Dr. Dipl-Psych. Carina Heeke
Clinical Psychological Intervention
Research assistant - externally funded project
Room Raum JK 26/320
14195 Berlin
- 2021 – License to practice Psychotherapy (behavioural therapy)
- 2018 – PhD in Psychology, Freie University Berlin
- Topic of thesis: Risk factors and clinical manifestations of prolonged grief disorder: Particular characteristics of violent loss
- 2012 – Diploma in Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin
- Topic of diploma thesis: Investigating prolonged grief disorder among survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
Career
Since May 2019: Research Assistant
Freie Universität Berlin - Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Project: I-REACH
January 2017 – May 2019: Project coordinator
Zentrum Überleben gGmbH
October 2013 – July 2018: Doctoral candidate
Freie Universität Berlin – Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention
2011 – 2012: Student research assistant
Freie Universität Berlin – Division of intercultural educational sciences
2008 – 2009: Student research assistant
Max-Planck-Institut for educational research
Research stay
August 2016 – January 2017: Research Stay
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Kolumbien
August – December 2012: Project coordinator
Kolumbien, Projekt Recht und Gerechtigkeit in Kolumbien? (Behandlungszentrum für Folteropfer)
September 2009 – April 2010: Erasmus program
Universidad de Sevilla, Spanien
Scholarships
Scholarship for doctoral studies, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Erasmus scholarship
2009 – 2010 study of psychology, Universidad de Sevilla (Spanien)
Peer-reviewed articles
2021
Böttche, M., Kampisiou, C., Stammel, N., El-Haj-Mohamad, R., Heeke, C., Burchert, S., ... & Knaevelsrud, C. (2021). From Formative Research to Cultural Adaptation of a Face-to-Face and Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention for Arabic-Speaking Refugees in Germany. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 3, 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.32872/cpe.4623
Stein, J.*, Niemeyer, H.*, Meyer, C., Wirz, C., Eiling, A., Gruzman, R., Heeke, C., Stammel, N.†, & Knaevelsrud, C.† (2021). Posttraumatic Stress in Adult Civilians Exposed to Violent Conflict, War and Associated Human Rights Abuses in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 294, 605-627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.06.042
* shared first authorship; †shared last authorship
Wirz, C., Boettcher, J., Knaevelsrud, C., & Heeke, C. (2021). Sechs Jahre nach der „Flüchtlingskrise“ – Welche digitalen Interventionen stehen Geflüchteten mit psychischen Störungen zur Verfügung? Psychotherapeut, 66, 424–430. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-021-00534-1
2020
Heeke, C., O'Donald, A., Stammel, N., & Böttche, M. (2020). Same same but different? DSM-5 versus ICD-11 PTSD among traumatized refugees in Germany. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 134, 110129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110129
Stammel, N., Heinzl, L., Heeke, C., Böttche, M., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2020). Association Between Prolonged Grief and Attitudes Toward Reconciliation in Bereaved Survivors of the Khmer Rouge Regime in Cambodia. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 644. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00644
2019
Heeke, C., Kampisiou, C., Niemeyer, H., & Knaevelsrud, C (2019). A systematic review and meta-analysis of correlates of prolonged grief disorder in adults exposed to violent loss. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 8(sup6), 1583524. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1583524
2018
Wenk-Ansohn, M.,* Heeke, C.*, Böttche, M., & Stammel, N. (2018). Acute short-term multimodal treatment for newly arrived traumatized refugees: Reflections on the practical experience and evaluation. Torture Journal 28(2), 99-117. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v28i2.106847
* shared first authorship
2017
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Heinrich, M., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2017). Conflict-related trauma and bereavement: exploring differential symptom profiles of prolonged grief and posttraumatic stress disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 17, 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1286-2
2016
Böttche, M., Heeke, C., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2016). Sequenzielle Traumatisierungen, Traumafolgestörungen und psychotherapeutische Behandlungsansätze bei kriegstraumatisierten erwachsenen Flüchtlingen in Deutschland. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, 59(5), 621-626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-016-2337-4
2015
Heeke, C., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2015). Uneindeutiger Verlust. Der Nervenarzt, 86, 826-832. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-014-4234-0
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2015). When hope and grief intersect: Rates and risks of prolonged grief disorder among bereaved individuals and relatives of disappeared persons in Colombia. Journal of Affective Disorders, 173, 59-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.038
Stammel, S., Abbing, E., Heeke, C., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2015). Applicability of the ICD-11 proposal for PTSD: A comparison of prevalence and comorbidity rates with the DSM-IV PTSD classification in two post-conflict samples. Journal of European Psychotraumatology, 6(1), 27070. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v6.27070
2013
Stammel, N., Heeke, C., Bockers, E., Chhim, S., Taing, S., Wagner, B., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2013). Prolonged grief disorder three decades post loss in survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Journal of Affective Disorders, 144(1-2), 87-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2012.05.063
Other publications
Stammel, N., Heeke, C., Diaz Gomez, M. T., Ziegler, M. & Knaevelsrud, C. (2012). What the Victims tell: Attitudes and Experiences of Internally Displaced Persons within the Armed Conflict and the Reparation Process in Colombia. bzfo-report. https://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/arbeitsbereiche/klinisch_psychologische_intervention/media/report_colombia_12-2012.pdf
Conference presentations
Heeke, C., Hofman, H. , Franzen, M., Knaevelsrud, C., Lenferink, L. Latent classes of prolonged grief and other indicators of psychopathology in bereaved adults: A systematic review. 37th Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), 2.11.2021
Heeke, C., Heinrich, M., Stammel, N., Knaevelsrud. Symptom Profiles of Prolonged Grief and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Colombian Internally Displaced Persons. Vortrag auf der 16. Konferenz der European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), Rotterdam (Niederlande), 14. – 16.06.2019
Heeke, C., Kampisiou, C., Niemeyer, H., & Knaevelsrud, C. Meta-Analyse zu Korrelaten der Anhaltenden Trauerstörung nach gewaltsamem Verlust. Vortrag bei der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie (DeGPT), Frankfurt am Main, 14.-16.03.2019.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Heinrich, M., & Knaevelsrud, C.. Symptomprofile prolongierter Trauer und posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung bei Betroffenen des bewaffneten Konflikts in Kolumbien. Vortrag, 36. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPS. Landau, 10 – 12.05.2018.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Heinrich, M., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2017). Symptomprofile prolongierter Trauer und posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung bei Betroffenen des bewaffneten Konflikts in Kolumbien. Vortrag, 20. Jahrestagung der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie (DeGPT), Dresden, 02.03.2018.
Heeke, C. Trauma und Verlust: Psychopathologische und psychosoziale Konsequenzen im Kontext gewaltsamer Konflikte. Projekttage „Trauma“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hypnose- und Hypnotherapie (DGH), Bad Lippspringe, 05.05.2017.
Heeke, C. Ambiguous loss: Psychopathologische und psychosoziale Konsequenzen im Kontext gewaltsamer Konflikte. Kolloquium der Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Leipzig, 29.03.2017.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Knaevelsrud, C. Experiences and mental health of internally displaced persons within the context of the armed conflict and the reparation process in Colombia. IRCT Scientific Symposium, México D.F., 05.-07.12.2016
Heeke, C., Wenk-Ansoh, M., Stammel, N., Schock, K., Knaevelsrud, C. Evaluation of a multimodal treatment program for refugees in treatment at Berlin Center for Torture Victims IRCT Scientific Symposium, México D.F., 05.-07.12.2016
Heeke, C. & Knaevelsrud, C. Ambiguous loss: Psychological and psychosocial consequences in the context of violent conflicts, 24. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychosomatische Medizin und ärztliche Psychotherapie (DGPM) & 67. Arbeitstagung des Deutschen Kollegiums für Psychosomatische Medizin (DKPM) Vortrag, 16. – 19. März, Potsdam.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Knaevelsrud, C.When hope and grief intersect: Rates and risks of prolonged grief disorder among bereaved individuals and relatives of disappeared persons in Colombia: Vortrag, 45th Annual EABCT Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 31.08.15 – 03.09.15.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Knaevelsrud, C. Characteristics of mental health among beraved and non-bereaved internally displaced persons in Colombia: Vortrag, XIV ESTSS conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, 10.–13. Juni 2015.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Knaevelsrud, C. Armed conflict in Colombia: Rates and risk of prolonged grief disorder among bereaved individuals and relatives of disappeared people. Vortrag, 5th Congress of Transcultural Psychosomatics, Marburg, 8.– 10. Mai 2015.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Neuner, F., Chhim, S., Knaevelsrud, C. Do trials help deal with traumatic experiences from collective violence? Readiness to reconcile nd post-traumatic stress disorder in civil party applicants to the former Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia, Poster, 5th Congress of Transcultural Psychosomatics, Marburg, 8.– 10. Mai 2015.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N. Knaevelsrud, C. Die Kosten des Hoffens: Prolongierte Trauer bei Angehörigen von Verschwundenen und Angehörigen von Verstorbenen in Kolumbien. 17. Jahrestagung der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie (DeGPT), Innsbruck, 02/26–02/28/2015.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Knaevelsrud, C. Prävalenz und Risikofaktoren der prolongierten Trauerstörung bei Opfern interner Vertreibung in Kolumbien. Poster, 32. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Braunschweig, 29 – 31.05.2014.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Diaz Gómez, M., Ziegler, M., Knaevelsrud, C. Interne Vertreibung in Kolumbien: Psychische Gesundheit und Migrationsstressoren, Vortrag, 16. Jahrestagung der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie (DeGPT), Hamburg, 22.03.2014.
Heeke, C., Stammel, N., Bockers, E., Taing, S., Wagner, B., Knaevelsrud, C. Komplizierte Trauer bei den Opfern des Regimes der Roten Khmer in Kambodscha, Vortrag, 14. Jahrestagung der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie (DeGPT), Hamburg, 9.03.2012.