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

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

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

    Article • Psychiatry Research, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

    Article • International Journal of Psychology, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr Leah Shelef

  4. 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)

    Dr Leah Shelef

  5. 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)

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

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

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  8. 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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  9. 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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  10. 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)

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

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

    Dr Leah Shelef, Ian Stanley

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

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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  14. 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)

    Dr Leah Shelef

  15. SUICIDE AMONG ETHIOPIAN SOLDIERS

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

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

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

    Article • Crisis, March 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr Leah Shelef

  18. 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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  19. Binge Drinking and Military Setting

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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  20. Cognitive Evaluation of Israeli Air Force Pilot Cadets

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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  21. 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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  22. Dissociation and Habituation as Facilitating Processes Among Suicide Behaviours

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Leah Shelef

  23. 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

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

    Article • Psychiatry Research, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

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

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

    Article • European Neuropsychopharmacology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Leah Shelef

  29. 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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  30. 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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  31. 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

    Dr Leah Shelef

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

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

    Dr Leah Shelef

  33. Primary Health Care Utilization Prior to Suicide

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

    Dr Leah Shelef