Eva Gilboa-Schechtman
Psychology Department and 
the Gonda Brain Science Center
Bar Ilan University


Phone: 972-3-531-8744                      Email: evagilboa@gmail.com 

My research focuses on understanding and treatment of anxiety and depression.   I am especially fascinated by the ways non-verbal cues and ordinary social rebuffs combine to maintain social anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.  I take a multi-method approach by measuring  phenomenological, cognitive, behavioral, and biological indices of emotional responses. 
I am also interested in developing and testing effective treatments, and understanding the mechanisms behind their effectiveness.  Together with collaborators, I have examined the efficacy of cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic interventions for social anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorders.

Representative Publications

     Gilboa-Schechtman, E., Foa, E. B., & Amir, N. (1999).  Attentional biases for facial expressions in social phobia: The effects of target and distractor in “face-in-the-crowd” task.  Cognition & Emotion, 13, 305-318.
    Gilboa-Schechtman, E. & Shahar, G. (2006). The sooner, the better: Temporal patterns in brief treatment of depression and their role in long-term outcome. Psychotherapy Research, 16, 374-384.   
      Gilboa-Schechtman, E.,  Foa, E., Shafran, N., Aderka, I.,  Powers, M., Rachamim, L.,  Rosenbach, L., Yadin, E., &  Apter, A.  (2010).  Prolonged Exposure vs. Dynamic Therapy for Adolescent PTSD: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
        Weisman, O., Aderka, I, Marom, S. Hermesh, H., Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2011). Social rank and affiliation in social anxiety disorder.  Behavioral Research and Therapy.