Depression is one of the most common mental health challenges today. At any given time, 5% of the global population suffers from mood regulation disorders, manifesting as depression, a figure totaling over 400 million people worldwide.
Our clinic conducts groundbreaking research in this field, focusing on:
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Developing advanced assessment and measurement tools.
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Increasing the efficacy of treatments.
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Enhancing the functioning and quality of life for those coping with depressive symptoms.
This research is led by Dr. Sharon Ne'eman-Naprastek, Dr. Shimrit Daches, Prof. Eva Gilboa-Schechtman, Prof. Eshkol Rafaeli, and Prof. Dana Atzil-Slonim.
Publications
Gruffy, A., Moka, A., & Daches, S. (2025). The association between depressive symptoms and emotional recovery after failure: Considering the role of emotional clarity. Journal of Affective Disorders, 119539.
Stolowicz-Melman, D., Atzil-Slonim, D., Paz, A., Bar-Kalifa, E., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., & Feldman, R. (2025). Associations between interpersonal synchrony and clients’ perception of session quality are moderated by depression severity. Psychotherapy Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2462150
Vardi, N., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., & Daches, S. (2024). Unpacking affect maintenance and its association with depressive symptoms: Integrating positive and negative affects. Cognition and Emotion, 38(6), 947–953. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2334843
Paz, A., Rafaeli, E., Bar-Kalifa, E., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., Gannot, S., Narayanan, S. S., & Atzil-Slonim, D. (2024). Multimodal analysis of temporal affective variability within treatment for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 92(9), 569–581. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000901
Azil-Slonim, D. A., Yehezkel, I., Paz, A., Bar-Kalifa, E., Wolff, M., Dar, A., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2024). Facing change: Using automated facial expression analysis to examine emotional flexibility in the treatment of depression. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 51(4), 501-508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-023-01310-w
Bilu, Y., Atzil-Slonim, D., Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2023). Predicting Future Onset of Depression Among Middle-Aged Adults with No Psychiatric History. British Journal of Clinical Psychology.
Bloch, M., Helpman, L., Gilboa-Schechtman, Fried-Zaig, I. (2022). Cognitive processing of emotional information during menstrual phases in women with and without gonadal depression: Differential sensitivity to changes in gonadal steroids. Archives of Women's Mental Health.
Atzil-Slonim, D. Stolowicz-Melman, D. Bar-Kalifa. E. Gilboa-Schechtman. E., Wolff M., Rotter, I. Zagoory, O., Feldman (2022) Oxytocin Reactivity to the Therapeutic Encounter as a Biomarker of Change in the Treatment of Depression. Journal of Counseling Psychology