Benutzerspezifische Werkzeuge

„Psychiatric diagnostics and treatment“

This interdisciplinary work group examines psychological research questions on the prevention, early detection/ recognition and treatment of mental disorders. We apply a broad spectrum of state-of the art assessment and clinical methods to examine family-genetic and environmental risk factors and the course patterns of mental disorders to improve prevention and early-targeted treatment.

Aims of our studies refer to the following research levels:

a) Early recognition of mental disorders and development of innovative diagnostic instruments (e.g. Early Recognition of Bipolar Disorders, Puppet Interview on Illness Perceptions, Fear of Progression Questionnaire (FoP-Q), Composite International Diagnostic Interview for Women (CIDI-V))

b) Prospective-longitudinal studies on risk factors and course patterns of mental disorders (e.g. Maternal Anxiety in Relation to Infant Development-Study, Follow-up of patients who consulted the Early Recognition Center in Dresden, Online survey on the psychological impact of the corona virus pandemic in individuals with psychiatric disorders)

c) Development and evaluation of innovative prevention and treatment approaches (e.g. Evaluation of a manualized group program for siblings of children with diseases or disabilities)

We are closely connected with Mental Health Dresden-Leipzig,  a regional research network, comprising the Technische Universität Dresden, the Universität Leipzig, and the Robert Koch Institute. Mental Health Dresden-Leipzig has particular strengths and expertise in clinical psychiatry, neuro- and cognitive psychology, basic and clinical neuroscience, epidemiology, environmental sociology, and public mental health. The infrastructure includes neuropsychiatric research facilities, a digital health centre, existing longitudinal cohort and population studies, regional networks of district hospitals, services and community organisations in Saxony, and international collaborations including the transCampus® network for Mental Health. With translation between the above-mentioned research fields, including participatory research approaches, we aim to improve the mental health of young people.

A) Early recognition of mental disorders and development of innovative diagnostic instruments

1. Early Recognition of Bipolar Disorders

Early Detection and Intervention Center for psychiatric disorders 

BipoLife Research Network

Working Group for Affective Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden

Pfennig, A., Leopold, K., Martini, J., Boehme, A., Lambert, M., Stamm, T., Bermpohl, F., Reif, A., Juckel, G., Fallgatter, A.J., Kircher, T., Pfeiffer, S., Berndt, C., Rottmann-Wolf, M., Sauer, C., Ritter, P., Correll, C., Bechdolf, A., Bauer, M. Improving early recognition and intervention in people at increased risk for the development of bipolar disorder - Study protocol of a prospective-longitudinal, naturalistic cohort study (Early-BipoLife). Published online: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders Doi:10.21203/rs.2.19667/v1 (IF 2018/2019: 3.550)

2. Fear of Progression Questionnaire

Fear of Progression (FoP), the fear of further disease progression, is one of the most common psychological strains of chronically ill patients and can also be found in healthy relatives of cancer patients (e.g. parents). Thus, children with cancer and their parents are at risk of developing distinct fears that may persist after medical treatment. Within several studies in pediatric oncology psychometric properties of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (FoP-Q) were examined in children with cancer and in their parents.
The FoP-Q is a short questionnaire with adequate psychometric properties (reliability, validitiy). Associations of FoP were found with the child’s current medical condition, time since diagnosis, anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, capacity to cope with disease-related fears and quality of life.
The FoP-Q offers a feasible and sensitive questionnaire to assess disease-related fears for children with cancer and their parents. For clinicians, evaluation of individual results can provide insight into specific problem areas for parents of children with cancer. The questionnaire is well suited for use in psycho-social care of families within the field of paediatric oncology.

PI: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Julia Martini, Dr. F. Schepper
Staff: Dr. Katharina Clever, Katrin Luz
Funding: Elternhilfe für krebskranke Kinder Leipzig e.V., Fellowship of the José Carreras Leukämie-Stiftung (K. Clever)
Cooperations: Prof. Dr. A. Mehnert (Universitätsklinikum Leipzig), Prof. Dr. P. Herschbach (Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München), Verbundprojekt für Geschwister (Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, Erfurt/ Suhl, Halle, Dresden, Chemnitz, Magdeburg)

Publications
Clever, K., Schepper, F., Maier, S., Christiansen, H. & Martini J. (2019) Individual and dyadic coping and fear of progression (FoP) in mothers and fathers of children with hematologic cancer. Journal Family Process, published online. DOI: 10.1111/famp.12480 (IF 2018/2019: 2.679)

Clever, K., Schepper, F., Pletschko, T., Herschbach, P., Christiansen, H. & Martini, J. (2018) Psychometric properties of the Fear of Progression-Questionnaire for parents of children with cancer (FoP-Q-SF/PR). Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 107, 7-13. (IF 2017: 3.947)

Clever, K., Schepper, F., Küpper, L., Christiansen, H. & Martini, J. (2018) Fear of Progression in parents of children with cancer: Results of an online expert survey of professionals in pediatric oncology. Klinische Pädiatrie, 230, 130-137.

Luz, J. K., Martini, J., Clever, K., Herschbach, P., Christiansen, H., Schepper, F. (2020) Psychometric Properties of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire for Children (FoP-Q-SF/C) / Psychometrische Eigenschaften des Progredienzangst-Fragebogens für Kinder (FoP-Q-SF/C). Klinische Pädiatrie, 232, 136-142.

Schepper, F., Abel, K. & Martini, J. (2015). Progredienzangst bei Eltern krebskranker Kinder: Adaptation eines Fragebogens und Korrelate (Fear of progression in parents of children with cancer: Adaptation of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire and correlates). Klinische Pädiatrie, 227, 151-156. (IF 2012: 1.904)

3. Puppet interview on illness perceptions of pediatric-oncological patients (Deutsche Krebshilfe)

Illness perceptions are beliefs and expectations regarding one’s own or others‘ illness and have been used to explain individual behaviour and coping strategies as well as impairments that are experienced by the affected persons and that affect the individual course of the disease. In this research project that is conducted at the university hospitals and the parents’ associations in Dresden and Leipzig, illness perceptions of children and adolescents with cancer in acute treatment and follow-up care are prospectively investigated. Based on the internationally recognised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) for adults, a puppet interview has been developed. This puppet interview is used to examine children aged 4-12 years. Psychometric properties of the puppet interview will be tested. Older children and adolescents will be given the IPQ-R as a questionnaire. Preliminary results show that the children’s and adolescents’ view on the illness adds important information to the parents’ view. This additional information is exceedingly important for individual medical treatment.

PI: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Julia Martini, Dr. Florian Schepper
Staff: MSc. Kristina Herzog, Julia Kiel
Funding: Deutsche Krebshilfe
Cooperations: Uniklinikum Dresden (Prof. Julia Hauer, Dipl.-Psych. Andrea Kreisch, Dipl.-Psych. Stephanie Jahn, Prof. Mainolf Suttorp), Uniklinikum Leipzig (Prof. Holger Christiansen), Elternverein Leipzig (Dipl.-Psych. Christa Engelhardt), Sonnenstrahl e.v. Dresden (Ulrike Grundmann, Dipl.-Psych remo Kamm),

4. Further publications on diagnostic instruments

Wanderer, S., Roessner, V., Strobel, A., Martini, J. WISC-IV profiles in children and adolescents with Chronic Tic Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Results from a German clinical sample. Submitted to: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Martini, J., Wittich, J., Taubert, L. & Strobel, A. (2016) Fragebögen zu Erziehungseinstellungen im Säuglings- und Kleinkindalter. In: V. Mall & A. Friedmann (Hrsg). Frühe Hilfen in der Pädiatrie. Ein Leitfaden für die klinische Praxis. (S. 268-273). Heidelberg: Springer.

Martini, J. (2016) Die Depression-Angst-Stress-Skala für die Peripartalzeit (DASS-P). In: V. Mall & A. Friedmann (Hrsg). Frühe Hilfen in der Pädiatrie. Ein Leitfaden für die klinische Praxis. (S. 266-267). Heidelberg: Springer.

Martini, J., Wittchen, H.-U., Soares, C., Rieder, A. & Steiner, M. (2009). New women-specific diagnostic modules: The Composite International Diagnostic Interview for Women (CIDI-VENUS). Archives of Women's Mental Health, 12(5), 281-289. (IF 2014: 2.164)

Martini, J., Einbock, K., Wintermann, G.-B., Klotsche, J., Junge-Hoffmeister, J. & Hoyer, J. (2009). Die Depression-Angst-Stress-Skala für die Peripartalzeit: Ein Screeninginstrument für die Schwangerschaft und das Wochenbett. Klinische Diagnostik und Evaluation, 4(2), 288-309.

Participation in the Development of the “Strukturiertes Interviews für das Vorschulalter 0-5 (SIVA: 0-5)” (Expert-Ratings) Hogrefe. (Editors: M. Bolten, M. Equit & A. von Gontard)

B) Prospective-longitudinal studies on risk factors and course patterns of mental disorders

1. Early Recognition of Bipolar Disorders in the Early Recognition Center Dresden

Early Detection and Intervention Center for psychiatric disorders 

BipoLife Research Network

Working Group for Affective Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden

Publications

Martini, J., Bauer, M., Leopold, K., Pfeiffer, S., Boehme, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Pfennig, A. Early recognition of bipolar disorders and treatment recommendations for help-seeking adolescents and young adults: Experiences from 10 years of work in the Early Recognition Centre in Dresden (Germany). To be submitted to: Journal of Bipolar Disorders.

Martini, J., Bauer, M., Leopold, K., Pfeiffer, S., Boehme, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Pfennig, A. Early recognition Center in Dresden (Germany): Experiences from 10 years of work with help-seeking adolescents and young adults. To be submitted to: Prevention Science.

2. Psychological impact and effect of the corona virus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic in individuals with psychiatric disorders – an online survey

The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency of international concern and poses a challenge to psychological resilience. It is placing great pressure on the society and the economy, at a local and global scale. At an individual level, early research suggests differing levels of psychological distress, depending on variables such as sex and proximity to the outbreak. It is unclear whether those with an existing psychiatric illness experience greater or lesser degree of psychological distress than healthy comparators, and if greater, whether the psychological symptoms represent a new presentation or an exacerbation of their existing condition. 

In light of the significant and ongoing challenge presented by COVID-19, a longitudinal multi-center online survey is conducted in different countries (Austria, Germany, UK, France, and Canada) to develop evidence-driven strategies to reduce the adverse psychological impacts and psychiatric symptoms arising during the pandemic. The main aim of this study is to measure current affective symptoms and psychological distress in individuals with mental disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic using an online questionnaire. This study will also identify individual beliefs, coping strategies and resilience patterns utilized to manage the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesize that the loss of daily structure, reduced social contacts, loneliness, reduced face-to-face psychiatric care, and other possible lifestyle changes due to the quarantine and social distancing measures, will have a detrimental effect on psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety, somatization etc.) in individuals with a psychiatric disorder compared to healthy controls. We posit that in contrast, resilience and positive cognition processes will be positively correlated with psychological wellbeing.

The Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Technische Universität Dresden (PI: Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Bauer, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Martini) is a study center of this survey that is led by Prof. Eva Reininghaus at the Medical University Graz.

PI at Medical University Graz: Prof. Eva Reininghaus
PI at Dresden site: Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Bauer, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Martini
Local staff members: Linda Vulpius, Kristina Herzog

3. Maternal anxiety and depression in relation to infant development (MARI Study)

Family-genetic studies suggest that anxiety disorders run in families and that mechanisms of familial transmission might act as early as during pregnancy. Recent evidence has shown that peripartum anxiety and depressive disorders are associated with adverse consequences for mother and child. Thus, it is important to examine risk factors, correlates and course patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders during pregnancy and after delivery.

The MARI Study is a prospective-longitudinal study program on N =306 pregnant women who were enrolled during early pregnancy and prospectively investigated in seven waves of assessment until 16 months postpartum. N =274 mothers could be retained until T7 (retention rate: 89.5 %). Clinical and psychosocial measures were repeatedly used including standardized diagnostic interviews (CIDI-V) of the mother and standardized observation paradigms of mothers and infants.
Findings from this study contribute to improved knowledge about the natural course of anxiety and depressive disorders during transition to parenthood and associated outcomes that are assumed to be early indicators of later psychopathology in the infants. Results provide new insights into mechanisms of familial transmission and clues for targeted prevention and early intervention.
Until now, 20 original research articles in peer-review journals and 5 book contributions have been published and more than fifty theses were based on data of the MARI Study. The publication on risk factors and course patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders during peripartum period was highly cited in Web of Science from 2016 until 2019. Our Masters student I. Huttarsch was honoured with the Lohrmann Medaille for extraordinary achievements and our PhD student J. Petzoldt successfully applied for a three-year fellowship granted by the Foundation of German Business (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft, sdw) in collaboration with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Furthermore, several travel awards were designated to staff members of MARI study by the Friends and Sponsors (Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer) and the Graduate Academy (Graduiertenakademie) of the Technische Universität Dresden as well as by the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst).

PI: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Julia Martini, Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

Core staff members: PD Dr. Eva Asselmann, Yvonne Hansche, Dr. Michael Höfler, Julia Niehoff, Dr. Johanna Petzoldt, Jens Strehle, Dr. Gesine Wieder, Susanne Müllender, Julia Wittich

Consultants: Prof. Dr. Katja Beesdo-Baum, Dr. Franziska Einsle, Prof. Dr. Susanne Knappe

Funding: This work was funded by the Insitute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) and supported by the Lundbeck Institute Skodsborg (Denmark), Parts of the field work were additionally supported by the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer Technische Universität Dresden (Germany).

Design of the MARI Study

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Note: T1: week 10 to 12 of gestation, T2: week 22 to 24 of gestation, T3: week 35 to 37 of gestation, T4: 10 days postpartum, T5: 2 months postpartum, T6: 4 months postpartum, T7: 16 months postpartum, initial diagnostic groups: no AD (reference): no anxiety nor depressive disorder prior to pregnancy, pure D: pure depressive disorder(s) prior to pregnancy; pure A: pure anxiety disorder(s) prior to pregnancy; comorbid AD: comorbid anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy. Diagnoses with an onset 4 weeks prior to baseline interview (around the time when pregnancy is confirmed by a pregnancy test or by a gynaecologist) were not incorporated in the initial diagnostic groups

Publications MARI study

Asselmann, E., Kunas S., Wittchen H.-U., Martini, J. Maternal personality, social support, and changes in depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms during pregnancy and after delivery: a prospective-longitudinal study. Resubmitted to after review to: PLOS ONE

Knappe, S., Puls H.-C., Huttarsch, I., Petzoldt, J., Wittich, J., Garthus-Niegel, S., Martini, J. Perinatal paternal relationships: Prospective associations of partnership quality and father-to-child bonding in the Maternity Anxiety and it's Relation to Infants' Development (MARI) study. Invited paper, Submitted: Perinatal Mental Health: Expanding the Focus to the Family Context, Special Issue, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Asselmann, E., Kunas S., Wittchen H.-U., Martini, J. (2020) Changes in psychopathological symptoms during pregnancy and after delivery: A prospective-longitudinal study in women with and without anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy. Journal of Affective Disorders, 263:480-490. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.112. (IF 2018/2019: 4.084)

Hoyer, J., Wieder, G., Höfler, M., Krause, L., Wittchen, H.-U., Martini J. Do lifetime anxiety disorders (anxiety liability) and pregnancy-related anxiety predict complications during pregnancy and delivery? Early Human Development, 144, 105022. DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105022 (IF 2018/2019: 1.853)

Martini, J., Beesdo-Baum, K., Garthus-Niegel, S., Wittchen, H.-U. (2020) The course of panic disorder during peripartum period and the risk for adverse child development: A prospective-longitudinal study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 266: 722-730. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.018 (IF 2018/2019: 3.079)

Martini, J., Bauer, M., Lewitzka, U., Voss, C., Pfennig, A., Ritter, D. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2019) Suicidal ideation in pregnancy: Rates, predictors and outcomes. Journal of Affective Disorders, 257, 518-526. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.07.040. (IF 2018/2019: 4.084)

Asselmann, E., Venz, J., Wittchen, H.-U. & Martini, J. (2018) Maternal anxiety and depressive disorders prior to, during and after pregnancy and infant interaction behaviors during the Face-to-Face Still Face Paradigm at 4 months postpartum: A prospective-longitudinal study. Early Human Development, 122, 45-53. (IF 2017: 2.025)

Krause, L., Einsle, F., Petzoldt, J., Wittchen, H.-U. & Martini, J. (2017) The role of maternal anxiety and depressive disorders prior to and during pregnancy and perinatal psychopathological symptoms for early infant diseases and drug administration. Early Human Development, 109, 7-14. (IF 2016: 2.169)

Martini, J., Petzoldt, J., Knappe, S., Garthus-Niegel, S., Asselmann, E. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2017). Infant, maternal, and familial predictors and correlates of regulatory problems in early infancy: The differential role of infant temperament and maternal anxiety and depression. Early Human Development, 115, 23-31. (IF 2016: 2.169)

Asselmann, E., Hoyer, J., Wittchen, H.-U. & Martini, J. (2016) Sexual problems during pregnancy and after delivery among women with and without anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy: A prospective-longitudinal study. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 13, 95-104. (IF 2016: 2.978)

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Erler, L. & Martini, J. (2016) Peripartum changes in social support among women with and without anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy - A prospective-longitudinal study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 19, 6, 943-952. doi: 10.1007/s00737-016-0608-6 (IF 2016: 2.275)

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Petzoldt, J. & Martini, J. (2016) Peripartum changes in partnership quality in women with and without anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy: A prospective-longitudinal study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 19(2), 281-90. doi: 10.1007/s00737-015-0556-6 (IF 2016: 2.275)

Kraft, A., Knappe, S., Petrowski, K., Petzoldt, J. & Martini, J. (2016) Unterschiede in der Mutter-Kind-Bindung bei Frauen mit und ohne Soziale Phobie. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatgrie und
-psychotherapie, 44, 1-9. (IF 2016: 1.042)

Martini, J., Asselmann, E., Einsle, F. & Wittchen H.-U. (2016) A prospective-longitudinal study on the association of anxiety disorders prior to pregnancy and pregnancy- and child-related fears. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 40, 58-66. (IF 2016: 3.105)

Petzoldt, J., Wittchen, H.-U. & Martini, J. (2016). Specific relations of maternal anxiety and depressive disorders prior to, during and after pregnancy and infants’ crying, feeding and sleeping problems. (Abstract). Infant Mental Health Journal, 37(S1), 353. (IF 2016: 1.650)

Petzoldt, J., Wittchen, H. U., Einsle, F. & Martini, J. (2016). Maternal anxiety versus depressive disorders: Specific relations to infants' crying, feeding and sleeping problems. Child: Care, Health and Development, 42(2), 231-245. (IF 2016: 1.445)

Martini, J., Petzoldt, J., Einsle, F., Beesdo-Baum, K. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2015) Risk factors and course patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders during pregnancy and after delivery: A prospective longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 175, 385-395. (IF 2015: 3.570, highly cited in WOS: 53)

Winkel, S., Einsle, S., Pieper, L., Höfler, M., Wittchen, H.-U. & Martini, J. (2015) Associations of anxiety, depressive disorders and body weight with hypertension during pregnancy. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 18, 473-483. (IF 2015: 2.619)

Petzoldt, J., Wittchen, H.-U., Wittich, J., Einsle, F., Höfler, M. & Martini, J. (2014). Maternal anxiety disorders predict excessive infant crying: A prospective longitudinal study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 99, 800-806. (IF 2014: 2.899)

Martini, J., Wittich, J., Petzoldt, J., Winkel, S., Einsle, F., Siegert, J., Höfler, M., Beesdo-Baum, K. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2013). Maternal anxiety disorders prior to conception, psychopathology during pregnancy and early infants' development: A prospective longitudinal study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 16, 549-560. (IF 2014: 2.164)

Winkel, S., Einsle, F., Wittchen, H.-U. & Martini, J. (2013). Premenstrual symptoms are associated with psychological and physical symptoms in early pregnancy. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 16, 2, 109-115. (IF 2014: 2.164)

C) Development and evaluation of innovative prevention and treatment approaches

Evaluation of a manualized group program for siblings of children with diseases or disabilities

This study evaluates a manualized group program for siblings of children with life-threatening/ life-limiting diseases or disabilities. The program aims to activate resources and to reduce emotional and behavioral problems using cognitive-behavioral methods and experience-based interventions. In this multi-center study, 13 GeschwisterTREFFs were conducted by 11 study sites in Germany. Prior to and after the intervention 97 siblings aged 7 to 14 years and their parents were examined with standardized questionnaires. At baseline, the siblings of children with diseases or disabilities showed significant more emotional and behavioral problems compared to the respective norm samples. After the intervention, the siblings reported declined problem behavior scores that were mostly in the range of the particular norm values. Furthermore, the children indicated a significant improvement of self-esteem, self-efficacy, school competences and relations to their siblings. However, parents reported more problem behavior and less health-related quality of life of their children at both assessments. The present multi-center study showed the interventions’ feasibility in different settings and confirmed expected improvements of target variables during the intervention period. Randomized-controlled trails are warranted to verify our results.

Publications

Engelhardt-Lohrke, C., Schepper, F., Hermann, J., Kowalewski, K., Spilger, T., Martini, J. (2020) Evaluation eines manualisierten Gruppenprogrammes für Geschwister von erkrankten oder behinderten Kindern [Evaluation of a manualized group program for siblings of children with diseases or disabilities]. Accepted in: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie

Herrmann, J., Engelhardt-Lohrke, C., Martini, J., Christiansen, H., Schepper, F. (2019) Aufwachsen als gesundes Geschwisterkind: Wie die schwere Krankheit, Behinderung oder das Versterben eines Geschwisters die Entwicklung beeinflusst: Eine Retrospektive Jugendlicher und Erwachsener. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung, 14: 313-318. DOI: oi.org/10.1007/s11553-019-00717-4

Foreword of the Manual „Jetzt bin ICH mal dran!“ der GeschwisterTREFF: Kernangebot zur Begleitung von Geschwisterkindern behinderter, schwer kranker und/ oder chronisch kranker Kinder: Cooperation between Bundesverband Bunter Kreis e.V. and Verbund Geschwister.



Further reviews, book contributions and other publications:

Knappe, S., Pfarr, Petzoldt., J., Härtling, S., Martini, J. Parental cognitions in sleeping problems in toddlers and young children: A systematic review. Resubmitted after review to: Perinatal Mental Health: Expanding the Focus to the Family Context, Special Issue, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Karl, M., Schaber, R., Kress, V., Kopp, M., Martini, J., Weidner, K., Garthus-Niegel, S. Precarious working conditions and psychosocial work stress act as a risk factor for symptoms of postpartum depression even during maternity leave: results from a longitudinal cohort study. Submitted to: BMC Public Health

Schaber, R., Karl, M., Kopp, M., Kress, V., Weidner, K., Martini, J., Garthus-Niegel, S. (2020) My job, my child, my house: The predictive value of job- and housework-related factors on depressive symptoms during the postpartum period. Journal of Affective Disorders, 272, 388-397. (IF 2018/2019: 4.084)

Thiel, F., Iffland, L., Drozd, F., Haga, S.M., Martini, J., Weidner, W., Eberhard-Gran, M., Garthus-Niegel, M. (2020) Specific relations of dimensional anxiety and manifest anxiety disorders during pregnancy with difficult early infant temperament: A longitudinal cohort study. Published online: Archives of Women’s Mental Health. DOI: 10.1007/s00737-019-01015-w (IF 2019: 2.500)

Reimelt, C., Wolff, N., Hölling, H., Martini, J.* & Roessner, V.* (2018) Siblings and birth order – Are they important for the occurrence of ADHD? Published online: Journal of Attention Disorders. DOI: 10.1177/1087054718770020 (IF 2017: 3.668)

Garthus-Niegel, S., Ayers, S., Martini, J., von Soest, T. & Eberhard-Gran, M. (2017) The impact of postpartum PTSD symptoms on child development: A population-based, two-year follow-up study. Psychological Medicine, 47(1), 161-170. (IF 2016: 5.230)

Martini, J., Weidner, K., Junge-Hoffmeister, J. & Garthus-Niegel, S. (2017) Postpartale posttraumatische Belastungsstörung: Bedingungsfaktoren, diagnostische Besonderheiten und Implikationen für die kindliche Entwicklung. Trauma und Gewalt, 11(4), 280-293.

Martini, J., Petzoldt, J., Knappe, S., Garthus-Niegel, S., Asselmann, E. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2017) Psychische Störungen bei Frauen: Verlauf und Besonderheiten im Zusammenhang mit den reproduktiven Phasen. Frauenheilkunde up2date, 11(3), 267-285.

Schepper, F., Beyer, L., Dietrich, N. & Martini, J. (2017) Training zur Emotionsregulation für Geschwisterkinder. In der Sektion: Vereine stellen sich vor: Verbund für Geschwister und Elternhilfe Leipzig e.V.. Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, 1, 1.

Schepper, F., Beyer, L., Dietrich, N. & Martini, J. (2016) Training zur Emotionsregulation für Geschwisterkinder. In der Sektion: Vereine stellen sich vor: Verbund für Geschwister und Elternhilfe Leipzig e.V.. Nervenheilkunde, 9, 627.

Martini, J., Knappe, S., Garthus-Niegel, S. & Hoyer, J. (2016) Psychische Störungen bei Frauen. Besonderheiten im Zusammenhang mit den reproduktiven Phasen. [Mental disorders in women: Natural course during premenstrual phases, peripartum period and perimenopause]. Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie, 84(07), 432-449. (IF 2014: 0.629) DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-110838

Wolff, N., Rubia, K., Knopf, H., Hölling, H., Martini, J., Ehrlich, S. & Rößner, V. (2016). Reduced pain perception in children and adolescents with ADHD is normalized by methylphenidate. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 10, 24. (IF 2016: 1.538)

Martini, J. & Einsle, F. (2015). Prämenstruelles Syndrom und Prämenstruelle Dysphorische Störung (Premenstrual syndrome and Premenstrual dysphoric disorder). In: E. Brähler & H.-W. Hoefert (Hrsg.), Lexikon der Modernen Krankheiten (S. 386-389). Berlin, Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.

Martini, J. (2015). Reproduktiver Subtyp der Depression (Reproductive subtype of depression). In: E. Brähler & H.-W. Hoefert (Hrsg.), Lexikon der Modernen Krankheiten (S. 427-431). Berlin, Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.

Petzoldt, J. & Martini, J. (2015). Regulationsstörungen der frühen Kindheit (Regulatory disorders in early infancy). In: E. Brähler & H.-W. Hoefert (Hrsg.), Lexikon der Modernen Krankheiten (S. 406-410). Berlin, Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.

Martini, J. (2015). Reproduktiver Subtyp der Depression (Reproductive subtype of depression). In: E. Brähler & H.-W. Hoefert (Hrsg.), Lexikon der Modernen Krankheiten (S. 427-431). Berlin, Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.

Martini, J., Wittich, J. & Knappe, S. (2013). „Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm“: Von der familiären Übertragung psychischer Störungen. In: J. Reichert, M. Rüdiger (Hrsg.), Psychologie in der Kinderheilkunde – Beiträge psychologischer Forschung und Praxis für die Neonatologie (S. 90-111). Göttingen, Hogrefe.

Knappe, S. & Martini, J. (2010). Social anxiety disorder and the family: From risk factor research towards a family-based approach in prevention and intervention? In: C. L. Goossens (Hrsg.), Family Life: Roles, Bonds, and Impact (S. 1-32). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

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