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Overview

Anke Ehlers is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Applied Psychology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Anke Ehlers include:

  • "More than doubling the clinical benefit of each hour of therapist time: a randomised controlled trial of internet cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder," 2022, Psychological Medicine
  • "Dissociation in relation to other mental health conditions: An exploration using network analysis," 2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • "Guided, internet based, cognitive behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial (RAPID)," 2022, BMJ
  • "Cognitive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder following critical illness and intensive care unit admission," 2020, The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
  • "The Masking of Mourning: Social Disconnection After Bereavement and Its Role in Psychological Distress," 2020, Clinical Psychological Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anke Ehlers include:

  • David M. Clark
  • Jennifer Wild
  • Nick Grey
  • Emma Warnock-Parkes
  • Emma Černis

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • Psychological Medicine
  • PLoS ONE

Anke Ehlers has contributed extensively to the understanding and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and related mental health conditions. Their work includes studies on digital mental health interventions as well as investigations into anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma-related psychological processes.

Best Publications

  • A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder

    Anke Ehlers;David M. Clark

  • The Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): Development and validation.

    E B Foa;D F Tolin;A Ehlers;D M Clark

  • Psychological predictors of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder after motor vehicle accidents.

    Anke Ehlers;Richard A. Mayou;Bridget Bryant

  • Psychological treatments for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder : Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jonathan Ian Bisson;Anke Ehlers;Rosa Matthews;Stephen Pilling

  • Virtual reality in the assessment, understanding, and treatment of mental health disorders.

    D Freeman;S Reeve;A Robinson;A Ehlers

  • The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ): validation of a content-independent measure of repetitive negative thinking.

    Thomas Ehring;Ulrike Zetsche;Kathrin Weidacker;Karina Wahl

  • Cognitive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: development and evaluation.

    Anke Ehlers;David M. Clark;Ann Hackmann;Freda McManus

  • A prospective investigation of the role of cognitive factors in persistent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after physical or sexual assault.

    Emma Dunmore;David M Clark;Anke Ehlers

  • PTSD symptoms, response to intrusive memories and coping in ambulance service workers.

    Sue Clohessy;Anke Ehlers

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder following assault: the role of cognitive processing, trauma memory, and appraisals.

    Sarah L. Halligan;Tanja Michael;David M. Clark;Anke Ehlers

  • Intrusive re-experiencing in post-traumatic stress disorder: phenomenology, theory, and therapy.

    Anke Ehlers;Ann Hackmann;Tanja Michael

  • Cognitive therapy versus exposure and applied relaxation in social phobia: A randomized controlled trial.

    David M. Clark;Anke Ehlers;Ann Hackmann;Freda McManus

  • Does Early Psychological Intervention Promote Recovery From Posttraumatic Stress

    Richard J. McNally;Richard A. Bryant;Anke Ehlers

  • Dissociation and post-traumatic stress disorder: two prospective studies of road traffic accident survivors.

    James Murray;Anke Ehlers;Richard A Mayou

  • Psychological debriefing for road traffic accident victims. Three-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.

    R A Mayou;A Ehlers;M Hobbs

  • Cognitive therapy versus fluoxetine in generalized social phobia: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

    David M. Clark;Anke Ehlers;Freda McManus;Ann Hackmann

  • Cognitive factors involved in the onset and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after physical or sexual assault

    Emma Dunmore;David M. Clark;Anke Ehlers

  • Mind the gap: Improving the dissemination of CBT

    R. Shafran;D.M. Clark;C.G. Fairburn;A. Arntz

  • Maintenance of Intrusive Memories in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Cognitive Approach

    Anke Ehlers;Regina Steil

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Therapy, a Self-help Booklet, and Repeated Assessments as Early Interventions for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Anke Ehlers;David M. Clark;Ann Hackmann;Freda McManus

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Clark
David M. Clark University of Oxford
Jürgen Margraf
Jürgen Margraf Ruhr University Bochum
Walton T. Roth
Walton T. Roth Stanford University
Nick Grey
Nick Grey Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Birgit Kleim
Birgit Kleim University of Zurich
Thomas Ehring
Thomas Ehring Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ulrich Stangier
Ulrich Stangier Goethe University Frankfurt
Daniel Freeman
Daniel Freeman University of Oxford
Tanja Michael
Tanja Michael Saarland University
Sarah L. Halligan
Sarah L. Halligan University of Bath

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