Official position
Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Director and Physician-in-Chief, Psychosomatic Hospital and Outpatient Clinics
Institution
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus,Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Business address
Fetscherstraße 74
01307 Dresden
Academic education and degrees
1996 | MD in Medicine, Humboldt - University Berlin, Germany |
2000 | POL-tutor, Harvard Medical School, Boston |
2007 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Psychosomatic Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
2013 | Visiting researcher, Center for Bioethics & Health Law, U.S.A.,University of Pittsburgh |
Professional career
1994 - 2004 | Physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal medicine, Psychiatry, Psychosomatic medicine and Psychotherapy, Friedrichstadt Hospital and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden |
2004 - 2011 | Senior physician, Department of Psychosomatic medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
Since 2011 | Director, Physician-in-Chief, Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden |
Honors, awards and positions
2000 - 2011 | Executive committee German Society for Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DGPFG) |
2001, 2005, 2016 | Carl-Gustav-Carus-price für „Excellent Teaching at the Medical University, Technische Universität Dresden" |
2003 - 2004 | Scholarship of the SMWK |
2004. 2010, 2013 | Research award of the German Society for Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
2008 - 2012 | Steering committee S3 guide line development AWMF on Psychosomatic, psychiatric and medical-psychological consiliary liaison care in acute care hospitals |
2010, 2018 | Steering committee S3 guide line development AWMF on chronic pelvic pain |
2013 - 2015 | Advisory Board on the Development of an international Delphiconsensus recommendation for a patient-relevant outcome set to measure the effectiveness of multimodal pain therapy |
Since 2011 | Advisory Board of the German Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DGPFG) |
2012 - 2015 | Executive committee of the German Society of Psychosomatic council of Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM) |
Since 2014 | Executive committee of the German Society of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (DGPM e.V.) |
Since 2018 | Assistant chairwoman of the German Society of Psychosomatic für Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (DGPM e.V.) |
Current Journal Editorial positions
Editorial board | Zeitschrift Psychotherapie Psychosomatik und Medizinische Psychologie, Zeitschrift Ärztliche Psychotherapie, Zeitschrift Psychotherapie im Dialog, Zeitschrift Psychosomatische Medizin |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers (10 out of 96, Scholar h-index: 22. Scopus: 17)
Weidner K, Bittner A, Beutel M, Goeckenjan M, Brähler E, Garthus-Niegel S. The role of stress and self-efficacy in somatic and psychological symptoms during the climacteric period – is there a specific association? Maturitas. 2020;136:1-6.
Bittner A, Junge-Hoffmeister J, Treichel T, Coenen A,
Weidner K. Maladaptive personality styles in a clinical sample of women with postpartum depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2020;263:318-325.
Schaber R, Karl M, Kopp M, Kress V,
Weidner K et al. My job, my child, my house: the predictive value of job- and housework-related factors on depressive symptoms during the postpartum period. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2020;272:388-397.
Hanko C, Bittner A, Junge-Hoffmeister J, Mogwitz S, Nitzsche K,
Weidner K. Course of mental health and mother-infant bonding in hospitalized women with threatened preterm birth. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetric. 2020;301(1):119-128.
Schellong J, Lorenz P,
Weidner K. Proposing a standardized, step-by-step model for creating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related mobile mental health apps in a framework based on technical and medical norms. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2019;10(1):1611090.
Bittner A, Peukert J, Zimmermann C, Junge-Hoffmeister J, Parker LS ...
Weidner K. Early Intervention in Pregnant Women With Elevated Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms: Efficacy of a Cognitive-Behavioral Group Program. The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing. 2014;28(3):185-195.
Siepmann M, Hennig UD, Nitzsche K, Siepmann T, Mück-Weymann M ...
Weidner K. The effects of heart rate variability biofeedback in patients with preterm labour. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. 2014;39(1):27-35.
Weidner K, Richter J, Bittner A, Stöbel-Richter Y, Brähler E. Klimakterische Beschwerden über die Lebensspanne? Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Umfrage in der deutschen Allgemeinbevölkerung. Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie. 2012;62(07):266-275.
Stöbel-Richter Y, Geue K, Borkenhagen A, Brähler E,
Weidner K. What do you know about reproductive medicine? - Results of a German representative survey. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e50113.
Weidner K, Einsle F, Stöbel-Richter Y, Siedentopf F, Distler W, Joraschky P. Psychological and Physical Factors influencing the health-related Quality of Life of Patients of a Department of Gynaecology in a University Hospital. Journal of Psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology. 2006;27(4):257-265.
