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Hedderly, T., Eccles, C., Malik, O., Abdulsatar, F., Mitchell, C., Owen, T., Soffer-Dudek, N., Grose, C., Fernandez, T.V., Robinson, S. and Somer, E. (2024), Intense Imagery Movements May Lead to Maladaptive Daydreaming: A Case Series and Literature Review. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 11, 716-719. Somer, E. & Otgaar, H. (2024). Exploring the Nexus between Childhood Adversities, Trauma-related Fantasy and Memory in Maladaptive Daydreaming. Acta Psychologica, 247, 104301. Somer, E. (2024). When Imagination Feels Like Reality: A Case Study of False Memories and Maladaptive Daydreaming in Visual Impairment. Case Reports in Psychiatry, Article ID 9391645, 82024. Somer, E. (2024). Calling the tune in maladaptive daydreaming: The impact of music on the experience of compulsive fantasizing. Psychology of Music, 52(6), 611-627. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356231222290 Chefetz, R.A., Soffer-Dudek, N. &Somer, E. (2023) When daydreaming becomes maladaptive: phenomenological and psychoanalytic perspectives, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 37:4, 319-338, DOI: 10.1080/02668734.2023.2246058 Somer, E. (2023). Body Movements During Maladaptive Daydreaming: A Thematic Analysis of Asynchronous Email Interviews. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 3(1), 267-299. Somer, E. (2022). Opioid misuse and dissociation. In J, Dorahy, M. (Ed.), Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders., (2nd Edition). Taylor & Francis, pp. 564-572. DOI: 10.4324/9781003057314-41 Soffer-Dudek, N. & Somer, E. (2022). Maladaptive daydreaming is a dissociative disorder: Supporting evidence and theory. In J.M. Dorahy (ed.) Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis, pp 547-559. DOI: 104324/9781003057314_40 West, M.J., Somer, E., & Eigsti, I.-M. (2022). Shared Challenges and Cooccurrence of Maladaptive Daydreaming and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Advanves in Neurodevlopmental Disorders. West, M. J., Somer, E., & Eigsti, I.-M. (2022). Immersive and Maladaptive Daydreaming and Divergent Thinking in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, OnlineFirst. Wen, H., Soffer-Dudek, N., & Somer, E. (2022). Daily feelings and the affective valence of daydreams in maladaptive daydreaming: A longitudinal analysis. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication Salomon-Small, G., Somer, E., Harel-Schwarzmann, M., & Soffer-Dudek, N. (2021). Maladaptive Daydreaming and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A confirmatory and exploratory investigation of shared mechanisms. Journal of psychiatric research, 136, 343–350. Theodor‐Katz, N., Somer, E., Hesseg, R. M., & Soffer‐Dudek, N. (2022). Couldimmersive daydreaming underlie a deficit in attention? The prevalence and characteristics of maladaptivedaydreaming in individuals with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Journal of Clinical Psychology,1–20.https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23355 Musetti, A., Franceschini, C., Pingani, L., Freda, M.F., Saita, EW., Vegni, E., Zenesini, C., Quattropani, M.C., Lenzo, V., Margherita, G., Lemmo, D., Corsano, P., Borghi, L., Cattivelli, R., Plazzi, G., Castelnuovo, G., Somer, E., Schimmenti A. (2021). Maladaptive daydreaming in an adult Italian population during the COVID-19 lockdown. Frontiers in Psychology 12, Article 631979. Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H.M., & Brenner, R. (2021): Childhood Trauma and Maladaptive Daydreaming: Fantasy Functions and Themes In A Multi-Country Sample, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 22 (3), 288-303, DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2020.1809599 Soffer-Dudek, N., Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H. M., Metin, B., & Schimmenti, A. (2020). Different cultures, similar daydream addiction? An examination of the cross-cultural measurement equivalence of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale, Journal of Behavioral Addictions JBA. Retrieved Nov 7, 2020, from https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2006/aop/article-10.1556-2006.2020.00080/article-10.1556-2006.2020.00080.xml Somer, E. (2020). Psychological and spiritual implications of the COVID-19 crisis (op-ed). Jewish News Syndicate. Retrieved from https://www.jns.org/opinion/psychological-and-spiritual-implications-of-the-covid-19-crisis-a-view-from-israel/, April 2, 2020 Greene, T., West, M. & Somer, E. (2020). Maladaptive daydreaming and emotional regulation difficulties: A Network Analysis. Psychiatric Research.Psychiatry, 285, 112799. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112799. Greene, West & Somer (2020). Supplementary materials Marcusson-Clavertz, D., West, M., Kjell, Somer, E. (2019) A daily diary study on maladaptive daydreaming, mind wandering, and sleep disturbances: Examining within-person and between-persons relations. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0225529. Ross, A.C., West, M., & Somer, E. (2020). Self-reported medication and recreational drug effectiveness in maladaptive daydreaming. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 208(1), 77-80. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001091. West, M. & Somer, E. (2020). Empathy, emotion regulation, and creativity in immersive daydreaming. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 39(4), 358–373. Abu-Rayya, H. M., Somer, E., & Knane, H. (2020). Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated With Intensified Psychosocial Problems Experienced by Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Violence Against Women, 26(8), 825-837. Abu-Rayya, H. M., Somer, E., & Meari-Amir, S. (2019). The Psychometric Properties of the Arabic 16-Item Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-16-AR) in a Multicountry Arab Sample.Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 6(2), 171-183. Somer, E., Abu-Rayya, H.M. & Nsairy Samaan, Z. (2019). Maladaptive daydreaming among recovering substance use disorder patients: its prevalence and mediation of the relationship between childhood trauma and dissociation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. International Journal of Mental Health and Addictions, 17(2), 206-216, Somer, E., Somer, L. & Halpern, N. (2019). Representations of maladaptive daydreaming and the self: A qualitative analysis of drawings. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 63, 102–110. Somer, E. (2019). On dissociative identity disorder and maladaptive daydreaming. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 3(1):14–18.2523-5125 online. Somer, E. (2019). Trauma, dissociation, and opiate use disorder. Current Addiction Reports, 6, 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-019-0236-0 Jopp, D. S., Dupuis, M., Somer, E., Hagani, N., & Herscu, O. (2018). Validation of the Hebrew Version of the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (MDS-H): Evidence for a Generalizable Measure of Pathological Daydreaming. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. 6(3), 242-261. Bershtling, O., & Somer, E. (2018). The micro-politics of a new mental condition: Legitimization in maladaptive daydreamers’ discourse. The Qualitative Report, 23(8), 1983-2002.’ discourse. The Qualitative Report, 23(8), 1983-2002. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3466. Retrieved Shasha, T., Dolgin, M.J., Tzur Bitan, D. & Somer, E. (2018). Incidence and clinical features of panic related posttraumatic stress. The journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 206(7), 501-506. DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000845 Soffer-Dudek, N. & Somer, E. (2018) Trapped in a Daydream: Daily Elevations in Maladaptive Daydreaming Are Associated With Daily Psychopathological Symptoms. Frontiers in Psychiatry 9(194). doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00194