Biographical sketch

Since 2009   Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam
2008-2009   Research Fellow and Lecturer, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Frankfurt
2004-2009   Postgraduate training in cognitive behavior therapy, University of Leipzig, Germany
2008               Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Jena , Germany
2004-2008   Research Worker, Department of Psychology, University of Jena, Germany
2003-2004   Research Worker, Insitute for Truamatherapy, Berlin, Germany 
2003               M.A., Department of Psychology, University of Leipzig , Germany
2000-2001   Exchange graduate student, Ohio University, USA

Research interests

Nature and treatment of anxiety, grief and depression
Sequelae of war-related traumatic experiences
Evaluation of mental health services
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Currently teaching

Psychological interventions

Selected recent publications (see PubMed listing)

• Morina, N., Wicherts, J. M., Lobbrecht, J. & Priebe, S. (2014). Remission from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in adults: A systematic review and meta- analysis of long term outcome studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 34, 249-255. Doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2014.03.002.
• Morina, N., van Emmerik, A., Andrews, B., & Brewin, C. R. (2014). Comparison of DSM-IV and proposed ICD-11 formulations of PTSD among civilian survivors of war and war veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 27, 647-654, Doi: 10.1002/jts.21969.
• Morina, N., Ajdukovic, D., Bogic, M., Franciskovic, T., Kucukalic, A., Lecic-Tosevski, D., Morina, L., Popovski, M., & Priebe, S. (2013). Co-occurrence of Major Depressive Episode and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among survivors of war: How is it different from either condition alone? Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 74 (3): e212–e218. Doi:10.4088/JCP.12m07844.
• Meyerbröker, K., Morina, N., Kerkhof, G., & Emmelkamp, P.M.G. (2013). Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy does not provide any additional value in agoraphobic patients: A randomized controlled trial. Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics, 82, 170-176. Doi: 10.1159/000342715.
• Morina, N., Leibold, E., & Ehring, T. (2013). Vividness of general mental imagery is associated with the occurrence of intrusive memories. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 44 (2), 221-226. Doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.11.004.
• Morina, N. & Emmelkamp, P. M. G. (2012). Mental health outcomes of widowed and married mothers after war. British Journal of Psychiatry, 200, 158-159. Doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.093609.
• Morina, N., von Lersner, U., & Prigerson, H. G. (2011). War and bereavement: Consequences for mental and physical distress. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22140. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022140.
• Morina, N., Deeprose, C., Pusowski, C., Schmid, M., & Holmes, E. A. (2011). Prospective mental imagery in patients with major depressive disorder or anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 1032-1037. Doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.06.012.
• Priebe,S., Bogic, M., Ajdukovic, D.,Franciskovic, T., Galeazzi, G. M., Kucukalic, A., Lecic-Tosevski, D., Morina, N., Popovski, M., Wang, D., & Schützwohl, M. (2010). Mental disorders following war in the Balkans - A study in 5 countries. Archives of General Psychiatry , 67, 518-528. Doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.37.

• Editorial work: BMC Psychiatry

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