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 CURRICULUM VITAE
 
Name:                         Gil Zalsman MD                                
Place of work:             Geha Mental Health Center               
                                    Petach Tikva, Israel
Faculty:                       Medicine, Tel Aviv University           Department: Psychiatry
                       
A. EDUCATION
 
1987-1992       Medical studies, Hebrew University and Hadassa Medical School,
                        Jerusalem, Israel
 
1989                Bachelor of Medical Science (B.Med.Sc) Degree. Hebrew University
and Hadassa Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
 
1993                Medical Doctor(M.D.) Degree. Hebrew University and Hadassa
Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Doctoral Dissertation: “The psycho-social axis in psychiatric evaluation of inpatient adolescentsby semi structured interview”- Supervisor: Prof. Alan Apter, Geha Hospital.
 
1996                Post Doctorate Fellow at the Child Study Center, Yale University
School of Medicine. Under the supervision of Donald J. Cohen M.D.
 
1996                ECFMG Certification- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical
                        Graduates, (USMLE)USA Government.
 
1997                Diploma in Psychiatry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv
                        University, with distinction.
 
2000                Diploma in Child Psychiatry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv
                        University.
 
2003-2005       Post Doctorate Research Fellow at the Neuroscience Division, Psychiatry Department, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA. Supervisor: Prof. J John Mann, Director. Two year program on “Familial Pathways of Depression and Suicide”.


 

B. FURTHER STUDIES
 
1989                Elective studies in Child Psychiatry at the “Child Study Center”, Yale
School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
1992-1993       Courses in Hypnosis, beginners and advanced, Postgraduate Medical
Studies, Faculty of Continuing Education, Sackler School of Medicine.
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Certified Hypnotherapist .
1993-1997       Studies in Psychiatry, Postgraduate Medical Studies, Faculty of
Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1994-1995       Course in Molecular Genetics, Postgraduate Medical Studies, Faculty
of Continuing Education, Sackler School of Medicine. Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1995-1999       Psychotherapy, 4 years Program of Psychotherapy, Sackler Faculty of
Medicine, Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, Israel.
1997-1999       Studies in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Postgraduate Medical
Studies, Faculty of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2001-2002       Management Reserve Development Program for Middle Management
Rank. A two year program in public health management by “Clalit- Shirutei Briut”, Israel.
2001                42nd Annual Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics. The Jackson Laboratory & The Johns Hopkins University. Bar Harbor, Maine, USA. July 16-27, 2001.
2003                Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in The Primary Care Setting. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, Continuing Education. One day course. 10.5.03. New York, NY.
2003                SPSS-Intermediate computer Course. New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Education and Training. New York, NY, USA.
2003                Advanced Statistics (Stat II) for Research Fellows. Lecturer: Roger Vaughan PhD. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry. Fall 2003.
2003                Columbia University Course for Clinical Investigators: “Protection of Human Research Participants (Good Clinical Practice) for Patient-Oriented Clinical Investigators”. 14.12.03
2004                Research Design Course. Lecturer: Jill M. Harkavy-Friedman Ph.D. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry. Winter 2004.
2004-2005       Course on “Statistical Issues in Microarrays Data” (P8114). Lecturer: Paul Pavilidis Ph.D. Columbia Genome Center. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Winter 2005.
2004-2005       Inter Personal Therapy for Adolescents depression (IPT-A)- Training and personal supervision by Laura Mufson PhD, Child Psychiatry Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY.
2004-2005       Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for suicidal multi-problem adolescents- Two days workshop by Alec L. Miller PsyD, Adolescent depression and suicide program, Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Marsha Linehan Institute.
2004-2005       Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for adolescent depression workshop by Michael Sweeny Ph.D., Child Psychiatry Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY.
2005                Application of Transmagnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Major Depression and OCD. Division of brain stimulation, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY. June 20th, 2005       
2006                Workshop – Dialectic Behavioral Therapy by Marsha M. Linehan May 15th-16th, 2006
2008-present   3rd year Student in Master of Helath Administration (M.H.A) degree
Ben Gurion University, Israel
 
 
C. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
 
1984-1986       Medical teaching methods instructor. Commander of “National Medical Teaching Squad”- The academy of Combat Medicine, IDF.
1993-1998       Lectures to New Comers Physicians in Psychiatry, at “Kupat Holim”
Instruction Center, Rabin Medical Center.
1995-1996       Tutor to Medical Students, Geha psychiatric Hospital, Sackler
Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1997                Lectures to American Medical Students, Geha Psychiatric Hospital,
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2001                Lecturer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1998-present   Lectures to psychiatry residents, Postgraduate Medical
Studies, Faculty of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1998-present   Lectures to child and adolescent psychiatry residents, Postgraduate Medical Studies, Faculty of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1999-present   Member on the reception committee for Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.  
Present                        Lectures to Medical Students, Geha psychiatric Hospital, Sackler
Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. Excellence mark in student’s feedback 1998.
Present                        Member of  the Teaching Committee, Geha Psychiatric Hospital,
                        Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
2001-present   Member of the Teaching Committee, Psychiatry Department, Sackler
Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
2000-Present   Teaching patient- doctor relationship as part of  a communication workshop for 2nd year medical students (“Madaei haitnagoot”).
2001-Present  Examiner of child psychiatry board examinations, Israel Medical Association, Scientific Council, Israel.
2002-current    Reviewer for the “Archive of General Psychiatry” on the subject of genetics of suicidal behavior, parasuicide, family-based studies and neurobiology of childhood disorders in general.
2002                Reviewer for the “Psychiatry Research” on the subject of genetics of suicide.
2002-present  Member of the psychiatric residency written examination (“shlav alef”) committee. Israel Medical Association, Scientific Council, Israel.
2003                Reviewer for the “Israeli Journal of Psychiatry”.
2003-2004       Reviewer for “International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
2003                Examiner in hypnosis, Ministry of Health, Israel.
2003-Present   Fellow, Psychiatry Department, Columbia University School of Medicine, College for Physicians and Surgeons.
2004                Reviewer of research grants in the field of suicidology, The Israel Science Foundation (ISF), The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
2004                Reviewer for “Molecular Psychiatry” on the subject of genetics of unipolar disorder.
2004-present   Reviewer for “European Psychiatry
2004                Co-editor of a special issue on adolescent suicide in the “International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health”.
2005                     Director of Psychiatry Program, Continuing Medical Education Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2005                Senior Lecturer appointment, Psychiatry Department, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2005-present   Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Division of Molecular Imaging and neuropathology, of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
2006-present   Examiner in Child Psychiatry Board Examinations
2007-present   Reviewer for the Archives of Suicidal Research.
2007                Reviewer "Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience"
2007-present   Reviewer "Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry"
2007-present   Director, Psychiatry Continuing Education for interns (Limudei Hemshech), Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2007-present   Education Committee, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
2007-present   Residents Committee, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
2007-present   Education Committee, Psychiatry Dept, Sackler school of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2007-present   M.D. Thesis Reviewer for medical students, Tel Aviv University.
2007-present   Member, Chief Scientist Committee for national grants, Ministry of Health, Israel. Review Committee on Psychiatry/Psychology
2009                Reviewer for "Biological Psychiatry" journal.
2009                Consulting Editor "Archives of Suicide Research"
2009                Editorial Board "Mind & Brain" The Journal of Psychiatry
2009                Editorial Board of the Israel Journal of Psychiatry (IJP)
2009                Editorial Board of Archive of Suicide Research (ASR)
2010                Reviewer "Journal of Adolescents."
2010                Advisory Committee to the Prison Services Commissioner on Suicide Prevention.
2010                International Association for Suicide Prevention – IASP Task Force
The Genetics and Neurobiology of Suicide
2010                2 month sabbatical in Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan Univ.
Ramat Gan, Israel. Animal Behavior Laboratory.
2011                Deputy Editor of Israel Journal of Psychiatry (IJP)
2011                Editorial Board – World Journal of Psychiatry
2011                Educational Committee, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP).
2011                Associate Professor appointment, Psychiatry Department, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
 
D. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
 
1992                Intern, Woolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
1993-1997       Resident in Adult Psychiatry. Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Petach Tikva.
1996                Completed Written Specialty Examination, June 96.
1997                Completed Psychiatry Oral Specialty Examination, Scientific Council,
Israel Medical Association, December 3rd, 1997.
Expert in General Psychiatry License No. 17256
1999                Completed Child Psychiatry Oral Specialty Examination, Scientific
Council, Israel Medical Association, April 29th, 1999, in excellence.
Expert in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry License No. 17469
2000                Senior Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.
2000-2003       Deputy Director, Adolescent Inpatient Department, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.
2005-present   Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, affiliated with Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
2005-present   Director, Adolescent Day Ward, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, affiliated with Sackler School of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University.
 
 
E. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Scholarships
1989                The Dean Scholarship, Hebrew University and Hadassa Medical
School, Jerusalem, Israel. A scholarship for 6 weeks,
Child Psychiatry elective studies at the  “Child Study Center”, Yale
School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
 
Fellowships
 
1996                Research Fellowship: Leonard G. Berger Fellowship for Young Researchers, Yale child study center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
 
2003-2005       Research Fellowship, Neuroscience Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
 
Grants
1997                PI, The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel- The Charles Smith
Foundation. For: A genetic study of tryptophan hydroxylase in suicidal
Adolescents. Grant no. 28-98.
1998                PI, The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel- The Charles Smith
Foundation. For: A genetic study of serotonin transporter in suicidal
Adolescents. Grant no. 9b-99.
2002                PI, Compugen company research grant for development of clozapine database in inpatient adolescents with first episode schizophrenia.PI, 24,000 nis
2002                Co-PI, Janssen Cilag (J-C healthcare Ltd) research grant for double blind randomized placebo control multi-centric study for efficacy of risperidon in the treatment of conduct disorder children. Co-PI $16,000
2005                Co-PI, NIMH grant: Familial Pathways to early Onset Suicide Attempts MH056390 (PI: Mann JJ, Greenhill L, Columbia University) Co-PI and external consultant for this project. $300,000 for 5 years.
2005                PI, Young Investigator Grant: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP): “Genetic Association Study of Multiple Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) using DNA Microarrays in Postmortem Brains of Suicide Victims”. Mentor: Victoria Arango PhD, Columbia University. $70,000 for two years.
2008                PI, Judie and Marshall Polk Fund for Children at Risk. Psychiatry Research (private donation to Dr. Gil Zalsman) $10,000 per year for a period of 5 years.
 
Awards
 
2001                Excellent researcher award for the year 2001.
                        Israel Psychiatric Association, Israel Medical Association.
2008-2009       Letter of Excellence in Teaching, Psychiatry Department,  Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
2009-2010       Dean Award of Excellence in Teaching, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
 
 
 
F. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
 
1992-Present   Israel Medical Association
1993-Present   Israel Psychiatric Association
1994-Present   International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP).
1994-Present   Israeli Hypnosis Association  
1994-Present   Israel Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Association- 4 years elected Member on The Central Board (1994-1998).
1999-present   Member on the Foundation board of The Israeli Association for Families that their Spouses Committed Suicide (“bishvil hachaim”), ‘Amuta’ No. 58-035-791-1.
1996-present   Member of the National Center for Children’s Health and Safety, “Beterem”, Shnieder Children Hospital, ‘Amuta’ No. 58-026-964-5
2002-present   Member of the EPA, European Psychiatrists Association  
2002-present  Israel Society for Forensic Psychiatry.
2002-2003       Elected president of the Association for Suicide Prevention in Israel, a
branch of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP).
2003                Elected as a full member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
2005                Elected as a corresponding member of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP), NY, USA.
2005                Member of the National Advisory Board of the Center for Disability and Human Development(CDHD) at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva Israel
2006-present   Examiner in Child Psychiatry Board Examinations
2006-present   Management representative – Helsinki Committee, Geha Mental Health Center
2007                Elected Full Member to the International. Academy for Suicide Research (IASR)
2007-present   Elected President of the Child and Adolescent Section,
Association of European Psychiatry (AEP)
2008-present   Elected Board Member – The Israeli Biological Society
2008-present   Elected Board Member – European Psychiatric Association (EPA)           
2010-present   Full Member – American Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP)
2010                Elected Chair – European Symposium for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior (ESSSB14), Tel Aviv, Israel 2012
2011                Member – International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
2011                Member- Israel Brain Consul (IBS), a branch of the European Brain Consul (EBC)
                       
 
 
G. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:
*meetings are marked according to the new guidelines: IL=invited lecture, P=poster, IP=invited presentation, IPL=invited plenary lecture, OC=organizing committee, SC=scientific committee, OP=oral presentation
 
1994                IACAPAP 13th International Congress, San Francisco, USA (OP).
1995                Understanding Youth Suicide: a meeting of differing perspectives,
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Continuing Education in health
sciences. 29/8- 1/9 1995 (OP).
1995                The Congress of International Society of Adolescents
Psychiatry, Athens July 95. (OP)
1996                Israeli Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Hilton TA (OP)
1996                IACAPAP Venice Working Group as an active
member in Developing a Declaration for Universal Guidelines for
Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents. April 22-24 (IPL)
1996                Annual Congress of American Academy for Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, Philadelphia PA (P)
1997                The annual meeting of the Israeli Hypnosis Association, Zichron
Yaakov, Israel (OP).
1997                8th congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association, Jerusalem
Israel (OP).
1997                World Psychiatric Association Thematic Conference, Jerusalem, Israel (P).
1998                Organized the annual congress of the Israeli Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry Association, 23-26 of April, Antalya, Turkey (OC).
1998                7th European Symposium on suicide and suicidal behavior,
Gent, Belgium, September 09-12, 1998 (OP)(P).
‏‏2000                Eastern Mediterranean Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Conference, February 8-11, Sharem El Sheikh, Egypt (OP).
2000                Israeli Psychiatric Association annual meeting , Jerusalem (OP).
2000                Israeli Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Eilat (OP).
2000                Organizing committee of “The Promised Childhood” –IACAPAP 2001 congress in Tel Aviv, 29.4.2001 (OC).
2002                Update in Geriatric Psychiatry. Israeli Psychiatric Association and the British Royal College of Psychiatry., London, UK (P).
2002                9th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicide Prevention. Warwick, England 14-17 September, 2002 (OP)(P)
2003                AEP spring congress, Rome, Italy 24-27.4.03 (P).
2004                Society of Biological Psychiatry, 59th Annual Scientific Program and Convention, April 29th - May 1st, 2004, at the Waldorf Astoria - New York, NY, USA (OP).
2004                     American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting, 1-6 of May, 2004, New York, NY, USA (P).
2004                10th European symposium on suicide and suicidal behavior, Copenhagen 25-28 August, 2004 (OP)
2004                American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington DC, October 19-24, 2004 (P).
2004                WPA international Congress, Florence, Italy, 10-13 November, 2004 (P)
2005                The 10th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Hagoshrim, Israel, 21-23 March 2006 (OP)
2006                The 11th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
Potoroz, Slovenia, 9-12 September 2006 (IPL)
2007                The 11th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry
Kfar Gilady, Israel 27-29 March 2007 (OP)
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2007                CME Training Course: Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents
European society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP)
13th International Congress Bridging the Gaps

Florence, Italy 25th – 29th  of August 2007 (oral presentation)
2007                The 15th European Congress of Psychiatry (AEP)
Madrid, Spain, March 17-21, 2007 (oral presentation)
2008                18th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), Turkey (oral presentation)
2008                The 12th European Symposium on suicide and suicidal Behavior
Scotland – Scientific committee (scientific committee)
2008                CME Course Director:
16th European congress of Psychiatry
Nice, France April 5-9, 2008 (invited presentation)
2009                Organizing Committee
The 13th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry
Hagoshrim, Israel March 3-5, 2009 (organizing committee)
2009                Scientific Committee   
The 13th Triennial Israeli Psychiatric Association Conference
                        Tel Aviv, Israel May 5-7,2009 (scientific committee)
2009                Zalsman G
The 13th Triennial Israeli Psychiatric Association Conference
                        Tel Aviv, Israel May 5-7,2009 (oral presentation)
2009                The 17th European Congress of Psychiatry (EPA)
Lisbon, Portugal January 24-28, 2009 (oral presentation)
2009                The 64th Annual convention Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP)
Vancouver, Canada May 14th-16th, 2009 (poster)
2009                The Nobel Conference Stockholm, Sweden June 10th, 2009 (invited plenary lecture)
2010                18th congress of European Psychiatry (EPA)
Munich, Germany Feb. 27-Mar 2, 2010 (oral presentation)
2010                65th Annual Scientific Convention Society of biological Psychiatry (SOBP)
Louisiana, USA May 20-22, 2010 (poster)
2010                2010 International Autism Conference
Jerusalem, Israel July 5-6 2010 (invited plenary lecture)
2010                13th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
Rome, Italy September 1-4, 2010 (invited plenary lecture) (oral presentation)
2011                The 18th European Congress of Psychiatry (EPA)
Vienna, Austria March 12-16, 2011 (oral presentation)
2011                The 13th congress of the International Adolescent Psychology and Psychiatry association (ISAPP)- invited plannery speaker. Berlin, Germany 14-18 Sep  
 
 
 
 
G.  M.D. STUDENTS
 
1) Menashri Michal
1.      Starting date of M.D. thesis: December 1998
2.      Name of student: Michal Menashri (6th year).
3.      Title of MD thesis: “Association study of serotonin transporter gene in suicidal adolescents”.
4.      Academic Institution: Sackler school of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
 
2) Carmon Einat
1.      Starting date of M.D. thesis: May 1999
2.      Name of student:Carmon Einat(5th year).
3.      Title of MD thesis: “Efficacy and tolerability of Risperidone treatment in schizophreniform disorder in adolescents”.
4.      Academic Institution: Sackler school of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
 
3) Levran Shaul
1.    Starting date of M.D. thesis: October 2000
2.    Name of student: Levran Shaul (6th year).
3.    Title of MD thesis: “Pharmaco-genetics of DRD4 polymorphism and response to neuroleptic medication in adolescents with schizophrenia”.
4.    Academic Institution: Sackler school of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
 
4) Feld Joy
1.    Starting date of M.D. thesis: December 1999
2.    Name of student: Feld Joy(Olspanger) (6th year).
3.    Title of MD thesis: “Aggresssion, depression, anger and suicide among schizophrenic adolescents inpatients”.
4.    Academic Institution: Sackler school of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
 
5) Shepshelovish Daniel
1.         Starting date of M.D. thesis: February 2002
2.         Name of student: Shepshelovish Daniel (5th year).
3.         Title of MD thesis: “The Safety of Clozapine for Schizophrenic Adolescents”.
4.         Academic Institution: Sackler school of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
 
6) Keren Geva
1.    Starting date of M.D. thesis: 2001
2.    Name of student: Keren Geva
3.    Title of MD thesis: Gender differences in suicidal behavior
4.    Academic Institution: Technion Medical School
 
 
7) Grossman Talia
1                Starting date of MD thesis: 2008
2                Name of student: Talia Grossman
3                Title of MA thesis: Hare Psychopathic checklist: youth version
4                Academic Institution: Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine
8) Dafna Kahana
1.              Starting date of MD thesis: 2010
2.              Name of student: Dafna Kahana
4.              Academic Institution: Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine
9) TzivonyAmir
1.              Starting date of MD thesis: 2010
2.              Name of student: Amir Tzivony
3.              Tile of MD thesis: Influence of Lithium treatment on thyroid function in children and adolescents.
5.              Academic Institution: Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine
 
G.1.  M.A. STUDENTS
 
1) Maya Shvartsbord
1.              Starting date of M.A. thesis: 2002
2.              Name of student: Maya Shvartsbord
3.              Title of MD thesis: Executive Functions in Schizophrenic Adolescents
4.              Academic Institution: Sackler school of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
 
2)                  Shlomi Levi
1.              Starting date of M.A thesis: 2008
2.              Name of student: Shlomi Levi
3.              Title of MA thesis: The Ability to postponeintervening processes by retrieving biographical memories amongst suicidal and healthy adolescents
4.              Academic Institution: Ariel University Center of Samaria
 
3)                                                                                          Avihay Gutman
1.              Starting date of M.A thesis: 2011
2.              Name of student: Avihay Gutman
3.          Title of MA thesis: Effects of genotype and post-weaning short-term stress or enrichment on emotion-regulation, activity and brain structure measures in rats
4.              Academic Institution: Tel Aviv University
 
 
G.3.  RESIDENTS’ BASIC SCIENCE PROJECTS SUPERVISED BY CANDIDATE
 
YEAR        NAME                                    TITLE                                     HOSPITAL  
2000           Rachel Lewis              DRD4 genetics and suicide                Geha
2001           Machmud Naser          COMT genetics and suicide               Geha
2002           Ruth Baruch                5-HT2a genetics of suicide                 Geha
2006           Lior Shapir                  5 HTTLPR, Gene Depression             Geha
2009           Shlomit Zerfati            Cognitive Status in Schizophrenia      Geha
2011          Dotan Ben-Har           MEG imaging of adolescent suicide   Geha
2011           Whail Gadallah           Psychological autopsy of Arab suicides Geha 

 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

 

B.1. ORIGINAL ARTICLES

 
1.            Zalsman G, Aizenberg D, Sigler M, Nahshoni E, Weizman A
Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form. Validity and Reliabiity of the
Hebrew Version
Clinical Gerontologist 1998; 18(3):3-9
2.            Zalsman G, Aizenberg D, Sigler M, Nahshony E, Karp L, Weizman A. 
Increased risk for dementia in elderly psychiatric inpatients with late-onset major depression.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2000 Apr;188(4):242-3.
3.            Zalsman G, Netanel R, Fischel T, Freudenstein O, Landau E, Orbach I, Weizman A, Pfeffer CR, Apter A. 
Human figure drawings in the evaluation of severe adolescent suicidal behavior.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2000 Aug;39(8):1024-31.
4.            Horesh N, Zalsman G, Apter A. 
Internalized anger, self-control, and mastery experience in inpatient anorexic adolescents.
J Psychosom Res. 2000 Oct;49(4):247-53
5.            Zalsman G, Horesh N, Arzi R, Edelist D, Har Even D, Tyano S, Poustka F, Apter A. 
Psychosocial diagnosis in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents.
Compr Psychiatry. 2001 May-Jun;42(3):223-7.
6.            Zalsman G, Frisch A, Bromberg M, Gelernter J, Michaelovsky E, Campino A, Erlich Z, Tyano S, Apter A, Weizman A. 
Family-based association study of serotonin transporter promoter in suicidal adolescents: no association with suicidality but possible role in violence traits.
Am J Med Genet. 2001 Apr 8;105(3):239-45.
7.            Nahshoni E, Aizenberg D, Sigler M, Zalsman G, Strasberg B, Imbar S, Weizman A. 
Heart rate variability in elderly patients before and after electroconvulsive therapy.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2001 Summer;9(3):255-60.
8.            Zalsman G, Weizman A, Carel CA, Aizenberg D. 
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15): a sensitive and convenient instrument for measuring depression in young anorexic patients.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2001 May;189(5):338-9.
 
9.            Zalsman G, Frisch A, King RA, Pauls DL, Grice DE, Gelernter J, Alsobrook J, Michaelovsky E, Apter A, Tyano S, Weizman A, Leckman JF. 
Case control and family-based studies of tryptophan hydroxylase gene A218C polymorphism and suicidality in adolescents.
Am J Med Genet. 2001 Jul 8;105(5):451-7.
10.            Valevski A, Ratzoni G, Sever J, Apter A, Zalsman G, Shiloh R, Weizman A, Tyano S. 
Stability of diagnosis: a 20-year retrospective cohort study of Israeli psychiatric adolescent inpatients.
J Adolesc. 2001 Oct;24(5):625-33.
11.            Gothelf D, Falk B, Singer P, Kairi M, Phillip M, Zigel L, Poraz I, Frishman S, Constantini N, Zalsman G, Weizman A, Apter A. 
Weight gain associated with increased food intake and low habitual activity levels in male adolescent schizophrenic inpatients treated with olanzapine.
Am J Psychiatry. 2002 Jun;159(6):1055-7.
12.            Hermesh H, Weizman A, Gur S, Zalsman G, Shiloh R, Zohar J, Gross-Isseroff R.
Alternation learning in OCD/schizophrenia patients.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2003 Mar;13(2):87-91.
13.            Zalsman G, Carmon E, Martin A, Bensason D, Weizman A, Tyano S. 
Effectiveness, safety, and tolerability of risperidone in adolescents with schizophrenia: an open-label study.
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2003 Fall;13(3):319-27
14.            Zalsman G, Frisch A, Lev-Ran S, Martin A, Michaelovsky E, Bensason D, Gothelf D, Nahshoni E, Tyano S, Weizman A. 
DRD4 exon III polymorphism and response to risperidone in Israeli adolescents with schizophrenia: a pilot pharmacogenetic study.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2003 May;13(3):183-5.
15.            Apter A, Horesh N, Gothelf D, Zalsman G, Erlich Z, Soreni N, Weizman A. 
Depression and suicidal behavior in adolescent inpatients with obsessive  compulsive disorder.
J Affect Disord. 2003 Jul;75(2):181-9.
16.            Nahshoni E, Aizenberg D, Sigler M, Strasberg B, Zalsman G, Imbar S, Adler E, Weizman A. 
Heart rate variability increases in elderly depressed patients who respond to electroconvulsive therapy.
J Psychosom Res. 2004 Jan;56(1):89-94.
17.            Zalsman G, Pumeranz O, Peretz G, Ben-Dor DH, Dekel S, Horesh N, Fischel T, Nahshoni E, Goldberg PH, Sever J, Apter A. 
Attention patterns in children with attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2003 Nov 13;3:1093-107.
18.            Nahshoni E, Manor N, Bar F, Stryjer R, Zalsman G, Weizman A.
Alterations in QT dispersion in medicated schizophrenia patients following electroconvulsive therapy.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2004 Mar;14(2):121-5.
19.            Nahshoni E, Aravot D, Aizenberg D, Sigler M, Zalsman G, Strasberg B, Imbar S, Adler E, Weizman A. 
Heart rate variability in patients with major depression.
Psychosomatics. 2004 Mar-Apr;45(2):129-34.
20.            Zalsman G, Huang YY, Harkavy-Friedman JM, Oquendo MA, Ellis SP, Mann JJ. 
Relationship of MAO-A promoter (
m-VNTR) and COMT (V158M) gene polymorphisms to CSF monoamine metabolites levels in a psychiatric sample of caucasians: A preliminary report.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2005 Jan 5;132(1):100-3.
21.            Huang YY, Battistuzzi C, Oquendo MA, Harkavy-Friedman J, Greenhill L, Zalsman G, Brodsky B, Arango V, Brent DA, Mann JJ. 
Human 5-HT1A receptor C(-1019)G polymorphism and psychopathology.
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2004 Dec;7(4):441-51.
22.            Zalsman G, Posmanik S, Fischel T, Horesh N, Gothelf D, Gal G, Sadeh A, Weizman A, Apter A. 
Psychosocial situations, quality of depression and schizophrenia in adolescents.
Psychiatry Res. 2004 Dec 15;129(2):149-57.
23.            Zalsman G, Frisch A, Lewis R, Michaelovsky E, Hermesh H, Sher L, Nahshoni E, Wolovik L, Tyano S, Apter A, Weizman R, Weizman A. 
DRD4 receptor gene exon III polymorphism in inpatient suicidal adolescents.
J Neural Transm. 2004 Dec;111(12):1593-603.
24.            Khait VD, Huang YY, Zalsman G, Oquendo MA, Brent DA, Harkavy-Friedman JM, Mann JJ. 
Association of serotonin 5-HT2A receptor binding and the T102C polymorphism in depressed and healthy Caucasian subjects.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2005 Jan;30(1):166-72.
25.            Horesh N, Zalsman G, Apter A. 
Suicidal behavior and self-disclosure in adolescent psychiatric inpatients.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2004 Dec;192(12):837-42.
26.            Zalsman G, Anderson GM, Peskin M, Frisch A, King RA, Vekslerchik M, Sommerfeld E, Michaelovsky E, Sher L, Weizman A, Apter A. 
Relationships between serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism, platelet serotonin transporter binding and clinical phenotype in suicidal and non-suicidal adolescent inpatients.
J Neural Transm. 2005 Feb;112(2):309-15.
27.            Sher L, Oquendo MA, Li S, Burke AK, Grunebaum MF, Zalsman G, Huang YY, Mann JJ.
Higher cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2005 Mar;15(2):203-9.
28.            Shoval G, Zalsman G, Polakevitch J, Shtein N, Sommerfeld E, Berger E, Apter A. 
Effect of the broadcast of a television documentary about a teenager's suicide in Israel on suicidal behavior and methods.
Crisis. 2005;26(1):20-4.
29.            Fennig S, Geva K, Zalsman G, Weizman A, Fennig S, Apter A. 
Effect of gender on suicide attempters versus nonattempters in an adolescent inpatient unit.
Compr Psychiatry. 2005 Mar-Apr;46(2):90-7.
30.            Sher L, Oquendo MA, Galfalvy HC, Grunebaum MF, Burke AK, Zalsman G, Mann JJ. 
The relationship of aggression to suicidal behavior in depressed patients with a history of alcoholism.
Addict Behav. 2005 Jul;30(6):1144-53
31.            Zalsman G, Molcho A, Huang Y, Dwork A, Li S, Mann JJ. 
Postmortem
m-opioid receptor binding in suicide victims and controls.
J Neural Transm. 2005 Jul;112(7):949-54.
32.            Zalsman G, Frisch A, Baruch-Movshovits R, Sher L, Michaelovsky E, King RA, Fischel T, Hermesh H, Goldberg P, Gorlyn M, Misgav S, Apter A, Tyano S, Weizman A. 
Family-based association study of 5-HT(2A) receptor T102C polymorphism and suicidal behavior in Ashkenazi inpatient adolescents.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2005 Jul-Sep;17(3):231-8.
33.            Zalsman G, Misgav S, Sommerfeld E, Kohn Y, Brunstein-Klomek A, Diller R, Sher L, Schwartz J, Shoval G, Ben-Dor DH, Wolovik L, Oquendo MA. 
Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R): reliability of the Hebrew version.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2005 Jul-Sep;17(3):255-7.
34.            Turcin A, Turcin Z, Kumperscak HG, Zalsman G, Plesnicar BK. 
Suicide attempts among adolescents in northeastern Slovenia: a 25 year report.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2005 Jul-Sep;17(3):259-65.
35.            Brunstein-Klomek A, Orbach I, Meged S, Zalsman G. 
Self complexity of suicidal adolescents.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2005 Jul-Sep;17(3):267-73.
36.            Sher L, Oquendo MA, Galfalvy HC, Zalsman G, Cooper TB, Mann JJ. 
Higher cortisol levels in spring and fall in patients with major depression.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2005 May;29(4):529-34.
37.            Sher L, Oquendo MA, Conason AH, Brent DA, Grunebaum MF, Zalsman G, Burke AK, Mann JJ. 
Clinical features of depressed patients with or without a family history of alcoholism.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2005 Oct;112(4):266-71.
38.            Tyano S, Zalsman G, Ofek H, Blum I, Apter A, Wolovik L, Sher L, Sommerfeld E, Harell D, Weizman A. 
Plasma serotonin levels and suicidal behavior in adolescents.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2006 Jan;16(1):49-57.
39.            Carballo JJ, Oquendo MA, Garcia-Moreno M, Poza B, Giner L, Baca E, Zalsman G, Roche AM, Sher L. 
Demographic and clinical features of adolescents and young adults with
alcohol-related disorders admitted to the psychiatric emergency room.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2006 Jan-Mar;18(1):87-96.
40.            Carballo JJ, Oquendo MA, Giner L, Garcia-Parajua P, Iglesias JJ, Goldberg PH, Zalsman G, Chaudhury SR, Sher L. 
Prevalence of alcohol misuse among adolescents and young adults evaluated in a primary care setting.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2006 Jan-Mar;18(1):197-202
41.            Shoval G, Zalsman G, Sher L, Apter A, Weizman A. 
Clinical characteristics of inpatient adolescents with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Depress Anxiety. 2006;23(2):62-70.
42.            Schwartz-Stav O, Apter A, Zalsman G. 
Depression, suicidal behavior and insight in adolescents with schizophrenia.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006 Sep;15(6):352-9
43.            Zalsman G, Hung YY, Oquendo MA, Burke AK, Hu XZ, Brent DA, Ellis SP, Goldman D, Mann JJ.
Association of a Triallelic Serotonin Transporter Gene Promoter region (5-HTTLPR), polymorphism with Stressful Life Events, and Severity of Depression.
Am  J Psychiatry, 2005 Sep;163(9):1588-93
44.            Sher L, Carballo JJ, Grunebaum MF, Burke AK, Zalsman G,  Huang YY, Mann JJ, Ocquendo MA
A prospective study of the association of cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolite levels with lethality of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disorders 2006,8(5):543-550
45.            Zalsman G, Braun M,  Grunebaum MF, Sher L, Burke AK, Brent, DA, Chaudhury SR, Mann JJ, Oquendo MA
A Comparison of Medical Lethality of Suicide Attempts
among Subjects with Bipolar and Major Depressive Disorders
Bipolar Disord 2006,8(5):558-565
46.            Shoval G, Sever J, Sher L, , Diller R, Apter A, Weizman A, Zalsman G
Substance use, Suicidality and Adolescent-onset Schizophrenia-an Israeli Ten-year Retrospective Study
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2006, 16(6):767-775
47.            Shoval G, Zalsman G,  Nahshoni E, Weizman A
The use of Illicit substances in adolescent schizophrenia inpatients
Int J. Adolesc Med Health 2006; 18(4):643-648
48.            Shoval G, Zalsman G, Apter A, Diller R, Sher L, Weizman A.
A ten years retrospective study of inpatient adolescents with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorders and substance use.
Compr Psychiatry. 2007 48(1):1-7
49.            Brunstein-Klomek A, Zalsman G, Apter A, Meged S, Har Even D, Diller R, Orbach I.
Self-Object Differentiation in Suicidal Adolescents.
Compr Psychiatry. 2007 48(1):8-13
50.            Nahshoni E, Shpitzer S, Berant M, Shoval G, Zalsman G, Weizman A
QT interval and dispersion in very young children treated with antipsychotic drugs:  A retrospective chart review
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2007 17(2):187-194
51.            Sher L, Sperling D, Stanley BH, Carballo JJ, Shoval G, Zalsman G,  Burke AK, Mann JJ and Oquendo MA
Triggers for suicidal behavior in depressed older adolescents and young adults:  Do alcohol use disorders make a difference?
Int J. Adolesc Med Health 2007;19(1) 91-98
52.            
 
Wilson ST, Stanley B, Oquendo MA, Goldberg P, Zalsman G, Mann JJ
Comparing Impulsiveness, Hostility and depression in Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar II Disorder
J Clin Psychiatry  2007 (68) 10:1533-1539
53.            Gothelf D, Aviram-Goldring, A, Burg M, Steinberg T, Mahajnah M, Frisch A, Fennig S, Zalsman G, Weizman A
Cognition, psychosocial adjustment and coping in familial cases of velocardiofacial syndrome
J Neural Transm 2007;114(11):1495-1501
(Neuroscience 106/231 IF=2.25)

54.            Arie M, Apter A, Orbach I, Yefet Y, Zalsman G
Autobiographical Memory, Interpersonal Problem solving and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescent Inpatients
Compr Psychiatry 2008;49(1):22-9
(Psychiatry  63/117 IF=2.08)
55.            Klomek AB, Orbach I, Sher L, Sommerfeld E, Diller R, Apter A, Shahar G, Zalsman G 
Quality of Depression among Suicidal Inpatient Youth.
Arch Suicide Res
2008;12(2):133-40.
56.            Golubchik P, Sever J, Zalsman G, Weizman A
Methylphenidate in the treatment of female adolescents with cooccurrence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and borderline personality disorder: a preliminary open-label trial
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 2008: 23(4):228-31
(PSYCHIATRY 38/117 IF=3.34)
57.            Manor I, Meidad S, Zalsman G, Zemishlany Z, Tyano S, Weizman A Objective Versus Subjective Assessment of Methylphenidate Response.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
2008 39(3):273-82 (SOCIAL SCIENCES/PSYCHIATRY 48/94 IF=1.53)
58.            Gorlyn M, Keilp JG, Grunbaum MF, Taylor BP, Oquendo MA, Bruder GE, Stewart JW, Zalsman G, Mann JJ
Neuropsychological Characteristics as Predictors of SSRI Treatment Response in Depressed Subjects
J Neural Transm 2008 115(8):1213-9
(Neuroscience 106/231 IF=2.25)
59.            Zalsman G, Huang Y, Oquendo MA, Brent DA, Giner L, Haghighi F, Burk AK, Ellis SP, Currier D, Mann JJ
No association of COMT Val158Met polymorphism with suicidal behavior or CSF monoamine metabolites in mood disorders
Arch Suicide Res
2008 12(4):327-35
60.            Zalsman G,  Mann MJ, Huang YY, Oquendo A, Brent DA, Burke AK, Ellis SP, Mann JJ
Wolfram Syndrome 1(WFSI) H611R Polymorphism is Associated with Mood Disorders but not Suicidal Behavior
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2009 33(4):707-1
0. (PSYCHIATRY 43/117 IF=2.82)
61.            Manor I, Gutnik I,  Ben Dor DH, Apter A, Sever J, Tyano S, Weizman A, Zalsman G
The Possible Association between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Attempted Suicide in Adolescents – A Pilot Study
Eur Psychiatry 2010 (3):146-50.
(PSYCHIATRY 39/117 IF=3.08)
62.            Nahshoni E, Sclarovsky s, Spitzer S, Zalsman G, Strasberg B, Weizman A
Early Repolarization in Young Children with ADHD versus normal Controls:  A
Retrospective Preliminary Chart Review
J Child Adol
esc Psychopharmacol 2009 (6):731-5. (PSYCHIATRY 51/117 IF=2.59)
63.                  Zalsman G, Patya, M, Frisch A, Ofek, H, Schapir L, Blum, I, Harel D, Apter A, Weizman, A, Tyano, S
Association of Polymorphisms of the serotonergic pathways with clinical traits of impulsive-aggression and suicidality in adolescents:  A multi-center Study
World J Biol Psychiatry 2011 (1):33-41 (PSYCHIATRY 8/117 IF=5.56)
64.                   Gilat Y, Ben-Dor DH, Magen A, Wolovick L, Vekslerchik M, Weizman A, Zalsman G
Trends in prescribing of psychotropic medications for inpatient adolescents in Israel:  A ten years retrospective analysis
Eur Psychiatry
 2011, 26(4); 265-269. (PSYCHIATRY 39/117 IF=3.08)
65.                  Freudenstein O, Zohar A, Apter A, Shoval G, Weizman A, Zalsman G,
Parental Bonding in Severely suicidal Adolescent  Inpatients
Eur Psychiatry
 [Epub ahead of print].(PSYCHIATRY 39/117 IF=3.08)
66.                  Shoval G, Feld-Olspanger J, Nahshoni E, Gothelf D, Misgav S, Manor I, Apter A, Zalsman G
Suicidal Behavior and Related Traits among Inpatient Adolescents with First-Episode Schizophrenia
Comp Psychiatry
[Epub ahead of print]. (PSYCHIATRY 63/117 IF=2.08)
67.                  Zalsman G, Rehavi M, Roz N, Laor N, Weizman A, Toren P
Altered Affinity of the platelet vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) in children with major depression
J Neural Transm 118(9); 1383-1387. (Neuroscience 106/231 IF= 2.25)
68.                  Golubchik P, Sever J, Weizman A, Zalsman G
Methylphenidate treatment in pediatric patients with ADHD and co-morbid trichotillomania – a preliminary report
Clin Neuropharmacol
2011, 34:108-110 (pharmacology 53/237 IF=2.34)
69.                  Zalsman G, Farbstein D, Rehavi M, Roz N, Vermeiren R, Laor N, Weizman A, Toren P
Platelet vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) density in non-ADHD disruptive disorder
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2011; 21(4): 341-344 (PSYCHIATRY 51/117 IF= 2.59)
70.                  Manor I, Rozen S, Zemishlany Z, Weizman A, Zalsman G 
         When Does it end? ADHD in the middle aged and older 
         Clin Neuropharmacol 2011; 34(4):148-154 
         (pharmacology 53/237 IF=2.34)
 
71.                  Valevski A, Zalsman G, Tzafrir S, Lipschitz-Elhawi R, Haklai Z, Weizman A, Shohat T
Rate of readmission and mortality risks of schizophrenia patients who were discharged against medical advic
e
Eur Psychiatry
[Epub ahead of print] (PSYCHIATRY 39/117 IF=3.08)
72.                  Horesh N, Apter A, Zalsman G,
Timing. Quantity and quality of stressful life events in childhood and preceding the first episode of bipolar disorder
J Affect Disord 2011;134(1-3): 434-437 (PSYCHIATRY 27/117 IF=3.76)
73.                  Leibovich V, Keilikhis Y, Barzilay A, Cohen D, Shoval G, Schapir L, Libman A, Shemesh R, Marcus I, Weizman A, Merrick J, Zalsman G
Level of training of nursing staff and the autonomy given to psychiatric inpatients:  A multi center study
Int J Adolesc Med Health 2011;23(1)
45-50
74.                  Shoval G, Nahshoni E, Gothelf D, Manor I, Golobchik P, Zemishlany Z, Weizman A, Zalsman G
Effectiveness and safety of Citalopram in hospitalized adolescents with major depression – A preliminary, 8 week fixed-dose, open label, prospective study.
 J Clin Psychopharmacology
2011;34(5):182-185 (
pharmacology 53/237 IF=2.34)

ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

 

1.            Manor I, Vurembrandt N, Rozen S, Gevah D, Weizman A, Zalsman G
Low self-awareness of ADHD in young adults using a self-report screening questionnaire
Eur Psychiatry
(PSYCHIATRY 39/117 IF=3.08)
2.            Galfalvy H*, Zalsman G*, Huang YY, Murphy L, Arango V, Mann JJ
A
Pilot Genome-Wide Association and Gene Expression Array Study of Suicide with and without Major Depression
World J Biol Psychiatry (PSYCHIATRY 8/117 IF=5.56)
*both authors contributed equally to this paper
3.            Freudenstein O, Apter A, Zohar A, Shoval G, Nahshoni E, Weizman A, Zalsman G.
Perfectionism, Narcissism and depression in suicidal and non-suicidal adolescent inpatients.
Compr Psychiatry ( PSYCHIATRY 63/117 IF=2.08)
4.            Green T, Avda S, Dotan I, Zarchi O, Basel L, Zalsman G, Weizman A, Gothelf D. 
 Phenotypic psychiatric characterization of children with Williams Syndrome and response of those with ADHD to methylphenidate treatment
Am J Med Genet (NPG) ( PSYCHIATRY 35/117  IF=3.48)
 
 

SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION

 

1.            Nahshoni E, Golobchik P, Glazer J, Sever J, Strasberg B, Imbar S, Shoval G, Weizman A, Zalsman G
Late potentials in the signal-averaged electrocardiogram in young children with ADHD, before and after methylphenidate Brief Report

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry
(PSYCHIATRY 71/117 IF=1.65)
 

B.2. CASE REPORTS

 

1.                   Zalsman G, Hermesh H, Munitz H.
Alprazolam withdrawal delirium.
Clin Neuropharmacol, 1998; 21(3): 201-202.
2.                   Zalsman G, Cohen DJ. 
Multiplex developmental disorder.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 1998;35(4):300-6
3.                   Zalsman G, Sever J, Munitz H. 
Hair loss associated with paroxetine treatment: a case report.
Clin Neuropharmacol. 1999 Jul-Aug;22(4):246-7.
4.                   Zalsman G, Hermesh H, Sever J. 
Hypnotherapy in adolescents with trichotillomania: three cases.
Am J Clin Hypn. 2001 Jul;44(1):63-8.
5.                   Zalsman G, Dror S, Gadoth N. 
Hypnosis provoked pseudoseizures: a case report and literature review.
Am J Clin Hypn. 2002 Jul;45(1):47-53.
6.                   Zalsman G, Lewis R, Konas S, Loebstein O, Goldberg P, Burguillo F, Nahshoni E, Munitz H. 
Atypical neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated with risperidone treatment in two adolescents.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2004 Apr-Jun;16(2):179-82.

 

 

 

 


B.3. REVIEW ARTICLES

 

1.                   Feld J, Zalsman G, Apter A
Violence and homocide in psychotic patients
Harefua [Hebrew], 2001;140:51-54
2.             Gad A, Zalsman G, Tyano S. 
Somatization disorder in children and adolescents
Harefua. 2002 Jan;141(1):39-43, 126. Hebrew.
3.                   Zalsman G, Frisch A, Apter A, Weizman A. 
Genetics of suicidal behavior: candidate association genetic approach.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2002;39(4):252-61. Review.
4.                   Zalsman G, Shoval G
Nonpharmacological therapies for trichotillomania
Expert review of neurotherapeutics 2002 , 2(2): 212-216
5.                   Portuguese S, Zalsman G.
Psychopharmacology of violent behavior in adolescents
Int J Adolesc Med Health 2003, 15 (3):191-200.
6.                   Pickholtz E, Zalsman G, Tyano S. 
Volatile substance abuse in children and adolescents
Harefuah. 2003 Jun;142(6):459-63, 484. (Review. Hebrew. )
7.                   Geva K, Zalsman G, Apter A
The influence of gender on risk factors for child and adolescent suicidal behavior]
Harefuah [Hebrew] 2003 ;142(3):203-207
8.                   Abo A, Zalsman G
Terrorism and the adolescent population- a review
Int J Adolesc Med Health 2003 15 (3): 201-2 06.
9.                   Giner L, Nichols CM, Zalsman G, Oquendo MA. 
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the risk for suicidality in
adolescents: an update.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2005 Jul-Sep;17(3):211-20.
10.                   Sher L, Zalsman G. 
Alcohol and adolescent suicide.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2005 Jul-Sep;17(3):197-203.
11.                   Carballo JJ, Oquendo MA, Giner L, Zalsman G,  Roche AM, Sher L, 
Impulsive-aggressive traits and suicidal behaviour in adolescents and young adults with alcoholism
Int J Adolesc Med Health 2006;18(1):9-15.
12.                   Roche AM, Giner L, Zalsman G
Suicide in Early Childhood: A Brief Review
Int J Adolesc Med Health 2005; 17(3):00-00.
13.                   Carballo JJ, Oquendo MA, Garcia-Moreno M, Poza B, Giner L, Baca E, Zalsman G,  Roche AM, Sher L
Alcohol related disorders, adolescents and the emergency room
Int J Adolesc Med Health
 (special issue)
July-Sept. Vol 17, No3, 2005
14.                   Zalsman G,  Brent DA, Weersing R
Depressive Disorders in childhood and Adolescents:  An overview.  Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestation and Risk Factors
Child Adolesc Psychiatric Clin N Am 2006;15(4) 827-842
15.                   Zalsman G,  Oquendo MA, Greenhill L, Goldberg PH, Kamali M, Martin A, Mann JJ
Neurobiology of depression in Children and Adolescents
Child Adolesc Psychiatric Clin N Am 2006;15(4) 843-868
16.                   Brunstien-Klomek A, Zalsman G, Mufson L.
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents (IPT-A)
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2007;44(1):40-6.
17.                   Zalsman G, Birmaher B, Brent DA
Depression in children and adolescents
Harefua [Hebrew]
2006 Apr;145(4):286-91, 318.
18.                   
 
Shoval G, Schoen G, Vardi N, Zalsman G, 
Suicide in Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel:  A Case for study of the Genetic-Environmental Relation in Suicide.
Archives of Suicide Research 2007 11(2)1-7
19.                   Rotberg B, Schoen Gila, Zalsman G, 
Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescence
Harefua [Hebrew]2008 147:628-633
20.                   Rotberg B, Zalsman G,  Weizman A
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in children and adolescents
Harefua [Hebrew]2008 147:324-329
21.                   Shani M, Levy M, Zalsman G
Challenges in nutrition-based treatment for weight control in adolescents suffering from schizophrenia[Hebrew]
Harefua
[Hebrew] 2008;147(11):901-5, 939
22.                   Schapir L, Zalsman G
Bipolar Disorder and Severe Mood Dysregulation in children and Adolescents
Harefua [Hebrew]
2008;147(6):526-31, 574
23.                   Brukner  Y, Manor I, Zalsman G
Disorders of Socialization in Children and Adolescents
Harefua [Hebrew] 2009;148(2): 104-108
24.                    Zalsman G, Levy T, Shoval G
Interaction of child and family psychopathology leading to suicidal behavior
Psychiatr
ic Clin N Am. 2008;31(2) :237-46 (SOCIAL SCIENCES, PSYCHIATRY 40/94  IF =1.86)
25.                  Schlossberg K, Massler A, Zalsman G
Environmental Risk Factors for Psychopathology
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2010:47(2):139-143 (IF=0.9)
26.                   Massler A, Zalsman G
Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorders:  Similarities and Differences
Harefuah [Hebrew]
2011; 159:349-352
27.                   Peskin M, Shpitzer S, Peleg T, Zalsman G. 
Nosology, Screening and diagnosis of early psychiatric pathology in early childhood

Harefua
[Hebrew], 2011;159: 353-358

 

 

B.4. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

 

1.                   Cohen DJ, Kohn Y, Zalsman G. 
Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In: Tyano S, Apter A, Weizman
A and Hattab J (eds). 2nd Edition, Textbook of Child Psychiatry [Hebrew]. Dionon press, Tel Aviv, Israel. pp 523-540,1997.
2.                   Zalsman G, Apter A
Serotonergic metabolism and violence/aggression.
In: Glicksohn J [ed].The Neurobiology of Criminal behavior.
Kluwer Academic Publishing, Boston. Chapter 9, pp 231-250, 2002.

3.                   Zalsman G
Suicidal behavior in children and adolescents
In: Medicine for the Israeli family [Hebrew] . Sheinfeld J editor
Israel Medical Association Press. [in press]

4.                   Roche AM, Giner L, Zalsman G,
Suicide among prepubertal children
in Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence
Freund Publishing House, LTD. London and Tel Aviv pp 33-37, 2005

5.                   Sher L, Zalsman G,
Alcohol as a risk factor in adolescent suicide
in Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence
Freund Publishing House Ltd London and Tel Aviv, pp 65-72, 2005

6.                   Giner L, Nichols CM, Carballeo JJ, Zalsman G, Oquendo MA
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in adolescent suicide
in Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence
Freund Publishing House Ltd London and Tel Aviv, pp 81-93, 2005

7.                   Caraballo JJ, Oquendo MA, giner L, Zalsman G,  Roche AM, Sher L
Suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults with alcoholism
in Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence
Freund Publishing House Ltd London and Tel Aviv,  pp 137-142, 2005

8.                   Zalsman G, Frisch A, Baruch-Movshovits R, Sher L, Michaelovsky E, King RA, Hermesh H, Goldberg P, Gorlyn M, Misgav S, Apter A, Tyano S, Weizman, A
Is there a genetic factor in suicidal behavior?
in Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence

Freund Publishing House Ltd London and Tel Aviv
, pp 169-177, 2005

9.                   Zalsman G, Misgav S, Sommerfeld E, Kohn Y, Brunstein-Klomek A, Diller R, Sher L, Shwartz J, Shoval G, Ben-dor –DH, Wolovik L, Oquendo MA
Children's depression inventory (CDI) and the children's depression rating scale revised (CDRS-R) for use in Israel
in Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence

Freund Publishing House Ltd London and Tel Aviv
,  pp 179-181, 2005

10.                   Brunstein-Klomek A, Orbach I, Meged S, Zalsman G,
Self complexity and suicide
in Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence
Freund Publishing House Ltd London and Tel Aviv, 183-190, 2005

11.                   Turcin A, Turcin Z, Gregoric H, Kumperscak, Zalsman G, Plesnicar BK
Suicide attempts among adolescents in northeastern Slovenia over the past 25 years
in Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence
Freund Publishing House Ltd London and Tel Aviv, pp 265-272, 2005

12.                   Engel Z, Mitrani M, Zalsman G
Environmental  safety modification to prevent suicide in an inpatient adolescent unit
Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence
Freund Publishing House Ltd London and Tel Aviv, pp 353-354, 2005

 


13.                   Zalsman G,  Shoval G
The Link between physical disabilities and suicidality in children and adolescents
in Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention – A global perspective. Editors: Danuta Wasserman and Camilla Wasserman
Oxford University Press 2009, pp 661-665  

14.                   Zalsman G, Shoval G, Rotstein L
Pharmacotherapy for Adolescent Depression
in Handbook of Depression
editors:  Susan Nolen-Hoeksema and Lori M. Hilt
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009,  pp 571-588

15.                   Sher L, Sperling d, Stanley BH, Carballo JJ, Shoval G, Zalsman G, Burke AK, Mann JJ, Oquendo MA
Trigger for suicidal behavior in comorbid major depression and alcohol use disorders
in Alcohol and Suicide Research and Clinical Perspectives
Trafford Publishing, 2007, pp 137-145

16.                   Zalsman G
Chapter 16, Suicidal Behavior in children and Adolescents
in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 3rd edition
editor:  Sam Tyano

Dyonon Tel Aviv University (in press)

C. MONOGRAPHS

1.                  Zalsman G
Timing is critical:  Gene, Environment and Timing Interactions in Genetics of Suicide in Children and Adolescents
European Psychiatry 2010;25: 284-286
(IF=3.08)

D.2. PAPERS PRESENTED IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

 

1.                   Zalsman G, Arzi R, Adlist D, Apter A
The psycho-social axis in psychiatric evaluation of inpatient adolescents by semi structured interview-
Poster session IACAPAP 13th International Congress, San Francisco, CA, 1994.

2.                   Zalsman G, Apter A, Weizman A, Frish A
Genetics of Ttyptophane Hydroxylase in Suicidal Adolescents – Preliminary  Data.
Poster Session, the Annual Congress of the Israel Psychiatric Association, Tel Aviv, 1997.

3.                   Horesh N, Zalsman G, Apter A
Internalized Anger, Self Control and Mastery Experience in Anorexic Adolescents.
Presented at the 14th International Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), 2-6, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden.

4.                   Zalsman G.
Schizophrenia and suicide
Annual Congress of the Israel Psychiatric Association, 11.4.2000, Jerusalem

5.                   Zalsman G
Genetics of suicide
Annual Congress of the Israel Psychiatric Association, 11.4.2000, Jerusalem

6.                   Zalsman G, Sheveid Y, Horesh N, Apter A
Obsessive compulsive disorder, depression and suicidal behavior in adolescents.
8th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal behavior, September 6-9, 2000, Bled, Slovenia.

7.                   Zalsman G, Frisch A, Tyano S, Apter A
Tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphism and suicidality in adolescents: a family based study.

8th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal behavior, September 6-9, 2000, Bled, Slovenia.

8.                   Zalsman G, Netanel R, Orbach I, Pfeffer S, Apter A
Human figure drawings in the evaluation of severe suicidal behavior in adolescents
8th European symposium on suicide and suicidal behavior, September 6-9, 2000, Bled, Slovenia.

9.                   Gothelf D, Falk B, Singer P, Kairi M, Poraz I, Frishman S, Constantini N, Zalsman G, Weizman A, Apter A
Increased food intake and low habitual activity are associated with olanzepine-induced weight gain.
6th annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, 27.3.2001

10.                   Zalsman G, Posmanik S, Apter A
Stressful life events, types of depression and schizophrenia in adolescents.
The promised childhood congress, Tel Aviv, Israel 30.4-2.5.2001.

11.                   Zalsman G, Frisch A, Bromberg M, Apter A, Tyano S, Weizman A
Family-based association study of serotonin transporter promoter in suicidal adolescents.
The promised childhood congress, Tel Aviv, Israel 30.4-2.5.2001.

12.                   Zalsman G. Pharmacotherapy of violence in adolescents. Second International       Seminar on Violence and Adolescence, Invited lecture. Tel Aviv, July 2-4, 2002. Israel

13.                   Zalsman G
Family based association study of serotonin transporter promoter in  suicidal adolescents.  9th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicide Prevention. Warwick, England 14-17 September, 2002.

14.                   Zalsman G, Teper  M, Tyano S, Weizman A.
Executive functions and social behavior in adolescent schizophrenia.
EPA spring congress, Rome, Italy 24-27.4.03.

15.                   Zalsman G.
Genetic and Neurobiological Approaches in Suicide Research
Workshop presentation at the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 59th Annual Scientific Program and Convention, April 29th - May 1st, 2004, at the Waldorf Astoria - New York, NY, USA.

16.                   Maria Oquendo, Zalsman G.  J John Mann.
Genetics of suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder.
American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting, 1-6 of May, 2004, New York, NY, USA.

17.                   Zalsman G, J John Mann
Workshop: Genetics of suicide
10th European symposium on suicide and suicidal behavior, Copenhagen 25-28 August, 2004

18.                   Zalsman G, Molcho A, Huang YY , Oquendo MA, Li  S, Mann JJ
Chairman of session and oral presentation of: μ-Opioid Recptor Binding in Postmortem Brains of   Suicide Victims and Controls.
10th European symposium on suicide and suicidal behavior, Copenhagen 25-28 August, 2004

19.                   Zalsman G, Michaelovsky E, Baruch-Movshovits R, Sher L, , Frisch A, King RA, Hermesh H, Goldberg P, Gorlyn M, Misgav S, Apter A, Tyano S, Weizman A.
Family-based association study of 5HT2A recptor T102C polymorphism and suicidal behavior in Ashkenazi adolescents.
Poster  presentation
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry annual meeting, Washington DC, October 19-24, 2004.

20.                   Zalsman G, Frisch A, Lewis R, Michaelovsky E, Hermesh H, Wolovik L, Sher L, Tyano S, Apter A, Weizman R, Weizman A. Homozygosity for the DRD4 receptor exon III polymorphism may be   associated with depression in Israeli inpatient adolescents.
WPA international Congress
, Florence, Italy, 10-13 November, 2004

21.                   Zalsman G, Carmon E, Martin A, Bensason D, Wiezman A, Tyano S.
Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Risperidone in Adolescents with Schizophrenia: An Open Label Study.
WPA international Congress
, Florence, Italy, 10-13 November, 2004.

22.                   Sher L., Stanley B.H., Grunebaum M.F., Burke A.K., Zalsman G., Oquendo M.A., Mann J.J. Lower Cerebrospinal Fluid 5-Hydroxyindolacetic Acid Levels in Depressed High-Lethality Suicide Attempters with Comorbid Alcoholism. Poster at the Society of Biological Psychiatry annual meeting, Atlanta, 2005.

23.                   Zalsman G, Huang YY, Oquendo MA, Brent DA, Burk AK, Giner L, Mann JJ.
COMT (V158M) Met Allele is Associated with Violent Suicide Attempts in Mood Disorders
Oral presentation at the Society of Biological Psychiatry annual meeting, Atlanta, 2005.

24.                   Zalsman G., Anderson GM, Paskin M, Frisch A, Sommerfeld E, Giner L, King RA, Weizman A, Apter A. 
Correlates of platelets serotonin transporter binding, serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism and clinical phenotype in Ashkenazi suicidal adolescents.
The 13th congress of the association of European Psychiatrists,
Gasteig Munich, Germany, April 2-6 2005.

25.                   Nahshoni E, Shpitzer S, Berant S, Zalsman G, Weizman A
QT Interval and Dispersion in very young children treated with antipsychotic drugs [Poster]
10th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry
Hagoshrim, Israel, March 21-23, 2006

26.                   Bloch Y, Zalsman G, (Chairs) Golubchik P, Keren M, Manor I, Schoen G, Apter A, Ratzoni G
Workshop-Perspectives in child psychiatry: Depression-is it the same disorder in children and adults?
10th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry
Hagoshrim, Israel, March 21-23, 2006

27.                   Zalsman G,  Huang Y, Oquendo MA
A Triallelic Serotonin Transporter Gene Promoter Polymorphism (Poster)
The 11th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour
Portoroz, Slovenia, September 9th-12th, 2006

28.                   Zalsman G Sugden, K, Audenaert, ,
Novel Scientific Approaches in Suicidology (Chairman or Panel Discussion)
The 11th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour
Portoroz, Slovenia, September 9th-12th, 2006

29.                   Zalsman G
In-beween depression, impulsivity and aggression:  familial transmission and gene-environment (Plenary Session)
The 11th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
Portoroz, Slovenia, September 9th-12th, 2006

30.                   Zalsman G,
Neurobiology of adolescent's suicide attempts
The 11th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour
Portoroz, Slovenia, September 9th-12th, 2006

31.                   Shoval G, Zalsman G,  Polakevitch J, Shtein N, Sommerfeld E, Berger E, Apter A
Effect of the Broadcast of a Television Documentary on a Teenager's Suicide in Israel on Suicide Rates and Methods (Crisis, 2005;26;20-4)
The 11th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour
Portoroz, Slovenia, September 9th-12th, 2006

32.                   Zalsman G, Shoval G, Sever J, Sher L, Diller R, Apter A, Weizman A
Suicidal Behavior, Substance use, and adolescent-onset schizophrenia:  an Israeli 10 year retrospective study
The 11th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry
Kfar Giladi, Israel, March 27-29, 2007

33.                   Zalsman G Apter A
Gene-Environment Interaction in Pediatric Mood Dysregulation
The 11th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry
Kfar Giladi, Israel, March 27-29, 2007

34.                   Zalsman G, Huang YY, Oquendo MA, Burke AK, Hu X, Brent DA, Ellis SP, Gothelf D,
A Triallelic Serotonin Transporgter Gene, Life Events and Depression
15th European Congress of European Psychiatry (EPA)
Madrid, Spain March 17-21, 2007

35.                   Manor I, Meidad S, Zalsman G, Zemishlany Z, Tyano S, Weizman A
Objective versus subjective assessment of MPH response
15th European Congress of European Psychiatry (EPA)
Madrid, Spain March 17-21, 2007

36.                   Manor I, Gutnik I, Meidad S, Ben-Dor D, Apter A, Sever Y, Zalsman G, Weizman A, Tyano S
The possible association in adolescence, between attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and attempted suicide – a pilot study
15th European Congress of European Psychiatry (EPA)
Madrid, Spain March 17-21, 2007

37.                   Nahshoni E, spitzer S, Berant M, Shoval G, Zalsman G, Weizman A
QT interval and dispersion in very young children treated and anti-psychotic drugs (poster)
15th European Congress of European Psychiatry (EPA)
Madrid, Spain March 17-21, 2007

38.                   Zalsman G
Symposium
Self-injurious behavior and suicidal behavior in adolescents
16th European congress of European Psychiatry (EPA)
Nice, France April 5-9, 2008

39.                   Zalsman G
Symposium
Suicide in adolescents:  Updates and Future Directions
18th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
Istanbul April 30-May 3, 2008

40.                   Zalsman G
Association of polymorphisms of the serotonergic and adrenergic pathway with clinical traits of aggression and suicidality In adolescents:  A Multi – center study (poster)
55th Annual American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
Chicago, IL October 28th-November 22nd, 2008

41.                   Shoval G, Manor I, Zalsman G
Empirical Analysis of the Association Between Given Names and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity disorder in Children
17th European congress of Psychiatry (EPA)
Lisbon, January 2009

42.                   Shoval G,  Weizman A, Zalsman G
Substance Use, Suicidality and Adolescent – onset schizophrenia – An Israeli Ten-Year retrospective Study
17th European congress of Psychiatry (EPA)
Lisbon, January 2009

43.                   Zalsman G
CME Course
Suicide and Risk Management in Depressed Pediatric Patients
17th congress of European Psychiatry (EPA)
Lisbon, Portugal January 2009

44.                   Golubchik, P, Sever J, Shoval G, Zalsman G, Weizman A
Methylphenidate Treatment in ADHD/Borderline Personality Disorder Adolescent Girls and Smoking Behavior
17th congress of European Psychiatry (EPA)
Lisbon, Portugal January 2009

45.                   Zalsman G,
Mood Abnormalities and other co-morbidities in adolescent schizophrenia
Focus on Early Onset Schizophrenia
, Institute of Psychiatry
London, England April 27th-28th, 2009

46.                   Golubchik P, Sever J, Zalsman G, Weixman A
Methylphenidate in the treatment of female adolescents with co-occurrence of ADHD and borderline personality disorder:  A preliminary open label trial
Israel Assoc of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Hagoshrim Israel March 3-5, 2009

47.                   Zalsman G, Galfalvy H, Huang Y, Murphy L, Anango V, Mann JJ
Genome-wide association study of post-mortem suicide brains
Israel Assoc of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting,  Hagoshrim, Israel March 3-5, 2009

48.                   Manor I, Meidad S, Gutnick Y, Tyano S, Weizman A, Zalsman G
Possible association between attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, and attempted suicide in adolescents – A pilot study
Israel Assoc of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting Hagoshrim, Israel March 3-5, 2009

49.                   Zalsman G, Galfalvy H, Huang YY, Murphy L, Arango V, Mann JJ
Genome-Wide Association Study of Post-Mortem Suicide Brains - Poster
64th Annual Convention of the Society of Biological Psychiatry
Vancouver, Canada May  2009

50.                   Zalsman G
Genetic of Depression and Suicide in Children and Adolescents
Nobel Conference June 10th 2009
Stockholm, Sweden

51.                   Shoval G, Feld-Olspanger J, nahshoni E, Gothelf d, Misgav S, Manor I, Apter A, Zalsman G
Suicidal behavior and related traits among inpatient adolescents with first-episode schizophrenia
International conference sponsored by ESCAP – Qualit of Life in Child and Adolescent Mental Health August 22-26, 2009
Budapest, Hungary

52.                   Zalsman G
Chair Session – Child Psychiatry in the community – Clinic, treatment and prevention
Depression and Suicide in Adolescents
The 9th Conference for Medicine in the Community Sept. 16th 2009
Israel

53.                   Zalsman G
Timing is Critical:  Gene, Environment and Timing Interactions in Genetics of Suicide in Children and Adolescents
18th European Congress of Psychiatry (EPA)
Munich, Germany, February 27-March 2, 2010
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54.                   Opler, MG, Ivanova E, Yavorsky WC, Liechti S, Zalsman G
Poster
Inter-rater reliability in the assessment of pediatric schizophrenia using the PANSS:  training results from a Russian cohort
2nd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference
Florence, Italy April 10-14, 2010

55.                   Zalsman G
Poster
Association of Polymorphisms of the Serotonergic Pathways with Suicidality and Impulsive-Aggression in Adolescents:  A multi-center study
65th  Annual Scientific Convention Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) Louisiana, USA May 20-22, 2010

56.                   Zalsman G
Timing is critical: What can we learn from new data on the developing brain?
13th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
Rome, Italy September 1-4, 2010

57.                   Zalsman G
Gene by environment by timing by gender interaction in adolescent suicide
13th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
Rome, Italy September 1-4, 2010

58.                   Apter A, Zalsman G
Workshop
How to write a good scientific paper
13th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
Rome, Italy September 1-4, 2010

59.                   G. Shoval, J. Feld-Olspanger, E. Nahshoni, D. Gothelf, S. Misgav, I. Manor, A. Apter, G. Zalsman
Poster
Suicidal behavior and related traits among inpatient adolescents with first-episode schizophrenia
13th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
Rome, Italy September 1-4, 2010

60.                   Zalsman G
Case presentation on a childhood homicide offender
19th European congress of Psychiatry
Vienna, Austria, March 12-15, 2011

61.                   Zalsman G
Depression and suicide in early onset schizophrenia
19th European congress of Psychiatry
Vienna, Austria, March 12-15, 2011

62.                   Zalsman G
Timing is Critical:  Gene, Environment, Gender and Timing Interactions in Genetics of Suicide in Adolescents
26th IASP World Congress
Beijing, China, September 13-17, 2011

 

F.  BOOKS EDITED 

 

1.                   Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents – An International Perspective
Merrick J, Zalsman G.

Freund Publishing House Ltd
  London and Tel Aviv, 2005

2.                   Zalsman G, Brent DA (Guest editors)
Depression.
W.B. Saunders Company Philadelphia, 2006(Child Adolesc Psychiatric Clin North AM  Vol 15) pp 827-1088

 

G. OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

 

1.                   Zalsman G, Kaplan M
IACAPAP Venice Working Group: Developing a Declaration for Universal Guidelines for Mental health Services for Children and Adolescents .
IACAPAP Bulletin 1997;5:1-7.

2.                   Boone J, Kaplan D, Kohn Y, Randall R, Thomas L, Weiss G, Zalsman G.
Trauma and recovery: Report of the 14th congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions.
IACAPAP Bulletin 1998, 9:1-7.

3.                   Zalsman G
Hypnotherapy in children and adolescents . [Hebrew]
Yeladim 1999;1:58-59

4.                   Apter A, Zalsman G
Suicidal behavior and depression in adolescents schizophrenia
Book of the 8th European symposium on suicide and suicidal behavior

5.                   Kaidar M, Zalsman G.
Olanzapine for childhood disintegrative disorder.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2004;41(1):71-2 (letter).

6.                   Zalsman G.
book review: Pediatric Psychopharmacology By Martin, Scahill, Charney,Leckman.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2004, 41(1)

7.                   Giner L, Zalsman G, Goldberg P.
Safety of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors 

Medicina Clinica   124:(18): 719[letter] [Spanish]

8.                   Merrick J, Zalsman G
Suicide in young people.
BMJ
[on-line letter]

9.                   Zalsman G, Mann JJ
Neurobiology of suicide in adolescents, a new emerging field of research.
Editorial for the special issue on suicide
Int J Adolesc Med Health 2005; 17(3)1

10.                   Zalsman G,  Brent DA
Preface

Child Adolesc Pshychiatric Clin N Am
2006; 15 xvii-xix

11.                   Zalsman G,  Mann JJ
A Triallelic 5-HTTLPR, Stressful Life Events and Depression Severity
Am J Psychiatry [Letter] 2007 164-65

12.                   Sher L, Sperling D, Zalsman G,  Vardi G, Merrick
Alcohol and Suicidal behavior in adolescents
Minerva Pediatr 2006 58:333-9
13.                  
 
Engel Z, Mitrani M, Zalsman G. 
Prevention of suicide in an inpatient adolescent unit by environmental safety modification.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2005 Jul-Sep;17(3):309.
14.                  Zalsman G, Opler  M, Steinberg T, Apter A, Weizman A
Evaluation of Side Effects Using the BARS, SAS and AIMS in Pediatric Psychopharmacologic Studies [Letter]
Eur Psychiatry  2011 26:128–129
(IF=3.08)
 

 



 

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