Gil Zalsman M.D.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Updated 25.11.07

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 (-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 -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
J Neural Transm 2007 114(11) 1495-1501

 

ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

1. Arie M, Apter A, Orbach I, Yefet Y, Zalsman G
Autobiographical Memory, Interpersonal Problem solving and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescent Inpatients
Compr Psychiatry

SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION

1. 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
Psychiatric Genetics
2. Gorlyn M, Kellp Jg, Grunbaum MF, Tyalor GP, Oquendo MA, Bruder GE, Stewart JW, Zalsman G, Mann JJ
Neuropsychological Characteristics as Predictors of SSRI Treatment Response in Depressed Subjects
J of Neural Transmission

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
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and 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
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and 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. Manor I, Shwartzman A, Zalsman G
ADHD in Adults
Harefua (Hebrew)[submitted]
14. 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
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health (special issue
July-Sept. Vol 17, No3, 2005
15. Zalsman G, Brent DA, Weersing R
Depressive Disorders in childhood and Adolescents: An overview. Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestation and Risk Factors
The Child and Adolescent Clinc of North America
16. Zalsman G, Oquendo MA, Greenhill L, Goldberg PH, Kamali M, Martin A, Mann JJ
Neurobiology of depression in Children and Adolescents
The Child and Adolescent Clinic of North America
17. Brunstien-Klomek A, Zalsman G, Mufson L.
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolscents (IPT-A)
Israel J Psychiatry [accepted]

18. Zalsman G, Birmaher B, Brent DA
Depression in children and adolescents
Harefua [Hebrew]
2006 Apr;145(4):286-91, 318.
19. 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
20. Rotberg B, Schoen Gila, Zalsman G,
Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescence
Harefua [Hebrew]
21. Schapir L, Zalsman G,
A new disorder or: The same thing under a different guise
Medicine Psychiatry 3;25-26
22. Rotberg B, Zalsman G, Weizman A
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in children and adolescents
Harefua [Hebrew]
23. Shani M, Levy M, Zalsman G
The effectiveness of nutritional treatment for reduction of body weight in adolescent schizophrenia patients
Harefua [Hebrew]submitted
24. Schapir L, Zalsman G
Bipolar Disorder and Severe Mood Dysregulation in children and Adolescents
Harefua [Hebrew]

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 Oxford Textbook of Suicidology – the five continents perspective, editors Danuta Wasserman and Camilla Wasserman
Oxford University Press (accepted)]
14. Fischel T, Krivoy A, Zalsman G,
Neurobiology of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents
in Handbook of Suicide
editor: Amresh Shrivastava
Royal College of Psychiatrists UK
(submitted)
15. Zalsman G, Shoval G, Rotstein L
Pharmacotherapy for Adolescent Depression
in Handbook of Depression
Yale University Press (submitted)
16. 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

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 - Prelaminary 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 compulssive dosorder, 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.
AEP 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 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 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. In-beween depression, impulsivity and aggression: familial transmission and gene-environment (Plenary Session)
The 11th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour
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 Psychiatry (AEP)
Madrid, Spain march 17-21, 2007

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 (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. Sever J, Zalsman G
The use of Serotonin Selective Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) in Depressed Children and Adolescents – Pros and Cons
IMAJ [letter] (wasn't in university copy)
10. 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):00-00
11. Zalsman G, Brent DA
Preface
Child Adolesc Pshychiatric Clin N Am 2006; 15 xvii-xix
12. Zalsman G, Mann JJ
A Triallelic 5-HTTLPR, Stressful Life Events and Depression Severity
Am J Psychiatry [Letter] 2007 164-65
13. Sher L, Sperling D, Zalsman G, Vardi G, Merrick
Alcohol and Suicidal behavior in adolescents
Minerva Pediatr 2006 58:333-9
14. 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.