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Alexandra Philipsen
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Prof. Dr. Alexandra Philipsen

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Affiliations
  • Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Bonn
Research topics
  • mental health tech
  • stress-associated psychiatric disorders
Alexandra Philipsen is Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital Bonn. She received her doctorate in 1998 in the field of Neuropediatrics. In 2009 she completed her “habilitation” on the etiology, diagnostics and treatment of adult ADHD. From 1999 until 2014, she worked at the Psychiatric Department of the University of Freiburg. From 2014-2017 she was the first director of the newly founded Psychiatric Department of the European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen, and Vice-Dean of the Medical Faculty. Her research interests focus on the development of novel treatments for developmental and stress-associated psychiatric disorders, especially ADHD and disorders associated with emotional dysregulation and high impulsivity. In our Department we pursue a translational, transdiagnostic, and interdisciplinary approach.
Selected publications

Mehren A, Özyurt J, Thiel CM, Brandes M, Lam AP, Philipsen A. Effects of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Response Inhibition in Adult Patients with ADHD. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 27;9(1):19884. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56332-y.

Lam AP, Matthies S, Graf E, Colla M, Jacob C, Sobanski E, Alm B, Rösler M, Retz W, Retz-Junginger P, Kis B, Abdel-Hamid M, Müller HHO, Lücke C, Huss M, Jans T, Berger M, Tebartz van Elst L, Philipsen A; Comparison of Methylphenidate and Psychotherapy in Adult ADHD Study (COMPAS) Consortium. Long-term Effects of Multimodal Treatment on Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms: Follow-up Analysis of the COMPAS Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 May 3;2(5):e194980.

Mehren A, Özyurt J, Lam AP, Brandes M, Müller HHO, Thiel CM, Philipsen A. Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function and Attention in Adult Patients With ADHD. Front Psychiatry. 2019 Mar 26;10:132. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00132. eCollection 2019.

Bachmann K, Lam AP, Sörös P, Kanat M, Hoxhaj E, Matthies S, Feige B, Müller H, Özyurt J, Thiel CM, Philipsen A., Effects of mindfulness and psychoeducation on working memory in adult ADHD: A randomised, controlled fMRI study. , Behav Res Ther. 2018 Jul;106:47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2018.05.002. Epub 2018 May 7.

Philipsen A, Jans T, Graf E, Matthies S, Borel P, Colla M, Gentschow L, Langner D, Jacob C, Groß-Lesch S, Sobanski E, Alm B, Schumacher-Stien M, Roesler M, Retz W, Retz-Junginger P, Kis B, Abdel-Hamid M, Heinrich V, Huss M, Kornmann C, Bürger A, Perlov E, Ihorst G, Schlander M, Berger M, Tebartz van Elst L; Comparison of Methylphenidate and Psychotherapy in Adult ADHD Study (COMPAS) Consortium. Effects of Group Psychotherapy, Individual Counseling, Methylphenidate, and Placebo in the Treatment of Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Dec;72(12):1199-210. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2146.

Alexandra Philipsen
© Tatjana Dachsel
Prof. Dr. Alexandra Philipsen

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