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Michael Kaess is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and is active in research related to psychology and medicine. Their work primarily spans the fields of clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and social psychology.

The main topics addressed in their research include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, suicide and self-harm studies, personality disorders and psychopathology, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, schizophrenia research and treatment, functional brain connectivity studies, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Michael Kaess has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Advancing a temporal framework for understanding the biology of nonsuicidal self-injury: An expert review, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020), 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Self-harm in the context of borderline personality disorder, 2021, Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Association of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures With Psychosis Onset in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Non-suicidal self-injury disorder as a stand-alone diagnosis in a consecutive help-seeking sample of adolescents, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent co-authors who collaborate with Michael Kaess include Julian Koenig, Franz Resch, Marialuisa Cavelti, Stefan Lerch, and Corinna Reichl.

The venues where Michael Kaess most frequently publishes are:

  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Psychopathology
  • Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation

In addition to journal articles, Michael Kaess has published books through Hogrefe Verlag, including Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung and Ratgeber Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung, both published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Physical activity in European adolescents and associations with anxiety, depression and well-being

    Elaine M. McMahon;Paul Corcoran;Grace O’Regan;Helen Keeley

  • The Association between Pathological Internet Use and Comorbid Psychopathology: A Systematic Review.

    V. Carli;T. Durkee;Danuta Wasserman;G. Hadlaczky

  • School-based suicide prevention programmes: the SEYLE cluster-randomised, controlled trial

    Danuta Wasserman;Christina W. Hoven;Camilla Wasserman;Camilla Wasserman;Melanie Wall

  • Adolescent subthreshold-depression and anxiety: psychopathology, functional impairment and increased suicide risk

    Judit Balázs;Mónika Miklósi;Ágnes Keresztény;Christina W. Hoven

  • Associations between depression and specific childhood experiences of abuse and neglect: a meta-analysis

    Maria Rita Infurna;Corinna Reichl;Peter Parzer;Adriano Schimmenti

  • Prevalence of pathological internet use among adolescents in Europe: demographic and social factors

    Tony Durkee;Michael Kaess;Vladimir Carli;Peter Parzer

  • Life-time prevalence and psychosocial correlates of adolescent direct self-injurious behavior: a comparative study of findings in 11 European countries.

    Romuald Brunner;Michael Kaess;Peter Parzer;Gloria Fischer

  • Adverse childhood experiences and their impact on frequency, severity, and the individual function of nonsuicidal self-injury in youth

    Michael Kaess;Peter Parzer;Margarete Mattern;Paul L. Plener

  • Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescence

    Michael Kaess;Romuald Brunner;Andrew M. Chanen

  • Pathological Internet use among European adolescents: psychopathology and self-destructive behaviours

    Michael Kaess;Tony Durkee;Romuald Brunner;Vladimir Carli

  • Developmental pathways to borderline personality disorder.

    Andrew M. Chanen;Michael Kaess;Michael Kaess

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020).

    Adam D. Farmer;Adam Strzelczyk;Alessandra Finisguerra;Alexander V. Gourine

  • Depression and resting state heart rate variability in children and adolescents - A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Julian Koenig;Andrew H. Kemp;Andrew H. Kemp;Theodore P. Beauchaine;Julian F. Thayer

  • Hours of sleep in adolescents and its association with anxiety, emotional concerns, and suicidal ideation

    Marco Sarchiapone;Laura Mandelli;Laura Mandelli;Laura Mandelli;Vladimir Carli;Miriam Iosue

  • Bullying Victimization and Suicide Ideation and Behavior Among Adolescents in Europe: A 10-Country Study

    Shira Barzilay;Shira Barzilay;Anat Brunstein Klomek;Anat Brunstein Klomek;Alan Apter;Vladimir Carli

  • A newly identified group of adolescents at “invisible” risk for psychopathology and suicidal behavior: findings from the SEYLE study

    Vladimir Carli;Christina W Hoven;Camilla Wasserman;Camilla Wasserman;Flaminia Chiesa

  • Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE): a randomized controlled trial

    Danuta Wasserman;Vladimir Carli;Vladimir Carli;Camilla Wasserman;Alan Apter

  • Alterations in the neuroendocrinological stress response to acute psychosocial stress in adolescents engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury

    Michael Kaess;Markus Hille;Peter Parzer;Christiane Maser-Gluth

  • ESCAP Expert Article: Borderline personality disorder in adolescence: An expert research review with implications for clinical practice

    Peter Fonagy;Mario Speranza;Patrick Luyten;Patrick Luyten;Michael Kaess

  • The German version of the self-injurious thoughts and behaviors interview (SITBI-G): a tool to assess non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior disorder

    Gloria Fischer;Nina Ameis;Peter Parzer;Paul L Plener

  • Pathological Internet Use and Risk-Behaviors among European Adolescents

    Tony Durkee;Vladimir Carli;Birgitta Floderus;Camilla Wasserman;Camilla Wasserman

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz Resch
Franz Resch Heidelberg University
Peter Parzer
Peter Parzer University Hospital Heidelberg
Romuald Brunner
Romuald Brunner Heidelberg University
Alan Apter
Alan Apter Reichman University
Julio Bobes
Julio Bobes University of Oviedo
Paul L. Plener
Paul L. Plener Medical University of Vienna
Sabine C. Herpertz
Sabine C. Herpertz Heidelberg University
Julian F. Thayer
Julian F. Thayer University of California, Irvine
Felix Bermpohl
Felix Bermpohl Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer
Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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