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Stephanie Haering @shaering.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨Our new systematic review identifies diversity data gaps in PTSD research.

🔹 Middle-aged, well-educated, and non-marginalized groups were overrepresented. - Although marginalized groups and those with lower SES are at increased risk for PTSD.

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Moving beyond gender: a systematic review of diversity data gaps in prospective trauma research

Background: To better understand heterogeneity in PTSD development and to ensure that knowledge of risk and intervention mechanisms is available for a diverse group of trauma exposed individuals, p...

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · Aug 25

We are excited to share our contribution to a study with @talkywalky.bsky.social, @sinhaengel.bsky.social & colleagues on how an internet-based CBT intervention for MDD impacts sleep quality and stress markers.

Read about the results here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cp...

The figure shows the time course of sleep quality during the internet-based intervention. Note. STSQ: Short-term Sleep Quality PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. For both indices, lower values indicate a better sleep quality.

Short-term sleep quality results did not show a significant effect from pre-intervention (T0) to mid-intervention (T1; estimate = 0.01; se = 0.20; df = 84.45; padj = 0.97) or pre-to-post-intervention (T2; estimate = 0.05; se = 0.21; df = 85.84; padj = 1.00). Results of the long-term sleep quality analysis during the intervention showed a significant effect from both T0 to T1 (estimate = −1.30; se = 0.40; df = 85.64; padj < 0.01), and from T0 to T2 (estimate = −2.04; se = 0.40; df = 85.73; padj < 0.001).

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · Aug 18

We were happy to contribute to a project exploring how childhood maltreatment affects postpartum depression, using both subjective and objective measures of chronic stress, together with @meikeb.bsky.social @sinhaengel.bsky.social @shaering.bsky.social & collaborators!

👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

The figure shows model 4.2, a mediated regression model predicting symptoms of postpartum depression (N = 111). Past major depressive episodes were included as relevant confounders. ß = standardized beta coefficient. B = unstandardized beta coefficient. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.

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Maria Meier @mariame.bsky.social · Jun 12

Three days left to participate in round one of our Delphi study. 🔥

For more infos, follow the link! #hormones #psychoneuroendocrinology 🧪

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · May 13

Congratulations again, Stephanie, on this amazing work. It has been an honor and pleasure for me to be a part of your journey❤️

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · May 13

The sixth and final paper of her thesis emerged from @gtrauma.bsky.social. It showed, among other interesting results, that individuals identifying as non-binary were most and men were least likely to report exposure to sexual and physical violence. doi.org/10.1080/2000...

Exploring transdiagnostic stress and trauma-related symptoms across the world: a latent class analysis

Background: Although trauma exposure is universally prevalent, the ways in which individuals respond to potentially traumatic events vary. Between-country differences have been identified as affect...

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · May 13

PTSD risk factors are more prevalent in women, but men are more vulnerable to them – this pattern also emerges from a meta-analytical perspective. doi.org/10.1037/abn0...

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · May 13

Her fourth paper is part of the ELSA study, investigating unintended pregnancies as a potential stressor. It emphasizes the relevance of sexual abuse and birth trauma as high-impact trauma that disproportionately affect women, and the impact of childhood maltreatment.
doi.org/10.1037/tra0...

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · May 13

Her third paper, again with the AURORA team and supervised by Jennifer Stevens and Abigail Powers, Stephanie identifies risk factors for PTSD that men are more vulnerable to (e.g. pretrauma anxiety, acute dissociative symptoms) doi.org/10.1017/S003...

Sex-dependent differences in vulnerability to early risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder: results from the AURORA study | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core

Sex-dependent differences in vulnerability to early risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder: results from the AURORA study - Volume 54 Issue 11

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · May 13

Her second paper is based on the AURORA study. Stephanie introduces a systematic framework of sex- and gender-related pathways to PTSD and identifies risk factors with increased prevalence/ severity in women (e.g. sexual assault, anxiety sensitivity). doi.org/10.1038/s442...

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · May 13

In her first paper, Stephanie systematically quantifies the sex and gender data gap in prospective studies on PTSD development. Although women have an increased PTSD risk from 1 month up to 5 years posttrauma, they are underrepresented in research doi.org/10.1037/abn0...

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · May 13

Late to the party, but couldn’t miss to congratulate @shaering.bsky.social on very successfully defending her PhD thesis and to shortly summarize her excellent work here.
Stephanie’s thesis is a comprehensive overview of the sex and gender data gap in psychotraumatology, absolutely worth a read.

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Marcella Woud @marcellawoud.bsky.social · May 12

* Bridging the Gender Data Gap in Mental Health * - This Summer School focuses on bridging the gender data gap in preclinical and clinical research, with an emphasis on mental health and neuroscience. >>> Please share! :-)

www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/de/female-br...

Fe/male Brain Summer School 2025 | Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Apr 11

All (German-speaking) psychotherapists who would like to support PMDD patients and provide treatment: please register on the PMDS Hilfe e.V. Website and subscribe to the new newsletter for service providers pmds-hilfe.de/fachinfo/

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Apr 11

Next, looking forward to attending the symposium on sex(hormones), gender and mental health online.

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Apr 11

It was such an honor to chair the symposium on reproductive mental disorders at #DPK2025 yesterday. We brought together perspectives from science, practitioners and experts by experience. So thankful for the valuable contributions.

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Annika Konrad @annikakonrad.bsky.social · Apr 9

Join our symposium on socio-affective mechanisms and trauma: I‘ll share some preliminary results from our new fMRI study on the influence of empathy on witnessed trauma 🧠🎉: today, 1pm, Room II (sorry only in German) @dpk-kongress.bsky.social

Kanske Lab @kanskelab.bsky.social · Apr 7

We'll be @DPK2025 - check out the fantastic talks by @katfoerster.bsky.social @annikakonrad.bsky.social @ingmarheinig.bsky.social @larapuhlmann.bsky.social @kanske.bsky.social & more
@dpk-kongress.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social
tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Apr 9

Menstrual cycle research lunch #DPK2025 @celinebencker.bsky.social @sibelnayman.bsky.social Great to experience how this group of researchers is growing and connecting

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Mar 20

Congratulations Hannah Klusmann on the DGVT award and thanks for inviting @sibelnayman.bsky.social and me to join you for the symposium on the menstrual cycle and mental health

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Nov 18

Daily depressive symptom ratings across the menstrual cycle show individual differences in cyclicity and differential patterns for different symptoms, highlighting the need for individualization in assessment and treatment. Happy to share our new paper led by Hannah Klusmann. doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Menstrual cycle related depressive symptoms and their diurnal fluctuations – an ambulatory assessment study - BMC Women's Health

Background Reproductive mood disorders indicate that within-person variation in depressive symptoms across the menstrual cycle can be related to ovarian hormone changes. Until now, such cycle-related ...

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Tim Kaiser @tkaiser.science · Nov 2

Very nice! @mathiasharrer.bsky.social et al.'s metapsy now has a data base of PTSD studies: www.metapsy.org/database/ptsd

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Oct 30

Congratulations to @shaering.bsky.social and Caroline Meyer who led this huge effort.

Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Oct 30

It builds on a comprehensive systematic review on sex-and gender-sensitive reporting and analysis. The meta-analysis clearly showed a sex/gender data gap: Only one third of participants included in prospective studies were women.

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Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Oct 30

The study also includes analyses on sex-/gender-dependent vulnerability to common risk factors and sex-/gender-specific risk factors such as traumatic childbirth.

Sinha Engel @sinhaengel.bsky.social · Oct 30

I’m very happy to share the preprint of our most recent meta-analysis on sex/gender differences in PTSD risk factors.

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Most importantly, our results suggest that women’s increased risk for PTSD is due to their higher immediate psychological stress responses to trauma.

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