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Contributions of trauma and economic insecurity to psychological distress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Abdul-Ghani, S., Lathan, E., Miao, A., Gibbons, R., Eghbalzad, L., Powers, A., Fani, N. (accepted, Mental Health Science)

Neurophysiological Changes Associated with Vibroacoustically-augmented Breath-focused Mindfulness for Dissociation: Targeting Interoception and Attention

Fani, N., Guelfo, A., La Barrie, D.L., Teer, A.P., Clendinen, C., Karimzadeh, L., Jain, J., Ely, T.D., Powers, A., Kaslow, N., Bradley, B., Siegle, G. (2023). Psychological Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723001277

Differing associations of depersonalization with skin conductance response during rest and breath-focused mindfulness in a trauma-exposed female population

Lathan, E.C., Guelfo, A., La Barrie, D.L., Teer, A., Powers, A., Siegle, G., & Fani, N. (2023). Journal of Psychiatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.05.028

Blood-derived DNA methylation clusters associate with adverse social exposures and endophenotypes of stress-related psychiatric illness in a trauma-exposed cohort of women

Pfeiffer, J.R., van Rooij, S.K.H., Mekawi, Y., Fani, N., Jovanovic, T., Michopoulos, V., Smith, A.K., Stevens, J.S., Uddin, M. (in press, Frontiers in Psychiatry)

Additive effects of stress and alcohol exposure on accelerated epigenetic aging in alcohol use disorder

Jung, J., McCartney, D.L., Wagner, J., Yoo, J., Bell, A.S., Mavromatis, L.A., Rosoff, D.B., Hodgkinson, C.A., Sun, H., Schwandt, M., Diazgranados, N., Smith, A.K., Michopoulos, V., Powers, A., Stevens, J.S., Bradley, B., Fani, N., Walker, R., Campbell, A., Porteous, D.J., McIntosh, A.M., Horvath, S., Marioni, R.E., Evans, K., Goldman, D., Lohoff, F.W. (in press, Biological Psychiatry)

Distinguishing PTSD, complex PTSD, and borderline personality disorder using exploratory structural equation modeling in a trauma-exposed urban sample

Powers, A., Petri, J. M., Sleep, C., Mekawi, Y., Lathan, E. C., Shebuski, K., Bradley, B., & Fani, N. (In press, Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Emotion dysregulation and dissociation contribute to decreased heart rate variability to an acute psychosocial stressor in trauma-exposed Black women

Powers, A., Mekawi, Y., Fickenwirth, M., Nugent, N. R., Dixon, H. D., Minton, S., Kim, Y., Gluck, R., Carter, S., Fani, N., Schwartz, A. C., Bradley, B., Umpierrez, G. E., Pace, T. W. W., Jovanovic, T., Michopoulos, V., & Gillespie, C. F. (2021). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 142, 125-131. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.07.032

The roles of attachment and emotion dysregulation in the association between childhood maltreatment and PTSD in an inner-city sample

Crow, T., Levy, K.N., Bradley, B., Fani, N., Powers, A. (2021). Child Abuse and Neglect, doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105139

Maternal influences on binge eating behaviors in children

La Barrie, D., Hardy, R. A., Clendinen, C., Jain, J., Bradley, B., Teer, A. P., Michopoulos, V., Vance, L. A., Hinrichs, R., Jovanovic, T., & Fani, N. (2021). Psychiatry Research, 295, 113600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113600

Interpersonal trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder among African American women: Does racial discrimination matter?

Mekawi, Y., Carter, S., Brown, B., Martinez de Andino, A., Fani, N., Michopoulos, V., & Powers, A. (2021). Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 22(2),154-169. doi: 10.1080/15299732.2020.1869098. (Selected for the Richard P. Kluft Award for the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 2021 Best Article)

Racial discrimination and posttraumatic stress: examining emotion dysregulation as a mediator in an African American community sample

Mekawi, Y., Watson-Singleton, N.N., Kuzyk, E., Dixon, H.D., Carter, S., Bradley, B., Fani, N., Michopoulos, V., Powers, A. (2020). European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11(1), 1824398. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1824398

Inflammation, reward circuitry and symptoms of anhedonia and PTSD in trauma-exposed women

Mehta, N.D., Stevens, J.S., Li, Z., Gillespie, C.F., Fani, N., Michopoulos, V., Felger, J.C. (2020). Social Cognition and Affective Neuroscience, doi: 10.1093/scan/nsz100

Social feedback modulates neural response associated with cognitive bias in individuals expressing anxious symptoms

Thompson, K., King, K., Nahmias, E.,Fani, N., Kvaran, T., Tone, E.B., Turner, J.A. (in press, Journal of Chronic Stress)

Social anxiety and social behavior: A test of predictions from an evolutionary model

Tone, E., Nahmias, E., Bakeman, R., Kvaran, T., Brosnan, S.F., Fani, N.,Schroth, E.A. (2019). Clinical Psychological Science, 7 (1), 110-126

Food addiction and substance addiction in women: Common clinical characteristics

Hardy, R.A., Fani, N., Michopoulos, V. (2018). Appetite, Jan 1;120:367-373. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.09.026

Childhood trauma, PTSD, and psychosis: Findings from a highly traumatized, minority sample

Powers, A., Fani, N., Cross, D., Ressler, K.J., Bradley, B. (2016).

PTSD, emotion dysregulation, and dissociative symptoms in a highly traumatized sample

Powers, A., Cross Mokdad, D., Fani, N., Bradley, B. (2015). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 61, 174-9.

Childhood abuse and the experience of pain in adulthood: The mediating effects of PTSD and emotional dysregulation on pain levels and pain-related functional impairment

Powers, A.D., Fani, N., Pallos, A., Stevens, J.S., Ressler, K.J., Bradley, B. (2014). Psychosomatics, 55, 491-9

Behavioral and neural representation of emotional facial expressions across the lifespan

Somerville, L.H., Fani, N., McClure-Tone, E.B. (2011) Developmental Neuropsychology, 36(4). 408-28.

Attention bias in adult survivors of childhood maltreatment with and without posttraumatic stress disorder

Fani, N., Bradley-Davino, B., Ressler, K.J., McClure-Tone, E.B. (2010) Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35 (1), 57-67.

PTSD in the emergency setting

Fani, N., Hampstead, B., Bremner, J.D. (2006). Psychiatric Issues in Emergency Care Settings, 5(3), 17-22

New horizons in the assessment of treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

Fani, N. Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry 21(3), 237-238. doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20230013

Structural inequities contribute to racial/ethnic differences in neurophysiological tone, but not threat reactivity, after trauma exposure

Harnett, N.G., Fani, N., Carter, S., Sanchez, L.D., Rowland, G.E., Davie, W.M., Guzman, C., Lebois, L.A.M, Ely, T.D., van Rooij, S.J.H., Seligowski, A.V., Winters, S., Grasser, L.R., Musey Jr., P.I., Seamon, M.J., House, S.L., Beaudoin, F.L., An, X., Zeng, D., Neylan, T.C., Clifford, G.D., Linnstaedt, S.D., Germine, L.T., Bollen, K.A., Rauch, S.L., Haran, J.P., Storrow, A.B., Lewandowski, C., Hendry, P.L., Sheikh, S., Jones, C.W., Punches, B.E., Swor, R.A., Hudak, L.A., Pascual J.L., Harris, E., Chang A.M., Pearson, C., Peak, D.A., Merchant, R.C., Domeier R.M., Rathlev, N.K., Bruce, S.E., Miller, M.W., Pietrzak R.H., Joorman, J., Barch D.M., Pizzagalli, D.A., Harte, S.E., Elliott J.M., Kessler, R.C., Koenen, K.C., McLean, S.A., Jovanovic, T., Stevens, J.S., & Ressler K.J. (Accepted, Molecular Psychiatry)

Racial discrimination associates with lower cingulate cortex thickness in trauma-exposed Black women

Fani, N. Eghbalzad, L., Harnett, N.G., Carter, S.E., Price, M., Stevens, J.S., Ressler, K.J., van Rooij, S.J.H., Bradley, B. (in press, Neuropsychopharmacology)

Elastic Shape Analysis of Brain Structures for Predictive Modeling of PTSD

Wu, Y., Kundu, S., Stevens, J.S., Fani, N., Srivastava, A. (accepted, Frontiers in Neuroscience)

Inflammation, amygdala-ventromedial prefrontal functional connectivity and symptoms of anxiety and PTSD in African American women recruited from an inner-city hospital: Preliminary results

Mehta, N. D., Stevens, J. S., Li, Z., Fani, N., Gillespie, C. F., Ravi, M., Michopoulos, V., & Felger, J. C. (2022). Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 105:122-130. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2022.06.013

From alcohol to aggression: Examining the structure and nomological network of dysregulated behaviors in a trauma-exposed community sample

Bresin, K., Mekawi, Y., Stevens, J.S., Hinrichs, R., Fani, N., Michopoulos, V., Powers, A. (accepted, Journal of Clinical Psychology)

The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between trait mindfulness and PTSD symptoms among trauma-exposed adults

Powers, A., Dixon, D., Guelfo, A., Mekawi, Y., Bradley, B., Kaslow, N.J., Fani, N. (2021). Mindfulness, 12 (9), 2229-2240

Trauma exposure and stress-related disorders in a large, urban, predominantly African-American, female sample

Gluck, R.L., Hartzell, G.E., Dixon, H.D., Michopoulos, V., Powers, A., Stevens, J.S., Fani, N., Carter, S., Schwartz, A.C., Jovanovic, T., Ressler, K.J., Bradley, B., Gillespie, C.F. (2021). Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 24(6):893-901. doi: 10.1007/s00737-021-01141-4

The prisoner’s dilemma paradigm provides a neurobiological framework for the social decision cascade

Thompson, K., Nahmias, E., Fani, N., Kvaran, T., Turner, J., Tone, E.B. (2021). PLoS One, Mar 18;16(3):e0248006. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248006

DSM-5 Alternative model for personality disorders, trait domains and PTSD symptoms in a sample of highly traumatized African-American women and a prospective sample of trauma center patients

Maples-Keller, J.L., Hyatt, C.S., Sleep, C., Stevens, J., Fenlon, E., Jovanovic, T., Rothbaum, B.O., Ressler, K.J., Carter, S., Bradley, B., Fani, N., Powers, A., Michopoulos, V. (accepted, Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment)

A framework for understanding the pathophysiology of functional neurological disorder

Drane, D. L., Fani, N., Hallett, M., Khalsa, S.S., Perez, D.L., Roberts, N.A. (2020). CNS Spectrums. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1092852920001789

Post-trauma anhedonia is associated with increased substance use in a recently-traumatized population

Fani, N., Jain, J., Hudak, L., Rothbaum, B.O., Ressler, K.J., Michopoulos, V. (2020). Psychiatry Research, doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112777

Attentional control abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: Functional, behavioral and structural correlates

Fani, N., King, T.Z., Clendinen, C., Hardy, R.A., Surapaneni, S., Blair, R.J., White, S., Powers, A., Ely, T.D., Jovanovic, T., Ressler, K.J., Bradley, B. (2019). Journal of Affective Disorders, 253, 343-351

Attention bias for facial expressions in traumatized adults: Differential eye tracking correlates with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

Powers, A., Fani, N., Murphy, L., Briscione, M., Bradley, B., Tone, E.B., Norrholm, S.D., Jovanovic, T. (2019). Eur J Psychotraumatol, 10 (1), PMCID: PMC6374933

Cognitive and neural facets of dissociation in a traumatized population

Fani, N., King, T.Z., Powers, A., Hardy, R., Siegle, G.J., Blair, R.J., Surapaneni, S., van Rooij, S., Ressler, K.J., Jovanovic, T., Bradley, B. (2018). Emotion, doi: 10.1037/emo0000466. PMCID: PMC6382601.

Problematic alcohol use associates with an eQTL of the Sodium Channel and Clathrin Linker 1 (SCLT1) gene in traumatized populations

Almli, L., Lori, A., Meyers, J., Shin, J.,Fani, N., Maihofer, A., Nievergelt, C., Mercer, K., Kerley, K. Leveille, J., Abu-Amara, D., Flory, J., Yehuda, R., Marmar, C., Baker, D., Bradley, B., Koenen, K., Conneely, K., Ressler, K.J. (2017). Addict Biol, Oct 30. doi: 10.1111/adb.12569

Fear load: The psychophysiological over-expression of fear as an intermediate phenotype associated with trauma reactions

Norrholm, S.D., Glover, E.M., Stevens, J.S., Fani, N., Galatzer-Levy, I.R., Bradley, B., Ressler, K.J., Jovanovic, T. (2015). International Journal of Psychophysiology, 98, 270-5.

Attachment anxiety moderates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and attention bias for emotion in adults

Davis, J.S., Fani, N., Ressler, K.J., Jovanovic, T., Tone, E.B., Bradley, B. (2014). Psychiatry Research, 217, 79-85.

Attention bias toward threat is associated with exaggerated fear expression and impaired extinction in posttraumatic stress disorder

Fani, N., Tone, E.B., Phifer, J., Bradley, B., Ressler, K., Kamkwalala, A., Jovanovic, T. (2012) Psychological Medicine, 42 (3), 533-44.

Emotion dysregulation and negative affect: Association with psychiatric symptoms

Bradley, B., DeFife, J.A., Guarnaccia, C., Pfifer, J., Fani, N., Ressler, K.J., & Westen, D. (2011) Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 72 (5), 685-91

Psychological resilience and neurocognitive performance in a traumatized community sample

Wingo, A., Fani, N., Bradley, B., Ressler, K.J. (2010) Depression and Anxiety, 27 (8), 768-774.