Ingo Schäfer

Biographic Data

ID7180091
NAMEIngo Schäfer
GIVEN NAMESIngo
FAMILY NAMESchäfer
SIGNATURESCHÄFER I
AFFILIATIONSUniversität Hamburg
ORCID0000-0002-9711-3559
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR18
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Trauma-informed peacebuilding

    Open AccessLars Dumke, Susanne Heumann-Schoop et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2026

    Despite increasing demand, training efforts in trauma-informed peacebuilding remain fragmented, unevenly distributed, and unevaluated. This review highlights the need for more accessible, contextually relevant, and evidence-informed training initiatives. Recommendations are provided to guide future training development and inform policy and practice aimed at strengthening trauma-informed capacities in peacebuilding

  • Dissociative experiences mediate the association between childhood trauma and verbal hallucinations, but not delusional thoughts, in borderline personality disorder

    Open AccessKatrin Schröeder, Anja Schätzle et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    The results of the mediation analyses are similar to those shown in schizophrenia, suggesting that the examined symptoms in BPD may underlie similar mechanisms. Further research should examine the benefit of the therapeutic approaches for each of the trauma-associated symptom clusters

  • Predictors of traumatic experiences among individuals experiencing pandemic-related stressors

    Open AccessChrysanthi Lioupi, Xenia Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

  • Good practice in reaching and treating refugees in addiction care in Germany – a Delphi study

    Open AccessPanagiotis Stylianopoulos, Laura Hertner et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    In order to guarantee human rights regarding health and adequate access to health care for refugees, institutional barriers limiting access to prevention and treatment programs for addictive disorders must be abolished. The identified good practice strategies for Germany, if widely implemented, could contribute to this aim. By opening up prevention and treatment facilities for refugees, other marginalized groups could also benefit. While some of …

  • Substance (mis)use among refugees as a matter of social ecology

    Open AccessLaura Hertner, Panagiotis Stylianopoulos et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2023

    Given that refugees who (mis)use substances have limited to no control over the factors identified in our study to be associated with substance (mis)use, common treatment and prevention approaches are challenged. Furthermore, we recommend aiming for a holistic comprehension of refugees' substance (mis)use by expanding the focus beyond individuals to the social ecological context in any attempt, including prevention, treatment, research, and polic…

  • Improving care for SUD patients with complex trauma–relationships between childhood trauma, dissociation, and suicidal behavior in female patients with PTSD and SUD

    Open AccessPiotr Gidzgier, Piotr A Gidzgier et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2023

    In our sample of female patients with SUD and co-occurring PTSD, dissociation significantly increased suicidal behavior and served as a mediator of the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and suicidal behavior. Our findings underline the need to include interventions to address dissociative symptoms and other more complex consequences of childhood trauma into concepts of care for patients with SUD

  • The Pandemic Stressor Scale

    Open AccessAnnett Lotzin, Ronja Ketelsen et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2022

    The Pandemic Stressor Scale showed sufficient factorial validity for the nine measured domains of stressors during the current COVID-19 pandemic

  • The boundaries between complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters and post-migration living difficulties in traumatised Afghan refugees

    Open AccessJennifer Schieß-Jokanovic, Matthias Knefel et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2022

    Re-experiencing and affective dysregulation have the strongest ties to PMLDs. Thus, these domains might explain the strong association of posttraumatic psychopathology with PLMDs and, consequently, prioritization of these domains in treatment approaches might both facilitate treatment response and reduce burden caused by PMLDs

  • Associations of Depressive Symptoms, Covid-19-Related Stressors, and Coping Strategies. A Comparison Between Cities and Towns in Germany

    Open AccessCaroline Meyer, Rayan El‐Haj‐Mohamad et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    Depressive symptoms, perceived stressors, and approach/avoidance coping strategies differed between city vs. town inhabitants. These differences should be considered in policy-making and mental health care

  • Escaping the past and living in the present

    Open AccessJutta Lindert, Ulrike Neuendorf et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2021

    Findings support Syrian refugees` perspectives of substance use as a way of both escaping the past and coping with psychosocial difficulties in the present in a socio-ecological understanding. Understanding the explanatory model of Syrian refugees can inform future interventions to prevent substance abuse and design tailored interventions. Further studies with Syrian refugees in more countries are needed to better understand resettled refugees` p…

  • Emotion Regulation as a Mediator between Childhood Abuse and Neglect and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women with Substance Use Disorders

    Johanna Kahl, Julia Holl et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2020

    Objective A history of childhood abuse and neglect (CAN) is significantly associated with psychopathologies in adulthood, including comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD). Difficulties in emotion regulation (ER) might influence the association between CAN and PTSD. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between CAN and PTSD symptom severity in women with SUD and to investigate the mediating …

  • Addiction Recovery Among Opioid-Dependent Patients Treated With Injectable Subcutaneous Depot Buprenorphine

    Open AccessBernd Schulte, Kirsten Lehmann et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2020

    Introduction: Once-weekly or once-monthly injectable depot buprenorphine is a new opioid substitution treatment (OST) medication that provides clinically relevant plasma concentrations without daily peaks. Together with a high tolerability and acceptance reported by patients, the prolonged release of injectable depot buprenorphine might have beneficial implications on the patients' quality of life and social participation. The primary objective o…

  • Profiles of Childhood Trauma in Women With Substance Use Disorders and Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorders

    Open AccessAnnett Lotzin, Johanna Grundmann et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019

    Background: It is increasingly becoming accepted that substance use disorders, including substance abuse and substance dependence, are closely related to childhood trauma and posttraumatic stress disorders. Among women with substance use disorders, the majority report sexual, physical or emotional abuse, or neglect. However, it is poorly understood which types of childhood trauma co-occur in women with substance use disorders and how combinations…

  • Childhood trauma and self-stigma of alcohol dependence

    Susanne Stolzenburg, Claudia Tessmer et al.ARTICLEStigma and Health2017

  • Learning how to ask”

    Annett Lotzin, Cansas Study Group et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2017

    These findings suggest that health care professionals can acquire skills in trauma inquiry and response from short trainings, which may enhance systematic assessment of traumatic events. (PsycINFO Database Record

  • Relationships between a Dissociative Subtype of PTSD and Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Substance Use Disorders

    Michaela Mergler, Martin Drießen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2017

    The increasing support for a dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD-D) has led to its inclusion in DSM-5. We examined relationships between PTSD-D and relevant variables in patients with substance use disorders (SUD). The sample comprised N = 459 patients with SUD. The International Diagnostic Checklist and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale were used to diagnose PTSD. In addition, participants completed the Childhood Trauma…

  • A Pilot Study of Seeking Safety in a Sample of German Women Outpatients with Substance Dependence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Dorina Kaiser, Johanna Grundmann et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2015

    Seeking Safety is an integrated coping skills therapy for substance use disorder (SUD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our aim was to examine the effects of Seeking Safety in a sample of female German outpatients with current SUD and PTSD. A total of 53 women were offered 12 weekly sessions of Seeking Safety, conducted in group modality. Women (N=33) who attended at least six sessions were considered minimum-dose completers and were in …

  • Brief Alcohol Interventions in Social Service and Criminal Justice Settings

    Christiane S Schmidt, R McGovern et al.ARTICLEThe British Journal of Social Work2015Cited by: 1References: 36

    Journal Article Brief Alcohol Interventions in Social Service and Criminal Justice Settings: A Critical Commentary Get access Christiane Sybille Schmidt, Christiane Sybille Schmidt * 1Centre of Interdisciplinary Addiction Research of Hamburg University (CIAR), University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany *Correspondence to Christiane Sybille Schmidt, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychot…