Prof. Dr. med. Kai von Klitzing

Research focus

Developmental psychopathology
psychosocial and biological factors of childhood depression
attachment disorders
psychotherapy
long term consequences of childhood maltreatment

Curriculum Vitae

	von Klitzing, Kai, Prof. Dr. med.
Official position	Chair, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry
Institution	Department of Paediatric Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig Medical Center
Business address	Liebigstr. 20a 04103 Leipzig

Academic education and degrees

1974 - 1980	Medical School, University of Freiburg i.Br, Germany, MD
1981 - 1987	Residencies in Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics in Ravensburg (University of Ulm), and Lörrach
1997	Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Basel, Switzerland

Professional career

1988 - 1997	Senior physician, Children’s Hospital, University of Basel, Switzerland
1997 -1998	Research Fellow University of Colorado Medical Health Sciences Center, Denver, Co, USA
1999- 2006	Professor and Chief Medical Doctor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Basel, Switzerland
2006 -	Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Chair Department of Paediatric Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig Medical Center
2020 -	Visiting Professor, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Honors, awards and positions

2008	August Homburger Price for outstanding research in Child Psychiatry
2012 - 2020	President of the World Association for Infant Mental Health
2008 -	Member of the German Advisory Council on Psychotherapy

Current journal editorial positions

2006	Infant Mental Health Journal
2004	Kinderanalyse (Child Analysis; https://www.klett-cotta.de/zeitschrift/Kinderanalyse/7822)

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of: 210, SCOPUS h-index: 25)

Sierau S, Warmingham J, White LO, Klein AM, von Klitzing K. Childhood Emotional and Conduct Problems in Childhood and Adolescence Differentially Associated with Intergenerational Maltreatment Continuity and Parental Internalizing Symptoms. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2020;48(1): 29-42.

Klein AM, Schlesier-Michel A, Otto Y, White LO, Andreas A … von Klitzing K. Latent trajectories of internalizing symptoms from preschool to school age: A multi-informant study in a high-risk sample. Dev Psychopathol. 2019;31: 657-681.

von Klitzing K, Döhnert M, Kroll M, Grube M. Mental Disorders in Early Childhood. Deutsches Ärzteblatt international. 2015;112(21-22): 375–386.

von Klitzing K, White LO, Otto Y, Fuchs S, Egger HL, Klein AM. Depressive comorbidity in preschool anxiety disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines. 2014;55(10): 1107-1116.

Göttken T, White LO, Klein AM, von Klitzing K. Short-Term Psychoanalytic Child Therapy for Anxious Children. Psychotherapy. 2014;51(1): 148-158.

von Klitzing K, Perren S, Klein AM, Stadelmann S, White LO, Groeben M et al. The interaction of social risk factors and HPA axis dysregulation in predicting emotional symptoms of five- and six-year-old children. J Psychiatr Res. 2012;46(3): 290-297.

Groeben M, Perren S, Stadelmann S, von Klitzing K. Emotional symptoms from kindergarten to middle childhood: Associations with self-and other-oriented social skills. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011;20(1): 3-15.

von Klitzing K, Stadelmann S, Perren S. Story stem narratives of clinical and normal kindergarten children: Are content and performance associated with children's social competence? Attach Hum Dev. 2007;9: 271-286.

Stadelmann S, Perren S, von Wyl A, von Klitzing K. Associations between family relationships and symptoms/strengths at kindergarten age: What is the role of children's parental representations? J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2007;48(10): 996-1004.

von Klitzing K, Kelsay K, Emde R, Robinson JA, Schmitz S. Gender specific characteristics of five-year-olds’ play narratives and associations with behavior ratings. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2000;39(8): 1017-1023.