De Pol MA, Rafiei D, Meyer JH, Desmond KL, McMain S, Boileau I, Warsh J, Rusjan P, Schmahl C, Vasdev N, Gray LR, Aloysius R, Kolla NJ. Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: Imaging with [C]CURB PET. Neuropharmacology. 2025 273:110436. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
Dwyer JB, Schmahl C, Makinodan M, Fineberg SK, Sommer S, Wruck J, Jelaska A, Adeniji A, Goodman M. Efficacy and Safety of BI 1358894 in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: Results of a Phase 2 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Dose-Ranging Trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2025 86(1)
Görtz A, Sulejmani A, Kleindienst N, Schmahl C, Schmitz M, Treede RD, Baumgärtner U. Experimental investigation of self-inflicted versus other-inflicted injury behaviour in individuals with borderline personality disorder. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2025 Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Heekerens JB, Felsenheimer A, Lebovitz J, Černis E. The Černis Felt Sense of Anomaly (ČEFSA) Scale: psychometric properties and validity of a German version. Psychol Test Adap Dev. 2025 6:54-68.
Heekerens JB, Schmahl C. Toward an Experimental Model to Study Dissociation in the Laboratory: Current Challenges and a Path Forward. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci. 2025 5(5):100549.
Kleindienst N, Steil R, Priebe K, Müller-Engelmann M, Lindauer P, Krause-Utz A, Friedmann F, Schmahl C, Enning F, Bohus M. Is dissociation predicting the efficacy of psychological therapies for PTSD? Results from a randomized controlled trial comparing Dialectical Behavior Therapy for PTSD (DBT-PTSD) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Psychol Med. 2025 55:e59.
Nayman S, Niedtfeld I, Lenz B, Karabatsiakis A, Schmahl C, Kühner C. Menstrual Cycle Dynamics in Mental Health Demand new Approaches in Psychotherapy and Digital Health. Psychother Psychosom. 2025 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] :1-5.
Paret C, Jindrova M, Kleindienst N, Eck J, Breman H, Lührs M, Barth B, Ethofer T, Fallgatter AJ, Goebel R, Hoell A, Lockhofen D, Reinhold AS, Maier S, Matthies S, Mulert C, Schönholz C, van Elst LT, Schmahl C. A randomised controlled trial of amygdala fMRI-neurofeedback versus sham-feedback in borderline-personality disorder - systematic literature review and introduction to the BrainSTEADy trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2025 25(1):687.
Roepke S, Schoofs N, Priebe K, Wuelfing F, Roehle R, Maslahati T, Stieglbauer K, Biedermann S, Schaefer I, Gallinat J, Ethofer T, Fallgatter AJ, Hanewald B, Mulert C, Schmahl C, Otte C, Koglin S. Treating nightmares in post-traumatic stress disorder with the α-adrenergic agents clonidine and doxazosin: protocol for a phase II randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel-group study (ClonDoTrial). BMJ Open. 2025 15(8):e098161.
Schwaba T, Clapp Sullivan ML, Akingbuwa WA, Ilves K, Tanksley PT, Williams CM, Dragostinov Y, Liao W, Ackerman LS, Fealy JCM, Hemani G, de la Fuente J, Gupta P, Stein MB, Gelernter J, Levey DF, Võsa U, Ausmees L, Realo A, Reichl MR, Vaht M, Allik J, Esko T, Mõttus R, Vainik U, Jonsdottir GA, Thorleifsson G, Gunnarsson ÁF, Bjornsdottir G, Thorgeirsson TE, Stefansson H, Stefansson K, Cheesman R, Qin Q, Corfield EC, Ask H, Torvik FA, Ystrom E, Tesli M, Boomsma DI, de Geus EJC, Hottenga JJ, Melo DC, Snieder H, Hartman CA, Xia C, Campbell A, Luciano M, Deary IJ, Hill WD, Jang SK, Vrieze SI, Abecasis G, Lupton MK, Mitchell BL, Viher PV, Colodro-Conde L, Martin NG, Medland SE, Derks EM, Wormington B, Kaprio J, Silventoinen K, Palviainen T, Gidziela A, Rimfeld K, Plomin R, Malanchini M, Dick DM, Aliev F, Wesseldijk LW, Ullén F, Mosing MA, Kranzler HR, Nunez Y, Beck S, Polimanti R, Edwards T, Giannelis A, Willoughby EA, Lee JJ, McGue M, Terracciano A, Marongiu M, Fiorillo E, Cucca F, Sutin AR, van der Most PJ, Oldehinkel AJ, Kretschmer T, Shabalin AA, Docherty AR, Krueger RF, Freilich CD, Mishra BH, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Saarinen A, Dobewall H, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Berger K, Herrera-Rivero M, Streit F, Awasthi S, Witt SH, Tuhkanen J, Räikkönen K, Eriksson JG, Lahti J, Davies G, Redmond P, Taylor A, Corley J, Russ TC, Ciullo M, Nutile T, Ding J, Qian Y, Tanaka T, Ferrucci L, Zillich L, Sirignano L, Harden KP, Genç E, Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Fraenz C, Schneider Peñate JE, Lis S, Hall ASM, Schmahl C, Herpertz SC, Abdellaoui A, Nivard MG, Tucker-Drob EM. Robust inference and widespread genetic correlates from a large-scale genetic association study of human personality. bioRxiv. 2025
Seitz KI, Schouler N, Hundertmark J, Wilhelm M, Franz S, Bauer S, Taubner S, Korn CW, Haun MW, Ditzen B, Zimmermann H, Enning F, Vonderlin R, Schmahl C, Schramm E, Aguilar-Raab C, Vonderlin E, Bailer J, Bopp E, Berner-Rodoreda A, Bärnighausen T, Calvano C, Feisst M, von Stockert S, Kristalis LT, Friederich HC, Herpertz SC. Mechanism-based modular psychotherapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy for adolescents and young adults with childhood trauma experiences: study protocol for a feasibility trial within the German Center for Mental Health. BMJ Open. 2025 15(4):e090476.
Sicorello M, Gianaros PJ, Wright AGC, Bogdan P, Kraynak TE, Manuck SB, Schmahl C, Wager TD. The functional neurobiology of negative affective traits across regions, networks, signatures, and a machine learning multiverse. bioRxiv. 2025
Streit F, Awasthi S, Hall AS, Braun A, Niarchou M, Marouli E, Babajide O, Frank J, Zillich L, Callies CM, Avetyan D, Zillich E, Naamanka J, Gonzalez J, Harder A, Lu Y, Aherrahrou Z, Ahmad ZU, Ask H, Batzler A, Benros ME, Brand-de Wilde OM, Brunak S, Bruun MT, Christoffersen LA, Colodro-Conde L, Coombes BJ, Corfield EC, Dahmen N, Didriksen M, Dinh KM, Djurovic S, Dowsett J, Drange OK, Dukal H, Edelmann S, Erikstrup C, Espinola MK, Fassbinder E, Faucon A, de Sá DSF, Foo JC, Gilles M, Gutiérrez-Zotes A, Hansen TF, Haraldsson M, Harper RP, Havdahl A, Heilbronner U, Herms S, Hjalgrim H, Hübel C, Jacob GA, Aagaard B, Jorgensen A, Jungkunz M, Kleindienst N, Knoblich N, Koglin S, Kraft J, Krebs K, Lee CW, Lin Y, Lis S, Lisoway A, Malogiannis IA, Martinsen A, Maslahati T, Merz K, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Mikkelsen S, Mikkelsen C, Mobascher A, Muntané G, Oddsson A, Ostrowski SR, Palviainen T, Pedersen OB, Pedersen G, Quinn L, Reinhard MA, Ruths FA, Schott BH, Schredl M, Schwarz E, Schwarze CE, Schwinn M, Send T, Sigurdsson E, Simon-Keller K, Skuladottir AT, Soler J, Sonley A, Sørensen E, Stefansson H, Straub P, Suvisaari J, Tesli M, Træholt J, Ullum H, Völker MP, Walters GB, Wang R, Witt CC, Zarbock G, Zill P, Zwart JA, Reichl MR, Andreassen OA, Arntz A, Biernacka JM, Bohus M, Breen G, Chapman AL, Cichon S, Davis LK, Deuschle M, Euler S, Herpertz SC, Hummelen B, Jobst A, Kaprio J, Kennedy JL, Lehto K, Lieb K, Martorell L, McMain S, Musil R, Nieratschker V, Nöthen MM, Padberg F, Palotie A, Pascual JC, Perroud N, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Ribasés M, Roepke S, Rujescu D, Sanchez-Roige S, Schilling C, Schmahl C, Stefansson K, Thorgeirsson TE, Turecki G, Vilella E, Werge T, Winsvold BS, Wrege J, Rietschel M, Ripke S, Witt SH. Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder identifies 11 loci and highlights shared risk with mental and somatic disorders. medRxiv. 2025
Vonderlin R, Boritz T, Claus C, Senyüz B, Mahalingam S, Schmelz J, Knolle-Ventjeer S, Santangelo PS, Ebner-Priemer UW, Schmahl C, Margraf J, Teismann T, Lis S, Kleindienst N, McMain S, Bohus M. Trauma-focused dialectical behavior therapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled multi-center trial in online and face-to-face formats. BPDED. 2025 12(1):15.
Vonderlin R, Boritz T, Claus C, Senyüz B, Mahalingam S, Tennenhouse R, Lis S, Schmahl C, Margraf J, Teismann T, Kleindienst N, McMain S, Bohus M. Acceptance, Safety, and Effect Sizes in Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Interventional Pilot Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 9:e66181.
von Schröder C, Nkrumah R, Demirakca T, Ende G, Schmahl C. Dissociative experiences alter resting state functional connectivity after childhood abuse. Sci Rep. 2025 15(1):4095.