- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Treatment of Major Depression
Central Institute of Mental Health
2024-2025
Heidelberg University
2024-2025
University Hospital Heidelberg
2024-2025
University of Verona
2020
Negative societal attitudes toward mental health often contribute to misconceptions and stereotypes about psychiatry, a phenomenon known as "associative stigma". This stigma can hinder collaboration between psychiatrists other specialists deter students from pursuing psychiatry career. study focused on one of the three main components by examining among medical nursing students, well doctors, identifying factors that influence these attitudes. A cross-sectional survey was conducted at...
Recent work showed an association of prefrontal dysfunctions in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and social stress induced rumination. However, up to date it is unclear which etiological features MDD might cause dysfunctions. In the study at hand, we aimed replicate recent findings, that activation alterations during Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) subsequently increased stress-reactive rumination compared healthy controls. Moreover, explore role adverse childhood experiences...
Repetitive negative thinking (RNT), including rumination, plays a key role in various psychopathologies. Although several psychotherapeutic treatments have been developed to reduce RNT, the neural correlates of those specific and psychotherapy general are largely unknown. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) offers potential investigate techniques situ. Therefore, this study we investigated efficacy fNIRS adapted Mindfulness-based Emotion Regulation Training (MBERT) for treatment...
Abstract Despite international guidelines, cognitive behavioural therapy for early psychosis (CBTep) is still under-used in daily clinical practice, mainly due to the lack of specific skills among mental health professionals. The aim study was evaluate feasibility and efficacy a CBTep training course investigate impact trainees’ variables on level acquisition. An intensive graded programme consisting 112 hours plenary lectures, 30 group supervision 3 months practical offered professionals 65...