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Mansuklal, S.A., Pascoal, P.M., Somer, E., Costa, I.B., & Anderson, G. (2025). What Is Known About Maladaptive Daydreaming? A Scoping Review. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 32:e70104. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.70104 Breuer, P., Merckelbach, H., Somer, E., & Broers, N. (2025). Maladaptive daydreaming: The German and the Dutch versions of the 16-item Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cns0000432 Soffer-Dudek, N., Aquarone, R. & Somer, E. (2025). Maladaptive Daydreaming among patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder: A prevalence study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 185, 40-45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.03.038 Somer, E. & Soffer-Dudek, N. (2025). Stimming in a Reverie: A Case of Maladaptive Daydreaming Previously Diagnosed as Autism. Case Reports in Psychiatry, 9700504. https://doi.org/10.1155/crps/9700504 Soffer-Dudek N, Somer E, Spiegel D, et al. (2025). Maladaptive daydreaming should be included as a dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals: position paper. The British Journal of Psychiatry. Published online 2025:1-5. doi:10.1192/bjp.2024.27 Somer, E., Herscu, O., Samara, M., & Abu-Rayya, H. M. (2025). Maladaptive daydreaming and psychopathology: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Psychology, 60(e70027). https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70027 Somer, E., & Otgaar, H. (2025). Memory distortions in maladaptive daydreaming: A study on source confusion and fantasy-driven confabulations. The Qualitative Report, 30(1), 2968-2989. https://doi.org/ 10.46743/2160-3715/2025.7031 Hedderly, T., Eccles, C., Malik, O., Abdulsatar, F., Mitchell, C., Owen, T., Soffer-Dudek, N., Grose, C., Fernandez, T.V., Robinson, S. and Somer, E. (2024), Intense Imagery Movements May Lead to Maladaptive Daydreaming: A Case Series and Literature Review. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 11, 716-719. Somer, E. & Otgaar, H. (2024). Exploring the Nexus between Childhood Adversities, Trauma-related Fantasy and Memory in Maladaptive Daydreaming. Acta Psychologica, 247, 104301. Somer, E. (2024). When Imagination Feels Like Reality: A Case Study of False Memories and Maladaptive Daydreaming in Visual Impairment. Case Reports in Psychiatry, Article ID 9391645, 82024. Somer, E. (2024). Calling the tune in maladaptive daydreaming: The impact of music on the experience of compulsive fantasizing. Psychology of Music, 52(6), 611-627. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356231222290 Chefetz, R.A., Soffer-Dudek, N. &Somer, E. (2023) When daydreaming becomes maladaptive: phenomenological and psychoanalytic perspectives, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 37:4, 319-338, DOI: 10.1080/02668734.2023.2246058 Somer, E. (2023). Body Movements During Maladaptive Daydreaming: A Thematic Analysis of Asynchronous Email Interviews. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 3(1), 267-299. Herscu, O., Somer, E., Federman, A., & Soffer-Dudek, N. (2023). Mindfulness meditation and self-monitoring reduced maladaptive daydreaming symptoms: A randomized controlled trial of a brief self-guided web-based program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 91(5), 285-300. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000790 Somer, E. (2022). Opioid misuse and dissociation. In J, Dorahy, M. (Ed.), Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders., (2nd Edition). Taylor & Francis, pp. 564-572. DOI: 10.4324/9781003057314-41 Soffer-Dudek, N. & Somer, E. (2022). Maladaptive daydreaming is a dissociative disorder: Supporting evidence and theory. In J.M. Dorahy (ed.) Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis, pp 547-559. DOI: 104324/9781003057314_40 West, M.J., Somer, E., & Eigsti, I.-M. (2022). Shared Challenges and Cooccurrence of Maladaptive Daydreaming and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Advanves in Neurodevlopmental Disorders. West, M. J., Somer, E., & Eigsti, I.-M. (2022). Immersive and Maladaptive Daydreaming and Divergent Thinking in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, OnlineFirst. Wen, H., Soffer-Dudek, N., & Somer, E. (2022). Daily feelings and the affective valence of daydreams in maladaptive daydreaming: A longitudinal analysis. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication Theodor‐Katz, N., Somer, E., Hesseg, R. M., & Soffer‐Dudek, N. (2022). Couldimmersive daydreaming underlie a deficit in attention? The prevalence and characteristics of maladaptivedaydreaming in individuals with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Journal of Clinical Psychology,1–20.https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23355 Salomon-Small, G., Somer, E., Harel-Schwarzmann, M., & Soffer-Dudek, N. (2021). Maladaptive Daydreaming and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A confirmatory and exploratory investigation of shared mechanisms. Journal of psychiatric research, 136, 343–350. Musetti, A., Franceschini, C., Pingani, L., Freda, M.F., Saita, EW., Vegni, E., Zenesini, C., Quattropani, M.C., Lenzo, V., Margherita, G., Lemmo, D., Corsano, P., Borghi, L., Cattivelli, R., Plazzi, G., Castelnuovo, G., Somer, E., Schimmenti A. (2021). Maladaptive daydreaming in an adult Italian population during the COVID-19 lockdown. Frontiers in Psychology 12, Article 631979. Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H.M., & Brenner, R. (2021): Childhood Trauma and Maladaptive Daydreaming: Fantasy Functions and Themes In A Multi-Country Sample, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 22 (3), 288-303, DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2020.1809599 Ross, A.C., West, M., & Somer, E. (2020). Self-reported medication and recreational drug effectiveness in maladaptive daydreaming. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 208(1), 77-80. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001091. West, M. & Somer, E. (2020). Empathy, emotion regulation, and creativity in immersive daydreaming. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 39(4), 358–373. Abu-Rayya, H. M., Somer, E., & Knane, H. (2020). Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated With Intensified Psychosocial Problems Experienced by Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Violence Against Women, 26(8), 825-837. Soffer-Dudek, N., Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H. M., Metin, B., & Schimmenti, A. (2020). Different cultures, similar daydream addiction? An examination of the cross-cultural measurement equivalence of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale, Journal of Behavioral Addictions JBA. Retrieved Nov 7, 2020, from https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2006/aop/article-10.1556-2006.2020.00080/article-10.1556-2006.2020.00080.xml Somer, E. (2020). Psychological and spiritual implications of the COVID-19 crisis (op-ed). Jewish News Syndicate. Retrieved from https://www.jns.org/opinion/psychological-and-spiritual-implications-of-the-covid-19-crisis-a-view-from-israel/, April 2, 2020 Greene, T., West, M. & Somer, E. (2020). Maladaptive daydreaming and emotional regulation difficulties: A Network Analysis. Psychiatric Research.Psychiatry, 285, 112799. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112799. Greene, West & Somer (2020). Supplementary materials Marcusson-Clavertz, D., West, M., Kjell, Somer, E. (2019) A daily diary study on maladaptive daydreaming, mind wandering, and sleep disturbances: Examining within-person and between-persons relations. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0225529. Abu-Rayya, H. M., Somer, E., & Meari-Amir, S. (2019). The Psychometric Properties of the Arabic 16-Item Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16-AR) in a Multicountry Arab Sample.Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 6(2), 171-183. Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H.M. & Nsairy Samaan, Z. (2019). Maladaptive daydreaming among recovering substance use disorder patients: its prevalence and mediation of the relationship between childhood trauma and dissociation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. International Journal of Mental Health and Addictions, 17(2), 206-216, Somer, E., Somer, L. & Halpern, N. (2019). Representations of maladaptive daydreaming and the self: A qualitative analysis of drawings. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 63, 102–110. Somer, E. (2019). On dissociative identity disorder and maladaptive daydreaming. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 3(1):14–18.2523-5125 online. Somer, E. (2019). Trauma, dissociation, and opiate use disorder. Current Addiction Reports, 6, 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-019-0236-0 Jopp, D. S., Dupuis, M., Somer, E., Hagani, N., & Herscu, O. (2018). Validation of the Hebrew Version of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-H): Evidence for a Generalizable Measure of Pathological Daydreaming. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. 6(3), 242-261. Bershtling, O., & Somer, E. (2018). The micro-politics of a new mental condition: Legitimization in maladaptive daydreamers’ discourse. The Qualitative Report, 23(8), 1983-2002.’ discourse. The Qualitative Report, 23(8), 1983-2002. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3466. Retrieved Shasha, T., Dolgin, M.J., Tzur Bitan, D. & Somer, E. (2018). Incidence and clinical features of panic related posttraumatic stress. The journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 206(7), 501-506. DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000845 Soffer-Dudek, N. & Somer, E. (2018) Trapped in a Daydream: Daily Elevations in Maladaptive Daydreaming Are Associated With Daily Psychopathological Symptoms. Frontiers in Psychiatry 9(194). doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00194 Granot, M., Yovell, Y., Somer, E., Beny, A., Sadger, R., Uliel-Mirkin, R. & Zisma-Ilani, Y. (2018). Trauma, attachment style, and somatization: a study of women with dyspareunia and women survivors of sexual abuse. BMC Women’s Health,18:29. Somer, E. (2018). Maladaptive daydreaming: Ontological analysis, treatment rationale: a Pilot case study. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 2(1):1–22. 2523-5125 online. Ross, C. A., Somer, E. & Good, C. (2018) Reliability of the Dissociative Trance Disorder Interview Schedule: A preliminary report, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 19:2, 176-184, DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2017.1329774 Somer, E. & Herscu, O. (2017). Childhood trauma, social anxiety, absorption and fantasy dependence: Two potential mediated pathways to maladaptive daydreaming. Journal of Addictive Behaviors, Therapy & Rehabilitation, 6(3) (Open Access) DOI: 10.4172/2324-9005.1000170 Somer, E., Soffer-Dudek, N., Ross, C. A., & Halpern, N. (2017). Maladaptive daydreaming: Proposed diagnostic criteria and their assessment with a structured clinical interview. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4(2), 176-189 Somer, E., Soffer-Dudek, N., & Ross, C.A. (2017). The comorbidity of daydreaming disorder. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205(7), 525-530. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000685 Ghnadre Naser, S. & Somer, E. (2016). The Wound is Still Open: The Nakba Experience among Internally Displaced Palestinians in Israel. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 12(4), 238-251 Somer, E. (2016). Cross-temporal and cross-cultural perspectives on dissociative disorders of identity in A. van der Merwe & Sinason, V. (Eds.). Shattered but unbroken: Voices of triumph and testimony.London: Karnac, pp. 89-110. Bigelsen, J., Lehrfeld, J.M., Jopp, D.S. & Somer, E. (2016). Maladaptive daydreaming: Evidence for an under-researched mental health disorder. Consciousness and Cognition, 42, 254-266. Somer, E. Somer, L. & Jopp, S.D. (2016). Childhood Antecedents and Maintaining Factors in Maladaptive Daydreaming. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204(6), 471-478. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000507 Somer, E. Somer, L. & Jopp, S.D. (2016). Parallel Lives: A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of Maladaptive Daydreaming. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 17(5), 561-576. doi: 10.1080/15299732.2016.1160463 Somer, E., Lehrfeld J., Jopp, D.S., & Bigelsen, J. (2016). Development and Validation of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS). Consciousness and Cognition, 39, 77-91. Somer, E., Gahleitner, S.B., Wachsmuth, I., Krebs, L. &Kindler, M.L. (2015). Transgenerationelle Weitergabe von Trauma an die Generationen nach dem Holocaust und dem Nationalsozialismus. In Gahletner, S.B., Frank, C., & Letner, A. (Eds.), Ein Trauma ist mehr als ein Trauma: Biopsychosoziale TRamakonzepte in Psychotherapie, Beratung, Supervision und Tramapädagogik. Dresden: Beltz Juventa, pp. 20-37. Somer, E. & Agam, Y. (2015). Personal Action as Collectivist Reconciliation: Children of ‘Aryan’ Citizens of Nazi Germany Living in Israel. Dapim: Studies on the Holocaust. DOI:10.1080/23256249.2015.1026670 Levinger, S., Somer, E., & Holden, R.R. (2015). The Importance of Mental Pain and Physical Dissociation in Youth Suicidality. Journal of Teauma and Dissociation, 16, 322-339. DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2014.989644 Somer, E. (2015). Trauma and dissociation in multi-cultural Israel. ESTD News, 4(1), 5-8. Somer, E., Ross, C., Kirshberg, A., Shawahdy, R., & Ismail, S. (2015). Dissociative disorders and possession experiences in Israel: A comparison of opiate use disorder patients battered Arab women and a non-clinical group.Transcultural Psychiatry, 52(1), 58-73.DOI: 10.1177/1363461514552584 Somer, E., & Ataria, Y. (2014). Adverse Outcome of Continuous Traumatic Stress: A Qualitative Inquiry. International Journal of Stress Management. Advance online publication, , October 27, 2014. Somer, E. & Ruvio, A. (2014). The Going Gets Tough So Let’s Go Shopping: On Materialism, Coping and Consumer Behaviors Under Traumatic Stress. Journal of Loss and Trauma: International Perspectives on Stress & Coping, DOI:10.1080/15325024.2013.794670. Somer, E., & Nizri, M. (2014). Ripples of Trauma and Resilience: Partner Relationships among Second-Generation Survivors of the Holocaust. Kavod, (Spring), 4. Somer, E. (2014). Psychotherapie auf dem Prüfstand: Dissoziative Störungen vor Gericht. In, R. Vogt (Ed.), Verleumdung Verrat bei dissoziativen Traumafolgestörungen. Asanger Verlag, pp. 198-208. Somer, E., Amos, T. & Stein, D. (2013). Evidence-based treatment for Depersonalization-derealization disorder. BioMed Central Psychology, 1:20. doi:10.1186/2050-7283-1-20. One of the most viewed articles. Ataria, Y., & Somer, E. (2013). Total Otherness in Dissociative Identity Disorder. Otherness: Essays abd Studies, 4 (1), 1-25 Ruvio, A., Somer, E. & Rindfleisch, A. (2013). When bad gets worse: the amplifying effect of materialism on traumatic stress and maladaptive consumption. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, DOI 10.1007/s11747-013-0345-6. Somer, E., & Agam, Y. (2013). Living with the remnants: Second-generation non-Jewish citizens of Nazi Germany living in Israel. Klinische Sozialarbeit, 9(4), 11-12. Somer, E., & Nizri, M. (2013). Intimate relationships among second generation Holocaust survivors in Israel – A qualitative analysis of coping with the parents’ heritage. Kilinische Sozialarbeit, 9(4), 9-10. Somer, E. (2013). From adaptive fantasy to dissociative psychopathology: On forms of daydreaming. ISSTSD News 31(2). Somer, E., Ginzburg, K., & Kramer, L. (2012). The role of impulsivity in the association between child maltreatment and dissociative psychopathology: mediation versus moderation. Psychiatry Research, 196, 133-137. Granot, M. Somer, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Beny, A., Sadger, R., Mirkin, R., Mont, R., & Yovell, Y. (2011). Characteristics of response to experimental pain in sexually abused women. Clinical Journal of Pain, 2(7), 616-622. International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. (2011). [Chu, J. A., Dell, P. F., Van der Hart, O., Cardeña, E., Barach, P. M., Somer, E., Loewenstein, R. J., Brand, B., Golston, J. C., Courtois, C. A., Bowman, E. S., Classen, C., Dorahy, M., S ¸ar, V., Gelinas, D. J., Fine, C. G., Paulsen, S., Kluft, R. P., Dalenberg, C. J., Jacobson-Levy, M., Nijenhuis, E. R. S., Boon, S., Chefetz, R. A., Middleton, W., Ross, C. A., Howell, E., Goodwin, G., Coons, P. M., Frankel, A. S., Steele, K., Gold, S. N., Gast, U., Young, L. M., & Twombly, J.]. Guidelines for treating dissociative identity disorder in adults, third revision. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 12, 115–187. International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. (2011). Guidelines for treating dissociative identity disorder in adults, third revision: Summary version. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 12, 188–212. Somer, E. (2011). Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents. In V. Ardino (Ed.). Post-traumatic syndromes in children and adolescents: A handbook of research and practice. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell (pp. 157-174). Somer, E., Klein-Sela, C. & Or-Chen, K. (2011). Beliefs in Reincarnation and in the Power of Fate and Their Association with Emotional Outcome Among Bereaved Parents of Fallen Soldiers. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 1, doi: 10.1080/15325024.2011.575706, First posted on: 04 April 2011 (iFirst) Somer, E., Altus, L. & Ginzburg, K. (2010). Dissociative psychopathology among Opiod Use Disorder patients: Exploring the ‘chemical dissociation’ hypothesis. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 419-425 Ginzburg, K., Somer, E., Tamarkin, G., & Kramer, L. (2010). Clandestine psychopathology: Unrecognized dissociative disorders in inpatient psychiatry. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 198, 378-381 Somer, E., Golan, D., Dishon, S., Cuzin-Disegni, L., Lavi I. & Miller, A. (2010). Multiple Sclerosis patients in a war zone: Effective coping is associated with reduced risk for relapse. Multiple Sclerosis 16(4), 463-471 Somer, E. (2009). Opiate Use Disorder and Dissociation. In P.F. Dell, & J. O’Neil (Eds.). Dissociation and the dissociative disorders: DSM-V and beyond. New York: Routledge (pp. 511-518). Somer, E., Zrihan–Weitzman, A., Fuse, T., Parker, H., Dickstein, B., Maguen, S. & Litz, B.T. (2009). Israeli Civilians under Heavy Bombardment: Prediction of Posttraumatic Symptom Severity. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 24(5), 389-394 Somer, E., Maguen, S., Moin, V., Boem, A., Metzler, T. J. & Litz, B. T. (2008) The Effects of Perceived Community Cohesion on Stress Symptoms Following a Terrorist Attack. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 7(2), 73-90 Somer, E., Maguen, S., Or-Chen, K. & Litz, B. T. (2008). Managing Terror: Differences between Jews and Arabs in Israel. International Journal of Psychology, first published online 18 October 2007: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207590701609076 Sever, I., Somer, E., Ruvio, A. & Soref, E. (2008). Gender, distress and coping in response to terrorism. Affilia – Journal of Women and Social Work, 23(2), 156-166 Golan, D., Somer, E., Dishon, S., Cuzin-Disegni, L., & Miller, A. (2008). The Impact of exposure to war stress on exacerbations of Multiple Sclerosis. Annals of Neurology, 64, 143-148 Lauterbach, D., Somer, E., Dell P., & VonDeylen, H. (2008). Abuse History and Pathological Dissociation Among Israeli and American College Students: A Comparative Study. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 9(1) 51-62 Somer, E. (2008). Exposure to repeated acts of terrorism: Perspectives from an attacked community. Kiinische Sozialarbeit, 4(Sonderausgabe) 6-11 Somer, E., Ruvio, A, Sever, I. & Soref, E. (2007). Reactions to repeated unpredictable terror attacks: Relationships among exposure, posttraumatic distress, low morale, and intensity of coping. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37(4), 862-886. Somer, E., Maguen, S., Or-Chen, K., & Litz, B. (2007). Managing Terror: Differences between Jews and Arabs in Israel. International Journal of Psychology, 44(2), 138-146 Somer, E. & Walker, L. (2007). DID treatment efficacy: The patients’ perspective. Paper presented at the 24th meeting of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, Philadelphia, PA, USA. November 11-13 Golan, D., Somer, E., Dishon S., Disney-Kuzin, L. & Miller, A. (2007). War stress, psychological coping mechanisms and exacerbations of Multiple Sclerosis. Paper presented at the 23rd Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis and the 12th Annual Conference of Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis. Prague, Czech Republic, October 11–14 Nachmani, I. & Somer, E. (2007). Women sexually victimized in psychotherapy speak out: The dynamics and outcome of therapist-client sex. Women and Therapy: A Feminist Quarterly, 31(1/2), 1-17 Somer, E. (2006). Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy Outcome Research: In Favor of Single Case Studies. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 7(2), 1-5 Somer, E. (2006). Culture-Bound Dissociation: A Comparative Analysis. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 29(1), 213-226 Josman, N., Garcia-Palacios, A., Reisberg, A., Somer, E., Weiss P. L.T. and Hoffman, H. (2006). Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Survivors of Terrorism in Israel. In M. Roy (Ed.), Novel Approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorders. Amsterdam: IOS, pp. 196- 204 Josman, N., Somer, E., Reisberg, A., Weiss, P.L., Garcia-Palacios, A., & Hoffman, H. (2006). BusWorld: Designing a Virtual Environment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Israel—A Protocol. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 9 (2), 241-244 Somer, E. & Bleich, A. (Eds.) (2005). Mental Health In Terror’s Shadow: The Israeli Experience. Tel Aviv: Ramot – Tel Aviv University, in Hebrew Somer, E., Or- Chen, K. & Peled-Avram, M. (2005). When my people fight my country: Exposure to terrorism, distress and coping among Arab citizens of Israel. In E. Somer and A. Bleich (Eds.), Mental Health In Terror’s Shadow: The Israeli Experience. Tel Aviv: Ramot – Tel Aviv University, in Hebrew Peled-Avram, M., Ben Yitzhak, Y., Somer, E., & Buchbinder, E. (2005). The functioning of social workers in early interventions following terrorism. In E. Somer and A. Bleich (Eds.) In E. Somer and A. Bleich (Eds.), Mental Health In Terror’s Shadow: The Israeli Experience. Tel Aviv: Ramot – Tel Aviv University, in Hebrew Somer, E. & Bleich, A. (2005). The stress of a population under a prolonged terror attack. In E. Somer,& A. Bleich, (Eds.), . Mental Health In Terror’s Shadow: The Israeli Experience. Tel Aviv: Ramot – Tel Aviv University, in Hebrew Somer, E. (2005). Advances in dissociation research and practice in Israel. In G. F. Rhodes and V. Sar (Eds.) Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective: Not Just a North American Phenomenon. New York: Haworth Press. 155 – 176. Simultaneously published in the Journal of Trauma Practice, 4 (1/2), 157 – 178 Somer, E. (2005). Advances in dissociation research and practice in Israel. Journal of Trauma Practice, 4 (1/2), 157 – 178 (Simultaneously published as Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective: Not Just a North American Phenomenon, New York: Haworth Press. Chu, J.A., Loewenstein, R., Dell, P.F., Barach, P.M., Somer, E., Kluft, R.P., Gelinas, D.J., Van der Hart, O., Dalenberg, C.J., Nijenhuis, E.R.S., Bowman, E.S., Boon, S., Goodwin, J., Jacobson, M., Ross, C.A., Sar, V, Fine, C.G., Frankel, A.S., Coons, P.M., Courtois, C.A., Gold, S.N., & Howell, E. (2005). Guidelines for treating Dissociative Identity Disorder in adults. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 6(4), 69-149 Somer, E., Ruvio, A., Soref, E. & Sever, I. (2005) Terrorism, distress and coping: High versus low impact regions and direct versus indirect civilian exposure. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 18,165-182 Somer, E., Tamir , E., Maguen, S., & Litz, B. (2005). Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Phone-Based Intervention Targeting Anxiety about the Threat of Attack: A Pilot Study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43,(5) , 669-679 Somer, E., & Dell, P. F. (2005). The development and psychometric characteristics of the Hebrew version of the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (H-MID): A valid and reliable measure of pathological dissociation. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 6(1), 31-53 Somer, E. & Nachmani, I. (2005). Constructions of therapist-patient sex: An analysis of retrospective reports by former Israeli patients. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 17, (1), 47-62. doi: 10.1007/s11194-005-1210-z Szwarcberg, S. & Somer, E. (2004). Disclosure of the secret: Facilitating and inhibiting variables in the disclosure of child sexual abuse. In Seligman, Z. & Solomon, Z. (Eds.), Critical and Clinical Perspectives in Incest. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Adler Center – Tel Aviv University. in Hebrew Somer, E. & Todrank Heth, J. (2004). Controllability awareness and maladjusted personality traits: Preliminary findings. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 41(3), 184-190 Somer, E., Zrihan Weitzman, & Todrank Heth, J. (2004). Controllability awareness and its outcome under the threat of terror: Chronic versus acute community stress. Journal of Trauma Practice, 3(1), 1-18 Somer, E. (2004) Trance possession disorder in Judaism: Sixteenth-century dybbuks in the Near-East. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 5 (2), 131-146 Peled-Avram, M., Ben-Yizhack, Y., Gagin, R., Somer, E., Buchbinder, E. (2004). Emotional responses and needs of social workers in a mass disaster. Hevra U’rvacha (Society and Welfare), 24 (2), 181-200. In Hebrew Somer, E., Buchbinder, E. Peled-Avram, M. & Ben-Yizhack, Y. (2004). The stress and coping of Israeli emergency room social workers following terrorist attacks. Qualitative Health Research, 14(10), 1077-1093 Ben Ari, A., & Somer, E. (2004). The aftermath of therapist-client sex: Exploited women struggle with the consequences. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. 11, 126-136 Somer, E. (2004). To be or not to be: Childhood Trauma and Dissociative Disorders. In Seligman, Z. & Solomon, Z. (Eds.), Critical Perspectives on Incest. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Adler Center – Tel Aviv University, in Hebrew (2004). Somer, E. (2003). Prediction of abstinence from heroin addiction by childhood trauma, dissociation, and extent of psychosocial treatment. Addiction Research and Theory 11(5), 339-348 Somer, E., & Avni, R. (2003). Dissociative phenomena among recovering heroin users and their relationship to duration of abstinence. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 3(1), 25-38 Somer, E. (2002). Posttraumatic dissociation as a mediator of the effects of trauma on distressful introspectiveness. Social Behavior and Personality, 30(7), 671-682 Todrank Heth, J. & Somer, E. (2002). Characterizing stress tolerance: A new approach to controllability and its relationship to perceived stress and reported health. Personality and Individual Differences,33(6), 883-895 Somer, E. (2002). Maladaptive daydreaming: A qualitative inquiry. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 32(2), 195-210 Somer, E., & Nave, O. (2001). An ethnographic study of former dissociative disorder patients. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality 20(1), 315-346 Somer, E. Dolgin, M. & Saadon, M. (2001). Validation of the Hebrew version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (H-DES) in Israel. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 2(2), 53-66 Somer, E. & Szwarcberg, S. (2001). Variables in delayed disclosure of child sexual abuse. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 71(3), 332-341 Schindler, S., Fried, B., Somer, E., Friedman, A., Dekel, R., Solomon, Z. (2000). The contribution of support, containment, and setting boundaries toward coping in post-traumatic families. Hevra U’revacha (Society and Welfare), 20(4), 463-480. in Hebrew Somer, E. (2000). Israeli mental health professionals’ attitudes towards dissociative disorders, differential diagnosis considered, and reported incidence. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation 1(1) 21-44 Somer, E., & Saadon, M. (2000). Stambali: Dissociative possession and trance in a Tunisian healing dance. Transcultural Psychiatry 37(4), 579-609 Somer, L., & Somer, E. (2000). Perspectives on the use of glass in therapy. American Journal of Art Therapy, 38(3), 75-80 Somer, E. (2000). The effects of incest in aging survivors: Psychopathology and treatment issues. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 6(1), 53-61 Somer, E., & Saadon, M. (1999). Therapist-client sex: Clients’ retrospective reports. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 30(5), 504-509 Somer, E., & Braunstein, A. (1999). Are children exposed to interparental violence being psychologically maltreated? Aggression and Behavior: A Review Journal 4(4), 449-456 Somer, E. (1999). Hypnobehaviorale und hypnodynamische Interventionen bei Kifergelenkstorungen. Hypnose und Kognition, 16, (1+2), 59-70 (1999). Dolgin, J.M., Somer, E., Buchvald, E., & Zaizov, R. (1999). Quality of life in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Social Work in Health Care, 28(4), 31-43 Somer, E. (1997). Paranormal and dissociative experiences in middle eastern Jews in Israel: Diagnostic and treatment dilemmas. Dissociation, 10(3), 174-181 Somer, E., & Yishai, R. (1997). Handwriting examination: Can it help in establishing authenticity in dissociative identity disorder? Dissociation, 10(2), 114-119 Somer, E. (1997). Hypnobehavioral and hypnodynamic interventions in temporomandibular disorders. Hypnosis International Monographs, 3, 87-98 Somer, E. (1997) Reactions of adult survivors of child sexual abuse to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Trauma, 7(1), 7-12 Somer, L. & Somer, E. (1997) Pychodynamic perspectives on art work in dissociative identity disorder. Sihot – Israel Journal of Psychotherapy, 11(3), 183-194, in Hebrew Somer, E., & Saadon, M. (1997). The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin: Resonance of a national tragedy in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 34(1), 34-43 Dolgin, J. M., Somer, E., Zaidel, N., & Zaizov, R. (1997). A structured group intervention for siblings of children with cancer. Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy, 7(1), 3-18. doi: 10.1007/BF02548945 Somer, L., & Somer, E. (1997). Phenomenological and psychoanalytic perspectives on a spontaneous artistic process during psychotherapy for dissociative identity disorder. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 24(5), 419-430. doi: 10.1016/S0197-4556(97)00013-0 Somer, E., Gilbar, O., & Dolgin, M. (1997). Siblings of children with cancer. In C.E. Schaefer (Ed.) Sort-Term Psychotherapy Groups for Children.Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. pp 59-78 Somer, E. & Weiner, A. (1996). Dissociative symptomatology in adolescent diaries of incest victims. Dissociation, 9(3), 197-209 Somer, E., Keinan, G., & Carmil, D. (1996). Psychological adaptation of anxiety disorder patients following repeated exposure to emergency situations. Journal of traumatic stress, 9(2), 207–221. DOI: 10.1007/BF02110656 Somer, E. (1995). Biofeedback aided hypnotherapy for intractable phobic anxiety. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 37(3), 54-6 Somer, E. (1995). Trauma, trance and abreaction in dissociative identity disorder. Hypnosis, 1(1), 8-15, in Hebrew Somer, E. (1994). Hypnotherapy and regulated uncovering in the treatment of older survivors of Nazi persecution. In T. L. Brink (Ed.), Holocaust survivors’ mental health (pp. 47-65). New York: Haworth Press Somer, E. (1994). Hypnotherapy and regulated uncovering in the treatment of older survivors of Nazi persecution. Clinical Gerontologist, 14(3), 47-66. a. Also appears in: Somer, E. (1994). Hypnotherapy and regulated uncovering in the treatment of older survivors of Nazi persecution. In T. L. Brink (Ed.), Holocaust survivors’ mental health (pp. 47-65). New York: Haworth Press Somer, E. (1994). Delayed recall of child abuse: False memories or the next challenge for psychotherapy? Sihot – Israel Journal of Psychotherapy, 9(1), 46-50, in Hebrew Somer, E. (1993). Possession syndrome in a hysterionic personality: Exorcism and psychotherapy. Sihot – Israel Journal of Psychotherapy, 8, 40-47, in Hebrew Somer, E., Ben-Arie, H., & Laufer, D. (1993). Salivary composition, gender and psychological stress. International Journal of Psychosomatics, 40, 17-21 Somer, E. & Tucker, C. (1992). Spouse marital adjustment and patient dietary adherence in chronic hemodialysis: A comparison of Afro-Americans and Caucasians. Psychology and Health, 6, 69-76. DOI: 10.1080/08870449208402023 Somer, E., & Klein, E. (1992). MMPI profiles of patients with panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder: Relationship to diagnosis and time since onset. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 29, 120-127 Somer, E. (1991). Hypnotherapy in the treatment of chronic nocturnal use of dental splint prescribed for bruxism. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 24, 145-154 Somer, E. (1990). Brief simultaneous couple hypnotherapy with a rape victim and her spouse. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 11, 3-7. DOI: 10.1080/00207149008414492 Somer, E. (1989). Multiple personality: Comments on diagnosis, treatment and therapist’s feelings. Sihot – Israel Journal of Psychotherapy, 3, 101-106, in Hebrew Somer, E., & Tucker, C. M. (1988). Patient life engagement, spouse marital adjustment and dietary compliance in hemodialysis patients. Journal of Compliance in Health Care, 3, 57-65 Somer, E. (1988). Facial characteristics: Could they contribute to the distortion of body image among normal weight bulimics? In E. Chigier, & D. Hardoff (Eds.), Eating disorders in adolescents and young adults. London: Freund Publishing House Tucker, C. M., Ziller, R. C., Chennault, S. A., Somer, E., Schwartz, M. G., Swanson, L. L., Blake, H. A., & Finlayson, G. L. (1987). Adjustment in hemodialysis treatment through behavioral controls. Journal of Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment, 9, 219-227 Somer, E. (1983). Statistical prediction of driving-related behaviors of Israeli bus drivers. Conference proceedings of the Third International Conference of the 16PF. Champaign, IL: Institute for Personality and Ability Testing, pp123-133