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Psychotherapy research in affective disorders - PAS

The working group PAS - Psychotherapy Research in Affective Disorders was formed in 2014, when a randomized controlled trial was prepared under the leadership of Prof. Batra, which looked at the effectiveness of hypnotherapy compared to the established Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for depression. The study was financially supported by the Milton Erickson Society and has been completed since 2018.
The questions have since been expanded to include the effectiveness of hypnotherapy for agoraphobia and with research on emotion regulation.

Contact

Prof. Dr. Anil Batra

E-mail address: anil.batra@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Dr. Kristina Fuhr

E-mail address: kristina.fuhr@med.uni-tuebingen.de

frontend.sr-only_#{element.icon}: Herrenberger Str. 23
72070 Tübingen

frontend.sr-only_#{element.icon}: +49 7071 29-87130

Projects and questions

Study on the ability to imagineBasics of emotion regulation are being researched here within the framework of a doctoral thesis. We are currently looking for interested students. The study investigates the imaginative abilities of different groups of people, i.e. to what extent people use their mental imagination and how well they can imagine images, situations and experiences on different sensory channels. Further information on the study can be found at +49 7071-29-87130 or at marta.drujan@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Efficacy of hypnotherapy in agoraphobia compared to a wait-list control group "WIKI-A", NCT03684577 (clinicaltrials.gov), in cooperation with the AG Molekulare Psychiatrie and the AG Angstforschung
Influence of manual fidelity on treatment success in the psychotherapy of affective disorders
Efficacy of Activating-Cognition-Focused Compared to Hypnotherapeutic Therapy in Mild to Moderate Depression "WIKI-D", NCT02375308 (clinicaltrials.gov), in cooperation with the AG Psychophysiology & Optical Imaging

Publications:

Fuhr K, Werle D, Batra A. (2021). How does early symptom change predict subsequent course of depressive symptoms during psychotherapy? Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, papt.12370.
Fuhr K, Meisner C, Broch A, Cyrny B, Hinkel J, Jaberg J, Petrasch M, Schweizer C, Stiegler A, Zeep C, Batra A. (2021). Efficacy of hypnotherapy compared to cognitive behavioral therapy for mild to moderate depression - Results of a randomized controlled rater-blind clinical trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 286, 166-173.
Rosenbaum D, Haipt A, Fuhr K, Haeussinger FB, Fallgatter AJ, Batra A, Ehlis AC (2017) Aberrant functional connectivity in depression as an index of state or trait rumination? A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study. Scientific Reports ;7(1):2174 2174.
Fuhr K, Schweizer C, Meisner C, Batra A (2017) Efficacy of hypnotherapy compared to cognitive behavioural therapy for mild to moderate depression – study protocol of a randomized controlled rater-blind trial (WIKI-D) BMJ Open 2017;7:e016978. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2017-016978 (IF 2,369)
Batra A, Fuhr K (2017) Die therapeutische Vielfalt in der Depressionsbehandlung - Welchen Beitrag liefert die Psychotherapie? Hypnose-ZHH 12 (1+2):51-61
Fuhr K, Batra A (2017) Efficacy of hypnotherapy compared to cognitive behavioural therapy for mild to moderate depression - study protocol and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled rater-blind trial. WPA XVII World Congress of Psychiatry, Berlin (2017)

Book publication

Wilhelm-Goessling C, Schweizer C, Duerr C, Fuhr K, Revenstorf D. 2020. Hypnotherapie bei Depressionen. Ein Manual für Psychotherapeuten. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart.