Hans Ulrich Wittchen

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Affiliation: Technical University
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Social Phobia in an Italian region: do Italian studies show lower frequencies than community surveys conducted in other European countries?
    Mauro Giovanni Carta
    Division of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health, University of Cagliari, Italy
    BMC Psychiatry 4:31. 2004
  2. ncbi Met and unmet needs in the management of depressive disorder in the community and primary care: the size and breadth of the problem
    H U Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    J Clin Psychiatry 62:23-8. 2001
  3. ncbi Depressive episodes--evidence for a causal role of primary anxiety disorders?
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden University of Technology, Chemnitzerstrasse 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Eur Psychiatry 18:384-93. 2003
  4. ncbi The position of anxiety disorders in structural models of mental disorders
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Technische Universita t Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, D 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Psychiatr Clin North Am 32:465-81. 2009
  5. ncbi Developments in the treatment and diagnosis of anxiety disorders
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, D 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Psychiatr Clin North Am 32:xiii-xix. 2009
  6. ncbi Natural course and burden of bipolar disorders
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Technical University of Dresden, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy D 01062 Dresden, Germany
    Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 6:145-54. 2003
  7. ncbi The structure of mental disorders re-examined: is it developmentally stable and robust against additions?
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 18:189-203. 2009
  8. ncbi Cardiovascular risk factors in primary care: methods and baseline prevalence rates--the DETECT program
    H U Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    Curr Med Res Opin 21:619-30. 2005
  9. ncbi Agoraphobia: a review of the diagnostic classificatory position and criteria
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, D 01187Dresden, Germany
    Depress Anxiety 27:113-33. 2010
  10. ncbi Buprenorphine and methadone in the treatment of opioid dependence: methods and design of the COBRA study
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, TU Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 14:14-28. 2005

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  1. ncbi Social Phobia in an Italian region: do Italian studies show lower frequencies than community surveys conducted in other European countries?
    Mauro Giovanni Carta
    Division of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health, University of Cagliari, Italy
    BMC Psychiatry 4:31. 2004
    ..5% to 16.0%. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of SP in Sardinia (Italy) in order to verify the evidence of a lower frequency of SP in Italy observed in previous studies (from 1.0% to 3.1%)...
  2. ncbi Met and unmet needs in the management of depressive disorder in the community and primary care: the size and breadth of the problem
    H U Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    J Clin Psychiatry 62:23-8. 2001
    ..With this management strategy, access to care can be broadened to include not only the severely ill, but also patients in earlier stages of their depressive illness process who might profit most from modern treatment methods...
  3. ncbi Depressive episodes--evidence for a causal role of primary anxiety disorders?
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden University of Technology, Chemnitzerstrasse 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Eur Psychiatry 18:384-93. 2003
    ..The goal of this paper is to review recent literature, summarize implications of previous findings, and suggest directions for future research regarding preventive and intervention strategies...
  4. ncbi The position of anxiety disorders in structural models of mental disorders
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Technische Universita t Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, D 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Psychiatr Clin North Am 32:465-81. 2009
    ..Extant results are not stable enough to form the basis of clinical diagnostic classification systems such as DSM and the International Classification of Diseases...
  5. ncbi Developments in the treatment and diagnosis of anxiety disorders
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, D 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Psychiatr Clin North Am 32:xiii-xix. 2009
    ..This article reviews these critical issues and sets the stage for the other articles in this special issue...
  6. ncbi Natural course and burden of bipolar disorders
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Technical University of Dresden, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy D 01062 Dresden, Germany
    Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 6:145-54. 2003
    ..iii) The value of both types of studies might be enhanced, if beyond the use of standardized diagnostic interview, special attempts are made to use prospective life- and episode-charting methods for bipolar illnesses...
  7. ncbi The structure of mental disorders re-examined: is it developmentally stable and robust against additions?
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 18:189-203. 2009
    ..However, again, there is little consistency in findings when different age groups or different diagnoses are considered. Our findings suggest that psychopathology cannot be reduced to any simple structure...
  8. ncbi Cardiovascular risk factors in primary care: methods and baseline prevalence rates--the DETECT program
    H U Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    Curr Med Res Opin 21:619-30. 2005
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  9. ncbi Agoraphobia: a review of the diagnostic classificatory position and criteria
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, D 01187Dresden, Germany
    Depress Anxiety 27:113-33. 2010
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  10. ncbi Buprenorphine and methadone in the treatment of opioid dependence: methods and design of the COBRA study
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, TU Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 14:14-28. 2005
    ..The COBRA study provides a unique comprehensive database, informing about the natural allocation and intervention processes in routine care and about the course and outcome of patients treated with buprenorphine or methadone...
  11. ncbi The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe 2010
    H U Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Center of Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies CELOS, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 21:655-79. 2011
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  12. ncbi Smoking cessation in primary care - a randomized controlled trial of bupropione, nicotine replacements, CBT and a minimal intervention
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 20:28-39. 2011
    ..Smoking cessation has been shown to be effective in randomized controlled trials. It is unclear though, whether interventions also work in routine primary care...
  13. ncbi Cannabis use and cannabis use disorders and their relationship to mental disorders: a 10-year prospective-longitudinal community study in adolescents
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University Dresden, D 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Drug Alcohol Depend 88:S60-70. 2007
    ..Whereas the role of externalizing disorders is relatively well established in predicting the onset of cannabis use (CU) or cannabis use disorder (CUD), the status of anxiety and mood disorders in predicting CU and CUD remains controversial...
  14. ncbi Agoraphobia and panic. Prospective-longitudinal relations suggest a rethinking of diagnostic concepts
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Psychother Psychosom 77:147-57. 2008
    ..The aim of the current study is to prospectively examine the 10-year natural course of PA, PD and AG in the first three decades of life, their stability and their reciprocal transitions...
  15. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder: diagnostic and epidemiological perspectives
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    CNS Spectr 14:5-12. 2009
    ..A further exploitation of the existing data, and an improvement of existing epidemiological methods, strategies, and assessments are likely to substantially contribute to the clarification of unresolved diagnostic issues...
  16. ncbi Women-specific mental disorders in DSM-V: are we failing again?
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Arch Womens Ment Health 13:51-5. 2010
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  17. ncbi Incidence of social anxiety disorder and the consistent risk for secondary depression in the first three decades of life
    Katja Beesdo
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:903-12. 2007
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  18. ncbi Pain associated with specific anxiety and depressive disorders in a nationally representative population sample
    Katja Beesdo
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187, Dresden, Germany
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 45:89-104. 2010
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  19. ncbi The structure of common mental disorders: a replication study in a community sample of adolescents and young adults
    Katja Beesdo-Baum
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 18:204-20. 2009
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  20. ncbi Frequency of dementia, depression, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms in 1,449 outpatients with Parkinson's disease
    Oliver Riedel
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, Dresden, Germany
    J Neurol 257:1073-82. 2010
    ..PD outpatients are at an increased risk for all neuropsychiatric conditions, increasing with PD severity but not with age or age of onset (except dementia), revealing challenging symptom patterns...
  21. ncbi Estimating the prevalence of mental and somatic disorders in the community: aims and methods of the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey
    Frank Jacobi
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Unit, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 11:1-18. 2002
    ..Overall, the GHS core survey and its mental health supplement provide the mental health research community with complex data that allow for high-quality analysis of mental disorders and associations with somatic disorders...
  22. ncbi What characteristics of primary anxiety disorders predict subsequent major depressive disorder?
    Antje Bittner
    Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    J Clin Psychiatry 65:618-26, quiz 730. 2004
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  23. ncbi Incidence and risk patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders and categorization of generalized anxiety disorder
    Katja Beesdo
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer St 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:47-57. 2010
    ..Controversy surrounds the diagnostic categorization of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)...
  24. ncbi Occurrence risk and structure of depression in Parkinson disease with and without dementia: results from the GEPAD Study
    Oliver Riedel
    Technische Universitaet Dresden, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden, Germany
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 23:27-34. 2010
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  25. ncbi Size and burden of mental disorders in Europe--a critical review and appraisal of 27 studies
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 15:357-76. 2005
    ..These needs are most pronounced for the new EU member states as well as more generally for adolescent and older populations...
  26. ncbi Feasibility and outcome of substitution treatment of heroin-dependent patients in specialized substitution centers and primary care facilities in Germany: a naturalistic study in 2694 patients
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzerstrasse 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Drug Alcohol Depend 95:245-57. 2008
    ..Despite many short-term studies, little is known about the long-term (12-month) effects of these treatments in different settings, i.e. primary care-based (PMC) and specialized substitution centers (SSCs)...
  27. ncbi A typology of cannabis-related problems among individuals with repeated illegal drug use in the first three decades of life: Evidence for heterogeneity and different treatment needs
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, D 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Drug Alcohol Depend 102:151-7. 2009
    ..Cannabis use (CU) and disorders (CUD) are highly prevalent among adolescents and young adults. We aim to identify clinically meaningful latent classes of users of cannabis and other illegal substances with distinct problem profiles...
  28. ncbi Social fear and social phobia types among community youth: differential clinical features and vulnerability factors
    Susanne Knappe
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    J Psychiatr Res 45:111-20. 2011
    ....
  29. ncbi [Prevalence, drug treatment and metabolic control of diabetes mellitus in primary care]
    David Pittrow
    Institut fur Klinische Pharmakologie, Forschungsverbund Public Health, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Med Klin (Munich) 101:635-44. 2006
    ....
  30. ncbi Substance use and substance use disorders in a community sample of adolescents and young adults: incidence, age effects and patterns of use
    Axel Perkonigg
    Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
    Eur Addict Res 12:187-96. 2006
    ..Patterns of onset, cohort trends, and use of various substance classes are also analyzed...
  31. ncbi Generalized anxiety and depression in primary care: prevalence, recognition, and management
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    J Clin Psychiatry 63:24-34. 2002
    ....
  32. ncbi The role of parental psychopathology and family environment for social phobia in the first three decades of life
    Susanne Knappe
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Depress Anxiety 26:363-70. 2009
    ..To examine the role of parental psychopathology and family environment for the risk of social phobia (SP) in offspring from childhood to early adulthood, encompassing the high risk period for SP...
  33. ncbi DSM-IV pain disorder in the general population. An exploration of the structure and threshold of medically unexplained pain symptoms
    Christine Frohlich
    Technische Universitat Dresden, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden, Germany
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256:187-96. 2006
    ..Despite an abundance of questionnaire data, the prevalence of clinically significant and medically unexplained pain syndromes in the general population has rarely been examined with a rigid personal-interview methodology...
  34. ncbi Where have they been? Service use of regular substance users with and without abuse and dependence
    Axel Perkonigg
    Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:470-9. 2006
    ..To present lifetime rates of service use for psychological and substance use related problems among regular substance users and to examine factors associated with service use...
  35. ncbi The diagnostic threshold of generalized anxiety disorder in the community: a developmental perspective
    Katja Beesdo-Baum
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Street 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    J Psychiatr Res 45:962-72. 2011
    ..Developmental aspects require stronger consideration in future diagnostic systems...
  36. ncbi [Cardiovascular high-risk constellations in primary care. DETECT Study 2003]
    L Pieper
    , , Germany
    Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 48:1374-82. 2005
    ..The study describes for the first time in greater detail the prevalence of specific disorders and the frequency of high-risk constellations in primary care and allows for the evaluation of various risk scores...
  37. ncbi Size and burden of social phobia in Europe
    Lydia Fehm
    Department of Psychology, Humboldt University Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 18, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 15:453-62. 2005
    ..No data are available addressing met and unmet needs for intervention and costs, and data for vulnerability and risk factors of malignant course are scarce...
  38. ncbi Hypertension in overweight and obese primary care patients is highly prevalent and poorly controlled
    Peter Bramlage
    Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University, Dresden
    Am J Hypertens 17:904-10. 2004
    ..The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of hypertension and the diagnosis, treatment status, and control rates of hypertension in obese patients as compared to patients with normal weight...
  39. ncbi Psychometric properties of the Retrospective Self Report of Inhibition (RSRI) in a representative German sample
    Heike Rohrbacher
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 17:80-8. 2008
    ..The psychometric properties of the German RSRI were found to be comparable to those of the English version. The applicability of this questionnaire in German-speaking countries is therefore recommended for adolescents and young adults...
  40. ncbi Frequency of albuminuria in primary care: a cross-sectional study
    Peter Bramlage
    Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 14:107-13. 2007
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  41. ncbi Trajectory classes of decline in health-related quality of life in Parkinson's disease: a pilot study
    Jens Klotsche
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Value Health 14:329-38. 2011
    ..To analyze the change in health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and to identify different classes of HRQoL decline...
  42. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder and obesity: evidence for a risk association
    Axel Perkonigg
    Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Am J Prev Med 36:1-8. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to examine prospective longitudinal associations between PTSD and obesity in a community sample...
  43. ncbi Risk and speed of transitions to first alcohol dependence symptoms in adolescents: a 10-year longitudinal community study in Germany
    Silke Behrendt
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
    Addiction 103:1638-47. 2008
    ..It is unclear whether early onset of AU is associated with the speed of transition to first AD symptoms and whether specific first AD symptoms and their timing are associated with AD...
  44. ncbi Prevalence, recognition and management of depression in primary care in Germany: the Depression 2000 study
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Hum Psychopharmacol 17:S1-11. 2002
    ..It remains of continued prime importance to educate primary care doctors to better recognise depression in order to increase the patients' chances of receiving appropriate treatment...
  45. ncbi Anxiety disorders before birth and self-perceived distress during pregnancy: associations with maternal depression and obstetric, neonatal and early childhood outcomes
    Julia Martini
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet, Dresden, Germany
    Early Hum Dev 86:305-10. 2010
    ..However, studies considering the effect of DSM-IV anxiety disorders beyond maternal self-perceived distress during pregnancy and its timing are lacking...
  46. ncbi Estimating causal effects from observational data with a model for multiple bias
    Michael Hofler
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46a, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 16:77-87. 2007
    ..Multiple bias modelling, if properly used, reveals the necessity for a better understanding of bias, suggesting a need to conduct larger and more adequate validation studies on instruments that are used to diagnose mental disorders...
  47. ncbi The natural course of cannabis use, abuse and dependence during the first decades of life
    Axel Perkonigg
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany
    Addiction 103:439-49; discussion 450-1. 2008
    ..The current study estimated rates and risk factors associated with stability and variation in cannabis use patterns, cannabis abuse and cannabis dependence in a community sample over a 10-year period...
  48. ncbi (Don't) panic in the scanner! How panic patients with agoraphobia experience a functional magnetic resonance imaging session
    Ulrike Lueken
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 21:516-25. 2011
    ..Future studies are needed to investigate the relationship between self-reported distress and fMRI data in patient groups that are subject to neuroimaging research...
  49. ncbi Cognitive impairment in 873 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Results from the German Study on Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease with Dementia (GEPAD)
    Oliver Riedel
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, Dresden, Germany
    J Neurol 255:255-64. 2008
    ..Prevalence estimates of these complications are quite variable and are lacking for the outpatient care sector...
  50. ncbi [Diagnosing mental disorders: gold or tin standard?--Critical comments on standardized diagnostic interviews and clinical routine diagnoses]
    Susanne Knappe
    Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden
    Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 58:72-5. 2008
    ..do not justify this conclusion. Aside from substantial methodological deficits, we question the authors' assumption that clinical diagnoses could be regarded as an appropriate "gold standard"...
  51. ncbi Associations of familial risk factors with social fears and social phobia: evidence for the continuum hypothesis in social anxiety disorder?
    Susanne Knappe
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    J Neural Transm 116:639-48. 2009
    ..Parental psychopathology and negative parental styles may be used defining high-risk groups to assign individuals with already subthreshold conditions of SAD to early intervention programs...
  52. ncbi How specific is specific phobia? Different neural response patterns in two subtypes of specific phobia
    Ulrike Lueken
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Neuroimage 56:363-72. 2011
    ..If replicated, results could contribute to a better understanding of underlying neurobiological mechanisms of specific phobia and their respective classification...
  53. ncbi Association between generalized anxiety levels and pain in a community sample: evidence for diagnostic specificity
    Katja Beesdo
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    J Anxiety Disord 23:684-93. 2009
    ..It is unclear whether generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has a specific relationship to pain syndromes, going beyond the established association of pain with anxiety syndromes in general...
  54. ncbi The short- and long-term effect of duloxetine on painful physical symptoms in patients with generalized anxiety disorder: results from three clinical trials
    Katja Beesdo
    Technische Universitaet Dresden, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden, Germany
    J Anxiety Disord 23:1064-71. 2009
    ..02). In conclusion, duloxetine was efficacious in the short- and long-term treatment of PPS, which are common in GAD patients...
  55. ncbi Accuracy of anthropometric indicators of obesity to predict cardiovascular risk
    Harald J Schneider
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University, Dresden, Germany
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:589-94. 2007
    ..However, more recently, waist to hip ratio (WHR) or waist circumference (WC) as more sensitive measures for visceral obesity have been proposed to be more indicative of cardiovascular risk...
  56. ncbi A novel nonparametric approach for estimating cut-offs in continuous risk indicators with application to diabetes epidemiology
    Jens Klotsche
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany
    BMC Med Res Methodol 9:63. 2009
    ..The cut-off corresponding to the Youden-Index is often applied in epidemiology and biomedical literature for dichotomizing a continuous risk indicator...
  57. ncbi Psychological treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia: a randomized controlled trial to examine the role of therapist-guided exposure in situ in CBT
    Andrew T Gloster
    Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, Dresden, Germany
    J Consult Clin Psychol 79:406-20. 2011
    ..This study was aimed to evaluate whether therapist-guided exposure in situ is associated with more pervasive and long-lasting effects than therapist-prescribed exposure in situ...
  58. ncbi Why people change? The role of cognitive-control processes in the onset and cessation of substance abuse disorders
    Gerhard Buhringer
    Chair of Addiction Research, Institute of Clinical, Diagnostic and Differential Psychology, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 17:S4-S15. 2008
    ..Progress in understanding the processes related to the onset, course, and cessation of SUDs merits top priority, given the high prevalence and the severe negative consequences...
  59. ncbi The scanner as a stressor: evidence from subjective and neuroendocrine stress parameters in the time course of a functional magnetic resonance imaging session
    Markus Muehlhan
    Chair of Biopsychology, Department of Psychology, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Int J Psychophysiol 79:118-26. 2011
    ..No significant correlation between cortisol and thalamic activity was observed. Results indicate that an fMRI experiment may elicit subjective and neuroendocrine stress reactions that can influence functional activation patterns...
  60. ncbi Familial risk factors in social anxiety disorder: calling for a family-oriented approach for targeted prevention and early intervention
    Susanne Knappe
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 19:857-71. 2010
    ..This review sets out to develop a more family-oriented approach for predicting the onset and maintenance of SAD that may be fruitful to derive targeted prevention and early intervention in SAD...
  61. ncbi Do parental psychopathology and unfavorable family environment predict the persistence of social phobia?
    Susanne Knappe
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    J Anxiety Disord 23:986-94. 2009
    ..Predictors for SP persistence differ from those predicting SP onset. Unfavorable family environment alone and in interaction with parental disorders predict higher SP persistence...
  62. ncbi Generalized anxiety disorder: prevalence, burden, and cost to society
    Hans Ulrich Wittchen
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    Depress Anxiety 16:162-71. 2002
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  63. ncbi Prevalence, co-morbidity and correlates of mental disorders in the general population: results from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey (GHS)
    F Jacobi
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Unit: Epidemiology and Service Research, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    Psychol Med 34:597-611. 2004
    ..e. somatoform disorders, all anxiety disorders (except PTSD), mental disorders due to substance or general medical factor, eating disorders]. Intervention rates were higher than in previous studies, yet still low overall...
  64. ncbi Depression Does Not Affect the Treatment Outcome of CBT for Panic and Agoraphobia: Results from a Multicenter Randomized Trial
    Angela Emmrich
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Psychother Psychosom 81:161-72. 2012
    ..Conclusions: Exposure-based CBT for primary PD/AG effectively reduces anxiety and depressive symptoms, irrespective of comorbid depression or depressive symptomatology...
  65. ncbi Symptom provocation in dental anxiety using cross-phobic video stimulation
    Ulrike Lueken
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Eur J Oral Sci 119:61-8. 2011
    ..The validation of the paradigm may support and stimulate future research on the characterization of dental anxiety on different response systems, including its underlying neural substrates...
  66. ncbi New women-specific diagnostic modules: the Composite International Diagnostic Interview for Women (CIDI-VENUS)
    Julia Martini
    Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Arch Womens Ment Health 12:281-9. 2009
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  67. ncbi Effectiveness of day hospital treatment for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
    Eike Fittig
    Unit for Eating Disorders Research, Institute of Clinical Psychology, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    Eur Eat Disord Rev 16:341-51. 2008
    ..The results demonstrate both the short-term effectiveness and long-term stability of day hospital treatment in a large sample of patients with anorexia and BN...
  68. ncbi Common and distinct amygdala-function perturbations in depressed vs anxious adolescents
    Katja Beesdo
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, Dresden, Germany
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:275-85. 2009
    ..Few studies directly compare amygdala function in depressive and anxiety disorders. Data from longitudinal research emphasize the need for such studies in adolescents...
  69. ncbi [The use of guidelines in the primary care management of hypertension and diabetes]
    Nicole Wagner
    Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie und Forschungsverbund Public Health Sachsen und Sachsen Anhalt e V, TU Dresden
    Soz Praventivmed 49:261-8. 2004
    ..The paper examines to what degree German primary care physicians know and work along the rules established in guidelines for arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus...
  70. ncbi Patterns of antihypertensive drug utilization in primary care
    D Pittrow
    Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Technical University, Fiedlerstrasse 27, 01307 Dresden, Germany
    Eur J Clin Pharmacol 60:135-42. 2004
    ..Thus, current use of antihypertensive drugs in primary care was analyzed and the association with selected physician and patient characteristics was assessed...
  71. ncbi [Mental disorders in the community: healthcare utilization and disability days]
    F Jacobi
    Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, AG, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden
    Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 47:736-44. 2004
    ..The results are consistent with the episodic course of many mental disorders and furthermore might indicate that treatment of mental disorders might contribute to a substantial reduction of direct and indirect illness costs...
  72. ncbi [How do risk patients with overweight/obesity differ in their health knowledge and behaviour from patients with normal weight? A study in primary medical care]
    B Kupper
    Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universitat Dresden
    Gesundheitswesen 66:361-9. 2004
    ..Therefore, we investigated whether these patients are more aware of health-related issues and problems than normal-weight patient with data from the HYDRA study on 45,000 subjects...
  73. ncbi Recognition and management of overweight and obesity in primary care in Germany
    P Bramlage
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:1299-308. 2004
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  74. ncbi Unmet needs in the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia in the primary care setting in Germany
    S Bohler
    Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
    Atherosclerosis 190:397-407. 2007
    ..4% of the patients treated with lipid-lowering drugs) achieved their LDL-C treatment goals. In conclusion, 80.3% of patients in the sample with dyslipidemia went undiagnosed, un-treated or under-treated...
  75. ncbi [Depression as a comorbid disorder in primary care]
    L Pieper
    Technische Universitat Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, Dresden, BRD
    Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 51:411-21. 2008
    ..It is concluded that the degree to which the frequency and the deleterious effects of comorbid depression is underestimated and unrecognized is alarming. The use of comorbidity indices might improve recognition...
  76. ncbi A striking pattern of cortisol non-responsiveness to psychosocial stress in patients with panic disorder with concurrent normal cortisol awakening responses
    Katja Petrowski
    Institute of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, School of Medicine, Technische Universitat Dresden, Fetscherstr 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 35:414-21. 2010
    ..While these patients show little or no alterations in basal ACTH and cortisol levels, it has been hypothesized that HPA hyperresponsivity was a trait in panic patients when exposed to novel and uncontrollable stimulation...
  77. ncbi Trauma and PTSD - an overlooked pathogenic pathway for premenstrual dysphoric disorder?
    H U Wittchen
    Technical University of Dresden, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden, Germany
    Arch Womens Ment Health 6:293-7. 2003
    ..A recent epidemiological analysis on premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in the community revealed increased rates of DSM-IV posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among women suffering from PMDD...
  78. ncbi Mixed anxiety-depression in a 1 year follow-up study: shift to other diagnoses or remission?
    Katrin Barkow
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
    J Affect Disord 79:235-9. 2004
    ..However, a study examining the stability of this ICD-10-diagnosis is lacking. Our objective was to examine the 12 month outcome of MAD in comparison to the outcome of depression, anxiety, and comorbid depression and anxiety...
  79. ncbi Patterns and correlates of generalized anxiety disorder in community samples
    Ronald C Kessler
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 63:4-10. 2002
    ..Although generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is at least twice as prevalent as panic disorder and is among the commonly occurring mental disorders, changing diagnostic criteria have hampered the cumulation of data on patterns and correlates...
  80. ncbi Continued needs for epidemiological studies of mental disorders in the community
    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen
    Psychother Psychosom 73:197-206. 2004
  81. ncbi HYDRA: possible determinants of unsatisfactory hypertension control in German primary care patients
    U Muscha Steckelings
    Center for Cardiovascular Research Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charite, Berlin, Germany
    Blood Press 13:80-8. 2004
    ..These insights into the causes of unsatisfactory hypertension control may help to direct future educational programmes designed to improve hypertension management specifically to these deficits and thereby to improve control rates...
  82. ncbi Test-retest reliability of self-reported age at onset of selected psychiatric diagnoses in general health care
    Katrin Barkow
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 106:117-25. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: Self-reported age at onset is reliable. Further research on factors associated with reliability should focus on interview conditions and subject parameters during interview...
  83. ncbi High prevalence and poor control of hypertension in primary care: cross-sectional study
    Arya M Sharma
    Franz Volhard Clinic Charité, Berlin, Germany
    J Hypertens 22:479-86. 2004
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  84. ncbi What predicts incident use of cannabis and progression to abuse and dependence? A 4-year prospective examination of risk factors in a community sample of adolescents and young adults
    Kirsten von Sydow
    Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Kraepelinstrasse 2, D-80804 Munich, Germany
    Drug Alcohol Depend 68:49-64. 2002
    ..Findings suggest that early intervention and prevention might be improved by better targeted treatment...
  85. ncbi Human and economic burden of generalized anxiety disorder
    Deborah L Hoffman
    Independent Outcomes Research Consultant, New Haven, CT, USA
    Depress Anxiety 25:72-90. 2008
    ..Quality of care initiatives that have been implemented to increase recognition and improve treatment outcomes for persons with MDD should be extended to the effective management of GAD...
  86. ncbi Life events and changes in the course of depression in young adults
    Robert H Friis
    Department of Health Science, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA
    Eur Psychiatry 17:241-53. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The association between life events and the course of depression appears to vary according to the outcome being examined, with different clusters of life events differentially predicting onset, improvement, and stability...
  87. ncbi Generalized anxiety disorder: comorbidity, comparative biology and treatment
    David J Nutt
    School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
    Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 5:315-25. 2002
    ..Finally, current pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options for GAD are reviewed, with particular attention being paid to published clinical-trial data...
  88. ncbi Aims, design and methods of the Smoking and Nicotine Dependence Awareness and Screening (SNICAS) study
    Stephan Muehlig
    Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 12:208-28. 2003
    ..This paper provides an overview of the design and methods of the study, informs about sampling and response rates, and examines whether the study sample could be considered representative of German primary care doctors...
  89. ncbi The prevalence of treated and untreated mental disorders in five countries
    Rob V Bijl
    Department of Crime Prevention and Sanctions, Research and Documentation Center, Ministry of Justice, The Netherlands
    Health Aff (Millwood) 22:122-33. 2003
    ..Undertreatment of serious cases is most pronounced among young poorly educated males. Outreach is needed to reduce barriers to care among serious cases and young people at risk of serious disorders...
  90. ncbi Smoking increases the risk of panic: findings from a prospective community study
    Barbara Isensee
    Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology Unit, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:692-700. 2003
    ..However, we could not exclude the existence of a second, less frequent, reverse pathway of prior panic and secondary nicotine dependence...
  91. ncbi Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in an onset cohort of adults with type 1 diabetes
    Frank Petrak
    Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Untere Zahlbacherstrasse 8, D 55131 Mainz, Germany
    Diabetes Metab Res Rev 19:216-22. 2003
    ..The aim of our study was to determine if newly diagnosed adults with type 1 diabetes already have an elevated rate of psychiatric disorders at the beginning of their physical illness...
  92. ncbi Rethinking the duration requirement for generalized anxiety disorder: evidence from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
    Ronald C Kessler
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Psychol Med 35:1073-82. 2005
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  93. ncbi Increased 12-month prevalence rates of mental disorders in patients with chronic somatic diseases
    Martin Härter
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Section of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
    Psychother Psychosom 76:354-60. 2007
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  94. ncbi International Day for the Evaluation of Abdominal Obesity (IDEA): a study of waist circumference, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes mellitus in 168,000 primary care patients in 63 countries
    Beverley Balkau
    INSERM U780 IFR69, Research in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 16 Ave Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94807 Villejuif, France
    Circulation 116:1942-51. 2007
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  95. ncbi Childhood separation anxiety and the risk of subsequent psychopathology: Results from a community study
    Tanja M Brückl
    Department of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
    Psychother Psychosom 76:47-56. 2007
    ..To examine the association between separation anxiety disorder (SAD) and mental disorders in a community sample and to evaluate whether separation anxiety is specifically related to panic disorder with and without agoraphobia...
  96. ncbi Calculating control variables with age at onset data to adjust for conditions prior to exposure
    Michael Hofler
    Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr 2 10, 80804 München, Germany
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:731-6. 2005
    ..On the other hand, adjustment for such variables can also be a source of underestimation because such variables may be the causal consequence of X and part of the mechanism that leads from X to Y...
  97. ncbi Prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder in general practice in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
    Povl Munk-Jørgensen
    Unit for Psychiatric Research, Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Mølleparkvej 10, Aalborg, Denmark DK 9000
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1738-44. 2006
    ..This study assessed the prevalence rate of generalized anxiety disorder among patients of general practitioners in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden and determined whether general practitioners recognize the condition and its correlates...
  98. ncbi Broadening the definition of generalized anxiety disorder: effects on prevalence and associations with other disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
    Ayelet Meron Ruscio
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, USA
    J Anxiety Disord 21:662-76. 2007
    ..Further research is needed to determine whether broadening the current diagnostic criteria results in a more valid characterization of GAD...
  99. ncbi One-year mortality rates of patients receiving methadone and buprenorphine maintenance therapy: a nationally representative cohort study in 2694 patients
    Michael Soyka
    Psychiatric Hospital, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 26:657-60. 2006
    ..Taking into account the high comorbidity of opioid dependent patients and the severity of dependence, the mortality rate of approximately 1% confirms that maintenance treatment could be regarded as a fairly safe treatment...
  100. ncbi Physical activity and prevalence and incidence of mental disorders in adolescents and young adults
    Andreas Strohle
    Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charite Mitte, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Berlin, Germany
    Psychol Med 37:1657-66. 2007
    ..Although positive effects of physical activity on mental health indicators have been reported, the relationship between physical activity and the development of specific mental disorders is unclear...