PD Dr. Emanuel Severus, MD

​Official position 

Consultant, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Open-ended employment contract

Institution 

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus,Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Business address 

Fetscherstraße 74
01307 Dresden

Academic education and degrees

Professional career

Honors, awards and positions

Current journal editorial positions

10 most important peer-reviewed papers (10 out of 102, SCOPUS h-index: 24

1. Severus WE, Grunze H, Kleindienst N, Frangou S, Moeller HJ. Is the prophylactic antidepressant efficacy of lithium in bipolar I disorder dependent on study design and lithium level? J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2005;25(5):457-62.

2. Dittmann S, Seemüller F, Schwarz MJ, Kleindienst N, Stampfer R … Severus E. Association of cognitive deficits with elevated homocysteine levels in euthymic bipolar patients and its impact on psychosocial functioning: preliminary results. Bipolar Disord. 2007;9(1-2):63-70.

3. Dittmann S, Seemüller F, Grunze HC, Schwarz MJ, Zach J … Severus WE. The impact of homocysteine levels on cognition in euthymic bipolar patients: a cross-sectional study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;69(6):899-906.

4. Severus E, Lipkovich I, Seemüller F, Obermeier M, Grunze H et al. The potential role of Marginal Structural Models (MSMs) in testing the effectiveness of antidepressants in the treatment of patients with major depression in everyday clinical practice. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2013;14(5):386-95.

5. Severus E, Seemüller F, Berger M, Dittmann S, Obermeier M et al. Mirroring everyday clinical practice in clinical trial design: a new concept to improve the external validity of randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trials in the pharmacological treatment of major depression. BMC Med. 2012;10:67.

6. Voggt A, Berger M, Obermeier M, Löw A, Seemüller F … Severus E. Heart rate variability and omega-3 index in euthymic patients with bipolar disorders. Eur Psychiatry. 2015;30(2):228-32.

7. Severus E, Sauer C, Bauer M, Ostacher M, Anghelescu IG. A novel study design to systematically explore the impact of trial methodology on psychopharmacological treatment outcome in patients with depression. Pharmacopsychiatry. 2019;52(4):170-174.

8. Mühlbauer E, Bauer M, Ebner-Priemer U, Ritter P, Hill H … Severus E. Effectiveness of smartphone-based ambulatory assessment (SBAA-BD) including a predicting system for upcoming episodes in the long-term treatment of patients with bipolar disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled single-blind trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2018 Oct 26;18(1):349.

9. Nolen WA, Licht RW, Young AH, Malhi GS, Tohen M … Severus E. What is the optimal serum level for lithium in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder? A systematic review and recommendations from the ISBD/IGSLI Task Force on treatment with lithium. Bipolar Disord. 2019;21(5):394-409.

10. Petzold J, Mayer-Pelinski R, Pilhatsch M, Luthe S … Severus E. Short group psychoeducation followed by daily electronic self-monitoring in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorders: a multicenter, rater-blind, randomized controlled trial. Int J Bipolar Disord. 2019 Nov 4;7(1):23.