- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health and Medical Studies
- Music Therapy and Health
University Hospital Magdeburg
2021-2025
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
2011-2024
University of Tübingen
2015-2024
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2021-2024
Klinikum Magdeburg
2022-2024
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen
2021
University Children's Hospital Tübingen
2020
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
2020
Klinik für Psychosomatik
2017
Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg
2016
Background Binge eating disorder (BED) represents a distinct diagnosis. Current approaches assume increased impulsivity to be one factor leading binge and weight gain. We used eye tracking investigate both components of impulsivity, namely reward sensitivity rash-spontaneous behaviour towards food in BED for the first time. Methods Overweight obese people with (BED+; n = 25), without (BED−; 26) healthy normal-weight controls (NWC; 25) performed free exploration paradigm measuring (experiment...
Background: High levels of burnout rates amongst medical students have been confirmed by numerous studies from diverse contexts. This study aims to explore the functional and dysfunctional coping strategies with regard their respective factors.Methods: About 845 in 3rd, 6th, 9th semesters final year were invited take part survey. The self-administered questionnaire included items on potential behavioural-based as well Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Version (MBI-SS). In addition, a...
Healthcare professionals (HPs) are the key figures to keep up healthcare system during COVID-19 pandemic and thus one of most vulnerable groups in this. To this point, extent psychological burden, especially Europe Germany, remains unclear. This is first study investigating German HPs after outbreak.We performed an online-based cross-sectional outbreak Germany (10-31 March 2020). In total, 2224 (physicians n = 492, nursing staff 1511, paramedics 221) 10 639 non-healthcare (nHPs) were...
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf die psychische Gesundheit zeigten sich bereits früh. Das Ausmaß Auswirkungen, insbesondere kumulativ über lang anhaltende Zeit Pandemie, ist für Deutschland noch nicht umfassend untersucht worden. Ziel Arbeit Studie war es, Belastungen sowie COVID-19-bezogene Erlebens- und Verhaltensweisen zu erheben deren Veränderung verschiedenen Phasen Pandemie in darzustellen. Material Methoden In deutschlandweite onlinebasierte...
Abstract Objective A history of an eating disorder (ED) might constitute a risk for symptom deterioration and relapse during COVID‐19 pandemic. This longitudinal study investigates ED trajectories until the first lockdown in Spring 2020 patients with binge (BED). Method Participants randomised‐controlled BED treatment trial IMPULS participated re‐assessment directly after Germany. We used expert‐rated clinical interviews self‐report to investigate (BE) frequency, general psychopathology,...
Der Begriff der Dissoziation wurde in frühen Anfängen Neurosenlehre verwendet, hat sich seither gewandelt und ist Ausgangspunkt vieler Kontroversen. Unter wird i. Allg. die Abspaltung sonst integrierter Gedächtnis‑, Bewusstseins‑, Identitäts- Wahrnehmungsfunktionen (eigene Person Umwelt) verstanden. ein klinisches Kriterium von Belastungsstörungen emotional instabilen Persönlichkeitsstörung; dissoziative Symptome haben sind ebenfalls als Phänomene bei anderen Erkrankungen hochrelevant....
Communication skills are essential in a patient-centred health service and therefore medical teaching. Although significant differences communication behaviour of male female students known, gender the performance still under-reported. The aim this study was to analyse context an OSCE exam (OSCE = Objective Structured Clinical Examination).In longitudinal trend based on seven semester-cohorts, it analysed if there students' skills. (self-perception) standardized patients (SP) (external...
<b><i>Background:</i></b> A substantial proportion of refugees, fleeing persecution, torture, and war, are estimated to suffer from psychological traumatization. After being sheltered in reception centers, the refugees come close contact with different occupational groups, e.g., physicians, social workers, interpreters. Previous studies ascertained that such interpreters themselves often primary Moreover, through translating refugees' potentially traumatic depictions,...
Abstract The outbreak of the novel SARS CoV-2-virus (COVID-19) is pushing national and international healthcare systems to their limits. aspect mental health issues, which has been neglected (so far) in times social isolation governmental restrictions, now demands innovative situation-based approaches support psychological burdened people. developed e-mental intervention ‘CoPE It’ offers manualized, evidence-based psychotherapeutic/psychological overcome distress COVID-19. E-mental offer...
Objective Numerous studies from diverse contexts have confirmed high stress levels and stress-associated health impairment in medical students. This study aimed to explore the differential association of perceived with private training-related stressors students according their stage education. Methods Participants were high-school graduates who plan medicine first, third, sixth, or ninth semester school practical training. The self-administered questionnaire included items addressing...
Body image disturbance represents a central characteristic of anorexia nervosa (AN). Depression and anxiety are the most common mental comorbidities in patients with AN. This study aims to investigate relationship body symptoms depression during outpatient psychotherapy Analyses were conducted using data set Anorexia Nervosa Treatment Outpatient Study (ANTOP) randomized controlled trial. The ANTOP included N = 242 females AN between 18 56 years age. trial was designed compare enhanced...
Abstract Background Health care employees in Germany and worldwide are exposed to a variety of stressors. However, most the hospitals lack systematic workplace health management. Thus, this study aims at evaluation effects behavioural as well organisational (´complex´) intervention on mental well-being hospital staff. Methods Mental (SEElische GEsundheit am Arbeitsplatz KrankeNhaus – SEEGEN) is an unblinded, multi-centred cluster-randomised open trial with two groups (intervention group (IG)...
Introduction. Refugees fleeing persecution, torture or sexual violence are at high risk of developing both acute and chronic psychological disorders. Systematic violence, as committed against the Yazidi minority in Northern Iraq by terror organization known Islamic State, can be seen a particularly traumatic burden to victims, but also caregivers providing treatments assistance them. The intense exposure content may cause secondary traumatization respective caregivers. This study aims (1)...
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic poses immense challenges for national and international healthcare systems. Especially in times of social isolation governmental restrictions, mental health should not be neglected. Innovative approaches are required to support psychologically burdened people. e-mental intervention 'CoPE It' has been developed offer manualised evidence-based psychotherapeutic adapted COVID-19-related issues order overcome psychological distress. In our study, we aim assess...
This study investigates the role of body image self-appraisal in predicting outcomes outpatient psychotherapy patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). Multiple linear regression analyses and a path-analysis model were applied to test hypotheses that at baseline predicts treatment AN follow-up measurement. The conducted as secondary subgroup (n = 148) outpatient-cohort (ANTOP-study) (N 242) AN. results show Negative Evaluation Body perceived stress during psychotherapy, which turn depressive...
Abstract Background Supervisor–subordinate relationship is high relevant in dealing with work-related stress and providing a compassionate, high-quality, safe nursing care while meeting the needs of hospital. Our aim was to assess predisposing risk resilience factors staff as well explore common distinctive perceptions these between nurses without managerial position (nursing staff) employees supervising (nurse managers, ward nurses). Design Generic qualitative study using half-standardized...