Publications
Maternal behavior and developmental psychopathology." Biol. Psychiatry. 51.1 (2002): 27-43.
"Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families. Vol. 15. Cambridge MA US / London UK: MIT Press, 2014.
Nurturing resilient children." Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 29 (2007): 5-6.
"Peace is a lifelong process: The importance of partnerships." Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families. Eds. J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick, and R. Salah. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014. 3-17.
Variations in maternal behavior--oxytocin and reward pathways--peripheral measures matter?!" Neuropsychopharmacology. 36.13 (2011): 2587-8.
"Primary parental preoccupation: circuits, genes, and the crucial role of the environment." J Neural Transm (Vienna). 111 (2004): 753-71.
"Oxytocin response to youth-mother interactions in clinically anxious youth is associated with separation anxiety and dyadic behavior." Depress Anxiety. 34.2 (2017): 127-136.
"Salivary oxytocin in clinically anxious youth: Associations with separation anxiety and family accommodation." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 65 (2016): 35-43.
"Family accommodation in pediatric anxiety disorders." Depress Anxiety. 30 (2013): 47-54.
"Cross-generational influences on childhood anxiety disorders: pathways and mechanisms." J Neural Transm (Vienna). 123.9 (2016): 1053-67.
"Evaluation Report of the Better Parenting Project: National multisectoral collaboration on behalf of young children. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2007.
Childrearing discipline and violence in developing countries." Child Dev. 83.1 (2012): 62-75.
"A health equity critique of social marketing: where interventions have impact but insufficient reach." Soc Sci Med. 83 (2013): 133-41.
"Horizontal Inequalities and Post-Conflict Development. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Integrating Early Childhood Development and Violence Prevention. New York: Colombia University, 2014.
Father-child relationships." Handbook of father involvement: multidisciplinary perspectives(link is external). Routlege, 2013. 119-134.
The Role of the Father in Child Development. Wiley, 2004.
A Pilot Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting in Refugees from Syria in Lebanon and Jordan." Frontiers in Psychiatry. 11 (2020).
"Early childhood development-global action is overdue." Lancet. 378 (2011): 1277-8.
"Genome-wide epigenetic regulation by early-life trauma." Arch. Gen. Psychiatry. 69.7 (2012): 722-31.
"World report on violence and health. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Orgnization, 2002.
Constructive Conflicts: From Escalation to Resolution. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011.
Global Mental Health: Five Areas for Value-Driven Training Innovation." Acad Psychiatry. 40 (2016): 650-8.
"TET enzymes, TDG and the dynamics of DNA demethylation." Nature. 502.7472 (2013): 472-9.
"The psychology of moral development: the nature and validity of moral stages. Harper & Row, 1984.
"Mothers speaking: A study on the experience of mothers with mother-child education program (MOCEP)." European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 12.1 (2007).
"Evaluation report of the Father-Support Program. Istanbul, Turkey: Mother-Child Education Foundation Publications, 2004.
Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AProc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103 (2006): 10155-10162.
"Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 103.27 (2006): 10155-62.
"Ending violence in childhood. Global report 2017. New Delhi, India: Know Violence in Childhood, 2017.
Welfare reform, family support, and child development: perspectives from policy analysis and developmental psychopathology." Dev Psychopathol. 12 (2000): 619-32.
"The war on children: Time to end grave violations against children in conflict. London: Save the Children, 2018.
Early Childhood Services for Young Refugee Children: Cross-Country Analysis. Moving Minds Alliance, 2020.
Breastfeeding, brain activation to own infant cry, and maternal sensitivity." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 52.8 (2011): 907-15.
"A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Perceived Infant Outcomes at 18-24 Months: Neural and Psychological Correlates of Parental Thoughts and Actions Assessed during the First Month Postpartum." Front Psychol. 6 (2015): 1772.
"EARLY POSTPARTUM PARENTAL PREOCCUPATION AND POSITIVE PARENTING THOUGHTS: RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENT-INFANT INTERACTION." Infant Ment Health J. 34.2 (2013): 104-116.
"The plasticity of human maternal brain: longitudinal changes in brain anatomy during the early postpartum period." Behav Neurosci. 124 (2010): 695-700.
"Neural plasticity in fathers of human infants." Soc Neurosci. 9.5 (2014): 522-35.
"Perceived quality of maternal care in childhood and structure and function of mothers' brain." Dev Sci. 13.4 (2010): 662-73.
"Prenatal maternal infection, neurodevelopment and adult schizophrenia: a systematic review of population-based studies." Psychological medicine. 43 (2013): 239-57.
"Early childhood development and psychosocial support in Syria." Forced Migration Review; Oxford.60 (2019): 8-10.
"A Way of Thinking about Parent/Teacher Partnerships for Teachers Le partenariat parent/enseignant: Un autre point de vue Una forma de reflexionar sobre la asociacio´n Padre/Maestro para maestros." International Journal of Early Years Education. 10 (2002): 177-191.
"Epigenetics: Significance of the gene-environment interface for brain development." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014. 65-77.
Trophoblast regulation of maternal endocrine function and behaviour." Biology and Pathology of Trophoblast (2006): 148-168.
"Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys." Br J Psychiatry. 197.5 (2010): 378-85.
"Autonomic substrates of the response to pups in male prairie voles." PLoS ONE. 8.8 (2013): e69965.
"Conflict Analysis and Resolution." Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology. Ed. D. O. Sears e al. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003. 315-353.
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