Valentin Lackmann, Miriam Henkel, Cord Benecke, Claudia Kozik, Knut Schnell, Christian Fricke-Neef, Bettina Mardus, Martin Ohlmeier, Dorothea von Haebler, Christian Sell
{"title":"Originalbeiträge (Originals). Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD-3) for Patients with Psychosis: Feasibility and Differential Reliability / Operationalisierte Psychodynamischen Diagnostik 3 (OPD-3) bei Patient:innen mit Psychose: Anwendbarkeit und differenzielle Reliabilität.","authors":"Valentin Lackmann, Miriam Henkel, Cord Benecke, Claudia Kozik, Knut Schnell, Christian Fricke-Neef, Bettina Mardus, Martin Ohlmeier, Dorothea von Haebler, Christian Sell","doi":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.225","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examines the feasibility and differential inter-rater reliability of Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis 3 (OPD-3) for patients experiencing psychosis.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted OPD interviews with n₁ = 40 patients with SCID-diagnosed nonpsychotic disorders and n₂ = 40 patients with non-affective or affective psychoses. Each patient's video-recorded interview was independently rated by two trained OPD-3 raters, selected from a rater pool of five. We assessed feasibility based on extensive rater discussions and consultations with expert practitioners.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>OPD-based diagnostic assessment of individual psychodynamic patient characteristics with OPD-3 has proven feasible for patients with psychosis. Due to particularities of this patient group, some aspects of the rating necessitate specific attention during rater training. OPD-3 shows moderate to excellent inter-rater reliabilities for patients with psychosis with only minor differences to patients without psychosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>OPD-3 is a clinically applicable and reliable instrument for psychodynamic diagnosis in patients with psychosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":51217,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie","volume":"71 3","pages":"225-240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eva M Klein, Almut Zeeck, Elmar Brähler, Anja Hilbert, Bernhard Strauß, Johannes Kruse, Lina Krakau
{"title":"Originalbeiträge (Originals). Körpererleben und Essstörungspsychopathologie: Die Rolle struktureller Beeinträchtigungen in einer repräsentativen Bevölkerungsstichprobe / Body Experience and Eating Disorder Psychopathology: The Role of Personality Functioning in a Representative Population Sample.","authors":"Eva M Klein, Almut Zeeck, Elmar Brähler, Anja Hilbert, Bernhard Strauß, Johannes Kruse, Lina Krakau","doi":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Body Experience and Eating Disorder Psychopathology: The Role of Personality Functioning in a Representative Population Sample Objective: The association between body experience and eating psychopathology is well established. However, research examining personality functioning (PF), defined as an impairment in self and interpersonal functioning, as an additional risk factor in this interplay is lacking.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a representative sample (N = 2.510), body experience, eating disorder symptoms and PF were assessed using questionnaires. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted controlling for age, gender, distress and BMI in order to investigate the moderating effects of PF on the relationship between body experience and eating psychopathology.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results show that eating psychopathology is significantly related to both body experience and impaired personality functioning. As a moderating effect, it was found that people with severe impairments in PF and lower scores on the attractiveness/self-confidence subscale of body experience were particularly likely to report eating disorder symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results highlight the importance of body experience and personality functioning in the prevalence and severity of eating disorder psychopathology. These aspects should be considered in the prevention and diagnosis of eating disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":51217,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie","volume":"71 3","pages":"212-224"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial. Psychodynamik, Struktur und Beziehungsraum: Zur Relevanz innerpsychischer Modelle für Diagnostik und Intervention.","authors":"Claas Lahmann","doi":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51217,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie","volume":"71 3","pages":"209-211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Doris Hoffmann-Lamplmair, Simon Schober, Victor Blüml
{"title":"Originalbeiträge (Originals). The ICD-11 Model of Personality Disorders and its Diagnostic Measures: A Systematic Review / Das ICD-11-Modell der Persönlichkeitsstörungen und seine diagnostischen Instrumente: Ein systematisches Review.","authors":"Doris Hoffmann-Lamplmair, Simon Schober, Victor Blüml","doi":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.272","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The introduction of a new dimensional approach for the diagnosis of personality disorders in ICD-11 entails the need for valid instruments to operationalize the new model. The present study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing research on the available instruments for the new model.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic literature search was carried out with PubMed. Only empirical data on the ICD-11 personality model in adults were considered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 93 publications, 79 studies applied at least one relevant diagnostic instrument. The majority showed satisfactory reliability, construct validity and criterion-related validity. The most investigated measures are the Standardized Assessment of Severity of Personality Disorder (SASPD), Personality Disorder Severity ICD-11 scale (PDS-ICD-11), Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (PiCD) and Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Brief-Version-Modified+ (PID-5-BF+M).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The available diagnostic instruments for the new ICD-11 PD model show promising results. The development of a sound structured clinical interview is desirable.</p>","PeriodicalId":51217,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie","volume":"71 3","pages":"272-292"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aslı Akın, Paul-Magnus Reichel, Elisabeth Clara Weber, Greta Kluge, Florian Klapproth, Cord Benecke, Inge Seiffge-Krenke, Lea Sarrar
{"title":"Originalbeiträge (Originals). Psychodynamische Konflikte im intergenerationalen Kontext: Eine Pilotstudie bei Adoleszenten mit psychischen Belastungen und ihren Eltern / Psychodynamic Conflicts in the Intergenerational Context: A Pilot Study on Adolescents with Mental Health Problems and Their Parents.","authors":"Aslı Akın, Paul-Magnus Reichel, Elisabeth Clara Weber, Greta Kluge, Florian Klapproth, Cord Benecke, Inge Seiffge-Krenke, Lea Sarrar","doi":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychodynamic Conflicts in the Intergenerational Context: A Pilot Study on Adolescents with Mental Health Problems and Their Parents Objectives: Psychodynamic conflicts are intrapsychic phenomena shaped by familial relationship experiences, playing a key role in mental disorders. Studies on intergenerational associations of these conflicts are scarce. This study explores the extent and intergenerational links of psychodynamic conflicts in adolescents with mental health problems and their parents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>290 adolescents (Mage = 18.0 ± 1.9), 95 mothers (Mage = 49.7 ± 5.3), and 52 fathers (Mage = 52.4 ± 4.2) completed the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics Conflict Questionnaires. After examining the extent of conflicts, intergenerational associations were analyzed using regression models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adolescents experienced self-worth and identity conflicts, whereas parents struggled with the need for care versus self-sufficiency conflict. Parental and adolescent conflicts were significantly associated. Gender-specific analyses revealed that paternal conflicts particularly explained the passive identity conflict in female adolescents, whereas the maternal active oedipal conflict was linked to the corresponding conflict in male adolescents.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings underscore intergenerational and gender-specific conflict dynamics. Longitudinal studies should clarify underlying mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":51217,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie","volume":"71 3","pages":"257-271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Heftes (The authors in this issue).","authors":"","doi":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.293","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51217,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie","volume":"71 3","pages":"293"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanyan Liao, Meng Wu, Jun Pan, Lijuan Xie, Lili Wang
{"title":"Originalbeiträge (Originals). Application and Effect of Rational-emotive Therapy Combined with Mindfulness Breathing in Psychological Intervention of Triple-negative Breast Cancer Patients / Anwendung und Wirkung der Rational-Emotiven Therapie in Kombination mit Achtsamkeitsatmung in der psychologischen Intervention bei Patientinnen mit Triple-negativem Brustkrebs.","authors":"Yanyan Liao, Meng Wu, Jun Pan, Lijuan Xie, Lili Wang","doi":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13109/zptm.2025.71.3.241","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore the application and effect of rational-emotive therapy combined with mindfulness breathing in psychological intervention of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The subjects of study were 96 patients with breast cancer who were diagnosed as TNBC in the Breast Department of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital from July 2022 to December 2022. Enrolled patients were divided into an observation group (n = 48) and an intervention group (n = 48). Patients in the intervention group received routine psychological care for breast cancer, and those in the observation group were provided with rational-emotive therapy combined with mindfulness breathing on the basis of the former group. Further comparison was conducted on the psychological status and quality of life between the two groups of patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After intervention, the number of SCL-90 positive items decreased by 3.1±1.6 in the observation group and 1.9±1.0 only in the intervention group, with statistically significant difference between groups (t = 7.1, P > 0.01). The total average score of the observation group was improved by 2.0±0.8 points, while that was 0.9±0.6 point only the intervention group (t = 12.1, P > 0.01). The PANAS positive emotional factor scored 34.71±5.39 points and 30.7±6.19 points in the observation group and the intervention group, respectively (t = 3.21, P > 0.01). Besides, the total score of FACT-B in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the intervention group (31.3±6.7 points vs. 25.5±6.8 points; t = 4.649, P > 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Rational-emotive therapy combined with mindfulness breathing can effectively improve the psychological status of TNBC patients and improve their quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":51217,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie","volume":"71 3","pages":"241-256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jörg Frommer, Aylin Kuruçelik, Kris Per Schindler, Florian Schoppe
{"title":"Originalbeiträge (Originals). Psychische und psychosomatische Langzeitfolgen von politischen Traumatisierungen durch die DDR-Diktatur: Eine Bilanz aus Klinik und Forschung / Psychic and psychosomatic longterm sequelae due to political traumatization by GDR-dictatorship: An overview.","authors":"Jörg Frommer, Aylin Kuruçelik, Kris Per Schindler, Florian Schoppe","doi":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.2.158","DOIUrl":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.2.158","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychic and psychosomatic longterm sequelae due to political traumatization by GDRdictatorship: An overview Objectives: The subject of this paper is the long-term health effects of political trauma caused by tyranny in the Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) between 1945 and 1990.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The starting points are the clinical experiences of the first author as founder and representative of the psychosomatic chair at the University Hospital Magdeburg from 1996 to 2021, the reference regarding central findings of the state of art in research, and a look at parts of the preliminary results of the research network \"Long-term health consequences of SED injustice\" funded by the Federal Government.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The long-term consequences that currently persist to a considerable extent are not limited to effects of imprisonment, but also include a number of other forms of experience of repression and consist not only in the shape of post-traumatic stress disorders, but usually in a much more complex network of psychological, psychosomatic and somatic illnesses.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The reappraisal of these damages in criminal law, health care and social law has just as serious shortcomings as the suppression of this part of German history in public discourse.</p>","PeriodicalId":51217,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie","volume":"71 2","pages":"158-171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144512778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Originalbeiträge (Originals). Mentalisierungsfähigkeit älterer Patient:innen mit psychischen Erkrankungen – Fremdeinschätzungen durch Psychotherapeut:innen / Mentalization ability of older patients with mental illness – external assessments by psychotherapists.","authors":"Meinolf Peters, Tobias Becker","doi":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.1.4","DOIUrl":"10.13109/zptm.2025.71.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mentalization ability of older patients with mental illness - external assessments by psychotherapists Background: The construct of mentalization ability is becoming increasingly important in modern psychotherapy, but little is known about the mentalizing abilities of older patients. Initial results on theory of mind abilities indicate deficits. However, this only sheds light on one aspect of the ability to mentalize. The present study was concerned with a more comprehensive examination of mentalization abilities in older patients and their clinical significance.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>As part of the ÄPP study (Older Patients in Psychotherapy), a sample (N = 527) was examined using the Modes of Mentalization Scale, whereby psychotherapists were each asked to assess a younger or older patient, i. e. psychotherapists acted as raters here. In addition, the psychotherapists were asked to assess the rated patient with regard to various clinical parameters (e. g. suitability for psychotherapy).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Older patients show deficits in mentalization skills compared to younger patients, although these are lower than expected. The reasons for this are discussed as a result of selection factors in psychotherapeutic care. In older patients, however, the assessment of a more limited mentalization ability has a more far-reaching influence on the therapist's clinical assessment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The therapeutic focus should be on promoting the ability to mentalize. But psychotherapists should also be better trained to deal with corresponding deficits in older patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":51217,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie","volume":"71 1","pages":"4-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143722246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}