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Christine Knaevelsrud

Christine Knaevelsrud

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Psychology

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53
Citations
10852
World Ranking
4813
National Ranking
219

Overview

Christine Knaevelsrud is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and has a research focus largely within the field of Psychology, with an emphasis on Clinical Psychology and Applied Psychology. Their work extends to specialized subfields including Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's research topics prominently include Digital Mental Health Interventions, Migration, Health and Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Mental Health Research Topics, and Mental Health Treatment and Access. Additional themes covered in their work involve Child Abuse and Trauma as well as investigations related to COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Christine Knaevelsrud has contributed to numerous publications, several of which are frequently cited. Some of the recent papers authored by or involving them include:

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Dismantling, Optimising, and Personalising Internet Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression: A Systematic Review and Component Network Meta-Analysis Using Individual Participant Data, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Development of a Short and ICD-11 Compatible Measure for DSM-5 Maladaptive Personality Traits Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms, 2020, Assessment
  • CBT at the Crossroads: The Rise of Transdiagnostic Treatments, 2020, International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
  • Effects of a WHO-Guided Digital Health Intervention for Depression in Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2022, PLoS Medicine

Their research has appeared frequently in several publication venues including:

  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology in Europe
  • BMJ Open
  • Internet Interventions

Christine Knaevelsrud collaborates extensively with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Sebastian Burchert, Sarah Schumacher, Nadine Stammel, Sinha Engel, and Helen Niemeyer.

Best Publications

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Network Meta-analysis.

    Eirini Karyotaki;Eirini Karyotaki;Eirini Karyotaki;Orestis Efthimiou;Orestis Efthimiou;Clara Miguel;Clara Miguel;Frederic Maas Genannt Bermpohl

  • Internet-based treatment for PTSD reduces distress and facilitates the development of a strong therapeutic alliance: a randomized controlled clinical trial

    Christine Knaevelsrud;Andreas Maercker

  • Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Complicated Grief: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Birgit Wagner;Christine Knaevelsrud;Andreas Maercker

  • Consensus statement on defining and measuring negative effects of Internet interventions

    Alexander Rozental;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson;Johanna Boettcher;David Daniel Ebert

  • S3 – LEITLINIE Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung ICD-10: F43.1

    Guido Flatten;Ursula Gast;Arne Hofmann;Christine Knaevelsrud

  • The German version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): psychometric properties and diagnostic utility

    Antje Krüger-Gottschalk;Christine Knaevelsrud;Heinrich Rau;Anne Dyer

  • Internet-based interventions for posttraumatic stress: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Annika Kuester;Helen Niemeyer;Christine Knaevelsrud

  • Strengthening mental health care systems for Syrian refugees in Europe and the Middle East: integrating scalable psychological interventions in eight countries.

    Marit Sijbrandij;Ceren Acarturk;Martha Bird;Richard A Bryant

  • Dismantling, optimising, and personalising internet cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis using individual participant data.

    Toshi A. Furukawa;Aya Suganuma;Edoardo G. Ostinelli;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson

  • Does the Quality of the Working Alliance Predict Treatment Outcome in Online Psychotherapy for Traumatized Patients

    Christine Knaevelsrud;Andreas Maercker

  • Web-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in war-traumatized Arab patients: randomized controlled trial.

    Christine Knaevelsrud;Janine Brand;Alfred Lange;Jeroen Ruwaard

  • Support for the mutual maintenance of pain and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms

    A. Liedl;M. O'Donnell;M. Creamer;D. Silove

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in older adults: an overview of characteristics and treatment approaches.

    Maria Böttche;Philipp Kuwert;Christine Knaevelsrud

  • Loneliness Among Older Veterans in the United States: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

    Philipp Kuwert;Christine Knaevelsrud;Robert H. Pietrzak

  • User-Centered App Adaptation of a Low-Intensity E-Mental Health Intervention for Syrian Refugees.

    Sebastian Burchert;Mohammed Salem Alkneme;Martha Bird;Kenneth Carswell

  • Post‐Traumatic Growth and Optimism as Outcomes of an Internet‐Based Intervention for Complicated Grief

    Birgit Wagner;Christine Knaevelsrud;Andreas Maercker

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of correlates of prolonged grief disorder in adults exposed to violent loss.

    Carina Heeke;Christina Kampisiou;Helen Niemeyer;Christine Knaevelsrud

  • Efficacy of an Internet-based intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder in Iraq: a pilot study.

    Birgit Wagner;Wassima Schulz;Christine Knaevelsrud

  • Development of a Short and ICD-11 Compatible Measure for DSM-5 Maladaptive Personality Traits Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms.

    André Kerber;Martin Schultze;Steffen Müller;Rosa Maria Rühling

  • Efficacy of group psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    D Schwartze;S Barkowski;B Strauss;C Knaevelsrud

  • CBT at the Crossroads: The Rise of Transdiagnostic Treatments

    Carmen Schaeuffele;Ava Schulz;Christine Knaevelsrud;Babette Renneberg

  • Long-term effects of an internet-based treatment for posttraumatic stress.

    Christine Knaevelsrud;Andreas Maercker

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Maercker
Andreas Maercker University of Zurich
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Lutz Goldbeck
Lutz Goldbeck University of Ulm
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Rita Rosner
Rita Rosner Catholic University of America
Viktor Kaldo
Viktor Kaldo Karolinska Institute
David Daniel Ebert
David Daniel Ebert Technical University of Munich
Martin Bohus
Martin Bohus Central Institute of Mental Health
Thomas Ehring
Thomas Ehring Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Per Carlbring
Per Carlbring Stockholm University

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