Our
research focus is on the development of novel non-pharmacological interventions
for difficult-to-treat affective disorders, i.e. therapy-resistant or chronic
depression or depression with significant psychiatric co-morbidity (e.g.
borderline personality disorder, posttraumatic disorder - complex affective
disorders).
Several
research tracks have been established to achieve this goal: 1) characterization
of clinical, psychological (e.g. trauma, resilience, attachment, mentalization)
and neurobiological features (e.g. oxytocin, HPA regulation) of these patients,
2) investigation of novel psychotherapeutic approaches (e.g. Cognitive
Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy - CBASP), 3) development of
non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods (e.g. repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation - rTMS, transcranial direct current stimulation - tDCS) to
provide safe and effective therapeutic interventions. The third research track
is most advanced and has recently been funded by the Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF).
Currently,
we are particularly interested in characterizing the interaction between NIBS
and prefrontal neural networks using fMRI and EEG as well as sequentially conducting
high-quality, randomized, controlled clinical trials with rTMS and tDCS.
Offering
PhD positions in 2024: To be announced.
Website:
http://www.klinikum.uni-muenchen.de/Klinik-und-Poliklinik-fuer-Psychiatrie-und-Psychotherapie/de/ueber_uns/team/padberg/index.html
The website of the BMBF consortium:
https://www.gcbs.network
Google scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tkGQdqQAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao
Research gate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Padberg2
PubMed:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=32380556,32279145,32187319,32161992,32122766,32090773,32076760,31969264,31901449,31837388,31794971,31617873,31586242,31513969,31244347,31204061,31145145,31105027,31055635,30796528,30639235,30542818,30537770,30488539,30328957,30314900,30197592,30110930,29954701,29894705,29847848,29759944,29692278,29660416,29631203,29626226,29449104,29445329,29317605,29306947,29214483,29174304,29166690,29159504,29159503,29111404,29100154,28956140,28913915,28807845,28709880,28623732,28561175,28545770,28450138,28427306,28291595,28246891,28033520,27866120,27580497,27496671,27495298,27439991,27320943,27173384,27098066,27064696,27056623,26977515,26890095,26854984,26842422,26573660,26341690,26327480,26216792,26143023,25655160,25466833,25359259,25253645,25034472,25018056,24969030,24509248,24506290,24472621,24368763,24060570,23893490,23826214,23664268,23602861,23545473,23517664,23415938,22843027,22576049,22104371,22031874,21962978,21157695,21146614,20714080,20633448,20473062,20013552,19995213,19996232,19924586,19691871,19680706,19501468,19409383,19339158,19243838,19137237,19137233,20633399,19070834,19067998,19035484,19022787,20633396,18619985,18096106,18177525,17993266,17978325,17963846,19224412,17873696,17515176,17366437,17253331,17151984,16817979,16566633,16310959,16259998,16247651,16127281,15677414,15662515,15565298,15376696,14757337,14754383,14677418,14625878,12842168,12700707,12696999,12658378,12629540,12587185,12573303,12562590,12552362,12508263,12431862,12377400,12215879,12212666,12119881,11950462,11926727,11886690,11823280,11818173,11789127,11682253,11578642,11561942,11457424,11449027,11356296,11315514,11268764,11071018,11058789,10982199,10920665,10771175,10643888,10622338,10556808,10505978,10095017,10076553,10025579,9926043,9619646,9507194,9413268,9218628,9198789,8357210,1634612
