- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Family Support in Illness
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Criminal Law and Policy
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2018-2022
Despite the high prevalence, evidence-based treatments for abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescents have rarely been studied.To examine whether developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy (D-CPT) is more effective than a wait-list condition with treatment advice (WL/TA) among PTSD related to childhood abuse.This rater-blinded, multicenter, randomized clinical trial (stratified by center) enrolled treatment-seeking and young adults (aged 14-21 years) at 3...
Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) has emerged as a well-defined and relatively common mental that will be included in the upcoming revision of International Classification Diseases. Recent trials with grief-specific, mostly cognitive behavioral interventions for patients clinically relevant diagnosis PGD showed large effect sizes. However, small trial suggested non-specific activation might suffice to improve PGD. So, more evidence relative efficacy grief-specific treatments is needed, research...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the psychopathological consequences sexual and/or physical abuse. The economic burden assumed to be high, whereas health-related quality life and education negatively affected. This study aims determine health care costs, life, educational interruption in adolescents young adults with PTSD after abuse Germany.This analysis used data 87 participants aged 14-21 years a randomized controlled trial. Health utilization, (EQ-5D-5L), sick leave days,...
To validate the EQ-5D-5L health-related quality of life (HrQoL) questionnaire in adolescents and young adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after sexual and/or physical abuse. We used data from a randomized controlled trial 87 participants PTSD aged 14-21 years. The discriminative ability was evaluated by comparing scores on descriptive system general population scores. Furthermore, between subgroups different disease severity levels estimated. Correlations EQ-5D index clinical...
Background: ICD-11 features Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) as a new diagnosis. To date, very few studies have investigated CPTSD in young patients, and there is need for evidence on effective treatment.Objective: The present study evaluates the applicability of developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy (D-CPT) patients secondary analysis treatment condition randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigating efficacy D-CPT.Methods: D-CPT group original included 44...
Objectives Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is a psychotherapy for post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with broad evidence base. Change in trauma‐related cognitions considered its primary working mechanism. When trying to integrate traumatic event into existing cognitive schemas, the adaptive mechanism changing schema (accommodation). However, PTSD patients frequently either change their schemas too much (over‐accommodation), or cognitively distort (assimilation). We aimed test...
Abstract Severe posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are connected to a variety of health-related and interpersonal problems, among them the insecure attachment orientations. However, psychotherapy seems improve not only PTSS but also insecurities. In large multicenter, randomized clinical trial, characteristics 85 adolescents young adults (aged 14–21 years) with clinically relevant abuse-related were assessed at study entry, end treatment, 3 months after treatment. Participants either...
The attachment has emerged as a significant predictor of psychotherapy outcome. However, studies on trauma-focused treatments and adolescent samples are sparse. We analyzed the data 43 adolescents young adults (aged 14-21 years) with clinically relevant abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who were undergoing developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy (D-CPT) within multicenter, randomized clinical trial (German Clinical Trials Register; identifier: DRKS00004787)....