In this thesis, epilepsy- and surgery-related factors were investigated for their effects on postoperative seizure and cognitive outcome in patients with medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).
As a first ...

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among women in Germany. Screening programs and treatment advances have increased these patients’ chance of early diagnosis and survival rates. Therefore, the topic of cancer ...

Introduction: Healthy general practitioners and their teams are a fundamental component of a functioning primary care system that facilitates a healthy and longer-living population. However, the mental ...

The prevention and treatment of age-related memory impairment requires the early detection of underlying pathological changes and the availability of effective risk modifying intervention. This, in turn, demands research ...

Die Konzeptualisierung der psychiatrischen Diagnose Posttraumatic-Stress Disorder geht im Wesentlichen auf die Auseinandersetzung mit und Erforschung von psychischen Beschwerden ehemaliger Vietnamkriegsveteranen in den USA ......

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a complex and heterogeneous disorder. As a result of this heterogeneity, it has been difficult to identify reliable objective tests and markers for ADHD. The neuropsychological ...

The sex hormone estradiol and the neuropeptide oxytocin induce a variety of behavioral and neural effects, but possible underlying interactions have not been tested in a sample involving both sexes. Thus, the current thesis ...

People affected by psychotic disorders often experience severe impairments in social cognition (SC) that correlate highly with deficits in community functioning and are thus an important potential treatment target. Because ...

Loneliness is a painful condition with detrimental effects on physical and mental health. However, it is still unclear which mechanisms hinder lonely individuals from forming new social relationships which might alleviate ...

Background: The effect of humor intervention in a palliative care setting could prove beneficial and is worth investigating. However, data on humor interventions for palliative care patients are scarce. ...