Norbert Schäffeler

Biographic Data

ID1565341
NAMENorbert Schäffeler
GIVEN NAMESNorbert
FAMILY NAMESchäffeler
SIGNATURESCHÄFFELER N
AFFILIATIONSMedical University Hospital Tuebingen, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Germany
ORCID0000-0001-6569-921X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Tailoring interpersonal psychotherapy to psycho-oncology patients (Tiptop)

    Open AccessEbba M Laing, Ebba Laing et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    Our findings will suggest whether investigating group IPT as proposed is an acceptable, feasible and safe approach to ameliorate symptoms of depression in patients with cancer. The study is innovative in that it provides a new treatment to patients of different cancer types and treatment stages, creating a setting that is naturalistic and realistic in the context of psycho-oncology services

  • Patients With Super Obesity Do Not Perceive Themselves as Being at Higher Risk for a More Severe Course of Covid-19 Infection

    Open AccessNorbert Schäffeler, Jacqueline Lohmiller et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    An increased risk for a more severe course of COVID-19 infection is not generally perceived by obese individuals. In particular, individuals with very high BMI (>50)-although being at very high risk for a severe course of the COVID-19 disease-do not display increased worries, which might point toward heightened denial

  • Gastrointestinal complaints in patients with anorexia nervosa in the timecourse of inpatient treatment

    Open AccessCaroline Riedlinger, Nazar Mazurak et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    Informing patients with AN about the course of GI symptoms and their improvement during weight rehabilitation may help support compliance during treatment

  • Higher Acceptance of Videotelephonic Counseling Formats in Psychosomatic Medicine in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessJacqueline Lohmiller, Norbert Schäffeler et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare system in general and psychosomatics in particular were forced to change counseling-specific services and break up established structures. At the beginning of 2020, phone as well as videotelephonic counseling options had to be quickly established. Methods: Patients ( n = 278) of the department of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy at the University Hospital Tübingen were asked to comp…

  • Stigmatization of obese individuals by human resource professionals

    Open AccessKatrin Elisabeth Giel, Stephan Zipfel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    The data suggest that HR professionals are prone to pronounced weight stigmatization, especially in women. This highlights the need for interventions targeting this stigmatization as well as stigma-management strategies for obese individuals. Weight stigmatization and its consequences needs to be a topic that is more strongly addressed in clinical obesity care

  • Internet use among patients with psychosomatic disorders

    Open AccessMartin Teufel, Norbert Schäffeler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2011Cited by: 2References: 21

    While Internet-based health-related offers for various disorders are increasing, little is known about the way patients with psychosomatic disorders use the Internet. We conducted a questionnaire survey in outpatient clinics at two university hospitals' Departments of Psychosomatic Medicine. Seventy-four percent of N = 274 patients had Internet home access and 60 percent of those patients reported health-related Internet use. Patients expressed t…