The present narrative review gives a preliminary summary of the transdiagnostic mechanisms and possible clinical approaches for fatigue and chronic pain.

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The comment acknowledges a placebo study.

The placebo study investigates to what extent previous treatment experiences, expectations, and beliefs can influence eating behavior and diet-related symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. You can read the comment here.

In our current publication, we present a new biopsychosocial model of disorders of the gut-brain axis.

The model places conditioned fear at its center. Click here to access the publication.

Our current publication, conducted in collaboration with Linköping University in Sweden, examines how different forms of traumatic childhood experiences increase the risk of later developing irritable bowel syndrome and to what extent they are associated with different symptom profiles.

You can find the publication here.

In our current publication in the journal Scientific Reports, we investigated if and to what extent costly avoidance behavior in visceral pain can contribute to the maintenance of pain-related fear and the impairment of extinction learning.

The publication can be found here.

In our article published in the journal Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, we compiled current findings on the relationship between loneliness and the experience of touch. Additionally, we developed a model illustrating how the perception and effects of touch may differ depending on the duration of existing loneliness.

The Departments of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, as well as Affective Neuroscience, have moved into their premises in Building MA. The University Outpatient Clinic for Psychotherapy is located in Building MB on the 7th floor.