Research and Publications - 2017

• Barel-Shoshani, Z. A., & Kreitler, S. (2017). Changes in self-perception following breast cancer as expressed in self-figure drawings: Present-past. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 55, 136-145. doi: 10.1016/j.aip.2017.05.001‏

• Ben-Harush, A., Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Doron, I., Alon, S., Leibovitz, A., Golander, H., ... & Ayalon, L. (2017). Ageism among physicians, nurses, and social workers: Findings from a qualitative study. European Journal of Ageing, 14(1), 39-48.‏ doi: 10.1007/s10433-016-0389-9

• Berenbaum, R., Tziraki, C., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2017). The right to mourn in dementia: To tell or not to tell when someone dies in dementia day care. Death Studies, 41(6), 353-359.‏ doi: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1284953

• Bodas, M., Siman-Tov, M., Kreitler, S., & Peleg, K. (2017). Patterns of victimization in the perception of threat and preparedness of the Israeli public to armed conflicts. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 32(S1), S184-S184. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X17004885

• Bodas, M., Siman-Tov, M., Kreitler, S., & Peleg, K. (2017). Preparedness promoting and delaying - what factors influence civilian preparedness to armed conflicts? Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 32(S1), S179-S180. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X17004782

• Bodas, M., Siman-Tov, M., Kreitler, S., & Peleg, K. (2017). Psychological correlates of civilian preparedness for conflicts. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 11(4), 451-459. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2016.163

• Casakin, H., & Kreitler, S. (2017). Meaning profiles of dwellings, pathways, and metaphors in design: implications for education. European Journal of Engineering Education, 42(6), 962-973. doi: 10.1080/03043797.2016.1236073

• Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2017). Notes on the Israeli national program for addressing Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia. In M, Schmidhuber, L. Bergemann, & A. Frewer (Eds.), Ethical dimentions of international dementia plans: New strategies for human rights. Würzburg, Germany: Verlag Königshausen & Neeumann.

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Golander, H., & Cohen, R. (2017). Rethinking psychosis in dementia: An analysis of antecedents and explanations. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, 32(5), 265-271. doi: 10.1177/1533317517703478

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Golander, H., Iecovich, E., & Jensen, B. (2017). Social engagement care for frail older persons: Desire for it and provision by live-in migrant caregivers. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.‏ doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx052 [Available online ahead of print].

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Hai, T., & Comishen, M. (2017). Group engagement in persons with dementia: the concept and its measurement. Psychiatry Research, 251, 237-243. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.02.013

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Jensen, B. (2017). Intergenerational programs in schools: Prevalence and perceptions of impact. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 36(3), 254-276.‏ doi:10.1177/0733464815570663

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Ray, C. A., Hai, T., Marcu, C., Callahan, B. L., & Freedman, M. (2017). The ultimate outlier: Transitional care for persons with dementia and BPSD. Current Alzheimer Research, 14(9), 969-977. doi: 10.2174/1567205014666170515141710

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Skornick-Bouchbinder, M., Cohen, R., & Brill, S. (2017). Treatment and communication– that is what matters: An analysis of complaints regarding end-of-life care. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 20(12), 1359-1365. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0002

• Kreitler, S. (2017). The meaning profiles of anxiety and depression: Similarities and differences in two age groups. Cognition and Emotion. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2017.1311248 [Available online before print].

• Kreitler, S. (2017). The mind-body problem: The perspective of psychology. Open Journal of Philosophy, 8(1), 60. doi: 10.4236/ojpp.2018.81006

• Kreitler, S. (2017). The relation of the big five factors with stress vulnerability and specific stressors. In P. Buchwald & K. A Moore (Eds.), Stress and anxiety: Coping and resilience (pp. 223-233). Berlin, Germany: Logos Verlag.

• Lanctôt, K. L., Amatniek, J., Ancoli-Israel, S., Arnold, S. E., Ballard, C., Cohen-Mansfield, J., ... & Osorio, R. S. (2017). Neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease: New treatment paradigms. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 3, 441-449. doi: 10.1016/j.trci.2017.07.001

• Leibovich-Nassi, I., Reshef, A., Somech, R & Golander, H. (2017). A survey of hereditary angioedema in Israel. Abstracts from the 10th C1-inhibitor deficiency workshop: Allergy, Astma and Clinical Immunology. 13(2 suppl):p-34. doi: 10.1186/s13223-017-0198-5

• Shrira, A., Shmotkin, D., Palgi, Y., Hoffman, Y., Bodner, E., Ben-Ezra, M., & Litwin, H. (2017). Older adults exposed to ongoing and intense time-limited missile attacks: Differences in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 80, 64-78. doi:10.1080/00332747.2016.1178028

Books

• Eyal, N. (2017). El Imi (To My Mother). Bnei Brak: Hakibbutz Hameuchad publishing group. (Hebrew).

*Names in bold are those of academic faculty members of the Herczeg Institute on Aging