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Reinhard Pietrowsky is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their primary discipline is psychology, with a substantial focus on clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology. The scholar's work also covers general health professions, sociology, and political science.

The research topics pursued by Reinhard Pietrowsky prominently include eating disorders and behaviors, sleep and wakefulness research, and sleep-related disorders. Additional areas of investigation involve COVID-19 and mental health, healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, and studies on perfectionism, procrastination, and anxiety.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "A consensus document on definition and diagnostic criteria for orthorexia nervosa" (2022), published in Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • "Meta-analysis on the long-term effectiveness of psychological and medical treatments for binge-eating disorder" (2020), published in International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Orthorexic eating behavior and body dissatisfaction in a sample of young females" (2020), published in Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • "The clinical effects of digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in a heterogenous study sample: results from a randomized controlled trial" (2023), published in SLEEP
  • "Pandemic-related attitudes, stressors and work outcomes among medical assistants during the SARS-CoV-2 ("Coronavirus") pandemic in Germany: A cross-sectional Study" (2021), published in PLoS ONE

Frequent collaborators contributing significantly to this body of work include Annika Gieselmann, Annegret Dreher, Adrian Loerbroks, Johannes Stricker, and Friederike Barthels.

The scholar's work has been disseminated in a variety of publication venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 7 publications
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity with 6 publications
  • Dreaming with 5 publications
  • Somnologie - Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin with 3 publications
  • Sleep and Hypnosis with 3 publications

In addition to journal articles, Reinhard Pietrowsky has authored several books published by Hogrefe Verlag, such as "Träume in der Kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie" (2020), "Alpträume" (2021), "Orthorektisches Ernährungsverhalten" (2023), and "Alpträume bei Kindern und Jugendlichen" (2024).

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments for binge eating disorder.

    Silja Vocks;Brunna Tuschen-Caffier;Reinhard Pietrowsky;Stephan Jeff Rustenbach

  • An ultra short episode of sleep is sufficient to promote declarative memory performance.

    Olaf Lahl;Christiane Wispel;Bernadette Willigens;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • Meta-analysis of the efficacy of psychological and medical treatments for binge-eating disorder.

    Anja Hilbert;David Petroff;Stephan Herpertz;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • Die Düsseldorfer Orthorexie Skala–Konstruktion und Evaluation eines Fragebogens zur Erfassung ortho-rektischen Ernährungsverhaltens

    Friederike Barthels;Frank Meyer;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • Emotion and episodic memory in neuropsychiatric disorders

    Ekrem Dere;Bettina M. Pause;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • Aetiology and treatment of nightmare disorder: State of the art and future perspectives

    Annika Gieselmann;Malik Ait Aoudia;Michelle Carr;Anne Germain

  • Brain potential changes after intranasal vs. intravenous administration of vasopressin: evidence for a direct nose-brain pathway for peptide effects in humans

    Reinhard Pietrowsky;Christel Strüben;Matthias Mölle;Horst L. Fehm

  • A consensus document on definition and diagnostic criteria for orthorexia nervosa

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  • Behavioral Effects of Nightmares and Their Correlations to Personality Patterns

    Martina Köthe;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • Perspectives on episodic-like and episodic memory.

    Bettina M. Pause;Armin Zlomuzica;Kiyoka Kinugawa;Jean Mariani

  • Enhanced dynamic complexity in the human EEG during creative thinking

    Matthias Mölle;Lisa Marshall;Werner Lutzenberger;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • Baroreceptor Stimulation Alters Pain Sensation Depending on Tonic Blood Pressure

    Thomas Elbert;Brigitte Rockstroh;Werner Lutzenberger;Manfred Kessler

  • Effects of sleep on the production of cytokines in humans.

    Dirk Uthgenannt;Detlef Schoolmann;Reinhard Pietrowsky;Horst-Lorenz Fehm

  • Effects of the menstrual cycle on auditory event-related potentials

    Verena Walpurger;Reinhard Pietrowsky;Clemens Kirschbaum;Oliver T. Wolf

  • Dexamethasone blocks sleep induced improvement of declarative memory.

    Werner Plihal;Reinhard Pietrowsky;Jan Born

  • A nose-brain pathway for psychotropic peptides: evidence from a brain evoked potential study with cholecystokinin

    Reinhard Pietrowsky;Andrea Thiemann;Werner Kern;Horst L. Fehm

  • Corticosteroid receptor mediated effects on mood in humans

    Werner Plihal;Rosemarie Krug;Reinhard Pietrowsky;Horst L. Fehm

  • Olfactory perception, communication, and the nose-to-brain pathway.

    Ursula Stockhorst;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • Orthorexic eating behaviour as a coping strategy in patients with anorexia nervosa

    Friederike Barthels;Frank Meyer;Thomas Huber;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • Using the World-Wide Web to obtain large-scale word norms: 190,212 ratings on a set of 2,654 German nouns

    Olaf Lahl;Olaf Lahl;Anja S. Göritz;Reinhard Pietrowsky;Jessica Rosenberg

  • Orthorexic and restrained eating behaviour in vegans, vegetarians, and individuals on a diet.

    Friederike Barthels;Frank Meyer;Reinhard Pietrowsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Born
Jan Born University of Tübingen
Brunna Tuschen-Caffier
Brunna Tuschen-Caffier University of Freiburg
Bettina M. Pause
Bettina M. Pause Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Stephan Herpertz
Stephan Herpertz Ruhr University Bochum
Silja Vocks
Silja Vocks Osnabrück University
Oliver T. Wolf
Oliver T. Wolf Ruhr University Bochum
Winfried Rief
Winfried Rief Philipp University of Marburg
Silvia Schneider
Silvia Schneider Ruhr University Bochum
Alexander L. Gerlach
Alexander L. Gerlach University of Cologne
Anja Hilbert
Anja Hilbert Leipzig University

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