prof. dr. Tom Smeets

Bio

Tom Smeets is a full professor of Clinical Psychology at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (TSB) of Tilburg University. He is also Head of Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology and scientific director of the Centre of Research on Psychological disorders and Somatic Diseases (CoRPS).

Ancillary activities:

- Board Member RINO Zuid (2021-2025)

- Board Member Experimental PsychoPathology (EPP; 2020-2024)

- Grant Reviewer (e.g., NWO, DFG, FNRS, NSF, NIAS-Lorentz, ESF)

- Panel member NWO Advisory Board Social Sciences & Humanities (roundtable Behaviour & Education)

Expertise

Tom Smeets' expertise lies in the domain of learning and memory abnormalities following stress and trauma and how they relate to the development and maintenance of mental disorders. He has received, amongst other, an NWO Brain and Cognition grant and the talent NWO grants RUBICON, VENI, and VIDI for his investigations into the interplay between neurological, psychophysiological and psychological markers of resiliency to stress-related mental disorders and the engagement of multiple memory systems, along with studies on acute stress effects on (over)generalization of fear and excessive avoidance. He is also involved in the PPS project Follow the Dot to Beat your Anxiety (https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/press-releases/phd-project-fo…) and in prof. A. Jansen's NWO-funded Gravitation Programme (see www.nsmd.eu).

Courses

• Introduction to Treatment Methods
• Clinical Psychology
• Introd. to Treatment Methods (Dutch Pr.)

Recent publications

1. Controlling intrusive thoughts of future fears under stress

   Ashton, S. M., Smeets, T., & Quaedflieg, C. W. E. M. (2023). Controlling intrusive thoughts of future fears under stress. Neurobiology of Stress, 27, Article 100582.

2. The Index of Intrusion Control (IIC): - A guide to capturing individu…

   Ashton, S. M., Davidson, P., Gagnepain, P., Hellerstedt, R., Satish, A., Smeets, T., & Quaedflieg, C. W. E. M. (2023). The Index of Intrusion Control (IIC): A guide to capturing individual variability in intentional intrusion control in the laboratory. PsyArXiv Preprints.

3. Childhood maltreatment and adulthood victimization - An evidence-base…

   Fereidooni, F., Daniels, J. K., Krause-Utz, A. D., Hagenaars, M. A., Smeets, T., Heins, J., Dorahy, M. J., van Emmerik, A. A. P., de Jong, P. J., Hoekstra, S., Warrens, M. J., & Lommen, M. J. J. (2023). Childhood maltreatment and adulthood victimization: An evidence-based model. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 167, 46-62.

4. Risk factors linking childhood maltreatment to revictimization

   Fereidooni, F., Daniels, J. K., Krause-Utz, A. D., Hagenaars, M., Smeets, T., Heins, J., Dorahy, M. J., Van Emmerik, A. A. P., De Jong, P. J., Hoekstra, S., Warrens, M. J., & Lommen, M. J. J. (2023). Risk factors linking childhood maltreatment to revictimization. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14.

5. Fear of COVID-19 - Data of a large longitudinal survey conducted betw…

   Mertens, G., Lodder, P., Smeets, T., & Duijndam, S. N. C. (2023). Fear of COVID-19: Data of a large longitudinal survey conducted between March 2020 and June 2021. Data in Brief, 48, Article 109177.