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Dr. Beate Ditzen

Promotion in Psychologie und Psychotherapeutin

Forschungsinteressen:

- Neuroendokrine Mechanismen von Stress, Stressbewältigung und deren Wirkung auf die psychische und körperliche Gesundheit

- Paarinteraktion und psychobiologische Stressreaktivität

- Paarinteraktion und das Hormon Oxytocin

- Stress und gynäkologische Störungen

Arbeitsschwerpunkt:
Klinische Neurowissenschaften, Systemneurobiologie, Verhaltensneurobiologie

Ausbildung:
Studium der Psychologie, Promotion in klinischer Psychologie, Fachpsychologin für Psychotherapie FSP

Abschluss:
Promotion in Psychologie und Psychotherapeutin

Position / Tätigkeit:
Oberassistentin

Homepage:
http://www.neuroscience.ethz.ch/research/endocrine_auto_regulation/ditzen

Publikationen in Fachjournalen

Ditzen, B. & Field, T. (2013). Massage Therapy. In M. G. Gellman & J. R. Turner (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, pp. 1192-1194. New York: Springer.

Ditzen, B. & Heinrichs, M. (accepted). Psychobiology of social support: The social dimension of stress buffering. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.

Ditzen, B., Nater, U.M. & Heim, C. (2013). HPA Challenge Tests. In M. G. Gellman & J. R. Turner (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, pp. 1468-1471. New York: Springer.

Ditzen, B., Wieser, F. & Taylor, R. (2013). Endometriosis. In M. G. Gellman & J. R. Turner (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, pp. 690-691. New York: Springer.

Ditzen, B. & Zimmermann, T. (2013). Couple-focused therapy. In M. G. Gellman & J. R. Turner (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. pp. 516-518. New York: Springer.

Rupp, H., James, T. W., Ketterson, E. D., Sengelaub, D. R., Ditzen, B., & Heiman, J. R. (accepted). Amygdala response to negative images in postpartum versus nulliparous women and intranasal oxytocin. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

Rupp, H., James, T. W., Ketterson, E. D., Sengelaub, D. R., Ditzen, B., & Heiman, J. R. (2013). Decreased sexual interest in postpartum women: relationship to amygdala activation and intranasal oxytocin. Hormones and Behavior, 63, 114-121.

Ditzen, B., Bradley, B., & Heim, C. (2012). Oxytocin and Pair Bonding: on possible Influences during the Life Course. Biological Psychiatry, 72, e3-e4.

Ditzen, B., Nater, U.M., Schaer, M., La Marca, R., Bodenmann, G., Ehlert, U. & Heinrichs, M. (2012). Sex-Specific Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Autonomic Nervous System Activity during Couple Conflict. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, e-pub ahead of print.

Meuwly, N., Bodenmann, G., Germann, J., Bradbury, T. M., Ditzen, B., & Heinrichs, M. (2012). Dyadic coping accelerates cortisol stress recovery: Highly anxious women benefit less. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 937-947.