Prof. Dr. Kerstin Weidner

Research focus

Mother-child bonding
Risk and protective factors during pregnancy
Prevention/intervention studies and health care research on the perinatal period
Mental health of women
Trauma and trauma related disorders

Curriculum Vitae

	Weidner, Kerstin, MD, Professor of Psychosomatic medicine and Psychotherapy
Official position	Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Director and Physician-in-Chief, Psychosomatic Hospital and Outpatient Clinics
Institution	University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Business address	Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden

Academic education and degrees

1996	MD in Medicine, Humboldt - University Berlin, Germany
2000	POL-tutor, Harvard Medical School, Boston
2007	Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Psychosomatic Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2013	Visiting researcher, Center for Bioethics & Health Law, U.S.A.,University of Pittsburgh

Professional career

1994-2004	Physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal medicine, Psychiatry, Psychosomatic medicine and Psychotherapy, Friedrichstadt Hospital and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden
2004-2011	Senior physician, Department of Psychosomatic medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
since 2011	Director, Physician-in-Chief, Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden

Honors, awards and positions

2000-2011	Executive committee German Society for Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DGPFG; www.dgpfg.de)
2001, 2005, 2016	Carl-Gustav-Carus-price für „Excellent Teaching at the Medical University, Technische Universität Dresden“
2003-2004	Scholarship of the SMWK
2004, 2010, 2013	Research award of the German Society for Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2008-2012	Steering committee S3 guide line development AWMF on Psychosomatic, psychiatric and medical-psychological consiliary liaison care in acute care hospitals
2010, 2018	Steering committee S3 guide line development AWMF on chronic pelvic pain
2013-2015	Advisory Board on the Development of an international Delphiconsensus recommendation for a patient-relevant outcome set to measure the effectiveness of multimodal pain therapy
Since 2011	Advisory Board of the German Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DGPFG; www.dgpfg.de)
2012-2015	Executive committee of the German Society of Psychosomatic council of Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM; www.dkpm.de)
Since 2014	Executive committee of the German Society of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (DGPM e.V.; www.dgpm.de)
Since 2018	Assistant chairwoman of the German Society of Psychosomatic für Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (DGPM e.V.; www.dgpm.de)

Current Journal Editorial positions

Editorial board

Zeitschrift Psychotherapie Psychosomatik und Medizinische Psychologie, Zeitschrift Ärztliche Psychotherapie, Zeitschrift Psychotherapie im Dialog, Zeitschrift Psychosomatische Medizin

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of 96, Scholar h-index: 22, Scopus: 17)

Weidner K, Bittner A, Beutel M, Goeckenjan M, Brähler E, Garthus-Niegel S. The role of stress and self-efficacy in somatic and psychological symptoms during the climacteric period – is there a specific association? Maturitas. 2020;136:1-6.

Bittner A, Junge-Hoffmeister J, Treichel T, Coenen A, Weidner K. Maladaptive personality styles in a clinical sample of women with postpartum depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2020;263:318-325.

Schaber R, Karl M, Kopp M, Kress V, Weidner K et al. My job, my child, my house: the predictive value of job- and housework-related factors on depressive symptoms during the postpartum period. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2020;272:388-397.

Hanko C, Bittner A, Junge-Hoffmeister J, Mogwitz S, Nitzsche K, Weidner K. Course of mental health and mother-infant bonding in hospitalized women with threatened preterm birth. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetric. 2020;301(1):119-128.

Schellong J, Lorenz P, Weidner K. Proposing a standardized, step-by-step model for creating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related mobile mental health apps in a framework based on technical and medical norms. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2019;10(1):1611090.

Bittner A, Peukert J, Zimmermann C, Junge-Hoffmeister J, Parker LS ... Weidner K. Early Intervention in Pregnant Women With Elevated Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms: Efficacy of a Cognitive-Behavioral Group Program. The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing. 2014;28(3):185-195.

Siepmann M, Hennig UD, Nitzsche K, Siepmann T, Mück-Weymann M ... Weidner K. The effects of heart rate variability biofeedback in patients with preterm labour. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. 2014;39(1):27-35.

Weidner K, Richter J, Bittner A, Stöbel-Richter Y, Brähler E. Klimakterische Beschwerden über die Lebensspanne? Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Umfrage in der deutschen Allgemeinbevölkerung. Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie. 2012;62(07):266-275.

Stöbel-Richter Y, Geue K, Borkenhagen A, Brähler E, Weidner K. What do you know about reproductive medicine? - Results of a German representative survey. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e50113.

Weidner K, Einsle F, Stöbel-Richter Y, Siedentopf F, Distler W, Joraschky P. Psychological and Physical Factors influencing the health-related Quality of Life of Patients of a Department of Gynaecology in a University Hospital. Journal of Psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology. 2006;27(4):257-265.