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Ulrike Ehlert
Psychiatry
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Open AccessGenes and hormones of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in post-traumatic stress disorder. What is their role in symptom expression and treatment response?
Less than half of all individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remit spontaneously and a large proportion of those seeking treatment do not respond sufficiently. This suggests that there may be s...
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Open AccessPsychosocial factors promoting resilience during the menopausal transition
Despite significant biological, psychological, and social challenges in the perimenopause, most women report an overall positive well-being and appear to be resilient to potentially negative effects of this li...
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Longitudinal assessment of symptoms of postpartum mood disorder in women with and without a history of depression
The main objective of the present study was to report the incidence, recurrence, prevalence, and course of depressive symptoms during the transition from late pregnancy to the postpartum period in healthy wome...
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Psychosomatische und stressabhängige körperliche Beschwerden
Stress kann unterschiedlich an der Ausformung von körperlichen Beschwerden beteiligt sein; so kann Stress körperliche Beschwerden auslösen, aber auch den Verlauf der Krankheitssymptomatik, den Schweregrad und ...
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Verhaltensmedizinische Grundlagen
Verhaltensmedizin ist ein interdisziplinärer Wissenschaftsbereich, der sich auf die Anwendung der Verhaltenstherapie in der Medizin bezieht. Die Grundlage der Verhaltensmedizin bildet die empirische Auseinande...
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Measuring female intrasexual competition by the scale for intrasexual competition: a validation of the German version
Competitive behaviour amongst members of the same sex is termed intrasexual competition. The tendency to engage in such competition appears to be strongly related to stable individual characteristics such as p...
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Associated symptoms of depression: patterns of change during pregnancy
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Open AccessAssociated symptoms of depression: patterns of change during pregnancy
Little is known about the natural course of depressive symptoms and associated features throughout pregnancy. We examined the course of some psychological and somatic symptoms in each month of pregnancy in a n...
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Open AccessRestrained eating and self-esteem in premenopausal and postmenopausal women
There has been limited research about disordered eating in middle-aged women, and to date, few data exist about restrained eating behavior in postmenopausal women. Therefore, the aim of this study was to exami...
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Open AccessMental health of asylum seekers: a cross-sectional study of psychiatric disorders
Asylum procedures are known to be protracted, stretching to over ten years in many host countries. International research shows high levels of distress for asylum seekers. Little is known about actual psychiat...
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Melatonin improves memory acquisition under stress independent of stress hormone release
Animal studies suggest that the pineal hormone melatonin influences basal stress hormone levels and dampens hormone reactivity to stress.
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Adjustment to trauma exposure in refugee, displaced, and non-displaced Bosnian women
The war in Bosnia resulted in the displacement of millions of civilians, most of them women. Ten years after the civil war, many of them are still living as refugees in their country of origin or abroad. Resea...
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Psychobiologische Aspekte der Posttraumatischen Belastungsstöung
