Prof. Stefan Ehrlich, M.D., Ph.D.

Contact information

University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences

Technische Universität Dresden
Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden 

Phone: +49 (0)351 458-5214
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Research Statement

As a clinician-scientist (and child and adolescent psychiatrist by training), I strive to understand the biological mechanisms underlying mental disorders starting early in life. My research program is focused on two major questions: How do inherited vulnerabilities interact with environmental factors during development to shape brain structure, brain function and abnormal behavior? Can disordered eating be understood in the context of abnormal reward and punishment sensitivity as well as cognitive control? 

Scientific Education and academic degrees

clinical and academic appointments

Other Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards

Selected Publications

• Ehrlich, S., King, J.A., & Boehm, I. (2019). Connecting the Nodes of Altered Brain Network Organization in Eating Disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(2),156-158. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.11.005
• Ehrlich, S., King, J.A., & Boehm, I. (2018). To Eat or Not to Eat: Advancing the Neuroscience of Hedonic Versus Controlled Eating Across Weight and Eating Disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(2),151-153. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.07.902
• Geisler, D., Borchardt, V., Boehm, I., Kind, J. A., Tam, F. I., Marxen, M., Biemann, R., Roessner, V., Walter, M., & Ehrlich, S. (2019). Altered global brain network topology as trait marker in patients with anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine. doi:10.1017/S0033291718004002  
• Seidel, M., Bochardt, V., Geisler, D., King, J. A., Boehm, I., Pauligk, S., Bernadoni, F., Biemann, R., Roessner, V., Walter, M., & Ehrlich, S. (2018). Abnormal Spontaneous Regional Brain Activity in Young Patients With Anorexia Nervosa. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. doi:10.1017/S0033291718004002
• King, J.A., Frank, G.K.W., Thompson, P.M., & Ehrlich S. (2018). Structural Neuroimaging of Anorexia Nervosa: Future Directions in the Quest for Mechanisms Underlying Dynamic Alterations. Biological Psychiatry, 83(3), 224-234. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.08.011
• Seidel, M., King, J.A., Ritschel, F., Boehm, I., Geisler, D., Bernardoni, F., Holzapfel, L., Diestel, S., Diers, K., Strobel, A., Goschke, T., Walter, H., Roessner, V., & Ehrlich, S. (2018). The real-life costs of emotion regulation in anorexia nervosa: a combined ecological momentary assessment and fMRI study. Translational Psychiatry, 8(1), 28.  doi:10.1038/s41398-017-0004-7
• Bernardoni, F., King, J.A., Geisler, D., Birkenstock, J., Tam, F.I., Weidner, K., Roessner, V., White, T., & Ehrlich, S. (2018). Nutritional Status Affects Cortical Folding: Lessons Learned From Anorexia Nervosa. Biological Psychiatry, 84(9), 692-701. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.05.008
• Bernardoni, F., Geisler, D., King, J.A., Javadi, A.H., Ritschel, F., Murr, J., Reiter, A.M.F., Rössner, V., Smolka, M.N., Kiebel, S., & Ehrlich S. (2018). Altered Medial Frontal Feedback Learning Signals in Anorexia Nervosa. Biological Psychiatry, 83(3), 235-243.  doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.07.024
• King, J.A., Geisler, D., Bernardoni, F., Ritschel, F., Boehm, I., Seidel, M., Mennigen, E., Ripke, S., Smolka, M.N., Roessner. V., & Ehrlich, S. (2016). Altered Neural Efficiency of Decision Making During Temporal Reward Discounting in Anorexia Nervosa. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 55(11), 972-979. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2016.08.005

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