Prof. Christine M. Freitag
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
Deutschordenstraße 50
60528 Frankfurt am Main
Tel +49 – 69 / 6301-5408
Fax +49 – 69 / 6301-5843
E-Mail: C.Freitag@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Scientific Focus
Translational research in Neurodevelopmental, Anxiety and Disruptive Behavior Disorders in children and youth: Neurobiological mechanisms; diagnosis and intervention
Methods
Biostatistics, diagnostic and biomarker studies, randomized-controlled trials (phase-IIa, phase-III), brain stimulation and behavioural/psychotherapeutic interventions.
Selected Publications
Boxhoorn S, Schütz M, Mühlherr AM, Mössinger H, Luckhardt C, Freitag CM. The effect of perceptual expectation on processing gain, attention and the perceptual decision bias in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 15;12(1):21688. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25971-z. PMID: 36522414; PMCID: PMC9755142.
Bernhard A, Ackermann K, Martinelli A, Chiocchetti AG, Vllasaliu L, González-Madruga K, Batchelor M, Raschle NM, Oldenhof H, Jansen LMC, Kohls G, Konrad K, Popma A, Stadler C, Fairchild G, Freitag CM. Neuroendocrine Stress Response in Female and Male Youths With Conduct Disorder and Associations With Early Adversity. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022 May;61(5):698-710. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.11.023. Epub 2021 Nov 29. PMID: 34856340.
Konrad K, Kohls G, Baumann S, Bernhard A, Martinelli A, Ackermann K, Smaragdi A, Gonzalez-Madruga K, Wells A, Rogers JC, Pauli R, Clanton R, Baker R, Kersten L, Prätzlich M, Oldenhof H, Jansen L, Kleeven A, Bigorra A, Hervas A, Kerexeta-Lizeaga I, Sesma-Pardo E, Angel Gonzalez-Torres M, Siklósi R, Dochnal R, Kalogerakis Z, Pirlympou M, Papadakos L, Cornwell H, Scharke W, Dikeos D, Fernández-Rivas A, Popma A, Stadler C, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, De Brito SA, Fairchild G, Freitag CM. Sex differences in psychiatric comorbidity and clinical presentation in youths with conduct disorder. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2022 Feb;63(2):218-228. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13428. Epub 2021 May 19. PMID: 34008879.
Luckhardt C, Mühlherr AM, Schütz M, Jarczok TA, Jungmann SM, Howland V, Veit L, Althen H, Freitag CM. Reward processing in adolescents with social phobia and depression. Clin Neurophysiol. 2023 Jun;150:205-215. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.356. Epub 2023 Apr 11. PMID: 37104910.
Luckhardt C, Boxhoorn S, Schütz M, Fann N, Freitag CM. Brain stimulation by tDCS as treatment option in Autism Spectrum Disorder-A systematic literature review. Prog Brain Res. 2021;264:233-257. doi: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2021.03.002. Epub 2021 Apr 16. PMID: 34167658.