School of Applied Psychology

Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology

Research topics

Psychotherapy research and treatment research

Research projects in this area examine the effectiveness of different psychotherapy interventions and psychiatric treatment concepts.

Health services research

Research projects in this area examine psychiatric health services mainly in the Zurich region.

Diagnostics

Research projects in this area contribute towards development and evaluation of psychodiagnostic instruments.

Infant research

Research projects in this area focus on the first developmental phase of life, especially on the development of attachment between attachment figures and infants.

Studies

We are responsible for the curriculum in clinical psychology and health psychology. In the master‘s degree programme, clinical psychology is one of three areas of concentration that students may choose. The course contents in the bachelor’s degree programme are adult psychopathology and child and adolescent psychopathology. We also offer in-depth courses on mental disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, and more. The course contents in the master’s degree programme include, among others, methods of psychotherapy and special areas and issues in clinical psychology as well as specialized courses on mental disorders. Our lecturers are networked in the world of practice and have many years of teaching experience at the higher education level. Many of them also have demonstrated competencies in research.   

Modules

Publications

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    2024.

    Entrepreneurial bricolage.

    In:

    TEDxZHAW: Navigation in Times of Disruption, Winterthur, Switzerland, 14 March 2024.

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    2024.

    Medienkonsum von Eltern.

    Frühförderung interdisziplinär.

    43(1), pp. 18-28.

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    2024.

    Kinokultur für die Schule : Evaluationsbericht 2023.

    Zürich:

    ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

    Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30309

  • Moncrieff, Joanna; Cooper, Ruth E.; Stockmann, Tom; Amendola, Simone; Hengartner, Michael Pascal; Horowitz, Mark A.,

    2024.

    Difficult lives explain depression better than broken brains.

    Molecular Psychiatry.

    Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29970

  • Amendola, Simone; Plöderl, Martin; Hengartner, Michael Pascal,

    2024.

    Suicide rates and prescription of antidepressants.

    Crisis.

    Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29966

  • Krys, Kuba; Kostoula, Olga; van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.; Mosca, Oriana; Lee, J. Hannah; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Kocimska-Bortnowska, Agata; Torres, Claudio; Hitokoto, Hidefumi; Liew, Kongmeng; Bond, Michael H.; Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Vignoles, Vivian L.; Zelenski, John M.; Haas, Brian W.; Park, Joonha; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Roczniewska, Marta; Witoszek, Nina; Işık, İdil; Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza; Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra; Yeung, June Chun; Górski, Maciej; Adamovic, Mladen; Albert, Isabelle; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; Fülöp, Márta; Sirlopu, David; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Boer, Diana; Teyssier, Julien; Malyonova, Arina; Gavreliuc, Alin; Serdarevich, Ursula; Akotia, Charity S.; Appoh, Lily; Mira, D. M. Arévalo; Baltin, Arno; Denoux, Patrick; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B.; Igbokwe, David O.; Igou, Eric R.; Kascakova, Natalia; Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie; Kronberger, Nicole; Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo; Mohorić, Tamara; Murdock, Elke; Mustaffa, Nur Fariza; Nader, Martin; Nadi, Azar; van Osch, Yvette; Pavlović, Zoran; Poláčková Šolcová, Iva; Rizwan, Muhammad; Romashov, Vladyslav; Røysamb, Espen; Sargautyte, Ruta; ; Selecká, Lenka; Selim, Heyla A.; Stogianni, Maria; Sun, Chien-Ru; Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka; Xing, Cai; Uchida, Yukiko,

    2024.

    Happiness maximization is a WEIRD way of living.

    Perspectives on Psychological Science.

    20(5), pp. 874-902.

    Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36782

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    2024.

    Kinder und Jugendliche im Netz.

    In:

    Im Sog der digitalen Medien? Kinder und Jugendliche im Netz, Paulusakademie Zürich, Schweiz, 1. Februar 2024.

  • Brohan, Elaine; Chowdhary, Neerja; Dua, Tarun; Barbui, Corrado; Thornicroft, Graham; Kestel, Dévora; Ali, Amza; Assanangkornchai, Sawitri; Brodaty, Henry; Carli, Vladimir; El Chammay, Rabih; Chang, Odille; Collins, Pamela Y.; Cuijpers, Pim; Dowrick, Christopher; Eaton, Julian; Ferri, Cleusa P.; Fortes, Sandra; Hengartner, Michael P.; Humayun, Asma; Jette, Nathalie; de Vries, Petrus J.; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Murthy, Pratima; Nadera, Dinah; Newton, Charles; Njenga, Michael; Omigbodun, Olayinka; Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin; Rahman, Atif; Fortunato dos Santos, Palmira; Saxena, Shekhar; Vijayakumar, Lakshmi; Wang, Huali; Wattanavitukul, Pichayanan; Yewnetu, Enat; Carswell, Ken; Chatterjee, Sudipto; Fatima, Batool; Fleischmann, Alexandra; Gray, Brandon; Hanlon, Charlotte; Hanna, Fahmy; Krupchanka, Dzmitry; Malik, Aiysha; van Ommeren, Mark; Poznyak, Vladimir; Seeher, Katrin; Servili, Chiara; Weissbecker, Inka; Baingana, Florence; Alfonzo Bello, Luis; Bruni, Andrea; Jorge Dos Santos Ferreira Borges Bigot, Ana Carina; Dorji, Chencho; Vandendyck, Martin; Lazeri, Ledia; Monteiro, Maristela Goldnadel; Rani, Manju; Saeed, Khalid; e Souza, Renato Oliveira; Ameyan, Wole; Baltag, Valentina; Branca, Francesco; Cappello, Bernadette; Cometto, Giorgio; Dalil, Suraya; Gabrielli, Albis; Huttner, Benedikt; Jaramillo, Ernesto; Khan, Taskeen; King, Jonathan; Krech, Ruediger; Roebbel, Nathalie; Tran, Nhan; Sumi, Yuka; Syed, Shams,

    2024.

    The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme for mental, neurological, and substance use conditions : the new and updated guideline recommendations.

    The Lancet Psychiatry.

    11(2), pp. 155-158.

Team

Head of Section Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology

Staff