Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology
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.
Publications
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von Wyl, Agnes; Nieuwenboom, Jan Willem; Stoppe, Gabriela; Hengartner, Michael P.,
2025.
10 Jahre Schweizer Manifest für Public Health : braucht es eine Neuformulierung?.
In:
Swiss Public Health Conference (SPHC), Lugano, Switzerland, 10-11 September 2025.
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Burtscher, Michael Josef; Bardy, Gian-Rico; Beugger, Sarah; Odermatt, Miriam,
2025.
The Zurich Team Assessment Inventory : a new tool for team-based personnel selection and development.
In:
18th Conference of the Swiss Society of Psychology, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 7-9 September 2025.
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Fortiguerra, Flavio,
2025.
Employee acceptance and adoption of a new collaboration platform : a mixed-methods case study[poster].
In:
18th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 7-9 September 2025.
Zurich:
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34726
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Burtscher, Michael Josef; Güntner, Amelie; Calasso, Lara,
2025.
Fit to co-lead? Developing a model of individual antecedents for effective topsharing.
In:
18th Conference of the Swiss Society of Psychology, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 7-9 September 2025.
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Ulrich, Sandra,
2025.
Digitale Gesundheitsinterventionen per Chatbot : die Smartphone-Apps SELMA und BalanceUP.
In:
HPR Symposium, Interlaken, Schweiz, 4. September 2025.
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Waller, Gregor; Bernath, Jael; Hengartner, Michael P.,
2025.
Digitale Medien : Chancen und Gefahren für die psychische Gesundheit.
In:
Peter, Claudio; Lieb, Roselind; Romanens-Pythoud, Stéphanie; Schmidt, Stefanie J.; Hepp, Urs, eds.,
Psychische Gesundheit in der Schweiz: Entwicklung, Förderung, Prävention und Versorgung. Nationaler Gesundheitsbericht 2025.
Neuchâtel:
Bundesamt für Statistik BFS.
pp. 222-259.
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Bernath, Jael,
2025.
Bildschirmnutzung und psychische Gesundheit : was sagt die Forschung zu den Zusammenhängen?.
In:
Fachverband Sucht Präventionstag 2025 "Bildschirmnutzung und psychische Gesundheit", Olten, Schweiz, 2. September 2025.
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Okvitawanli, Ayu; Gajewska, Olga; Joshanloo, Mohsen; Vignoles, Vivian L.; Yeung, Victoria Wai Lan; Górski, Maciej R.; Haas, Brian W.; Hussain, M. Azhar; Park, Joonha; Akaliyski, Plamen; Guemaz, Farida; Boussena, Mahmoud; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel; Iter, Nuha; Vlasenko, Olha; Bond, Michael Harris; Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Li, Liman Man Wai; Aminnuddin, Nur Amali; Işık, İdil; Ngom-Dieng, Laina; Fülöp, Márta; Igbokwe, David; Adamovic, Mladen; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna Benedikta; Soboleva, Natalia; Teyssier, Julien; Glückstad, Fumiko Kano; Akello, Grace; Akotia, Charity; Albert, Isabelle; Almakaeva, Anna; Appoh, Lily; Arévalo Mira, Douglas Marlon; Bakyono-Nabaloum, Rasmata; Baltin, Arno; Barrientos Marroquin, Pablo Eduardo; Boer, Diana; Denoux, Patrick; Domínguez Espinosa, Alejandra; Espinosa, Agustin; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Gavreliuc, Alin; Hasanov, Rafail; Igou, Eric Raymond; Iqbal, Naved; Kascakova, Natalia; Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie; Kocimska-Bortnowska, Agata; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Kostoula, Olga; Kronberger, Nicole; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Lee, Hannah; Łużniak-Piecha, Magdalena; Malyonov, Alexander; Malyonova, Arina; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Mohammed, Linda; Mohorić, Tamara; Mosanya, Magdalena; Mosca, Oriana; Murdock, Elke; Mustaffa, Nur Fariza; Myślińska-Szarek, Katarzyna; Nader, Martin; Nadi, Azar; Ochoa, Danielle; Olechowski, Mateusz; Palikot, Ewa; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; Pavlović, Zoran; Poláčková Šolcová, Iva; Reza-A-Rabby, Md.; Rizwan, Muhammad; Rocha, Ana Maria; Romashov, Vladyslav; Røysamb, Espen; Samekin, Adil; Schwarz, Beate; Selim, Heyla; Serdarevich, Ursula; Sirlopú, David; Sobhie, Rosita; Sokolov, Boris; Stogianni, Maria; Stoyanova, Stanislava; Sun, Chien-Ru; Torres, Claudio; Uchida, Yukiko; van Osch, Yvette; van Tilburg, Wijnand; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Wasiel, Arkadiusz; Xing, Cai; Yeung, June Chun; Zelenski, John; Krys, Kuba,
2025.
Love beyond east and west : how cultural models of selfhood predict frequency of being in love.
International Journal of Intercultural Relations.
108(102233).
