Dr. rer. nat. (PhD)
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
research associate
Raum: T3-268
Mailing address:
Universität Bielefeld
Postfach 100131
33501 Bielefeld
Phone: +49 (0)521-106-4490
Fax: +49 (0)521-106-89012
Email: verena.ertl(at)uni-bielefeld.de
Sprechstunde nach Vereinbarung
- clinical field research, epidemiology & psychotherapy of war-displaced refugees, IDPs and former child soldiers
- treatment of posttraumatic stress disorders
- psychological consequences and causes of violence
- mental health, human rights and psychotherapy in crises areas
- build-up of public mental health structures in resource poor countries
For more information about trauma research and mental-health interventions in countries affected by war and conflicts, please visit the website of vivo foundation.
A complete version of the publication list can be downloaded here
(last version: October 2011)
MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION
- Koessler, S., Wöhrmann, C., Zwissler, S., Pfeiffer, A., Ertl, V, & Kissler, J. (submitted). Does remembering impair forgetting in chronically stressed people? An experimental study in Ugandan civil war refugees with and without PTSD. paper submitted for publication.
- Kolassa, I.T., Ertl, V., Kolassa, S., Onyut, L. P., & Elbert, T. (submitted). The probability of spontaneous remission from PTSD depends on the number of traumatic event types experienced. paper submitted for publication.
- Zwissler, S., Hauswald, A., Koessler, S., Ertl, V., Pfeiffer, A., Wöhrmann, C., et al. (submitted). Traumatic Stress and Memory Control - a Field Study in Civil War Victims in Northern Uganda. paper submitted for publication.
2004-2009
- de Quervain, D. J., Kolassa, I.T., Ertl, V., Onyut, P. L., Neuner, F., Elbert, T., et al. (2007). A deletion variant of the alpha2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans. Nature Neuroscience, 10(9), 1137-1139.
- Ertl, V., Pfeiffer, A., Saile, R., Schauer, E., Elbert, T. & Neuner, F. (2010). Validation of a mental health assessment in an African conflict population. Psychological Assessment , in press.
- Ertl, V. (2008). Validierung westlicher Konzepte zur Erfassung psychischen Leids in Afrika: Reliabilität und Validität der Erfassung posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung in einer ostafrikanischen Flüchtlingssiedlung. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr Müller.
- Kolassa,I.T., Ertl, V., Eckart, C., Glöckner, F., Kolassa, S., Papassotiropoulos, A., et al. (2010). Association study of trauma load and SLC6A4 promoter polymorphism in PTSD: Evidence from survivors of the Rwandan genocide. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry , in press.
- Kolassa, I.-T., Kolassa, S., Ertl, V., Papassotiropoulos, A., & De Quervain, D. J. F. (2010). The Risk of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Trauma Depends on Traumatic Load and the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Val158Met Polymorphism. Biological Psychiatry, in press.
- Neuner, F., Onyut, P. L., Ertl, V., Odenwald, M., Schauer, E., & Elbert, T. (2008). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder by trained lay counselors in an African refugee settlement: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(4), 686-694.
- Onyut, L. P., Neuner, F., Ertl, V., Schauer, E., Odenwald, M., & Elbert, T. (2009). Trauma, poverty and mental health among Somali and Rwandese refugees living in an African refugee settlement - an epidemiological study. Conflict and Health, 3, 6.
- Onyut, L. P., Neuner, F., Schauer, E., Ertl, V., Odenwald, M., Schauer, M., et al. (2005). Narrative exposure therapy as a treatment for child war survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder: Two case reports and a pilot study in an African refugee settlement. BMC Psychiatry, 5, 7.
- Onyut, L. P., Neuner, F., Schauer, E., Ertl, V., Odenwald, M., Schauer, M., et al. (2004). The Nakivale camp mental health project: Building local competency for psychological assistance to traumatised refugees. Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work & Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict, 2(2), 90.
- Schauer, E., Neuner, F., Elbert, T., Ertl, V., Onyut, L. P., Odenwald, M., et al. (2004). Narrative exposure therapy in children: A case study. Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work & Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict, 2(1), 18.
