Epidemiology of Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders and Substance-Use Disorders
Metaanalytical Techniques
Vita
Professional Career
since 2018 Professor for Psychology and Statistics, Deggendorf Institute of Technology
2012-18 Associate Professor, Department for Clinical and Biological Psychology, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2007-12 Psychotherapist and Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich
2004-07 Postgraduate, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich
2003-2004 Research Associate, Technical University Dresden
2003 Research Associate, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Clínica and Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Academic Career
2011 Licensed Psychotherapist (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy); Training at the Center for Integrative Psychotherapy, Munich
2010 PhD at the Technical University Dresden; Dissertation Thesis: “The status of agoraphobia in modern diagnostic classification systems: Contribution to a nosological controversy”
2008 Master in Affective Neuroscience at the Universities Maastricht and Florence; Master Thesis: “Dependence symptoms in cannabis users and their relationship to illicit drugs”
2002 Diploma in Psychology at the Technical University Dresden; Diploma Thesis: “Anxiety disorders as risk factor for secondary depression - Results from a study in adolescents and young adults”