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Specificity of jumping to conclusions and attributional biases: a comparison between patients with schizophrenia, depression, and anorexia nervosaAndreas Wittorf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tubingen, and Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical University Hospital, Tubingen, Germany
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 17:262-86. 2012..This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the specificity of jumping to conclusions (JTC) and attributional biases (AB) for patients with schizophrenia...
Secondary verbal memory: a potential endophenotype of schizophreniaAndreas Wittorf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Germany Osianderstrasse 24, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 38:601-12. 2004..Thus, the secondary verbal memory seems to be a potential endophenotypic marker of schizophrenia, even for cases with a hypothetically lower genetic loading...
Does the cognitive dispute of psychotic symptoms do harm to the therapeutic alliance?Andreas Wittorf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 198:478-85. 2010..Baseline symptoms and insight differentiated between the types of clusters. In conclusion, CBT-specific interventions that challenge psychotic symptoms do not necessarily negatively influence the course of the alliance...
Quality and correlates of specific self-esteem at the beginning stabilisation phase of schizophreniaAndreas Wittorf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
Psychiatry Res 179:130-8. 2010..Thus, our results suggest that specific self-esteem at the point of beginning stabilisation of schizophrenia is significantly confounded not only by depression but also by negative symptoms...
Prediction of community outcome in schizophrenia 1 year after discharge from inpatient treatmentAndreas Wittorf
Dept of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Osiander Str 24, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 258:48-58. 2008..The findings not only reemphasize that negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunctions are key determinants of community outcome but also point to a potential predictive relevance of positive symptoms...
Neurocognitive effects of atypical and conventional antipsychotic drugs in schizophrenia: a naturalistic 6-month follow-up studyAndreas Wittorf
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 23:271-82. 2008..Administering antipsychotic medications in an individually optimized manner seems to have the potential to improve some aspects of neurocognition in schizophrenia, regardless of the kind of antipsychotic medication...
The influence of baseline symptoms and insight on the therapeutic alliance early in the treatment of schizophreniaAndreas Wittorf
University of Tuebingen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tuebingen, Germany
Eur Psychiatry 24:259-67. 2009..However, only few studies have examined the association between pretreatment characteristics and alliance formation in patients with schizophrenia...
Adverse effects of cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive remediation in schizophrenia: results of the treatment of negative symptoms studyStefan Klingberg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 200:569-76. 2012..Therapists should be aware of a subgroup of patients who show symptom increases with large effect sizes and might require more intensive care...
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia as primary target of cognitive behavioral therapy: results of the randomized clinical TONES studyStefan Klingberg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tubingen, Osianderstrasse 24, D 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Schizophr Bull 37:S98-110. 2011..In conclusion, psychotherapeutic intervention may be useful for the reduction of negative symptoms. However, there is no indication for specific effects of CBT compared with CR...
Cognitive behavioural therapy versus supportive therapy for persistent positive symptoms in psychotic disorders: the POSITIVE Study, a multicenter, prospective, single-blind, randomised controlled clinical trialStefan Klingberg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Trials 11:123. 2010....
Collaboration in outpatient antipsychotic drug treatment: analysis of potentially influencing factorsStefan Klingberg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Osianderstr 24, D 72116 Tübingen, Germany
Psychiatry Res 161:225-34. 2008..The data indicate that illness and treatment-related subjective attitudes may be more relevant than side effects, cognitive functioning or any sociodemographic variable...
Cognitive behavioural treatment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients: study design of the TONES study, feasibility and safety of treatmentStefan Klingberg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tubingen, Osianderstrasse 24, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 259:S149-54. 2009..On the background of the data presented we conclude that CBT for the reduction of negative symptoms is feasible and can be conducted safely...
Course of cognitive functioning during the stabilization phase of schizophreniaStefan Klingberg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Osianderstrasse 24, D 72076 Tubingen, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 42:259-67. 2008..The statistically and clinically significant cognitive improvements should be ground for clinical optimism...
Disorganization and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: independent symptom dimensions?Stefan Klingberg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Osianderstr 24, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256:532-40. 2006..Our results suggest that disorganization and cognitive impairment represent different symptom dimensions...
Change mechanisms in psychotherapy: multiperspective assessment and relation to outcomeJohannes Volker Mander
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Psychother Res 23:105-16. 2013..Patient evaluations of change mechanisms were better predictors of outcome than the corresponding therapist evaluations...
Increased BDNF serum concentration in fibromyalgia with or without depression or antidepressantsChristoph Laske
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Osianderstrasse 24, D 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 41:600-5. 2007..In conclusion, the results from our study indicate that BDNF may be involved in the pathophysiology of pain in FM. Nevertheless, how BDNF increases susceptibility to pain is still not known...
BDNF serum and CSF concentrations in Alzheimer's disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus and healthy controlsChristoph Laske
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Osianderstr 24, D 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 41:387-94. 2007..Further examinations have to follow to elucidate the potential sources and the meaning of reduced BDNF levels in the blood in AD and NPH...
[Research into the feasibility of cognitive behavioural therapy in the treatment of psychotic disorders]Stefan Klingberg
Universitatsklinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitat Tubingen
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 59:141-8. 2009..The psychotherapy research network "psychotherapy of psychotic syndromes" conducts research projects on these issues. The present paper gives an overview over the treatment and the scientific concept of this network...
Patients with depression, somatoform disorders, and eating disorders on the stages of change: validation of a short version of the URICAJohannes Mander
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Psychotherapy (Chic) 49:519-27. 2012..These findings implicate that a disorder-specific combination of action and relapse-prevention-oriented interventions might optimize outcome in inpatients with different psychiatric disorders...
