Zhang, E.*, Hauson, A. O., Pollard, A. A.*, Zelman, D., Ulibarri, M., Kapalka, G, Fortea, L., & Radua, J. (2025). Lateralized White Matter Integrity Changes Across the Lifespan in Major Depression: AES-SDM Meta-analysis. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2025.111960
Zhang, E.*, Hauson, A. O., Pollard, A. A.*, Meis, B.*, Lackey, N. S.*, Carson, B. *, Khayat, S. *, Fortea, L., & Radua, J. (2023). Lateralized grey matter volume changes in adolescents versus adults with major depression: SDM-PSI meta-analysis. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 111691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2023.111691
Barlet, B. D. *, Hauson, A. O., Pollard, A. A*., Zhang, E. Z. *, Nemanim, N. M. *, Sarkissians, S. *, Lackey, N. S. *, Stelmach, N. P. *, Walker, A. D. *, Carson, B. T. *, Flora-Tostado, C. *, Reszegi, K*., & Viglione, D. J. (2023). Neuropsychological Performance in Alzheimer’s Disease versus Late-Life Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acad036
Pollard, A. A. *, Hauson, A. O., Lackey, N. S*., Zhang, E. *, Khayat, S*., Carson, B. *, Fortea, L., Radua, J., & Grant, I. (2023). Functional neuroanatomy of craving in heroin use disorder: Voxel-based meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) drug cue reactivity studies. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2023.2172423
Lu, H. C.*, Gevirtz, R., Yang, C. C., & Hauson, A. O. (2023). Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized-Controlled Study. Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback, https://10.1007/s10484-023-09592-4
Connors, E. J. *, Hauson, A. O., Barlet, B. D*., Sarkissians, S. *, Stelmach, N. P. *, Walker, A. *Nemanim, N. M. *, Greenwood, K.L., Chesher, N.J., Wollman, S.C*., Allen, K.A*., Hall, M. G. *& Flora-Tostado, C. * (2021). Neuropsychological assessment and screening in heart failure: A meta-analysis and systematic review. Neuropsychology review, 31(2), 312-330.
Yun, S., Ahmed, S. R., Hauson, A. O., & Al-Delaimy, W. K. (2021). The Relationship Between Acculturative Stress and Postmigration Mental Health in Iraqi Refugee Women Resettled in San Diego, California. Community mental health journal, 10.1007/s10597-020-00739-9. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00739-9
Wollman, S. C*., Hauson, A. O., Hall, M. G. *, Connors, E. J*., Allen, K. E. *, Stern, M. J. *Stephan, R. A. *, Kimmel, C. L*., Sarkissians, S. *, Barlet, B. D. *, & Flora-Tostado C. * (2019). Neuropsychological functioning in opioid use disorder: A research synthesis and meta-analysis. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 45(1), 11-25. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2018.1517262
Wang-Jones, T. S. *, Hauson, A. O., Hattrup, K., Ferdman, B. M., Lowman, R. L. (2018). Comparing implicit and explicit attitudes of gay, straight, and non-monosexual groups toward transmen and transwomen, International Journal of Transgenderism, 19(1), 95-106. doi: 10.1037/t03782-000
Thomas, W. J. *, Hauson, A. O. *, Lambert, J. E., Stern, M. J. *, Gamboa, J. M. *, Allen, K. E*., Stephan, R. A. *, Kimmel, C. L. *, Wollman, S. C. *, Hall, M. G*., Towns, B. L. *, Sari, C. *, Sharghi, B. *, and Newton, H. * (2018). A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapies for late-life depression. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 52(1), 78-117.
Hall, M. G. *, Hauson, A. O., Wollman, S. C. *, Allen, K. E. *, Connors, E. J. *, Stern, M. J*., Kimmel, C. L*., Stephan, R. A. *Sarkissians, S. *, Barlet, B. D. *, & Grant, I. (2018). Neuropsychological comparisons of cocaine versus methamphetamine users: a research synthesis and meta-analysis. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 44(3), 277-293. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2017.1355919
Wang-Jones, T. S*., Alhassoon, O. M., Hattrup, K., Ferdman, B. M., Lowman, R. L. (2017). Development of gender identity implicit association tests to assess attitudes toward transmen and transwomen, Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 4(2), 169-183. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000218
Wollman, S. C*., Alhassoon, O. M., Hall, M. G*., Stern, M. J*., Connors, E*., Kimmel, C. L*., Allen, K. E*., Stephan, R. A*., & Radua, J. (2017). Gray matter abnormalities in opioid-dependent patients: A neuroimaging meta-analysis, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 43(5), 505-517. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2016.1245312
Stephan, R. A. *, Alhassoon, O. M., Allen, K. E. *, Wollman, S. C. *, Hall, M. G. *, Thomas, W. J. *, Gamboa, J. M*., Kimmel, C. L*., Stern, M*., Sari, C*., Dalenberg, C. J., Sorg, S.F., Grant, I. (2017). Meta-analyses of clinical neuropsychological tests of executive dysfunction and impulsivity in alcohol use disorder, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 43(1), 24-43. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2016.1206113
Stephan, R. A. *, Alhassoon, O. M., Torre-Bueno, A. (2016). Reintegration of myth in the Socratic Method: Paradigm for multicultural psychotherapy, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 40(2), 231-249. 10.5840/ijap201711271
Kimmel, C. L. *, Alhassoon, O. M., Wollman, S. C. *, Stern, M. J. *, Perez-Figueroa, A*., Hall, M. G. *Rompogren, J*., & Radua, J. (2016). Age-related parieto-occipital and other gray matter changes in borderline personality disorder: A meta-analysis of cortical and subcortical structures. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 251, 15–25. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.04.005
Strohman, A. S*., Braje, S. E., Alhassoon, O. M., Shuttleworth, S., Van Slyke, J., & Gandy, S. (2016). Randomized controlled trial of computerized alcohol intervention for college students: role of class level. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 42(1), 15-24. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2015.1105241
Lambert, J. E., & Alhassoon, O. M. (2015). Trauma-focused therapy for refugees: meta-analytic findings. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62(1), 28-37. doi: 10.1037/cou0000048
Alhassoon, O. M., Sorg, S. F., Stern, M. J. *Hall, M. G. *, & Wollman, S. C. * (2015). Neuroimaging in alcohol-use disorders: clinical implications and future directions. Future Neurology, 10(4), 345-356. doi: 10.2217/fnl.15.17
Hall, M. G. *, Alhassoon, O. M., Stern, M. J. *, Wollman, S. C. *, Kimmel, C. L. *, Perez-Figueroa, A. *, & Radua, J. (2015). Gray matter abnormalities in cocaine versus methamphetamine-dependent patients: a neuroimaging meta-analysis. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 41(4), 290-299. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2015.1044607
Wollman, S. C. *, Alhassoon, O. M., Stern, M. J. *, Hall, M. G. *, Rompogren, J., * Kimmel, C. L*., & Perez-Figueroa, A. M. * (2015). White matter abnormalities in long-term heroin users: a preliminary neuroimaging meta-analysis. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 41(2), 133-138. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2014.985829
Sorg, S. F., Squeglia, L. M. , Taylor, M. J., Alhassoon, O. M., Delano-Wood, L. M., & Grant, I. (2015). Effects of aging on frontal white matter microstructure in alcohol use disorder and associations with processing speed. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76(2), 296-306.
Almklov, E. L*., Drummond, S. P., Orff, H., & Alhassoon, O. M. (2015). The effects of sleep deprivation on brain functioning in older adults. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 13(4), 324-345. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2014.905474
Perez-Figueroa, A. M. *, Alhassoon, O. M., & Wang-Jones, T. * (2013). The effect of psychoeducation on attitudes toward bisexuality. Journal of Bisexuality, 13(3), 338-355. doi: 10.1080/15299716.2013.813420
Sorg, S. F., Taylor, M. J., Alhassoon, O. M., Gongvatana, A., Theilmann, R. J., Frank, L. R., & Grant, I. (2012). Frontal white matter integrity predictors of adult alcohol treatment outcome. Biological Psychiatry, 71(3), 262-268. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.09.022
Dalenberg, C. J., Glaser, D., & Alhassoon, O. M. (2012). Statistical support for subtypes in posttraumatic stress disorder: the how and why of subtype analysis. Depression and Anxiety, 29(8), 671-678. doi: 10.1002/da.21926
Alhassoon, O. M., Sorg, S. F., Taylor, M. J., Stephan, R. A. *, Schweinsburg, B. C., Stricker, N. H., Gongvatana, A., & Grant, I. (2012). Callosal white matter microstructural recovery in abstinent alcoholics: a longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36(11), 1922-1931. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01808.x
Gongvatana, A., Schweinsburg, B. C., Taylor, M. J., Theilmann, R. J., Letendre, S. L., Alhassoon, O. M., Jacobus, J., Woods, S. P., Jernigan, T. L., Ellis, R. J., Frank, L. R., Grant, I., & Charter, G. (2009). White matter tract injury and cognitive impairment in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals. Journal of Neurovirology, 15(2), 187-195. doi: 10.1080/13550280902769756
Rozsa, S., Rihmer, Z., Gonda, X., Szili, I., Rihmer, A., Ko, N., Nemeth, A., Pestality, P., Bagdy, G., Alhassoon, O. M., Akiskal, K. K., & Akiskal, H. S. (2008). A study of affective temperaments in Hungary: internal consistency and concurrent validity of the TEMPS-A against the TCI and NEO-PI-R. Journal of Affective Disorders, 106(1-2), 45-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.03.016
Taylor, M. J., Schweinsburg, B. C., Alhassoon, O. M., Gongvatana, A., Brown, G. G., Young-Casey, C., Letendre, S. L., Grant, I., & HNRC Group (2007). Effects of human immunodeficiency virus and methamphetamine on cerebral metabolites measured with magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Journal of Neurovirology, 13(2), 150-159. doi: 10.1080/13550280701194230
Schweinsburg, B. C., Taylor, M. J., Alhassoon, O. M., Gonzalez, R., Brown, G. G., Ellis, R. J., Letendre, S., Videen, J. S., McCutchan, J. A., Patterson, T. L., Grant, I., & HNRC Group. (2005). Brain mitochondrial injury in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive (HIV+) individuals taking nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Journal of Neurovirology, 11(4), 356-364. doi: 10.1080/13550280591002342
Taylor, M. J., Letendre, S. L., Schweinsburg, B. C., Alhassoon, O. M., Brown, G. G., Gongvatana, A., Grant, I., & HNRC. (2004). Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with reduced white matter N-acetylaspartate in abstinent methamphetamine users. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 10(1), 110-113. doi: 10.1017/S1355617704101161
Schweinsburg, B. C., Alhassoon, O. M., Taylor, M. J., Gonzalez, R., Videen, J. S., Brown, G. G., Patterson, T. L., & Grant, I. (2003). Effects of alcoholism and gender on brain metabolism. The American Journal of psychiatry, 160(6), 1180-1183. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.6.1180
Schweinsburg, B. C., Taylor, M. J., Alhassoon, O. M., Videen, J. S., Brown, G. G., Patterson, T. L., Berger, F., & Grant, I. (2001). Chemical pathology in brain white matter of recently detoxified alcoholics: a 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation of alcohol-associated frontal lobe injury. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25(6), 924-934.
Alhassoon, O. M., Dupont, R. M., Schweinsburg, B. C., Taylor, M. J., Patterson, T. L., & Grant, I. (2001). Regional cerebral blood flow in cocaine- versus methamphetamine-dependent patients with a history of alcoholism. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 4(2), 105-112. doi:10.1017/S1461145701002334
Taylor, M. J., Alhassoon, O. M., Schweinsburg, B. C., Videen, J. S., & Grant, I. (2000). MR spectroscopy in HIV and stimulant dependence. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6(1), 83-85.
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