Official position
Head of the Research Group “Suicide Research”; Senior Psychiatrist
Institution
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus,Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Business address
Fetscherstr. 74
01307 Dresden
Academic education and degrees
1991 - 1999 |
Humboldt University Berlin & Medical School at Dresden (Technische Universität Dresden) Study of Medicine |
2004 | Doctoral degree, Technische Universität Dresden |
2006 | Specialization for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
2018 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden |
Professional career
1999 - 2006 | Resident psychiatrist (Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Dept. of Neurology, Dept. of internal medicine), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden |
2006 - 2008 | Specialist for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden |
2008 - 2010 | Head of the psychiatric acute care unit, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden
Coordinator, Undergraduate Medical Curriculum, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden |
2010 - 2012 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada |
Since 2012 | Senior physician & Study Coordinator, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden |
Honors, awards and positions
Current journal editorial positions
Since 2012 | Associate Editor Section Mood Disorder, BMC Psychiatry |
Since 2015 | Deputy Section Editor, Section “Causes, Treatment and Prevention of Suicidality”, BMC Psychiatry |
Since 2015 | Scientific Advisory Board Suizidprophylaxe |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers (10 out of: 80, SCOPUS h-index: 18)
Lewitzka U, Sauer C, Bauer M, Felber W. Are national suicide prevention programs effective? A comparison of 4 verum and 4 control countries over 30 years. BMC Psychiatry. 2019;19(1):158.
Conell J,
Lewitzka U. Adapted psychotherapy for suicidal geriatric patients with depression. BMC Psychiatry. 2018;18(1):203.
Lewitzka U, Bauer M, Ripke B, Bronisch T, Günther L. Impulsivity and Saliva Cortisol in Patients with Suicide Attempt and Controls. Neuropsychobiology. 2017;75(4):162-168.
Lewitzka U, Spirling S, Ritter D, Smolka M, Goodday S et al. Suicidal Ideation vs. Suicide Attempts: Clinical and Psychosocial Profile Differences Among Depressed Patients: A Study on Personality Traits, Psychopathological Variables, and Sociodemographic Factors in 228 Patients. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2017;205(5):361-371.
Lewitzka U, Denzin S, Sauer C, Bauer M, Jabs B. Personality differences in early versus late suicide attempters. BMC Psychiatry. 2016;16:282.
Ritter D, Pesch M,
Lewitzka U, Jabs B. Suicidal ideation of prisoners: Influence of duration of imprisonment, personality traits and disorders. Nervenarzt. 2016;87(5):496-5005.
Lewitzka U, Jabs B, Fülle M, Holthoff V, Juckel G et al. Does lithium reduce acute suicidal ideation and behavior? A protocol for a randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter trial of lithium plus Treatment As Usual (TAU) in patients with suicidal major depressive episode. BMC Psychiatry. 2015;15:117.
Lewitzka U, Severus E, Bauer R, Ritter P, Müller-Oerlinghausen B, Bauer M. The suicide prevention effect of lithium: more than 20 years of evidence-a narrative review. Int J Bipolar Disord. 2015;3(1):32.
Lewitzka U, Scheffczyk R, Ritter D, Doucette S, Bauer M, Bschor T. No correlation between lithium serum levels and psychopathological features during the euthymic interval of patients with recurrent affective disorder. Pharmacopsychiatry. 2012;45(1):1-6.
Lewitzka U, Müller-Oerlinghausen B, Felber W, Brunner J, Hawellek B et al. Is MAO-B activity in platelets associated with the occurence of suicidality and behavioural personality traits in depressed patients? Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2008;117(1):41-9.
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