Charlotte Rosenbach

• Professor
• Professor at Health and Medical University

Background Individuals with a borderline personality disorder (BPD) show impairments in their ability to mentalize. Particularly in the parent-child relationship, mentalizing is an important foundation for sensitive parenting and the quality of interactive behavior. Previous studies of parental mentalizing in mothers with BPD are scarce and have fo...

The treatment of individuals with personality disorders often poses a major challenge in psychotherapy. It is therefore of great importance to accurately diagnose and classify personality disorders. This article provides an overview of the new diagnosis of personality disorders according to ICD-11 and shows the various steps and examples of the dia...

Persönlichkeitsstörungen können auch als Störungen zwischenmenschlicher Interaktion verstanden werden. Was bedeutet das Vorliegen einer Persönlichkeitsstörung für eine Elternschaft? Der Umgang mit Kindern erfordert Einfühlungsvermögen und Fähigkeiten zur Selbstregulation. Wir beleuchten in diesem Beitrag Herausforderungen von Eltern mit Persönlichk...

The presence of a parental mental disorder can lead to adverse outcomes for children. Difficulties in emotion regulation are observed across a range of mental health problems and may play a crucial role in this context. Following PRISMA guidelines, we systematically searched Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, and Web of Science for studies examining the as...

Background/aims Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder characterized by an unstable sense of self, intense and rapidly changing affect, as well as impulsive and self-destructive behaviors. Interpersonal relationships of individuals with BPD are characterized by marked instability, a lack of dependability, and quick change...

Children of parents with a mental disorder have an increased risk of developing a disorder themselves. Genetic, psychosocial and familial factors play a role as well as the availability and utilization of support systems. Children of parents with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are a particularly high-risk group. In addition to a comparably h...

Rejection Sensitivity (RS) is defined as the disposition to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and overreact to social rejection cues. Aim of the two studies presented in this paper was to develop and administer an instrument to assess RS in a German sample of healthy (pre)adolescents as well as in a clinical sample. The English Children’s Rejecti...

The stigma against persons with pedophilic interests (minor-attracted persons) leads to serious consequences for those affected, adds to the development of a sexual preference disorder (which is a sexual preference for children accompanied by psychological distress and/or risk for direct and indirect sexual behavior against children) and increases...

/ Das Wichtigste in Kürze Mütter mit einer Borderline Persönlichkeitsstörung (BPS) haben häufig Schwierigkeiten in der Kindererziehung. Für die Kinder besteht somit ein erhöhtes Risiko für die Entwicklung psychischer Auffälligkeiten. Ein neu entwickeltes Gruppentrainingsprogramm bietet eine vielversprechende Möglichkeit, die Mütter in ihrer Erziehu...

Background Dysfunctional relationships and emotion dysregulation are hallmark features of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Women with BPD are, therefore, particularly challenged when raising a child. A group training program was developed for mothers with BPD to enhance their parenting skills and help them raise their children. The program is...

Experiences of rejection in childhood play an important role in the etiology of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Additionally, individuals who report borderline symptoms report high levels of rejection sensitivity. The current study aimed to disentangle the relationship between experiences of rejection, rejection sensitivity and borderline ch...

Background and objectives High levels of rejection sensitivity are assumed to be the result of early and prolonged experiences of rejection. Aim of this study was to investigate autobiographical memories of rejection in clinical samples high in rejection sensitivity (Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD, and Major Depressive Disorder, MDD) and to i...

„Nur durch aufeinander aufbauende, langjährige, die Entwicklung von Kindern und Jugendlichen berücksichtigende und begleitende Prävention und Entwicklungsförderung kann eine Reduktion bzw. Verhinderung von Gewalt erzielt werden.“ Mit diesem Plädoyer endet die im Auftrag der Stiftung Deutsches Forum für Kriminalprävention (DFK) von Professor Dr. Her...

ZusammenfassungDieser Artikel gibt eine Übersicht über die Bedeutung von Zurückweisungsempfindlichkeit für subklinische Syndrome und psychische Störungen. Mit Zurückweisungsempfindlichkeit wird die Disposition bezeichnet, in sozialen Situationen davon auszugehen zurückgewiesen zu werden, potenzielle soziale Zurückweisungen vorschnell wahrzunehmen u...

Aims of the study were to examine positive change in people with severe burn injuries and to examine the impact of related constructs, demographic and medical variables on Post Traumatic Growth (PTG). A total of 149 participants who had been treated for a severe burn injury completed the posttraumatic growth inventory as well as other self-report i...

Ziel der Stiftung Deutsches Forum für Kriminalprävention (DFK) ist, Beiträge zu einer gesamtgesellschaftlichen Prävention zu leisten. Dies geschieht zum einen durch gezieltes Fördern des Wissenstransfers von der Forschung in die Praxis, zum anderen durch die Schaffung von Plattformen, die einen disziplinenübergreifenden Dialog ermöglichen. In den l...