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Overview

Christian Otte is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine, neuroscience, and psychology, with a particular focus on behavioral neuroscience and clinical psychology. Other subfields of study include pharmacology, biological psychiatry, and social psychology.

The primary topics addressed in Christian Otte's work include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health

The scientist has published numerous papers in reputable journals over recent years. Some notable examples include:

  • "Comorbid depression in medical diseases," 2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "A Delphi-method-based consensus guideline for definition of treatment-resistant depression for clinical trials," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Antidepressant and neurocognitive effects of serial ketamine administration versus ECT in depressed patients," 2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • "Real-world evidence from a European cohort study of patients with treatment resistant depression: Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes," 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Blunted salivary cortisol response to psychosocial stress in women with posttraumatic stress disorder," 2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research

Christian Otte frequently publishes in journals such as Psychoneuroendocrinology, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Journal of Affective Disorders, European Neuropsychopharmacology, and Translational Psychiatry.

The scientist's collaborative network includes several frequent co-authors, among them:

  • Katja Wingenfeld
  • Stefan M. Gold
  • Christian Eric Deuter
  • Woo Ri Chae
  • Stefan Roepke

Best Publications

  • Major depressive disorder

    Christian Otte;Stefan M. Gold;Stefan M. Gold;Brenda W. Penninx;Carmine Maria Pariante

  • Depression and cortisol responses to psychological stress: A meta-analysis

    Heather M. Burke;Mary C. Davis;Christian Otte;David C. Mohr;David C. Mohr

  • Depressive Symptoms, Health Behaviors, and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

    Mary A. Whooley;Peter de Jonge;Eric Vittinghoff;Christian Otte

  • Effects of Hatha yoga and African dance on perceived stress, affect, and salivary cortisol.

    Jeremy West;Christian Otte;Kathleen Geher;Joe Johnson

  • Predictors of posttraumatic stress in police and other first responders.

    Charles R. Marmar;Charles R. Marmar;Shannon E. McCASLIN;Shannon E. McCASLIN;Thomas J. Metzler;Thomas J. Metzler;Suzanne Best

  • A meta-analysis of cortisol response to challenge in human aging: importance of gender.

    Christian Otte;Stacey Hart;Stacey Hart;Thomas C. Neylan;Thomas C. Neylan;Charles R. Marmar;Charles R. Marmar

  • Comorbid depression in medical diseases.

    Stefan M. Gold;Ole Köhler-Forsberg;Rona Moss-Morris;Anja Mehnert

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy in anxiety disorders: current state of the evidence

    Christian Otte

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    R. C. Culverhouse;N. L. Saccone;A. C. Horton;Y. Ma

  • Cognitive impairment in major depression: association with salivary cortisol.

    Kim Hinkelmann;Steffen Moritz;Johannes Botzenhardt;Kirsten Riedesel

  • Control conditions for randomised trials of behavioural interventions in psychiatry: a decision framework.

    Stefan M Gold;Paul Enck;Helge Hasselmann;Tim Friede

  • Prospective prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms using fear potentiated auditory startle responses.

    Nnamdi Pole;Thomas C. Neylan;Thomas C. Neylan;Christian Otte;Clare Henn-Hasse;Clare Henn-Hasse

  • Introducing a novel method to assess cumulative steroid concentrations: Increased hair cortisol concentrations over 6 months in medicated patients with depression

    Lucia Dettenborn;Christoph Muhtz;Nadine Skoluda;Tobias Stalder

  • Association of a serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) with depression, perceived stress, and norepinephrine in patients with coronary disease: the Heart and Soul Study.

    Christian Otte;Jeanne McCaffery;M.P.H. Sadia Ali;Mary A. Whooley

  • Stress and Depression: a Crucial Role of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor

    E. R. de Kloet;C. Otte;Robert Kumsta;L. Kok

  • Increased cortisol in women with intimate partner violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder

    Sabra S. Inslicht;Sabra S. Inslicht;Sabra S. Inslicht;Charles R. Marmar;Charles R. Marmar;Thomas C. Neylan;Thomas C. Neylan;Thomas J. Metzler

  • The Impact of Self-Reported Childhood Trauma on Emotion Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder and Major Depression

    Silvia Carvalho Fernando;Thomas Beblo;Nicole Schlosser;Kirsten Terfehr

  • Depression and 24-hour urinary cortisol in medical outpatients with coronary heart disease: The Heart and Soul Study

    Christian Otte;Charles R. Marmar;Charles R. Marmar;Sharon S. Pipkin;Rudolf Moos

  • Association between childhood trauma and catecholamine response to psychological stress in police academy recruits.

    Christian Otte;Christian Otte;Thomas C. Neylan;Thomas C. Neylan;Nnamdi Pole;Thomas Metzler;Thomas Metzler

  • Depressive symptoms and 24-hour urinary norepinephrine excretion levels in patients with coronary disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.

    Christian Otte;Thomas C. Neylan;Sharon S. Pipkin;Warren S. Browner

  • Increased Cortisol in Women With Intimate Partner Violence‐Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Sabra S. Inslicht;Sabra S. Inslicht;Charles R. Marmar;Charles R. Marmar;Thomas C. Neylan;Thomas C. Neylan;Thomas J. Metzler

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    Robert C. Culverhouse;Nancy L. Saccone;Amy C. Horton;Yinjiao Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Katja Wingenfeld
Katja Wingenfeld Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Thomas C. Neylan
Thomas C. Neylan University of California, San Francisco
Carsten Spitzer
Carsten Spitzer University of Rostock
Oliver T. Wolf
Oliver T. Wolf Ruhr University Bochum
Steffen Moritz
Steffen Moritz University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Bernd Löwe
Bernd Löwe Universität Hamburg
Falk Kiefer
Falk Kiefer Heidelberg University
Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Malek Bajbouj
Malek Bajbouj Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Martin Driessen
Martin Driessen Bielefeld University

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