peer-reviewed Research Publications:

  1. Hantsoo L, Duffy KA, Sammel M, Johnson RL, Kim D, Grillon C, Epperson CN. (2023). Enduring impact of childhood adversity: Affective modulation of acoustic startle response during pregnancy and postpartum. Physiol Behav, 258:114031.

  2. Hantsoo L, Rangaswamy S, Voegtline K, Salimgaraev R, Zhaunova L, Payne JL. (2022). Premenstrual symptoms across the lifespan in an international sample: data from a mobile application. Arch Womens Ment Health, 25(5):903-910.

  3. Kornfield SL, Johnson RL, Hantsoo L, Kaminsky RB, Waller R, Sammel M, Epperson CN. (2022). Engagement in and Benefits of a Short-Term, Brief Psychotherapy Intervention for PTSD During Pregnancy. Front Psychiatry, 13:882429.

  4. Harel D, Levis B, Sun Y, Fischer F, Ioannidis JPA, Cuijpers P, Patten SB, Ziegelstein RC, Markham S, Benedetti A, …Hantsoo L,… Thombs BD. (2022). External validation of a shortened screening tool using individual participant data meta-analysis: A case study of the Patient Health Questionnaire-Dep-4. Methods, 204:300-311.

  5. Standeven LR, Osborne LM, Betz JF, Yenokyan G, Voegtline K, Hantsoo L, Payne JL. (2022). Allopregnanolone and depression and anxiety symptoms across the peripartum: an exploratory study. Arch Womens Ment Health, 25(2):521-526.

  6. Negeri ZF, Levis B, Sun Y, He C, Krishnan A, Wu Y, Bhandari PM, Neupane D, Brehaut E, Benedetti A, …Hantsoo L,… Thombs BD. (2022). Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for screening to detect major depression: updated systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ, 375:n2183.

  7. Weiss SJ, Flynn H, Christian L, Hantsoo L, di Scalea TL, Kornfield SL, Muzik M, Simeonova DI, Cooper BA, Strahm A, Deligiannidis KM. (2021). Symptom profiles of women at risk of mood disorders: A latent class analysis. J Affect Disord, 295:139-147.

  8. Osborne LM, Voegtline K, Standeven LR, Sundel B, Pangtey M, Hantsoo L, Payne JL. (2021). High worry in pregnancy predicts postpartum depression. J Affect Disord, 294:701-706.

  9. Hantsoo L, Grillon C, Sammel M, Johnson R, Marks J, Epperson CN. (2021). Response to sertraline is associated with reduction in anxiety-potentiated startle in premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Psychopharmacology, 238(10):2985-2997.

  10. Hantsoo L, Sajid H, Murphy L, Buchert B, Barone J, Raja S, Eisenlohr-Moul T. (2021). Patient Experiences of Health Care Providers in Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Examining the Role of Provider Specialty. Journal of Womens Health, 2021 Apr 1. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8797.

  11. Wu, Y., … Hantsoo, L., … et al. (2021). Probability of Major Depression Classification Based on the SCID, CIDI, and MINI Diagnostic Interviews: A Synthesis of Three Individual Participant Data Meta-Analyses. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 90(1):28-40. doi: 10.1159/000509283.

  12. Levis, B., … Hantsoo, L., … et al. (2020). Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA, 9;323(22):2290-2300. doi: 10.1001

  13. Hantsoo, L., Kornfield S, Iannelli C, Podcasy J, Metzger D, Sammel MD, Epperson CN. (2019). Glucocorticoid-immune response to acute stress in women and men living with HIV. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42(6):1153-1158.

  14. Hantsoo, L., Jašarević, E., Criniti, S., McGeehan, B., Tanes, C., Sammel, M.D., Elovitz, M.A., Compher, C., Wu, G., Epperson, C.N. (2019). Childhood Adversity Impact on Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Response to Stress During Pregnancy. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 75:240-250. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.11.005. Epub 2018 Nov 3.

  15. Cooney, L.G., Milman, L.W., Hantsoo, L., Kornfield, S., Sammel, M.D., Allison, K.C., Epperson, C.N., Dokras, A. (2018). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improves Weight Loss and Quality of Life in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Fertility and Sterility, 110(1):161-171.

  16. Morrison, K.E., Epperson, C.N., Sammel, M.D., Ewing, G., Podcasy, J.S., Hantsoo, L., Kim, D.R., Bale T.L. (2017). Preadolescent Adversity Programs a Disrupted Maternal Stress Reactivity in Humans and Mice. Biological Psychiatry, 81(8):693-701.

  17. Hantsoo, L., Criniti, S., Khan, A., Epperson, Moseley, M., Kincler, N., Faherty, L.J., Epperson, C.N., Bennett, I.M. (2017). A Mobile Application for Monitoring and Management of Depressed Mood in a Vulnerable Pregnant Population. Psychiatric Services, 69(1):104-107.

  18. Hantsoo, L., Podcasy, J.S., Sammel, M.D., Epperson, C.N., Kim, D.R. (2017). Pregnancy and the Acceptability of Computer-Based versus Traditional Mental Health Treatments. Journal of Women’s Health, 26(10):1106-1113.

  19. Faherty, L.J., Hantsoo, L., Appleby, D., Sammel, M.D., Bennett, I.M., Wiebe, D.J. (2017). Movement Patterns in Women at Risk for Perinatal Depression: Use of a Mood-Monitoring Mobile Application in Pregnancy. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 24(4):746-753.

  20. Smith, A.L., Hantsoo, L., Malykhina, A., File, D.W., Valentino, R., Wein, A.J., Epperson, C.N. (2016). Basal and Stress Activated Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis Function in Postmenopausal Women with Overactive Bladder. International Urogynecology Journal, 27(9):1383-91.

  21. Epperson, C.N., Hantsoo, L. (2016). Making Strides to Simplify Diagnosis of Premenstrual Dysphoric Mood Disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(1): 6–7.

  22. Kim, D.R., Hantsoo, L., Thase, M., Sammel, M.D., Epperson, C.N. (2014). Computer-Assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pregnant Women with Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Womens Health, 23(10):842-8.

  23. Hantsoo, L., Czarkowski, K.A., Child, J., Howes, C., Epperson, C.N. (2014). Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Endothelial Function in Women. Journal of Womens Health, 23(7):613-8.

  24. Hantsoo, L., Epperson, C.N., Thase, M., Kim, D.R. (2013). Antepartum Depression: Treatment with Computer-Assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. American Journal of Psychiatry, 170(8):929-30.

  25. Hantsoo, L., Ward-O’Brien, D., Czarkowski, K., Gueorguieva, R., Price, L.H., Epperson, C.N. (2013). A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial of Sertraline for Postpartum Depression. Psychopharmacology, 231(5), 939-948.

  26. Hantsoo, L., Khou, C.K., White, C., Ong, J.C. (2013). Gender and Cognitive-Emotional Factors as Predictors of Pre-sleep Arousal and Trait Hyperarousal in Insomnia. The Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 74(4), 283-9.

  27. Bennett, I.M., Palmer, S.C., Nicholson, J., Hantsoo, L., Rinaldi, J., Coyne, J. (2009). "One end has nothing to do with the other": Patient Attitudes Regarding Help-seeking Intention for Depression in Gynecologic and Obstetric Settings. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 12, 301–308.

  28. Hanisch, L. H., Palmer, S. C., Marcus, S. C., Hantsoo, L., Vaughn, D. J., & Coyne, J. C. (2009). Comparison of Objective and Patient-reported Hot Flash Measures in Men with Prostate Cancer. Journal of Supportive Oncology, 7(4), 131-135.

  29. Wozniak, J., Mick, E., Waxmonsky, J., Kotarski, M., Hantsoo, L., Biederman, J. (2009). Comparison of Open-label, 8-week Trials of Olanzapine Monotherapy and Topiramate Augmentation of Olanzapine for the Treatment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 19(5), 539-45.

  30. Kenen, R.H., Shapiro, P.J., Hantsoo, L., Friedman, S., Coyne, J. (2007). Women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations Renegotiating a Post-prophylactic Mastectomy Identity: Self-image and Self-disclosure. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 16(6), 789-98.

  31. Wozniak, J., Biederman, J., Mick, E., Waxmonsky, J., Hantsoo, L., Best, C., Cluette-Brown, J. & Laposata, M. (2007). Omega-3 Fatty Acid Monotherapy for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: A Prospective Open Label Trial. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 17(6-7), 440-7.

  32. Liang, J., Etheridge, A., Hantsoo, L., Rubinstein, A., Nowak, S., Halpern M.E. (2001). Asymmetric Nodal Signaling in the Zebrafish Diencephalon Positions the Pineal Organ. Development, 127, 5101-5112.

peer–reviewed review ARTICLES:

  1. Hantsoo L, Zemel BS. (2021). Stress gets into the belly: Early life stress and the gut microbiome. Behav Brain Res., 414:113474.

  2. Standeven LR, Olson E, Leistikow N, Payne JL, Osborne LM, Hantsoo L. (2021). Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Affective Symptoms, and Neuroactive Steroids: a Focus on Allopregnanolone. Curr Psychiatry Rep, 23(6):36.

  3. Hantsoo, L., Epperson, C.N. (2020). Allopregnanolone in premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD): Evidence for dysregulated sensitivity to GABA-A receptor modulating neuroactive steroids across the menstrual cycle. Neurobiology of Stress, 12:100213. doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2020.100213.

  4. Hantsoo L., Kornfield S., Anguera M.C., Epperson C.N. (2018). Inflammation: A Proposed Intermediary Between Maternal Stress and Offspring Neuropsychiatric Risk. Biological Psychiatry, 2018 Sep 5. pii: S0006-3223(18)31795-5.

  5. Nguyen, H.B., Chavez, A.M., Lipner, E., Hantsoo, L., Kornfield, S.L., Davies, R.D., Epperson, C.N. (2018). Gender-Affirming Hormone Use in Transgender Individuals: Impact on Behavioral Health and Cognition. Current Psychiatry Reports, 20(12):110.

  6. Nguyen, H.B., Loughead, J., Lipner, E., Hantsoo, L., Kornfield, S., Epperson, C.N. (2018). What Has Sex Got To Do With It? The Role of Hormones in the Transgender Brain. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018 Jul 5. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0140-7.

  7. Hantsoo L., Golden C.E.M., Kornfield S., Grillon C., Epperson C.N. (2018). Startling Differences: Using the Acoustic Startle Response to Study Sex Differences and Neurosteroids in Affective Disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports, 20(6):40.

  8. Kornfield S.L., Hantsoo L., Epperson C.N. (2018) What Does Sex Have to Do with It? The Role of Sex as a Biological Variable in the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Current Psychiatry Reports, 18;20(6):39.

  9. Hantsoo L., Epperson C.N. (2017). Anxiety Disorders Among Women: A Female Lifespan Approach. American Psychiatric Association Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, 15(2), 162-172.

  10. Hantsoo L., Epperson C.N. (2015). Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Epidemiology and Treatment. Current Psychiatry Reports, 17(11):87.

  11. Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., Gouin, J.P., Hantsoo, L. (2010). Close Relationships, Inflammation, and Health. Neuroscience Biobehavioral Reviews, 35(1), 33-8.

  12. Gouin, J.P., Hantsoo, L., Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K. (2008). Immune Dysregulation and Chronic Stress Among Older Adults: A Review. Neuroimmunomodulation,15(4-6): 251-59.

  13. Hanisch, L., Hantsoo, L., Freeman, E., Sullivan, G., Coyne, J. (2008). Hot Flashes and Panic Attacks: A Comparison of Symptomatology, Neurobiology, Treatment, and a Role for Cognition. Psychological Bulletin, 134(2), 247-69.

Chapters:

  1. Hantsoo, L. (2019). Potential Hormonal and Neurochemical Biomarkers for Postpartum Depression. In J. Payne & L. Osborne (Eds.) Biomarkers of Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders. (pp 45-63). Academic Press.

  2. Hantsoo, L., Mathews, S. (2019). Pharmacological Treatment of Depressive Disorders. In S. M. Evans & K. M. Carpenter (Eds.) American Psychological Association (APA) Handbook of Psychopharmacology. (p. 141–164). American Psychological Association.

  3. Epperson, C.N., Kim, D.R., Hantsoo, L. (2015). Premenstrual Dysphoric Mood Disorder. In Stolerman, I.P. and Price, L.H. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. (2nd ed., pp 1348-1351). New York: Springer.

  4. Epperson, C.N., Hantsoo, L. Menstruation and PMDD. (2014). In D. Barnes (Ed.) Women’s Reproductive Mental Health Across the Lifespan (pp 49-72). New York: Springer.

  5. Gouin, J.P., Hantsoo, L.V., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K. (2011). Stress, negative emotions, and inflammation. In J. T Caccioppo & J. Decety (Eds.) Handbook of Social Neuroscience (pp 814-829). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Master's Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation:

  1. Hantsoo, L. (2012). Fatty Acid Desaturase (FADS) Genetic Variants and Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Intake: Associations with Negative Affect in Premenopausal Women. Dissertation presented for Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University. Advisor: Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, Ph.D.

  2. Hantsoo, L. (2010). Interactive Effect of the Serotonin Transporter 5-HTTLPR Genotype and Chronic Stress on Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women. Thesis presented for Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University. Advisor: Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, Ph.D.

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