This research group focuses on the following topics:
- Cognitive, neurobiological and psychosocial risk and protective factors for the development and course of unipolar depression
- Quality of life in patients with mental disorders
- Depressive syndromes in patients with somatic disorders
- Group interventions for primary and relapse prevention
- Development and evaluation of psychodiagnostic instruments
Education and Training Activities
 Lecturer at the Mannheim Faculty of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Lecturer at the University of Mannheim, Faculty for Social Sciences. Lecturer at the advanced training site for nursing staff at the ZI. Staff supervision. Research Awards
 Lilly Quality-of-Life Research Award 2002. Poster award, 26th Section Symposium, Section "Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy", German Psychological Society (DGPs), 2008. |