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Peter Parzer is affiliated with the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with notable focus on clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, epidemiology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Parzer are:

  • Non-suicidal self-injury disorder as a stand-alone diagnosis in a consecutive help-seeking sample of adolescents (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Pain sensitivity and plasma beta-endorphin in adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • The impact of COVID-19 related lockdown measures on self-reported psychopathology and health-related quality of life in German adolescents (2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
  • High-frequency ecological momentary assessment of emotional and interpersonal states preceding and following self-injury in female adolescents (2020, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
  • Excessive and pathological Internet use - Risk-behavior or psychopathology? (2021, Addictive Behaviors)

Peter Parzer frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors including:

  • Michael Kaess
  • Franz Resch
  • Julian Koenig
  • Romuald Brunner
  • Denisa Ghinea

The broad thematic and disciplinary range of Peter Parzer's work reflects an interdisciplinary approach to child and adolescent mental health research, addressing complex topics related to self-injury, psychopathology, and emotional development.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Prevalence and Psychological Correlates of Occasional and Repetitive Deliberate Self-harm in Adolescents

    Romuald Brunner;Peter Parzer;Johann Haffner;Rainer Steen

  • 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

  • Entwicklungspsychopathologie des Kindes- und Jugendalters

    Franz Resch;Peter Parzer;Romuald M. Brunner;Johann Haffner

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

    Michael Kaess;Tony Durkee;Romuald Brunner;Vladimir Carli

  • 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

  • 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

  • Estrogen, menstrual cycle phases, and psychopathology in women suffering from schizophrenia.

    Niels Bergemann;Peter Parzer;Benno Runnebaum;Franz Resch

  • Reduced prefrontal and orbitofrontal gray matter in female adolescents with borderline personality disorder: is it disorder specific?

    Romuald Brunner;Romy Henze;Romy Henze;Peter Parzer;Jasmin Kramer

  • Explaining gender differences in non-fatal suicidal behaviour among adolescents: a population-based study.

    Michael Kaess;Michael Kaess;Peter Parzer;Johann Haffner;Rainer Steen

  • Pathological Internet use among adolescents: Comparing gamers and non-gamers.

    Esther Strittmatter;Michael Kaess;Peter Parzer;Gloria Fischer

  • Dissociative symptomatology and traumatogenic factors in adolescent psychiatric patients.

    Romuald Brunner;Peter Parzer;Volker Schuld;Franz Resch

  • Psychosocial support for war‐traumatized child and adolescent refugees: evaluation of a short‐term treatment program

    Heike Möhlen;Peter Parzer;Franz Resch;Romuald Brunner

  • Butterbur root extract and music therapy in the prevention of childhood migraine: An explorative study

    Rieke Oelkers-Ax;Anne Leins;Peter Parzer;Thomas Hillecke

  • Plasma concentrations of estradiol in women suffering from schizophrenia treated with conventional versus atypical antipsychotics

    Niels Bergemann;Christoph Mundt;Peter Parzer;Iris Jannakos

  • Axis I and II comorbidity and psychosocial functioning in female adolescents with borderline personality disorder.

    Michael Kaess;Ina-Alexandra von Ceumern-Lindenstjerna;Peter Parzer;Andrew Chanen

  • Emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescents with primary headache

    U Just;R Oelkers;S Bender;P Parzer

  • A 2-year longitudinal study of prospective predictors of pathological Internet use in adolescents

    Esther Strittmatter;Peter Parzer;Romuald Brunner;Gloria Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz Resch
Franz Resch Heidelberg University
Michael Kaess
Michael Kaess University of Bern
Romuald Brunner
Romuald Brunner Heidelberg University
Christoph Mundt
Christoph Mundt Heidelberg University
Julio Bobes
Julio Bobes University of Oviedo
Alan Apter
Alan Apter Reichman University
Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer
Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Luise Poustka
Luise Poustka University of Göttingen
Corinna Reck
Corinna Reck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Katja Bertsch
Katja Bertsch Heidelberg University

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