Clinical Psychology II
Our professorship investigates the following empirical research questions related to mental health.
Pathopsychology Focus:
- How can mental health be defined?
- How are mentally distressed individuals intuitively perceived? What mental health stressors do stigmatized individuals experience?
- How are positive and negative concepts of health related in individuals with anxiety disorders?
- How can pathological worry be distinguished from functional worry?
Focus on psychotherapy research:
- What influential factors explain successful psychological interventions?
- What is the importance of individual therapists in the treatment process and how do they influence treatment outcome?
- Are there general treatment characteristics relevant to success?
- How should the change process be modulated? Are there processes of change that are too fast?
- What are the positive and harmful effects of strength-oriented interventions?