Detlef Dietrich MD, Prof. Dr. (Medical School Hannover)
Clinical Director, Burghof-Klinik, Rinteln · Germany
Editorial leadership for Journal of Psychological Disorders
Research interests
- Mental Illness
- Psychological Assessment
- Psychopathology
- Treatment
- Psychotherapeutic Processes
- Clinical Assessment
- Memory
- Clinical Psychiatry
- Psychopharmacology
- Pharmacology
- Comorbidity
- Clinical Psychology
- Brain
- Psychiatry
- Neuropsychology
- Event-Related Potentials
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Evoked Potentials
- Cbt
- Mood Disorders
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Psychosis
- Coping
- Anti Depressant
Biography
Detlef Dietrich, MD, serves as Clinical Director at Burghof-Klinik in Rinteln, Germany, following his medical education at Medical School Hannover. His research contributions include significant work on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders, exemplified by his most-cited publication "HDAC1 links early life stress to schizophrenia-like phenotypes" (2017), which has garnered 86 citations. Dr. Dietrich maintains active membership in numerous scientific societies, including the German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology (DGPPN), the Society for Neuropsychopharmacology and Pharmacopsychiatry (AGNP), the German Society for Bipolar Disorders, the German Society for Age Research, the International Society for the Study of Time, the European Medical Association, and the European Depression Association. His professional affiliations reflect broad expertise spanning psychiatry, psychopharmacology, mood disorders, and aging research.
Selected publications
- HDAC1 links early life stress to schizophrenia-like phenotypes 2017 cited 86×
- Antiviral treatment perspective against Borna disease virus 1 infection in major depression: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial 2020 cited 18×
- Prominent Efficacy of Amantadine against Human Borna Disease Virus Infection In Vitro and In Vivo. Comment on Fink et al. Amantadine Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 In Vitro. Viruses 2021, 13, 539 2022 cited 2×
- How childhood adversities shape minds and lives: An analysis across the affective-to-psychotic spectrum Recent 2025 cited 1×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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