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Prof. apl. Susanne Knappe, PhD

Research focus

  • Epidemiology of mental disorders, anxiety disorders, suicidal behaviors
  • Prevention programs in children and adolescents
  • Mental health service use
  • Diagnostics and psychometrics

​Official position 

Senior researcher, research group Mental Health in Children and Adolescents, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden

Co-director of the Center for Preventive Intervention Studies (CEPRIS) at the Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. K. Beesdo-Baum

Coordinator of the children and adolescent outpatient center at the IAP-TU Dresden GmbH

Coordinator of the postgraduate study program on CBT training in children and adolescents at the IAP-TU Dresden GmbH

Institution 

Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Technische Universität Dresden

Business address 

Chemnitzer Str. 46
01187 Dresden

Academic education and degrees

​2000 - 2006

​Studies of Psychology at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena

​2006 - 2010

​PhD in Clinical Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden

​2016

Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Clinical Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden

​2016

​Appointment Privatdozentin PD

​2007 - 2016

Training and licence in cognitive-behavioral therapy (adults)

​2014 - 2017

Training in child and adolescent cognitive-behavioral therapy

 

Professional career

​2006 - 2009

​Research assistant, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden

​2009 - 2010

​Clinical internship, training in cognitive-behavioral therapy (adults)

​2010 - present

Post-doc and senior researcher, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden

​2016 - present

Licensed psychotherapist for children, adolescents and adults; coordinator of the children and adolescent outpatient center at the IAP-TU Dresden GmbH

​2017

Substitute Professor for Clicnial Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden

​2017 - present

Head of research group Mental Health in Children and Adolescents, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden

​2018

​Appointment extraordinary professor, Technische Universität Dresden

 

Honors, awards and positions

​2010

DFG Travel award

​2010 - 2014

Karl‐und‐Charlotte‐Bühler‐Award for outstanding teaching (7 times)

​2011

Teaching Award Association of Friends and Sponsors of TUD e.V

​2011

Travel Grant DAAD

​2011

ECNP Travel Award

​2012

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research (DESPR) Travel Award to attend the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Psychopathological Association, New York, NY, USA.

​2013

Travel Grant Volkswagen Foundation

​2014

Travel Grant EPA

​2014

Habilitation grant Maria-Reiche-Programme to support academnic careers of female post-doc researchers

​2016

Travel Grant DAAD

​2019

Participation at the 2019 ESCAP Research Academy (European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

 

Current Journal Editorial positions

​Since 2020

Associate Editor, Frontiers Public Mental Health

​Editorial board

Suizidprophylaxe

 

10 most important peer-reviewed papers (10 out of 60, Scopus h-index: 22)

  1. Hazo JB, Brunn M, Wykes T, McDaid D, Dorsey M ... Knappe S et al. European mental health research: current picture and recommendations of the ROAMER project. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018;29:179-194.

  2. Knappe S, Einsle F, Rummel-Kluge C, Heinz I, Wieder G et al. Niederschwellige leitlinienorientierte supportive Maßnahmen: NILS und die Effekte auf die Adhärenz zur NVL/S3-Leitlinie Unipolare Depression. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie. 2018;64:298-311.

  3. Martini J, Petzoldt J, Knappe S, Garthus-Niegel S, Asselmann E, Wittchen HU. Infant, maternal, and familial predictors and correlates of regulatory problems in early infancy: The differential role of infant temperament and maternal anxiety and depression. Early Human Development. 2017;115: 23-31.

  4. Kraft A, Knappe S, Petrowski K, Petzoldt J, Martini J. Unterschiede in der Mutter-Kind-Bindung bei Frauen mit und ohne Soziale Phobie [Maternal bonding and infants' attachment in women with and without social phobia and their children]. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie. 2016;44:1-9.

  5. Wykes T, Haro JM, Belli SR, Obradors-Tarragó C, Arango C ... Knappe S et al. Mental Health Research Priorities for Europe. Lancet. 2015;2(11):1036-42.

  6. Beesdo-Baum K, Knappe S, Asselmann E, Zimmermann P, Behrendt S et al. State-of-the-art review on the methods and findings from the German prospective-longitudinal 'Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP) study'. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2015;50:851-866.

  7. Knappe S, Klotsche J, Strobel A, LeBeau RT, Craske MG et al. Dimensional anxiety scales for DSM-5: Sensitivity to clinical severity. European Psychiatry. 2013;28:448-456.

  8. Bögels SM, Knappe S, Clark LA. Separation anxiety disorder in adults in DSM-5. Clinical Psychology Review. 2013;33:663–674.

  9. Knappe S, Beesdo-Baum K, Fehm L, Lieb R, Wittchen HU. Characterizing the association between unfavourable parental rearing and offspring social phobia, its predictors and specificity. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2012;26(5):608-616.

  10. Martini J, Knappe S, Beesdo-Baum K, Lieb R, Wittchen HU. Anxiety disorders before birth and self-perceived distress during pregnancy: Associations with postpartum depression and obstetric, neonatal and early childhood outcomes. Early Human Development. 2010;86:305–310.

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