• 2012 – Diplom in Psychologie an der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald

• Thema der Diplomarbeit: Transgenerationale Effekte traumatischer Erfahrungen: Kinder von Überlebenden des Khmer Rouge Regimes in Kambodscha

Beruflicher Werdegang

Seit April 2015 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Freie Universität Berlin - Abteilung Klinisch-Psychologische Intervention
 

2009 – 2010 Praktikant

Psychiatrische Tagesklinik am Behandlungszentrum für Folteropfer (bzfo) Berlin

2008 – 2009 Studentische Hilfskraft

Universität Greifswald, Lehrstuhl für Kognitionspsychologie

Forschungsaufenthalte

August – September 2012 – Wissenschaftlicher Berater

Kolumbien, Behandlungszentrum für Folteropfer (bzfo) Berlin

Mai – Dezember 2010 Projektkoordinator

Kambodscha, Projekt Die Gewalt von gestern in der Gesellschaft von morgen: Vergangenheitsbewältigung im heutigen Kambodscha für das Behandlungszentrum für Folteropfer (bzfo) Berlin

Veröffentlichungen in Fachzeitschriften mit Peer-Review

2021

Schumacher, S., Engel, S., Niemeyer, N., Kuester, A., Burchert, S., Skoluda, N., Rau, H., Nater, U., Willmund, G.-D., & Knaevelsrud, C. (accepted). Salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in posttraumatic stress disorder and their potential role in the evaluation of cognitive behavioral treatment outcomes. Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Engel, S., Schumacher, S., Niemeyer, H., Küster, A., Burchert, S., Rau, H., Willmund, G.-D., & Knaevelsrud, C.. Associations between oxytocin and vasopressin concentrations, traumatic event exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Group comparisons, correlations, and courses during an internet-based cognitive-behavioral treatment. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1886499. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1886499

Burchert, S., Kerber, A., Zimmermann, J. & Knaevelsrud, C. (2021). Screening accuracy of a 14-day smartphone ambulatory assessment of depression symptoms and mood dynamics in a general population sample: comparison with the PHQ-9 depression screening. PLOS ONE, 16(1), e0244955. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244955

2020

de Graaff, A. M., Cuijpers, P., Acarturk, C., Bryant, R., Burchert, S., Fuhr, D. C., Huizink, A.C., de Jong, J., Kieft, B., Knaevelsrud, C., McDaid, D., Morina, N., Park, A-L., Uppendahl, J., Ventevogen, P., Whitney, C., Wiedemann, N., Woodward, A., & Sijbrandij, M. (2020). Effectiveness of a peer-refugee delivered psychological intervention to reduce psychological distress among adult Syrian refugees in the Netherlands: study protocol. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11(1), 1694347. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1694347

Engel, S., Schumacher, S., Niemeyer, H., Küster, A., Burchert, S., Rau, H., Willmund, G.-D. & Knaevelsrud, C. (2020). Beeinflusst Oxytocin den psychotherapeutischen Prozess? Eine explorative Untersuchung im Kontext einer internetbasierten kognitiv-verhaltenstherapeutischen Behandlung für die posttraumatische Belastungsstörung. Verhaltenstherapie, 30(1), 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1159/000505303

Heim, E., Burchert, S., Shala, M., Kaufmann, M., Cerga Pashoja, A., Morina, N., Schaub, M. P., Knaevelsrud, C., & Maercker, A. (2020). Effect of cultural adaptation of a smartphone-based self-help programme on its acceptability and efficacy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2(3), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.v2i3.4281

Kuester, A., Niemeyer, H., Schumacher, S., Engel, S., Spies, J., Weiß, D., Muschalla, B., Burchert, S., Tamm, S., Weidmann, A., Willmund, G., Rau, H., & Knaevelsrud, C. (in press). Attentional Bias in Veterans with Deployment-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder before and after Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - An Eye-tracking Investigation. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2020.03.003

Niemeyer, H.*, Knaevelsrud, C.*, Schumacher, S., Engel, S., Kuester, A., Burchert, S., Muschalla, B., Weiss, D., Spies, J., Rau, H.**, & Willmund, G.-D.** (2020). Evaluation of an internet-based intervention for service members of the German armed forces with deployment-related posttraumatic stress symptoms. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 205. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02595-z
* shared first authorship
** shared last authorship

Shala, M., Morina, N., Burchert, S., Cerga-Pashoja, A., Knaevelsrud, C., Maercker, A., & Heim, E. (2020). Cultural adaptation of Hap-pas-Hapi, an internet and mobile-based intervention for the treatment of psychological distress among Albanian migrants in Switzerland and Germany. Internet Interventions, 21, 100339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2020.100339

2018

Burchert, S., Alkneme, M.S., Bird, M., Carswell, K., Cuijpers, P., Hansen, P., Heim, E., Harper Shehadeh, M., Sijbrandij, M., van’t Hof, E., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2018). User-Centered App Adaptation of a Low-Intensity E-Mental Health Intervention for Syrian Refugees. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 663. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00663

Burchert, S., Stammel, N., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2017). Transgenerational trauma in a post-conflict setting: Effects on offspring PTSS/PTSD and offspring vulnerability in Cambodian Families. Psychiatry Research, 254, 151-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.04.033

2014

Lau, S., Kubiak, T., Burchert, S., Goering, M., Oberländer, N., von Mauschwitz, H., von Saß, S. Selle, M., & Hiemisch, A. (2014). Disentangling the effects of optimism and attribution on feelings of success. Personality and Individual Differences, 56, 78-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.030

Kongressbeiträge

Stammel, N., Burchert, S., Taing, S. Bockers, E. & Knaevelsrud, C. The Survivors’ Voices: Attitudes on the ECCC, the former Khmer Rouge and Civil Party Participation, Vortrag, Konferenz “Victim Participation and Psycho-Social Needs in the Context of the ECCC”, Phnom Penh, Dezember 2010. 

Burchert, S., Stammel, N., Taing, S. & Knaevelsrud, C. Transgenerationale Effekte traumatischer Erfahrungen: Kinder von Überlebenden des Khmer Rouge Regimes in Kambodscha, Vortrag, 14. Jahrestagung der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie (DeGPT), Hamburg, März 2012.

Sonstige Veröffentlichungen

Stammel, N., Burchert, S., Taing, S., Bockers, E. & Knaevelsrud, C. (2010). The Survivors’ Voices: Attitudes on the ECCC, the former Khmer Rouge and Experiences with Civil Party Participation. bzfo-report: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335723359_The_survivor's_voices_Attitudes_on_the_ECCC_the_former_Khmer_Rouge_and_Civil_Party_Participation