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  1. Coping efficacy as a mediator between combat exposure events and probable PTSD

    Article • Psychiatry Research, June 2026, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  2. Acute Stress Disorder in Soldiers Injured During the October 7 War

    Article • Military Medicine, February 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  3. Unit Social Support, Sense of Coherence, PTSD, and Suicidal Ideation in Israeli Defense Forces Soldiers

    Article • Crisis, January 2026, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Prof Leah Shelef

  4. Combat Trauma and Distress Symptoms Among Women Veterans

    Article • Military Medicine, November 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ayelet Harel, Prof Leah Shelef

  5. Guidelines for handling released captives before transfer to medical facilities in Israel

    Article • Military Psychology, September 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Leah Shelef

  6. Moral Injury Among Medical Personnel and First Responders Across Different Healthcare and Emergency Response Settings: A Narrative Review

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof Leah Shelef

  7. Body Mass Index and Risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Cohort Study of 1.4 Million Late Adolescents

    Article • Military Medicine, June 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  8. The Roles of Dissociation and Depression in PTSD Among Soldiers Exposed to Combat

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof Leah Shelef

  9. How to survive? Civilian women’s coping strategies in wartime captivity.

    Article • Psychology of Violence, February 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  10. Relationships of DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters to suicidal ideation and death ideation in outpatient military veterans

    Article • Psychiatry Research, September 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  11. Occupational rehabilitation of Israel Defense Forces veterans with PTSD: A 5‐year follow‐up

    Article • International Journal of Psychology, August 2024, Wiley

    Prof Leah Shelef

  12. The Link Between Somatization and Dissociation and PTSD Severity in Veterans Who Sought Help From the IDF Combat Stress Reaction Unit

    Article • Military Medicine, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  13. The Psychological Impact of Exposure to Battle on Medics: A Cross-Sectional Study of Ex-Soldiers Who Sought Help From the IDF Combat Reaction Unit

    Article • Military Medicine, October 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  14. Behavioral Self-Blame in PTSD—Etiology, Risk Factors, and Proposed Interventions

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Leah Shelef

  15. Contributing Factors to Israeli Soldiers’ Adaptation to Military Noncombat Positions

    Article • Military Medicine, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  16. Israeli soldiers' intentions and actions toward seeking mental health help: Barriers and facilitators

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, August 2022, Wiley

    Prof Leah Shelef

  17. COVID-19 vs. terrorism: Contribution of the COR theory to the process of coping with invisible threats

    Article • Journal of Psychiatric Research, March 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  18. Military mental health professionals’ suicide risk assessment and management before and after experiencing a patient’s suicide

    Article • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, February 2022, Wiley

    Prof Leah Shelef

  19. Risk Factors Associated With Various Severities of Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Self-Harm Among Israel Defense Forces Soldiers—A Nested Case–Control Study

    Article • Military Medicine, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  20. Understanding processes that advance suicidal behavior among Israeli active duty soldiers: A mediation model

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, August 2021, Wiley

    Prof Leah Shelef

  21. Autism-related traits and suicide risk among active duty U.S. military service members.

    Article • Psychological Services, August 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Prof Leah Shelef, Ian Stanley

  22. Predicting mental burnout among Israeli Home Front Command soldiers during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Health Promotion International, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  23. Predictors of Emotional Distress in Combat Military Flight Engineers

    Article • Military Medicine, May 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  24. The Role of Past Suicidal Behavior on Current Suicidality: A Retrospective Study in the Israeli Military

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof Leah Shelef

  25. Mental Adaptation to Capsule Work During COVID-19 Outbreak: The Case of Israeli Air Force Career Personnel

    Article • Military Medicine, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  26. The gender paradox: do men differ from women in suicidal behavior?

    Article • January 2021, MRE Press

    Prof Leah Shelef

  27. Understanding the phenomenon of suicide

    Article • January 2021, MRE Press

    Prof Leah Shelef

  28. SUICIDE AMONG ETHIOPIAN SOLDIERS

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, May 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  29. The effect of the Suicide Prevention Program (SPP) on the characteristics of Israeli soldiers who died by suicide after its implementation

    Article • European Psychiatry, October 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Leah Shelef

  30. Personal and psychiatric characteristics among Druze soldiers attempting suicide during military service

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, September 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  31. Suicide ideation severity is associated with severe suicide attempts in a military setting

    Article • European Psychiatry, September 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Leah Shelef

  32. Leave everything to the imagination: Cognitive functioning of individuals high in dissociative absorption and imaginative involvement

    Article • Journal of Research in Personality, October 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  33. Depression and impulsiveness among soldiers who died by suicide: A psychological autopsy study

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, August 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  34. A neural correlate for common trait dissociation: Decreased EEG connectivity is related to dissociative absorption

    Article • Journal of Personality, June 2018, Wiley

    Nirit Soffer-Dudek, Prof Leah Shelef

  35. Evaluation of Suicide Risk Assessment Measures in an Israel Defense Forces Military Sample

    Article • Military Behavioral Health, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Leah Shelef

  36. Perceptions of belongingness and social support attenuate PTSD symptom severity among firefighters: A multistudy investigation.

    Article • Psychological Services, March 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Prof Leah Shelef

  37. Perceived Stress and Intent to Die in Young Soldiers Who Attempt Suicide

    Article • Crisis, March 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Prof Leah Shelef

  38. Belief in the ability to deal with an emergency situation among IDF mental health officers during a military operation

    Article • March 2018, Science Repository OU

    Prof Leah Shelef

  39. Binge Drinking and Military Setting

    Article • Journal of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, January 2018, OMICS Publishing Group

    Prof Leah Shelef

  40. Cognitive Evaluation of Israeli Air Force Pilot Cadets

    Article • Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, April 2017, Aerospace Medical Association

    Prof Leah Shelef

  41. Absorbed in sleep: Dissociative absorption as a predictor of sleepiness following sleep deprivation in two high-functioning samples

    Article • Consciousness and Cognition, February 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  42. Dissociation and Habituation as Facilitating Processes Among Suicide Behaviours

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Leah Shelef

  43. Risk factors for suicide in the Israeli army between the years 1992–2012: A case-control study

    Article • European Psychiatry, January 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Leah Shelef

  44. The contribution of personal and seniority variables to the presence of stress symptoms among Israeli UAV operators

    Article • Disaster and Military Medicine, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Leah Shelef

  45. Relationship between anxiety and medical disorders among compulsory military service candidates between the years 1998–2013

    Article • Psychiatry Research, October 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  46. No Way Out: Entrapment as a Moderator of Suicide Ideation Among Military Personnel

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, April 2016, Wiley

    Prof Leah Shelef

  47. The contribution of the socio-demographic characteristics on suicidal ideation among Israeli soldiers

    Article • Disaster and Military Medicine, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Leah Shelef

  48. Risk of completed suicide in 89,049 young males assessed by a mental health professional

    Article • European Neuropsychopharmacology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  49. An effective suicide prevention program in the Israeli Defense Forces: A cohort study

    Article • European Psychiatry, January 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Leah Shelef

  50. Risk factors for suicide attempt among Israeli Defense Forces soldiers: A retrospective case-control study

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, November 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef

  51. A military suicide prevention program in the Israeli Defense Force: a review of an important military medical procedure

    Article • Disaster and Military Medicine, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Leah Shelef

  52. Emotional Regulation of Mental Pain as Moderator of Suicidal Ideation in Military Settings

    Article • European Psychiatry, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Leah Shelef

  53. Risk of suicide among female adolescents with eating disorders: a longitudinal population-based study

    Article • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Leah Shelef

  54. Characteristics of the suicidal soldier in the Israeli Defense Force-a review of literature

    Article • Disaster and Military Medicine, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Leah Shelef

  55. Dissociation and Acquired Capability as Facilitators of Suicide Ideation Among Soldiers

    Article • Crisis, November 2014, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Prof Leah Shelef

  56. Characteristics of Soldiers with Self-Harm in the Israeli Defense Forces

    Article • Archives of Suicide Research, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Leah Shelef

  57. Correlations between interpersonal and cognitive difficulties: Relationship to suicidal ideation in military suicide attempters

    Article • European Psychiatry, October 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Leah Shelef

  58. Primary Health Care Utilization Prior to Suicide

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, August 2014, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc

    Prof Leah Shelef

  59. Differentiating army suicide attempters from psychologically treated and untreated soldiers: A demographic, psychological and stress-reaction characterization

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, September 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Leah Shelef