A5031216571- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health and Medical Studies
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
Heidelberg University
2015-2024
Central Institute of Mental Health
2014-2024
University Hospital Heidelberg
2015-2024
University Medical Centre Mannheim
2022
Austrian Academy of Sciences
2022
SRH Hochschule Heidelberg
2017
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2017
University of Münster
2001-2017
Zentrum für Seelische Gesundheit
2007-2013
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
1992
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence cyberstalking victimization, characteristics victims and offenders, impact on victims' well-being mental health. An online survey 6,379 participants carried out, involving users German social network StudiVZ. Subjective health status assessed with WHO-5 index. estimated at 6.3%. In various aspects, comparable offline stalking: occurred most often in context ex-partner relationships; were female majority perpetrators male. Compared...
In the DSM-5, diagnosis of hypochondriasis was replaced by two new diagnositic entities: somatic symptom disorder (SSD) and illness anxiety (IAD). Both diagnoses share high health as a common criterion, but additonal symptoms are only required for SSD not IAD.Our aim to provide empirical evidence validity these using data from case-control study highly health-anxious (n = 96), depressed 52), healthy 52) individuals.The individuals originally diagnosed DSM-IV predominantly met criteria (74%)...
Chronic depression is a highly prevalent and disabling disorder. There recognized need to assess the value of long-term disorder-specific psychotherapy.To evaluate efficacy Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System Psychotherapy (CBASP) compared with that nonspecific supportive psychotherapy (SP).A prospective, multicenter, evaluator-blinded, randomized clinical trial was conducted among adult outpatients early-onset chronic who were not taking antidepressant medication. Patients recruited...
Bailer J, Bräuer W, Rey E‐R. Premorbid adjustment as predictor of outcome in schizophrenia: results a prospective study. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996: 93: 368–377. © Munksgaard 1996. The present follow‐up study 163 schizophrenic patients admitted to hospital for the first time examined relationship between premorbid and different measures 3‐year course outcome. same instruments had been used all phases Adjustment Scale was assess social functioning. Outcome were positive symptoms, negative...
Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI), also known as multiple chemical sensitivity, is a chronic, polysymptomatic condition that cannot be explained by an organic disease. Physical and psychological complaints are believed to sustained low levels of chemically unrelated substances in the environment. At present, it unclear whether IEI illness or variant somatoform disorders (SFD). This study examined can distinguished from SFD with respect self-reported symptoms, trait anxiety,...
<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Persistent medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are a major burden for health care. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is efficacious patients with MUS, small to medium effects. The current study investigates whether outcomes of CBT MUS can be improved by complementing it emotion regulation training. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> In multicentre trial 255 at least three persisting were randomised 20 sessions either...
Background. Previous studies suggest that idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) is a variant of somatoform disorders (SFDs) or the so-called functional somatic syndromes. Little known, however, about stability and psychological predictors IEI. Method. This prospective study examined 1-year symptoms IEI features in three diagnostic groups: 49 subjects with IEI, 43 SFD but without 54 (control group, CG) neither nor SFD. The predictive value typical for somatization was tested using...
Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI), also known as multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), is defined a chronic polysymptomatic condition that cannot be explained by an organic disease. Previous studies suggest IEI may variant of somatoform disorders (SFD), because both overlap with respect to symptoms and psychological features somatization. However, little about the short- medium-term outcome predictors. Two clinical groups (IEI SFD) comparison group (CG) were followed through 32 mo...
Pathological health anxiety refers to the medically unfounded fear of suffering from a severe illness. Differences in cognitive processes related attention, memory, and evaluation threat have been hypothesized underlie pathological anxiety. In no study, however, researchers systematically simultaneously assessed different biases. On basis idea that multiple biases contribute psychopathology (the combined-cognitive-bias hypothesis), we compared 88 patients with anxiety, 52 depressive...
Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) refers to a polysymptomatic condition, similar somatoform disorders. Various processes seem contribute its yet unknown etiology. Attention and memory for somatic symptom IEI-trigger words was compared among participants with IEI (n = 54), disorders (SFD; n 44) control 54). Groups did not differ in dot-probe task. However, an emotional Stroop task, attention biased SFD groups toward but words. Only the group rated trigger as more unpleasant arousing,...
Hintergrund Studierende sind ein bedeutsamer Teil der Bevölkerung, dennoch existieren kaum aktuelle Daten zur Verbreitung häufiger psychischer Störungen unter Studierenden in Deutschland. Fragestellung Es sollen Prävalenzangaben für affektive Störungen, Angststörungen, somatoforme Essstörungen und alkoholassoziierte Probleme bei ermittelt werden. Methodik Die Prävalenz Syndrome wurde mittels einer Campus-Befragung an unselektierten Stichprobe von 1130 Universität Mannheim bestimmt. Dazu...
There is accumulating evidence for deficits in the perception and regulation of one's own emotions, as well recognition others' emotions somatic symptom disorder (SSD). However, investigations SSD focusing on specific aspects emotion processing how these might interact are missing. We included 35 patients with healthy controls who completed questionnaires their experimental trust. In line previous studies, our results show that comparison to have difficulties identification description...
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Evidence on the long-term efficacy of psychotherapeutic approaches for chronic depression is scarce. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> To evaluate effects Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System Psychotherapy (CBASP) compared to Supportive (SP) 1 year and 2 years after treatment termination. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> In this study, we present 1- 2-year follow-up assessments a prospective, multicenter,...
Stigmatization of people with mental illness is still a significant problem even in Western society. Media an important vector for public messaging that may lead to stigma (and potentially counteract it). There ongoing debate about the impact news stigmatizing content on depression. This experimental study aimed at investigating direct effects media reporting could have depression, namely, higher levels attitudes and negative affect, as well lower self-esteem positive affect. Experimental...
Our study investigates whether the distinction between positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia--as discussed literature--can be confirmed by a factor analysis such proves stability over time. In further step, symptom factors are correlated to different external variables for purpose of validation. Processed data cover 36 months obtained from prospective 5-year follow-up 163 initially hospitalized schizophrenics. The results permit dividing into total five factors--two representing...
Absorption as a personality trait refers to the predisposition get deeply immersed in sensory (e.g., smells, sounds, pictures) or mystical experiences, that is, experience altered states of consciousness. is markedly related constructs openness hypnotic suggestibility, imagination, and dissociation. Although absorption was hypothesized be risk factor for medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), construct has yet not been investigated individually suffering from idiopathic environmental...
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are one of the key features somatoform disorders. Although MUS currently treated as both categorical (in terms diagnosis disorders) and dimensional quantitative measures somatization/somatic symptom reporting), little is known about empirical latent structure MUS. Using taxometric analyses, somatic reporting was analyzed with Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-15 in two student samples (N=782 N=2,577) a primary care sample (N=519). We applied three...
Objective: Worries about health threatening effects of potential hazards modern life (e.g. electric devices and pollution) represent a growing phenomenon in Western countries. Yet, little is known the causes this special case affective risk perceptions termed Modern Health (MHW). The purpose study to examine possible role biased media reports formation MHW.Design: In two experiments, we investigated whether typical television affect MHW. Study 1, 130 participants were randomly assigned film...
Background. Possible adverse health effects due to mercury released by amalgam fillings have been discussed in several studies of patients who attribute various symptoms the fillings. No systematic relation specific increased levels could be established any these studies. Thus, a psychosomatic aetiology complaints should considered and psychological factors contributing their identified. Methods. A screening questionnaire was used identify subjects were convinced that had already affected...