Mareike AugsburgerKlenico AG · University of Zurich Startup
Mareike Augsburger
Phd (Dr.rer.nat)
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Introduction
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February 2021 - present
Klenico AG / University of Zurich Start-Up
Position
- Clinical Lead
January 2020 - present
March 2017 - December 2020
Publications
Publications (45)
Background: Prevalence rates for lifetime cannabis use and cannabis use disorder are much higher in people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder than in those without. CANreduce 2.0 is an intervention that is generally effective at reducing cannabis use in cannabis misusers. This self-guided web-based intervention (6-week duration) consists...
Background
Though Internet- and mobile-based interventions (IMIs) and mindfulness-based interventions (generally delivered in-situ) appear effective for people with substance use disorders, IMIs incorporating mindfulness are largely missing, including those targeting frequent cannabis use.
Methods
This paper details the protocol for a three-arm ra...
The observation that extreme events cause extreme reactions is old. But it was not until 1980 that the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was officially defined and recognised as a clinical presentation. Since this initial description, the description of the clinical presentation has changed, most recently with the drafting of the c...
Background
In the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the complex variant (CPTSD) were newly conceptualised. The International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) was developed as a brief self-report measure to screen for both disorders. The English original version has been rigorou...
Objective: Many young adults struggle with comorbid alcohol misuse and emotional problems (i.e., depression and anxiety). However, there is currently a paucity of evidence-based, integrated, accessible treatment options for individuals with these comorbidities. The main goal of this study was to examine efficacy of a novel online, minimally guided,...
Hintergrund: mHealth Applikationen eröffnen vielfältige Möglichkeiten zur individualisierten Prävention, zur Förderung protektiver Verhaltensweisen und des Selbstmanagements von nichtübertragbaren Krankheiten. Gleichzeitig ist deren Entwicklung und Instandhaltung im Vergleich zu browserbasierten eHealth-Anwendungen deutlich aufwändiger und Nutzende...
Background:
Depression and harmful alcohol use are two of the top five leading causes of years of life lost to disability in high-income countries. Integrated treatment targeting both at the same time is often considered more complicated and difficult and, therefore, more expensive. Consequently, integrated internet-based interventions could be a v...
Objective
The structure of the relationship between ICD-11 Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) and dissociative symptoms requires more extensive research, especially with respect to the empirical support for a DSM-5 dissociative subtype of PTSD. The present study sought to examine (1) the structural validity of ICD-11 C-PTSD, (2) the as...
Background and aims:
Estonia has one of the highest alcohol-attributable mortality rates within the European Union. The aim of this study was to estimate the efficacy of an on-line self-help intervention to reduce problem drinking at the population level.
Design:
On-line open randomized controlled trial with an 8-week intervention and an active...
BACKGROUND
Prevalence rates for lifetime cannabis use and cannabis use disorder are much higher in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than those without. CANreduce 2.0 has been shown to be generally effective at reducing cannabis use in cannabis misusers. This self-guided web-based intervention (duration=6 weeks) consists o...
Background
Prevalence rates for lifetime cannabis use and cannabis use disorder are much higher in people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder than in those without. CANreduce 2.0 is an intervention that is generally effective at reducing cannabis use in cannabis misusers. This self-guided web-based intervention (6-week duration) consists...
Background: Despite increasing demand for treatment among cannabis users in many countries, most users are not in treatment. Internet-based self-help offers an alternative for those hesitant to seek face-to-face therapy, though low effectiveness and adherence issues often arise. Objective: Through adherence-focused guidance enhancement, we aimed to...
BACKGROUND
Despite increasing demand for treatment among cannabis misusers in many countries, most misusers are not in treatment. Internet-based self-help offers an alternative for those hesitant to seek face-to-face therapy, though low-effectiveness and adherence issues often arise. Through adherence-focused guidance enhancement (AFGE), we aimed t...
Background
Despite increasing demand for treatment among cannabis users in many countries, most users are not in treatment. Internet-based self-help offers an alternative for those hesitant to seek face-to-face therapy, though low effectiveness and adherence issues often arise.
Objective
Through adherence-focused guidance enhancement, we aimed to i...
Background
Lifetime traumatic events are known to have a detrimental long-term impact on both mental and physical health. Yet, heterogeneity in the stress response regarding well-being in adults is not well understood. This study investigates effects of cumulative trauma on latent trajectories of two indices of well-being, subjective health and lif...
Background and aims:
Buying-shopping disorder and its transferability to the online sector is controversial. This study investigates in-store and online shopping patterns by comparing data-based modeling to a diagnostic cut-off approach. Further aims were to test model equivalence for gender and identify socio-demographic risk factors.
Methods:...
Rescue workers present an elevated risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and recently, research has begun to focus on coping styles and social support as protective factors in this population. Associations in the particular group of search and rescue dog handlers still lack evidence. The aim of the study is to investigate if functional cogn...
Background:
Though lifetime exposure to traumatic events is significant, only a minority of individuals develops symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Post-trauma alterations in neurocognitive and affective functioning are likely to reflect changes in underlying brain networks that are predictive of PTSD. These constructs are assumed t...
Previous research has indicated a link between trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and aggression. The aim of this meta‐analysis was to integrate previous findings with a focus on women. Six databases were searched for peer‐reviewed articles. Random‐effects models and meta‐regressions were calculated. K = 15 studies were included, indicat...
Objectives:
This study investigated the frequency of traumatic experiences, prevalence rates of ICD-11 post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD), and overlap with ICD-10 classified disorders in outpatient psychiatry.
Method:
Overall, 165 Danish psychiatric outpatients answered the International Trauma Questionnaire, the Life...
Previous research has indicated a link between trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and aggression. The aim of this meta‐analysis was to integrate previous findings with a focus on women. Six databases were searched for peer‐reviewed articles. Random‐effects models and meta‐regressions were calculated. K = 15 studies were included, indicat...
The first aim of this study was the empirical identification of clustered health trajectories in older individuals, including an expected, more favorable or successful aging (SA) trajectory. The second aim was the identification and analysis of determinants useful for subgroup membership prediction. Particular focus was on early-life and chronic st...
Die zentralen Bausteine der Diagnostik einer Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung (PTBS) sind die Erfassung der traumatischen Ereignisse sowie die assoziierten Folgen auf symptomatischer und funktionaler Ebene. Für die Diagnosestellung nach der International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) [16] sind die do...
Risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is high in rescue workers. But prevalence differs depending on the occupational group and other deployment-related factors. Though canine search and rescue teams represent a significant part of the rescue worker professional group, research concerning their mental health is scarce.
The aim of the study...
Background: Fatalism, known as the propensity to believe that one’s destiny is externally determined, has so far been examined selectively, and not yet in a cross-cultural study. Moreover, a general, non-data-based speculation assumes that fatalism occurs to a lesser extent in countries of the Global North than in the Global South.
Objective: Fatal...
Background
Post-traumatic stress but also aggressive attitudes and behaviour can be found in adolescents living in a context of ongoing community and gang violence in the low-income urban areas of Cape Town, South Africa.
Aims
We investigated the long-term effects (15–20 months after therapy) of (a) Narrative Exposure Therapy for Forensic Offender...
Die Beobachtung, dass extreme Ereignisse extreme Reaktionen verursachen, ist schon alt. Doch erst 1980 wurde die Diagnose der posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung (PTBS) offiziell als Krankheitsbild definiert und anerkannt. Seit dieser Erstbeschreibung wandelte sich die Beschreibung des Störungsbildes, zuletzt bei der Abfassung der aktuell gültigen...
Several studies have demonstrated a vicious cycle of violence, in which experiences of childhood maltreatment (CM) transition into later perpetration of aggressive acts. But evidence for the presence of this cycle in adult women is mixed. The aim of this meta-analysis is to investigate the strength of associations and the mechanisms underlying a cy...
Background
This report discusses recent developments of psychotraumatology mainly related to the recently published ICD-11, but also from a societal point of view.Methods
The selected aspects of the development of this field will be presented as a scoping review.ResultsIn the first section, the new concept of disorders specifically associated with...
Objective: This study set out to empirically identify joint health trajectories in individuals of advanced age. Predictors of subgroup allocation were investigated to identify the impact of psychological characteristics, stress, and socio-demographic variables on more favorable aging trajectories.
Method: The sample consisted of N = 334 older adult...
Zusammenfassung
Mit der Veröffentlichung des neuen ICD-11 gehen wichtige Änderungen in der Klassifizierung belastungsbezogener psychischer Störungen einher. Unter dem Zielkonzept „klinische Nützlichkeit“ entwickelt, können in der neuen Version erstmals unterschiedliche Störungsbilder kodiert werden, die als Reaktion auf das Erleben verschiedener Ar...
Prevalence rates are still lacking for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) diagnoses based on the new ICD-11 criteria. In a nationwide representative German sample (N = 2524; 14-99 years), exposure to traumatic events and symptoms of PTSD or CPTSD were assessed with the International Trauma Questionnaire. A clinical varian...
Background: In violent communities, social rejection as a person with victim–offender attributes is associated with more intense symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a higher propensity towards violence, i.e. appetitive aggression. Successful community reintegration encompassing adequate social acknowledgment of individuals with bot...
The first description of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the 1980s marked the origin of psychotraumatology. Based on the variety of developments in the meantime and being relevant for basic research and clinical application, a differentiation of diagnoses according to the new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) are presented i...
The first description of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the 1980s marked the origin of psychotraumatology. Based on the variety of developments in the meantime and being relevant for basic research and clinical application, a differentiation of diagnoses according to the new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) are presented i...
Exposure to traumatic stressors and subsequent trauma-related mental changes may alter a person's risk-taking behavior. It is unclear whether this relationship depends on the specific types of traumatic experiences. Moreover, the association has never been tested in displaced individuals with substantial levels of traumatic experiences. The present...
Appetitive aggression is the attraction to violent behavior, which can peak in the experience of a combat high. In various war and conflict scenarios, members of armed groups have reported developing a desire to hunt and even kill humans. More recently, we reported that the phenomenon has also been observed in female ex-combatants with varying part...
Objective:
Traumatic stressors and other forms of adversities, especially when experienced during childhood, shape aggressive behavior. Effects of differential dimensions of impulsivity on the relationship between psychological trauma, reactive aggression (defensive survival response to threat), and appetitive aggression (the pleasure of attacking...
This study investigated the impact of violent experiences during childhood, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and appetitive aggression on everyday violent behavior in Burundian females with varying participation in war. Moreover, group differences in trauma-related and aggression variables were expected. Appetitive aggression describes the perc...
Background: Recent research has revealed the negative impact of trauma and aggressive attitudes on reintegrating former male combatants into post-war societies. However, there is a lack of research on female combatants. With the present study we investigated the impact of childhood maltreatment, positive attitudes towards aggression, i.e., appetiti...
Projects
Projects (4)
The planned study aims to examine the effectiveness of a newly-developed, culturally-adapted gender-sensitive integrated Community Reinforcement Approach- and CBT-based guided smartphone intervention (called Promoting Recovery in Opioid Maintenance and Psychosocial Treatments; PROMPT) that takes into account common mental health problems in OMT patients in Iran.
Application of machine learning models to predict long-term PTSD outcome
The aim is to investigate prevalence rates for PTSD, risk and resilience factors in dog handlers affiliated with the German rescue dog association.
