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Jörg M. Fegert

Jörg M. Fegert

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Psychology

D-Index
59
Citations
16625
World Ranking
3664
National Ranking
163

Overview

Jörg M. Fegert is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, social sciences, and health professions, with a significant concentration in clinical psychology, general health professions, sociology and political science, social psychology, and safety research.

The scientist's work covers a range of key topics, including:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Health and Medical Studies

Jörg M. Fegert has published notable recent papers in the field, such as:

  • Challenges and burden of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for child and adolescent mental health: a narrative review to highlight clinical and research needs in the acute phase and the long return to normality, 2020, published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Vera Clemens
  • Elmar Brähler
  • Cedric Sachser
  • Ulrike Hoffmann
  • Marc Schmid

Their research has been published extensively in prominent venues such as:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Nervenheilkunde

Among their book publications, the following are recorded:

  • Misshandlung und Vernachlässigung, Hogrefe Verlag, 2020
  • Ratgeber Misshandlung und Vernachlässigung, Hogrefe Verlag, 2022
  • Anerkennung psychischer Traumafolgen, Psychiatrie Verlag eBooks, 2022
  • ANKOMMEN - Biografiebezogene Gruppenintervention für Jugendliche zum Umgang mit der eigenen Fremdunterbringung, Beltz Juventa eBooks, 2024
  • BesT - Fragebögen zur Behandlungseinschätzung stationärer Therapie in der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Manuale zu Testverfahren und Fragebögen, 2025

Best Publications

  • Challenges and burden of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for child and adolescent mental health: A narrative review to highlight clinical and research needs in the acute phase and the long return to normality

    Jörg M. Fegert;Benedetto Vitiello;Paul L. Plener;Paul L. Plener;Vera Clemens

  • An international comparison of adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide attempts: Germany and the USA.

    Paul Lukas Plener;Gerhard Libal;Ferdinand Keller;Jörg Michael Fegert

  • [Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R): development of a German version and psychometric properties in a clinical sample].

    Ferdinand Keller;Jasmin Grieb;Miriam Ernst;Nina Spröber

  • International consensus statement on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs): clinical implications and treatment practice suggestions.

    Stan Kutcher;Michael Aman;Sarah J Brooks;Jan Buitelaar

  • Resilience in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Matthias Domhardt;Annika Münzer;Jörg Michael Fegert;Lutz Goldbeck

  • Psychosocial risk factors for suicidality in children and adolescents

    J. J. Carballo;C. Llorente;L. Kehrmann;I. Flamarique

  • Child maltreatment in Germany: prevalence rates in the general population

    Andreas Witt;Rebecca C. Brown;Paul L. Plener;Elmar Brähler;Elmar Brähler

  • A three-country comparison of psychotropic medication prevalence in youth

    Julie M Zito;Daniel J Safer;Lolkje T W de Jong-van den Berg;Katrin Janhsen

  • Prevalence of mental disorders among adolescents in German youth welfare institutions

    Marc Schmid;Lutz Goldbeck;Jakob Nuetzel;Joerg M Fegert

  • Psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents after man-made and natural disasters: a meta-analysis and systematic review.

    R. C. Brown;A. Witt;Jörg M. Fegert;F. Keller

  • Intervening in the Brain: Changing Psyche and Society

    Dirk Hartmann;Gerhard Boer;Jörg Fegert;Thorsten Galert

  • Developmental trauma disorder: Pros and cons of including formal criteria in the psychiatric diagnostic systems.

    Marc Schmid;Franz Petermann;Joerg M Fegert

  • Potential effects of "social" distancing measures and school lockdown on child and adolescent mental health.

    Vera Clemens;Peter Deschamps;Peter Deschamps;Jörg M. Fegert;Jörg M. Fegert;Dimitris Anagnostopoulos;Dimitris Anagnostopoulos

  • Discriminant validity of the child behaviour checklist CBCL-4/18 in German samples.

    K. Schmeck;F. Poustka;M. Döpfner;J. Pluck

  • Limits of meta-analysis: methylphenidate in the treatment of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    M. Koesters;T. Becker;R. Kilian;Jörg M. Fegert

  • Traumaentwicklungsstörung: Pro und Contra

    Marc Schmid;Jörg M. Fegert;Franz Petermann

  • A prevalence-based approach to societal costs occurring in consequence of child abuse and neglect

    Susanne Habetha;Sabrina Bleich;Jörg Weidenhammer;Jörg Michael Fegert

  • Risperidone in children with disruptive behavior disorders and subaverage intelligence: a 1-year, open-label study of 504 patients

    Jan Croonenberghs;Joerg M Fegert;Robert L Findling;Goedele De Smedt

  • The prevalence of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in a representative sample of the German population

    Paul L. Plener;Marc Allroggen;Nestor D. Kapusta;Elmar Brähler;Elmar Brähler

  • Child and adolescent mental health service provision and research during the Covid-19 pandemic: Challenges, opportunities, and a call for submissions

    Andreas Witt;Anna Ordóñez;Andrés Martin;Benedetto Vitiello

  • Psychische Auffälligkeiten von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland: Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Studie: Methodik, Alters-, Geschlechts- und Beurteilereffekte.

    Manfred Dőpfner;J. Plück;W. Berner;J. M. Fegert

  • Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents.

    Paul L. Plener;Michael Kaess;Christian Schmahl;Stefan Pollak

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L. Plener
Paul L. Plener Medical University of Vienna
Lutz Goldbeck
Lutz Goldbeck University of Ulm
Elmar Brähler
Elmar Brähler Leipzig University
Franz Resch
Franz Resch Heidelberg University
Harald J. Freyberger
Harald J. Freyberger University of Greifswald
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann RWTH Aachen University
Franz Petermann
Franz Petermann University of Bremen
Manfred Döpfner
Manfred Döpfner University of Cologne
Heide Glaesmer
Heide Glaesmer Leipzig University

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