Dr. Ora Nakash
School of Social Work
Smith College, Israel
Email: onakash@smith.edu
Qualifications
2003 Ph.D., Clinical
Psychology, Boston University, USA
1998 M.A., Clinical Psychology,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
1996 B.A., Psychology and
Education, University of Haifa, Israel
Publications(Selected)
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Nakash
O., Dutra L., & Westen D. (2002). The relationship between attachment
patterns and personality pathology in adolescents. Journal
of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41,
1111-1123.
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Nakash,
O., Dierberger, A., & Westen, D. (2002). A multidimensional meta-analysis
of pharmacotherapy for bulimia nervosa: Summarizing the range of outcomes in
controlled clinical trials.Harvard
Review of Psychiatry, 10, 193-211.
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Nakash,
O., Williams, L. M., Jordan, J. V. (2004). Relational-Cultural theory, body
image and physical health. Wellesley Centers for Women Working Paper
No. 416. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley Centers for Women Working Paper
Series.
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Drill,
R., Beinashowitz, J., Nakash, O.,
Plant, D. (2006). What works, when and why: An outcome study of psychodynamic
psychotherapy. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic
Association, 54(4), 1353-1357.
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Nakash,
O., Brody, L. (2006). The effects of social roles and personality motives on
autobiographical memory. Sex Roles: Journal of Research, 54, 39-56.
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Westen,
D., Nakash, O., Cannon, T., Bradely, R. (2006). Clinical assessment of
attachment patterns and personality disorder in adolescents and adults. Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(6), 1065-1085.
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Nakash,
O., Brody, L. (2007). The effects of power imbalances and gender on
autobiographical memory. Self and Identity, 6(4), 304-321.
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Alegría
M., Nakash O., Lapatin, S., Oddo V., Gao S., Lin J., Normand S-L. (2008). How
missing information in diagnosis can lead to disparities in the clinical
encounter. Journal of Public Health Management and
Practice, 14, Suppl: S26-35.
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Nakash,
O., Dargouth, S., Gao S., Oddo, V., Alegria, M. (2009). Patient initiation of
information: Exploring its role during the initial mental health interview. Patient
Education and Counseling, 75, 220-226.
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Nakash,
O. (2010). Challenges of making decisions during the mental health intake with
multicultural populations. Atopos, 10, 39-48. (in Spanish).
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DeFife,
J.A., Drill, R., Nakash, O., & Westen, D. (2010). Clinician ratings of
adaptive functioning and developmental history: Agreement with patient reports. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 167, 1472-1478.
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Nakash,
O., Shemesh, A., Nagar, M.*, Levav, I. (2012) Cancer and common mental
disorders in the community: Results of the Israel-World Mental Health Survey. European Journal of Psychiatry, 26,174-184.
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Nakash,
O., Saguy, T., Levav, I. (2012). The effect of social identities of
service-users and clinicians on mental health disparities: A review of theory
and facts. Israeli Journal of Psychiatry, 49(3), 202-210.
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Nakash,
O., Nagar, M.*, Shoshani, A., Zubida, H., Harper R. (2012). The effect of
acculturation and discrimination on mental health symptoms and risk behaviors
and among adolescent migrants in Israel. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority
Psychology, 18(3), 228-238.
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Rosen,
D., Miller, A., Nakash, O., Halpern L., & Alegria, M. (2012).
Interpersonal complementarity in the mental health intake: A mixed-methods
study. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 59(2),185-196.
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Nakash,
O., Nagar, M.*, Mandel, R., Alon, S., Gottfried, M., Levav, I. (2012). Ethnic
differentials in mental health needs and service utilization among persons with
cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 20, 2217-222.
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Nakash,
O., Levav, I. (2012). Editorial:
Culture and psychiatry. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 49(3), 148-150.
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Darghouth,
S., Nakash, O., Miller, A., & Alegria, M. (2012). Assessment of co-occurring
depression and substance use in an ethnically diverse patient sample during
behavioral health intake interviews. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 125, S51-S58.
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Levav.
I. & Nakash O. (2012). Even
in people with cancer, the gap in mental health care is large. Diagnosis: publicación científica de Fundación PROSAM, 9,
13-24. (in Spanish).
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Nakash,
O., Levav, I., & Gal, G., (2013) Ethnic-based intra- and inter-generational disparities in mental health: Results
from the Israel-World Mental Health Survey. The International Journal of Social
Psychiatry, 59(5), 508-515.
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Zubida,
H., Lavi, L., Harper, R., Nakash, O., & Shoshani, A. (2013). Home and Away:
Hybrid Perspective on Identity
Formation in 1.5 and Second Generation Adolescent Immigrants in Israel.Glocalism: Journal
of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 1, 1-27.
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Nakash,
O., Barchana, M., Liphshitz, I.,
Keinan-Boker, L., & Levav, I. (2013). The effect
of cancer on suicide in ethnic groups with a differential suicide risk. European
Journal of Public Health, 23(1),114-115.
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Nakash,
O., Gerber, Y., Goldbourt, U., Benyamini, Y., & Drory, Y. (2013). Ethnicity
and long-term prognosis after myocardial infarction: a population-based cohort
study. Medical Care, 51,137-143.
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Nakash,
O. & Alegria, M. (2013). Examination of the role of implicit clinical
judgments during the mental health intake. Qualitative Health Research, 23, 645 –654.
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Nakash,
O., Liphshitz, I., Keinan-Boker,
L., & Levav, I. (2013). The effect of cancer on suicide among elderly
Holocaust survivors. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior 43, 290-295.
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Nakash,
O., Levav, I. (2013). Mental
health stigma in a multicultural society: The case of Israel. Psychology,
Society and Education, 4, 195-209.
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Nakash,
O., Nagar, M., Danilovich, D., Bentov-Gofrit, D., Lurie, I.,
Steiner, E., Sadeh-Sharvit, S., Szor, S., & Levav, I. (2014).
Ethnic disparities in mental health treatment gap in a community-based survey
and in access to care in psychiatric clinics. International Journal of Social Psychiatry,
60, 575-583.
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Shoshani,
A., Nakash, O., Zubida H., Harper, R. A. (2014). Mental Health and Engagement
in Risk Behaviors among Migrant Adolescents in Israel: The Protective Functions
of Secure Attachment, Self-Esteem, and Perceived Peer Support. Journal
of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 12, 233-249.
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Nakash,
O., Nagar, M.*, & Levav, I. (2014). Presenting problems and treatment
expectations among service users accessing psychiatric outpatient care: Are
there gender differences? Israeli Journal of Psychiatry, 51, 212-218.
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Nakash,
O., Razon, L.*, & Levav, I.
(2015). Primary mental health prevention themes in published research and
academic programs in Israel. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 4,
3.
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Nakash,
O., Nagar, M.*, & Levav, I. (2015). Predictors of mental health care stigma
and its association with the therapeutic alliance during the initial intake
session. Psychotherapy Research,25,
214-221.