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Paul Frewen

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Associate Professor, Basic ScientistDepartment of PsychiatryWestern University

Paul Frewen

Associate Professor, Basic Scientist

Department of Psychiatry

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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13 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

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Eeg Neurofeedback Mindfulness Meditation Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd)

Latest papers

Screening for psychotrauma related symptomatology: Greek adaptation and validation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen.
European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026
Toward a definition of treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health · 2026
Augmenting evidence-based PTSD psychotherapy with neuroscientifically informed interventions: A mind-body-brain approach
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health · 2026

All 47 publications

Latest funding

Virtual Reality NeuroRegulation (VR-NR) - Lab2Market Assessment
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Canadian Consortium on Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care: Developing cohesive intersectoral practices and policies to support trauma-impacted children and youth
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$807,914
Neural, cognitive and biological correlates of the dissociative subtype of PTSD among military members
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$607,780

All 8 grants and awards

47 publications.

Screening for psychotrauma related symptomatology: Greek adaptation and validation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen.

Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous X, Syros I, Charalampidou P, Frewen P, Jernslett M, Evgeniou E, Miliaraki C, Papathanasiou E, Olff M, Hoeber C

European journal of psychotraumatology2026

DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2025.2607315 PMID: 41608974

Toward a definition of treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review

Al-Shamali HF, Meshkat S, Janssen-Aguilar R, Uthayakumar H, Burback L, Winkler O, Zhang Y, Greenshaw A, Enns MW, Nicholson AA

Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health20263 citations

DOI: 10.3138/jmvfh-2025-0015

Augmenting evidence-based PTSD psychotherapy with neuroscientifically informed interventions: A mind-body-brain approach

Jetly R, Frewen P, Lieberman JM, Kearney B, Al-Shamali HF, Bhat V, Lanius R, Nicholson AA

Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health20261 citations

DOI: 10.3138/jmvfh-2025-0024

Barriers to and facilitators of measurement-based care in posttraumatic stress disorder treatment: A systematic review

Al-Shamali HF, Martin J, Perivolaris A, Kami A, Al-Hassan MA, Fikretoglu D, Germain A, Nicholson AA, Krishnan S, Greenshaw A

Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health2026

DOI: 10.3138/jmvfh-2025-0012

Alpha rhythm transcranial electrical stimulation to inferior parietal cortex increases alpha power and phase synchrony while attending to mind-body self-states.

Bao Z, Frewen P

Neuroscience2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.01.013 PMID: 39984028

The Human Affectome.

Schiller D, Yu ANC, Alia-Klein N, Becker S, Cromwell HC, Dolcos F, Eslinger PJ, Frewen P, Kemp AH, Pace-Schott EF, Raber J, Silton RL, Stefanova E, Williams JHG, Abe N, Aghajani M, Albrecht F, Alexander R, Anders S, Aragón OR, Arias JA, Arzy S, Aue T, Baez S, Balconi M, Ballarini T, Bannister S, Banta MC, Barrett KC, Belzung C, Bensafi M, Booij L, Bookwala J, Boulanger-Bertolus J, Boutros SW, Bräscher AK, Bruno A, Busatto G, Bylsma LM, Caldwell-Harris C, Chan RCK, Cherbuin N, Chiarella J, Cipresso P, Critchley H, Croote DE, Demaree HA, Denson TF, Depue B, Derntl B, Dickson JM, Dolcos S, Drach-Zahavy A, Dubljević O, Eerola T, Ellingsen DM, Fairfield B, Ferdenzi C, Friedman BH, Fu CHY, Gatt JM, de Gelder B, Gendolla GHE, Gilam G, Goldblatt H, Gooding AEK, Gosseries O, Hamm AO, Hanson JL, Hendler T, Herbert C, Hofmann SG, Ibanez A, Joffily M, Jovanovic T, Kahrilas IJ, Kangas M, Katsumi Y, Kensinger E, Kirby LAJ, Koncz R, Koster EHW, Kozlowska K, Krach S, Kret ME, Krippl M, Kusi-Mensah K, Ladouceur CD, Laureys S, Lawrence A, Li CR, Liddell BJ, Lidhar NK, Lowry CA, Magee K, Marin MF, Mariotti V, Martin LJ, Marusak HA, Mayer AV, Merner AR, Minnier J, Moll J, Morrison RG, Moore M, Mouly AM, Mueller SC, Mühlberger A, Murphy NA, Muscatello MRA, Musser ED, Newton TL, Noll-Hussong M, Norrholm SD, Northoff G, Nusslock R, Okon-Singer H, Olino TM, Ortner C, Owolabi M, Padulo C, Palermo R, Palumbo R, Palumbo S, Papadelis C, Pegna AJ, Pellegrini S, Peltonen K, Penninx BWJH, Pietrini P, Pinna G, Lobo RP, Polnaszek KL, Polyakova M, Rabinak C, Helene Richter S, Richter T, Riva G, Rizzo A, Robinson JL, Rosa P, Sachdev PS, Sato W, Schroeter ML, Schweizer S, Shiban Y, Siddharthan A, Siedlecka E, Smith RC, Soreq H, Spangler DP, Stern ER, Styliadis C, Sullivan GB, Swain JE, Urben S, Van den Stock J, Vander Kooij MA, van Overveld M, Van Rheenen TE, VanElzakker MB, Ventura-Bort C, Verona E, Volk T, Wang Y, Weingast LT, Weymar M, Williams C, Willis ML, Yamashita P, Zahn R, Zupan B, Lowe L

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105450 PMID: 37925091

Yoga in Virtual Reality Increases Experience of Presence but May Be Less Satisfying, More Difficult, and More Nausea-Unbalance Inducing.

Frewen P, Amyot H, Ellis C

International journal of yoga therapy2024First author

DOI: 10.17761/2024-d-23-00078 PMID: 39690520

Transcranial direct current stimulation over medial prefrontal cortex reduced alpha power and functional connectivity during somatic but not semantic self-referential processing.

Bao Z, Burhan A, Frewen P

Neuroscience2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.06.022 PMID: 38944148

Childhood trauma histories in men and women assessed by the childhood attachment and relational trauma screen (CARTS) and the global psychotrauma screen (GPS): Results from the global collaboration on traumatic stress (GC-TS).

Frewen P, Vincent A, Olff M

Child abuse & neglect2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106610 PMID: 38184904

Increased top-down control of emotions during symptom provocation working memory tasks following a RCT of alpha-down neurofeedback in PTSD

Shaw SB, Nicholson AA, Ros T, Harricharan S, Terpou B, Densmore M, Theberge J, Frewen P, Lanius RA

NeuroImage: Clinical202335 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103313

Virtual Reality NeuroRegulation (VR-NR) - Lab2Market Assessment

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Frewen, Paul A

$20,000

Canadian Consortium on Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care: Developing cohesive intersectoral practices and policies to support trauma-impacted children and youth

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: trauma-informed care; complex trauma; child protection; child and youth services; outreach; engagement; intervention; policy

$807,914

Neural, cognitive and biological correlates of the dissociative subtype of PTSD among military members

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lanius, Ruth A; McKinnon, Margaret

Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

$607,780

Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Meditation for PTSD with or without Neurofeedback Augmentation

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Frewen, Paul A; Lanius, Ruth A

Keywords: Eeg Neurofeedback; Mindfulness Meditation; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd)

$100,000

A longitudinal study of risk factors for the development and maintenance of the dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder following trauma exposure

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Lanius, Ruth A; McKinnon, Margaret

Keywords: Ptsd

$100,000

Developing and Testing a Multidimensional Theory of Suicide among Middle-Aged and Older Men

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: Boys' and Men's Health - LOI

Principal investigators: Links, Paul S; Reed, Gerald A; Eynan, Rahel; Gutierrez, Peter M; Heisel, Marnin J

Keywords: Community Sample; Escape Theory Fo Suicide; Gender; Life Transitions; Masculinity; Middle-Aged And Older Men; Multidimensional Theory Of Suicide; Psychiatric Inpatient; Suicide; Veterans

$10,000

Psychological Assessment of Symptom Causal Relations

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Frewen, Paul A

Keywords: Anxiety Disorders; Mood Disorders; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Psychological Assessment

$162,774

Neural Correlates of Social and Nonsocial Emotion Processing In Women with Childhood Interpersonal Violence

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Institute of Gender and Health

Principal investigators: Lanius, Ruth A

Keywords: Early Life Adversity

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Paul Frewen

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Screening for psychotrauma related symptomatology: Greek adaptation and validation of the Global Psychotrauma Screen.

Toward a definition of treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review

Augmenting evidence-based PTSD psychotherapy with neuroscientifically informed interventions: A mind-body-brain approach

Barriers to and facilitators of measurement-based care in posttraumatic stress disorder treatment: A systematic review

Alpha rhythm transcranial electrical stimulation to inferior parietal cortex increases alpha power and phase synchrony while attending to mind-body self-states.

The Human Affectome.

Yoga in Virtual Reality Increases Experience of Presence but May Be Less Satisfying, More Difficult, and More Nausea-Unbalance Inducing.

Transcranial direct current stimulation over medial prefrontal cortex reduced alpha power and functional connectivity during somatic but not semantic self-referential processing.

Childhood trauma histories in men and women assessed by the childhood attachment and relational trauma screen (CARTS) and the global psychotrauma screen (GPS): Results from the global collaboration on traumatic stress (GC-TS).

Increased top-down control of emotions during symptom provocation working memory tasks following a RCT of alpha-down neurofeedback in PTSD

Virtual Reality NeuroRegulation (VR-NR) - Lab2Market Assessment

Canadian Consortium on Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care: Developing cohesive intersectoral practices and policies to support trauma-impacted children and youth

Neural, cognitive and biological correlates of the dissociative subtype of PTSD among military members

Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Meditation for PTSD with or without Neurofeedback Augmentation

A longitudinal study of risk factors for the development and maintenance of the dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder following trauma exposure

Developing and Testing a Multidimensional Theory of Suicide among Middle-Aged and Older Men

Psychological Assessment of Symptom Causal Relations

Neural Correlates of Social and Nonsocial Emotion Processing In Women with Childhood Interpersonal Violence

Frequent collaborators

Ruth Lanius

Ruth Lanius

Margaret McKinnon

Andrew Nicholson

Venkat Bhat

Andrew Greenshaw

Jitender Sareen

Anthony Nazarov

Georg Northoff

Marie-France Marin

Yanbo Zhang

Marie-France Marin

Linda Booij

Amer Burhan

Amer Burhan

Rakesh Jetly

Lena Palaniyappan

Jean Theberge

Linda Booij

Kathy Hegadoren

Jenna Boyd

Anne Wagner

Linda Booij

Christine Wekerle