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Overview

Klaus Lieb is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany and has a significant body of research contributions primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including clinical psychology, general health professions, social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, as well as cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers a range of important topics, with notable focus areas including:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Klaus Lieb has published extensively, with recent notable papers including:

  • "Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder," 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "Ambient Air Pollution Increases the Risk of Cerebrovascular and Neuropsychiatric Disorders through Induction of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals," 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "Mental burden and its risk and protective factors during the early phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: systematic review and meta-analyses," 2021, Globalization and Health
  • "Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors," 2021, Biological Psychiatry

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Oliver Tüscher
  • Jutta Stoffers-Winterling
  • Jan Engelmann
  • Michèle Wessa
  • Lea Zillich

Klaus Lieb's work is published regularly in a core group of academic journals and venues such as:

  • Psychology Archives
  • Der Nervenarzt
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pharmacopsychiatry

Within the subfields, the scientist has produced a substantial volume of publications, particularly in clinical psychology, indicating a concentrated expertise in mental health treatments and psychological interventions.

The scope and range of their research contributions reflect a consistent engagement with emerging health challenges, particularly mental health impacts related to global phenomena such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Their interdisciplinary approach incorporates biological, psychological, and social dimensions of health disorders and treatments.

Best Publications

  • SeminarBorderline personality disorder

    Klaus Lieb;Mary C Zanarini;Christian Schmahl;Marsha M Linehan

  • Effectiveness of inpatient dialectical behavioral therapy for borderline personality disorder: a controlled trial.

    Martin Bohus;Brigitte Haaf;Timothy Simms;Matthias F. Limberger

  • The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders

    Raffael Kalisch;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Ulrike Basten;Ulrike Basten;Marco P. Boks

  • Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder

    Claire Binks;Mark Fenton;Lucy McCarthy;Tracey Lee

  • Intervention studies to foster resilience - A systematic review and proposal for a resilience framework in future intervention studies.

    A. Chmitorz;A. Kunzler;I. Helmreich;O. Tüscher

  • Pharmacotherapy for borderline personality disorder: Cochrane systematic review of randomised trials.

    Klaus Lieb;Birgit Völlm;Gerta Rücker;Antje Timmer

  • Frontolimbic brain abnormalities in patients with borderline personality disorder: a volumetric magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Ludger Tebartz van Elst;Bernd Hesslinger;Thorsten Thiel;Emanuel Geiger

  • Shame and implicit self-concept in women with borderline personality disorder.

    Nicolas Rüsch;Klaus Lieb;Ines Göttler;Christiane Hermann

  • Ambient Air Pollution Increases the Risk of Cerebrovascular and Neuropsychiatric Disorders through Induction of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress.

    Omar Hahad;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld;Frank Birklein;Klaus Lieb;Klaus Lieb

  • Pharmacological interventions for borderline personality disorder

    Jutta Stoffers;Birgit A Völlm;Gerta Rücker;Antje Timmer

  • Pain perception during self-reported distress and calmness in patients with borderline personality disorder and self-mutilating behavior

    Martin Bohus;Matthias Limberger;Ulrich Ebner;Franz Xaver Glocker

  • Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder

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  • Neural correlates of antinociception in borderline personality disorder.

    Christian Schmahl;Martin Bohus;Fabrizio Esposito;Rolf-Detlef Treede

  • Behavioral Components of Impulsivity

    Christoph Stahl;Andreas Voss;Florian Schmitz;Mandy Nuszbaum

  • Non-medical use of prescription stimulants and illicit use of stimulants for cognitive enhancement in pupils and students in Germany.

    A. G. Franke;C. Bonertz;M. Christmann;M. Huss

  • Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals

    Angela M Kunzler;Isabella Helmreich;Andrea Chmitorz;Jochem König

  • State affective instability in borderline personality disorder assessed by ambulatory monitoring

    Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer;Janice Kuo;Nikolaus Kleindienst;Stacy S. Welch

  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder as a potentially aggravating factor in borderline personality disorder

    Alexandra Philipsen;Matthias F. Limberger;Klaus Lieb;Bernd Feige

  • Expression and regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 in rat microglia

    Manuel K. A. Bauer;Klaus Lieb;Klaus Schulze-Osthoff;Mathias Berger

  • Interferon alpha (IFNalpha) and psychiatric syndromes: a review.

    Martin Schaefer;Marc A Engelbrecht;Oliver Gut;Bernd L Fiebich

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in rat microglia is induced by adenosine A2a-receptors.

    Bernd L. Fiebich;Knut Biber;Klaus Lieb;Dietrich Van Calker

  • Self-stigma, empowerment, and perceived legitimacy of discrimination among women with mental illness.

    Nicolas Rüsch;Klaus Lieb;Martin Bohus;Patrick W. Corrigan

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Tüscher
Oliver Tüscher Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Birgit Völlm
Birgit Völlm University of Rostock
Christian Schmahl
Christian Schmahl Heidelberg University
Michèle Wessa
Michèle Wessa Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Bernd Feige
Bernd Feige University of Freiburg
Dieter Ebert
Dieter Ebert University of Basel
Marianne B. Müller
Marianne B. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Martin Bohus
Martin Bohus Central Institute of Mental Health
Alexandra Philipsen
Alexandra Philipsen University Hospital Bonn
Conor Duggan
Conor Duggan University of Nottingham

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