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
Applied Data Science in Digital Psychology
(Third Party Funds Single)
Term: 1. September 2022 - 31. August 2026Funding source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (StMWK) (seit 2018)
University education in psychology, medical technology and computer science currently focuses on teaching basic methods and knowledge with little involvement of other disciplines. Increasing digitalization and the ever more rapid spread of digital technologies, such as wearable sensors, smartphone apps, and artificial intelligence, also in the health sector, offer a wide range of opportunities to address psychological issues from new and interdisciplinary perspectives. However, this requires close cooperation between the disciplines of psychology and technical disciplines such as medical technology and computer science to enable the necessary knowledge transfer. Especially in these disciplines, there is a considerable need for innovative and interdisciplinary teaching concepts and research projects that teach the adequate use of digital technologies and explore the application of these technologies to relevant issues in order to enable better care in the treatment of people with mental disorders.
Empatho-Kinaesthetic Sensor Technology
(Third Party Funds Group – Overall project)
Term: 1. July 2021 - 30. June 2025
Funding source: DFG / Sonderforschungsbereich / Transregio (SFB / TRR)
URL: https://empkins.de/
The proposed CRC “Empathokinaesthetic Sensor Technology” (EmpkinS) will investigate novel radar, wireless, depth camera, and photonics based sensor technologies as well as body function models and algorithms. The primary objective of EmpkinS is to capture human motion parameters remotely with wave-based sensors to enable the identification and analysis of physiological and behavioural states and body functions. To this end, EmpkinS aims to develop sensor technologies and facilitate the collection of motion data for the human body. Based on this data of hitherto unknown quantity and quality, EmpkinS will lead to unprecedented new insights regarding biomechanical, medical, and psychophysiological body function models and mechanisms of action as well as their interdependencies.The main focus of EmpkinS is on capturing human motion parameters at the macroscopic level (the human body or segments thereof and the cardiopulmonary function) and at the microscopic level (facial expressions and fasciculations). The acquired data are captured remotely in a minimally disturbing and non-invasive manner and with very high resolution. The physiological and behavioural states underlying the motion pattern are then reconstructed algorithmically from this data, using biomechanical, neuromotor, and psychomotor body function models. The sensors, body function models, and the inversion of mechanisms of action establish a link between the internal biomedical body layers and the outer biomedical technology layers. Research into this link is highly innovative, extraordinarily complex, and many of its facets have not been investigated so far.To address the numerous and multifaceted research challenges, the EmpkinS CRC is designed as an interdisciplinary research programme. The research programme is coherently aligned along the sensor chain from the primary sensor technology (Research Area A) over signal and data processing (Research Areas B and C) and the associated modelling of the internal body functions and processes (Research Areas C and D) to the psychological and medical interpretation of the sensor data (Research Area D). Ethics research (Research Area E) is an integral part of the research programme to ensure responsible research and ethical use of EmpkinS technology.The proposed twelve-year EmpkinS research programme will develop novel methodologies and technologies that will generate cutting-edge knowledge to link biomedical processes inside the human body with the information captured outside the body by wireless and microwave sensor technology. With this quantum leap in medical technology, EmpkinS will pave the way for completely new "digital", patient-centred diagnosis and therapeutic options in medicine and psychology.Medical technology is a research focus with flagship character in the greater Erlangen-Nürnberg area. This outstanding background along with the extensive preparatory work of the involved researchers form the basis and backbone of EmpkinS.
Empathokinästhetische Sensorik für Biofeedback bei depressiven Patienten
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Overall project: Empathokinästhetische Sensorik
Term: 1. July 2021 - 30. June 2025
Funding source: DFG / Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB)
URL: https://www.empkins.de/
The aim of the D02 project is the establishment of empathokinesthetic sensor technology and methods of machine learning as a means for the automatic detection and modification of depression-associated facial expressions, posture, and movement. The aim is to clarify to what extent, with the help of kinesthetic-related modifications influence depressogenic information processing and/or depressive symptoms. First, we will record facial expressions, body posture, and movement relevant to depression with the help of currently available technologies (e.g., RGB and depth cameras, wired EMG, established emotion recognition software) and use them as input parameters for new machine learning models to automatically detect depression-associated affect expressions. Secondly, a fully automated biofeedback paradigm is to be implemented and validated using the project results available up to that point. More ways of real-time feedback of depression-relevant kinaesthesia are investigated. Thirdly, we will research possibilities of mobile use of the biofeedback approach developed up to then.
Recent publications
2025
Abel, L., Richer, R., Burkhardt, F., Kurz, M., Ringgold, V., Gmelch, L.M.,... Rohleder, N. (2025). Body Movements as Biomarkers: Machine Learning-based Prediction of HPA Axis Reactivity to Stress .
Bauer, J., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Gerczuk, M., Schuller, B., & Berking, M. (2025). Prosody-focused feedback enhances the efficacy of anti-depressive self-statements in depressed individuals – A randomized controlled trial . Behaviour Research and Therapy , 184 , 104667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104667
Hager, M., Keinert, E.M., & Berking, M. (2025). STARK mit Depression: Ein multimodales Approach-Avoidance Modification Training für Jugendliche mit Depression – Ein Studienprotokoll . In Proceedings of the 4. Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress . Berlin, DE.
Keinert, E.M., & Berking, M. (2025). Declaring „war“ on stress: Preliminary results of a randomized controlled study investigating a speech-based approach-avoidance modification training targeting dysfunctional beliefs in individuals with elevated stress . In Proceedings of the 4. Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress . Berlin, DE.
Keinert, E.M., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Rupp, L., Sadeghi, M., Richer, R., Capito, K.,... Berking, M. (2025). The EmpkinS-EKSpression Reappraisal Training Augmented With Kinesthesia in Depression . JMIR Formative Research , 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.2196/65357
Rupp, L., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Sadeghi, M., Rahimi, F., Keinert, E.M., Hager, M.,... Berking, M. (2025). EmpkinS-EKSpression: Ergebnisse einer Randomisiert-kontrollierten klinischen Studie eines Emotions-gestützten Trainings zur Kognitiven Umstrukturierung . In Proceedings of the 4. Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress . Berlin, DE.
Schindler-Gmelch, L., Rupp, L., Rahimi, F., Sadeghi, M., Keinert, E.M., Hager, M.,... Berking, M. (2025). EmpkinS-EKSpression-BioFACEBack: Ergebnisse eines randomisiert-kontrollierten Trials zu gesichtsmuskelfokussiertem Biofeedback bei depressiven Erkrankungen . In Proceedings of the 4. Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress . Berlin.
Seizer, L., Pascher, A., Branz, S., Schmitt, N., Löchner, J., Schuller, B.W.,... Renner, T.J. (2025). Bridging acute and chronic stress effects on inflammation: protocol for a mixed-methods intensive longitudinal study . BMC Psychology , 13 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02777-y
Zarski, A.C., Baumeister, H., & Kählke, F. (2025). DSM-5 genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder: Prevalence, comorbidities, and associated factors in university students . International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology , 25 (1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100529
2024
Abel, L., Richer, R., Hauck, F., Kurz, M., Ringgold, V., Schindler-Gmelch, L.,... Rohleder, N. (2024, February). Does acute stress exposure change gait patterns?
Al-Adhami, M., Durbeej, N., Daryani, A., Wångdahl, J., Larsson, E.C., & Salari, R. (2024). Can extended health communication improve newly settled refugees’ health literacy? A quasi-experimental study from Sweden . Health promotion international , 39 (2). https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae015
Batterham, P., Allenhof, C., Cerga Pashoja, A., Etzelmueller, A., Fanaj, N., Finch, T.,... Vis, C. (2024). Psychometric properties of two implementation measures: Normalization MeAsure Development questionnaire (NoMAD) and organizational readiness for implementing change (ORIC) . Implementation Research and Practice , 5 . https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895241245448
Bauer, J., Gerczuk, M., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Amiriparian, S., Ebert, D.D., Krajewski, J.,... Berking, M. (2024). Validation of Machine Learning-Based Assessment of Major Depressive Disorder from Paralinguistic Speech Characteristics in Routine Care . Depression and Anxiety , 2024 , 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9667377
Bauer, J., Gerczuk, M., Schuller, B., & Berking, M. (2024). Comparison of speech elicitation tasks for machine learning-based depression classification . In Proceedings of the International Medicine and Health Sciences Congress IMHSC 2024 . Male, MV.
Bauer, J., Gerczuk, M., Schuller, B.W., & Berking, M. (2024). Optimizing speech elicitation tasks for machine learning-based depression assessment . In Tareq Ahram, Waldemar Karwowski (Eds.), Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing . Honolulu, US: AHFE Open Access.
Berking, M. (2024). Emotion regulation and mental health: current evidence and beyond . World Psychiatry , 23 (3), 438-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21244
Depoorter, J., De Raedt, R., Berking, M., & Hoorelbeke, K. (2024). Specificity of Emotion Regulation Processes in Depression: A Network Analysis . Cognitive Therapy and Research . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10530-9
Dietel, F.A., Rupprecht, R., Seriyo, A.M., Post, M., Sudhoff, B., Reichart, J.,... Buhlmann, U. (2024). Efficacy of a smartphone-based Cognitive Bias Modification program for emotion regulation: A randomized-controlled crossover trial . Internet Interventions , 35 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2024.100719
Doukani, A., Quartagno, M., Sera, F., Free, C., Kakuma, R., Riper, H.,... Araya, R. (2024). Comparison of the Working Alliance in Blended Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Treatment as Usual for Depression in Europe: Secondary Data Analysis of the E-COMPARED Randomized Controlled Trial . Journal of Medical Internet Research , 26 , e47515-. https://doi.org/10.2196/47515
Durbeej, N., Ssegonja, R., Salari, R., Dahlberg, A., Fabian, H., & Sarkadi, A. (2024). Preschool-level socio-economic deprivation in relation to emotional and behavioural problems among preschool children in Sweden . Scandinavian Journal of Public Health . https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948231218040
Feufel, M.A., Speiser, D., Schüürhuis, S., Neumann, K., Keinert, E.M., Stegen, S.,... Kendel, F. (2024). iKNOW—Supporting the counseling of women with hereditary risk of breast and ovarian cancer with digital technologies: A randomized controlled trial . Genetics in Medicine Open . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gimo.2024.101892
Freund, J., Smit, F., Lehr, D., Zarski, A.-C., Berking, M., Riper, H.,... Buntrock, C. (2024). A Universal Digital Stress Management Intervention for Employees: Randomized Controlled Trial with Health-Economic Evaluation . Journal of Medical Internet Research , 26 , e48481-. https://doi.org/10.2196/48481
Fuhrmann, L., Weisel, K., Harrer, M., Kulke, J., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P.,... Berking, M. (2024). Additive effects of adjunctive app-based interventions for mental disorders - A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials . Internet Interventions , 35 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2023.100703
Harrer, M., Nixon, P., Sprenger, A.A., Heber, E., Boß, L., Heckendorf, H.,... Lehr, D. (2024). Are web-based stress management interventions effective as an indirect treatment for depression? An individual participant data meta-analysis of six randomised trials . BMJ Mental Health , 27 (1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300846
Keinert, E.M., Hager, M., & Berking, M. (2024). Approaching depression: An emotion-enhanced approach-avoidance modification training targeting dysfunctional cognitions in adult depressin – Pilot study . In Proceedings of the 3. Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress . Berlin, DE.
Keinert, E.M., Hager, M., & Berking, M. (2024). Approaching depression: An emotion-enhanced approach-avoidance modification training targeting dysfunctional cognitions in adult depressin – Randomized controlled pilot study . In Proceedings of the 55. Annual International Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research . Ottawa, CA.
Keinert, E.M., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Eskofier, B., & Berking, M. (2024). An Anger-based Approach-Avoidance Modification Training Targeting Dysfunctional Beliefs in Adults with Elevated Stress – Results from a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study . International Journal of Cognitive Therapy . https://doi.org/10.1007/s41811-024-00218-z
Keinert, E.M., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Rupp, L., Sadeghi, M., Capito, K., Hager, M.,... Berking, M. (2024). Facing depression: evaluating the efficacy of the EmpkinS-EKSpression reappraisal training augmented with facial expressions – protocol of a randomized controlled trial . BMC Psychiatry , 24 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06361-3
Kurz, M., Abel, L., Hauck, F., Richer, R., Ringgold, V., Schindler-Gmelch, L.,... Rohleder, N. (2024, February). Does stress stand a chance during sitting? Cortisol and subjective stress response to the (f-)TSST between sitting and standing body position .
Kurz, M., Abel, L., Hauck, F., Richer, R., Ringgold, V., Schindler-Gmelch, L.,... Rohleder, N. (2024, February). Exploring the cortisol and subjective stress response to the TSST between sitting and standing body position .
Kurz, M., Richer, R., Abel, L., Hauck, F., Ringgold, V., Schindler-Gmelch, L.,... Rohleder, N. (2024, February). f-TSST+: An extension to the friendly Trier Social Stress Test that enables better behavioral comparability during acute psychosocial stress .
Kurz, M., Richer, R., Geßler, T., Abel, L., Hauck, F., Herzer, L.,... Rohleder, N. (2024, February). openTSST – An open web platform for large-scale, video- based motion analysis during acute psychosocial stress .
König, V., Shields, G.S., Hauck, F., Kurz, M., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Abel, L.,... Rohleder, N. (2024). Assessing Task-Related Changes in Self-Reported Stress: Validation of the Short Stress State Questionnaire in German(SSSQ-G) . In Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society . Cascais, PT.
Lang, C., Weisel, K., Saur, S., Fuhrmann, L., Schönleber, A., Reichl, D.,... Berking, M. (2024). Support after return to alcohol use: a mixed-methods study on how abstinence motivation and app use change after return to alcohol use in an app-based aftercare intervention for individuals with alcohol use disorder . Addiction Science & Clinical Practice , 19 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00457-7
Lehr, D., Freund, H., Sieland, B., Kalon, L., Berking, M., Riper, H., & Ebert, D.D. (2024). Effectiveness of a guided multicomponent internet and mobile gratitude training program - A pragmatic randomized controlled trial . Internet Interventions , 38 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2024.100787
Lukas, C., Blechert, J., & Berking, M. (2024). A smartphone application to reduce problematic drinking: a feasibility trial . Pilot and Feasibility Studies , 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01420-0
Melendez-Torres, G., Backhaus, S., Gardner, F., Scott, S., European Parenting Program Research Consortium, ., Salari, R., & Leijten, P. (2024). Study preregistration: Individual participant data meta-analysis: Individual differences in mediators of parenting program effects on disruptive behavior . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry .
Nardelli, C., Montreuil, T., Naoufal, M., Berking, M., Baeyens, C., & Bortolon, C. (2024). French validation of the Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire Validation française du Questionnaire de Compétences en matière de Régulation Émotionnelle . European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee , 74 (1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2023.100877
Osman, F., Schön, U.K., & Salari, R. (2024). Using normalisation process theory to identify factors facilitating the scaling up of parenting programs for immigrant parents . Frontiers in Psychology , 15 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1456586
Persson, C., Ericson, J., Eriksson, M., Salari, R., & Flacking, R. (2024). Quality of couple relationship and associated factors in parents of NICU-cared infants during the first year after birth . Journal of Perinatology , 44 (12), 1738-1745. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-024-02076-1
Richer, R., Abel, L., Hauck, F., Ringgold, V., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Eskofier, B., & Rohleder, N. (2024). Bodily Freezing As A Response To Acute Psychosocial Stress . Psychoneuroendocrinology , 160 , 106755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106755
Richer, R., Koch, V., Abel, L., Hauck, F., Kurz, M., Ringgold, V.,... Rohleder, N. (2024). Machine learning-based detection of acute psychosocial stress from body posture and movements . Scientific Reports , 14 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59043-1
Ringgold, V., Shields, G.S., Hauck, F., Kurz, M., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Abel, L.,... Rohleder, N. (2024). The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G): A Multi-Study Validation . European Journal of Health Psychology , 31 , 189-200. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000160
Ringgold, V., Shields, G.S., Hauck, F., Kurz, M., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Abel, L.,... Rohleder, N. (2024, September). The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G): A Novel Tool for Assessing Task-Related Changes in Self-Reported Stress .
Roetner, J., Van Doren, J., Maschke, J., Kulke, L., Pontones, C., Fasching, P.A.,... Eichler, A. (2024). Effects of prenatal alcohol exposition on cognitive outcomes in childhood and youth: a longitudinal analysis based on meconium ethyl glucuronide. European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience , 274 (2), 343-352. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-023-01657-z
Rupp, L., Saur, S., & Berking, M. (2024). Effects of Emotion Regulation Skills on Abstinence after Inpatient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Latent Difference Score Analysis .
Rupp, L., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Rogge, L., & Berking, M. (2024). Walking the Black Dog: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of walking interventions on depressive symptom severity . Mental Health and Physical Activity , 26 , 100600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100600
Sadeghi, M., Egger, B., Agahi, R., Richer, R., Capito, K., Rupp, L.,... Eskofier, B. (2024). Exploring the Capabilities of a Language Model-Only Approach for Depression Detection in Text Data . In Proceedings of the Deutscher Psychotherapiekongress (DPK) . Berlin.
Sadeghi, M., Richer, R., Egger, B., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Rupp, L., Rahimi, F.,... Eskofier, B. (2024). Harnessing multimodal approaches for depression detection using large language models and facial expressions . npj Mental Health Research , 3 (1), 66. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44184-024-00112-8
Schulte, C., Sextl-Plötz, T., Baumeister, H., Titzler, I., Sander, L.B., Sachser, C.,... Zarski, A.C. (2024). What to do when the unwanted happens? Negative event management in studies on internet- and mobile-based interventions for youths and adults with two case reports . Internet Interventions , 35 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2024.100710
Streit, H., Keinert, E.M., Schindler-Gmelch, L., Eskofier, B., & Berking, M. (2024). Disgust-based approach-avoidance modification training for individuals suffering from elevated stress: A randomized controlled pilot study . Stress and Health . https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3384
Thielecke, J., Kuper, P., Ebert, D., Cuijpers, P., Smit, F., Riper, H.,... Buntrock, C. (2024). Does outcome expectancy predict outcomes in online depression prevention? Secondary analysis of randomised-controlled trials . Health Expectations , 27 (1). https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13951
Trautmann, S., Muehlhan, M., Berking, M., Miethe, S., Wigger, J., & Dragan, M. (2024). Emotion regulation and psychopathology: Investigating differential associations between emotion regulation skills and psychological symptoms using a network approach . British Journal of Clinical Psychology . https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12493
Zarski, A.C., Weisel, K., Berger, T., Krieger, T., Schaub, M.P., Berking, M.,... Ebert, D.D. (2024). Efficacy of an Internet- and Mobile-Based Intervention for Subclinical Anxiety and Depression (ICare Prevent) with Two Guidance Formats: Results from a Three-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial . Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics . https://doi.org/10.1159/000536149
2023
Al-Adhami, M., Wångdahl, J., Salari, R., & Åkerman, E. (2023). ”Putting words to their feelings”– civic communicators’ perceptions and experiences of an in-depth course on mental health for newly settled refugee migrants in Sweden . BMC Health Services Research , 23 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09524-2
Baker-Eck, B., & Bull, R. (2023). How do German police officers of varying empathy levels react to different styles of interviewing a suspected sex offender? International Journal of Law Crime and Justice , 74 . https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2023.100610
Bernstein, K., Schaub, M.P., Baumeister, H., Berking, M., Ebert, D.D., & Zarski, A.-C. (2023). Treating internet use disorders via the internet? Results of a two-Armed randomized controlled trial . Journal of Behavioral Addictions , 12 (3), 803-816. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00049
Bernstein, K., Zarski, A.-C., Pekarek, E., Schaub, M.P., Berking, M., Baumeister, H., & Ebert, D.D. (2023). Case report for an internet- and mobile-based intervention for internet use disorder . Frontiers in Psychiatry , 14 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.700520
Cuijpers, P., Karyotaki, E., Harrer, M., & Stikkelbroek, Y. (2023). Individual behavioral activation in the treatment of depression: A meta analysis . Psychotherapy Research . https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2197630
Cuijpers, P., Miguel, C., Ciharova, M., Ebert, D., Harrer, M., & Karyotaki, E. (2023). Transdiagnostic treatment of depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis . Psychological Medicine . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722003841
Cuijpers, P., Miguel, C., Harrer, M., Plessen, C.Y., Ciharova, M., Ebert, D., & Karyotaki, E. (2023). Cognitive behavior therapy vs. control conditions, other psychotherapies, pharmacotherapies and combined treatment for depression: a comprehensive meta-analysis including 409 trials with 52,702 patients . World Psychiatry , 22 (1), 105-115. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21069
Freund, J., Ebert, D.D., Thielecke, J., Braun, L., Baumeister, H., Berking, M., & Titzler, I. (2023). Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to evaluate a nationwide depression prevention project (ImplementIT) from the perspective of health care workers and implementers: Results on the implementation of digital interventions for farmers . Frontiers in Digital Health , 4 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.1083143
Freund, J., Piotrowski, A., Bührmann, L., Oehler, C., Titzler, I., Netter, A.L.,... Etzelmüller, A. (2023). Validation of the German Normalisation Process Theory Measure G-NoMAD: translation, adaptation, and pilot testing . Implementation Science Communications , 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00505-4
Gerczuk, M., Amiriparian, S., Kathan, A., Bauer, J., Berking, M., & Schuller, B.W. (2023). Noise Robust Recognition of Depression Status and Treatment Response from Speech via Unsupervised Feature Aggregation . In 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) . Sydney, NSW, AU: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
Gerczuk, M., Triantafyllopoulos, A., Amiriparian, S., Kathan, A., Bauer, J., Berking, M., & Schuller, B.W. (2023). Zero-shot personalization of speech foundation models for depressed mood monitoring . Patterns , 4 (11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2023.100873
Gmelch, L.M., Capito, K., Steudte-Schmiedgen, S., Kirschbaum, C., & Berking, M. (2023). Hair Cortisol Research in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - 10 Years of Insights and Open Questions. A Systematic Review . Current Neuropharmacology , 21 . https://doi.org/10.2174/1570159X21666230807112425
Harrer, M., Ebert, D.D., Kuper, P., Paganini, S., Schlicker, S., Terhorst, Y.,... Baumeister, H. (2023). Predicting heterogeneous treatment effects of an Internet-based depression intervention for patients with chronic back pain: Secondary analysis of two randomized controlled trials . Internet Interventions , 33 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2023.100634
Karyotaki, E., Miguel, C., Panagiotopoulou, O.M., Harrer, M., Seward, N., Sijbrandij, M.,... Cuijpers, P. (2023). Digital interventions for common mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis . Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health , 10 . https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.50
Keinert, E.M., Böhme, S., Eskofier, B., Schuller, B.W., & Berking, M. (2023). Breathe your stress away. Preliminary results of a randomized controlled study investigating a breath-based approach-avoidance modification training in individuals with elevated stress . In Proceedings of the 2. Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress . Berlin, DE.
Keinert, E.M., Eskofier, B., Schuller, B.W., Böhme, S., & Berking, M. (2023). Evaluating the feasibility and exploring the efficacy of an emotion-based approach-avoidance modification training (eAAMT) in the context of perceived stress in an adult sample — protocol of a parallel randomized controlled pilot study . Pilot and Feasibility Studies , 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01386-z
Kristen, A., Salari, R., Moretti, M.M., & Osman, F. (2023). Attachment and trauma-informed programme to support forcibly displaced parents of youth in Sweden: Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of the eConnect Online programme . BMJ Open , 13 (8). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072368
Leuteritz, S., Böhme, S., Mühlberger, A., & Greve, W. (2023). Are reframing strategies more effective than empathy in processing trauma reports? A pilot study . Frontiers in Psychology , 14 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1150475
Lukas, C., & Hacker, D. (2023). Seamless Care 4.0 A Hybrid Aftercare Intervention Following Inpatient Treatment for Alcohol-Related Disorders Nahtlosverfahren 40 - Eine hybride Intervention zur Kliniknachsorge bei alkoholbezogenen Störungen . Suchttherapie . https://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-2110-4135
Maslahati, T., Wingenfeld, K., Hellmann-Regen, J., Kraft, J., Lyu, J., Keinert, E.M.,... Roepke, S. (2023). Oxytocin vs. placebo effects on intrusive memory consolidation using a trauma film paradigm: a randomized, controlled experimental study in healthy women . Translational Psychiatry , 13 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02339-z
Mefrouche, M.L., Siegmann, E.-M., Böhme, S., Berking, M., & Kornhuber, J. (2023). The Effect of Digital Mindfulness Interventions on Depressive, Anxiety, and Stress Symptoms in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education , 13 (9), 1694-1706. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13090122
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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://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100374
Harrer, M., Baumeister, H., Kählke, F., Franke, M., Kuechler, A.-M., & Ebert, D.D. (2021). StudiCare -Results of Randomized-Controlled Trials Evaluating Online Interventions Delivered at German-Speaking Universities as Part of the WHO-WMH International College Student Initiative . In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE (pp. S134-S134). NEW YORK: SPRINGER.
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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://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00799-y
Lukas, C., Eskofier, B., & Berking, M. (2021). A gamified smartphone-based intervention for depression: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial. JMIR Mental Health , 8 (7). https://doi.org/10.2196/16643
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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://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://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112883
Terao, T., Hori, H., & Buntrock, C. (2021). Editorial: How to Help Employees Returning to Work Following Depression . Frontiers in Psychiatry , 12 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.714589
Thielecke, J., Buntrock, C., Titzler, I., Freund, J., Braun, L., Baumeister, H., & Ebert, D. (2021). Individual Case Coaching through Telephone as a Prevention Offer for Farmers, Foresters and Horticulturists? - Results of a randomized controlled Efficacy Trial (TEC-A) . In GESUNDHEITSWESEN (pp. 723-723). STUTTGART: GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG.
Van Genugten, C.R., Schuurmans, J., Hoogendoorn, A.W., Araya, R., Andersson, G., Banos, R.,... Riper, H. (2021). Examining the Theoretical Framework of Behavioral Activation for Major Depressive Disorder: Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study . JMIR Mental Health , 8 (12). https://doi.org/10.2196/32007
Wichmann, L., Reiff, N., Zintl, S., & Berking, M. (2021). Developing a digital assistive tool for dementia patients and their caregivers: A qualitative study on needs, potential functions, practical requirements, user acceptance, and ethical considerations .
Zarski, A.-C., Berking, M., & Ebert, D.D. (2021). Efficacy of Internet-Based Treatment for Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 89 (11), 909-924. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000665
2020
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://doi.org/10.1159/000511881
Berking, M., & Rupprecht, R. (2020). Training emotionaler Kompetenzen (TEK) . In Handbuch Emotionsregulation. (pp. 223-230).
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://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://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04686-4
Conejo-Cerón, S., Bellón, J.Á., 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://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101859
Dahlberg, A., Fält, E., Ghaderi, A., Sarkadi, A., & Salari, R. (2020). Swedish norms for the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for children 3–5 years rated by parents and preschool teachers . Scandinavian Journal of Psychology , 61 (2), 253-261. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12606
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://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://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://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02800-z
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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://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23224
Helbig-Lang, S., Klose, M., & Berking, M. (2020). Trainings emotionaler, sozialer und kommunikativer Fertigkeiten . Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie , 695-708. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61814-1_31
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://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://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://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://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://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://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1837531
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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://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00190
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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
Applied Data Science in Digital Psychology
(Third Party Funds Single)
Funding source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (StMWK) (seit 2018)
University education in psychology, medical technology and computer science currently focuses on teaching basic methods and knowledge with little involvement of other disciplines. Increasing digitalization and the ever more rapid spread of digital technologies, such as wearable sensors, smartphone apps, and artificial intelligence, also in the health sector, offer a wide range of opportunities to address psychological issues from new and interdisciplinary perspectives. However, this requires close cooperation between the disciplines of psychology and technical disciplines such as medical technology and computer science to enable the necessary knowledge transfer. Especially in these disciplines, there is a considerable need for innovative and interdisciplinary teaching concepts and research projects that teach the adequate use of digital technologies and explore the application of these technologies to relevant issues in order to enable better care in the treatment of people with mental disorders.
Empatho-Kinaesthetic Sensor Technology
(Third Party Funds Group – Overall project)
Funding source: DFG / Sonderforschungsbereich / Transregio (SFB / TRR)
URL: https://empkins.de/
Empathokinästhetische Sensorik für Biofeedback bei depressiven Patienten
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Term: 1. July 2021 - 30. June 2025
Funding source: DFG / Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB)
URL: https://www.empkins.de/
The aim of the D02 project is the establishment of empathokinesthetic sensor technology and methods of machine learning as a means for the automatic detection and modification of depression-associated facial expressions, posture, and movement. The aim is to clarify to what extent, with the help of kinesthetic-related modifications influence depressogenic information processing and/or depressive symptoms. First, we will record facial expressions, body posture, and movement relevant to depression with the help of currently available technologies (e.g., RGB and depth cameras, wired EMG, established emotion recognition software) and use them as input parameters for new machine learning models to automatically detect depression-associated affect expressions. Secondly, a fully automated biofeedback paradigm is to be implemented and validated using the project results available up to that point. More ways of real-time feedback of depression-relevant kinaesthesia are investigated. Thirdly, we will research possibilities of mobile use of the biofeedback approach developed up to then.
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