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Gunther Meinlschmidt is affiliated with the University Hospital of Basel in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with notable contributions to social psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, public health, environmental and occupational health, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas including psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, COVID-19 and mental health, digital mental health interventions, mental health treatment and access, cardiac health and mental health, mental health research topics, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Meinlschmidt has published multiple papers in various peer-reviewed journals. Recent publications include:

  • Psychological burden in patients with COVID-19 and their relatives 90 days after hospitalization: A prospective observational cohort study, 2021, Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • Induction of Efficacy Expectancies in an Ambulatory Smartphone-Based Digital Placebo Mental Health Intervention: Randomized Controlled Trial, 2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • COVID-19-Related Psychosocial Care in General Hospitals: Results of an Online Survey of Psychosomatic, Psychiatric, and Psychological Consultation and Liaison Services in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Multimorbidity networks of mental disorder symptom domains across psychopathology severity levels in community youth, 2021, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Relation of anxiety and other psychometric measures, balance deficits, impaired quality of life, and perceived state of health to dizziness handicap inventory scores for patients with dizziness, 2020, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Meinlschmidt include Rainer Schaefert, Marion Tegethoff, Zohar Elyoseph, Sabina Hunziker, and Matthias Schwenkglenks.

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in key academic venues such as:

  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • BMJ Open
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Effects of suckling on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to psychosocial stress in postpartum lactating women.

    Markus Heinrichs;Markus Heinrichs;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Inga D. Neumann;Sabine Wagner

  • Plasma oxytocin concentration during pregnancy is associated with development of postpartum depression.

    Marta Skrundz;Margarete Bolten;Irina Nast;Dirk H Hellhammer

  • Dynamic changes in DNA methylation of stress-associated genes ( OXTR , BDNF ) after acute psychosocial stress

    Eva Unternaehrer;P. Luers;John Mill;Emma Dempster

  • Sensitivity to intranasal oxytocin in adult men with early parental separation.

    Gunther Meinlschmidt;Christine Heim

  • Helplessness: a systematic translational review of theory and evidence for its relevance to understanding and treating depression.

    Christopher R. Pryce;Damiano Azzinnari;Simona Spinelli;Erich Seifritz

  • Epidemiology of the association between somatoform disorders and anxiety and depressive disorders : an update

    Roselind Lieb;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Ricardo Araya

  • Selective amnesic effects of oxytocin on human memory

    Markus Heinrichs;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Werner Wippich;Ulrike Ehlert

  • Obsessive–compulsive disorder in the community: 12-month prevalence, comorbidity and impairment

    Yuki Adam;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Andrew T. Gloster;Roselind Lieb

  • How to measure prenatal stress? A systematic review of psychometric instruments to assess psychosocial stress during pregnancy.

    Irina Nast;Margarete Bolten;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Dirk H. Hellhammer

  • Childhood maternal care is associated with DNA methylation of the genes for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and oxytocin receptor (OXTR) in peripheral blood cells in adult men and women

    Eva Unternaehrer;Andrea Hans Meyer;Susan C. A. Burkhardt;Emma Dempster

  • Increased peripheral NF-κB pathway activity in women with childhood abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder ☆

    Thaddeus W.W. Pace;Katja Wingenfeld;Iris Schmidt;Gunther Meinlschmidt

  • Decreased cortisol awakening response after early loss experience

    Gunther Meinlschmidt;Christine Heim

  • Comorbidity of Mental Disorders and Chronic Pain: Chronology of Onset in Adolescents of a National Representative Cohort

    Marion Tegethoff;Angelo Belardi;Esther Stalujanis;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Gunther Meinlschmidt

  • Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Synthetic Glucocorticoids on Fetal, Newborn, and Infant Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Function in Humans: A Systematic Review

    Marion Tegethoff;Marion Tegethoff;Christopher Pryce;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Gunther Meinlschmidt

  • Stress during Pregnancy and Offspring Pediatric Disease: A National Cohort Study

    Marion Tegethoff;Naomi Greene;Jørn Olsen;Emmanuel Schaffner

  • Total somatic symptom score as a predictor of health outcome in somatic symptom disorders

    Barbara Tomenson;Cecilia Essau;Frank Jacobi;Karl Heinz Ladwig

  • HPA axis reactivity and lymphocyte glucocorticoid sensitivity in fibromyalgia syndrome and chronic pelvic pain.

    Katja Wingenfeld;Christine Marcelle Heim;Iris Schmidt;Dieter Wagner

  • Maternal psychosocial adversity during pregnancy is associated with length of gestation and offspring size at birth: evidence from a population-based cohort study.

    Marion Tegethoff;Naomi Greene;Jørn Olsen;Andrea H. Meyer

  • Manipulating the Alpha Level Cannot Cure Significance Testing

    David Trafimow;Valentin Amrhein;Valentin Amrhein;Corson N. Areshenkoff;Carlos Barrera-Causil

  • The inclusion of functional connectivity information into fmri-based neurofeedback improves its efficacy in the reduction of cigarette cravings

    Dong-Youl Kim;Seung-Schik Yoo;Marion Tegethoff;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Gunther Meinlschmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Roselind Lieb
Roselind Lieb University of Basel
Christine Heim
Christine Heim Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Markus Heinrichs
Markus Heinrichs University of Freiburg
Katja Wingenfeld
Katja Wingenfeld Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ulrike Ehlert
Ulrike Ehlert University of Zurich
Jürgen Margraf
Jürgen Margraf Ruhr University Bochum
Rens van de Schoot
Rens van de Schoot Utrecht University
Silvia Schneider
Silvia Schneider Ruhr University Bochum
Martin Heil
Martin Heil Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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