Experimental Psychopathology
The departments in the focus on "Experimental Psychopathology" conduct research on the biological, cognitive, affective, and interpersonal mechanisms underlying mental disorders.
Disorders being researched include:
- Anxiety disorders
- Somatic stress disorder
- Depressive disorders
- Personality disorders
- Substance Use Disorders
- Body-related repetitive behavior disorders
- Trauma sequelae disorders
- Gambling disorder
- Behavioral health disorders
- Suicidality
A wide range of methods are used, including:
- Self-report; psychometric methods; behavioral studies; eye movements; psychophysics; reaction time analyses
- Innovative methods (virtual reality; ambulatory assessment; interoception paradigm)
- Psychophysiological methods including biofeedback
- Functional imaging (fMRI)
- Pharmacological approaches
- Computational modeling
- Intervention research (online-based self-help applications, psychotherapy research, psychotherapy process research, health care research)
Details can be found on the homepages of the individual groups.
Central groups: A. L. Gerlach, J. C. Ehrenthal
Associated groups: J. Peters
Further connections/overlaps
- Focus on Cognitive Foundations of Adaptive Behavior (e.g., mechanisms of adaptive behavior, learning processes)
- with further applied research (Educational Psychology, Media Psychology, Organizational and Business Psychology)