A5086770485- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Health and Medical Studies
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Resilience and Mental Health
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
2021-2025
Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg
2020-2023
Klinik für Psychosomatik
2020-2023
Philipps University of Marburg
2023
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2022
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V.
2022
German Center for Diabetes Research
2022
University of Freiburg
2014-2021
University Medical Center Freiburg
2015-2020
University of Fribourg
2020
Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with posttraumatic and complex stress disorder symptoms in adulthood (PTSD/cPTSD), as well reduced epistemic trust (trust the authenticity personal relevance of interpersonally transmitted information) impaired personality functioning. The present work aims to investigate predictive value trust—the capacity for social learning—on mediating effect functioning association ACEs PTSD/cPTSD. Methods We conducted structural equation...
Background: Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) describes chronic disturbances in self-organization (i.e. affect dysregulation; negative self-concept; severe difficulties relationships) which are frequently observed survivors of prolonged, repeated or multiple traumatic stressors. So far, evidence psychodynamic treatment approaches for CPTSD is scarce.
In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals have been found to endorse conspiracy beliefs. Socio-demographic variables, personality functioning, anxiety, and loneliness could be risk factors for this endorsement.
Background Inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation is a key treatment for patients with mental health issues. However, knowledge about critical success factors beneficial outcomes scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association mentalizing and epistemic trust improvement psychological distress during rehabilitation. Methods In naturalistic longitudinal observational study, completed routine assessments (BSI), health-related quality life (HRQOL; WHODAS), (MZQ), (ETMCQ) before...
The assessment of personality functioning is at the core current dimensional models disorders. A variety measures from different clinical and research traditions aim to assess basic psychological capacities regarding self others. While some instruments have shown reliability validity in or other selected samples, much less known about their performance general population.In three samples representative German adult population with a total 7,256 participants, levels were measured short...
.Impairment of mentalization may impact coping strategies, regulation affect and stress. The influence impaired on dissociation in patients with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) could be important for treatment strategies. aim this study is to assess the relationship between ACEs, mentalizing adult individuals. Sixty-seven ACEs completed Mentalization Questionnaire (MZQ), Essener Trauma Inventory (ETI) Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18). SPSS PROCESS macro tool was applied test if...
A structural reform of the German psychotherapy guideline in 2017 was intended to facilitate access outpatient psychotherapy. In present study, we evaluate effects this particular for patients with a comorbidity mental disorders and chronic physical conditions (cMP).
Loneliness is a major public health issue and the identification of risk factors crucial for prevention intervention. While previous research has often investigated sociodemographic external (e.g., living situation), personality variables received less attention. This study aimed to harness recent advances in dimensional assessment pathology expand knowledge about psychological determinants loneliness population. We surveyed sample representative German population concerning age, gender,...
Despite the growing body of research on self-report measures personality functioning, tests measurement invariance in immigrant samples have mostly been neglected. The present study aimed to fill this gap by testing OPD-Structure Questionnaire (OPD-SQS) across groups and evaluating association between functioning mental distress. Methods: Based representative population Germany comprising N = 6,999 participants, factor structure OPD-SQS different (1st generation immigrants, 2nd...
ABSTRACT Background Complex post‐traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a severely disabling mental health condition, frequently observed in survivors of prolonged, repeated or multiple traumatic stressors. While studies indicate that engaging psychotherapy can reduce CPTSD symptom severity, data on long‐term effectiveness interventions scarce. The aim this study was to evaluate trajectories affected individuals after 6‐week multimodal psychodynamic inpatient rehabilitation treatment. Methods...
Many people with diabetes have permanently elevated blood sugar concentrations and a high level of diabetes-related psychological stress, also called "diabetes distress." In clinical practice, distress is often an impediment to successful self-management. psy-PAD psychodynamically oriented short-term therapy program whose goal reduce improve glycemic control.A randomized controlled trial was conducted 143 patients either type 1 or 2 who were being treated in eleven specialized diabetological...
Knowledge about critical success factors underpinning beneficial treatment outcomes in psychosomatic inpatient rehabilitation is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence patients' epistemic stance relation improvement psychological distress during rehabilitation. In naturalistic longitudinal observational study,
Deficits in mentalization are indicated by impaired emotional awareness and self-reflectiveness, associated with various mental disorders. However, there is a lack of validated research instruments. In this study, the psychometric properties Mentalization Questionnaire (MZQ) were evaluated representative German population sample n = 2487 participants. Analyses included evaluation MZQs acceptance, reliability, validity. Factorial validity was established exploratory (EFA) confirmatory factor...
Conspiracy endorsement is a public health challenge for the successful containment of COVID-19 pandemic. While usually considered societal phenomenon, little known about equally important developmental backdrops and personality characteristics like mistrust that render an individual prone to conspiracy endorsement. There growing body evidence implying detrimental role adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) - highly prevalent burden in development epistemic trust functioning. This study aimed...
Depression is a common comorbidity in cardiac patients. This study sought to document fluctuations of depressive symptoms the 12 months after first major event. In all, 310 patients completed battery psychosocial measures including depression subscale Symptom Check List-90-Revised. A total 252 them also follow-up at 3 and months. Trajectories were classified as none, worsening symptoms, sustained remission, persistent symptoms. Although prevalence was consistent each assessment, there...
This study aimed to examine the role of personality functioning in association between various types child maltreatment (CM) (sexual, physical, and emotional abuse as well physical neglect) diabetes adulthood.Analyses are based on representative data German population (N = 5,041) from 2016 2019. Self-report questionnaires assessed diagnosis diabetes, (CTQ), (OPD-SQS), symptoms depression/anxiety (PHQ-4). Odd ratios were calculated CM mediation analyses including PHQ-4 covariate conducted...