Keywords
Adolescent Psychiatry; Adolescent Psychology; Child Psychiatry; Child Psychology; Coronavirus; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Stress, Physiological; Stress, Psychological
Research group(s)
- Stress in Childhood and Adolescence (SCAR-Unit)
Head: Oswald D. Kothgassner
Research Area: Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychiatry, Stress Mechanisms, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Virtual Reality, Ecological Momentary Assessments, Neuroscience
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Research interests
As a PhD student and clinical psychologist in training, my main research focus is mental health and stress in children, adolescents, and young adults with post-COVID-condtion. My aim is to gain deeper insights into perceived stress, post-traumatic stress, psychological distress and autonomic dysfunction in individuals experiencing post-viral psychological and neurocognitive symptoms. These findings are to be gained in the project "LongCOVID-Fighters" - a treatment programme for adolescents and young adults with post-COVID-condition, combining clinical-psychological treatment, biofeedback, cognitive training, self-management training and mindfulness/yoga exercises.
Selected publications
- Klinger, D., Riedl, S., Zesch, H. E., Oehlke, S. M., Völkl-Kernstock, S., Plener, P. L., Karwautz, A., & Kothgassner, O. D. (2023). Mental Health of Transgender Youth: A Comparison of Assigned Female at Birth and Assigned Male at Birth Individuals. Journal of clinical medicine, 12(14), 4710. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144710
- 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
- 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