Publications

D Joss, A Khan, S Lazar, M Teicher (2019) Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on self-compassion and psychological health among young adults with a history of childhood maltreatment. Frontiers in Psychology,10:2373. full text

D Joss, S Lazar, M Teicher (2020) Effects of a mindfulness based behavioral intervention for young adults with childhood maltreatment history on hippocampal morphometry: a pilot MRI study with voxel-based morphometry. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 301:111087. full text

D Joss, S Lazar, M Teicher (2020) Nonattachment predicts empathy, rejection sensitivity and symptom reduction after a mindfulness-based intervention among young adults with a history of childhood maltreatment. Mindfulness. 11:975–990. full text

D Joss, M Teicher (2021) Clinical effects of mindfulness-based interventions for adults with a history of childhood maltreatment: a scoping review. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 8, 31–46. full text

D Joss, A Khan, S Lazar, M Teicher (2021) A pilot study on amygdala volumetric changes among young adults with childhood maltreatment histories after a mindfulness intervention. Behavioral Brain Research, 399:113023. full text

D Joss, J Lu, M Teicher, S Lazar (2024). Childhood adversity severity modulates the associations between adaptive psychological changes and amygdala volumetric changes in response to behavioral interventions. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 15: 100714. full text

D Joss, M Teicher, S Lazar (2024). Temporal Dynamics and Long-Term Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Young Adults with Adverse Childhood Experiences. Mindfulness, 15: 2245–2261. full text

D Joss, M Teicher, S Lazar (2024). Beneficial effects of mindfulness-based intervention on hippocampal volumes and episodic memory for childhood adversity survivors. Journal of affective disorders reports, 16, 100769. full text

E Kim, D Joss, F Marin, A Anzolin, R Gawandeb, A Comeaub, S Ellis, C Bumpus, BR Cahn, MWD Kim, V Napadow, Z Schuman-Olivier (2024) Protocol for a pilot study on the neurocardiac mechanism of an interoceptive compassion-based heart-smile training for depression. Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health, 13, 1-14. full text

D Joss, M Datko, C Washington, M Tresvalles, M Mete, S Lazar, Z Schuman-Olivier, E Hoge (2025) Neural correlates of reduction in self-judgment after mindful self-compassion training: a pilot study with resting state fMRI. Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 9, 100096. full text

D Joss (2025) Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Preventing Childhood Maltreatment and Restoring Health Among Survivors: A Public Health Perspective. Mindfulness, 16(6): 1757–1764. full text

D Joss, AO Tierney, K Pidvirny, NM Jaffe, H Goodman, NJ Carson, Z Schuman-Olivier, CA Webb (2025) Neural propensity for trait rumination in adolescents: A cross-sectional study with Voxel-Based Morphometry, Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 11: 100125. full text

D Joss, J Rosansky, P Gardiner, RR Edwards, RD Weiss, V Napadow, Z Schuman-Olivier (2025) Modulating mechanisms of adverse childhood experiences in a mindfulness-based intervention: preliminary insights from an opioid use disorder study. Frontiers in Psychology, 16:1529106. full text

D Joss, G Sevinc, JW Denninger, SBS Khalsa, EA Hoge, M Bhasin, JA Dusek, E Macklin, TA Libermann, GL Fricchione, H Benson, SW Lazar (2025) PCC-hippocampal functional connectivity associated with stress biomarker changes after meditation training for healthy adults, Neuroscience Letters, 864:138272. full text

D Joss (2025) Non-attachment as a potential mechanism for the effects of mindfulness meditation on obsessive-compulsive symptoms among survivors of adverse childhood experiences. Current Psychology, 44(19):15519-15522 . full text

 JW Denninger, D Joss, PM Romero, SBS Khalsa, EA Hoge, M Bhasin, SW Lazar, JA Dusek, E Macklin, TA Libermann, GL Fricchione, H Benson (2025) Psychological assessments, allostatic load and gene expression analyses in a randomized controlled trial comparing meditation, yoga, and stress education, Frontiers in Psychology, 16:1653242. full text