Publikationen

Publikationen

 

Psychische Belastung und Störungen nach Fehl- und Totgeburten

  • Mergl, R., Hoffmann, H., Hoffmann, S., Bichlmayer, F., Eichhorn, K., Allgaier, A.-K.*, Quaatz, S. M.* (2025). Prevalence of mental disorders in women after miscarriages or stillbirths. Journal of Public Health (Berl.) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-025-02460-x)
  • Balle, S. R., Nothelfer, C., Mergl, R., Quaatz, S. M., Hoffmann, S., Hoffmann, H., Allgaier, A.-K., Eichhorn, K. V. (2024). Depression after pregnancy loss: the role of the presence of living children, the type of loss, multiple losses, the relationship quality, and coping strategies. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2386827.
  • Mergl, R.*, Quaatz, S. M.*, Lemke, V., Allgaier, A.-K. (2024). Prevalence of depression and depressive symptoms in women with previous miscarriages or stillbirths - A systematic review. Journal of Psychiatry Research, 169, 84-96.
  • Mergl, R.*, Quaatz, S. M.*, Edeler, L.-M., Allgaier, A.-K. (2022). Grief in women with previous miscarriage or stillbirth: A systematic review of cross-sectional and longitudinal prospective studies. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), 2108578.

* These authors contributed equally to the manuscript.

 

Suizidalität und Suizidprävention

  • Younesi, P., Haas, C., Dreischulte, T., Schmitt, A., Gensichen, J., Lukaschek, K. (2025). Brief interventions for suicidal ideation in primary care: A systematic review. BMC Primary Care, 26, 167. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02848-4
  • Elsner, A., Mergl, R., Allgaier, A. K., Hegerl, U. (2023). Suicide rates during and after the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany in 2020. PloS One, 18(9), e0289136. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289136
  • Mergl, R., Heinz, I., Allgaier, A.-K., Hegerl, U. (2023). Munich Alliance against Depression: Effects of a community based four-level intervention program on suicide rates. Crisis, 44, 300-308.
  • Köhler, J., Heinz, I., Mergl, R., Elsner, A., Hegerl, U. (2021). The German Alliances Against Depression and suicide rates: a retrospective analysis. PLoS One, 16, e0254133.
  • Hegerl, U., Maxwell, M., Harris, F., Koburger, N., Mergl, R., Székely, A., Arensman, E., Van Audenhove, C., Larkin, C., Toth, M. D., Quintão, S., Värnik, A., Genz, A., Sarchiapone, M., McDaid, D., Schmidtke, A., Purebl, G., Coyne, J. C., Gusmão, R., on behalf of The OSPI-Europe Consortium (2019). Prevention of suicidal behaviour: Results of a controlled community based intervention study in four European countries. PLoS One, 14, e0224602.

 

Stigma

  • Heinz, I., Mergl, R., Allgaier, A.-K., Hegerl, U., Rummel-Kluge, C. (2021). Personal and perceived depression stigma in individuals affected by depression and relatives: Results of a survey among attendees of a German depression congress. Annals of Depression and Anxiety, 8, 1106.
  • Heinz, I., Mergl, R., Hegerl, U., Rummel-Kluge, C., Kohls, E. (2019). Depression stigma and management of suicidal callers: a cross-sectional survey of crisis hotline counselors. BMC Psychiatry, 19, 342.

 

Diagnostik und Therapie depressiver Störungen

  • Hegerl, U., Mergl, R. (2025). Leichte Depression und Dysthymie. In: N. Bergemann, T. Messer (Hrsg.), Psychopharmakotherapie bei speziellen Patientengruppen. Heidelberg: Springer. (im Druck)
  • Quaatz, S. M., Benz, S., Just, L., Vierl, L., Tamm, J., Egli, S., Kopf-Beck, J. (2025). Symptom networks in depression: Temporal dynamics of mood, cognition, and behavior during treatment. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives. 16194
  • Parsons, M., Qiu, L., Levis, B., Fan, S., Sun, Y., Amiri, L. S. N., Harel, D., Markham, S., Vigod, S. N., Ziegelstein, R. C., Wu, Y., Boruff, J. T., Cuijpers, P., Gilbody, S., Patten, S. B., Benedetti, A., Thombs, B. D., DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) GDS Group* (2024). Depression prevalence of the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 was compared to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM using individual participant data meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 17430. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68496-3
  • Mergl, R., Allgaier, A.-K., Hautzinger, M., Coyne, J. C, Hegerl, U., Henkel, V. (2018). One-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of sertraline and cognitive behavior group therapy in depressed primary care patients (MIND study). Journal of Affective Disorders, 230, 15-21.

*Antje-Kathrin Allgaier is a member of the DEPRESSD GDS Group.

  

Depressive Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter

  • Scherff, A. D., Feldmann, L., Piechaczek, C., Pehl, V., Wagenbüchler, P., Wermuth , I., Ghotbi, N., Allgaier, A.-K., Freisleder, F. J., Beins, E. C., Forstner, A. J., Nöthen, M. M., Czamara, D., Rex-Haffner, M., Ising, M., Binder, E., Greimel, E., Schulte-Körne, G. (2024). Cohort profile: BioMD-Y (biopsychosocial factors of major depression in youth) – a biobank study on the molecular genetics and
    environmental factors of depression in children and adolescents in Munich. BMJ Open, 14(3), e074925. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074925
  • Primbs, R., Feldmann, L., Iglhaut, L., Allgaier, A.-K., Schulte-Körne, G., Greimel, E. (2023). Evaluation of an information booklet for adolescents on depression: evidence from a randomized controlled study. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 17(1), 65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00614-x
  • Piechaczek, C. E., Pehl, V., Feldmann, L., Haberstroh, S., Allgaier, A.-K., Freisleder, F. J., Schulte-Körne, G., Greimel, E. (2020). Psychosocial stressors and protective factors for major depression in youth: evidence from a case-control study. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 14, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-020-0312-1
  • Piechaczek, C. E., Greimel, E., Feldmann, L., Pehl, V., Allgaier, A.-K., Frey, M., Freisleder, F. J., Halldorsdottir, T., Binder, E. B., Ising, M., Schulte-Körne, G. (2019). Interactions between FKBP5 variation and environmental stressors in adolescent Major Depression. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 106, 28-37.
  • Halldorsdottir, T., Piechaczek, C., Soares de Matos, A. P., Czamara, D., Pehl, V., Wagenbüchler, P., Feldmann, L., Quickenstedt-Reinhardt, P., Allgaier, A.-K., Freisleder, F. J., Greimel E, Kvist, T., Lahti, J., Räikkönen, K., Rex-Haffner, M., Arnarson, E. Ö., Craighead, W. E., Schulte-Körne, G., Binder, E. B. (2019). Polygenic Risk: Predicting Depression Outcomes in Clinical and Epidemiological Cohorts of Youths. American Journal of Psychiatry, 176(8), 615-625.

 

Traumaforschung

  • Haim-Nachum, S., Sopp, M. R., Lüönd, A. M., Afzal, N., Åhs, F., Allgaier, A.-K., Arévalo, A. K., Asongwe, C., Bachem, R., Balle, S. R., Belete, H., Belete Mossie, T., Berzengi, A., Capraz, N., Ceylan, D., Dukes, D., Essadek, A., Fares-Otero, N. E., Halligan, S. L., Hemi, A., Iqbal, N., Jobson, L., Levy-Gigi, E., Martin-Soelch, C., Michael, T., Oe, M., Olff, M., Örnkloo, H., Prakash, K., Quaatz, S. M., Raghavan, V., Ramakrishnan, M., Reis, D., Şar, V., Schnyder, U., Seedat, S., Shihab, I. N., Vandhana, S., Wadji, D. L., Wamser, R., Zabag, R., Spies, G., Pfaltz, M. C. (2024). Childhood maltreatment is linked to larger preferred interpersonal distances towards friends and strangers across the globe. Translational Psychiatry, 14, 339. https://doi.org/10.1038/ s41398-024-02980-2
  • Fares-Otero, N. E., Sharp, T. H., Balle, S. R., Quaatz, S. M., Vieta, E., Åhs, F., Allgaier, A.-K., Arévalo, A., Bachem, R., Belete, H., Belete Mossie, T., Berzengi, A., Capraz, N., Ceylan, D., Dukes, D., Essadek, A., Iqbal, N., Jobson, L., Levy-Gigi, E., Lüönd, A., Martin-Soelch, C., Michael, T., Oe, M., Olff, M., Örnkloo, H., Prakash, K., Ramakrishnan, M., Raghavan, V., Sar, V., Seedat, S., Spies, G., SusilKumar, V., Wadji, D. L., Wamser-Nanney, R., Haim-Nachum, S., Schnyder, U., Sopp, M. R., Pfaltz, M. C., Halligan, S. L. (2024). Social support and (complex) posttraumatic stress symptom severity: does gender matter? European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2398921. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2398921

 

Psychotherapieforschung

  • Dzeba, T., Maier, J. G., Markey, P. S., Quaatz, S. M., Zaudig, M. (Hrsg.) (2025). Psychotherapeutische Erstversorgung: Sprechstunde, Akutbehandlung und Gruppengrundversorgung – Mit Kommentar zur Richtlinie und Hinweisen zur praktischen Ausgestaltung. Stuttgart: Schattauer.
  • Quaatz, S. M., Zaudig, M. (2025). Einführung neuer Versorgungsziffern. In: T. Dzeba, J. G. Maier, P. S. Markey, S. M. Quaatz, M. Zaudig (Hrsg.), Psychotherapeutische Erstversorgung: Sprechstunde, Akutbehandlung und Gruppengrundversorgung – Mit Kommentar zur Richtlinie und Hinweisen zur praktischen Ausgestaltung. Stuttgart: Schattauer, S. 34-57.
  • Quaatz, S. M., Zaudig, M. (2025). Psychotherapeutische Sprechstunde – Vorgehen. In: T. Dzeba, J. G. Maier, P. S. Markey, S. M. Quaatz, M. Zaudig (Hrsg.), Psychotherapeutische Erstversorgung: Sprechstunde, Akutbehandlung und Gruppengrundversorgung – Mit Kommentar zur Richtlinie und Hinweisen zur praktischen Ausgestaltung. Stuttgart: Schattauer, S. 58-71.

 

Neurobiologische Aspekte der Depression

  • Ulke, C., Kayser, J., Tenke, C. E., Mergl, R., Sander, C., Panier, L. Y. X., Alvarenga, J. E., Fava, M., McGrath, P. J., Deldin, P. J., McInnis, M. G., Trivedi, M. H., Weissman, M. M., Pizzagalli, D. A., Hegerl, U., Bruder, G. E. (2024). EEG measures of brain arousal in relation to symptom improvement in patients with major depressive disorder: results from a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial. Psychiatry Research, 342, 116165. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116165)
  • Wittekind, D. A., Kratzsch, J., Biemann, R., Mergl, R., Riedel-Heller, S., Witte, V., Villringer, A., Kluge, M. (2022). Association between self-rating depression scores and total ghrelin and adipokine serum levels in a large population-based sample. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 891325.
  • Dogan-Sander, E., Mergl, R., Willenberg, A., Baber, R., Wirkner, K., Riedel-Heller, S. G., Röhr, S., Schmidt, F. M., Schomerus, G., Sander, C. (2021). Inflammation and the association of vitamin D and depressive symptomatology. Nutrients, 13, 1972.
  • Schmidt, F. M., Mergl, R., Minkwitz, J., Holdt, L. M., Teupser, D., Hegerl, U., Himmerich, H., Sander, C. (2020). Is there an association or not? – Investigating the association of depressiveness, physical activity, body composition and sleep with mediators of inflammation. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 563.

 

Schlaf

  • Greissl, S., Mergl, R., Sander, C., Hensch, T., Engel, C., Hegerl, U. (2022). Is unemployment associated with inefficient sleep habits? A cohort study using objective sleep measurements. Journal of Sleep Research, 31, e13516.
  • Mergl, R., Dogan-Sander, E., Willenberg, A., Wirkner, K., Kratzsch, J., Riedel-Heller, S., Allgaier, A.-K., Hegerl, U., Sander, C. (2021). The effect of depressive symptomatology on the association of vitamin D and sleep. BMC Psychiatry, 21, 178.
  • Dogan-Sander, E., Willenberg, A., Batmaz, İ., Enzenbach, C., Wirkner, K., Kohls, E., Mergl, R., Thiery, J., Kratzsch, J., Hegerl, U., Sander, C. (2019). Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations with sleep phenotypes in a German community sample. PLoS One, 14(7), e0219318.

 

Psychoneuroendokrinologie

  • Wittekind, D. A., Kratzsch, J., Mergl, R., Baber, R., Wirkner, K., Schroeter, M. L., Witte, A. V., Villringer, A., Kluge, M. (2023). Leptin, but not ghrelin, is associated with food addiction scores in a population-based subject sample. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1200021.
  • Wittekind, D. A., Kratzsch, J., Mergl, R., Wirkner, K., Baber, R., Sander, C., Witte, A. V., Villringer, A., Kluge, M. (2023). Childhood sexual abuse is associated with higher total ghrelin serum levels in adulthood: results from a large, population-based study. Translational Psychiatry, 13(1), 219.
  • Wittekind, D. A., Kratzsch, J., Mergl, R., Riedel-Heller, S., Witte, A. V., Villringer, A., Kluge, M. (2022). Serum ghrelin is positively associated with physiological anxiety but negatively associated with pathological anxiety in humans: data from a large community-based study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 140, 105728.
  • Wittekind, D. A., Kratzsch, J., Mergl, R., Baber, R., Witte, V., Villringer, A., Kluge, M. (2021). Free triiodothyronine (T3) is negatively associated with fasting ghrelin serum levels in a population sample of euthyroid subjects. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 44, 2655-2664.
  • Wittekind, D. A., Kratzsch, J., Mergl, R., Enzenbach, C., Witte, V., Villringer, A., Kluge, M. (2020). Higher fasting ghrelin serum levels in active smokers than in former and never-smokers. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 21, 748-756.

 

Neurophysiologie

  • Mergl, R., Karch, S., Henl, J., Meindl, D., Schöpf, F., Szabo, S. I., Hallweger, P., Heiler, P., Maywald, M., Tschentscher, N., Allgaier, A.-K., Pogarell, O. (2022). Effects of four different EEG-neurofeedback reinforcement types in healthy individuals - A pilot study. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 55(3), 305-316.