Karmel W Choi

Biographic Data

ID3933109
NAMEKarmel W Choi
GIVEN NAMESKarmel W
FAMILY NAMEChoi
SIGNATURECHOI K W
AFFILIATIONSCenter for Precision Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS13
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Prepandemic Resilience to Trauma and Covid-19 Infection in Older Women

    Arielle A J Scoglio, Kimburley Wy Choi et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2024

    OBJECTIVE: Prior work suggests that psychological resilience to trauma may protect not only mental but also physical health. This study examined the relationship of prepandemic psychological resilience to lifetime trauma with self-reported COVID-19 infection and symptoms during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Data are from 18,670 longitudinal cohort participants in the Nurses' Health Study II. Based on prior evidence that traum…

  • Psychological Resilience to Trauma and Risk of Covid-19 Infection and Somatic Symptoms Across 2 Years

    Kristen Nishimi, Jeri Tan et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2023

    OBJECTIVE: Exposure to trauma increases the risk of somatic symptoms, as well as acute and chronic physical diseases. However, many individuals display psychological resilience, showing positive psychological adaptation despite trauma exposure. Resilience to prior trauma may be a protective factor for physical health during subsequent stressors, including the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Using data from 528 US adults in a longitudinal cohort study…

  • Integrative analysis of genomic and exposomic influences on youth mental health

    Open AccessKimburley Wy Choi, Karmel W Choi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2022

    BACKGROUND: Understanding complex influences on mental health problems in young people is needed to inform early prevention strategies. Both genetic and environmental factors are known to influence youth mental health, but a more comprehensive picture of their interplay, including wide-ranging environmental exposures - that is, the exposome - is needed. We perform an integrative analysis of genomic and exposomic data in relation to internalizing …

  • Childhood Emotional Neglect and Adolescent Depression

    Open AccessEmma A Glickman, Kimburley Wy Choi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Introduction: Childhood adversities have been shown to increase psychopathology risk, including depression. However, the specific impact of childhood emotional neglect on later depression has been understudied. Moreover, few studies have investigated relational protective factors that may offset the risk of depression for children who experienced emotional neglect. Analyzing data ( n = 3,265) from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Childr…

  • Childhood Maltreatment and Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

    Open AccessKimburley Wy Choi, Karmel W Choi et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2016

    Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) compromise maternal and child well-being and may be influenced by traumatic experiences across the life course. A potent and common form of trauma is childhood maltreatment, but its specific impact on PMADs is not well understood. A systematic review was undertaken to synthesize empirical literature on the relationship between maternal histories of childhood maltreatment and PMADs. Of the 876 citations…

  • Alcohol Use During Pregnancy in a South African Community

    Open AccessMelissa H Watts, Melissa H Watt et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2015

  • The impact of methamphetamine (“tik”) on a peri-urban community in Cape Town, South Africa

    Open AccessMelissa H Watts, Melissa H Watt et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2014

  • It's better for me to drink, at least the stress is going away

    Open AccessMelissa H Watts, Melissa H Watt et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Cited by: 13References: 46