Official position
Director, Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health (ISAP), Faculty of Medicine
Institution
University of Leipzig, Germany
Business address
Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55
04103 Leipzig
Academic education and degrees
1985 - 1991 | MD in Medicine, Medical School, Leipzig University |
1994 | PhD in Medicine, University of Leipzig |
1994 - 1995 | MPH/Master of Public Health MPH, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA |
2002 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in
Psychiatry, University of Leipzig |
2002 |
Board certification in Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
Professional career
1982 - 1985 | Psychiatric Nursing |
1991 - 1992 |
Residency in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
1992 |
House physician, Ashington Hospital, UK and voluntary medical mission (German Doctors) in Mindanao, Philippines |
1993 - 1994 |
Residency in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig |
1996 -2002 |
Residency in Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology, University of Leipzig |
2002 -2004 |
Senior physician and Research group leader, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig |
2004 - 2010 | Full Professor of Public Mental Health (C3), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig |
Since 2010 |
Full professor (W3) and Director of the Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health (ISAP), University of Leipzig |
Honors, awards and positions
Current Journal Editorial positions
10 most important peer-reviewed papers (10 out of 598, Scopus h-index: 58)
Löbner M, Pabst A, Stein J, Dorow M, Matschinger H … Riedel-Heller SG. Computerized cognitive behavior therapy for patients with mild to moderately severe depression in primary care: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (@ktiv). J Affect Disord. 2018;238:317-326.
Hussenoeder FS, Riedel-Heller SG. Primary prevention of dementia: from modifiable risk factors to a public brain health agenda? Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2018;53(12):1289-1301.
Zuelke AE, Luck T, Schroeter ML, Witte AV, Hinz A … Riedel-Heller SG. The association between unemployment and depression-Results from the population-based LIFE-Adult-Study. J Affect Disord. 2018;235:399-406.
Then FS, Luck T, Heser K, Ernst A, Posselt T… Riedel-Heller SG. Which types of mental work demands may be associated with reduced risk of dementia? Alzheimers Dement. 2017;13(4): 431-440.
Stein J, Pabst A, Weyerer S, Werle J, Maier W …Riedel-Heller SG. Unmet care needs of the oldest old with late-life depression: A comparison of patient, caring relative and general practitioner perceptions - Results of the AgeMooDe study. J Affect Disord. 2016;205: 82-189.
Then FS, Luck T, Luppa M, König HH, Angermeyer MC, Riedel-Heller SG. Differential effects of enriched environment at work on cognitive decline in old age. Neurology. 2015 May 26;84(21):2169-76
König HH, Leicht H, Brettschneider C, Bachmann C, Bickel H … Riedel-Heller SG. The costs of dementia from the societal perspective: is care provided in the community really cheaper than nursing home care? J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014;15(2):117-26.
Busse A, Angermeyer MC, Riedel-Heller SG. Progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia: a challenge to current thinking. Br J Psychiatry. 2006;189:399-404.
Riedel-Heller SG, Busse A, Angermeyer MC. The state of mental health in old-age across the 'old' European Union. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2006;113(5):388-401.
Riedel-Heller SG, Busse A, Aurich C, Matschinger H, Angermeyer MC. Incidence of dementia according to DSM-III-R and ICD-10: results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA75+). Br J Psychiatry. 2001;179:255-60.
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