Official position
Chair, Behavioral Epidemiology
Institution
Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Business address
Chemnitzer Str. 46
01187 Dresden
Academic education and degrees
1995 - 2000 | Diploma in Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany |
2000 - 2005 | Postgraduate Studies Psychotherapy, TUDIAS/IAP GmbH, Germany |
2005 | Board exam Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy, Germany |
2006 | PhD in Psychology, TUD, Germany |
2008 - 2010 | Postgraduate Training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, IPT Leipzig / DGVT Dresden, Germany |
2010 | Habilitation (Venia legendi) in Psychology, TUD, Germany |
Professional career
2000 - 2006 | Research and Teaching assistant (Doctorate), Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, TUD, Germany |
2004 - 2005 | Research Assistant & Clinical Internship, Clinic of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, TUD, Germany |
2006 - 2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Head of Research Group: Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TUD, Germany |
2007 | Visiting Researcher, Mood and Anxiety Program, Section on Emotional Development and Affective Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
2010 - 2011 | Career Break (Parental leave, twins) |
2011 - 2014 | Associate Professor, Head of Independent Research Group: Clinical Developmental Psychopathology, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TUD, Germany |
Since 2014 | Full Professor and Chair of Behavioral Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TUD, Germany |
Honors, awards and positions
Since 2004 | Several Career Development, Travel, and Poster Awards (Anxiety Disorder Association of America, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, American Psychopathological Association, Society of Biological Psychiatry) |
2006 | Dr.-Walter-Seipp-Dissertation-Award (Commerzbank-Stiftung) |
Since 2007 | Scientific Advisory Panel on Anxiety Disorders, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) |
2008 - 2013 | Appointment as
Advisor to the DSM-5 Task Force, Anxiety Disorder Study Group, American Psychiatric Association (APA) |
2012 | ECNP Fellowship Award, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology |
Since 2019 | Appointment as F1000 Prime Faculty Member - Psychology |
Since 2019 | Appointment as
Contributor to the DSM-5 Text Revision Task Force, Anxiety Disorder Group, American Psychiatric Association (APA) |
Since 2020 | Member of the Anxiety Disorder Research Network, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology |
Current Journal Editorial positions
Since 2014 | Editorial board Journal of Child Psychiatry & Human Development |
Since 2016 | Associate Editor International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research |
Since 2018 | Editorial board Depression and Anxiety (The official Journal of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ADAA) |
Since 2020 | Editorial board
Clinical Psychological Science |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers (10 out of 142, Scopus h-index: 42)
Beesdo-Baum K, Voss C, Venz J, Hoyer J, Berwanger J et al. The Behavior and Mind Health (BeMIND) study: Methods, design and baseline sample characteristics of a cohort study among adolescents and young adults. Int J Meth Psychiatr Res. 2020;29(1):e1804.
Hoyer J, Voss C, Strehle J, Venz J, Pieper L …
Beesdo-Baum K. Test-retest reliability of the computer-assisted DIA-X-5 interview for mental disorders. BMC Psychiatr. 2020;20(1):280.
Voss C, Ollmann TM, Miche M, Venz J, Hoyer J …
Beesdo-Baum K. Prevalence, Onset, and Course of Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Germany. JAMA network open. 2019;2(10):e1914386.
Beesdo-Baum K, Knappe S, Einsle F, Knothe L, Wieder G et al. How frequently are depressive disorders recognized in primary care patients? A cross-sectional epidemiological study in Germany. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz. 2018;61(1):52-64.
Asselmann E, Wittchen HU, Lieb R,
Beesdo-Baum K. A 10-year prospective-longitudinal study of daily hassles and incident psychopathology among adolescents and young adults: interactions with gender, perceived coping efficacy, and negative life events. Soc Psych Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2017;52(11):1353-62.
Beesdo-Baum K, Knappe S, Asselmann E, Zimmermann P, Brückl T et al. The 'Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP) study': A 20 year review of methods and findings. Soc Psych Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2015;50(6):851-66.
Beesdo K, Pine DS, Lieb R, Wittchen HU. Incidence and risk patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders and categorization of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatr. 2010;67(1):47-57.
Beesdo K, Lau JYF, Guyer AE, McClure-Tone EB, Monk CS et al. Common and distinct amygdala-function perturbations in depressed vs anxious adolescents. Arch Gen Psychiatr. 2009;66(3):275-85.
Beesdo K, Knappe S, Pine DS. Anxiety and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: Developmental issues and implications for DSM-V. Psychiatr Clin North America. 2009;32(3):483-524.
Beesdo K, Bittner A, Pine DS, Stein MB, Hofler M et al. Incidence of social anxiety disorder and the consistent risk for secondary depression in the first three decades of life. Arch Gen Psychiatr. 2007;64(8):903-12.
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