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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Roselind Lieb is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has conducted extensive research primarily in the field of Psychology. Their work spans several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics covered by Lieb's research include Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes, Mental Health Research Topics, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, and Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints.

Lieb has published frequently in several academic journals. Prominent venues where their work appears include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Cognitive Therapy

Recent representative papers authored by Lieb feature diverse topics and were published in peer-reviewed journals. These include:

  • "Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs in the German-speaking general population: endorsement rates and links to reasoning biases and paranoia," 2021, Psychological Medicine
  • "Personality, self-esteem, familiarity, and mental health stigmatization: a cross-sectional vignette-based study," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Rumination about obsessive symptoms and mood maintains obsessive-compulsive symptoms and depressed mood: An experimental study," 2021, Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  • "Approval of Coercion in Psychiatry in Public Perception and the Role of Stigmatization," 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Anxiety, Depression, and Apathy as Predictors of Cognitive Decline in Patients With Parkinson's Disease-A Three-Year Follow-Up Study," 2022, Frontiers in Neurology

Lieb has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent coauthors. The most common coauthors in their publications are:

  • Karina Wahl
  • Andrea H. Meyer
  • Christian G. Huber
  • Julian Moeller
  • Undine E. Lang

Their scholarly contributions predominantly focus on mental health-related research topics, integrating experimental, clinical, and social psychological approaches to understanding complex mental health conditions and associated cognitive and emotional processes.

Best Publications

  • The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    H.U. Wittchen;F. Jacobi;J. Rehm;J. Rehm;Anders Gustavsson

  • Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    Anders Gustavsson;Mikael Svensson;Frank Jacobi;Christer Allgulander

  • Prevalence, co-morbidity and correlates of mental disorders in the general population: results from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey (GHS).

    Frank Jacobi;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;C. Hölting;M. Höfler

  • Polymorphisms in FKBP5 are associated with increased recurrence of depressive episodes and rapid response to antidepressant treatment

    Elisabeth B Binder;Daria Salyakina;Peter Lichtner;Gabriele M Wochnik

  • Prospective cohort study of cannabis use, predisposition for psychosis, and psychotic symptoms in young people

    Cécile Henquet;Lydia Krabbendam;Janneke Spauwen;Charles Kaplan

  • Incidence of social anxiety disorder and the consistent risk for secondary depression in the first three decades of life.

    Katja Beesdo;Antje Bittner;Daniel S. Pine;Murray B. Stein

  • Social Anxiety Disorder and the Risk of Depression: A Prospective Community Study of Adolescents and Young Adults

    Murray B. Stein;Martina Fuetsch;Nina Müller;Michael Höfler

  • Parental psychopathology, parenting styles, and the risk of social phobia in offspring: a prospective-longitudinal community study.

    Roselind Lieb;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Michael Höfler;Martina Fuetsch

  • Parental Major Depression and the Risk of Depression and Other Mental Disorders in Offspring: A Prospective-Longitudinal Community Study

    Roselind Lieb;Barbara Isensee;Michael Höfler;Hildegard Pfister

  • Prevalence, incidence and stability of premenstrual dysphoric disorder in the community.

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;E. Becker;R. Lieb;P. Krause

  • Why do people with anxiety disorders become depressed? A prospective‐longitudinal community study

    H.-U. Wittchen;R. C. Kessler;H. Pfister;M. Lieb

  • Evidence That Onset of Clinical Psychosis Is an Outcome of Progressively More Persistent Subclinical Psychotic Experiences: An 8-Year Cohort Study

    Maria-de-Gracia Dominguez;Marieke Wichers;Roselind Lieb;Roselind Lieb;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

  • Incidence and risk patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders and categorization of generalized anxiety disorder.

    Katja Beesdo;Daniel S. Pine;Roselind Lieb;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

  • Do subthreshold psychotic experiences predict clinical outcomes in unselected non-help-seeking population-based samples? A systematic review and meta-analysis, enriched with new results

    N. Kaymaz;M. Drukker;Roselind Lieb;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

  • Transitions from first substance use to substance use disorders in adolescence: Is early onset associated with a rapid escalation?

    Silke Behrendt;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Michael Höfler;Roselind Lieb

  • Primary anxiety disorders and the development of subsequent alcohol use disorders: a 4-year community study of adolescents and young adults

    Petra Zimmermann;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Michael Höfler;Hildegard Pfister

  • Continued cannabis use and risk of incidence and persistence of psychotic symptoms: 10 year follow-up cohort study

    Rebecca Kuepper;Jim Van Os;Roselind Lieb;Hans Ulrich Wittchen

  • Impact of psychological trauma on the development of psychotic symptoms: relationship with psychosis proneness.

    Janneke Spauwen;Lydia Krabbendam;Roselind Lieb;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

  • What predicts incident use of cannabis and progression to abuse and dependence?: A 4-year prospective examination of risk factors in a community sample of adolescents and young adults

    Kirsten von Sydow;Roselind Lieb;Hildegard Pfister;Michael Höfler

  • Cannabis use and cannabis use disorders and their relationship to mental disorders: A 10-year prospective-longitudinal community study in adolescents

    Hans Ulrich Wittchen;Christine Fröhlich;Silke Behrendt;Agnes Günther

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew T. Gloster
Andrew T. Gloster University of Lucerne
Marcus Ising
Marcus Ising Max Planck Society
Florian Holsboer
Florian Holsboer Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Jim van Os
Jim van Os University Medical Center Utrecht
Gunther Meinlschmidt
Gunther Meinlschmidt University Hospital of Basel
Manfred Uhr
Manfred Uhr Max Planck Society
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society

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