Current Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Ditzen Oxytocin, Couple Interaction and Wound Healing
Ehlert Psychobiological stress reactivity in second trimester pregnant women and their unborn children
Ehlert Campbell The Psychoendocrinology of Equity and it's Impact on Interaction Quality in Close Relationships
Ehlert Drobnjak Eating behavior in middle-aged women
Müller Herlihy Ehlert Tag Psychology, mental health and law: Integrating psychological knowledge in the Khmer Rouge Trials
Wirtz The effects of alpha-adrenergic blockade on norepinephrine-induced changes in blood lipids, procoagulant activity, and inflammatory cytokines in essential hypertension: associations with psychological factors?

Completed Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Ditzen Psychological Liaison Counseling in Obstetric Inpatients: Determination of Demand and Outcomes.
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), Depression, and Chronic Pelvic Pain. Validation of a German Questionnaire
Psychobiological Factors in Couple Conflicts
Relationship Quality and Perceived Attractiveness over the Course of the Menstrual Cycle
Ehlert Prevalence rates of stress related disorders in a high risk population: The Police of the Canton of Zurich and specialized groups of the Federal Police Department
Psychobiological stress reactivity in pregnant women
Psychical state of pregnant women in the last trimenon – effects on labour and delivery and of the psychical state post partum
Prenatal stress and the psychosocial and psychobiological development of children
The circadian expression of clock genes in nine healthy young men
Stress reagibility of HPA-axis in patients with borderline personality disorders
Salivary alpha-amylase as an indicator for catecholaminergic activation
Day profile of salivary alpha-amylase
Sensation seeking, music preference, and psychophysiological reactivity
Salivary alpha-amylase activity in the yohimbine-test
Adjustment to trauma in operation crews of the Swiss Air-Rescue (Rega)
Ehlert Abbruzzese The influence of psychosocial stress on the expression of clock genes
Ehlert Kashiwagi Psychological Condition of Opiate Addicts in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Ehlert Suarez Psychobiological subgroup study in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and comorbid psychological disorders
Gaab Randomized controlled trial of stress management training in HIV-infected patients
Evaluation of activity, reactivity and feedback sensitivity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-addrenal axis in patients with functional somatic syndromes
Association between general stress susceptability and cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress
Randomized controlled psychoneuroendocrine evaluation of the effects of a cognitive-behavioral stress management training in students
Catecholaminergic stress responses during physical exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome
Influence of chronic, current and acute stress on the delayed type hypersensitivity in healthy men
Effects of a randomized-controlled trial of stress management training on the neuroendocrine stress responses during an academic examination
Heinrichs Development and evaluation of a 'Psychobiological Group Intervention Program' for social phobia
Psychosocial and neurobiological mechanisms of social phobia
Effects of different kinds of couple interaction on psychosocial and biological responses to stress
Protective effects of physical activity on psychological and physiological stress responses: A psychobiological approach
Physical activity and stress reactivity
Krafft Clinical and psychological evaluation of the influence of postpartum anaemia on maternal quality of life and clinical parameters
La Marca Ehlert Effects of auricular acupuncture on vagal activity
LaMarca Ehlert Evaluation of the effects of the Montreal Imaging Stress Task (MIST) on cortisol and the autonomic nerve system in high- and low-responder to the Cold Face Test (CFT)
Maercker The Zurich older age study on PTSD and grief-related disorders
Interpersonal and socio-cognitive factors of recovery from posttraumatic stress disorder
Perini Ehlert Testosterone and partnership quality by the transition to parenthood
Thoma Nater Ehlert Psychobiological mechanisms of the effectiveness of music intervention
Wirtz Melatonin and psychobiological stress reactivity
Psychobiological factors of stress reactivity in essential hypertension
Psychoendocrinological evaluation of a stress management training in a stress-exposed working population
Stress and airport security: The effects of psychosocial stress on detection performance of X-ray screeners
Influence of melatonin on stress-induced changes in memory performance
Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning in systemic hypertension: cortisol response to awakening and negative feedback sensitivity
Psychological determinants of the stress reactivity of intermediate biological risk factors for cardiovascular disease

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