Funk, J., Kopf-Beck, J., Takano, K., Watkins, E., Ehring, T. (2025). An app designed to reduce repetitive negative thinking can decrease depression and anxiety in young people only when used frequently – Results from a randomized controlled prevention trial. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102014.
Hagenberg, J., Brückl, T., Erhart, M., Kopf-Beck, J., Ködel, M., Rehawi, G., Röh-Karamihalev, S., Sauer, S., Yusupov, N., Rex-Haffner, M., Spoormaker, V., Sämann, P., Binder, E., Knauer-Arloth, J. (2024). Dissecting depression: Multi-omics clustering uncovers immune-related subgroups and cell-type specific dysregulation. Brain, Behavior and Immunity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.09.013.
Egan, S., Greene, D., Callaghan, T., Raghav, S., Funk, J., Badenbach, T., Talam, S., McEvoy, P., Ehring, T., Kopf-Beck, J. (2024). Worry and rumination as a transdiagnostic target: A co-produced systematic review and meta-analysis. Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2024.2369936.
Tamm, J., Takano, K., Just, L., Ehring, T., Rosenkranz, T., Kopf-Beck, J. (2024). Ecological momentary assessment versus weekly questionnaire assessment for measuring depressive symptoms in a clinical trial. Depression and Anxiety. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9191823.
Funk, J., Takano, K., Babl, M., Goldstein, R., Oberwestersberger, R., Kopf-Beck, J., Rohleder, N., Ehring, T. (2024). Can an intervention designed to reduce repetitive negative thinking alter the response to a psychosocial stressor? A randomized controlled study. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 104547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104547.
Kopf-Beck, J., Müller, C. L., Tamm, J., Fietz, J., Rek, N., Just, L., Spock, Z., Weweck, K., Takano, K., Rein, M., Keck, M.E., Egli, S. (2024). Effectiveness of schema therapy vs cognitive behavioral therapy vs supportive therapy for depression in an inpatient and day clinic setting: A randomized clinical trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 93(1), 24–35. https://doi.org/10.1159/000535492.
Gussmann, E., Lindner, C., Lucae, S., Falkai, P., Padberg, F., Egli, S., Kopf-Beck, J. (2023). Targeting metacognitive change mechanisms in acute inpatients with psychotic symptoms: Feasibility and acceptability of a modularized group intervention. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37741946/.
Gussmann, E., Lucae, S., Falkai, P., Padberg, F., Egli, S., Kopf-Beck, J. (2023). Developing a mechanism-based therapy for acute psychiatric inpatients with psychotic symptoms: An Intervention Mapping approach. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14:1160075. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1160075.
Yusupov, N., Dieckmann, L., Erhart, M., Sauer, S., Rex-Haffner, M., Kopf-Beck, J., Brückl, T., Czamara, D. Binder, E. (2023). Transdiagnostic evaluation of epigenetic age acceleration and burden of psychiatric disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology, 48, 1409–1417.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-023-01579-3.
Funk, J., Kopf-Beck, J., Watkins, E., Ehring, T. (2023). Does an app designed to reduce repetitive negative thinking decrease depression and anxiety in young people? (RETHINK): A randomized controlled prevention trial. Trials, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07295-z.
Rek, K., Kappelmann, N., Zimmermann, J., Rein, M., Egli, S., & Kopf-Beck, J. (2023). Evaluating the role of maladaptive personality traits in schema therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy for depression. Psychological medicine, 53(10), 4405–4414. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722001209.
Kuzminskaite, E., Gathier, A., Cuijpers, P., … Kopf-Beck, J., … Vinkers, C.H. (2022). Treatment efficacy and effectiveness in adults with major depressive disorder and childhood trauma history: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 9(11), 860–873. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00227-9.
Paetsch, A., Moultrie, J., Kappelmann, N., Fietz, J., Bernstein, D. P., & Kopf-Beck, J. (2021). Psychometric properties of the German version of the Young Positive Schema Questionnaire (YPSQ) in the general population and psychiatric patients. Journal of Personality Assessment, 104(4), 522–531. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2021.1966020.
Kopf-Beck, J., & Fietz, J. (2021). Moving toward a process-oriented perspective in the personalized treatment of depression. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 271(3), 413-415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-021-01249-9.
Kappelmann, N., Müller-Myhsok, B. & Kopf-Beck, J. (2021). Adapting the randomised controlled trial (RCT) for precision medicine: Introducing the nested-precision RCT (npRCT). Trials, 22(13). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04965-0.
Erhardt, N.M., Fietz, J., Kopf-Beck, J., Kappelmann, N., Brem, A.-K. (2021). Separating EEG correlates of stress: Cognitive effort, time pressure, and social-evaluative threat. European Journal of Neuroscience, 55(9), 2464–2473. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15211.
Brandi, M.-L., Lahnakoski, J., Kopf-Beck, J., Nolte, T., Brueckl, T., Schilbach, L. (2021). Imagery of negative interpersonal experiences influence the neural mechanisms of social interaction. Neuropsychologia, 160, 107923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107923.
Kopf-Beck, J., Zimmermann, P., Egli, S., Rein, M., Kappelmann, N., Fietz, J., Tamm, J., Rek, K., Lucae, S, Brem, A.-K., Sämann, P., Schilbach, L., Keck, M. E. (2020). Schema therapy versus cognitive behavioral therapy versus individual supportive therapy for depression in an inpatient and day clinic setting: Study protocol of the OPTIMA-RCT. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1). 506. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02880-x.
Kappelmann, N., Rein, M.L., Fietz, J., Mayberg, H.S., Craighead, W.E., Dunlop, B.W., Nemeroff, C.B., Keller, M., Klein, D., Arnow, B., Husain, N., Jarrett, R., Vittengl, J., Parker, G., Dekker, J., Keck, M.E., Kopf-Beck, J. (2020). Psychotherapy or medication for depression? Using individual symptom meta-analyses to derive a Symptom-Oriented Therapy (SOrT) metric for a personalized psychiatry. BMC Medicine, 18(1), 170. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01623-9.
Keck, M. E., Kappelmann, N., & Kopf-Beck, J. (2018). Translational research as prerequisite for personalized psychiatry. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 268(3), 215–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-018-0885-3.
Ditlmann, R. K., & Kopf-Beck, J. (2019). The meaning of being German: An inductive approach to national identity. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 7(1), 423–447. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v7i1.557.
Kopf-Beck, J., Gaisbauer, F., & Dengler, S. (2017). Shame on me? Shame on you! Emotional reactions to cinematic portrayals of the Holocaust. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5(2), 367–395. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i2.355.
Kopf-Beck, J., Gaisbauer, F.; Dengler, S. (2013). Engaging with German history: Reactions of the third post-war generation to cinematic representations of the Holocaust. Conflict & communication online, 12/1.
Kopf-Beck, J. (2011): Human rights orientation and modern anti-Semitism. Conflict & communication online, 10/1.