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Sofia-Marie Oehlke
Sofia-Marie Oehlke, MscResearch Associate, PhD-Candidate and Clinical Psychologist

Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Position: PHD Student

ORCID: 0000-0002-0633-5827
T +43 1 40400 37466
sofia-marie.oehlke@meduniwien.ac.at

Keywords

Adolescent Psychiatry; Adolescent Psychology; Child Psychiatry; Child Psychology; Coronavirus; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Stress, Physiological; Stress, Psychological

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Research interests

My research focuses on the mental health of individuals with long COVID, with a particular emphasis on chronic and post-traumatic stress responses. A core aspect of my work lies in investigating the cognitive, physiological, and endocrine mechanisms that underlie these stress responses. As part of this research, I conducted a comparative survey examining chronic and post-traumatic stress in individuals with long COVID (Oehlke et al., 2025, Current Psychology), a study that was awarded the “Psychological Young Scientist 2024” award by the Psychology Committee of the Medical University of Vienna. In my combined role as researcher and clinical psychologist, I place great value on bridging empirical research with practical impact. Funded by EWSA-Fonds, I'm evaluating the effectiveness of the clinical-psychological intervention "LongCOVID-Fighters", further assessing both the psychological and biological dimensions of stress in young individuals with long COVID. Beyond the long COVID context, my work has consistently focused on stress-related and impulse-control disorders in youth. I have contributed to experimental studies using eye-tracking to investigate the predictive role of attentional biases in self-injurious behavior (Goreis et al., 2024, JAMA Network Open) and conducted a meta-analysis on therapeutic approaches for these conditions (Hajek Gross, Oehlke et al., 2024, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior).

Selected publications

  1. Oehlke, S. M., Lozar, A., Goreis, A., Klinger, D., Plener, P., Kothgassner, O.D. (2025). Chronic stress and post-traumatic stress in long COVID: a comparative survey study. Current Psychology, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07583-8.
  2. Hajek Gross, C., Oehlke, S. M., Prillinger, K., Goreis, A., Plener, P. L., & Kothgassner, O. D. (2024). Efficacy of mentalization-based therapy in treating self-harm: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 10.1111/sltb.13044. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13044
  3. Goreis, A., Pfeffer, B., Hajek Gross, C., Klinger, D., Oehlke, S. M., Zesch, H., Claes, L., Plener, P. L., & Kothgassner, O. D. (2024). Attentional Biases and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Urges in Adolescents. JAMA network open, 7(7), e2422892. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.22892
  4. Goreis, A., Chang, D., Klinger, D., Zesch, H. E., Pfeffer, B., Oehlke, S. M., Ebner-Priemer, U. W., Claes, L., Plener, P. L., & Kothgassner, O. D. (2025). Impact of social media on triggering nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents: a comparative ambulatory assessment study. Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation, 12(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-025-00280-9
  5. Klinger, D., Oehlke, S. M., Riedl, S., Eschbaum, K., Zesch, H. E., Karwautz, A., Plener, P. L., & Kothgassner, O. D. (2024). Mental health of non-binary youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 18(1), 126. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00822-z