Gabriele Schmid-Mühlbauer

Background Emotions play an important role in the emergence, formation, and experience of dreams. The Central Image (CI) in a dream refers to the dream’s dominant or underlying emotion, and it is the best-remembered part of a dream. Bipolar disorders are characterized by strong emotions, particularly during manic and depressive episodes. In these p...

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG In diesem Übersichtsartikel werden das Konzept des funktionellen Schwindels und seiner Unterformen, wie der persistierende postural-perzeptive Schwindel (PPPD: Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness), beschrieben. Prävalenzen und ätiologische Modelle (neurobiologische, anthropologische, psychodynamische und kognitiv-behaviorale) w...

Objective: Psychotherapeutic treatments for functional vertigo have shown promising results in recent years but it is still to be determined for whom these treatments work best. The aim of this study was to run a moderation analysis to identify which baseline factors may moderate the success of integrative psychotherapeutic group treatment (IPGT)...

Background: Mental health comorbidities are frequent in patients with vertigo and dizziness. The current study was conducted in a specialized interdisciplinary university center for vertigo and dizziness. Clinical routines consist of a structured work-up in which neuro-otological and neurological tests are performed to first detect possible organic...

Objectives Functional vertigo and dizziness (VD) are frequent and severely distressing complaints that are often described as hard to treat. Our aim was to provide preliminary data on potential effects of multimodal psychosomatic inpatient therapy for patients with functional VD symptoms in reducing vertigo‐related handicap and related psychopathol...

Zusammenfassung Funktionelle Schwindelbeschwerden zeigen eine hohe Prävalenz und gehen nicht selten mit einer deutlichen Beeinträchtigung im Alltags- und Berufsleben einher. Oft sind sie mit einer Reihe anderer psychischer Störungen, insbesondere phobischen und weiteren Angststörungen, depressiven Störungen oder somatoformen Störungen im engeren Si...

Objective: Vertigo symptoms can lead to more or less vertigo-related handicap. This longitudinal study investigated whether depression, anxiety, and/or somatization mediate the relationship between vertigo symptoms and vertigo-related handicap. Methods: N = 111 patients with vertigo/dizziness provided complete data on the following measures: Vertig...

Socially-induced cognitive emotion regulation (Social-Reg) is crucial for emotional well-being and social functioning; however, its brain mechanisms remain poorly understood. Given that both social cognition and cognitive emotion regulation engage key regions of the default-mode network (DMN), we hypothesized that Social-Reg would rely on the DMN,...

Vertigo/dizziness (VD) ranks high in lifetime prevalence and clinical relevance. Nearly half of the complex VD disorders presenting at specialised units for vertigo or otoneurological disorders are not fully explained by an identifiable medical illness, but instead are related to anxiety, depressive, or somatoform disorders. Although there is some...

Background Vertigo and dizziness are often not fully explained by an organic illness, but instead are related to psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to evaluate psychiatric comorbidity and assess psychosocial impairment in a large sample of patients with a wide range of unselected organic and non-organic (ie, medically unexplained) vertigo/dizz...

Given the prevalence and costs of somatoform disorders, it is important to identify and adequately treat these patients as early as possible. Instruments assessing experiences, perceptions, and behaviors of somatoform disorders are rare. In this study we evaluated the structure and validity of the German version of the Health Attitude Survey (HAS),...

This report describes the objectives, design, and methods of the Munich Diagnostic and Predictor Study of Dizziness, a prospective study investigating diagnostic subgroups, correlates, and predictors of dizziness that is not sufficiently explained medically but clearly related to a psychiatric disorder. All patients presenting at the Integrated Cen...

Previous research reported conflicting results concerning the influence of depression on cognitive task performance. Whereas some studies reported that depression enhances performance, other studies reported negative or null effects. These discrepant findings appear to result from task variation, as well as the severity and treatment status of part...

About 30-50% of complex dizziness disorders are organically not sufficiently explained or related to a psychiatric disorder. Of patients with such dizziness disorders, 80% are severely impaired by dizziness in their daily and working lives; nevertheless, they are often not diagnosed or treated adequately. This review aims to give a systematic overv...

Infant regulatory problems, that is, excessive crying, feeding and/or sleeping difficulties, are precursors of adverse development. However, the aetiology of regulatory problems is still unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate pre-, peri- and post-natal neurophysiological and psychosocial predictors of single and multiple regulatory probl...

To determine the persistence of regulatory problems (RP), i.e. excessive crying (>3 months of age), feeding and sleeping difficulties from infancy to preschool age, and to evaluate whether RP at 5 months are predictive of preschool adaptive behaviour and social skills. A prospective population study of newborns admitted to neonatal care. RP at 5, 2...

To investigate whether regulatory problems, i.e., crying and feeding problems in infants older than 3 months of age, predict cognitive outcome in preschool children born at risk even when controlled for confounding factors. A prospective longitudinal study of children born in a geographically defined area in Germany. N = 4427 children of 6705 eligi...

An important aspect in the preoperative evaluation and a legal precondition for an living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a family or emotionally close relationship between donor and recipient. We investigated the development of the donor-recipient relationship after LDLT. We conducted semi-structured clinical interviews with 18 donors as par...

Objective: To evaluate whether infant regulatory problems are predictive of cognitive development in children. Method: The sample consisted of n=4427 infants. Regulatory problems, i.e. excessive crying and feeding problems were assessed at 5 months of age, and IQ (CMM), language and vocabulary (AWST) at 56 months. Results: 19.7% of infants suffered...

Detailed evidence for the construct validity of stress questionnaires has been repeatedly demanded. This study aimed to investigate the construct validity of the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in the context of a transactional view of stress. The examination was based on the PSQ and on standardized quality of life and personality questionnair...

Objective: The objective of the present study is to contribute towards the validation of the SOC (Sense of Coherence) construct on the basis of data from psychosomatic patients. Method: The study included a total of 1403 patients treated as out-patients or in consultations in the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine at the Charité University of Medic...

The effectiveness of psychosomatic in-patient treatment was evaluated using patients' subjective health ratings and objective data provided by health insurance companies. Associations between subjective and objective criteria were investigated. 318 patients participated in the study. They completed questionnaires on physical complaints, moods and e...

Zusammenfassung. Für die Skala zur Allgemeinen Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung von Jerusalem und Schwarzer steht eine Normierung anhand einer repräsentativen deutschen Bevölkerungsstichprobe bisher aus. Im Jahr 2001 wurde eine bevölke-rungsrepräsentative Erhebung (N = 2019; Alter: 16–95 Jahre) durchgeführt, bei welcher neben der Skala zur Allgemeinen S...