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Lea Julia Mertens

Psychological psychotherapist (VT) | M.Sc. Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience | PhD Candidate

Department Molecular Neuroimaging

Phone: +49 621 1703-1903

Fax: +49 621 1703-80-1903

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Main Medical Building, Groundfloor, Room 060

Publications in peer reviewed journals since 2006

TOP 5 publications:

  1. Gründer G, Mertens L, Jungaberle A, Jungaberle H, Spangemacher M. Compassionate use of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression in Germany.Lancet Psychiatry. 2026 13(2):91-93. Epub 2025 Sep 18.
  2. Gründer G, Brand M, Mertens L, Jungaberle H, Kärtner L, Scharf DJ, Spangemacher M, Wolff M. Treatment with psychedelics is psychotherapy: beyond reductionism.Lancet Psychiatry. 2024 11(3):231-236. Epub 2023 Dec 12.
  3. Mertens L, Koslowski M, Betzler F, Brand M, Evens R, Kärtner L, Jungaberle A, Jungaberle H, Majic T, Schmitz C, Ströhle A, Scharf D, Spangemacher M, Wolff M, Assadi Z, Bahri S, Becher L, Färber LV, Kirchen N, Kulakova E, Kunz L, Meijer A, Rohrmoser B, Wellek S, Berger M, Gründer G. Efficacy and Safety of Psilocybin in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression: The EPISODE Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA Psychiatry. 2026 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print].
  4. Meinhardt M, Güngör C, Skorodumov I, Mertens L, Spanagel R. Psilocybin and LSD have no long-lasting effects in an animal model of alcohol relapse.Neuropsychopharmacology. 2020 45(8):1316-1322. Epub 2020 May 5.
  5. Spangemacher M, Mertens L, Färber LV, Jungaberle A, Jungaberle H, Gründer G. Psilocybin as a Disease-Modifying Drug—a Salutogenic Approach in Psychiatry.Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2024 121(26):868-874. Epub 2024 Dec 27.

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