Official position
Head, Outpatient Clinic for Psychotherapy, Department
of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Institution
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische
Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Business address
Fetscherstraße 74
01307 Dresden
Academic education and degrees
1994-2000 | Diploma in Theology, University of Regensburg,
Germany |
1997-2003 | Diploma in Psychology, University
of Regensburg |
2010 | Dr. phil. (equivalent to PhD) in Psychology,
University of Regensburg |
2004-2007 | Training and licence in cognitive-behavioral
therapy, Institut für Therapieforschung (IFT), Munich, Germany |
2014 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legend,
Habilitation) in Psychology, University of Regensburg |
2014 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legend,
Umhabilitation) in Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität
Dresden |
Professional career
2003-2012 | Clinical psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University
of Regensburg at Bezirksklinikum Regensburg (psychiatric district
hospital) |
2003 - 2007 | Research fellow, research group Mental Health Services Research and Social
Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University
of Regensburg |
2007 - 2012 | Deputy head, research group Mental Health Services Research and Social
Psychiatrie, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University
of Regensburg |
Since 2013 | Clinical psychologist and
psychotherapist, Department
of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden,
and since 2018 part time in private practice |
Since 2020 | Training and certificate in
psychooncology, German Cancer Society e.V. |
Since 2012 | Lecturer in palliative
care, hospice work , psychooncology, suicide prevention and grief counseling |
Honors, awards and positions
1994 - 2000 | Gifted Scholarship by the Cusanuswerk |
2006 | Lilly Research Prize Bipolar Disorders: Burden
of caregivers of patients with bipolar affective disorders |
2007 - 2017 | Speaker, Working Group Family therapy, Division
of Psychotherapy, German
Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN) |
2010 - 2012 | Stipend for postdoctoral
lecture qualification (Habilitationsstipendium) by
the University of Regensburg |
2017 | Founding member, Werner-Felber-Institut for
Suicide Prevention and Interdisciplinary Research in Health Care e.V. Werner-Felber-Institut
| Suizidprävention & interdisziplinäre Forschung |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers (10 out of 69, Scopus h-index: 19)
Bauer R, Glenn T, Monteith S, Whybrow PC, Bauer M. Survey of psychiatrist use of digital technology in clinical practice. Int J Bipol Disord. 2020;8:29.
Bauer M, Glenn T, Alda M, … Bauer R, …. Whybrow PC. Association between solar insolation and a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2019;113:1-9.
Bauer R, Conell J, Glenn T, Alda M, Ardau R et al. International multi-site survey on the use of online support groups in bipolar disorder. Nordic J Psychiatry. 2017;71(6):473-476.
Bauer R, Conell J, Glenn T, Alda M, Ardau R et al. Internet use by patients with bipolar disorder: Results from an international multisite survey. Psychiatry Res. 2016;242:388-394.
Bauer R, Spiessl H, Helmbrecht MJ. Burden, reward and coping of adult offspring of patients with depression and bipolar disorder. Int J Bipol Disord. 2015;3:2.
Lewitzka U, Bauer R. Suicide and euthanasia: Discourse on physician-assisted suicide. Nervenarzt. 2016;87(5):467-473.
Bauer R, Sterzinger L, Koepke F, Spiessl H. Rewards of caregiving and coping strategies of caregivers of patients with mental illness. Psychiatric Serv. 2013;64:185-188.
Bauer R, Bauer M, Spiessl H, Kagerbauer T. Cyber support: An analysis of online self help forums (online self-help forums in bipolar disorder). Nordic J Psychiatry. 2013;67:185-190.
Bauer R, Koepke F, Sterzinger L, Spiessl H. Burden. Rewards and coping – The ups and downs of relatives of mentally ill people. J Nervous Mental Dis. 2012;200:982-934.
Bauer R, Döring A, Schmidt T, Spiessl H. "Mad or bad?" – Burden on caregivers of patients with personality disorders. J Personality Disord. 2012;26:956-971.
