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
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Curriculum Vitae
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von Klitzing, Kai, Prof. Dr. med. |
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Official position |
Chair, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry |
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Institution |
Department of Paediatric Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig Medical Center |
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Business address |
Liebigstr. 20a 04103 Leipzig |
Academic education and degrees
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1974 - 1980 |
Medical School, University of Freiburg i.Br, Germany, MD |
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1981 - 1987 |
Residencies in Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics in Ravensburg (University of Ulm), and Lörrach |
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1997 |
Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Basel, Switzerland |
Professional career
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1988 - 1997 |
Senior physician, Children’s Hospital, University of Basel, Switzerland |
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1997 -1998 |
Research Fellow University of Colorado Medical Health Sciences Center, Denver, Co, USA |
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1999- 2006 |
Professor and Chief Medical Doctor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Basel, Switzerland |
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2006 - |
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Chair Department of Paediatric Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig Medical Center |
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2020 - |
Visiting Professor, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy |
Honors, awards and positions
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2008 |
August Homburger Price for outstanding research in Child Psychiatry |
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2012 - 2020 |
President of the World Association for Infant Mental Health |
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2008 - |
Member of the German Advisory Council on Psychotherapy |
Current journal editorial positions
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2006 |
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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.