Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Nestor D. Kapusta
Function/Position:
Facharzt für Psychiatrie und psychotherapeutische Medizin, Individualpsychologischer Analytiker, Stellvertretender Leiter der Allgemeinen Ambulanz und der Spezialambulanz für Borderline-Erkrankungen
E-Mail: nestor.kapusta@meduniwien.ac.at
Research topic:
Capacity to Love and Coparenting Research Lab, Suicide Research Interest Group
Research interests:
Methods in psychiatric epidemiology, geographic information science, and ecological analyses (Suicide Research). Case-control studies (eg. borderline personality) and operationalization of psychoanalytical terms and psychometric evaluations of instruments andinterventions (eg. capacity to love, coparenting, personality factors, temperament).
5 selected publications:
Bernegger, A. et al., 2015. Influence of Sex on Suicidal Phenotypes in Affective Disorder Patients with Traumatic Childhood Experiences. M. Mazza, ed. PLoS ONE, 10(9), p.e0137763. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137763.
Kapusta, N.D. & Konig, D., 2015. Naturally Occurring Low-Dose Lithium in Drinking Water. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, pp.e373-e374. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.14com09574.
Helbich, M., Leitner, M. & Kapusta, N.D., 2015. Lithium in drinking water and suicide mortality: interplay with lithium prescriptions. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(1), pp.64-71. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152991.
Vyssoki, B. et al., 2014. Direct Effect of Sunshine on Suicide. JAMA Psychiatry, 71(11), p.1231. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1198.
Blüml, V. et al., 2013. Personality Factors and Suicide Risk in a Representative Sample of the German General Population. B. Thombs
Research projects of the last 5 years:
- Entwicklung eines österreichweiten Curriculums in Suizidprävention: SUPRA Gatekeeper-Training (Responsible) (2013) Source of Funding: PHARMIG, Principal Investigator
- Lithium in drinking water and prescriptions effects on suicide mortality (2012) Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Projects Principal Investigator