Projects

Stressfolgen, Resilienz und Wohlbefinden bei Pflegefachpersonen in der Psychiatrie

2024 - 2026

Investigating neuroplasticity associated with psilocybin-assisted and mindfulness-based relapse prevention group therapy in alcohol use disorder (SSA Nr.:343)

2024 - 2026

Investigating efficacy and microstructural plasticity of LSD treatment in patients with alcohol use disorder: A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, active-placebo controlled phase II neuroimaging study (SNF Nr. 10.001.356)

2024 - 2028

Neuroplastizität bei Psilocybin- und Achtsamkeits-Therapie für Alkoholabhängigkeit (Stiftung zur Förderung von Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie)

2024 - 2025

Neuroplasticity of transcranial magnetic stimulation in therapy-refractory depression (Robert Enke Stiftung)

2023 - 2025

Mindfulness and the thalamocortical system as drivers in the maintenance of alcohol abstinence – a high field MRI study (sitem-insel Support Funds SISF)

2022 - 2024

Brain connectivity between networks implied in inhibition and cue-reactivity in alcohol use disorder (Swiss Society for Alcohol Research (SSA), Nr. 328)

2022 - 2023

Dietary Plant Hormone and Mental Health 2020 - 2023

Assessing the neural mechanism related to the symptoms of paranoia (anxiety) and phobia (fear) by functional magnetic resonance imaging in human amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis during processing of emotion

2018 - 2021

Phosphatidylethanol analysis with dried blood spots as therapeutic measure in a multimodal alcohol treatment program (Swiss Society for Alcohol Research (SSA), Nr. 294) 2018 - 2021
Changes in neuronal correlates induced by alcohol specific inhibition training in patients with alcohol use disorder (Swiss Society for Alcohol Research (SSA), Nr. 283) 2017 - 2020

The effect of psychosocial and craving-induced stress on social cognition and decision-making in cocaine users: a longitudinal approach (cooperation with Prof. Dr. Boris Quednow, University of Zurich; SNF; ISRCTN10690316)

2016 - 2019
Learning to resist the urge: Inhibition training in abstinent alcohol dependent patients (Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF Nr. 105319_159286/1) 2016 - 2020
Traumatization in emergency services 2014 - 2017
Acute effects of cortisol treatment on alcohol craving in alcohol dependence (Swiss Society for Alcohol Research (SSA) Nr. 235) 2013 - 2016
Heart-rate variability as a predictor for outcome in alcohol dependence (Grant from the Medical Faculty of the University of Berne) 2013 - 2016
Telephone-based continuing care for alcohol dependence (Grant from BAG) 2013 - 2017
Glucocorticoid treatment in combination with exposure therapy for the treatment of social phobia (Swiss National Science Foundation(SNF Nr. 32003B_124947) 2009 - 2013

Neuronal correlates of glucocorticoid treatment in phobia: a fMRI investigation (Grant from the Medical Faculty of the University of Berne, Nr. 520.10)

2008 - 2012
Schemazentrierte emotiv-behaviorale Therapie» (SET) für Patienten mit Persönlichkeitsstörungen (SNF Nr. 3200-067932.02) 2006 - 2007
Psychosocial and neurobiological mechanisms of social phobia: Development and evaluation of a “Psychobiological Group Intervention Program” (SNF: Nr. 105311-100653) 2005 - 2006