In the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy we interested in how technologies can be used to promote health or to augment and develop further psychotherapeutic interventions.
Research projects
Designing and developing smartphone-based health interventions
Internet-based therapy tools
Mobile Mental Health
Emotion regulation
Improving approach and avoidance modification training via emotions
Changing stressassociated attitudes and dysfunctional cognitions
Measuring, feedbacking, and changing disorderspecific bodily signals
Reducing recurrence rate in patients with alcohol misuse
Innovative intervention of patients with depression, of patients with eating disorder, of emotion dysregulation
Automatic emotion recognition
Current projects
Paralinguistische Stimmmerkmale in Major Depression (ParaStiChaD)
(Third Party Funds Single)
Term: 1. January 2020 - 31. December 2022Funding source: DFG-Einzelförderung / Sachbeihilfe (EIN-SBH)
Integration von Online-Interventionen in die ambulante Psychotherapie bei Patienten mit depressiven Störungen und Angststörungen
(Third Party Funds Single)
Term: 1. November 2019 - 30. April 2023Funding source: andere Förderorganisation
Ermittlung der Praxis- und Alltagstauglichkeit des IEEDA, Untersuchungen der Patienten und Durchführung der IASON-Validierung
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Overall project: Intelligenter emotional-empathischer digitaler Assistent mit EEG-Zeitreihenanalyse zur Früherkennung und Verlaufskontrolle bei Alzheimer-Demenz - IASONTerm: 1. July 2019 - 30. June 2022Funding source: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Gesunder Umgang mit digitalen Technologien und Medien
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Overall project: Gesunder Umgang mit digitalen Technologien und MedienTerm: 1. June 2019 - 31. May 2023Funding source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (StMWK) (seit 2018)
Smartphone-assistierte Abstinenzförderung nach Alkoholentzug
(Third Party Funds Single)
Term: 1. April 2019 - 31. March 2022Funding source: andere Förderorganisation
Empirisch basierte Behandlung für Kinder und Jugendliche als Opfer von Missbrauch und Vernachlässigung zugänglich machen - internetbasierte Therapie und biometrische Analyse
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Overall project: Empirisch basierte Behandlung für Kinder und Jugendliche als Opfer von Missbrauch und Vernachlässigung zugänglich machen - internetbasierte Therapie und biometrische AnalyseTerm: 1. April 2019 - 31. March 2023Funding source: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
@myTabu - Online-Intervention für entlassene Kindesmissbrauchstäter während der Bewährungs- und Führungsaufsicht: Entwicklung der Intervention und gesundheitsökonomische Evaluation
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Overall project: @myTabu - Online-Intervention für entlassene Kindesmissbrauchstäter während der Bewährungs- und Führungsaufsicht: Entwicklung der Intervention und gesundheitsökonomische EvaluationTerm: 1. February 2019 - 31. January 2023Funding source: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Recent publications
2021
Apolinário-Hagen, J., Harrer, M., Dederichs, M., Fritsche, L., Wopperer, J., Wals, F.,... Ebert, D.D. (2021). Exploring the influence of testimonial source on attitudes towards e-mental health interventions among university students: Four-group randomized controlled trial . PLoS ONE , 16 (5 May). https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252012
Bendig, E., Bauereiß, N., Buntrock, C., Habibović, M., Ebert, D.D., & Baumeister, H. (2021). Lessons learned from an attempted randomized-controlled feasibility trial on “WIDeCAD” - An internet-based depression treatment for people living with coronary artery disease (CAD) . Internet Interventions , 24 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100375
Benjet, C., Mortier, P., Kiekens, G., Ebert, D., Auerbach, R.P., Kessler, R.C.,... Bruffaerts, R. (2021). A risk algorithm that predicts alcohol use disorders among college students . European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry . https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01712-3
Braun, L., Titzler, I., Terhorst, Y., Freund, J., Thielecke, J., Ebert, D., & Baumeister, H. (2021). Effectiveness of guided internet-based interventions in the indicated prevention of depression in green professions (PROD-A): Results of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial . Journal of Affective Disorders , 278 , 658-671. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.066
Buntrock, C., Kählke, F., Smit, F., & Ebert, D. (2021). A systematic review of trial-based economic evaluations of internet- and mobile-based interventions for substance use disorders . European Journal of Public Health , 31 (1), i19-i28. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz022
Buntrock, C., Lehr, D., Smit, F., Horvath, H., Berking, M., Spiegelhalder, K.,... Ebert, D.D. (2021). Guided internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: Health-economic evaluation from the societal and public health care perspective alongside a randomized controlled trial . Journal of Medical Internet Research , 23 (5). https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/25609
Böhme, S., & Berking, M. (2021). Development and evaluation of an emotion regulation app . Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung . https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11553-021-00866-5
Cuijpers, P., Ciharova, M., Miguel, C., Harrer, M., Ebert, D.D., Brakemeier, E.L., & Karyotaki, E. (2021). Psychological treatment of depression in institutional settings: A meta-analytic review . Journal of Affective Disorders , 286 , 340-350. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.03.017
De Witte, N.A., Carlbring, P., Etzelmueller, A., Nordgreen, T., Karekla, M., Haddouk, L.,... Van Daele, T. (2021). Online consultations in mental healthcare during the COVID-19 outbreak: An international survey study on professionals' motivations and perceived barriers . Internet Interventions , 25 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100405
Domhardt, M., Steubl, L., Boettcher, J., Buntrock, C., Karyotaki, E., Ebert, D.D.,... Baumeister, H. (2021). Mediators and mechanisms of change in internet- and mobile-based interventions for depression: A systematic review . Clinical Psychology Review , 83 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101953
Ebenfeld, L., Lehr, D., Ebert, D.D., Stegemann, S.K., Riper, H., Funk, B., & Berking, M. (2021). Evaluating a hybrid web-based training program for panic disorder and agoraphobia: Randomized controlled trial . Journal of Medical Internet Research , 23 (3). https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/20829
Fromberger, P., Schroeder, S., Bauer, L., Siegel, B., Tozdan, S., Briken, P.,... Mueller, J.L. (2021). @myTabu—A Placebo Controlled Randomized Trial of a Guided Web-Based Intervention for Individuals Who Sexually Abused Children and Individuals Who Consumed Child Sexual Exploitation Material: A Clinical Study Protocol . Frontiers in Psychiatry , 11 . https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.575464
Fujisato, H., Ito, M., Berking, M., & Horikoshi, M. (2021). Corrigendum to “The influence of emotion regulation on posttraumatic stress symptoms among Japanese people” [Journal of Affective Disorders 277 (2020) 577–583] (Journal of Affective Disorders (2020) 277 (577–583), (S0165032720326628), (10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.056)) . Journal of Affective Disorders , 281 , 993-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.052
Furukawa, T.A., Levine, S.Z., Buntrock, C., & Cuijpers, P. (2021). Increasing the clinical interpretability of PHQ-9 through equipercentile linking with health utility values by EQ-5D-3L . Evidence-Based Mental Health . https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2021-300299
Furukawa, T.A., Levine, S.Z., Buntrock, C., Ebert, D.D., Gilbody, S., Brabyn, S.,... Karyotaki, E. (2021). How can we estimate QALYs based on PHQ-9 scores? Equipercentile linking analysis of PHQ-9 and EQ-5D . Evidence-Based Mental Health , 24 (3), 97-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2020-300240
Furukawa, T.A., Suganuma, A., Ostinelli, E.G., Andersson, G., Beevers, C.G., Shumake, J.,... Cuijpers, P. (2021). Dismantling, optimising, and personalising internet cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis using individual participant data . The Lancet Psychiatry , 8 (6), 500-511. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00077-8
Haliburton, L., Heimerl, A., Böhme, S., André, E., & Schmidt, A. (2021). Teaching Ethics as a Creative Subject: Ideas From an Interdisciplinary Workshop . IEEE Pervasive Computing , 20 , 68-71. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2021.3094814
Harrer, M., Apolinário-Hagen, J., Fritsche, L., Salewski, C., Zarski, A.-C., Lehr, D.,... Ebert, D.D. (2021). Effect of an internet- and app-based stress intervention compared to online psychoeducation in university students with depressive symptoms: Results of a randomized controlled trial . Internet Interventions , 24 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100374
Irish, M., Kuso, S., Simek, M., Zeiler, M., Potterton, R., Musiat, P.,... Schmidt, U. (2021). Online prevention programmes for university students: stakeholder perspectives from six European countries . European Journal of Public Health , 31 (1), i64-i70. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab040
Kahveci, S., van Alebeek, H., Berking, M., & Blechert, J. (2021). Touchscreen-based assessment of food approach biases: Investigating reliability and item-specific preferences . Appetite , 163 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105190
Kuso, S., Nitsch, M., Zeiler, M., Simek, M., Adamcik, T., Dey, M.,... Waldherr, K. (2021). Stakeholders' views on online interventions to prevent common mental health disorders in adults implemented into existing healthcare systems in Europe . European Journal of Public Health , 31 (1), i55-i63. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab043
Lukas, C., & Berking, M. (2021). Blending group-based psychoeducation with a smartphone intervention for the reduction of depressive symptoms: results of a randomized controlled pilot study . Pilot and Feasibility Studies , 7 (1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00799-y
Rahmadiana, M., Karyotaki, E., Schulte, M., Ebert, D., Passchier, J., Cuijpers, P.,... Riper, H. (2021). Transdiagnostic Internet Intervention for Indonesian University Students With Depression and Anxiety: Evaluation of Feasibility and Acceptability . JMIR Mental Health , 8 (3). https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/20036
Siminski, N., Böhme, S., Zeller, J.B., Becker, M.P., Bruchmann, M., Hofmann, D.,... Herrmann, M.J. (2021). BNST and amygdala activation to threat: Effects of temporal predictability and threat mode . Behavioural Brain Research , 396 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112883
2020
Amanvermez, Y., Rahmadiana, M., Karyotaki, E., de Wit, L., Ebert, D., Kessler, R.C., & Cuijpers, P. (2020). Stress management interventions for college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis . Clinical Psychology-Science and Practice . https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cpsp.12342
Baumeister, H., Paganini, S., Sander, L.B., Lin, J., Schlicker, S., Terhorst, Y.,... Ebert, D. (2020). Effectiveness of a Guided Internet- and Mobile-Based Intervention for Patients with Chronic Back Pain and Depression (WARD-BP): A Multicenter, Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial . Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics . https://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000511881
Bolinski, F., Boumparis, N., Kleiboer, A., Cuijpers, P., Ebert, D., & Riper, H. (2020). The effect of e-mental health interventions on academic performance in university and college students: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials . Internet Interventions , 20 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2020.100321
Bührmann, L., Schuurmans, J., Ruwaard, J., Fleuren, M., Etzelmüller, A., Piera-Jiménez, J.,... Vis, C. (2020). Tailored implementation of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy in the multinational context of the ImpleMentAll project: a study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial . Trials , 21 (1), 893-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04686-4
Conejo-Cerón, S., Bellón, J., Motrico, E., Campos-Paíno, H., Martín-Gómez, C., Ebert, D.,... Moreno-Peral, P. (2020). Moderators of psychological and psychoeducational interventions for the prevention of depression: A systematic review . Clinical Psychology Review , 79 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101859
Ebenfeld, L., Kleine Stegemann, S., Lehr, D., Ebert, D., Funk, B., Riper, H., & Berking, M. (2020). A mobile application for panic disorder and agoraphobia: Insights from a multi-methods feasibility study . Internet Interventions , 19 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2019.100296
Etzelmueller, A., Vis, C., Karyotaki, E., Baumeister, H., Titov, N., Berking, M.,... Ebert, D. (2020). Effects of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Routine Care for Adults in Treatment for Depression and Anxiety: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . Journal of Medical Internet Research , 22 (8), e18100-. https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/18100
Freund, J., Titzler, I., Thielecke, J., Braun, L., Baumeister, H., Berking, M., & Ebert, D. (2020). Implementing internet- and tele-based interventions to prevent mental health disorders in farmers, foresters and gardeners (ImplementIT): study protocol for the multi-level evaluation of a nationwide project . BMC Psychiatry , 20 (1), 424-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02800-z
Fujisato, H., Ito, M., Berking, M., & Horikoshi, M. (2020). The influence of emotion regulation on posttraumatic stress symptoms among Japanese people . Journal of Affective Disorders , 277 , 577-583. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.056
Harrer, M., Adam, S.H., Messner, E.-M., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P., Bruffaerts, R.,... Ebert, D.D. (2020). Prevention of eating disorders at universities: A systematic review and meta-analysis . International Journal of Eating Disorders . https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.23224
Hessler-Kaufmann, J.B., Heese, J., Berking, M., Voderholzer, U., & Diedrich, A. (2020). Emotion regulation strategies in bulimia nervosa: an experimental investigation of mindfulness, self-compassion, and cognitive restructuring . Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation , 7 (1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40479-020-00129-3
Karyotaki, E., Cuijpers, P., Albor, Y., Alonso, J., Auerbach, R.P., Bantjes, J.,... Kessler, R.C. (2020). Sources of Stress and Their Associations With Mental Disorders Among College Students: Results of the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Initiative . Frontiers in Psychology , 11 . https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01759
Laferton, J., Oeltjen, L., Neubauer, K., Ebert, D.D., & Munder, T. (2020). The effects of patients’ expectations on surgery outcome in total hip and knee arthroplasty: a prognostic factor meta-analysis . Health Psychology Review . https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2020.1854051
Mol, M., van Schaik, A., Dozeman, E., Ruwaard, J., Vis, C., Ebert, D.,... Smit, J.H. (2020). Dimensionality of the system usability scale among professionals using internet-based interventions for depression: a confirmatory factor analysis . BMC Psychiatry , 20 (1), 218-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02627-8
Reins, J.A., Buntrock, C., Zimmermann, J., Grund, S., Harrer, M., Lehr, D.,... Ebert, D.D. (2020). Efficacy and Moderators of Internet-Based Interventions in Adults with Subthreshold Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials . Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics . https://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000507819
Rosner, R., Barke, A., Albrecht, B., Christiansen, H., Ebert, D., Lechner-Meichsner, F.,... Steil, R. (2020). BEST FOR CAN – bringing empirically supported treatments to children and adolescents after child abuse and neglect: study protocol . European Journal of Psychotraumatology , 11 (1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1837531
Sander, L.B., Paganini, S., Terhorst, Y., Schlicker, S., Lin, J., Spanhel, K.,... Baumeister, H. (2020). Effectiveness of a Guided Web-Based Self-help Intervention to Prevent Depression in Patients with Persistent Back Pain: The PROD-BP Randomized Clinical Trial . JAMA Psychiatry . https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1021
Saruhanjan, K., Zarski, A.-C., Bauer, T., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P., Spiegelhalder, K.,... Ebert, D.D. (2020). Psychological interventions to improve sleep in college students: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials . Journal of Sleep Research . https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13097
Saruhanjan, K., Zarski, A.-C., Schaub, M.P., & Ebert, D.D. (2020). Design of a Guided Internet- and Mobile-Based Intervention for Internet Use Disorder-Study Protocol for a Two-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial . Frontiers in Psychiatry , 11 . https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00190
Schlicker, S., Baumeister, H., Buntrock, C., Sander, L., Paganini, S., Lin, J.,... Ebert, D. (2020). A Web- and Mobile-Based Intervention for Comorbid, Recurrent Depression in Patients With Chronic Back Pain on Sick Leave (Get.Back): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial on Feasibility, User Satisfaction, and Effectiveness . JMIR Mental Health , 7 (4). https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16398
Terhorst, Y., Braun, L., Titzler, I., Buntrock, C., Freund, J., Thielecke, J.,... Baumeister, H. (2020). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a guided internet-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to improve chronic pain-related disability in green professions (PACT-A): study protocol of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open , 10 (9), e034271-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034271
Thielecke, J., Buntrock, C., Titzler, I., Braun, L., Freund, J., Berking, M.,... Ebert, D. (2020). Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of Personalized Tele-Based Coaching for Farmers, Foresters and Gardeners to Prevent Depression: Study Protocol of an 18-Month Follow-Up Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (TEC-A) . Frontiers in Psychiatry , 11 . https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00125
Titzler, I., Berking, M., Schlicker, S., Riper, H., & Ebert, D. (2020). Barriers and Facilitators for Referrals of Primary Care Patients to Blended Internet-Based Psychotherapy for Depression: Mixed Methods Study of General Practitioners' Views . JMIR Mental Health , 7 (8). https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/18642
Weisel, K., Zarski, A.-C., Berger, T., Krieger, T., Moser, C.T., Schaub, M.P.,... Ebert, D.D. (2020). User Experience and Effects of an Individually Tailored Transdiagnostic Internet-Based and Mobile-Supported Intervention for Anxiety Disorders: Mixed-Methods Study . Journal of Medical Internet Research , 22 (9), e16450-. https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16450
Wilks, C.R., Auerbach, R.P., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Cuijpers, P.,... Kessler, R.C. (2020). The importance of physical and mental health in explaining health-related academic role impairment among college students . Journal of Psychiatric Research , 123 , 54-61. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.01.009
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In the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy we interested in how technologies can be used to promote health or to augment and develop further psychotherapeutic interventions.
Research projects
Paralinguistische Stimmmerkmale in Major Depression (ParaStiChaD)
(Third Party Funds Single)
Funding source: DFG-Einzelförderung / Sachbeihilfe (EIN-SBH)
Integration von Online-Interventionen in die ambulante Psychotherapie bei Patienten mit depressiven Störungen und Angststörungen
(Third Party Funds Single)
Funding source: andere Förderorganisation
Ermittlung der Praxis- und Alltagstauglichkeit des IEEDA, Untersuchungen der Patienten und Durchführung der IASON-Validierung
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Term: 1. July 2019 - 30. June 2022
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Gesunder Umgang mit digitalen Technologien und Medien
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Term: 1. June 2019 - 31. May 2023
Funding source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (StMWK) (seit 2018)
Smartphone-assistierte Abstinenzförderung nach Alkoholentzug
(Third Party Funds Single)
Funding source: andere Förderorganisation
Empirisch basierte Behandlung für Kinder und Jugendliche als Opfer von Missbrauch und Vernachlässigung zugänglich machen - internetbasierte Therapie und biometrische Analyse
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Term: 1. April 2019 - 31. March 2023
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
@myTabu - Online-Intervention für entlassene Kindesmissbrauchstäter während der Bewährungs- und Führungsaufsicht: Entwicklung der Intervention und gesundheitsökonomische Evaluation
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Term: 1. February 2019 - 31. January 2023
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
2021
2020
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