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Name	Telephone (040 7410)	Email
Marit Hauschildt	- 57539	m.hauschildt [at] uke.uni-hamburg.de
Birgit Hottenrott	- 53522	b.hottenrott [at] uke.uni-hamburg.de
Lena Jelinek	- 57539	ljelinek [at] uke.uni-hamburg.de
Ulf Köther	- 55851	ukoether [at] uke.uni-hamburg.de
Steffen Moritz	- 56565	moritz [at] uke.uni-hamburg.de
Sarah Randjbar	- 53522	s.randjbar [at] uke.uni-hamburg.de
Ruth Veckenstedt	- 57549	r.veckenstedt at uke.uni-hamburg.de
Francesca Bohn	- 57549	f.vitzthum at uke.uni-hamburg.de

Curriculum Vitae

Research interests

Selected independent research funding

Selected publications

Hauschildt, M. & Moritz, S. (2009). Lebensqualität bei Menschen mit Zwang. z-aktuell, 2, 3-4.

Hauschildt, M., Moritz, S. & Jelinek L. (2009). Allgemeine und störungsspezifische Lebensqualität bei Zwangsstörung. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Suppl 1.

Moritz, S., Wahl, K., Ertle, A., Jelinek, L., Hauschildt, M., Klinge, R. & Hand, I. (2009). Neither saints nor wolves in disguise: ambivalent interpersonal attitudes and behaviors in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behavior Modification, 33, 274-292.  

Suendermann, O., Hauschildt, M. & Ehlers, A. (2008) Trauma in the lab - a new paradigm to investigate memory processes in PTSD.   
Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Marburg.

Birgit Hottenrott, Diplom-Psychologin

Contact information

Curriculum Vitae

Research interests

cognitive biases, information processing and memory functioning in schizophrenia, PTSD and OCD

Selected publications

Hottenrott, B., Jelinek, L. & Moritz, S. (2007). Untersuchung von Fehlerinnerungen bei Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung. Nervenarzt, 78 (Suppl.2), 188.

Hottenrott, B., Preisser, A. & Moritz, S. (2009). Neuropsychologische Befunde bei Patienten nach Begasungsmittel-Intoxikation. Zentralblatt für Arbeitsmedizin. 59, 174-175.

Jelinek, L., Hottenrott, B. & Moritz, S. (2009). When cancer is associated with illness but no longer with animal or zodiac sign: investigation of biased semantic networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Journal of Anxiety Disorders. DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.003

Jelinek, L., Hottenrott, B., Randjbar, S., Peters, M. & Moritz, S. (2009). Visual false memories in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40, 374-383.

Jelinek, L., Hottenrott, B. & Moritz, S. (2009). Assoziationsspaltung - eine neue Intervention zur Behandlung von Zwangsgedanken. Notfall & Hausarztmedizin, 35, 24-28.

Jelinek, L., Seifert, D., Hottenrott, B. & Moritz, S. (2007). Mnestische Funktionen bei Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung (PTBS): Inhalts-, Sequenz- und Traumagedächtnis. Nervenarzt, 78 (Suppl.2), 189.

Moritz, S., Fischer, B., Hottenrott, B., Kellner, M., Fricke, S., Randjbar, S. & Jelinek, L. (2008). Words may not be enough! No increased emotional Stroop effect in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 1101-1104.

Moritz, S., Hottenrott, B., Randjbar, S., Klinge R., Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, F. & Jelinek, L., (in press). Perseveration and not general strategic deficits underlie delayed alternation impairment in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Psychiatry Research.

Moritz, S., Jelinek, L., Hottenrott, B., Klinge R. & Randjbar, S. (2009). No deficits in object alternation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Brain and Cognition, 69, 176-179.

Dr. Lena Jelinek, Diplom-Psychologin, Psychologische Psychotherapeutin (VT)

Contact information

Telephone:	+49 40 7410 57539
Fax:	+49 40 7410 57566
Email:	l.jelinek at uke.uni-hamburg.de
Address:	AG Klinische Neuropsychologie Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 5220246 Hamburg Haus W37, Zi. 3041

Curriculum Vitae

2004 - present	University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2004 - 2009	Postgraduate professional training in cognitive behavioral therapy
2004 - 2007	Ph.D. thesis on "Memory Fragmentation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Content Specific or Generalized"; University of Hamburg, Germany
2006	Visiting researcher at the Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (ACPMH), University of Melbourne, Australia
1999 - 2004	M.Sc. in Psychology, University of Hamburg, Germany
2002	Research assistant in the Conflict Management Research Group, University of South Australia, Australia

Research interests

cognitive interventions, cognitive biases, information processing and memory functioning in PTSD and OCD

Selected independent research funding

2009	Young scientist award by the German Psychological Society (DGPs)
2009	Young scientist award by the German speaking Society of Traumatic Stress (GePT)
2009 - 2010	Funding for an intervention study on "Association splitting - a novel method to reduce raving" by the Werner Otto Stiftung (WOI)
2009 - 2011	Funding for a study on "Association splitting: mechanisms of change and evaluation of a novel therapeutic intervention to reduce obsessive thoughts" by the German Research foundation (DFG)
2006	Scholarship for a research stay in Australia by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2004 - 2006	PhD scholarship by the University of Hamburg

Selected publications

Jelinek, L., Hottenrott, B. & Moritz, S. (2009). When cancer is associated with illness but no longer with animal or zodiac sign: investigation of biased semantic networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Journal of Anxiety Disorders. DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.003

Jelinek, L., Hottenrott, B., Randjbar, S., Peters, M. & Moritz, S. (2009). Visual false memories in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40, 374-383.

Jelinek, L., Jacobsen, D., Kellner, M., Larbig, F., Biesold, K.-H., Barre, K. & Moritz, S. (2006). Verbal and nonverbal memory functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 28, 940-8.

Jelinek, L. & Moritz, S. (2009). Inversion of the "Unrealistic Optimism" bias contributes to overestimation of threat in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 37, 179-193.

Jelinek, L., Moritz, S., Heeren, D. & Naber, D. (2006). Everyday memory functioning in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 746-749.

Jelinek, L., Moritz, S., Randjbar, S., Sommerfeldt, D., Püschel, K. & Seifert, D. (2008). Does the evocation of traumatic memories confound subsequent working memory performance in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? Depression and Anxiety, 25, 175-179.

Jelinek, L., Randjbar, S., Seifert, D., Kellner, M. & Moritz, S. (2009). The organisation of autobiographical and non-autobiographical memory in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 18, 288-298.

Moritz, S., Fischer, B., Hottenrott, B., Kellner, M., Fricke, S., Randjbar, S. & Jelinek, L. (2008). Words may not be enough! No increased emotional Stroop effect in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 1101-1104.

Moritz, S., Kloss, M., Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, F. & Jelinek, L. (2009). Comparable performance of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and healthy controls for verbal and nonverbal memory accuracy and confidence. Time to forget the forgetfulness hypothesis of OCD? Psychiatry Research, 166, 247-253.

Moritz, S., Wahl, K., Zurowski, B., Jelinek, L., Hand, I. & Fricke, S. (2007). Enhanced perceived responsibility decreases metamemory but not memory accuracy in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2044-2052.  

Ulf Köther, Diplom-Psychologe

Contact information

Telephone:	+49 40 7410 55851
Fax:	+49 40 7410 57566
Email:	ukoether at uke.uni-hamburg.de
Address:	AG Klinische Neuropsychologie Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 52 20246 Hamburg

Curriculum Vitae

2007 - present	University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Clinical Neuropsychology Unit
2009 - present	University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; ADHD outpatient clinic
2003 - 2009	M.Sc. in Psychology, University of Hamburg, Germany
2007 - 2008	Trainee in program on conflict management and mediation, University of Hamburg, Germany

Research interests

Theory of mind and its role in schizophrenia; behavioral and neurocognitive basis and processing of cognitive biases in schizophrenia; stress and its impact on schizophrenia and depression; interference of associations and craving within addiction treatment programs; ADHS / ADS in adult patients: diagnosis and treatment

Prof. Dr. Steffen Moritz, Diplom-Psychologe, Klinischer Neuropsychologe GNP

Contact information

Telephone:	+49 40 7410 56565
Fax:	+49 40 7410 57566
Email:	moritz at uke.de
Address:	AG Klinische Neuropsychologie Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 52 20246 Hamburg Haus W37, Zi. 3041

Curriculum Vitae

2010	Clinical Neuropsychologist (GNP-certified)
2008	Professor of clinical psychology
2004	Venia legendi in psychology (Habilitation, roughly equivalent to assistant professorship)
2001	Visiting researcher at the Psychology Department of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada), funded by the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD)
2000	Ph.D. thesis on "Neurokognitive Korrelate positiver, negativer und desorganisierten schizophrener Symptome. Eine mehrdimensionale Analyse exekutiver und assoziativer Störungen im Rahmen der Schizophrenie"; University of Hamburg, Germany
1991 - 1997	Diploma thesis on "Konstruktion und Evaluation eines Verfahrens zur Messung des Negative Priming-Effects" in Psychology, University of Hamburg, Germany

Research interests

cognitive interventions, cognitive biases, information processing in schizophrenia, OCD, depression and PTSD

Selected independent research funding

2009	Funding for an intervention study on association splitting in alcohol substance disorder by the Werner Otto foundation (WOI)
2009	Funding for a study on association splitting in OCD by the German Research foundation (DFG) together with Lena Jelinek
2008	Young Investigator Award by the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
2006	Funding of multicenter study on metacognitive training in schizophrenia by the German Research Foundation, Clinical Studies program (DFG, Mo 969/6-1)
2006	Research Award by the German Society for Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (DGZ)
2006	Young Investigator Award by the University Medical Center Hamburg (FFM-project)
2005	Young Investigator Award by the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
2003	Young Investigator Award by the University Medical Center Hamburg (FFM-project)
2002	Funding of study on source memory in schizophrenia by the German Research Foundation, (DFG, Mo 969/4-1)
2001	Scholarship for a research stay in Canada by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2000-2002	Funding of study on spatial cognition in OCD by the German Research Foundation, (DFG, Mo 969/1-1)
1997	PhD scholarship by the University of Hamburg

Selected publications since 2003

Moritz, S., Veckenstedt, R., Randjbar, S., Vitzthum, F. & Woodward, T. S. (2011). Antipsychotic treatment beyond antipsychotics: metacognitive intervention for schizophrenia patients improves delusional symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 41, 1823-1832.

Moritz, S. & Rufer, M. (2011). Movement decoupling: A self-help intervention for the treatment of trichotillomania. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42, 74-80.

Moritz, S., Burnette, P., Sperber, S., Köther, U., Hagemann-Goebel, M., Hartmann, M. & Lincoln, T. M. (2011). Elucidating the black box from stress to paranoia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 37, 1311-1317.

Moritz, S. & Jelinek, L. (2011). Further evidence for the efficacy of association splitting as a self-help technique for reducing obsessive thoughts. Depression and Anxiety, 28, 574-581.

Moritz, S., Veckenstedt, R., Hottenrott, B., Woodward, T. S., Randjbar, S. & Lincoln, T. M. (2010). Different sides of the same coin? Intercorrelations of cognitive biases in schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 15, 406-421.

Moritz, S., Veckenstedt, R., Randjbar, S., Hottenrott, B., Woodward, T. S., von Eckstaedt, F. V., Schmidt, C., Jelinek, L. & Lincoln, T. M. (2009). Decision making under uncertainty and mood induction: further evidence for liberal acceptance in schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine, 39, 1821-1829.

Moritz, S., Wahl, K., Ertle, A., Jelinek, L., Hauschildt, M., Klinge, R. & Hand, I. (2009). Neither saints nor wolves in disguise: ambivalent interpersonal attitudes and behaviors in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behavior Modification, 33, 274-292. 

Moritz, S. (2008). A review on quality of life and depression in obsessive-compulsive disorder. CNS Spectrums, 13 (Suppl. 14), 16-22.

Moritz, S. & Larøi, F. (2008). Differences and similarities in the sensory and cognitive signatures of voice-hearing, intrusions and thoughts. Schizophrenia Research, 102, 96-107.

Moritz, S., Voigt, K., Arzola, G. M. & Otte, C.(2008). When the half-full glass is appraised as half empty and memorised as completely empty: mood-congruent true and false recognition in depression is modulated by salience. Memory, 16, 810-20.

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S., Jelinek, L. & Klinge, R. (2008). Memory and metamemory in schizophrenia: a liberal acceptance account of psychosis. Psychological Medicine, 38, 825-832.

Moritz, S., Jelinek, L., Klinge, R. & Naber, D. (2007). Fight fire with fireflies! Association splitting: a novel cognitive technique to reduce obsessive thoughts. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 35, 631-635.

Moritz, S. & Laudan, A. (2007). Attention bias for paranoia-relevant visual stimuli in schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 12, 381-390.

Moritz, S., Wahl, K., Zurowski, B., Jelinek, L., Hand, I. & Fricke, S. (2007). Enhanced perceived responsibility decreases metamemory but not memory accuracy in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2044-2052.

Moritz, S. & Woodward, T. S. (2007). Metacognitive training in schizophrenia: from basic research to knowledge translation and intervention. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 20, 619-625.

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S., Burlon, M., Braus, D. F. & Andresen, B. (2007). Attributional style in schizophrenia: evidence for a decreased sense of self-causation in currently paranoid patients. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 31, 371-383.

Moritz, S., Gläscher, J., Sommer, T., Büchel, C. & Braus, D. (2006). Neural correlates of memory confidence. Neuroimage, 33, 1188-1193.

Moritz, S., Werner, R. & von Collani, G. (2006). The inferiority complex in paranoia readdressed. A study with the Implicit Association Test. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 11, 402-415.

Moritz, S. & Woodward, T. S. (2006). A generalized bias against disconfirmatory evidence in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 142, 157-165.

Moritz, S. & Woodward, T.S. (2006). Metacognitive control over false memories: a key determinant of delusional thinking. Current Psychiatry Reports, 8, 184-190.

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S. & Rodriguez-Raecke, R. (2006). Patients with schizophrenia do not produce more false memories than controls but are more confident in them. Psychological Medicine, 36, 659-667.

Moritz, S. & Woodward, T. S. (2006). The contribution of metamemory deficits to schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 15-25.

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S. & Hausmann, D. (2006). Incautious reasoning as a pathogenetic factor for the development of psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 32, 327-331.

Moritz, S., Jacobsen, D., Willenborg, B., Jelinek, L. & Fricke, S. (2006). A check on the memory deficit hypothesis of obsessive-compulsive checking. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 256, 82-86.

Moritz, S., Gläscher, J. & Brassen, S. (2005). Investigation of mood-congruent false and true memory recognition in depression. Depression & Anxiety, 21, 9-17.

Moritz, S. & Woodward, T. S. (2005). Jumping to conclusions in delusional and non-delusional schizophrenic patients. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44, 193-207.

Moritz, S., Ferahli, S. & Naber, D. (2004). Memory and attention performance in psychiatric patients: lack of correspondence between clinician-rated and patient-rated functioning with neuropsychological test results. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 623-633.

Moritz, S., Fricke, S., Jacobsen, D., Kloss, M., Wein, C., Rufer, M., Katenkamp, B., Farhumand, R. & Hand, I. (2004). Positive schizotypal symptoms predict treatment outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 217-227.

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S., Cuttler, C., Whitman, J. C. & Watson, J. M. (2004). False memories in schizophrenia. Neuropsychology, 18, 276-283.

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S., Küppers, D., Lausen, A. & Schickel, M. (2003). Increased automatic spreading of activation in thought-disordered schizophrenic patients. Schizophrenia Research, 59, 181-186.

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S. & Ruff, C. C. (2003). Source monitoring and memory confidence in schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine, 33, 131-139.

Contact information

Telephone:	+49 40 7410 57549
Fax:	+49 40 7410 57566
Email:	r.veckenstedt at uke.uni-hamburg.de
Address:	AG Klinische Neuropsychologie Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 52 20246 Hamburg Germany Haus W37, Zi. 3040

Curriculum Vitae

2011 2008 - present	Ph.D. Postgraduate professional training in cognitive behavioral therapy
2007 - present	Ph.D. thesis on "Bias against disconfirmatory evidence in schizophrenia"; University of Hamburg, Germany
2006 - present	University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2005 - 2006	Research Internship and Diploma thesis on "Cognitive Biases in Schizophrenia", University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2001 - 2006	M.Sc. in Psychology, University of Hamburg, Germany

Research interests

cognitive interventions, cognitive biases in schizophrenia

Selected publications

Veckenstedt, R., Randjbar, S., Vitzthum, F., Hottenrott, B., Woodward, T. & Moritz, S. (submitted) Incorrigibility, jumping to conclusions and decision threshold in schizophrenia.

Veckenstedt, R., Randjbar, S., Vitzthum, F. & Moritz, S. (2009). Kognitive Verzerrungen bei schizophrenem Wahn. Der Neurologe & Psychiater, 7.

Moritz, S., Veckenstedt, R., Randjbar, S., Hottenrott, B., Woodward, T. S. & Eckstaedt, F. (in press). Decision making under uncertainty and mood induction: further evidence for liberal acceptance in schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine.

Moritz, S., Jelinek, L., Hottenrott, B., Klinge, R. & Randjbar, S. (2009). No evidence for object alternation impairment in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Brain and Cognition, 69, 176-179.

Klinge, R., Randjbar, S., Hottenrott, B., Jelinek, L. & Moritz, S. (2008) Kognitive Verzerrungen bei schizophrenem Wahn. Nervenarzt, 79, 182-183.
Randjbar, S., Klinge, R. & Moritz S (2008). Verzerrungen der Kausalattribution bei paranoider Schizophrenie. Nervenarzt, 79, 194.

Moritz, S., Woodward, T. S., Jelinek, L. & Klinge, R. (2008). Memory and metamemory in schizophrenia: a liberal acceptance account of psychosis. Psychological Medicine, 38, 825-832.

Woodward, T. S., Moritz, S., Menon, M. & Klinge, R. (2008). Belief inflexibility in schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 13, 267-277.
Klinge, R., Moritz S., Randjbar S &  Dahme B (2007). Untersuchung qualitativer Auffälligkeiten im schlussfolgernden Denken bei Schizophrenie. Nervenarzt 78, 81.

Moritz, S., Jelinek, L., Klinge, R. & Naber, D. (2007). Fight fire with fireflies! Association splitting: a novel cognitive technique to reduce obsessive thoughts. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 35, 631-635.
 

 Francesca Bohn, Research Psychologist 

Contact information

Telephone:	+49 40 7410 57549
Fax:	+49 40 7410 57566
Email:	f.vitzthum at uke.uni-hamburg.de
Address:	AG Klinische Neuropsychologie Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 52 20246 HamburgGermany Haus W37, Zi. 3040

Curriculum Vitae

2009 - present	Postgraduate professional training in cognitive behavioral therapy
2008 - present	University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2007	Research Internship and Master Thesis, Department Biological Psychology, VU University of  Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003- 2007	B.Sc and M.Sc in Psychology, University of  Maastricht, Netherlands

Research interests

cognitive interventions, cognitive biases in schizophrenia

Selected publications (Bohn formerly Vitzthum)

Veckenstedt, R., Randjbar, S., Vitzthum, F. & Moritz, S. (2009). Kognitive Verzerrungen bei schizophrenem Wahn. Der Neurologe & Psychiater, 7.

Moritz, S., Kloss, M., Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, F. & Jelinek, L. (2009). Comparable performance of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and healthy controls for verbal and nonverbal memory accuracy and confidence. Time to forget the forgetfulness hypothesis of OCD? Psychiatry Research, 166, 247-253.

Moritz, S., Veckenstedt, R., Randjbar, S., Hottenrott, B., Woodward, T. S. & Vitzthum, F. (2009). Decision making under uncertainty and mood induction: further evidence for liberal acceptance in schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine, 1-9.