD symptoms. Journal of Psychiatric Research136, 366-373.

Haim-Nachum*, S., Sopp, M.R*., Michael, T., Shamay-Tsoory, S., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2021). No distance is too far between friends: Associations of comfortable interpersonal distance with PTSD and anxiety symptoms in Israeli firefighters. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1-8, 1899480.

Levy-Gigi, E., Haim-Nachum, S., Hall, J.M., Crouse, J., Winwood-Smith, R., Lewis, S.J., & Moustafa, A.A. (2019). The interactive effect of valence and context on reversal learning in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience Letters, 692, 216-224. 

Haim-Nachum, S., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2019). A chink in the armor: The influence of training on generalization learning impairments after viewing traumatic stimuli. Cognition, 193, 1-9, 104021.