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Dirk Lehr is affiliated with Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and health professions. Their scholarly focus spans several subfields of study, including general health professions, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their work covers a range of main research topics, which include:

  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout

Lehr's recent academic publications demonstrate a focus on internet- and app-based interventions and their effects on mental health conditions such as depression and stress. Notable papers include:

  • Efficacy and Moderators of Internet-Based Interventions in Adults with Subthreshold Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (2020), published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • Effect of an internet- and app-based stress intervention compared to online psychoeducation in university students with depressive symptoms: Results of a randomized controlled trial (2021), published in Internet Interventions
  • Quality and Adoption of COVID-19 Tracing Apps and Recommendations for Development: Systematic Interdisciplinary Review of European Apps (2021), published in Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Effectiveness of a Guided Internet- and Mobile-Based Intervention for Patients with Chronic Back Pain and Depression (WARD-BP): A Multicenter, Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (2020), published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • A Web- and Mobile-Based Intervention for Comorbid, Recurrent Depression in Patients With Chronic Back Pain on Sick Leave (Get.Back): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial on Feasibility, User Satisfaction, and Effectiveness (2020), published in JMIR Mental Health

Coauthorship collaborations feature frequently with the following researchers:

  • David Daniel Ebert
  • Leif Boß
  • Claudia Buntrock
  • Harald Baumeister
  • Kai Spiegelhalder

Publications by Lehr are frequently found in specialized journals and venues including:

  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • BMC Public Health
  • Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • Internet Interventions
  • Somnologie - Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin

In addition to articles, Lehr has contributed to academic book publishing. One recorded book publication through Hogrefe Verlag is titled Dankbarkeit in der Psychotherapie, released in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The benefit of web- and computer-based interventions for stress : A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Elena Heber;David Daniel Ebert;Dirk Lehr;Pim Cuijpers;Pim Cuijpers

  • Do guided internet-based interventions result in clinically relevant changes for patients with depression? An individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Eirini Karyotaki;David Daniel Ebert;Liesje Donkin;Heleen Riper

  • Increasing the acceptance of internet-based mental health interventions in primary care patients with depressive symptoms. A randomized controlled trial

    D.D. Ebert;D.D. Ebert;D.D. Ebert;M. Berking;P. Cuijpers;D. Lehr

  • Effect of a Web-Based Guided Self-Help Intervention for Prevention of Major Depression in Adults with Subthreshold Depression : A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Claudia Buntrock;David Daniel Ebert;Dirk Lehr;Filip Smit

  • Reliability and Validity of Assessing User Satisfaction With Web-Based Health Interventions

    Leif Boß;Dirk Lehr;Dorota Reis;Christiaan Vis

  • Web-Based and Mobile Stress Management Intervention for Employees: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Elena Heber;Dirk Lehr;David Daniel Ebert;Matthias Berking

  • Effectiveness of an Internet- and App-Based Intervention for College Students With Elevated Stress: Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Mathias Harrer;Sophia Helen Adam;Rebecca Jessica Fleischmann;Harald Baumeister

  • Overcome procrastination: Enhancing emotion regulation skills reduce procrastination

    Marcus Eckert;David D Ebert;Dirk Lehr;Bernhard Sieland

  • Efficacy of a web-based intervention with mobile phone support in treating depressive symptoms in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial

    Stephanie Nobis;Dirk Lehr;David D aniel Ebert;Harald Baumeister

  • Self-guided internet-based and mobile-based stress management for employees: results of a randomised controlled trial.

    David Daniel Ebert;Elena Heber;Matthias Berking;Heleen Riper

  • Log in and breathe out: internet-based recovery training for sleepless employees with work-related strain – results of a randomized controlled trial

    Hanne Thiart;Dirk Lehr;David Daniel Ebert;Matthias Berking

  • Restoring depleted resources: Efficacy and mechanisms of change of an internet-based unguided recovery training for better sleep and psychological detachment from work.

    David Daniel Ebert;Matthias Berking;Hanne Thiart;Heleen Riper

  • Does Internet-based guided-self-help for depression cause harm? An individual participant data meta-analysis on deterioration rates and its moderators in randomized controlled trials.

    D. D. Ebert;L. Donkin;Gerhard Andersson;G. Andrews

  • Screening depressiver Störungen mittels Allgemeiner Depressions- Skala (ADS-K) und State-Trait Depressions Scales (STDS-T) Eine vergleichende Evaluation von Cut-Off-Werten

    Dirk Lehr;Andreas Hillert;Edgar Schmitz;Nadia Sosnowsky

  • Efficacy of an internet-based problem-solving training for teachers: results of a randomized controlled trial.

    David Daniel Ebert;Dirk Lehr;Leif Boß;Heleen Riper

  • Internet- and mobile-based stress management for employees with adherence-focused guidance : efficacy and mechanism of change

    David Daniel Ebert;Dirk Lehr;Elena Heber;Heleen Riper

  • Adherence to Internet-Based Mobile-Supported Stress Management: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Participant Data From Three Randomized Controlled Trials.

    Anna-Carlotta Zarski;Dirk Lehr;Matthias Berking;Heleen Riper;Heleen Riper

  • Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a web-based and mobile stress-management intervention for employees: design of a randomized controlled trial

    Elena Heber;David Daniel Ebert;David Daniel Ebert;Dirk Lehr;Stephanie Nobis

  • Effectiveness of a Web-Based Cognitive Behavioural Intervention for Subthreshold Depression: Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial

    Claudia Buntrock;David Ebert;Dirk Lehr;Heleen Riper

  • The German Version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10): Evaluation of Dimensionality, Validity, and Measurement Invariance With Exploratory and Confirmatory Bifactor Modeling

    Dorota Reis;Dirk Lehr;Elena Heber;David Daniel Ebert

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: A Health Economic Evaluation.

    Hanne Thiart;David Daniel Ebert;Dirk Lehr;Stephanie Nobis

  • Turning Good Intentions Into Actions by Using the Health Action Process Approach to Predict Adherence to Internet-Based Depression Prevention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Anna Carlotta Zarski;Matthias Berking;Dorota Reis;Dirk Lehr

Frequent Co-Authors

David Daniel Ebert
David Daniel Ebert Technical University of Munich
Matthias Berking
Matthias Berking University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Heleen Riper
Heleen Riper Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Harald Baumeister
Harald Baumeister University of Ulm
Frank J. Snoek
Frank J. Snoek University of Amsterdam
Jessica de Bloom
Jessica de Bloom Tampere University
Steffen Moritz
Steffen Moritz University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Eirini Karyotaki
Eirini Karyotaki Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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