Starcevic, V. (2010). Anxiety Disorders in Adults: A Clinical Guide. New York: Oxford University Press.
Starcevic, V. (2005). Anxiety Disorders in Adults: A Clinical Guide. New York: Oxford University Press.

Edited Books

Boyce, P., Harris, A., Drobny, J., Lampe, L., Starcevic, V., Bryant, R. (2015). The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders. Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V., Noyes Jr., R. (2014). Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety: A Guide for Clinicians. New York: Oxford University Press.

Book Chapters

Swanton, T., Callaghan, S., Newton, N., Starcevic, V., Gainsbury, S. (2023). Social media and gambling. In A. House & C. Brennan (Eds.), Social Media and Mental Health, (pp. 98-108). Online: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Castle, D., Starcevic, V. (2016). The post-traumatic syndromes. In G. Fink (Eds.), Stress: Concepts, Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior. Handbook of Stress, Volume 1, (pp. 213-218). United Kingdom: Academic Press.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Benzodiapines and Anxiety Disorders. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 344-351). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Classification of anxiety disorders and conceptual and diagnostic issues. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 31-42). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Combining medications and cognitive-behavioural treatments. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 352-358). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V., Berle, D. (2015). Cyberchondria: An Old Phenomenon in a New Guise? In Elias Aboujaude, Vladan Starcevic (Eds.), Mental Health in the Digital Age: Grave Dangers, Great Promises, (pp. 106-117). New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2015). How to use medications to treat anxiety disorders. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 328-333). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Aboujaoude, E., Starcevic, V. (2015). Introduction: www (dot) Mental Health. In Elias Aboujaude, Vladan Starcevic (Eds.), Mental Health in the Digital Age: Grave Dangers, Great Promises, (pp. xiii-xix). New York: Oxford University Press.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Medications that work and how to choose between them. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 334-343). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V., Noyes Jr., R. (2014). Introduction and Key Issues. In Vladan Starcevic, Russell Noyes Jr. (Eds.), Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety: A Guide for Clinicians, (pp. 1-7). New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2014). Relationships with Other Psychopathology and Differential Diagnosis of Hypochondriasis. In Vladan Starcevic, Russell Noyes Jr. (Eds.), Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety: A Guide for Clinicians, (pp. 39-64). New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Porter, G. (2010). Virtual violence: The games people play. In E Aboujaoude and L M Koran (Eds.), Impulse Control Disorders, (pp. 182-188). New York: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2009). The relationship between psychodynamic and cognitive and behavioural theories and therapies. In Eric Lj (Eds.), Psychodynamic Psychiatry, (pp. 284-292). Croatia: Sluzbeni glasnik.
Starcevic, V. (2007). Do benzodiazepines have a role in the long-term treatment of anxiety disorders? In D. Castle, S. Hood, M. Kyrios (Eds.), Anxiety Disorders: Current Controversies, Future Directions, (pp. 203-212). Australia: Australian Postgraduate Medicine.
Starcevic, V. (2007). The conceptual validity of panic disorder and agoraphobia. In D. Castle, S. Hood, M. Kyrios (Eds.), Anxiety Disorders: Current Controversies, Future Directions, (pp. 1-10). Australia: Australian Postgraduate Medicine.
Starcevic, V. (2005). How to Improve Pharmacological Treatment of Panic Disorder? In Sanfelippo A (Eds.), Panic Disorders: New Research, (pp. 147-162). Hauppauge, New York,: Nova Science Publishers.
Starcevic, V. (2005). Hypochondriasis: An endless source of controversies? In Maj M; Akiskal H; Mezzich J; Okasha A (Eds.), Somatoform Disorders Volume 9. World Psychiatric Association Series â€œEvidence and Experience in Psychiatry", (pp. 1896-1901). Chichester, England: Wiley.

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Journals

Giardina, A., Schimmenti, A., Starcevic, V., King, D., Di Blasi, M., Billieux, J. (2024). Problematic gaming, social withdrawal, and Escapism: The Compensatory-Dissociative Online Gaming (C-DOG) model. Computers in Human Behavior, 155, 108187. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Bosson, M., Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Simon, O., Billieux, J. (2024). Problematic online behaviors constitute related yet distinct conditions: A cross-sectional study. Computers in Human Behavior, 160, 108358. [More Information]
Pozza, A., Ragucci, F., Angelo, N., Pugi, D., Cuomo, A., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Rosa-Alcazar, A., Fagiolini, A., Starcevic, V. (2024). Worldwide prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 172, 360-381. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Wootton, B., Arnáez, S., Baggio, S. (2023). A network approach to understanding obsessions and compulsions. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 36. [More Information]
Kenny, N., Starcevic, V., Berle, D. (2023). Associations Between Fear of Guilt and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms. Behaviour Change, 40(3), 169-181. [More Information]
Fournier, L., Schimmenti, A., Musetti, A., Boursier, V., Flayelle, M., Cataldo, I., Starcevic, V., Billieux, J. (2023). Deconstructing the components model of addiction: an illustration through “addictive” use of social media. Addictive Behaviors, 143. [More Information]
Infanti, A., Starcevic, V., Schimmenti, A., Khazaal, Y., Karila, L., Giardina, A., Flayelle, M., Razavi, S., Baggio, S., Vögele, C., et al (2023). Predictors of Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study Using Supervised Machine Learning. JMIR Formative Research, 7. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Eslick, G., Viswasam, K., Billieux, J., Gainsbury, S., King, D., Berle, D. (2023). Problematic online behaviors and psychopathology in Australia. Psychiatry Research, 327. [More Information]
Hong, Y., Hwang, H., Starcevic, V., Choi, T., Kim, T., Han, D. (2023). Which is more stable and specific: DSM-5 internet gaming disorder or ICD-11 gaming disorder? A longitudinal study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 77(4), 213-222. [More Information]
Bandelow, B., Allgulander, C., Baldwin, D., Costa, D., Denys, D., Dilbaz, N., Domschke, K., Eriksson, E., Fineberg, N., Hättenschwiler, J., Starcevic, V., et al (2023). World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders–Version 3. Part I: Anxiety disorders. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 24(2), 79-117. [More Information]
Bandelow, B., Allgulander, C., Baldwin, D., Costa, D., Denys, D., Dilbaz, N., Domschke, K., Hollander, E., Kasper, S., Möller, H., Starcevic, V., et al (2023). World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders–Version 3. Part II: OCD and PTSD. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 24(2), 118-134. [More Information]
Schimmenti, A., Billieux, J., Santoro, G., Casale, S., Starcevic, V. (2022). A trauma model of substance use: Elaboration and preliminary validation. Addictive Behaviors, 134. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Pepi, R., Starcevic, V. (2022). Borderline personality disorder and ageing: Myths and realities. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 35(1), 68-72. [More Information]
King, D., Achab, S., Higuchi, S., Bowden-Jones, H., Müller, K., Billieux, J., Starcevic, V., Saunders, J., Tam, P., Delfabbro, P. (2022). Gaming disorder and the COVID-19 pandemic: Treatment demand and service delivery challenges. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 11(2), 243-248. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Janca, A. (2022). Personality dimensions and disorders and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 35(1), 73-77. [More Information]
Musetti, A., Manari, T., Billieux, J., Starcevic, V., Schimmenti, A. (2022). Problematic social networking sites use and attachment: A systematic review. Computers in Human Behavior, 131. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2022). Representation of Benzodiazepines in Treatment Guidelines: The Paradox of Undesirable Objectivity. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Starcevic, V., Billieux, J., King, D., Gainsbury, S., Eslick, G., Berle, D. (2022). Testing the spectrum hypothesis of problematic online behaviors: A network analysis approach. Addictive Behaviors, 135(107451). [More Information]
Santoro, G., Starcevic, V., Scalone, A., Cavallo, J., Musetti, A., Schimmenti, A. (2022). The Doctor Is In(ternet): The Mediating Role of Health Anxiety in the Relationship between Somatic Symptoms and Cyberchondria. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12(9). [More Information]
Rajendran, P., Van Winssen, C., Viswasam, K., Tariq, N., Espinoza, D., Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V. (2022). The psychometric properties of the Nepean Belief Scale as a tool for assessing delusions in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 117. [More Information]
Arnáez, S., García-Soriano, G., Castro, J., Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2022). The Spanish version of the short form of the Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS-12): Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance across genders. Current Psychology. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Iglesias, K., Duarte, M., Nicastro, R., Hasler, R., Euler, S., Debbané, M., Starcevic, V., Perroud, N. (2022). Validation of self-report measures of narcissism against a diagnostic interview. PloS One, 17(4), e0266540. [More Information]
Silberman, E., Balon, R., Starcevic, V., Shader, R., Cosci, F., Fava, G., Nardi, A., Salzman, C., Sonino, N. (2021). Benzodiazepines: It's time to return to the evidence. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218(3), 125-127. [More Information]
Aboujaoude, E., Starcevic, V. (2021). Case Report: Doubts and Pre-occupations About Being Transgender: Questioning One's Gender Identity or a Case of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 644114. [More Information]
Musetti, A., Starcevic, V., Boursier, V., Corsano, P., Billieux, J., Schimmenti, A. (2021). Childhood emotional abuse and problematic social networking sites use in a sample of Italian adolescents: The mediating role of deficiencies in self-other differentiation and uncertain reflective functioning. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(7), 1666-1684. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2021). Commentary: Worshipping the internet – the perils of serving an unpredictable master – a commentary on Aboujaoude and Gega (2021). Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 26(4), 383-384. [More Information]
Khazaal, Y., Chatton, A., Rochat, L., Hede, V., Viswasam, K., Penzenstadler, L., Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2021). Compulsive Health-Related Internet Use and Cyberchondria. European Addiction Research, 27(1), 58-66. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Schimmenti, A., Billieux, J., Berle, D. (2021). Cyberchondria in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3(1), 53-62. [More Information]
Castro‐Calvo, J., King, D., Stein, D., Brand, M., Carmi, L., Chamberlain, S., Demetrovics, Z., Fineberg, N., Rumpf, H., Yucel, M., Blaszczynski, A., Starcevic, V., et al (2021). Expert appraisal of criteria for assessing gaming disorder: an international Delphi study. Addiction, 116(9), 2463-2475. [More Information]
D'Agostino, A., Pepi, R., Rossi Monti, M., Starcevic, V., Price, A. (2021). Measuring emptiness: Validation of the Italian version of the Subjective Emptiness Scale in clinical and non-clinical populations. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 6, 100226-1-100226-6. [More Information]
Pozza, A., Starcevic, V., Ferretti, F., Pedani, C., Crispino, R., Governi, G., Luchi, S., Gallorini, A., Lochner, C., Coluccia, A. (2021). Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder Co-occurring in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 29(2), 95-107. [More Information]
Giardina, A., Di Blasi, M., Schimmenti, A., King, D., Starcevic, V., Billieux, J. (2021). Online gaming and prolonged self-isolation: Evidence from Italian gamers during the COVID-19 outbreak. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 18(1), 65-74. [More Information]
Viswasam, K., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Starcevic, V. (2021). Prevalence and onset of anxiety and related disorders throughout pregnancy: A prospective study in an Australian sample. Psychiatry Research, 297, 113721. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Starcevic, V., Starcevic, V., Heller, P., Brändle, K., Franke, I., Schneeberger, A., Buadze, A., Gamma, A., Schleifer, R., et al (2021). Relationship between benzodiazepine prescription, aggressive behavior, and behavioral disinhibition: a retrospective study in a Swiss prison. Harm Reduction Journal, 18(1), 58. [More Information]
Arsenakis, S., Chatton, A., Penzenstadler, L., Billieux, J., Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Viswasam, K., Khazaal, Y. (2021). Unveiling the relationships between cyberchondria and psychopathological symptoms. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 143, 254-261. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V. (2021). ‘Things are not what they seem to be’: A proposal for the spectrum approach to conspiracy beliefs. Australasian Psychiatry, 29(5), 535-539. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., King, D., Delfabbro, P., Schimmenti, A., Castro-Calvo, J., Giardina, A., Billieux, J. (2020). "Diagnostic inflation" will not resolve taxonomical problems in the study of addictive online behaviours Commentary on: How to overcome taxonomical problems in the study of Internet use disorders and what to do with "smartphone addiction"? (Montag et al., 2020). Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(4), 915-919. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Schimmenti, A., Billieux, J. (2020). A MODEL OF MULTIFACETED FEAR DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND BALANCING BETWEEN OVEREMPHASISING AND NEGLECTING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FEAR AND ANXIETY: A REPLY TO HEEREN (2020). Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 17(4), 255-259. [More Information]
Fontenelle, L., Oldenhof, E., Eduarda Moreira-de-Oliveira, M., Abramowitz, J., Antony, M., Cath, D., Carter, A., Dougherty, D., Ferrao, Y., Figee, M., Starcevic, V., et al (2020). A transdiagnostic perspective of constructs underlying obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: An international Delphi consensus study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(7), 719-731. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Viswasam, K., Dwyer, A., Raine, K., Starcevic, V. (2020). Advances in the pharmacological management of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the postpartum period. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 21(2), 163-165. [More Information]
Seymour, J., Chapman, T., Starcevic, V., Viswasam, K., Brakoulias, V. (2020). Changing characteristics of a Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre. An eight year follow-up study. Australasian Psychiatry, 28(3), 307-310. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Khazaal, Y. (2020). Editorial: Problematic Gaming, Personality, and Psychiatric Disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 1004. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Choi, T., Kim, T., Yoo, S., Bae, S., Choi, B., Han, D. (2020). Internet gaming disorder and gaming disorder in the context of seeking and not seeking treatment for video-gaming. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 129, 31-39. [More Information]
Vismara, M., Caricasole, V., Starcevic, V., Cinosi, E., Dell'Osso, B., Martinotti, G., Fineberg, N. (2020). Is cyberchondria a new transdiagnostic digital compulsive syndrome? A systematic review of the evidence. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 99, 152167. [More Information]
Perales, J., King, D., Navas, J., Schimmenti, A., Sescousse, G., Starcevic, V., van Holst, R., Billieux, J. (2020). Learning to lose control: A process-based account of behavioral addiction. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, 771-780. [More Information]
Schimmenti, A., Starcevic, V., Giardina, A., Khazaal, Y., Billieux, J. (2020). Multidimensional Assessment of COVID-19-Related Fears (MAC-RF): A Theory-Based Instrument for the Assessment of Clinically Relevant Fears During Pandemics. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 748. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2020). Problematic and compulsive online health research: The two faces of cyberchondria. Clinical Psychology: science and practice, 27(2). [More Information]
Swanton, T., Blaszczynski, A., Forlini, C., Starcevic, V., Gainsbury, S. (2020). Problematic risk-taking involving emerging technologies: A stakeholder framework to minimize harms. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(4), 869-875. [More Information]
Hussain, Z., Starcevic, V. (2020). Problematic social networking site use: a brief review of recent research methods and the way forward. Current Opinion in Psychology, 36, 89-95. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Arnáez, S. (2020). Recent Insights Into Cyberchondria. Current Psychiatry Reports, 22(11), 56. [More Information]
Gainsbury, S., Black, N., Blaszczynski, A., Callaghan, S., Clancey, G., Starcevic, V., Tymula, A. (2020). Reducing Internet Gambling Harms Using Behavioural Science: A Stakeholder Framework. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 598589. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Khazaal, Y., Viswasam, K., Hede, V., McMullan, R. (2020). Relationships between online health information seeking and psychopathology. General Hospital Psychiatry, 62, 96-97. [More Information]
Balon, R., Starcevic, V. (2020). Role of Benzodiazepines in Anxiety Disorders. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1191, 367-388. [More Information]
King, D., Chamberlain, S., Carragher, N., Billieux, J., Stein, D., Mueller, K., Potenza, M., Rumpf, H., Saunders, J., Starcevic, V., et al (2020). Screening and assessment tools for gaming disorder: A comprehensive systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 77, 101831. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Eslick, G., Viswasam, K., Berle, D. (2020). Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder during Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 91(4), 965-981. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Arnáez, S., Vismara, M., Fineberg, N. (2020). The Assessment of Cyberchondria: Instruments for Assessing Problematic Online Health-Related Research. Current Addiction Reports, 7(2), 149-165. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Pepe, R., Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2020). The Feeling of Emptiness: A Review of a Complex Subjective Experience. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 28(5), 287-295. [More Information]
Schimmenti, A., Billieux, J., Starcevic, V. (2020). The four horsemen of fear: An integrated model of understanding fear experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 17(2), 41-45. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Albert, U., Arumugham, S., Bailey, B., Belloch, A., Borda, T., Dell’Osso, L., Elias, J., Falkenstein, M., Viswasam, K., et al (2020). The rates of co-occurring behavioural addictions in treatment-seeking individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary report. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 24(2), 173-175. [More Information]
Balon, R., Starcevic, V., Silberman, E., Cosci, F., Dubovsky, S., Fava, G., Nardi, A., Rickels, K., Salzman, C., Shader, R., et al (2020). The rise and fall and rise of benzodiazepines: a return of the stigmatized and repressed. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 42(3), 243-244. [More Information]
Viswasam, K., Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2020). Trajectories and predictors of anxiety symptoms during pregnancy in an Australian sample. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(12), 1173-1181. [More Information]
Balon, R., Silberman, E., Starcevic, V., Cosci, F., Freire, R., Nardi, A., Rickels, K., Shader, R. (2019). Benzodiazepines, antidepressants and addiction: A plea for conceptual rigor and consistency. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 33(11), 1467-1470. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Baggio, S., Berle, D., Khazaal, Y., Viswasam, K. (2019). Cyberchondria and its Relationships with Related Constructs: a Network Analysis. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 90(3), 491-505. [More Information]
Schimmenti, A., Starcevic, V. (2019). Logical fallacies in justifying problematic gaming as a mental disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(7), 604-605. [More Information]
Cosci, F., Nardi, A., Starcevic, V., Chouinard, G., Balon, R. (2019). Lormetazepam in oral solution: a formulation at risk of high-dose use. Internal and Emergency Medicine, 14(8), 1203-1204. [More Information]
Viswasam, K., Eslick, G., Starcevic, V. (2019). Prevalence, onset and course of anxiety disorders during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 255, 27-40. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Rossi Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2019). Psychotic symptoms in borderline personality disorder: an update. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 32(1), 22-26. [More Information]
Quagliato, L., Cosci, F., Shader, R., Silberman, E., Starcevic, V., Balon, R., Dubovsky, S., Salzman, C., Krystal, J., Weintraub, S., et al (2019). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and benzodiazepines in panic disorder: A meta-analysis of common side effects in acute treatment. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 33(11), 1340-1351. [More Information]
McMullan, R., Berle, D., Arnaez, S., Starcevic, V. (2019). The relationships between health anxiety, online health information seeking, and cyberchondria: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 270-278. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Albert, U., Arumugham, S., Bailey, B., Belloch, A., Borda, T., Dell'Osso, L., Elias, J., Falkenstein, M., Martin, A., Viswasam, K., et al (2019). Treatments used for obsessive-compulsive disorder-An international perspective. Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental, 34(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2019). Will the RANZCP clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of anxiety disorders assist in making adequate treatment decisions for panic disorder? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(4), 362-363. [More Information]
Van Rooij, A., Ferguson, C., Carras, M., Kardefelt-Winther, D., Shi, J., Aarseth, E., Bean, A., Bergmark, K., Brus, A., Coulson, M., Starcevic, V., et al (2018). A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Viswasam, K., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Brakoulias, V., Steel, Z. (2018). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Nepean Dysphoria Scale in a Clinical Sample. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 89(3), 621-629. [More Information]
Benzie, R., Starcevic, V., Viswasam, K., Kennedy, N., Mein, B., Wye, D., Martin, A. (2018). Effect of three- vs four-dimensional ultrasonography on maternal attachment. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 51(4), 558-559. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Gainsbury, S., Starcevic, V., Richard, J., Beck, F., Billieux, J. (2018). Gender differences in gambling preferences and problem gambling: a network-level analysis. International Gambling Studies, 18(3), 512-525. [More Information]
Schimmenti, A., Starcevic, V., Gervasi, A., Deleuze, J., Billieux, J. (2018). Interference with Processing Negative Stimuli in Problematic Internet Users: Preliminary Evidence from an Emotional Stroop Task. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7(7), 1-9. [More Information]
Balon, R., Chouinard, G., Cosci, F., Fava, G., Freire, R., Greenblatt, D., Krystal, J., Nardi, A., Rickels, K., Roth, T., Starcevic, V., et al (2018). International Task Force on Benzodiazepines. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 87(4), 193-194. [More Information]
Dullur, P., Starcevic, V. (2018). Internet gaming disorder does not qualify as a mental disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(2), 110-111. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2018). Models of borderline personality disorder: Recent advances and new perspectives. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 31(1), 57-62. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Janca, A. (2018). Pharmacotherapy of borderline personality disorder: replacing confusion with prudent pragmatism. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 31(1), 69-73. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Billieux, J. (2018). Precise estimates of gaming-related harm should guide regulation of gaming. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(3), 522-525. [More Information]
D'Agostino, A., Aportone, A., Petrini, M., Manganelli, E., Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2018). Preliminary Validation of the Interpersonal Dysphoria Model of Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychopathology, 51(6), 390-399. [More Information]
Milan, L., Trajkovic, G., Bonevski, D., Naumovska, A., Latas, D., Bukumiric, Z., Starcevic, V. (2018). Psychiatrists' treatment preferences for generalized anxiety disorder. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 33(1), 1-7. [More Information]
Hannan, A., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Dale, E., Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V., Viswasam, K. (2018). Routine treatment duration for clients attending a community based anxiety disorders clinic. Australasian Psychiatry, 26(3), 307-310. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Billieux, J., Schimmenti, A. (2018). Selfitis and behavioural addiction: A plea for terminological and conceptual rigour. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(10), 919-920. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Billieux, J., Schimmenti, A. (2018). Selfitis, selfie addiction, Twitteritis: Irresistible appeal of medical terminology for problematic behaviours in the digital age. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(5), 408-409. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Starcevic, V., Studer, J., Simon, O., Gainsbury, S., Gmel, G., Billieux, J. (2018). Technology-Mediated Addictive Behaviors Constitute a Spectrum of Related Yet Distinct Conditions: A Network Perspective. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(5), 564-572. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V. (2018). The importance of aberrant beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(2), 201-202. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V. (2017). Trichotillomania and other 'manias': A lesson in inconsistency, selective concern about stigma and political correctness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51(1), 97-97. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2016). Behavioural addictions: A challenge for psychopathology and psychiatric nosology. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50(8), 721-725. [More Information]
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Berle, D., Moulds, M., Starcevic, V., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Dale, E., Viswasam, K., Brakoulias, V. (2016). Does emotional reasoning change during cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety? Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45(2), 123-135. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V. (2015). Problematic Internet use, reward sensitivity and decision making. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(10), 937-938. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V. (2014). The reappraisal of benzodiazepines in the treatment of anxiety and related disorders. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 14(11), 1275-1286. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V. (2014). Will hypochondriasis be "alive and well" in the ICD-11? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(1), 88-88. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D. (2013). Cyberchondria: towards a better understanding of excessive health-related Internet use. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 13(2), 205-213. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V. (2013). Gustav Mahler as Freud's patient: a note on possible obstacles to communication and understanding. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(3), 271-275. [More Information]
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Lampe, L., Fritz, K., Boyce, P., Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V., Walter, G., Shadbolt, N., Harris, A., Malhi, G. (2013). Psychiatrists and GPs: diagnostic decision making, personality profiles and attitudes toward depression and anxiety. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(3), 231-237. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2013). Separation anxiety disorder in adults: Is the neglect real? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(2), 188-189. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V., Portman, M. (2013). The status quo as a good outcome: how the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder remained unchanged from the DSM-IV criteria. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(11), 995-997. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V. (2013). Video-gaming disorder and behavioural addictions. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(3), 285-286. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V. (2012). Benzodiazepines for anxiety disorders: Maximising the benefits and minimising the risks. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 18(4), 250-258. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V., Portman, M., Beck, A. (2012). Generalized anxiety disorder: between neglect and an epidemic. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 200(8), 664-667. [More Information]
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Starcevic, V. (2005). How to set priorities and fulfil expectations from the mental health care system? - Australian experience. Psihijatrija danas, 37, 59-63.
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Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2005). Thoughtâ€“action fusion: Review of the literature and future directions. Clinical Psychology Review, 25(3), 263-284. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2004). Hypochondriasis: A Challenge For Psychopathology And Treatment. Medical Investigations, 38, 26-32.
Latas, M., Starcevic, V., Vucinic, D. (2004). Predictors Of Work Disabilities In Patients With Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia. European Psychiatry, 19(5), 280-284. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Linden, M., Uhlenhuth, E., Kolar, D., Latas, M. (2004). Treatment Of Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia In An Anxiety Disorders Clinic: Factors Influencing Psychiatrists' Treatment Choices. Psychiatry Research, 125(1), 41-52. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2003). Psychotherapy in the era of evidence-based medicine. Australasian Psychiatry, 11(3), 278-281. [More Information]

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2024

Giardina, A., Schimmenti, A., Starcevic, V., King, D., Di Blasi, M., Billieux, J. (2024). Problematic gaming, social withdrawal, and Escapism: The Compensatory-Dissociative Online Gaming (C-DOG) model. Computers in Human Behavior, 155, 108187. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Bosson, M., Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Simon, O., Billieux, J. (2024). Problematic online behaviors constitute related yet distinct conditions: A cross-sectional study. Computers in Human Behavior, 160, 108358. [More Information]
Pozza, A., Ragucci, F., Angelo, N., Pugi, D., Cuomo, A., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Rosa-Alcazar, A., Fagiolini, A., Starcevic, V. (2024). Worldwide prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 172, 360-381. [More Information]

2023

Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Wootton, B., Arnáez, S., Baggio, S. (2023). A network approach to understanding obsessions and compulsions. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 36. [More Information]
Kenny, N., Starcevic, V., Berle, D. (2023). Associations Between Fear of Guilt and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms. Behaviour Change, 40(3), 169-181. [More Information]
Fournier, L., Schimmenti, A., Musetti, A., Boursier, V., Flayelle, M., Cataldo, I., Starcevic, V., Billieux, J. (2023). Deconstructing the components model of addiction: an illustration through “addictive” use of social media. Addictive Behaviors, 143. [More Information]
Infanti, A., Starcevic, V., Schimmenti, A., Khazaal, Y., Karila, L., Giardina, A., Flayelle, M., Razavi, S., Baggio, S., Vögele, C., et al (2023). Predictors of Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study Using Supervised Machine Learning. JMIR Formative Research, 7. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Eslick, G., Viswasam, K., Billieux, J., Gainsbury, S., King, D., Berle, D. (2023). Problematic online behaviors and psychopathology in Australia. Psychiatry Research, 327. [More Information]
Swanton, T., Callaghan, S., Newton, N., Starcevic, V., Gainsbury, S. (2023). Social media and gambling. In A. House & C. Brennan (Eds.), Social Media and Mental Health, (pp. 98-108). Online: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Hong, Y., Hwang, H., Starcevic, V., Choi, T., Kim, T., Han, D. (2023). Which is more stable and specific: DSM-5 internet gaming disorder or ICD-11 gaming disorder? A longitudinal study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 77(4), 213-222. [More Information]
Bandelow, B., Allgulander, C., Baldwin, D., Costa, D., Denys, D., Dilbaz, N., Domschke, K., Eriksson, E., Fineberg, N., Hättenschwiler, J., Starcevic, V., et al (2023). World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders–Version 3. Part I: Anxiety disorders. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 24(2), 79-117. [More Information]
Bandelow, B., Allgulander, C., Baldwin, D., Costa, D., Denys, D., Dilbaz, N., Domschke, K., Hollander, E., Kasper, S., Möller, H., Starcevic, V., et al (2023). World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders–Version 3. Part II: OCD and PTSD. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 24(2), 118-134. [More Information]

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2022

Schimmenti, A., Billieux, J., Santoro, G., Casale, S., Starcevic, V. (2022). A trauma model of substance use: Elaboration and preliminary validation. Addictive Behaviors, 134. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Pepi, R., Starcevic, V. (2022). Borderline personality disorder and ageing: Myths and realities. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 35(1), 68-72. [More Information]
King, D., Achab, S., Higuchi, S., Bowden-Jones, H., Müller, K., Billieux, J., Starcevic, V., Saunders, J., Tam, P., Delfabbro, P. (2022). Gaming disorder and the COVID-19 pandemic: Treatment demand and service delivery challenges. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 11(2), 243-248. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Janca, A. (2022). Personality dimensions and disorders and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 35(1), 73-77. [More Information]
Musetti, A., Manari, T., Billieux, J., Starcevic, V., Schimmenti, A. (2022). Problematic social networking sites use and attachment: A systematic review. Computers in Human Behavior, 131. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2022). Representation of Benzodiazepines in Treatment Guidelines: The Paradox of Undesirable Objectivity. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Starcevic, V., Billieux, J., King, D., Gainsbury, S., Eslick, G., Berle, D. (2022). Testing the spectrum hypothesis of problematic online behaviors: A network analysis approach. Addictive Behaviors, 135(107451). [More Information]
Santoro, G., Starcevic, V., Scalone, A., Cavallo, J., Musetti, A., Schimmenti, A. (2022). The Doctor Is In(ternet): The Mediating Role of Health Anxiety in the Relationship between Somatic Symptoms and Cyberchondria. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12(9). [More Information]
Rajendran, P., Van Winssen, C., Viswasam, K., Tariq, N., Espinoza, D., Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V. (2022). The psychometric properties of the Nepean Belief Scale as a tool for assessing delusions in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 117. [More Information]
Arnáez, S., García-Soriano, G., Castro, J., Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2022). The Spanish version of the short form of the Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS-12): Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance across genders. Current Psychology. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Iglesias, K., Duarte, M., Nicastro, R., Hasler, R., Euler, S., Debbané, M., Starcevic, V., Perroud, N. (2022). Validation of self-report measures of narcissism against a diagnostic interview. PloS One, 17(4), e0266540. [More Information]

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2021

Silberman, E., Balon, R., Starcevic, V., Shader, R., Cosci, F., Fava, G., Nardi, A., Salzman, C., Sonino, N. (2021). Benzodiazepines: It's time to return to the evidence. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218(3), 125-127. [More Information]
Aboujaoude, E., Starcevic, V. (2021). Case Report: Doubts and Pre-occupations About Being Transgender: Questioning One's Gender Identity or a Case of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 644114. [More Information]
Musetti, A., Starcevic, V., Boursier, V., Corsano, P., Billieux, J., Schimmenti, A. (2021). Childhood emotional abuse and problematic social networking sites use in a sample of Italian adolescents: The mediating role of deficiencies in self-other differentiation and uncertain reflective functioning. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(7), 1666-1684. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2021). Commentary: Worshipping the internet – the perils of serving an unpredictable master – a commentary on Aboujaoude and Gega (2021). Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 26(4), 383-384. [More Information]
Khazaal, Y., Chatton, A., Rochat, L., Hede, V., Viswasam, K., Penzenstadler, L., Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2021). Compulsive Health-Related Internet Use and Cyberchondria. European Addiction Research, 27(1), 58-66. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Schimmenti, A., Billieux, J., Berle, D. (2021). Cyberchondria in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3(1), 53-62. [More Information]
Castro‐Calvo, J., King, D., Stein, D., Brand, M., Carmi, L., Chamberlain, S., Demetrovics, Z., Fineberg, N., Rumpf, H., Yucel, M., Blaszczynski, A., Starcevic, V., et al (2021). Expert appraisal of criteria for assessing gaming disorder: an international Delphi study. Addiction, 116(9), 2463-2475. [More Information]
D'Agostino, A., Pepi, R., Rossi Monti, M., Starcevic, V., Price, A. (2021). Measuring emptiness: Validation of the Italian version of the Subjective Emptiness Scale in clinical and non-clinical populations. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 6, 100226-1-100226-6. [More Information]
Pozza, A., Starcevic, V., Ferretti, F., Pedani, C., Crispino, R., Governi, G., Luchi, S., Gallorini, A., Lochner, C., Coluccia, A. (2021). Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder Co-occurring in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 29(2), 95-107. [More Information]
Giardina, A., Di Blasi, M., Schimmenti, A., King, D., Starcevic, V., Billieux, J. (2021). Online gaming and prolonged self-isolation: Evidence from Italian gamers during the COVID-19 outbreak. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 18(1), 65-74. [More Information]
Viswasam, K., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Starcevic, V. (2021). Prevalence and onset of anxiety and related disorders throughout pregnancy: A prospective study in an Australian sample. Psychiatry Research, 297, 113721. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Starcevic, V., Starcevic, V., Heller, P., Brändle, K., Franke, I., Schneeberger, A., Buadze, A., Gamma, A., Schleifer, R., et al (2021). Relationship between benzodiazepine prescription, aggressive behavior, and behavioral disinhibition: a retrospective study in a Swiss prison. Harm Reduction Journal, 18(1), 58. [More Information]
Arsenakis, S., Chatton, A., Penzenstadler, L., Billieux, J., Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Viswasam, K., Khazaal, Y. (2021). Unveiling the relationships between cyberchondria and psychopathological symptoms. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 143, 254-261. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V. (2021). ‘Things are not what they seem to be’: A proposal for the spectrum approach to conspiracy beliefs. Australasian Psychiatry, 29(5), 535-539. [More Information]

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2020

Starcevic, V., King, D., Delfabbro, P., Schimmenti, A., Castro-Calvo, J., Giardina, A., Billieux, J. (2020). "Diagnostic inflation" will not resolve taxonomical problems in the study of addictive online behaviours Commentary on: How to overcome taxonomical problems in the study of Internet use disorders and what to do with "smartphone addiction"? (Montag et al., 2020). Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(4), 915-919. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Schimmenti, A., Billieux, J. (2020). A MODEL OF MULTIFACETED FEAR DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND BALANCING BETWEEN OVEREMPHASISING AND NEGLECTING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FEAR AND ANXIETY: A REPLY TO HEEREN (2020). Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 17(4), 255-259. [More Information]
Fontenelle, L., Oldenhof, E., Eduarda Moreira-de-Oliveira, M., Abramowitz, J., Antony, M., Cath, D., Carter, A., Dougherty, D., Ferrao, Y., Figee, M., Starcevic, V., et al (2020). A transdiagnostic perspective of constructs underlying obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: An international Delphi consensus study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(7), 719-731. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Viswasam, K., Dwyer, A., Raine, K., Starcevic, V. (2020). Advances in the pharmacological management of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the postpartum period. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 21(2), 163-165. [More Information]
Seymour, J., Chapman, T., Starcevic, V., Viswasam, K., Brakoulias, V. (2020). Changing characteristics of a Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre. An eight year follow-up study. Australasian Psychiatry, 28(3), 307-310. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Khazaal, Y. (2020). Editorial: Problematic Gaming, Personality, and Psychiatric Disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 1004. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Choi, T., Kim, T., Yoo, S., Bae, S., Choi, B., Han, D. (2020). Internet gaming disorder and gaming disorder in the context of seeking and not seeking treatment for video-gaming. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 129, 31-39. [More Information]
Vismara, M., Caricasole, V., Starcevic, V., Cinosi, E., Dell'Osso, B., Martinotti, G., Fineberg, N. (2020). Is cyberchondria a new transdiagnostic digital compulsive syndrome? A systematic review of the evidence. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 99, 152167. [More Information]
Perales, J., King, D., Navas, J., Schimmenti, A., Sescousse, G., Starcevic, V., van Holst, R., Billieux, J. (2020). Learning to lose control: A process-based account of behavioral addiction. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, 771-780. [More Information]
Schimmenti, A., Starcevic, V., Giardina, A., Khazaal, Y., Billieux, J. (2020). Multidimensional Assessment of COVID-19-Related Fears (MAC-RF): A Theory-Based Instrument for the Assessment of Clinically Relevant Fears During Pandemics. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 748. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2020). Problematic and compulsive online health research: The two faces of cyberchondria. Clinical Psychology: science and practice, 27(2). [More Information]
Swanton, T., Blaszczynski, A., Forlini, C., Starcevic, V., Gainsbury, S. (2020). Problematic risk-taking involving emerging technologies: A stakeholder framework to minimize harms. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(4), 869-875. [More Information]
Hussain, Z., Starcevic, V. (2020). Problematic social networking site use: a brief review of recent research methods and the way forward. Current Opinion in Psychology, 36, 89-95. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Arnáez, S. (2020). Recent Insights Into Cyberchondria. Current Psychiatry Reports, 22(11), 56. [More Information]
Gainsbury, S., Black, N., Blaszczynski, A., Callaghan, S., Clancey, G., Starcevic, V., Tymula, A. (2020). Reducing Internet Gambling Harms Using Behavioural Science: A Stakeholder Framework. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 598589. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Khazaal, Y., Viswasam, K., Hede, V., McMullan, R. (2020). Relationships between online health information seeking and psychopathology. General Hospital Psychiatry, 62, 96-97. [More Information]
Balon, R., Starcevic, V. (2020). Role of Benzodiazepines in Anxiety Disorders. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1191, 367-388. [More Information]
King, D., Chamberlain, S., Carragher, N., Billieux, J., Stein, D., Mueller, K., Potenza, M., Rumpf, H., Saunders, J., Starcevic, V., et al (2020). Screening and assessment tools for gaming disorder: A comprehensive systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 77, 101831. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Eslick, G., Viswasam, K., Berle, D. (2020). Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder during Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 91(4), 965-981. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Arnáez, S., Vismara, M., Fineberg, N. (2020). The Assessment of Cyberchondria: Instruments for Assessing Problematic Online Health-Related Research. Current Addiction Reports, 7(2), 149-165. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Pepe, R., Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2020). The Feeling of Emptiness: A Review of a Complex Subjective Experience. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 28(5), 287-295. [More Information]
Schimmenti, A., Billieux, J., Starcevic, V. (2020). The four horsemen of fear: An integrated model of understanding fear experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 17(2), 41-45. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Albert, U., Arumugham, S., Bailey, B., Belloch, A., Borda, T., Dell’Osso, L., Elias, J., Falkenstein, M., Viswasam, K., et al (2020). The rates of co-occurring behavioural addictions in treatment-seeking individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary report. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 24(2), 173-175. [More Information]
Balon, R., Starcevic, V., Silberman, E., Cosci, F., Dubovsky, S., Fava, G., Nardi, A., Rickels, K., Salzman, C., Shader, R., et al (2020). The rise and fall and rise of benzodiazepines: a return of the stigmatized and repressed. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 42(3), 243-244. [More Information]
Viswasam, K., Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2020). Trajectories and predictors of anxiety symptoms during pregnancy in an Australian sample. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(12), 1173-1181. [More Information]

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2019

Balon, R., Silberman, E., Starcevic, V., Cosci, F., Freire, R., Nardi, A., Rickels, K., Shader, R. (2019). Benzodiazepines, antidepressants and addiction: A plea for conceptual rigor and consistency. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 33(11), 1467-1470. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Baggio, S., Berle, D., Khazaal, Y., Viswasam, K. (2019). Cyberchondria and its Relationships with Related Constructs: a Network Analysis. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 90(3), 491-505. [More Information]
Schimmenti, A., Starcevic, V. (2019). Logical fallacies in justifying problematic gaming as a mental disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(7), 604-605. [More Information]
Cosci, F., Nardi, A., Starcevic, V., Chouinard, G., Balon, R. (2019). Lormetazepam in oral solution: a formulation at risk of high-dose use. Internal and Emergency Medicine, 14(8), 1203-1204. [More Information]
Viswasam, K., Eslick, G., Starcevic, V. (2019). Prevalence, onset and course of anxiety disorders during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 255, 27-40. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Rossi Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2019). Psychotic symptoms in borderline personality disorder: an update. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 32(1), 22-26. [More Information]
Quagliato, L., Cosci, F., Shader, R., Silberman, E., Starcevic, V., Balon, R., Dubovsky, S., Salzman, C., Krystal, J., Weintraub, S., et al (2019). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and benzodiazepines in panic disorder: A meta-analysis of common side effects in acute treatment. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 33(11), 1340-1351. [More Information]
McMullan, R., Berle, D., Arnaez, S., Starcevic, V. (2019). The relationships between health anxiety, online health information seeking, and cyberchondria: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 270-278. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Albert, U., Arumugham, S., Bailey, B., Belloch, A., Borda, T., Dell'Osso, L., Elias, J., Falkenstein, M., Martin, A., Viswasam, K., et al (2019). Treatments used for obsessive-compulsive disorder-An international perspective. Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental, 34(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2019). Will the RANZCP clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of anxiety disorders assist in making adequate treatment decisions for panic disorder? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(4), 362-363. [More Information]

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2018

Van Rooij, A., Ferguson, C., Carras, M., Kardefelt-Winther, D., Shi, J., Aarseth, E., Bean, A., Bergmark, K., Brus, A., Coulson, M., Starcevic, V., et al (2018). A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Viswasam, K., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Brakoulias, V., Steel, Z. (2018). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Nepean Dysphoria Scale in a Clinical Sample. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 89(3), 621-629. [More Information]
Benzie, R., Starcevic, V., Viswasam, K., Kennedy, N., Mein, B., Wye, D., Martin, A. (2018). Effect of three- vs four-dimensional ultrasonography on maternal attachment. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 51(4), 558-559. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Gainsbury, S., Starcevic, V., Richard, J., Beck, F., Billieux, J. (2018). Gender differences in gambling preferences and problem gambling: a network-level analysis. International Gambling Studies, 18(3), 512-525. [More Information]
Schimmenti, A., Starcevic, V., Gervasi, A., Deleuze, J., Billieux, J. (2018). Interference with Processing Negative Stimuli in Problematic Internet Users: Preliminary Evidence from an Emotional Stroop Task. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7(7), 1-9. [More Information]
Balon, R., Chouinard, G., Cosci, F., Fava, G., Freire, R., Greenblatt, D., Krystal, J., Nardi, A., Rickels, K., Roth, T., Starcevic, V., et al (2018). International Task Force on Benzodiazepines. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 87(4), 193-194. [More Information]
Dullur, P., Starcevic, V. (2018). Internet gaming disorder does not qualify as a mental disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(2), 110-111. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2018). Models of borderline personality disorder: Recent advances and new perspectives. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 31(1), 57-62. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Janca, A. (2018). Pharmacotherapy of borderline personality disorder: replacing confusion with prudent pragmatism. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 31(1), 69-73. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Billieux, J. (2018). Precise estimates of gaming-related harm should guide regulation of gaming. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(3), 522-525. [More Information]
D'Agostino, A., Aportone, A., Petrini, M., Manganelli, E., Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2018). Preliminary Validation of the Interpersonal Dysphoria Model of Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychopathology, 51(6), 390-399. [More Information]
Milan, L., Trajkovic, G., Bonevski, D., Naumovska, A., Latas, D., Bukumiric, Z., Starcevic, V. (2018). Psychiatrists' treatment preferences for generalized anxiety disorder. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 33(1), 1-7. [More Information]
Hannan, A., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Dale, E., Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V., Viswasam, K. (2018). Routine treatment duration for clients attending a community based anxiety disorders clinic. Australasian Psychiatry, 26(3), 307-310. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Billieux, J., Schimmenti, A. (2018). Selfitis and behavioural addiction: A plea for terminological and conceptual rigour. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(10), 919-920. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Billieux, J., Schimmenti, A. (2018). Selfitis, selfie addiction, Twitteritis: Irresistible appeal of medical terminology for problematic behaviours in the digital age. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(5), 408-409. [More Information]
Baggio, S., Starcevic, V., Studer, J., Simon, O., Gainsbury, S., Gmel, G., Billieux, J. (2018). Technology-Mediated Addictive Behaviors Constitute a Spectrum of Related Yet Distinct Conditions: A Network Perspective. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32(5), 564-572. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V. (2018). The importance of aberrant beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(2), 201-202. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Viswasam, K., Brown, C. (2018). The Nepean Belief Scale: preliminary reliability and validity in obsessive-compulsive disorder. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 22(2), 84-88. [More Information]
Nardi, A., Cosci, F., Balon, R., Weintraub, S., Freire, R., Krystal, J., Roth, T., Silberman, E., Sonino, N., Starcevic, V., et al (2018). The Prescription of Benzodiazepines for Panic Disorder: Time for an Evidence-Based Educational Approach. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 38(4), 283-285. [More Information]

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2017

D’Agostino, A., Aportone, A., Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2017). Assessing situational dysphoria in borderline patients: Development and preliminary validation of the Situational Dysphoria Scale (SITDS). Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 14(6), 415-423.
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Belloch, A., Brown, C., Ferrao, Y., Fontenelle, L., Lochner, C., Marazziti, D., Matsunaga, H., Miguel, E., Viswasam, K., et al (2017). Comorbidity, age of onset and suicidality in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD): An international collaboration. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 76, 79-86. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V. (2017). Current understanding of the relationships between obsessive-compulsive disorder and personality disturbance. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 30(1), 50-55. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2017). Cyberchondria: Challenges of Problematic Online Searches for Health-Related Information. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 86(3), 129-133. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Billieux, J. (2017). Does the construct of internet addiction reflect a single entity or a spectrum of disorders? Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 14(1), 5-10.
Starcevic, V., Aboujaoude, E. (2017). Internet addiction: Reappraisal of an increasingly inadequate concept. CNS Spectrums, 22(1), 7-13. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Aboujaoude, E. (2017). Internet Gaming Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Addiction. Current Addiction Reports, 4(3), 317-322. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2017). Internet Gaming Disorder: Inadequate diagnostic criteria wrapped in a constraining conceptual model: Commentary on: Chaos and confusion in DSM-5 diagnosis of Internet Gaming Disorder: Issues, concerns, and recommendations for clarity in the field (Kuss et al.). Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6(2), 110-113. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2017). No role for benzodiazepines in posttraumatic stress disorder? A surplus of certainty despite scarce evidence. Australasian Psychiatry, 25(4), 339-341. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Covanti, S., Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2017). Reconsidering Emotion Dysregulation. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 88(4), 807-825. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Khazaal, Y. (2017). Relationships between Behavioural Addictions and Psychiatric Disorders: What Is Known and What Is Yet to Be Learned? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 8, 1-7. [More Information]
Aarseth, E., Bean, A., Boonen, H., Carras, M., Coulson, M., Das, D., Deleuze, J., Dunkels, E., Edman, J., Starcevic, V., et al (2017). Scholars' open debate paper on the world health organization ICD-11 gaming disorder proposal. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6(3), 267-270. [More Information]
Harris, K., Starcevic, V., Ma, J., Zhang, W., Aboujaoude, E. (2017). Suicidality, psychopathology, and the internet: Online time vs. online behaviors. Psychiatry Research, 225, 341-346. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2017). Trichotillomania and other 'manias': A lesson in inconsistency, selective concern about stigma and political correctness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51(1), 97-97. [More Information]

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2016

Starcevic, V. (2016). Behavioural addictions: A challenge for psychopathology and psychiatric nosology. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50(8), 721-725. [More Information]
D’Agostino, A., Manganelli, E., Aportone, A., Monti, M., Starcevic, V. (2016). Development, cross-cultural adaptation process and preliminary validation of the Italian version of the Nepean Dysphoria Scale. Journal of Psychopathology, 22(2), 149-156.
Berle, D., Moulds, M., Starcevic, V., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Dale, E., Viswasam, K., Brakoulias, V. (2016). Does emotional reasoning change during cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety? Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45(2), 123-135. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Belloch, A., Dell'Osso, L., Ferrao, Y., Fontenelle, L., Lochner, C., Marazziti, D., Martin, A., Matsunaga, H., Viswasam, K., et al (2016). International prescribing practices in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 31(4), 319-324. [More Information]
Bukumiric, Z., Starcevic, V., Stanisavljevic, D., Marinkovic, J., Milic, N., Djukic-Dejanovic, S., Janjic, V., Corac, A., Ilic, A., Kostic, M., et al (2016). Meta-analysis of the changes in correlations between depression instruments used in longitudinal studies. Journal of Affective Disorders, 190, 733-743. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Martin, A., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Viswasam, K. (2016). The familiality of specific symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Research, 239, 315-319. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2016). The importance of distinguishing between dependence and addiction in the context of long-term benzodiazepine use. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50(11), 1111-1112. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2016). The paradoxes of doubting in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50(1), 19-20. [More Information]
Castle, D., Starcevic, V. (2016). The post-traumatic syndromes. In G. Fink (Eds.), Stress: Concepts, Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior. Handbook of Stress, Volume 1, (pp. 213-218). United Kingdom: Academic Press.
Aboujaoude, E., Starcevic, V. (2016). The rise of online impulsivity: a public health issue. The Lancet Psychiatry, 3(11), 1014-1015. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Dale, E., Skepper, B., Viswasam, K., Brakoulias, V. (2016). The structure and intensity of self-reported autonomic arousal symptoms across anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 199, 81-86. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2016). Tolerance and withdrawal symptoms may not be helpful to enhance understanding of behavioural addictions. Addiction, 111(7), 1307-1308. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Conceicao do Rosario, M., Brakoulias, V., Ferrao, Y., Viswasam, K., Shavitt, R., Miguel, E., Fontenelle, L. (2016). Use of benzodiazepines in obsessive-compulsive disorder. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31(1), 27-33. [More Information]
Griffiths, M., van Rooij, A., Kardefelt-Winther, D., Starcevic, V., KirÃ¡ly, O., Pallesen, S., MÃ¼ller, K., Dreier, M., Carras, M., Prause, N., et al (2016). Working towards an international consensus on criteria for assessing internet gaming disorder: A critical commentary on Petry et al. (2014). Addiction, 111(1), 167-175. [More Information]

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2015

Brakoulias, V., Eslick, G., Starcevic, V. (2015). A meta-analysis of the response of pathological hoarding to pharmacotherapy. Psychiatry Research, 229(1-2), 272-276. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Porter, G., Fenech, P. (2015). Are some video games associated with more life interference and psychopathology than others? Comparing massively multiplayer online role-playing games with other forms of video game. Australian Journal of Psychology, 67(2), 105-114. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2015). Benzodiapines and Anxiety Disorders. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 344-351). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Classification of anxiety disorders and conceptual and diagnostic issues. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 31-42). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Combining medications and cognitive-behavioural treatments. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 352-358). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Aboujaoude, E., Savage, M., Starcevic, V., Salame, W. (2015). Cyberbullying: Review of an Old Problem Gone Viral. Journal of Adolescent Health, 57(1), 10-18. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Aboujaoude, E. (2015). Cyberchondria, cyberbullying, cybersuicide, cybersex: "new" psychopathologies for the 21st century? World Psychiatry, 14(1), 97-100. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D. (2015). Cyberchondria: An Old Phenomenon in a New Guise? In Elias Aboujaude, Vladan Starcevic (Eds.), Mental Health in the Digital Age: Grave Dangers, Great Promises, (pp. 106-117). New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Dale, E., Brakoulias, V., Viswasam, K. (2015). Do patients prefer face-to-face or internet-based therapy? Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 84(1), 61-62. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2015). Generalized anxiety disorder: psychopharmacotherapy update on a common and commonly overlooked condition. Australasian Psychiatry, 23(4), 338-342. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2015). How to use medications to treat anxiety disorders. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 328-333). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Hypochondriasis: treatment options for a diagnostic quagmire. Australasian Psychiatry, 23(4), 369-373. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V., Viswasam, K., Berle, D. (2015). Inconsistent Portrayal of Medication Dependence, Withdrawal and Discontinuation Symptoms in Treatment Guidelines for Anxiety Disorders. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 84(6), 379-380. [More Information]
Aboujaoude, E., Starcevic, V. (2015). Introduction: www (dot) Mental Health. In Elias Aboujaude, Vladan Starcevic (Eds.), Mental Health in the Digital Age: Grave Dangers, Great Promises, (pp. xiii-xix). New York: Oxford University Press.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Medications that work and how to choose between them. In P Boyce, A Harris, J Drobny, L Lampe, V Starcevic, and R Bryant (Eds.), The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders, (pp. 334-343). Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Mental health services for 'experts by experience'? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(2), 186-186. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2015). Problematic Internet use, reward sensitivity and decision making. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(10), 937-938. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Viswasam, K., Hannan, A., Milicevic, D., Brakoulias, V., Dale, E. (2015). Specificity of the Relationships Between Dysphoria and Related Constructs in an Outpatient Sample. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 86(4), 459-469. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2015). The Popularity of Benzodiazepines, Their Advantages, and Inadequate Pharmacological Alternatives. JAMA Psychiatry, 72(6), 623-624. [More Information]
Boyce, P., Harris, A., Drobny, J., Lampe, L., Starcevic, V., Bryant, R. (2015). The Sydney Handbook of Anxiety Disorders. Sydney: University of Sydney.
Starcevic, V. (2015). Trichotillomania: Impulsive, compulsive or both? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(7), 660-661. [More Information]

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2014

Starcevic, V. (2014). Boundaries and Overlap between Hypochondriasis and Other Disorders: Differential Diagnosis and Patterns of Co-occurrence. Current Psychiatry Reviews, 10(1), 24-33. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2014). Classification of anxiety disorders: Changes, conundrums and consequences. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 48(12), 1164-1165. [More Information]
Phu, A., Xu, Z., Brakoulias, V., Mahant, N., Fung, V., De Moore, G., Martin, A., Starcevic, V., Krause, M. (2014). Effect of impulse control disorders on disability and quality of life in Parkinson's disease patients. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 21(1), 63-66. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Noyes Jr., R. (2014). Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety: A Guide for Clinicians. New York: Oxford University Press.
Starcevic, V., Noyes Jr., R. (2014). Introduction and Key Issues. In Vladan Starcevic, Russell Noyes Jr. (Eds.), Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety: A Guide for Clinicians, (pp. 1-7). New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V. (2014). New diagnostic perspectives on obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and its links with other conditions. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 27(1), 62-67. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2014). Relationships with Other Psychopathology and Differential Diagnosis of Hypochondriasis. In Vladan Starcevic, Russell Noyes Jr. (Eds.), Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety: A Guide for Clinicians, (pp. 39-64). New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2014). Should we deplore the disappearance of hypochondriasis from DSM-5? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 48(4), 373-374. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Viswasam, K., Robledo, K. (2014). The clinical characteristics of obsessive compulsive disorder associated with high levels of schizotypy. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 48(9), 852-860. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2014). The reappraisal of benzodiazepines in the treatment of anxiety and related disorders. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 14(11), 1275-1286. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Martin, A. (2014). The relationships between obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions and cognitions in obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 85(2), 133-142. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2014). Will hypochondriasis be "alive and well" in the ICD-11? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(1), 88-88. [More Information]

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2013

Starcevic, V., Berle, D. (2013). Cyberchondria: towards a better understanding of excessive health-related Internet use. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 13(2), 205-213. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Bearle, D., Sammut, P., Milicevic, D., Moses, K., Hannan, A., Martin, A. (2013). Further Support for Five Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(6), 452-459. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2013). Gustav Mahler as Freud's patient: a note on possible obstacles to communication and understanding. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(3), 271-275. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2013). Hypochondriasis and health anxiety: conceptual challenges. British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(1), 7-8. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2013). Is Internet addiction a useful concept? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(1), 16-19. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2013). Is the need for medications with calming effects ever going to disappear? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(10), 971-971. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2013). Looking for balance between promoting adult separation anxiety disorder and overlooking it. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(8), 782-784. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Brakoulias, V., Sammut, P., Moses, K., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A. (2013). Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder co-occurring with obsessive-compulsive disorder: Conceptual and clinical implications. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(1), 65-73. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Seymour, J., Lee, J., Sammut, P., Starcevic, V. (2013). Predictors of the length of stay in a psychiatric emergency care centre. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(6), 563-566. [More Information]
Lampe, L., Fritz, K., Boyce, P., Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V., Walter, G., Shadbolt, N., Harris, A., Malhi, G. (2013). Psychiatrists and GPs: diagnostic decision making, personality profiles and attitudes toward depression and anxiety. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(3), 231-237. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2013). Separation anxiety disorder in adults: Is the neglect real? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(2), 188-189. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Moses, K., Hannan, A., Sammut, P., Martin, A. (2013). The characteristics of unacceptable/taboo thoughts in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 54(7), 750-757. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Portman, M. (2013). The status quo as a good outcome: how the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder remained unchanged from the DSM-IV criteria. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(11), 995-997. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Moses, K., Hannan, A., Sammut, P., Martin, A. (2013). The use of psychotropic agents for the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Australasian Psychiatry, 21(2), 117-121. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2013). Video-gaming disorder and behavioural addictions. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(3), 285-286. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Monti, M., Dâ€™Agostino, A., Berle, D. (2013). Will DSM-5 make us feel dysphoric? Conceptualisation(s) of dysphoria in the most recent classification of mental disorders. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47(10), 954-955. [More Information]

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2012

Starcevic, V. (2012). Benzodiazepines for anxiety disorders: Maximising the benefits and minimising the risks. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 18(4), 250-258. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Sammut, P., Berle, D., Hannan, A., Milicevic, D., Moses, K., Lamplugh, C., Eslick, G. (2012). Can levels of a general anxiety-prone cognitive style distinguish between various anxiety disorders? Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53(5), 427-433. [More Information]
Lampe, L., Shadbolt, N., Starcevic, V., Boyce, P., Brakoulias, V., Hitching, R., Viswasam, K., Walter, G., Malhi, G. (2012). Diagnostic processes in mental health: GPs and psychiatrists reading from the same book but on a different page. Australasian Psychiatry, 20(5), 374-378. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V., Sammut, P., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Moses, K. (2012). Disgust propensity in obsessive-compulsive disorder: cross-sectional and prospective relationships. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 43(1), 656-663. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Portman, M., Beck, A. (2012). Generalized anxiety disorder: between neglect and an epidemic. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 200(8), 664-667. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Brakoulias, V., Sammut, P., Moses, K., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A. (2012). Interpersonal reassurance seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder and its relationship with checking compulsions. Psychiatry Research, 200(2-3), 560-567. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2012). Preliminary validation of the Nepean Dysphoria Scale. Australasian Psychiatry, 20(4), 322-326. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2012). Reconsidering benzodiazepines in the treatment of panic disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46(3), 271-272. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2012). The life and music of Alexander Scriabin: megalomania revisited. Australasian Psychiatry, 20(1), 57-60. [More Information]

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2011

Portman, M., Starcevic, V., Beck, A. (2011). Challenges in assessment and diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder. Psychiatric Annals, 41(2), 79-85. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Brakoulias, V., Sammut, P., Moses, K., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A. (2011). Functions of compulsions in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45(6), 449-457. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2011). Have Anxiety Disorders Been Disowned by Psychiatrists? Australasian Psychiatry, 19(1), 12-16. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Sammut, P., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Moses, K., Hannan, A. (2011). Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders: a comorbidity and family history perspective. Australasian Psychiatry, 19(2), 151-155. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Janca, A. (2011). Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders: still in search of the concept-affirming boundaries. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 24(1), 55-60. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Moses, K., Hannan, A., Milicevic, D., Sammut, P. (2011). Preliminary validation of an ultra-brief version of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 18(4), 339-346. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Porter, G., Fenech, P. (2011). Problem Video Game Use and Dimensions of Psychopathology. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 9(3), 248-256. [More Information]
Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V. (2011). The Characterization of Beliefs in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The Psychiatric Quarterly, 82(2), 151-161. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Brakoulias, V., Sammut, P., Moses, K., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A. (2011). The nature and correlates of avoidance in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45(10), 871-879. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Hood, S. (2011). Treatment-Refractory Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Psychiatric Annals, 41(2), 104-112. [More Information]

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2010

Starcevic, V. (2010). Anxiety Disorders in Adults: A Clinical Guide. New York: Oxford University Press.
Brakoulias, V., Mandali, R., Seymour, J., Sammut, P., Starcevic, V. (2010). Characteristics of admissions to a recently opened Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre. Australasian Psychiatry, 18(4), 326-329. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Moses, K. (2010). Do Symptom Interpretations Mediate the Relationship Between Panic Attack Symptoms and Agoraphobic Avoidance? Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 38(3), 275-289. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2010). Euphemisms, political correctness and the identity of psychiatrists. Australasian Psychiatry, 18(2), 181-182. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2010). Problematic Internet use: a distinct disorder, a manifestation of an underlying psychopathology, or a troublesome behaviour? World Psychiatry, 9(2), 92-93. [More Information]
Porter, G., Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Fenech, P. (2010). Recognizing problem video game use. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44(2), 120-128. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Milicevic, D., Moses, K., Hannan, A., Sammut, P., Brakoulias, V. (2010). The Factor Structure of the Kessler-10 Questionnaire in a Treatment-Seeking Sample. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 198(9), 660-664. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Porter, G. (2010). Virtual violence: The games people play. In E Aboujaoude and L M Koran (Eds.), Impulse Control Disorders, (pp. 182-188). New York: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]

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2009

Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Fenech, P., Milicevic, D., Lamplugh, C., Hannan, A. (2009). Distinctiveness of perceived health in panic disorder and relation to panic disorder severity. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 33(3), 323-333. [More Information]
Latas, M., Soldatovic, I., Stamenovi, M., Starcevic, V. (2009). Panic attacks simulate presence of somatic illnesses. Medicinski pregled, 62(3-4), 165-170. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2009). The relationship between psychodynamic and cognitive and behavioural theories and therapies. In Eric Lj (Eds.), Psychodynamic Psychiatry, (pp. 284-292). Croatia: Sluzbeni glasnik.

2008

Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V. (2008). A cross-sectional survey of the frequency and characteristics of delusions in acute psychiatric wards. Australasian Psychiatry, 16(2), 87-91. [More Information]
Lamplugh, C., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Starcevic, V. (2008). A pilot study of cognitive behaviour therapy for panic disorder augmented by panic surfing. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 15(6), 440-5. [More Information]
Stuart, S., Noyes, R., Starcevic, V., Barsky, A. (2008). An integrative approach to somatoform disorders combining interpersonal and cognitive-behavioural theory and techniques. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 38, 45-53.
Starcevic, V. (2008). Anxiety disorders no more? Australasian Psychiatry, 16(5), 317-21. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Latas, M., Kolar, D., Vucinic-Latas, D., Bogojevic, G., Milovanovic, S. (2008). Co-occurrence of Axis I and Axis II disorders in female and male patients with panic disorder with agoraphobia. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 49, 537-543. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V., Hannan, A., Milicevic, D., Lamplugh, C., Fenech, P. (2008). Cognitive factors in panic disorder, agoraphobic avoidance and agoraphobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46(2), 282-291. [More Information]
Uhlenhuth, E., Starcevic, V., Qualls, C., Antal, E., Matuzas, W., Javaid, J., Barnhill, J. (2008). Cognitive style, alprazolam plasma levels, and treatment response in panic disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 25(8), E18-26. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2008). Hypochondriasis between health and psychosis. Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 136(9-10), 559-565. [More Information]
Latas, M., Trajkovic, G., Starcevic, V. (2008). Predictors of psychiatric comorbidity in patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia. Psihijatrija danas, 40, 163-173.
Starcevic, V., Brakoulias, V. (2008). Symptom subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder: are they relevant for treatment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42(8), 651-661. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2008). Treatment of panic disorder: recent developments and current status. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 8(8), 1219-1232. [More Information]
Bandelow, B., Yenson, T., Yeo, B., Hollander, E., Kasper, S., Moller, H., Starcevic, V., et al (2008). World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and post-traumatic stress disorders - first revision. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 9(4), 248-312. [More Information]

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2007

Porter, G., Starcevic, V. (2007). Are violent video games harmful? Australasian Psychiatry, 15(5), 422-426. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2007). Body as the source of threat and fear of death in hypochondriasis and panic disorder. Psihijatrija danas, 39, 73-82.
Starcevic, V. (2007). Do benzodiazepines have a role in the long-term treatment of anxiety disorders? In D. Castle, S. Hood, M. Kyrios (Eds.), Anxiety Disorders: Current Controversies, Future Directions, (pp. 203-212). Australia: Australian Postgraduate Medicine.
Starcevic, V. (2007). Dysphoric about dysphoria: towards a greater conceptual clarity of the term. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(1), 9-13. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2007). Inconsistencies between reported test statistics and p-values in two psychiatry journals. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 16(4), 202-207. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2007). Is the subtyping of panic attacks valid? World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 8, 87.
Starcevic, V., Berle, D., Milicevic, D., Hannan, A., Lamplugh, C., Eslick, G. (2007). Pathological worry, anxiety disorders and the impact of co-occurrence with depressive and other anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21(8), 1016-1027. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2007). The conceptual validity of panic disorder and agoraphobia. In D. Castle, S. Hood, M. Kyrios (Eds.), Anxiety Disorders: Current Controversies, Future Directions, (pp. 1-10). Australia: Australian Postgraduate Medicine.

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2006

Uhlenhuth, E., Starcevic, V., Qualls, C., Antal, E., Matuzas, W., Javaid, J., Barnhill, J. (2006). Abrupt Discontinuation of Alprazolam and Cognitive Style in Patients With Panic Disorder: Early Effects on Mood, Performance, and Vital Signs. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26(5), 519-523. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2006). Anxiety states: a review of conceptual and treatment issues. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 19(1), 79-83. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Latas, M., Kolar, D., Berle, D. (2006). Are there gender differences in catastrophic appraisals in panic disorder with agoraphobia? Depression and Anxiety, DOI: 10.1002/da.20245, 1-8. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Berle, D. (2006). Cognitive specificity of anxiety disorders: a review of selected key constructs. Depression and Anxiety, 23(2), 51-61. [More Information]
Latas, M., Mitrovic, M., Starcevic, V. (2006). Gender differences in psychopathologic features of agoraphobia with panic disorder. Vojnosanitetski Pregled. Military-Medical and Pharmaceutical Review, 63, 569-574. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Lipsitt, D. (2006). Psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of somatoform disorders. Psychiatric Annals, 36(5), 341-348.
Latas, M., Starcevic, V., Trajkovic, G. (2006). Relationship of psychiatric comorbidity and treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia. Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 134, 267-72. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2006). Review: worldwide lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders is 16.6%, with considerable heterogeneity between studies. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 9(4), 115. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2006). Somatoform disorders and DSM-V: conceptual and political issues in the debate. Psychosomatics, 47(4), 277-281. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2006). The spectrum of psychopathology in hypochondriasis. Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria, 34, 38-39.

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2005

Starcevic, V. (2005). Anxiety Disorders in Adults: A Clinical Guide. New York: Oxford University Press.
Starcevic, V. (2005). Fear of Death in Hypochondriasis: Bodily Threat and Its Treatment Implications. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 35(3), 227-237.
Starcevic, V. (2005). How to Improve Pharmacological Treatment of Panic Disorder? In Sanfelippo A (Eds.), Panic Disorders: New Research, (pp. 147-162). Hauppauge, New York,: Nova Science Publishers.
Starcevic, V. (2005). How to set priorities and fulfil expectations from the mental health care system? - Australian experience. Psihijatrija danas, 37, 59-63.
Starcevic, V. (2005). Hypochondriasis: An endless source of controversies? In Maj M; Akiskal H; Mezzich J; Okasha A (Eds.), Somatoform Disorders Volume 9. World Psychiatric Association Series â€œEvidence and Experience in Psychiatry", (pp. 1896-1901). Chichester, England: Wiley.
Starcevic, V. (2005). Issues in the pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders. Australasian Psychiatry, 13, 371-374. [More Information]
Starcevic, V. (2005). Psychiatric comorbidity: Concepts, controversies and alternatives. Australasian Psychiatry, 13, 375-378. [More Information]
Berle, D., Starcevic, V. (2005). Thoughtâ€“action fusion: Review of the literature and future directions. Clinical Psychology Review, 25(3), 263-284. [More Information]

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2004

Starcevic, V. (2004). Hypochondriasis: A Challenge For Psychopathology And Treatment. Medical Investigations, 38, 26-32.
Latas, M., Starcevic, V., Vucinic, D. (2004). Predictors Of Work Disabilities In Patients With Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia. European Psychiatry, 19(5), 280-284. [More Information]
Starcevic, V., Linden, M., Uhlenhuth, E., Kolar, D., Latas, M. (2004). Treatment Of Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia In An Anxiety Disorders Clinic: Factors Influencing Psychiatrists' Treatment Choices. Psychiatry Research, 125(1), 41-52. [More Information]

2003

Starcevic, V. (2003). Psychotherapy in the era of evidence-based medicine. Australasian Psychiatry, 11(3), 278-281. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2008

Impulse Control Disorders and Quality of Life, Krause M, Starcevic V, Parkinsons New South Wales Incorporated/Research Support

2007

Preliminary validation of the nepean dysphoria scale, Starcevic V, University of Sydney/Internal Scheme

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