Elbert, Thomas

Rates and risks for prolonged grief disorder in a sample of orphaned and widowed genocide survivors.

Schaal, S., Jacob, N., Dusingizemungu, J.-P., & Elbert, T. (2010) · BMC Psychiatry

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Cited by 125

Rwanda – lasting imprints of a genocide: trauma, mental health and psychosocial conditions in survivors, former prisoners and their children

Rieder, H., & Elbert, T. (2013) · Conflict and Health

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchMemory, violence, and history

Cited by 112

Grandmaternal stress during pregnancy and DNA methylation of the third generation: an epigenome-wide association study

Serpeloni, F., Radtke, K., de Assis, S. G., Henning, F., Nätt, D., & Elbert, T. (2017) · Translational Psychiatry

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationBirth, Development, and Health

Cited by 98

The cortisol paradox of trauma-related disorders: lower phasic responses but higher tonic levels of cortisol are associated with sexual abuse in childhood

Schalinski, I., Elbert, T., Steudte-Schmiedgen, S., & Kirschbaum, C. (2015) · PLOS ONE

Stress Responses and CortisolChild Abuse and Trauma

Cited by 88

Does prenatal stress shape postnatal resilience? An epigenome-wide study on violence and mental health in humans

Serpeloni, F., Radtke, K. M., Hecker, T., Sill, J., Vukojevic, V., Assis, S. G. D., Schauer, M., Elbert, T., & Nätt, D. (2019) · Frontiers in Genetics

Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumEpigenetics and DNA Methylation

Cited by 77

The treatment of posttraumatic stress symptoms and aggression in female former child soldiers using adapted Narrative Exposure therapy—A RCT in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Robjant, K., Koebach, A., Schmitt, S., Chibashimba, A., Carleial, S., & Elbert, T. (2019) · Behaviour Research and Therapy

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchConflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia

Cited by 76

PTSD, depression and anxiety among former abductees in Northern Uganda

Pfeiffer, A., & Elbert, T. (2011) · Conflict and Health

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchMigration, Health and Trauma

Cited by 71

Victims of rape show increased cortisol responses to trauma reminders: a study in individuals with war- and torture-related PTSD

Gola, H., Engler, H., Schauer, M., Adenauer, H., Riether, C., Kolassa, S., Elbert, T., & Kolassa, I.-T. (2012) · Psychoneuroendocrinology

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 64

Prolonged Grief Disorder and Depression in Widows Due to the Rwandan Genocide

Schaal, S., Elbert, T., & Neuner, F. (2009) · OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Cited by 54

Gender and offender status predicting treatment success in refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD

Stenmark, H., Guzey, I. C., Elbert, T., & Holen, A. (2014) · European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Migration, Health and TraumaPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Cited by 53

Provision of mental health services in resource-poor settings: a randomised trial comparing counselling with routine medical treatment in North Afghanistan (Mazar-e-Sharif)

Ayoughi, S., Missmahl, I., Weierstall, R., & Elbert, T. (2012) · BMC Psychiatry

Mental Health Treatment and AccessMigration, Health and Trauma

Cited by 43

Epigenetics of traumatic stress: The association of NR3C1 methylation and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom changes in response to narrative exposure therapy

Wilker, S., Vukojevic, V., Schneider, A., Pfeiffer, A., Inerle, S., Pauly, M., Elbert, T., Papassotiropoulos, A., de Quervain, D., & Kolassa, I.-T. (2023) · Translational Psychiatry

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchEpigenetics and DNA Methylation

Cited by 42

Experiencing community and domestic violence is associated with epigenetic changes in DNA methylation of BDNF and CLPX in adolescents

Serpeloni, F., Nätt, D., Assis, S. G. D., Wieling, E., & Elbert, T. (2020) · Psychophysiology

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationChild Abuse and Trauma

Cited by 30

Cardiac defense in response to imminent threat in women with multiple trauma and severe PTSD

Schalinski, I., Elbert, T. R., & Schauer, M. (2013) · Psychophysiology

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Cited by 20

NTRK2 methylation is related to reduced PTSD risk in two African cohorts of trauma survivors

Vukojevic, V., Coynel, D., Ghaffari, N. R., Freytag, V., Elbert, T., Kolassa, I.-T., Wilker, S., McGaugh, J. L., Papassotiropoulos, A., & de Quervain, D. J.-F. (2020) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchEpigenetics and DNA Methylation

Cited by 19

Mental defeat and cumulative trauma experiences predict trauma-related psychopathology: evidence from a postconflict population in northern Uganda

Wilker, S., Kleim, B., Geiling, A., Pfeiffer, A., Elbert, T., & Kolassa, I.-T. (2017) · Clinical Psychological Science

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchMigration, Health and Trauma

Cited by 17

Magnetic brain imaging of extinction processes in human classical conditioning

Wik, G., Elbert, T., Fredrikson, M., Hoke, M., & Ross, B. (1997) · NeuroReport

Memory and Neural MechanismsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 12