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Overview

Andreas Karwautz is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research predominantly spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with significant contributions in clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. Their work also engages with sociology and political science, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, as well as applied psychology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of domains, including:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Pharmaceutical studies and practices

Their publication record includes notable recent papers such as:

  • "COVID-19 and implications for eating disorders" (2020), published in European Eating Disorders Review
  • "Impact of war and forced displacement on children's mental health-multilevel, needs-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches" (2022), European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Potential effects of 'social' distancing measures and school lockdown on child and adolescent mental health" (2020), European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines update 2023 on the pharmacological treatment of eating disorders" (2023), The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
  • "COVID Isolation Eating Scale (CIES): Analysis of the impact of confinement in eating disorders and obesity-A collaborative international study" (2020), European Eating Disorders Review

Frequent publication venues for Karwautz's work include:

  • European Eating Disorders Review
  • Neuropsychiatrie
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Collaborative work has been achieved with regular co-authors such as:

  • Michael D. Zeiler
  • Gudrun Wagner
  • Julia Philipp
  • Stefanie Truttmann
  • Tanja Wittek

This profile highlights Andreas Karwautz's focus on mental health issues related to eating disorders, child and adolescent development, and the effects of broad social phenomena such as the COVID-19 pandemic and displacement due to war. Their interdisciplinary approach combines psychological, medical, and sociopolitical perspectives, reflecting a multifaceted research agenda across clinical and applied settings.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire

    Anja Hilbert;Brunna Tuschen-Caffier;Andreas Karwautz;Helmut Niederhofer

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • COVID-19 and implications for eating disorders.

    Fernando Fernández‐Aranda;Fernando Fernández‐Aranda;Miquel Casas;Miquel Casas;Laurence Claes;Laurence Claes;Danielle Clark Bryan

  • A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa

    Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud;Gun Peggy Knudsen;Ole Andreas Andreassen;Thomas Espeseth

  • Impact of war and forced displacement on children’s mental health—multilevel, needs-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches

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  • Association of BDNF with anorexia, bulimia and age of onset of weight loss in six European populations

    Marta Ribasés;Mònica Gratacòs;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Laura Bellodi

  • Psychosocial factors in children and adolescents with migraine and tension-type headache: a controlled study and review of the literature.

    A Karwautz;C Wöber;T Lang;A Böck

  • Individual-specific risk factors for anorexia nervosa: a pilot study using a discordant sister-pair design.

    A Karwautz;S Rabe-Hesketh;X Hu;J Zhao

  • Potential effects of "social" distancing measures and school lockdown on child and adolescent mental health.

    Vera Clemens;Peter Deschamps;Peter Deschamps;Jörg M. Fegert;Jörg M. Fegert;Dimitris Anagnostopoulos;Dimitris Anagnostopoulos

  • Quality of life in adolescents with treated coeliac disease: influence of compliance and age at diagnosis.

    Gudrun Wagner;Gabriele Berger;Ursula Sinnreich;Vasileia Grylli

  • Diagnosis of headache in childhood and adolescence : a study in 437 patients

    C Wöber-Bingöl;C Wöber;A Karwautz;C Vesely

  • Association of BDNF with restricting anorexia nervosa and minimum body mass index: a family-based association study of eight European populations

    Marta Ribases;Monica Gratacos;Fernando Fernandez-Aranda;Laura Bellodi

  • Clinical features, classification and prognosis of migraine and tension‐type headache in children and adolescents: a long‐term follow‐up study

    C Kienbacher;C Wöber;HE Zesch;A Hafferl-Gattermayer

  • Mental health problems in Austrian adolescents: a nationwide, two-stage epidemiological study applying DSM-5 criteria

    Gudrun Wagner;Michael Zeiler;Karin Waldherr;Julia Philipp

  • Do Men with Eating Disorders Differ from Women in Clinics, Psychopathology and Personality?

    Araceli Núñez-Navarro;Zaida Agüera;Isabel Krug;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Susana Jiménez-Murcia

  • The 5-HT2A -1438G/A polymorphism in anorexia nervosa: A combined analysis of 316 trios from six european centres

    Philip Gorwood;J. Adès;L. Bellodi;E. Cellini

  • Combined family trio and case-control analysis of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism in European patients with anorexia nervosa.

    M Gabrovsek;M Brecelj-Anderluh;L Bellodi;E Cellini

  • Present and lifetime comorbidity of tobacco, alcohol and drug use in eating disorders: a European multicenter study.

    Isabel Krug;Janet Treasure;Janet Treasure;Marija Anderluh;Laura Bellodi

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Fernando Fernández-Aranda
Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona
David A. Collier
David A. Collier Eli Lilly (United States)
Isabel Krug
Isabel Krug University of Melbourne
Susana Jiménez-Murcia
Susana Jiménez-Murcia University of Barcelona
Valdo Ricca
Valdo Ricca University of Florence
Roser Granero
Roser Granero Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ulrike Schmidt
Ulrike Schmidt King's College London
Kate Tchanturia
Kate Tchanturia King's College London

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