The Psychotherapy & Psychiatry Research Lab
Publications
Brugnera, A., Constantino, M. J., Grossman-Giron, A., Ben David, T., & Tzur Bitan, D. (2025). Patient and therapist change process expectations: Independent and dyadic associations with psychotherapy outcomes. Psychotherapy Research, 35(4), 627-636. Read More
Grossman-Giron, A., Fisher, H., Atzil-Slonim, D., Maoz, H., Nitzan, U., & Tzur Bitan, D. (2024). The effect of oxytocin administration on patient-therapist alliance congruence: results from a randomized controlled trial. Psychotherapy Research, 34(8), 1092-1102. Read More
Maoz, H., Grossman-Giron, A., Baruch, N., Sedoff, O., Mama, Y., Nitzan, U., & Bitan, D. T. (2024). Sex differences in response to intranasal oxytocin as an adjunctive therapy for patients with severe mental illness. Psychiatry Research, 342, 116269. Read More
Nitzan, U., Grossman-Giron, A., Sedoff, O., Maoz, H., Arad, O., Tilbor, E., Dror, C., & Tzur Bitan, D. (2024). Inpatient's, therapist's and staff's expectations regarding treatment and their effects on placebo response in the psychiatric ward – results from an add-on oxytocin RCT. Psychopharmacology, 241(9), 1781-1789. Read More
Maoz, H., Grossman-Giron, A., Sedoff, O., Nitzan, U., Kashua, H., Yarmishin, M., Arad, O., & Tzur Bitan, D. (2024). Intranasal oxytocin as an adjunct treatment among patients with severe major depression with and without comorbid borderline personality disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 347, 39-44. Read More
Tzur Bitan, D., Grossman-Giron, A., Sedoff, O., Zilcha-Mano, S., Nitzan, U., & Maoz, H. (2023). A double-edged hormone: The moderating role of personality and attachment on oxytocin's treatment facilitation effect. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 151, 106074. Read More
Grossman-Giron, A., Bitan, D. T., Shemesh, S., Mayer, Y., Shiffman, N., & Bloch, Y. (2023). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy scale and its association with actual COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Israel. Vaccine, 41(9), 1567-1572. Read More
Grossman-Giron, A., Maoz, H., Nitzan, U., Kivity, Y., Zilcha-Mano, S., Bloch, Y., Mendlovic, S., & Tzur Bitan, D. (2023). Intranasal oxytocin as add-on treatment for inpatients with severe mental illness: a randomized clinical trial. Neuropsychobiology, 82(1), 14-23. Read More
Grossman-Giron, A., Tzur Bitan, D., Mendlovic, S., Shemesh, S., & Bloch, Y. (2022). Distress and Well-Being Among Psychiatric Patients in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Israel: A Longitudinal Study. International Journal of Public Health, 67, 1604326. Read More
Grossman‐Giron, A., Becker, G., Kivity, Y., Shalev, S., & Tzur Bitan, D. (2021). Mental pain intensity and tolerance as predictors of psychotherapy process and outcome. Journal of clinical psychology, 77(6), 1296-1306. Read More