Research Interests

• Placebo and nocebo effects
• Expectation optimization / violation
• Psychotherapy mechanisms

Curriculum Vitae

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  Since 07/2017
  PhD in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
  Thesis: "Psychological aspects of antihypertensive treatment - Beliefs, placebo- and nocebo effects” , Advisors: Bettina Doering, Winfried Rief
  
  09/2013 – 09/2018
  Postgraduate training in cognitive behavioral therapy, Institut für Psychotherapieausbildung Marburg (IPAM)
  
  10/2008 – 01/2014
  Diploma in Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg
  Thesis: “Female, young, educated, unencumbered looking for ... a systematic review of demographic characteristics in Internet therapy studies ”

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  Since 07/2018
  Senior Scientist, Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
  
  07/2017 – 06/2018
  Clinical Psychologist , Vitos Haina forensic psychiatric hospital
  
  05/2016 – 04/2017
  PhD-Scholarship, Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
  
  02/2014 – 04/2016
  Research associate, Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
  
  Since 02/2014
  Clinical Psychologist, Outpatient Clinic for Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapie Ambulanz Marburg (PAM)
  
  2012-2013
  Student Research Associate, Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment

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  - Case seminars
  
  - Practical exercises in therapeutic techniques (Interventionspraktikum)
  
  - Disorder specific seminars
  
  - Intervention specific seminars
  
  - Different approaches of psychotherapy in practice
  
  - Translational aspects of psychotherapy

Publications

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  Wilhelm, M., Bleichhardt, G., Ewen, A. C., & Rief, W. (2022). Erwartungsfokussierte psychotherapeutische Interventionen bei Depression: ein Behandlungsmanual. /Psychotherapeut/, /67/(3), 204-212. 

  Muente, C.; Folkerts, A.-K.; Kalbe, E.; Thieken, F.; Assmann, L.-E.; Widritzki, M.; Eggers, C.; Pedrosa, D.; Wilhelm, M. (2022) Supporting Relatives Prior to Caregiver Burden—Preventive E-Mental Health Short Intervention for Family Members of Individuals with Parkinsonism in an Early Phase of the Disease: Protocol for a Feasibility Study./Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 442/.

  Salzmann,S., Wilhelm,M., Schindler,S., Rief, W., & Euteneuer,F. (2022).Optimising the efficacyofa stress‐reducing psychological intervention using placebo mechanisms: A randomized controlled trial. /Stress and Health/, 1–14. 

  Haas, J. W., Bender, F. L., Ballou, S., Kelley, J. M., Wilhelm, M., Miller, F. G., Rief, W., & Kaptchuk, T. J. (2022). Frequency of adverse events in the placebo arms of COVID-19 vaccine trials: A systematic review and meta-analysis. /JAMA network open/, /5/(1), e2143955-e2143955. 

  
  Wilhelm, M., & Euteneuer, F. (2021). Does health literacy make a difference? Comparing the effect of conventional medicine versus homeopathic prescribing on treatment credibility and expectancy. /Frontiers in Psychology/, /12/, 1859.
  
  Salzmann, S., Salzmann-Djufri, M., Wilhelm, M., Euteneuer, F. (2020) Psychological Preparation for Cardiac Surgery. Current Cardiology Reports 22, 172 

  Wilhelm, M., Rief, W., Haberkamp, A., von Blanckenburg, P., & Glombiewski, J.A. (2020) Studium zur Psychotherapie-Approbation als Herausforderung und Chance: Praktische Hochschullehrkonzepte in der klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie. Verhaltenstherapie 2020. 

  Euteneuer, F., Neubert, M., Salzmann, S., Unruh, I., von Eitzen, L., & Wilhelm, M. (2020) Der Einfluss von kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie auf biologische Risikofaktoren kardiovaskulärer Erkrankungen bei der Major Depression: Eine systematische Übersichtsarbeit. Verhaltenstherapie, 1-13.

  Koch, C., Wilhelm, M., Salzmann, S., Rief, W., & Euteneuer, F. (2019). A meta-analysis of heart rate variability in major depression. Psychological medicine, 49(12), 1948-1957.

  Wilhelm, M., Rief, W., & Doering, B. K. (2018). Decreasing the burden of side effects through positive message framing: an experimental proof-of-concept study. International journal of behavioral medicine, 25(4), 381-389.

  Wilhelm, M., Rief, W., & Doering, B. K. (2017). It’s all a matter of necessity and concern: A structural equation model of adherence to antihypertensive medication. Patient Education and Counseling. 101(3), 497-503. 

  Wilhelm, M., Winkler, A., Rief, W., & Doering, B. K. (2016). Effect of Placebo groups on Blood Pressure in Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis of beta-blocker trials. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 10(12), 916–928.  doi:10.1016/j.jash.2016.10.009

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  Wilhelm, M., Rief, W., & Euteneuer, F. (2019). Open-label placebo vs. conventional and alternative medicine – An online study on expected effectiveness. 2nd official SIPS conference on placebo studies, 85-86.

  Wilhelm, M., Winkler., A., Rief, W., Doering, B. (2016) Placebo-Effekt bei Hypertonie: Eine Meta-Analyse randomisiert kontrollierter Betablockerstudien. Poster presented at the 10th congress of the German Psychological Society (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy), Bielefeld, Germany

  Wilhelm, M., Rief, W., Doering, B. (2016) Dizzy but positive – a randomized controlled trial on side effect expectancy. Presentation at the 14th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine (ICBM), Melbourne, Australia.

  Wilhelm, M., Rief, W., Doering, B. (2015) Unerwünschte Nebenwirkungen bei Betablockern: Alles nur Schwindel? – Vorläufige Daten einer randomisiert kontrollierten Studie zur Veränderung von Nebenwirkungserwartungen. Poster presented at the 9th Workshopcongress of the German Psychological Society (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy), Dresden, Germany