Alan Apter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3657257 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Apter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Apter |
| SIGNATURE | APTER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1905-0505 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Role of Parental Qualities in Supporting Children with ADHD
Group training for parents whose children suffer from ADHD and comorbidity using a behavioral-dynamic approach (SPBT). Registered at Veeva Vault
The Association between Hyperactivity and Suicidal Behavior and Attempts among Children Referred from Emergency Departments
The global prevalence of suicidal behaviors in children is rising, with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) proposed as a contributing factor. This study examines the association between ADHD facets (hyperactivity and inattention) and suicidal behavior and attempts in children. Additionally, it seeks to compare self-reported ADHD symptoms and suicide-related incidents with parental reports. A cohort of 71 children referred from emerge…
Implicit or explicit self-associations with life and death? Predicting short-term self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among adolescents
Implicit self-association with death, measured by the Death/Suicide-Implicit Association Test (D/S-IAT), predicts short-term Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors (SITBs) among adolescents. However, comparing the predictive utility of the D/S-IAT with explicit (i.e. self-report) self-association with life and death was not examined previously. The current study sought to examine whether the D/S-IAT and explicit self-association with life and deat…
Brief report
A Following Wave Pattern of Suicide-Related Pediatric Emergency Room Admissions during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and response, which included physical distancing and stay-at-home orders, disrupted the daily lives of children and adolescents, isolating them from their peers, school, and other meaningful contacts. The present study aims to add to the accumulating evidence on the pandemic's impact on child and adolescent suicidal behavior. Data were extracted from Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel's pediatric emergency room (E…
Non-suicidal Self-Injury Among Adolescents From Diverse Ethnocultural Groups in Israel
These results emphasize the need for routine NSSI assessments to prevent long-term sequelae, including any forms of suicidal thoughts and behaviors and adult borderline personality disorder (BPD). Primary preventive programs that include adaptive coping skills may eliminate the social contagion effect of NSSI
Involvement in litigation in children with PTSD following motor vehicle accident
Keep Calm and Stay Safe
The COVID-19 pandemic has led many countries to employ public health regulations to achieve behavioral change and stop the transmission of the virus. The factors influencing compliance with these regulations may differ from "classic" predictors for medical compliance. This study attempted to assess the effect of social communication and psychological factors on intention to comply. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted on healthy adults l…
Ultra-Brief Crisis IPT-A Based Intervention for Suicidal Children and Adolescents (IPT-A-SCI) Pilot Study Results
In recent years, suicidal behaviors have shown substantial increase worldwide. This trend is also prominent in Israel and has led to a dramatic increase in mental health treatment demand resulting in long wait times and low treatment acceptance rate. To address the critical need in crisis intervention for children and adolescents at suicidal risk we developed an ultra-brief acute crisis intervention, based on Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). IP…
Emotional Responses to Suicidal Patients
The TRQ-SF is a brief and reliable measure with a 3-factor structure. It demonstrates construct validity for assessing distinct suicide-related countertransference to psychiatric outpatients. Mental health professionals' emotional responses to their patients are concurrently indicative and prospectively predictive of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Thus, the TRQ-SF is a useful tool for the study of countertransference in the treatment of suicida…
Comorbidity of Physical and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescent
Physical disorders and anxiety are frequently comorbid. This study investigates the characteristics of physical disorders, self-rated heath, subjective well-being and anxiety in adolescents. Data were drawn from the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe cohort study. From 11 countries 11,230 adolescents, aged 14−16 years were included. Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), WHO-5 Well-Being Index and five questions prepared for this study to…
Physical activity in European adolescents and associations with anxiety, depression and well-being
Bullying Victimization and Suicide Ideation and Behavior Among Adolescents in Europe
Non-Motor Aspects of Tic Disorders—New Developments
The cardinal characteristics of tic-related disorders are stereotyped motor movements and vocalizations. However, they may be accompanied by non-motor features that appear sequentially during the course of the disorder and can sometimes be more disabling than the tics themselves. This review presents our perspectives on several non-motor aspects of Tourette syndrome based on the long experience of the Neuropsychiatric Tourette Clinic of a tertiar…
Pathological Internet Use and Risk-Behaviors among European Adolescents
Risk-behaviors are a major contributor to the leading causes of morbidity among adolescents and young people; however, their association with pathological Internet use (PIU) is relatively unexplored, particularly within the European context. The main objective of this study is to investigate the association between risk-behaviors and PIU in European adolescents. This cross-sectional study was conducted within the framework of the FP7 European Uni…
School-based suicide prevention programmes
Reading Books and Watching Films as a Protective Factor against Suicidal Ideation
Reading books and watching films were investigated as protective factors for serious suicidal ideation (SSI) in young people with low perceived social belonging. Cross-sectional and longitudinal (12-month) analyses were performed using data from a representative European sample of 3256 students from the "Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe" study. Low social belonging was associated to SSI. However, reading books and watching films modera…
Alcohol Consumption Patterns among Adolescents are Related to Family Structure and Exposure to Drunkenness within the Family
There is expedient evidence showing that differences in adolescent alcohol consumption and other risk-behaviour depend on both family structure and family member drunkenness exposure. Data were obtained among adolescents (N = 12,115, mean age 14.9 ± 0.89) in Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy,Romania, Slovenia and Spain within the European Union'ss 7th Framework Programme funded project, 'Saving and Empowering Youn…
Adolescent subthreshold‐depression and anxiety
Background: Subthreshold‐depression and anxiety have been associated with significant impairments in adults. This study investigates the characteristics of adolescent subthreshold‐depression and anxiety with a focus on suicidality, using both categorical and dimensional diagnostic models. Methods: Data were drawn from the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) study, comprising 12,395 adolescents from 11 countries. Based on self‐repo…
The Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (Seyle) Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
US National Institute of Health (NIH) clinical trial registry (NCT00906620) and the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00000214)
Prevalence of pathological internet use among adolescents in E urope
AIMS: To investigate the prevalence of pathological internet use (PIU) and maladaptive internet use (MIU) among adolescents in 11 European countries in relation to demographic, social factors and internet accessibility. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: The 7th Framework European Union (EU) funded project, Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE), is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating interventions for risk behaviour…
Suicide prevention for youth - a mental health awareness program
Recommendations for enhancing the successes of mental health awareness programs are presented. Help and cooperation from schools, teachers, local politicians and other stakeholders will lead to more efficacious future programs
A Population-Based Psychometric Validation Study of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire – Hebrew Version
This study presents the psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - Hebrew version (SDQ-H), used in the Israel Survey on Mental Health among Adolescents (ISMEHA). The SDQ-H was administered to a representative sample of 611 adolescents and their mothers. Structural validity was evaluated by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) inventory was used as "gold s…
Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (Seyle)
The German Clinical Trials Register, DRKS00000214
Suicide in Children and Adolescents
Movement therapy with psychotic adolescents
Non‐verbal behaviour has long been a focus of attention in the psychiatric literature. Furthermore, most psychiatric hospitals make use of non‐verbal therapies in their milieu programmes. These include art, music and dance therapy, and related to the latter, movement therapy. This paper represents the beginnings of an attempt to assess more scientifically the effectiveness of movement therapy. It describes the movement therapy programme on our ad…
Self-image in adolescents with delayed puberty and growth retardation
Movement therapy with psychotic adolescents
Non‐verbal behaviour has long been a focus of attention in the psychiatric literature. Furthermore, most psychiatric hospitals make use of non‐verbal therapies in their milieu programmes. These include art, music and dance therapy, and related to the latter, movement therapy. This paper represents the beginnings of an attempt to assess more scientifically the effectiveness of movement therapy. It describes the movement therapy programme on our ad…
Self-image in adolescents with delayed puberty and growth retardation
Overutilization of the general hospital emergency room for psychiatric referrals in an Israeli hospital
Consecutive referrals numbering 177 to the psychiatrist in an Israeli general hospital emergency room (ER) over a two-month period were evaluated. Only one-third met our criteria of justifiability. When the general practitioner (GP) was the referral source, we considered only 29 per cent of cases justified as compared to 70 per cent of the self-referrals. A combination of poor understanding by the GP of when to refer urgently, efforts by the GP t…
Structural equation modelling of some of the determinants of suicide risk
Much of the psychological research with suicidal patients has examined, individually or in combination, correlates and predictors of the various measures in the suicide process. The present study investigated suicidal risk as an outcome measure. Several questionnaires were administered to a sample of 94 soldiers, 61 of whom had manifested some suicidal symptoms. Using LISREL analysis, the data showed that the best model had suicide risk as direct…
Sensitivity, Specificity, and Positive Predictive Value as Measures of Prediction Accuracy
Recently, investigators have identified several levels of severity among people suffering from eating disorders. One of the more commonly used scales for screening people with eating disorders is the 26-item version of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). Although decisions such as assigning individuals to treatment and control groups are often determined by the score on the EAT-26, researchers have not examined the sensitivity, specificity, and p…
Predicting Actual Weight from Self-Report Data
Due to reasons of economy of time and ease of data collection, researchers increasingly use self-report weight as a substitute for measured or actual weight. Little research has been done on the inclusion of attitudinal scales and other self-report data in improving prediction of actual weight. The present study examined self-report data as well as actual weight for a sample of 946 young women inductees to the Israel Defense Forces. The results s…
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Behavior Disturbance and Suicidal Behavior Among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents in Israel and the United States
Suicide Prevention Strategies
CONTEXT: In 2002, an estimated 877,000 lives were lost worldwide through suicide. Some developed nations have implemented national suicide prevention plans. Although these plans generally propose multiple interventions, their effectiveness is rarely evaluated. OBJECTIVES: To examine evidence for the effectiveness of specific suicide-preventive interventions and to make recommendations for future prevention programs and research. DATA SOURCES AND …
Suicide in Children and Adolescents
A Population-Based Psychometric Validation Study of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire – Hebrew Version
This study presents the psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - Hebrew version (SDQ-H), used in the Israel Survey on Mental Health among Adolescents (ISMEHA). The SDQ-H was administered to a representative sample of 611 adolescents and their mothers. Structural validity was evaluated by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) inventory was used as "gold s…
Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (Seyle)
The German Clinical Trials Register, DRKS00000214
Prevalence of pathological internet use among adolescents in E urope
AIMS: To investigate the prevalence of pathological internet use (PIU) and maladaptive internet use (MIU) among adolescents in 11 European countries in relation to demographic, social factors and internet accessibility. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: The 7th Framework European Union (EU) funded project, Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE), is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating interventions for risk behaviour…
Suicide prevention for youth - a mental health awareness program
Recommendations for enhancing the successes of mental health awareness programs are presented. Help and cooperation from schools, teachers, local politicians and other stakeholders will lead to more efficacious future programs
Adolescent subthreshold‐depression and anxiety
Background: Subthreshold‐depression and anxiety have been associated with significant impairments in adults. This study investigates the characteristics of adolescent subthreshold‐depression and anxiety with a focus on suicidality, using both categorical and dimensional diagnostic models. Methods: Data were drawn from the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) study, comprising 12,395 adolescents from 11 countries. Based on self‐repo…
The Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (Seyle) Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
US National Institute of Health (NIH) clinical trial registry (NCT00906620) and the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00000214)
Alcohol Consumption Patterns among Adolescents are Related to Family Structure and Exposure to Drunkenness within the Family
There is expedient evidence showing that differences in adolescent alcohol consumption and other risk-behaviour depend on both family structure and family member drunkenness exposure. Data were obtained among adolescents (N = 12,115, mean age 14.9 ± 0.89) in Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy,Romania, Slovenia and Spain within the European Union'ss 7th Framework Programme funded project, 'Saving and Empowering Youn…
School-based suicide prevention programmes
Reading Books and Watching Films as a Protective Factor against Suicidal Ideation
Reading books and watching films were investigated as protective factors for serious suicidal ideation (SSI) in young people with low perceived social belonging. Cross-sectional and longitudinal (12-month) analyses were performed using data from a representative European sample of 3256 students from the "Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe" study. Low social belonging was associated to SSI. However, reading books and watching films modera…
Pathological Internet Use and Risk-Behaviors among European Adolescents
Risk-behaviors are a major contributor to the leading causes of morbidity among adolescents and young people; however, their association with pathological Internet use (PIU) is relatively unexplored, particularly within the European context. The main objective of this study is to investigate the association between risk-behaviors and PIU in European adolescents. This cross-sectional study was conducted within the framework of the FP7 European Uni…
Physical activity in European adolescents and associations with anxiety, depression and well-being
Bullying Victimization and Suicide Ideation and Behavior Among Adolescents in Europe
Non-Motor Aspects of Tic Disorders—New Developments
The cardinal characteristics of tic-related disorders are stereotyped motor movements and vocalizations. However, they may be accompanied by non-motor features that appear sequentially during the course of the disorder and can sometimes be more disabling than the tics themselves. This review presents our perspectives on several non-motor aspects of Tourette syndrome based on the long experience of the Neuropsychiatric Tourette Clinic of a tertiar…
Emotional Responses to Suicidal Patients
The TRQ-SF is a brief and reliable measure with a 3-factor structure. It demonstrates construct validity for assessing distinct suicide-related countertransference to psychiatric outpatients. Mental health professionals' emotional responses to their patients are concurrently indicative and prospectively predictive of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Thus, the TRQ-SF is a useful tool for the study of countertransference in the treatment of suicida…
Comorbidity of Physical and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescent
Physical disorders and anxiety are frequently comorbid. This study investigates the characteristics of physical disorders, self-rated heath, subjective well-being and anxiety in adolescents. Data were drawn from the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe cohort study. From 11 countries 11,230 adolescents, aged 14−16 years were included. Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), WHO-5 Well-Being Index and five questions prepared for this study to…
Ultra-Brief Crisis IPT-A Based Intervention for Suicidal Children and Adolescents (IPT-A-SCI) Pilot Study Results
In recent years, suicidal behaviors have shown substantial increase worldwide. This trend is also prominent in Israel and has led to a dramatic increase in mental health treatment demand resulting in long wait times and low treatment acceptance rate. To address the critical need in crisis intervention for children and adolescents at suicidal risk we developed an ultra-brief acute crisis intervention, based on Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). IP…
Medicine (30 works) · Psychology (28 works) · Psychiatry (26 works) · Clinical Psychology (19 works) · Poison control (17 works) · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (15 works) · Suicide prevention (15 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works)