Dr. Franziska Labrenz has habilitated at the Medical Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum with her habilitation thesis "Translational approaches to behavioral and neural investigation of bio-psycho-social mediators and moderators in disorders of gut-brain interaction" an her lecture "This city makes me sick! Risk and resilience factors of the urban environment on emotions, behavior, and mental health".

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Our current publication provides insight into possible psychological factors in the development and maintenance of symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome, which can be considered a somatic symptom disorder.

In episode number 82 of the PhysioBib-Podcast, Professor Sigrid Elsenbruch was a guest, discussing visceral pain and irritable bowel syndrome.

You can listen to the episode here.

The Psychotherapeutic University Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology has commenced its operations. The clinic offers psychotherpeutic support with the focus on the treatment of patients with chronic pain. The close connection to the research of our department and with the Collaborative Research Centers SFB 1280 and TRR 289 opens up new possibilities for translational research to optimize the psychotherapeutic treatment of chronic pain disorders.

On November 19, 2024, the WDR Lokalzeit reported on the new Psychotherapeutic University Outpatient Clinic. In a film report and a live interview in the studio with Lisa Stöckner, the focus and work of the clinic as well as its connection to research were presented.

The report can be viewed here (redirect to the ARD Mediathek).

Dr. Julian Packheiser (Social Neurosciences) and Dr. Helena Hartmann from the University Medicine Essen have received the Pain Research Award at the German Pain Congress 2024.

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In our most recent publication, the authors deal with a teaching/learning concept that imparts knowledge on placebo and nocebo effects with regard to medical communication in a competence-oriented manner.

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