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Katja Beesdo-Baum

Katja Beesdo-Baum

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Psychology

D-Index
64
Citations
17749
World Ranking
2949
National Ranking
124

Overview

Katja Beesdo-Baum is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany, with a primary focus on psychology and related subfields. Their research encompasses a range of topics centered around clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and behavioral as well as social neuroscience.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Psychology

Within this broad area, their published work is divided across several subfields:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Katja Beesdo-Baum's research topics cover key areas such as:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • <scp>Mega-analysis</scp> methods in <scp>ENIGMA</scp>: The experience of the generalized anxiety disorder working group, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Non-suicidal self-injury and its co-occurrence with suicidal behavior: An epidemiological-study among adolescents and young adults, 2020, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
  • Cortical and subcortical brain structure in generalized anxiety disorder: findings from 28 research sites in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Test-retest reliability of the computer-assisted DIA-X-5 interview for mental disorders, 2020, BMC Psychiatry
  • Anxiety disorders among adolescents and young adults: Prevalence and mental health care service utilization in a regional epidemiological study in Germany, 2021, Journal of Anxiety Disorders

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Katja Beesdo-Baum include:

  • Catharina Voß
  • Hanna Kische
  • Lars Pieper
  • Theresa Magdalena Ollmann
  • Jürgen Hoyer

Publications appear regularly in several venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of Beesdo-Baum's work. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Katja Beesdo-Baum has also contributed to academic book literature, including a publication with Hogrefe Verlag:

  • Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (2024)

Best Publications

  • Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Developmental Issues and Implications for DSM-V

    Katja Beesdo;Susanne Knappe;Daniel S. Pine

  • Incidence of social anxiety disorder and the consistent risk for secondary depression in the first three decades of life.

    Katja Beesdo;Antje Bittner;Daniel S. Pine;Murray B. Stein

  • Generalized anxiety and depression in primary care: prevalence, recognition, and management.

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Ron C Kessler;Katja Beesdo;Petra Krause

  • Incidence and risk patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders and categorization of generalized anxiety disorder.

    Katja Beesdo;Daniel S. Pine;Roselind Lieb;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

  • Transitions from first substance use to substance use disorders in adolescence: Is early onset associated with a rapid escalation?

    Silke Behrendt;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Michael Höfler;Roselind Lieb

  • Social anxiety disorder above and below the diagnostic threshold: prevalence, comorbidity and impairment in the general population

    Lydia Fehm;Katja Beesdo;Frank Jacobi;Agnes Fiedler

  • Risk factors and course patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders during pregnancy and after delivery: a prospective-longitudinal study.

    Julia Martini;Johanna Petzoldt;Franziska Einsle;Katja Beesdo-Baum

  • Developmental Epidemiology of Anxiety Disorders

    Katja Beesdo-Baum;Susanne Knappe

  • Specific phobia: a review of DSM-IV specific phobia and preliminary recommendations for DSM-V†

    Richard T. LeBeau;Daniel Glenn;Betty Liao;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

  • Generalized worry disorder: a review of DSM-IV generalized anxiety disorder and options for DSM-V.

    Gavin Andrews;Megan J. Hobbs;Thomas D. Borkovec;Katja Beesdo

  • Evidence That Psychotic Symptoms Are Prevalent in Disorders of Anxiety and Depression, Impacting on Illness Onset, Risk, and Severity—Implications for Diagnosis and Ultra–High Risk Research

    Johanna T. W. Wigman;Martine van Nierop;Wilma A. M. Vollebergh;Roselind Lieb;Roselind Lieb

  • What characteristics of primary anxiety disorders predict subsequent major depressive disorder

    Antje Bittner;Renee D. Goodwin;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Katja Beesdo

  • Common and Distinct Amygdala-Function Perturbations in Depressed vs Anxious Adolescents

    Katja Beesdo;Jennifer Y.F. Lau;Amanda E. Guyer;Erin B. McClure-Tone;Erin B. McClure-Tone

  • Anxiety disorders before birth and self-perceived distress during pregnancy: associations with maternal depression and obstetric, neonatal and early childhood outcomes.

    Julia Martini;Susanne Knappe;Katja Beesdo-Baum;Roselind Lieb

  • Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

    Anna M. Wehry;Katja Beesdo-Baum;Meghann M. Hennelly;Sucheta D. Connolly

  • Prevalence, incidence, and natural course of anorexia and bulimia nervosa among adolescents and young adults

    Michaela Nagl;Corinna Jacobi;Martin Paul;Katja Beesdo-Baum

  • The natural course of cannabis use, abuse and dependence during the first decades of life

    Axel Perkonigg;Renee D. Goodwin;Agnes Fiedler;Silke Behrendt

  • Decreased hair cortisol concentrations in generalised anxiety disorder

    Susann Steudte;Tobias Stalder;Lucia Dettenborn;Elisabeth Klumbies

  • Depressive episodes--evidence for a causal role of primary anxiety disorders?

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Katja Beesdo;Antje Bittner;Renee D. Goodwin

  • What are the high risk periods for incident substance use and transitions to abuse and dependence? Implications for early intervention and prevention

    H. U. Wittchen;S. Behrendt;M. Höfler;A. Perkonigg

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