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Martina de Zwaan

Martina de Zwaan

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Psychology

D-Index
81
Citations
18701
World Ranking
1417
National Ranking
56

Overview

Martina de Zwaan is affiliated with Hannover Medical School in Germany and has a substantial body of research primarily in medicine and psychology. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, genetics, psychiatry and mental health, and physiology.

Their research topics reflect a focus on various aspects of eating and behavioral health, with significant attention given to eating disorders and behaviors, obesity and health practices, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, obesity-related physical activity and diet, consumer retail behavior studies, and diet and metabolism studies.

Among recent publications, several notable papers illustrate the thematic diversity and impact of their scholarly contributions:

  • Successful weight loss maintenance: A systematic review of weight control registries (2020, Obesity Reviews)
  • Prevalence and psychopathology of vegetarians and vegans - Results from a representative survey in Germany (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Psychological Distress in a Sample of Inpatients With Mixed Cancer-A Cross-Sectional Study of Routine Clinical Data (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • Proposed diagnostic criteria for compulsive buying-shopping disorder: A Delphi expert consensus study (2021, Journal of Behavioral Addictions)
  • Prevalence and clinical correlates of misophonia symptoms in the general population of Germany (2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry)

The scientist frequently publishes in several scholarly venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Adipositas - Ursachen Folgeerkrankungen Therapie
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • Obesity Facts
  • Scientific Reports

Martina de Zwaan collaborates regularly with a set of coauthors who have contributed extensively alongside them. These frequent collaborators include Mariel Nöhre, Stephan Zipfel, Astrid Müller, Stephan Herpertz, and Uwe Tegtbur.

The breadth and focus of their work indicate a multidisciplinary approach combining clinical insights with public health perspectives, reflecting a sustained academic engagement with topics related to mental health, obesity, and behavioral patterns within populations.

Best Publications

  • Coming to Terms With Risk Factors for Eating Disorders: Application of Risk Terminology and Suggestions for a General Taxonomy

    Corinna Jacobi;Chris Hayward;Martina de Zwaan;Helena C. Kraemer

  • 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

  • Focal psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, and optimised treatment as usual in outpatients with anorexia nervosa (ANTOP study): randomised controlled trial

    Stephan Zipfel;Beate Wild;Gaby Groß;Hans-Christoph Friederich

  • Binge eating disorder and obesity

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  • Anxiety and depression in bariatric surgery patients: a prospective, follow-up study using structured clinical interviews.

    Martina de Zwaan;Janna Enderle;Sebastian Wagner;Barbara Mühlhans

  • Two Forms of Compulsive Consumption: Comorbidity of Compulsive Buying and Binge Eating

    Ronald J. Faber;Gary A. Christenson;Martina De Zwaan;James Mitchell

  • Comprehensive interview assessment of eating behavior 18–35 months after gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity

    Martina de Zwaan;Anja Hilbert;Lorraine Swan-Kremeier;Heather Simonich

  • Association between serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism (5HTTLPR) and behavioral responses to tryptophan depletion in healthy women with and without family history of depression.

    Alexander Neumeister;Anastasios Konstantinidis;Juergen Stastny;Markus J. Schwarz

  • How Frequent Are Eating Disturbances in the Population? Norms of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire

    Anja Hilbert;Martina de Zwaan;Elmar Braehler

  • The estimated prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD in a German community sample.

    Martina de Zwaan;Barbara Gruß;Astrid Müller;Holmer Graap

  • The influence of eating behavior and eating pathology on weight loss after gastric restriction operations.

    Ramona Burgmer;Katrin Grigutsch;Stefan Zipfel;Anna Maria Wolf

  • Estimated prevalence of compulsive buying in Germany and its association with sociodemographic characteristics and depressive symptoms.

    Astrid Mueller;James E. Mitchell;Ross D. Crosby;Olaf Gefeller

  • Psychiatric disorders in bariatric surgery candidates: a review of the literature and results of a German prebariatric surgery sample

    Barbara Mühlhans;Thomas Horbach;Martina de Zwaan

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for compulsive buying disorder.

    James E. Mitchell;Melissa Burgard;Ron Faber;Ross D. Crosby

  • Health-related quality of life in morbidly obese patients: effect of gastric bypass surgery.

    Martina de Zwaan;Kathryn L Lancaster;James E Mitchell;L Michael Howell

  • Characteristics of morbidly obese patients before gastric bypass surgery

    Martina de Zwaan;James E Mitchell;L.Michael Howell;Nancy Monson

  • Epigenetic dysregulation of dopaminergic genes in eating disorders.

    Helge Frieling;Helge Frieling;Konstanze D. Römer;Sarah Scholz;Franziska Mittelbach

  • Compulsive buying

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  • The prevalence of compulsive hoarding and its association with compulsive buying in a German population-based sample.

    Astrid Mueller;James E. Mitchell;Ross D. Crosby;Heide Glaesmer

  • Psychopathology in subgroups of obese women with and without binge eating disorder

    Sheila M Specker;Martina de Zwaan;Nancy C Raymond;James Mitchell

  • Guided self-help versus cognitive-behavioral group therapy in the treatment of bulimia nervosa.

    Ursula Bailer;Martina de Zwaan;Friedrich Leisch;Alexandra Strnad

  • Possible Risk Factors for Increased Suicide Following Bariatric Surgery

    James E. Mitchell;Ross Crosby;Martina de Zwaan;Scott Engel

  • A randomized, controlled trial of group cognitive-behavioral therapy for compulsive buying disorder: posttreatment and 6-month follow-up results.

    Astrid Mueller;Ulrike Mueller;Andrea Silbermann;Hans Reinecker

  • Psychological Outcome 4 Years after Restrictive Bariatric Surgery

    Ramona Burgmer;Tanja Legenbauer;Astrid Müller;Martina de Zwaan

  • Specificity of self‐concept disturbances in eating disorders

    Corinna Jacobi;Thomas Paul;Martina de Zwaan;Detlef O. Nutzinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Herpertz
Stephan Herpertz Ruhr University Bochum
Anja Hilbert
Anja Hilbert Leipzig University
Stephan Zipfel
Stephan Zipfel University of Tübingen
Hans-Christoph Friederich
Hans-Christoph Friederich University Hospital Heidelberg
Heide Glaesmer
Heide Glaesmer Leipzig University
Katrin Elisabeth Giel
Katrin Elisabeth Giel University of Tübingen
Elmar Brähler
Elmar Brähler Leipzig University
Matthias Brand
Matthias Brand University of Duisburg-Essen
Randy O. Frost
Randy O. Frost Smith College

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