Biography:
Dr. Rotem Saar-Ashkenazy is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Social-Work in Ashkelon Academic College, Israel. Her research focuses on structural and functional brain alterations in aging and in post-traumatic patients. This research provides new insights into the structural and functional basis of anxiety-related disorders. Dr. Saar-Ashkenazy is aimed to un-cover the brain mechanisms involved in the development of anxiety sensitivity on the normal-to-pathological pathway and to reveal objective and reliable brain- imaging bio-markers for early identification of individuals at risk for stress-related pathologies. Such understanding is crucial for the development of interventions aimed at reducing mental illness.
Title : Neuro-psychiatric symptoms in civilian survivors of urban missile attacks