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Manfred M. Fichter is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology. The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of eating disorders and related behaviors.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Psychology

Subfields explored consist of:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Pharmacy

The core research topics addressed are:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Infant Health and Development

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • ASU Arbeitsmedizin Sozialmedizin Umweltmedizin
  • Der Nervenarzt

Prominent co-authors collaborating with Manfred M. Fichter are:

  • Cynthia M. Bulik
  • Harry Brandt
  • Allan S. Kaplan
  • Michael Strober
  • D. Blake Woodside

Their recent papers include:

  • Mortality in males as compared to females treated for an eating disorder: a large prospective controlled study, 2020, Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • How precisely can psychotherapists predict the long-term outcome of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa at the end of inpatient treatment?, 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders

Additional studies authored by others but relevant within the same research domain include:

  • Long-term outcome in males with anorexia nervosa: A prospective, sex-matched study, 2022, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Long-Term Outcome and Mortality in Adolescent Girls 8 Years After Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa, 2024, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Negatives Altersstereotyp und Ageism in der Gesellschaft und in der Arbeitswelt, 2021, ASU Arbeitsmedizin Sozialmedizin Umweltmedizin

Best Publications

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Weight gain decreases elevated plasma ghrelin concentrations of patients with anorexia nervosa

    B Otto;U Cuntz;E Fruehauf;R Wawarta

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Development of the EURO-D scale--a European, Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres.

    M. J. Prince;F. Reischies;A. T. F. Beekman;R. Fuhrer

  • Perfectionism in Anorexia Nervosa: Variation by Clinical Subtype, Obsessionality, and Pathological Eating Behavior

    Katherine A. Halmi;Suzanne R. Sunday;Michael Strober;Alan Kaplan

  • Several Mutations in the Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Including a Nonsense and a Frameshift Mutation Associated with Dominantly Inherited Obesity in Humans

    A. Hinney;A. Schmidt;K. Nottebom;O. Heibült

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • Twelve-year course and outcome predictors of anorexia nervosa

    Manfred M. Fichter;Norbert Quadflieg;Susanne Hedlund

  • Symptom Fluctuation in Eating Disorders: Correlates of Diagnostic Crossover

    Federica Tozzi;Laura M. Thornton;Kelly L. Klump;Manfred M. Fichter

  • Mortality in eating disorders ‐ results of a large prospective clinical longitudinal study

    Manfred Maximilian Fichter;Norbert Quadflieg

  • Features associated with excessive exercise in women with eating disorders.

    Hemal Shroff;Lauren Reba;Laura M. Thornton;Federica Tozzi

  • Alcohol Use Disorder Comorbidity in Eating Disorders: A Multicenter Study.

    Cynthia M. Bulik;Kelly L. Klump;Laura Thornton;Allan S. Kaplan

  • Evidence for a susceptibility gene for anorexia nervosa on chromosome 1

    D.E. Grice;K.A. Halmi;M.M. Fichter;M. Strober

  • The relation among perfectionism, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder in individuals with eating disorders.

    Katherine A. Halmi;Federica Tozzi;Laura M. Thornton;Scott Crow

  • Temperament and character in women with anorexia nervosa.

    Kelly Klump;Cynthia Bulik;Christine Pollice;Katherine Halmi

  • Long-term outcome of anorexia nervosa: Results from a large clinical longitudinal study

    Manfred Maximilian Fichter;Norbert Quadflieg;Ross D. Crosby;Sonja Koch

  • Personality characteristics of women before and after recovery from an eating disorder.

    Kelly L. Klump;Michael Strober;Cynthia M. Bulik;Laura Thornton

  • Structured Interview for Anorexic and Bulimic disorders for DSM-IV and ICD-10: updated (third) revision.

    Manfred M. Fichter;Stephan Herpertz;Norbert Quadflieg;Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann

  • Personality, perfectionism, and attitudes toward eating in parents of individuals with eating disorders.

    D. Blake Woodside;Cynthia M. Bulik;Katherine A. Halmi;Manfred M. Fichter

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter H. Kaye
Walter H. Kaye University of California, San Diego
Michael Strober
Michael Strober University of California, Los Angeles
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Allan S. Kaplan
Allan S. Kaplan University of Toronto
Kelly L. Klump
Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University
James E. Mitchell
James E. Mitchell University of North Dakota
Wade H. Berrettini
Wade H. Berrettini University of Pennsylvania
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Winfried Rief
Winfried Rief Philipp University of Marburg
Alessandro Rotondo
Alessandro Rotondo University of Pisa

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