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Mental health and resiliency following 44 months of terrorism: a survey of an Israeli national representative sample by Bleich, Avi, Gelkopf, Marc, Melamed, Yuval, Solomon, Zahava

“…Israeli citizens have been exposed to intense and ongoing terrorism since September 2000. We previously studied the mental health impact of terrorism on the…”
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Sensing the invisible: differential sensitivity of visual cortex and amygdala to traumatic context by Hendler, Talma, Rotshtein, Pia, Yeshurun, Yaara, Weizmann, Tal, Kahn, Itamar, Ben-Bashat, Dafna, Malach, Rafael, Bleich, Avi

“…To what extent does emotional traumatic context affect sensory processing in the brain? A striking example of emotional impact on sensation is manifested in…”
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Appointment of a Guardian for the Institutionalized Mentally Frail: Is It Necessary? by Melamed, Yuval, MD, MHA, Finkel, Boris, MD, Kurs, Rena, BA, Zadkani-Fresch, Orina, MSW, Bleich, Avi, MD, MPA

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Trauma, Resilience, and Being Israeli by Bleich, Avi

“…Avi Bleich was born in Israel in 1949. In the past, he served in and commanded the Mental Health Services in the Israel Defense Forces. He is currently…”
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Foreign objects in the vagina of a mentally ill woman — case series by Melamed, Yuval, M.D., M.H.A, Dalyahu, Yael, M.D, Vaiman, Roman, M.D, Bzura, Georgina, M.D, Bleich, Avi, M.D., M.P.A

“…Abstract Objective Reports of the insertion of foreign objects to the vagina by psychiatric patients are scant. We present two such cases. Methods Case I…”
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Born to be free: the influence of raising the awareness of the nursing staff to the reduction of the use of physical restraints on restraint orders, hours of restraint and the numbers of patients restrained – a retrospective study by Dahan, Sagit, Levi, Galit, Behrbalk, Pnina, Melamed, Yuval, Bleich, Avi

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Perceptions and attitudes of the nursing staff towards patient restraint by Roffe, Ziva, Gelkopf, Marc, Behrbalk, Pnina, Melamed, Yuval, Bleich, Avi

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Acute Stress Disorder Symptoms Predict All-Cause Mortality Among Myocardial Infarction Patients: a 15-Year Longitudinal Study by Ginzburg, Karni, Kutz, Ilan, Koifman, Bella, Roth, Arie, Kriwisky, Michael, David, Daniel, Bleich, Avi

“…Background Studies have recognized myocardial infarction (MI) as a risk for acute stress disorder (ASD), manifested in dissociative, intrusive, avoidant, and…”
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Psychosocial remission in schizophrenia: developing a clinician-rated scale by Barak, Yoram, Bleich, Avi, Aizenberg, Dov

“…Abstract Background There is a growing awareness of the importance of psychosocial factors incorporated in treatment goals in schizophrenic patients…”
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The Effect of Humorous Movies on Inpatients With Chronic Schizophrenia by Gelkopf, Marc, Gonen, Bruria, Kurs, Rena, Melamed, Yuval, Bleich, Avi

“…We assessed the impact of humorous movies on psychopathology, anxiety, depression, anger, social functioning, insight, and therapeutic alliance in…”
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Nonmedication Smoking Reduction Program for Inpatients With Chronic Schizophrenia: A Randomized Control Design Study by Gelkopf, Marc, Noam, Sigalit, Rudinski, Dimitri, Lerner, Arturo, Behrbalk, Pnina, Bleich, Avi, Melamed, Yuval

“…ABSTRACTPeople with schizophrenia are more likely to smoke, and to smoke more frequently, than those without schizophrenia. Furthermore, inpatients smoke even…”
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Repressive Coping Style, Acute Stress Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Myocardial Infarction by Ginzburg, K.

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Revolving-door patients in a public psychiatric hospital in Israel: cross sectional study by Oyffe, Igor, Kurs, Rena, Gelkopf, Marc, Melamed, Yuval, Bleich, Avi

“…AIM. To study social, demographic, clinical, and forensic profiles of frequently re-hospitalized (revolving-door) psychiatric patients. METHODS. The study…”
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Editorial: Psychiatry and conflict by Bleich, Avi

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Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy for a neuroleptic-intolerant patient with disorganized schizophrenia by Dahan, Eyal, Or, Evgenia, Bleich, Avi, Melamed, Yuval

“…Owing to unresolved questions concerning the efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the treatment of schizophrenia, and widespread negative…”
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Security and psychiatry: the British experience and implications for forensic psychiatry services in Israel by Bergman-Levy, Tal, Bleich, Avi, Kotler, Moshe, Melamed, Yuval

“…The courts have recently become increasingly involved in the administration of compulsory psychiatric services in Israel. Data reveal a gradual increase in the…”
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Risk Factors for the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Combat Trauma: A Semiprospective Study by ZOHAR, Joseph, FOSTICK, Leah, COHEN, Ayala, BLEICH, Avi, DOLFIN, Dan, WEISSMAN, Zeev, DORON, Miki, KAPLAN, Zeev, KLEIN, Ehud, SHALEV, Arieh Y

“…When positioned in a combat situation, soldiers may be subjected to extreme stress. However, only a few combat-exposed soldiers develop long-term disturbance,…”
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Longitudinal Study of Acute Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Dissociation Following Myocardial Infarction by Ginzburg, Karni, Solomon, Zahava, Dekel, Rachel, Bleich, Avi

“…Since dissociation has been recognized as a marker of posttraumatic processes, this study examines the chronological relations between dissociation and stress…”
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Double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study of sertraline in military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder by ZOHAR, Joseph, AMITAL, Daniela, MIODOWNIK, Chanoch, KOTLER, Moshe, BLEICH, Avi, LANE, Roger M, AUSTIN, Carol

“…The efficacy of sertraline in the treatment of civilian posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been established by two large placebo-controlled trials. The…”
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Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. An analysis of comorbidity by Bleich, A, Koslowsky, M, Dolev, A, Lerer, B

“…We examined psychiatric morbidity following war-related psychic trauma, with a special focus on the depressive comorbidity of post-traumatic stress disorder…”
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