Publications
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2025
Tseng, W.-L., Bellaert, N., Benton, T. D., Brotman, M. A., … Naim, R., et al. (2025). Cross-Cultural Consortium on Irritability (C3I): An international network for research on cultural similarities and differences in irritability. JAACAP Open. 10.1016/j.jaacop.2025.09.001
Saha D, Naim R, Pereira F, Brotman MA, Zheng CY (2025) Multivariate prediction of temper outbursts in a sample of youth enriched for irritability using ecological momentary assessment data: A registered report. PLoS ONE 20(3): e0289235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289235
Naim, R., German, R.E., White, J. et al. Treatment adherence, therapeutic alliance, and clinical outcomes during an exposure-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric irritability. BMC Psychiatry 25, 181 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06601-0
Cardinale E.M., Meigs J.M., Haller S.P., Fling K., Pandya U., Siegal O.,Poe A., Shaughnessy S., Zapp C., Bezek J.L., Lee k., Khosravi P., German R., Jangraw D.C., Henry L.M., Byrne M.E., Kircanski K., Leibenluft E., Nain R., Pine D.S., Bortman M.A., (2025) Leveraging technology to probe mechanisms of psychopathology: A proof of concept study of inhibitory control. PlosOne https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319004
Laky Z.E., Pine D.S., Zheng C., Naim R. (2025) Study Preregistration: Data-Driven Profiles of Youth Executive Function and Their Longitudinal Associations With Externalizing Problems. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent. Psychiatry https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.05.014
Whiting C., Fling K., Meigs J.M., Naim R., Haller S.P., Henry L.M., Silverman W.K., Lebowitz E.L., Brotman M.A., Tseng W.L.., (2025)
Family Accommodation of Pediatric Irritability: Development and Psycho‐metric Properties of the Family Accommodation Scale for Irritability. Behavior Therapy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2025.07.006
Silver J., Leibenluft E., Tseng W-L., Klein D.N., Vidal-Ribas P., Naim R., Patalay P., McElroy E., Stringaris A., (2025) A Large Multinational Study of Irritability. The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.70008
Hansen E.G., Naim R., Henry L.M., Kircanski K., Pine D.S., Brotman M.A., Byrne M.E., Evaluating psychometric validity of ecological momentary assessment for youth irritability, Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119788
Naim, R., Pandya, U., Shaughnessy, S., German, R.E., Henry, L.M., Kircanski, K. and Brotman, M.A. (2025), Advancing the measurement of psychotherapy outcomes for youth with irritability using in vivo ecological momentary assessment: an exploratory observational study. Child Adolesc Ment Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.70039
Linke, J. O., Naim, R., Haller, S. P., Khosravi, P., Scheinberg, B., Byrne, M. E., … Pine, D. S. (2025). Reduced Threat-Related Neural Efficiency: A Possible Biomarker for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20241043
2024
Meigs J. M., Kiderman M., Kircanski K., Cardinale E. M., Pine D. S., Leibenluft E., Brotman M. A., Naim R. (2024) Sleepless nights, sour moods: daily sleep-irritability links in a pediatric clinical sample. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13959
Haller, S. P., Linke, J. O., Grassie, H. L., Jones, E. L., Pagliaccio, D., Harrewijn, A., White, L. K., Naim, R., Abend, R., Mallidi, A., Berman, E., Lewis, K. M., Kircanski, K., Fox, N. A., Silverman, W. K., Kalin, N. H., Bar-Haim, Y., & Brotman, M. A. (2024). Normalization of Fronto-Parietal Activation by Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Unmedicated Pediatric Patients With Anxiety Disorders. The American journal of psychiatry, 181(3), 201–212. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220449
Henry M.L., Hansen E., Chimoff J., Pokstis K., Kiderman M., Naim R., Kossowsky J., Byrne M.E., Lopez-Guzman S., Kircanski K., Pine D.S., Brotman M.A. (2024) Selecting an ecological momentary assessment platform: Tutorial for researchers. JMIR Publications. doi:10.2196/51125
2023
Naim R., Dombek K.,German E.R., Haller S.P., Kircanski K., Brotman M.A. (2023) An Exposure-Based Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Youth with Severe Irritability: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology , doi: 10.1080/15374416.2023.2264385
Grasser L.R., Erjo T., Goodwin M.S., Naim R., German R.E., White J., Cullins L.,Tseng W.L., Stoddard J., BrotmanM.A. (2023) Can peripheral psychophysiological markers predict response to exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy in youth with severely impairing irritability? A study protocol. BMC Psychiatry, 23:926
Tseng W.L., Naim R., Chue A., Shaughnessy S., Meigs J.,Pine D.S., Leibenluft E., Kircanski K., Brotman M.A. (2023) Network analysis of ecological momentary assessment identifies frustration as a central node in irritability, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 64:8 (2023), pp 1212–1221 doi:10.1111/jcpp.13794
2022
Metcalf O., O’Donnell M.L., Forbes D., Bar-Haim Y., Hodson S., Bryant R.A., McFarlane A.C., Morton D., Poerio L., Naim R., Varker T. (2022) Attention-control training as an early intervention for veterans leaving the military: A pilot randomized controlled trial. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. doi: 10.1002/jts.22828
Haller S.P., Archer C., Jeong A., Jafe A., Jones E.L., Harrewijn A., Naim R., Linke J.O., Stoddard J., Brotman M.A. (2022) Changes in Internalizing Symptoms During the COVID‑19 Pandemic in a Transdiagnostic Sample of Youth: Exploring Mediators and Predictors. Child Psychiatry & Human Development https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-022-01382-z
Naim R., Haller .S.P., Linke J.O., Jaffe A., Stoddard J., Jones M., Harrewijn A., Kircanski K., Bar-Haim Y., Brotman M.A. (2022) Context-dependent amygdala–prefrontal connectivity during the dot-probe task varies by irritability and attention bias to angry faces. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. 47:2283–2291; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01307-3
Naim R., Shaughnessy S., Smith A., Karalunas S.L., Kircanski K., Brotman M.A. (2022) Real‐time assessment of positive and negative affective fluctuations and mood lability in a transdiagnostic sample of youth. Anxiety and Depression Association of America. doi: 10.1002/da.23293
2021
Harrewijn A., Abend R., Naim R. ,Haller S.P. ,Stavish S.M. ,Bajaj M.A., Matsumoto C. ,Dombek K. ,Cardinale E.M., Kircanski K. ,Brotman M.A. (2021) Attention bias to negative versus non-negative faces is related to negative affectivity in a transdiagnostic youth sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.04.036
CardinaleI E.M., Naim R., Haller S.P., German R., BotzZapp C., Bezek J., JangrawI D.C., BrotmanM.A. (2021) Rationale and validation of a novel mobile application probing motor inhibition: Proof of concept of CALM-IT. PLoS ONE 16(6): e0252245. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0252245
Naim, R., Goodwin, M. S., Dombek, K., Revzina, O., Agorsor, C., Lee, K., Zapp, C., Freitag, G. F., Haller, S. P., Cardinale, E., Jangraw, D., & Brotman, M. A. (2021). Cardiovascular reactivity as a measure of irritability in a transdiagnostic sample of youth: Preliminary associations. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 30(4), e1890. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1890
Naim R., Smith A., Chue A., Grassie H., Linke J., Dombek K., Shaughnessy S., McNeil C., Cardinale E., Agorsor C., Cardenas S., Brooks J., Subar A.N., Jones E.L., Do Q.B., Pine D.S., Leibenluft E., Brotman M.A. and Kircanski K. (2021) Using ecological momentary assessment to enhance irritability phenotyping in a transdiagnostic sample of youth. Cambridge University Press, Development and Psychopathology (2021), 33, 1734–1746 doi:10.1017/S0954579421000717
2020
Naim R., Kircanski K., Gold A., German R.E., Davis M., Perlstein S., Clayton M., Revzina O., Brotman M.A. (2020) Across-subjects multiple baseline trial of exposure-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for severe irritability: a study protocol. BMJ Open 2021;11:e039169. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2020-039169
2019
Badura-Brack A.S., Naim R., Ryan T.J., Levy O., Abend R., Khanna M.M., McDermott T.J., Pine D.S., Bar-Haim Y. (2019) Effect of Attention Training on Attention Bias Variability and PTSD Symptoms: Randomized Controlled Trials in Israeli and U.S. Combat Veterans. Am J Psychiatry. 2015 December ; 172(12): 1233–1241. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14121578.
Abend R., Naim R., Pergamin-Hight L., Fox N.A., Pine D.S., Bar-Haim Y. (2019) Age Moderates Link between Training Effects and Treatment Response to Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2019 May ; 47(5): 881–894. doi:10.1007/s10802-018-0494-7
Lazarov A., Suarez-Jimenez B., Abend R., Naim R., Shvil R., Helpman L., Zhu X., Papini S., Duroski A., Rom R., Schneier R.F., Pine D.S, Bar-Haim Y., Neria Y. (2019) Bias-contingent attention bias modification and attention control training in treatment of PTSD: a randomized control trial. Psychol Med. 2019 October ; 49(14): 2432–2440. doi:10.1017/S0033291718003367
Alon Y. ,Naim R., Pine D.S., Bliese P.D., Bar-Haim Y. (2019) Validity of Attention Bias Variability Indices for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: Evidence From Patient Data. Journal of Traumatic Stress October 2019, 32, 791–798
2018 and earlier
Naim R., Kivity Y., Bar-Haim Y., Huppert J.D. (2018) Attention and interpretation bias modification treatment for social anxiety disorder: A randomized clinical trial of efficacy and synergy. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2017.10.006
Pergamin-Hight L., Naim R., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., van IJzendoorn M.H., Bar-Haim Y. (2015) Content specificity of attention bias to threat in anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2014.10.005
Naim R., Abend R., Wald I.,Eldar S., Levi O., Fruchter E., Ginat K., Halpern P., Sipos M.L., Adler A.B., Bliese P.D., Quartana P.J., Pine D.S., Bar-Haim Y. (2015) Threat-Related Attention Bias Variability and Posttraumatic Stress. Am J Psychiatry. 2015 December ; 172(12): 1242–1250. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14121579
Naim R., Wald I., Lior A., Pine D. S., Fox N. A., Sheppes G., Halpern P., Bar-Haim Y. (2013) Perturbed threat monitoring following a traumatic event predicts risk for post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychological Medicine (2014), 44, 2077–2084. © Cambridge University Press 2013 doi:10.1017/S0033291713002456
Eldar S., Apter A., Lotan D., Perez Edgar K., Naim R., Fox N.A., Pine D.S., Bar-Haim Y., Ph.D. (2012) Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Psychiatry. 2012 February ; 169(2): 213–220.
Karniol R., Galili L., Shtilerman D., Naim R., Stern K., Manjoch H., Silverman R. (2011) Why Superman Can Wait: Cognitive SelfTransformation in the Delay of Gratification Paradigm. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2011.546040