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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Rachel Bachner-Melman
Date of birth: July 21, 1958
Country of Birth: South Africa
Nationalities: Israeli + Australian
Date of Aliyah: June 25, 1985
Telefax: (02) 5636828
Status: Married + 4
Cellphone: 0507-966817
Email address: rachel.bachner@mail.huji.ac.il
Address: 12 HaGedud HaIvri St, Old Katamon, Jerusalem 92345
Languages spoken and written: English (mother tongue), Hebrew, French, German
Degrees and qualifications:
2012: Licence to practice clinical hypnosis
2011 : Completion of postdoctoral research at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2009: Licence in clinical psychology
2008: PhD in psychology from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (straight doctoral track,
Summa cum Laude)
2002: M.A. in clinical psychology from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with Distinction)
1999: B.A. in psychology from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with Distinction)
1992: Postgraduate Translation Diploma (Hebrew) from Bar-Ilan University (with Distinction)
1987: Teacher’s Certificate & B.A. in French from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1983: Postgraduate Translation Diploma (English, French, German) from Geneva University
1979: B.A. (Linguistics, German) from Australian National University (with Distinction)
1976: Higher School Certificate, New South Wales, Australia (dux, first in French and German)
Work experience:
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2011 – 2012 :
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2010 - 2011 :
2008 - 2012 :
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2005 - 2008:
2004 - 2007:
2002 - 2004:
2001 – 2003:
1997 – 2001:
1987 - 1998:
1987 :
1982 – 1985:
Senior Lecturer, Social and Community Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center
(Behavioral Sciences, MA in Clinical Psychology)
Psychologist, Adolescent Outpatient Clinic, Edmond and Lily
Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
Adjunct Lecturer, Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Academic Advisor, Eating Disorders Unit, Psychiatry, Hadassah Hospital
Coordinator, Eating Disorders Unit, Psychiatry, Hadassah Hospital
Lecturer (Psychology), Rothberg International School, Hebrew University
Private practice specializing in the treatment of eating disorders
Clinical psychology internship, Psychiatry, Hadassah Hospital
Research Coordinator, Scheinfeld Center for for Human Genetics in
the Social Sciences, Psychology Department, Hebrew University
Co-lecturer, research seminar on eating disorders for clinical MA
students, Department of Psychology, Hebrew University
Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Hebrew University
Research Assistant, Genetic Research Laboratory, Sarah Herzog
Memorial Hospital, Jerusalem
Freelance Translator from French, German and Hebrew into English
French teacher, Pelech School, Jerusalem
English teacher, Geneva School of Commerce
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1980 – 1982:
Trilingual tourist guide, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Volunteer clinical experience:
June 1998 – Oct. 1999: Volunteering in psychiatric wards at Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem
June 1997 – Nov. 1999: Counselor (3 hours per week) and supervisor at the Milev Center
for Crisis Counseling, Sha’are Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem
Feb. 1996 – Feb. 1997: Mentor with Enosh, Jerusalem. Two-hourly meetings with
fortnightly supervision
Prizes, scholarships and grant support:
2013: Internal research grant (Ruppin Academic Center): 8000 shekels
2007-10: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Hebrew University awarded by Philip Morris External
Research Program
2005: Fellowship from International Society of Psychiatric Genetics to attend 13th World
Congress on Psychiatric Genetics in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Oct 14-18, 2002
2005: Award from the Austrian Friends of the Hebrew University to present at the 8th
World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria, June 27-July 3, 2005
2004: Travel Award from the Sturman Institute for Developmental Psychology to present at
the 12th World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Dublin, Ireland, Oct 9-13, 2004
2003-5: Scholarship for academic excellence from Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University
2003: Research grant from Martin and Vivian Levin Center for the Normal and
Psychopathological Development of the Child and Adolescent
2002-3: Scholarship for academic excellence from Social Sciences Faculty, Hebrew University
2002: Scholarship from Lafer Center for Women’s Studies
2002: Fellowship from International Society of Psychiatric Genetics to attend 10th World
Congress on Psychiatric Genetics in Brussels, Belgium, Oct 9-13, 2002
2002: Scholarship for academic excellence from Israel Association of University Women
1999-2002: Scholarship for excellence from Psychology Department, Hebrew University
1985-7: Postgraduate scholarship from the Australian Friends of the Hebrew University
1979: Alliance Francaise Prize for French Language and Literature (A.N.U.)
Goethe Society Prize for German Language and Literature (A.N.U.)
1976: First in state of New South Wales, Australia, in French and German
Scholarship to visit Germany from Society of Australian-German Students’ Exchange
First prize in Australian Alliance Francaise Concours La Perouse (study trip to France)
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Membership and Leadership in Professional Organizations
Member of the Eating Disorders Research Society (restricted to 200 members
worldwide) from 2011
Member of Israel Association for Eating Disorders (IAED) from 2002
- from 2011: Treasurer
- from 2010: Chair of Public Affairs Committee and member of Board of Directors
- from 2007: liaison with international Academy for Eating Disorders
Member of International Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) from 2002
- 2012- : Member of Scientific Committee
- 2012- : IAED representative on the Sisterhood, Chapter & Affiliate Committee
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- 2009-12: Chair of the Sisterhood, Chapter & Affiliate Committee
- 2005-9: Member of Membership Recruitment and Retention Committee
- 2007-8: AED-IAED liaison
- 2004-7: Member of Research Committee, Athletes Special Interest Group
Member of Israel Association of University Women
- 2004-7: Member of Scholarship Committee
Positions on Conference Committes
Organizing Committee, International Conference on Eating Disorders, February 2013,
Jerusalem, Israel.
Scientific Committee, International Conference on Eating Disorders and Obesity,
January 26-7, 2009, Maale Hachamisha, Israel.
Scientific Committee, Third National Conference on Promoting Mental Health Among
Women, Sept 24-5, 2008, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
2013 2012 2012 -
Positions on Academic Committees
: Teaching Committee, BA in Behavioral Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center
: Teaching Committee, MA in Clinical Psychology, Ruppin Academic Center
: Selection Committee, MA in Clinical Psychology, Ruppin Academic Center
Peer-Review Activity
 2011 - : Editorial Board of the Journal of Eating Disorders
Consultant reviewer for:
Appetite
British Journal of Psychiatry
Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science
Eating and Weight Disorders
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Future Medicine
Israel Journal of Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry
Personality and Individual Differences
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Graduate Students
M.A. Students, Ruppin Academic Center
2010-13
Limor Litvak (co-supervision with Prof. Ada Zohar)
2013 Noa Batson (co-supervision with Dr Rafi Youngmann)
2013 Pini Berger
2013 Ido Gigi
2013 Nitsan Weiss
2013 Shira Yahel
2013 Shani Ziv
Hebrew University Ph.D. students
Raz Levin
2013 -
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Publications
1. Benjamin, J., Osher, Y., Lichtenberg, P., Bachner-Melman R., Gritsenko, I., Kotler,
M., Belmaker, R.H., Valsky, V., Drendel, M., and Ebstein, R.P. (2000). An interaction
between the catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) and serotonin transporter
promoter region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphisms contributes to Tridimensional Personality
Questionnaire (TPQ) Persistence scores in normal subjects. Neuropsychobiology,
41(1), 48-53.
2. Kremer, I., Rietschel, M., Dobrusin, M., Mujaheed, M., Murad, I., Blanaru, M., Bannoura,
I., Muller, D. J., Schulze, T. G., Reshef, A., Gathas, S., Schwab, S., Wildenauer, D.,
Bachner-Melman, R., Belmaker, R. H., Maier, W., and Ebstein, R. P. (2000). No
association between the dopamine D3 receptor Bal I polymorphism and schizophrenia in a
family based study of a Palestinian Arab population, American Journal of Medical
Genetics 96(6), 778-780.
3. Lichtenberg, P., Bachner-Melman, R., Gritsenko, I., and Ebstein R.P. (2000). Exploratory
association study between catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) high/low enzyme
activity polymorphism and hypnotizability. American Journal of Medical Genetics
(Neuropscyhiatric Genetics) 96(6), 771-774.
4. Bachner-Melman, R. and Lichtenberg, P. (2001). Freud’s relevance to hypnosis.
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 44(1), 38-50.
5. Bachner-Melman, R., Lichtenberg, P., and Ebstein, R.P. (2002). No link between
hypnotizability and the self-monitoring scale. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis,
45(1), 21-30.
6. Manor, I., Tyano, S., Mel, E., Eisenberg, J., Bachner-Melman, R., Sever, Y., Cohen,
H., Kotler, M., and Ebstein, R.P. (2002). Family-based and association studies of
monoamine oxidase A and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD):
Preferential transmission of the long promoter region-repeat and its association with
impaired performance on a continuous performance test (T.O.V.A.). Molecular
Psychiatry, 7(6), 626-632.
7. Manor, I., Tyano, S., Eistenberg, J., Bachner-Melman, R., Kotler, M., and Ebstein,
R.P. (2002). The short DRD4 repeats confer risk to attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder in a family-based design and impair performance on a continuous
performance test (T.O.V.A.). Molecular Psychiatry, 7(7), 790-794.
8. Bachner-Melman, R. (2003). Anorexia nervosa from a family perspective. American
Journal of Family Therapy, 31, 39-50.
9. Zohar, A., Dina, C., Gritsenko, I., Bachner-Melman, R., Benjamin, J., Belmaker, R.H.,
and Ebstein, R.P. (2003). The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire trait of Harm
Avoidance (anxiety proneness) is linked to a locus on chromosome 8p21. American
Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 117B, 66-69.
10. Kremer, I., Pinto, M., Murad, I., Muhaheed, M., Bannoura, I., Muller, D.J., Schulze,
T.G., Reshef, A., Blanaru, M., Gathas, S., Goichman, R., Rietschel, M., Dobrusin, R.,
Bachner-Melman, R., Nemanov, L., Belmaker, R.H., Maier, W., Ebstein, R.P. (2003).
Family-based and case-control study of catechol-O-methyltransferase in
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schizophrenia among Palestinian Arabs. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B
(Neuropsychiatric Genetics),119(1), 35-39.
11. Manor, I., Corbex, M., Eisenberg, J., Tyano, S., Bachner-Melman, R., and Ebstein,
R.P. (2004). Association of the dopamine D5 receptor with attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and impaired performance on a continuous
performance test (T.O.V.A.). Molecular Psychiatry, 7(7), 790-794.
12. Lichtenberg, P., Bachner-Melman, R., Ebstein, R.P., and Crawford, H.J. (2004).
Hypnotic susceptibility: Multiple relationships with Clonginger’s Tridimensional
Personality Questionnaire, COMT polymorphisms, absorption and attentional
characteristics. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 52(1),
47-72.
13. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A. H., Elizur, Y., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I., Konis, D.
and Ebstein, R.P. (2004). Association between a vasopressin receptor AVPRIA
promoter region microsatellite and eating behavior measured by a self-report
questionnaire (Eating Attitudes Test) in a family-based study of a non-clinical
population. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 36, 451-460.
14. Dina, C., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I., Rosolio, N., Osher, Y., Heresco-Levi, U.,
Sariashvilli, E., Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Benjamin, J., Belmaker, R.H., and
Ebstein, R.P. (2004). Fine mapping of a region on chromosome 8p gives evidence for a
QTL contributing to individual differences in an anxiety-related personality trait:
TPQ harm avoidance. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric
Genetics), 132B, 104-108.
15. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I., and Ebstein, R.P.
(2005). A family-based study shows association between the Insulin-Like Growth
Factor 2 (IGF2) gene and eating behavior (EAT-26) in a non-clinical population.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 2256-2262.
16. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Bacon-Shnoor, N., Elizur, Y., Nemanov, L.,
Gritsenko, I., and Ebstein, R.P. (2005). Linkage between vasopressin receptor AVPRIA
promoter region microsatellites and measures of social behavior in man. Journal of
Individual Differences, 26(1), 2-10.
17. Bachner-Melman, R., Gritsenko, I., Nemanov, L., Zohar, A.H., Dina, C., and Ebstein,
R.P. (2005). Dopaminergic polymorphisms associated with self-report measures of
human altruism: A fresh phenotype for the dopamine D4 receptor. Molecular
Psychiatry, 10(4), 333-335.
18. Kremer, I., Bachner-Melman, R., Reshef, A., Broude, L., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I.,
Heresco-Levi, U., Elizur, Y., and Ebstein, R.P. (2005). Association of the serotonin
transporter with smoking behavior. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 924-930.
19. Bachner-Melman, R., Dina, C., Zohar, A., Constantini, N., Lerer, E., Hoch, S., Sella, S.,
Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I., Lichtenberg, P., and Ebstein, R.P. (2005). AVPR1a and
SLC6A4 gene polymorphisms are associated with creative dance performance. PLoS
Genetics, 1(3), e42.
20. Bachner-Melman, R. (2005). Focus on siblings in anorexia nervosa; a narrative
study. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 42(3), 178-184.
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21. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R.P, Elizur, Y., and Constantini, N. (2006).
How anorexic-like are the symptom and personality profiles of aesthetic athletes?
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 38(4), 628-636.
22. Ben Zion, I.Z.,Tessler, R., Cohen, L., Lerer, E., Raz, Y., Bachner-Melman, R.,
Gritsenko, I., Nemanov, L., Zohar, A.H., Belmaker, R.H., Benjamin, J., and Ebstein, R.P.
Polymorphisms in the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) contribute to individual
differences in human sexual behavior: desire, arousal and sexual function. (2006).
Molecular Psychiatry, 11(8), 782-786.
23. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2006). An examination of
cognitive versus behavioral components of recovery from anorexia nervosa. Journal
of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194, 697-703.
24. Ivo, R., Schulze, T.G., Bannoura, I., Reshef, A., Bachner-Melman, R., Ebstein, R.P.,
Propping, P., Belmaker, R.H., Maier, W., Rietschel, M., Nothen, M.M., and Cichon, S.
(2006). No evidence for association between NOTCH4 and schizophrenia in a large
family-based and case-control association analysis. Psychiatric Genetics, 16(5), 197203.
25. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R.P., and Bachar, E. (2007). The
relationship between selflessness levels and the severity of anorexia nervosa
symptomatology. European Eating Disorders Review 15, 213-220.
26. Granot, R., Frankel, Y., Gritsenko, V., Lerer, E., Gritsenko, I., Bachner-Melman, R.,
Solomon, I., and Ebstein, R.P. (2007). Provisional evidence that the arginine
vasopressin 1a receptor gene is associated with musical memory. Evolution and Human
Behavior 28, 313-318.
27. Bachner-Melman, R., Lerer, E., Zohar, A.H., Kremer, I., Elizur, Y., Nemanov, L.,
Golan, M., Blank, S., Gritsenko, I., and Ebstein, R.P. (2007). Anorexia nervosa,
perfectionism and dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4). American Journal of Medical
Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 144(6), 748-756.
28. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Kremer, I., and Ebstein, R.P. (2007) Psychological
profiles of women with a past or present diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. The Internet
Journal of Mental Health, 4(2).
29. Lichtenberg, P., Even-Or, E., Bachner-Melman, R., Levin, R., Brin, A., and HerescoLevy, U. (2008). Hypnotizability and blink rate: A test of the dopamine hypothesis.
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 56(3), 243-254.
30. Knafo, A., Israel, S., Darvasi, A., Bachner-Melman, R., Uzefovsky, F., Cohen, L.,
Feldman, E., Lerer, E., Laiba, E., Raz, Y., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I., Dina, C., Agam, G.,
Dean, B., Bornstein, G., and Ebstein, R.P. (2008). Individual differences in allocation
of funds in the dictator game associated with length of the arginine vasopressin 1a
receptor RS3 promoter region and correlation between RS3 length and hippocampal
mRNA. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 7(3), 266-275.
31. Israel, S., Lerer, E., Shalev, I., Uzefovsky, F., Reibold, M., Bachner-Melman, R.,
Granot, R., Bornstein, G., Knafo, A., Yirmiya, N., and Ebstein, R.P. (2008). Molecular
genetic studies of the arginine vasopressin 1a receptor (AVPR1a) and the oxytocin
receptor (OXTR) in human behaviour: from autism to altruism with some notes in
between. Progress in Brain Research, 170, 435-449.
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32. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Kremer, I., Komer, M., Blank, S., Golan, M., and
Ebstein, R.P. (2009). Self-monitoring in anorexia nervosa. International Journal of
Social Psychiatry, 55(2), 170-179.
33. Levine, R., Cohen, L., Raz, Y., Hoch, S., Sella, S., Lerer, E., Rosenberg, C., HerescoLevy, U., Javit, D.C., Gali, B., Manor, O., Shapiro, N., Zohar, A., Dina, C., BachnerMelman, R., and Ebstein, R.P. (2009). Association between arginine vasopressin 1a
receptor (AVPR1a) promoter region polymorphisms and prepulse inhibition
Psychoneuroendocrinology.
34. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Elizur, Y., Kremer, I., Golan, M., and Ebstein, R.P.
(2009). Protective self-presentation style: Association with disordered eating and
anorexia nervosa mediated by sociocultural attitudes to appearance. Eating and
Weight Disorders, 14(1), 1-12.
35. Salomon, S., Lerer, E., Shalev, I., Uzefovsky, F., Riebold, M., Laiba, E., BachnerMelman, R., Maril, A., Bornstein, G., Knafo, A., and Ebstein, R. P. (2009). The oxytocin
receptor (OXTR) contributes to prosocial fund allocations in the dictator
game and the social value orientations task. PLoS ONE 4(5), e5555.
36. Bachner-Melman, R., Bacon-Shnoor, N., Zohar, A.H., Elizur, Y., and Ebstein, R.P.
(2009). The Psychometric properties of the Revised Self-Monitoring Scale (RSMS)
and the Concern for Appropriateness Scale (CAS) in Hebrew. European Journal of
Psychological Assessment, 25(1), 8-15.
37. Bachner-Melman, R., Bord, A., and Ebstein, R.P. (2011). The genetics of eating
disorders. Tnuva Review Journal, 33, 14-17 (in Hebrew).
38. Golan, M., and Bachner-Melman, R. (2011). Self-regulation and the management of
childhood obesity. Journal of Community Medicine and Health Education, 1(2), 1-7.
39. Levin, R., Bachner-Melman, R., Lichtenberg, P., Edelman, S., Ebstein, R.P., and
Heresco-Levy, U. (2011). Defensive Self-Presentation style is associated with
reduced prepulse inhibition. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 21(11), 810-813.
40. Levin, R., Bachner-Melman, R., Edelman, S., Ebstein, R.P., Heresco-Levy, U., and
Lichtenberg, P. (2013). Hypnotizability is Associated With a Protective but Not With
an Acquisitive Self-Presentation Style. International Journal of Clinical and
Experimental Hypnosis, 61(2), 183-92.
41. Heled, E., Hoofien, D., Bachner-Melman, R., Bachar, E., and Ebstein, R.P. (2014). The
Sorting Test of the D-KEFS in Current and Weight Restored Anorexia Nervosa
Patients. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47, 92–98.
42. Bachner-Melman, R. and Oron, I. Finger and palm prints in women with anorexia
nervosa: An exploratory dermatoglyphic study. Journal of Women's Health, Issues &
Care (in press).
43. Levin, R., Bachner-Melman, R., Raz, Y., Laiba, E., Edelman, S., Heresco-Levy, U.,
Ebstein, R.P., and Mankuta, D. Association between Oxytocin receptor (OXTR) and
prepulse inhibition in healthy volunteers. (submitted).
Book Chapters
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1. Ebstein, R.P., Bachner-Melman, R., Benjamin, J., and Belmaker, R.H. (2007). The
Elusive World of Personality Genes: Cherchez le Phenotype. In B.C. Jones & P.
Mormède (Eds.), Neurobehavioral Genetics: Methods and Applications (pp. 26380), Boca Raton: CRC Press.
2. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R.P., and Cooper-Kazaz, R. (2010).
Recovery from anorexia nervosa : A comparison between cognitive and behavioral
aspects of the disorder. In J. Zwikel, O. Sarid, & D. Segal-Engelchin (Eds.), Mindbody mosaic: Women’s health in Israel. Beer Sheva: Ben Gurion University Press
(in Hebrew).
3. Bachner-Melman, R. (2012). The relevance of Pathological Altruism to Eating
Disorders. In: B. Oakley, A. Knafo, G. Madhavan, & D.S. Wilson (Eds.), Pathological
altruism. Oxford University Press.
4. Yaakobobitz, M., Bachner-Melman, R., and Stein, D. (2012). Recovery from
anorexia. In Y. Latzer, D. Merrick and D. Stein (Eds.), Treatment and recovery in
eating disorders (pp. 187-202). New York: Nova Science.
5. Ebstein, R.P., Bachner-Melman, R., Lai, P.S., Monakhov, M., and Chew, S.H.
(2013). Genetics of Human Social Behavior. In: Engineering in Life Sciences. John
Wiley & Sons Ltd: Chichester.
6. Bachner-Melman, R. and Zohar, A.H. (2014). Addressing the imbalance: The
downside of extraversion, and the upside of introversion. In Psychology of
Extraversion. New York: Nova Science.
7. Bachner-Melman, R. and Oakley, B. (in press). Giving ‘til it hurts: Eating
disorders and pathological altrusim. In Y. Latzer and D. Stein (Eds.), Looking
differently at eating disorders: Integrating specific medical, psychological and
socio-cultural perspectives. New York: Springer.
8. Bachner-Melman, R. and Ebstein, R.P. (in press). Oxytocin and vasopressin's role
in emotional and social behaviors. In E. Fliers, M. Korbonits and H. Romijn (Eds.),
Clinical Neuroendocrinology (Handbook of Clinical Neurology). Oxford: Elsevier.
Conference Abstracts
1. Ebstein, R.P., Zohar, A., Benjamin, J., Osher, Y., Bachner-Melman, R., Belmaker,
and R.H., Kotler, M. (2001). Linkage study of tridimensional personality
questionnaire traits in normal sib pairs to selected chromosomal regions.
Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 105(7), 577. [Presentation at Conference of the
International Society for Psychiatric Genetics in St Louis, October 2001]
2. Cichon, C., Schumacher, J., Ivo, R., Macchiardi, F., Schulze, T.G., Mueller, D.J.,
Kremer, I., Dobrusin, M., Mujaheed, M., Murad, I., Blanaru, M., Bannoura, I.,
Reshef, A., Bachner-Melman, R., Belmaker, R.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2001). The
Notch 4 locus and schizophrenia: Analyses in the German and Palestinian Arab
population. Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 105(7), 571. [Presentation at Conference
of the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics in St Louis, October 2001]
3. Bachner-Melman, R., Kremer, I., Pinto, M., Murad, I., Mujaheed, J., Bannoura,
I., Muller, D.J., Schulze, T.G., Reshef, A., Blanaru, M., Gathas, S., Rietschel, M.,
Dobrusin, M., Belmaker, R.H., Maier, W., and Ebstein, R.P. (2002). Family-based
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study of catechol-0-methyltransferase (COMT) in schizophrenia in a Palestinian
Arab population. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 39(1), 27. [Poster at seventh
annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, March
19-21, 2002]
4. Manor, I., Tyano, S., Eisenberg, J., Bachner-Melman, R., Kotler, M., and
Ebstein, R.P. (2002). The short DRD4 repeats confer risk to attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder in a family-based design and impair performance on a
continuous performance test (T.O.V.A.). Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 39(1), 3738. [Poster at seventh annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological
Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, March 19-21, 2002]
5. Rosolio, N., Zohar, A., Dina, C., Osher, Y., Bachner-Melman, R., Benjamin, J.,
Belmaker, R.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2002). The tridimensional personality
questionnaire trait of Harm Avoidance (anxiety proneness) is linked to a locus on
chromosome 8. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 39(1), 23. [Presentation at seventh
annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, March
19-21, 2002]
6. Ebstein, R.P., Manor, I., Tyano, S., Kotler, M., Bachner-Melman, R., and Mel, E.
(2002). Family-based and association studies of monoamine oxidase A and
attention deficit hyperactivity disoder (ADHD): Preferential transmission of the
long promoter-region repeat and its association with impaired performance on a
continuous performance test (T.O.V.A.). American Journal of Medical Genetics,
114(7), 813. [Poster at 10th World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Brussels,
Oct. 9-13, 2002]
7. Bachner-Melman, R., Manor, I., Eisenberg, J., Rosolio, N., Tyano, S., and
Ebstein, R.P. (2002). Preferential transmission of the 148 base-pair dopamine D5
receptor (DRD5) microsatellite repeat polymorphism in attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder and performance on a continuous performance test
(T.O.V.A.). American Journal of Medical Genetics, 114(7), 809. [Poster at 10th
World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Brussels, Oct. 9-13, 2002]
8. Bachner-Melman, R., Ebstein, R.P., and Zohar, A.H. Concern for
Appropriateness and Self-Monitoring as risk factors for disordered eating.
[Presentation at 2nd Israeli conference on the treatment and prevention of
eating disorders, Tel Aviv, March 12, 2003]
9. Lichtenberg, P., Bachner-Melman, R., Ebstein, R.P., and Crawford, H.J. Genetic,
Cognitive and Personality Correlates of Hypnotizability. [Presentation at 54th
annual scientific program of the Society for Clinical and Experimental
Hypnosis, Chicago, IL, 14-16 November, 2003]
10. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., and Ebstein, R.P. How did we recover? The
subjective voice of recovered anorexics. [Presentation at 3rd Israeli conference
on the treatment and prevention of eating disorders, Tel Aviv, March 15, 2004]
11. Zohar, A.H., Bachner-Melman, R., and Ebstein, R.P. Psychological profiles of
anorexic women. [Presentation at 3rd Israeli conference on the treatment and
prevention of eating disorders, Tel Aviv, March 15, 2004]
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12. Ebstein, R.P., Bachner-Melman, R., and Zohar, A.H. Genes, eating disorders, and
pharmacogenomics. [Presentation at 3rd Israeli conference on the treatment and
prevention of eating disorders, Tel Aviv, March 15, 2004]
13. Ebstein, R.P., Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A., Nemanov, L., and Gritsenko, I.
(2004). Linkage between vasopressin receptor AVPR1A promoter region
microsatellites and measures of social behavior in humans. Israel Journal of
Psychiatry, 41(1), 3. [Presentation at eighth annual meeting of the Israel Society
for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, March 16-19, 2004]
14. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2004). Association between
a vasopressin receptor AVPR1A promoter region microsatellite and eating
pathology measured by a self-report questionnaire (Eating Attitudes Test) in a
family-based study of a non-clinical population. Israel Journal of Psychiatry,
41(1), 39. [Poster at eighth annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological
Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, March 16-19, 2004]
15. Gritsenko, I., Dina, C., Zohar, A., Osher, Y., Namanov, L., Bachner-Melman, R.,
Rosolio, N., Benjamin, J., Belmaker, R.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2004). Fine mapping
of a region on chromosome 8p strengthens evidence for a QTL contributing to
individual differences in an anxiety-related personality trait, TPQ Harm
Avoidance. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 41(1), 40. [Poster at eighth annual
meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, March 16-19,
2004]
16. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A., and Ebstein, R.P. (2004). Concern for
Appropriateness: Risk factor for disordered eating and anorexia nervosa
mediated by vasopressin. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 41(1), 66. [Poster at
eighth annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar
Giladi, March 16-19, 2004]
17. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2004). Concern for
Appropriateness: Risk factor for disordered eating. International Journal of
Eating Disorders, 35(4), 399-400. [Presentation at the 2004 international
conference on eating disorders, Orlando, FL, April 29-May2, 2004]
18. Zohar, A.H., Bachner-Melman, R., and Ebstein, R.P. (2004). Psychological
profiles of women with a lifetime diagnosis of anorexia nervosa: Vulnerability
endophenotypes or correlates of disorder? International Journal of Eating
Disorders, 35(4), 393. [Presentation at the 2004 international conference on
eating disorders, Orlando, FL, April 29-May2, 2004]
19. Ebstein, R.P, Zohar, A.H., and Bachner-Melman, R. (2004). Association between
the Insulin Growth Factor 2 (IGF2) gene, scores on the Eating Attitudes Test
(EAT-26) and body mass index. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 35(4),
376-377. [Presentation at the 2004 international conference on eating
disorders, Orlando, FL, April 29-May2, 2004]
20. Ebstein, R.P., Bachner-Melman, R., Gritsenko, I., Dina, C., and Zohar, A.
(2004). Dopaminergic polymorphisms associated with a self-report measure of
human altruism. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 130B(1), 113-114. [Poster
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at the 12th World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 10-14,
2004]
21. Bachner-Melman, R., Gritsenko, I., Zohar, A.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2004). A
family-based study shows association between the Insulin-like Growth Factor 2
(IGF2) gene and eating behavior (EAT-26) in a non-clinical population. American
Journal of Medical Genetics, 130B(1), 24. [Presentation at the 12th World
Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 10-14, 2004]
22. Gritsenko, I., Kremer, I., Bachner-Melman, R., and Ebstein, R.P. (2004).
Association of the serotonin transporter with smoking behavior. American
Journal of Medical Genetics, 130B(1), 109. [Poster at the 12th World Congress on
Psychiatric Genetics, Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 10-14, 2004]
23. Reshef, A., Kremer I., Maayan, H., Sayfan, J., Berlin, Y., Bachner-Melman, R.
and Ebstein, R.P. (2004). “Gladiator syndrome”: Personality characteristics and
genetic variability. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 41(4), 7. [Presentation at ninth
annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Hagoshrim,
Israel, March 16-19, 2005]
24. Ebstein, R.P., Bachner-Melman, R., Elizur, Y., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I., Konis,
D. and Zohar, A.H. (2005). Association between a vasopressin receptor AVPR1A
promoter region microsatellite and eating behavior measured by a self-report
questionnaire (Eating Attitudes Test) in a family-based study of a non-clinical
population. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 41(4), 8. [Presentation at ninth annual
meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Hagoshrim, March 16-19,
2005]
25. Manor I., Tyano, S., Mel, E., Eisenberg, J., Bachner-Melman, R., Kotler, M. and
Ebstein, R.P. (2005). Family-based and association studies of monoamine oxidase
A and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Preferential
transmission of the long promoter-region repeat and its association with
impaired performance on a continuous performance test (T.O.V.A.). Israel
Journal of Psychiatry, 41(4), 9. [Presentation at ninth annual meeting of the
Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Hagoshrim, March 16-19, 2005]
26. Bachner-Melman, R., Gritsenko, I. and Ebstein, R.P. (2005). AVPR1A
vasopressin receptor in eating disorders. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 41(4), 61.
[Poster at ninth annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry,
Hagoshrim, March 16-19, 2005]
27. Rosenberg, C., Bachner-Melman, R., Gritsenko, I., and Ebstein, R.P. (2005). A
role for monoamine oxidase A in eating disorders. Israel Journal of Psychiatry,
41(4), 61. [Poster at ninth annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological
Psychiatry, Hagoshrim, March 16-19, 2005]
28. Ebstein, R.P., Levine, R., Cohen, L., Heresco-Levy, U., and Bachner-Melman, R.
(2005). Molecular Genetic Architecture of Human Prepulse Inhibition. World
Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 6 (Supplement 1), 343. [Poster at 8th World
Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria, June 27-July 3, 2005]
29. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2005). The TPQ profile of
anorexic women and its relationship to recovery. World Journal of Biological
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Psychiatry, 6 (Supplement 1), 139. [Symposium at 8th World Congress of
Biological Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria, June 27-July 3, 2005]
30. Bachner-Melman, R., Gritsenko, I., Dina, C., Zohar, A., Kremer, I., and Ebstein,
R.P. (2005). Epistatis between arginine vasopressin receptor 1A (AVPR1A) and
serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) polymorphisms confer risk for anorexia nervosa
and smoking. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 138B(1), 95. [Poster at the
13th World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Boston, MA, Oct. 14-19, 2005]
31. Levine, R., Cohen, L., Bachner-Melman, R., Heresco-Levy, U., Bar, G., and
Ebstein, R.P. (2005). Molecular genetic architecture of human prepulse
inhibition. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 138B(1), 110. [Poster at the
13th World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Boston, MA, Oct. 14-19, 2005]
32. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Kremer, I., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I., Lerer,
E., and Ebstein, R.P. (2006). Anorexia nervosa, perfectionism and common genetic
polymorphisms: D4 receptor (DRD4), insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) and
arginine vasopressin 1a recptor (AVPR1a). Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 42(4), 13.
[Presentation at tenth annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological
Psychiatry, Hagoshrim, March 21-23, 2006]
33. Leibe, G., Rosenberg, C., Levi, S., Salomon, S., Shulman, C., Dina, C., BachnerMelman, R., Yirmiya, N., and Ebstein, R.P. (2006). Association between the
brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and measures of cognitive ability:
Relationship to a broad autism phenotype (IQ, loneliness and social anxiety).
Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 42(4), 14. [Presentation at tenth annual meeting of
the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Hagoshrim, March 21-23, 2006]
34. Lichtenberg, P., Shapiro, H., Levin, R., Bachner-Melman, R., Heresco-Levy, U.,
and Ebstein, R.P. (2006). An evaluation of the dopamine hypothesis of
hypnotizability using prepulse inhibition. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 42(4), 16.
[Presentation at tenth annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological
Psychiatry, Hagoshrim, March 21-23, 2006]
35. Ben Zion, Z., Raz, Y., Tessler, R., Cohen, L., Lerer, E., Bachner-Melman, R.,
Gritsenko, I., Nemanov, L., Zohar, A.H., Belmaker, R.H., Benjamin, J., and
Ebstein, R.P. (2006). Polymorphisms in the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4)
contribute to individual differences in human sexual behavior: desire, arousal
and sexual function. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 42(4), 33. [Poster at tenth
annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Hagoshrim, March
21-23, 2006]
36. Lichtenberg, P., Shapiro, H., Levin, R., Bachner-Melman, R., Heresco-Levy, U.,
and Ebstein, R.P. (2006). An evaluation of the dopamine hypothesis of
hypnotizability using prepulse inhibition. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 42(4), 47.
[Poster at tenth annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry,
Hagoshrim, March 21-23, 2006]
37. Ebstein, R., Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., and Kremer, I. (2006).
Association between anorexia nervosa, perfectionism and dopamine D4 receptor
(DRD4). 6th International Conference on Eating Disorders Conference
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Proceedings, 5. [Presentation at the 6th international conference on eating
disorders, Barcelona, Spain, June 7-10, 2006]
38. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Constantini, N. (2006). How anorexic-like
are the symptom and personality profiles of aesthetic athletes? 6th
International Conference on Eating Disorders Conference Proceedings, 29.
[Presentation at the 6th international conference on eating disorders, Barcelona,
Spain, June 7-10, 2006]
39. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Kremer, I., Gritsenko, I., Lerer, E., and
Ebstein, R.P. (2006). Anorexia nervosa, perfectionism and common genetic
polymorphisms: D4 receptor (DRD4), insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) and
arginine vasoprassin 1a receptor (AVPR1a). [Poster at the 14th World Congress on
Psychiatric Genetics, Cagliary, Italy, Oct. 28 – Nov 1, 2006]
40. Constantini, N.W., Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Elizur, Y., and Ebstein,
R.P. (2006). Eating disorders in female athletes: Nature or nurture.
[Presentation at 53rd annual meeting of the American College of Sports
Medicine, Denver, May 31 - June3, 2006]
41. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2007). An examination of
cognitive bersus behavioral components of recovery from anorexia nervosa.
Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 44(1), 1. [Presentation at eleventh annual meeting
of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, Israel, March 27-29,
2007]
42. Israel, S., Knafo, A., Daryasi, A., Bachner-Melman, R., Uzefovsky, F., Cohen, L.,
Feldman, E., Lerer, E., Laibe, G., Dean, B., Bornstein, G., and Ebstein, R.P. (2007).
Individual differences in allocation of funds in the dictator game and
postmortem hippocampal mRNA levels are correlated with length of the arginine
vasopressin 1a receptor (AVPR1a) RS3 promoter-region repeat. Israel Journal of
Psychiatry, 44(1), 15. [Presentation at eleventh annual meeting of the Israel
Society for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, Israel, March 27-29, 2007]
43. Meron, Y., Shalev, I., Lerer, E., Laibe, G., Raz, Y., Bachner-Melman, R.,
Uzefovsky, F., Kaitz, M., and Ebstein, R.P. (2007). Brain-derived neurotrophic
factor (BDNF) contributes to smoking cessation and not to smoking initiation:
Mediation by social stress and HPA axis reactivity. Israel Journal of Psychiatry,
44(1), 34. [Poster at eleventh annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological
Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, March 27-29, 2007]
44. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R.P., and Constantini, N. An
examination of personality and eating pathology in athletes. [Panel on athletes at
7th International Conference on Eating Disorders, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2-5,
2007]
45. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Bacon-Shnoor, N., Elizur, Y., Nemanov, L.,
Gritsenko, Il, and Ebstein, R.P. (2008). Link between vasopressin receptor
AVPR1a promotor region microsatellites and measures of social behavior in
humans. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 45(1), 15. [Presentation at twelfth annual
meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar Giladi, Israel,
March 11-13, 2008]
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46. Ebstein, R.P., Bachner-Melman, R., Granot, R., Constantini, N., Salomon, I.,
Lerer, E., and Leibe, E. Genes, personality and sport participants. [Presentation
at 13th Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Estoril, Portugal,
July 9-12, 2008]
47. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., and Ebstein, R.P. Behavioral versus cognitive
recovery from anorexia nervosa. [Presentation at the 3rd National Conference on
Promoting Mental Health Among Women, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva,
Israel, September 24-5, 2008]
48. Levin, R., Edelman, S., Ebstein, R.P., Bachner-Melman, R., Heresco-Levy, U.
Association between arginine vasopressin 1a receptor promoter region, prepulse
inhibition and concern for appropriateness. [Poster at the 14th annual meeting of
the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Hagoshrim, Israel, March 9-11,
2010]
49. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., and Bachar, E. The relationship between
selflessness levels and the severity of anorexia nervosa symptomatology.
Conference Proceedings, 22. [Presentation at 10th International Conference on
Eating Disorders, Salzburg, Austria, June 10-12, 2010]
50. Bachner-Melman, R., Latzer, Y., Diamond, E. and Weinberger-Litman, S. Eating
Disorders and Judaism. [Lecture at the 11th annual Nefesh Israel Conference:
Religion, Ethics and Spirituality – Confronting the Issues, Jerusalem, Israel,
January 26-27, 2011]
51. Bachner-Melman, R. and Oron, I. (2011). Dermatoglyphic features in anorexia
nervosa: an exploratory study. Eating Disorders Research Society 17th Annual
Meeting Programme and Abstracts, 91. [Poster at the 17th annual meeting of the
Eating Disorders Research Society, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 22-24,
2011]
52. Oron, I. and Bachner-Melman, R. (2011). Rare patterns of finger and palm
prints in anorexia nervosa. Eating Disorders Alpbach 2011 Program and
Abstracts, 29-30. [Oral presentation at the Congress on Eating Disorders 2011,
the 19th International Conference, Alpbach, Tyrol, Austria, October 20-22,
2011]
53. Bachner-Melman, R. (2012). Eating disorders and Jewish observance.
Scientific Programme, 75. [Oral presentation at the 1st International Conference
on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 57, 2012]
54. Levin, R., Raz, Y., Laiba, E., Edelman, S., Bachner-Melman, R., Ebstein, R.P.,
Heresco-Levy, U., & Mankuta, D. (2012). Association between oxytocin receptor
single nucleotide polymorphism rs2254298 and prepulse inhibition in healthy
subjects. [Invited lecture and poster at ECNP Workshop on
Neuropsychopharmacology for Young Scientists in Europe, Nice, France, March
15-18] – Award for Best Poster
55. Bachner-Melman, R. Verbin, A., Adar, N., Berger, R., Wiskop, N., Lerner, A.,
Salomon, Y., Peiser, A., Regev, N., Ela-Alush, N., Lavi, N., Laufer, S., SharavIfergan, I., Stern, A., Gilon, V., Sagi, Z. (2013). Meal support therapy: Guidelines
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and a team application. [Oral presentation at the International Conference on
Treatment Modalities for Eating Disorders:Consensus & Controversy, Jerusalem,
Israel, February 3-5, 2013]
56. Bachner-Melman, R., Laufer, S.B., and Lavi, N. (2013). The nasogastric tube in
the treatment of anorexia nervosa. [Oral presentation at the International
Conference on Treatment Modalities for Eating Disorders:Consensus &
Controversy, Jerusalem, Israel, February 3-5, 2013]
57. Miller-Meiri, L., Bachner-Melman, R., Goldzweig, G., Arieli, R., and Constantini,
N. (2013). Eating Attitudes and Body Image in Dancers and Musicians at a
Performing Arts High School. [Oral presentation at the International
Conference on Treatment Modalities for Eating Disorders:Consensus &
Controversy, Jerusalem, Israel, February 3-5, 2013]
58. Bachner-Melman, R. (2013). Diagnosis and treatment of postpartum
depression in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Island women: Barriers,
challenges, and emerging therapeutic interventions. [Symposium presentation at
21st First Congress of World Psychiatry, Lisbon, Portugal, June 29-July 3, 2013]
59. Zohar, A.H., Youngmann, R., Levy-Belz, Y., Lev-Ari, L., and Bachner-Melman, R.
(2013). DSM-5: Similarities and differences. [Lecture at Psychtech Conference
on Diagnostics, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 24-25, 2013]