Thanos Karatzias
Thanos Karatzias

Prof Thanos Karatzias

Professor

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  T.Karatzias@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Professor Karatzias, is a Professor of Mental Health at Edinburgh Napier University, UK and a Clinical & Health Psychologist at the Rivers Centre for Traumatic Stress, Edinburgh, UK. He is the Director of Research at Edinburgh Napier University. He is a former Chair of the British Psychological Society Scotland Working Party for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse (BPSSS) and is a current member of the Committee of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Crisis, Disaster & Trauma Section and UK Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS). He has spent his entire clinical and academic career working in the field of psychological trauma. In collaboration with national and international research partners he has developed a special interest in the effects and treatment of psychological trauma on physical and mental health; on prison populations; and on people with learning disabilities. He has published widely in these areas.

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Committee Member - Chief Scientist Office Health Improvement, Protection and Services Research Committee
  • Board Member - British Psychological Society (BPS) Research Board
  • Board Member - Research Grants Council, Hong Kong Standing Review Board
  • Board Member - UK Posttraumatic Stress Society (UKPTS)
  • Committee Member - BPS Crisis, Disaster & Trauma Section
  • Changing Faces Scotland Advisory Board
  • Committee Member - BPS Scotland

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Keynote and Conference Chair - UKPTS Annual Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Keynote: St. Andrews Health Care Conference - The Introduction CPTSD as a New Diagnosis in ICD-11
  • PTSD and CPTSD Using the Newly Developed ICD-TQ
  • Classification, Assessment and Treatment of PTSD and CPTSD
  • The Impact of Interpersonal Trauma on Health & Wellbeing. United Nations, N 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
  • Treating Traumatic Stress and PTSD in People with LDs
  • Evidence of distinct profiles on PTSD and Complex PTSD
  • PTSD & complex PTSD: ICD -11 updates on concept and measurement
  • Childhood Sexual Abuse Across The Lifespan.
  • Psychological trauma and criminal behaviour
  • Phenomenology and Treatment of Traumatic Stress in People with Intellectual Disabilities: Preliminary Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial on the effectiveness of EMDR for DSM 5 PTSD
  • Effectiveness & Acceptability of Group Psychological Interventions for Interpersonal Trauma.
  • Symptom profiles of people attending a trauma service: Is there evidence that PTSD and complex PTSD are two distinct disorders
  • Disruptive, Optimistic, Progressive and Entrepreneurial: Is Survive and Thrive D.O.P.E.?
  • Keynote: Psychological trauma: Treatment & trauma informed care
  • Keynote: Male Survivors Conference: Health & Well-being
  • Keynote: Child Sexual Abuse: Impact & Recovery

 

Editorial Activity

  • Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health

 

External Examining/Validations

  • MSc Psychological Trauma - External Examiner
  • MSc Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy - External Examiner
  • Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology - External Examiner

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Grant reviewer for MRC
  • Grant reviewer for Carnegie Trust
  • Member of Russian Science Foundation (RSF) College Of Experts
  • Grant reviewer for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) – Clinical Evaluation and Trials (NIHR)
  • Member of Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Peer Review College
  • Grant reviewer for National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

 

Invited Speaker

  • UKPTS Annual Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Psychological Trauma: Impact and Treatment
  • Child sexual abuse impact and interventions: A critical review of the existing evidence

 

Media Activity

  • Glasgow Sunday Herald
  • Herald Scotland (web).
  • Irish Independent (web).
  • The Sun (Eire).
  • CBC News Radio
  • The Sun (Scotland)

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Chartered Clinical Psychologist
  • Member of the Health Professions Council
  • Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
  • Chartered Scientist (CSci), Science Council
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Chartered Health Psychologist, British Psychological Society
  • Graduate Member, British Psychological Association

 

Reviewing

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
  • Children and Youth Services Review
  • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy
  • Stress & Health
  • Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
  • Psychology, Health & Medicine
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Traumatology
  • Behaviour Research & Therapy
  • Women’s Studies International Forum
  • Journal of Behaviour Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry
  • Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
  • Psychiatria Danubina
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • European Review of Applied Psychology
  • British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
  • Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry
  • British Journal of General Practice
  • Journal of Happiness Studies
  • British Journal of Health Psychology
  • Psychology and Psychotherapy; Theory, Research and Practice
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Quality of Life Research
  • Aggressive Behaviour

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Professor in Mental Health

 

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Severe dissociative experiences beyond detachment in a large clinical sample of inpatients with PTSD: Diagnostic and treatment implications

Journal Article
Kratzer, L., Tschöke, S., Schröder, J., Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Eckenberger, C., …Karatzias, T. (in press)
Severe dissociative experiences beyond detachment in a large clinical sample of inpatients with PTSD: Diagnostic and treatment implications. Psychopathology,
Introduction: The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) contains a dissociative subtype of...

EMDR v. other psychological therapies for PTSD: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Journal Article
Wright, S. L., Karyotaki, E., Cuijpers, P., Bisson, J., Papola, D., Witteveen, A., …Sijbrandij, M. (in press)
EMDR v. other psychological therapies for PTSD: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291723003446
Background This systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA) examined the overall effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EM...

The role of resilience in the relationship between intimate partner violence severity and ICD-11 CPTSD severity

Journal Article
Fernández-Fillol, C., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., Perez-Garcia, M., Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., & Karatzias, T. (2024)
The role of resilience in the relationship between intimate partner violence severity and ICD-11 CPTSD severity. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), Article 2285671. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2285671
Background: Resilience is a modulating factor in the development of PTSD and CPTSD after exposure to traumatic events. However, the relationship between resilience and ICD-11 ...

The critical role of affect regulation accounting for increased general distress, risk to self, and lower quality of life in females with EUPD and CPTSD, compared to EUPD alone

Journal Article
Morris, D., Webb, E., Umpunjun, P., Fox, E., Dickens, A., Leson, A., …Karatzias, T. (2024)
The critical role of affect regulation accounting for increased general distress, risk to self, and lower quality of life in females with EUPD and CPTSD, compared to EUPD alone. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 8(1), Article 100374
Background: Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) have shared aetiology and symptomatology, and are associated wi...

Responding to concerns related to the measurement of ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder using the International Trauma Questionnaire

Journal Article
Hyland, P., Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Karatzias, T., & Shevlin, M. (2024)
Responding to concerns related to the measurement of ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder using the International Trauma Questionnaire. Child Abuse and Neglect, 147, Article 106563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106563
Background: A recent study in this journal by Frewen et al. (2023) provided a critical analysis of the most widely used measure of ICD-11 Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder...

The International Grief Questionnaire (IGQ): A new measure of ICD‐11 prolonged grief disorder

Journal Article
Hyland, P., Redican, E., Karatzias, T., & Shevlin, M. (2024)
The International Grief Questionnaire (IGQ): A new measure of ICD‐11 prolonged grief disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 37(1), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22986
Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is included in the 11th version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD‐11). This study sou...

Initial Validation of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) in a sample of Chilean Adults European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Journal Article
Fresno, A., Ramos Alvarado, N., Núñez, D., Ulloa, J. L., Arriagada, J., Cloitre, M., …Karatzias, T. (2023)
Initial Validation of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) in a sample of Chilean Adults European Journal of Psychotraumatology. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(2), Article 2263313. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2263313
Background: ICD-11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) are stress-related disorders. The International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) is a widely used in...

The association between daily life changes and anxiety among Ukrainians following the Russian invasion

Journal Article
Yafit, L., Rahel, B., Philip, H., Frédérique, V., Mark, S., Thanos, K., …Dmytro, M. (2023)
The association between daily life changes and anxiety among Ukrainians following the Russian invasion. Psychiatry Research, 329, Article 115530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115530
This study sought to explore the association between changes in daily life and war-related anxiety. In this study, we analyzed self-reported data from 2,004 Ukrainian adults, ...

Assessing the validity and reliability of the International Anxiety Questionnaire and the International Depression Questionnaire in two bereaved national samples

Journal Article
Hyland, P., Redican, E., Karatzias, T., & Shevlin, M. (2024)
Assessing the validity and reliability of the International Anxiety Questionnaire and the International Depression Questionnaire in two bereaved national samples. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 31(1), Article e2917. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2917
The International Anxiety Questionnaire (IAQ) and International Depression Questionnaire (IDQ) are self-report measures of ICD-11 Generalized Anxiety Disorder (ICD-11 GAD) and...

Parent-reported posttraumatic stress reactions in children and adolescents: Findings from The Mental Health of Parents and Children in Ukraine Study

Journal Article
Martsenkovskyi, D., Karatzias, T., Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., McElroy, E., …Martsenkovsky, I. (in press)
Parent-reported posttraumatic stress reactions in children and adolescents: Findings from The Mental Health of Parents and Children in Ukraine Study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001583
Background: Despite the long-standing ongoing war in Ukraine, information regarding war-related negative mental health outcomes in children is limited. A nationwide sample of ...

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