Publications
Peer-reviewed publications
- Löchner, J., Hämmerle, S., Ghezih, S., Starman-Wöhrle, K., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. (2023) Parent-child agreement on children’s psychopathology and the impact of parental depression. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. e1993. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1993
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Nudig, L., Lukas, L., Platt, B., Schulte-Körne, G., Sfärlea, A. (accepted) Look me in the eyes! A preliminary study on eye-contact in adolescents with Anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
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Frommelt, T., Traykova, M., Platt, B., Wittekind, C. (2023). The influence of outcome expectancy on interpretation bias training in social anxiety: An experimental pilot study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01371-6
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Platt, B., Sfärlea, A., Takano, K., Buhl, C., Loechner, J., Greimel, E., Salemink, E., Schulte-Körne, G. (2023). The role of cognitive biases and negative life events in predicting later depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/20438087231184753
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Löchner, J., Platt, B. , Starman-Wöhrle, K., Takano, K., Engelmann, L., Voggt, A., Loy, F., Bley, M., Winogradow, D., Hämmerle, S., Neumeier, E., Wermuth, I., Schmitt, K., Oort, F. & Schulte-Körne, G. (2023) A randomized controlled trial of a preventive intervention for the children of parents with depression: mid-term effects, mediators and moderators. BMC Psychiatry, 23(1), 455. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04926-2
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Dunn, A., Christiansen, H., Cramer, J., Swinburn, Platt, B., Cartwright-Hatton, S. (2023) Psychiatric Inpatients who are parents: what interventions tailored to their needs and how do they experience care. A systematic review [and data synthesis]. BJOpen, 9(4), e111. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.67
- Frommelt, T., Bäumler, L., Rohleder, N., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. (2023) Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial investigating the effects of an app-based interpretation bias intervention on the psychobiological stress response in children of depressed parents: the CoCo study. BMC Psychiatry, 23, 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04803-y
- Radix., A., Sfärlea, A., Rinck, M., Becker, E.S., Platt, B., Schulte-Körne, G., Legenbauer, T. (2023). Watch out! A path from anxiety to anorexia nervosa through biased attention? European Eating Disorders Review, 1-15.
- Wu, Konac, Riddleston, Hutchinson, Platt, Pile, Lau (2023) Maintaining well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis of well-being responses from British youth. Journal of Emotion and Psychopathology, 1(1), 166-174.
- Sfärlea, A., Radix, A. K., Schulte-Körne, G., Legenbauer, T., & Platt, B. (2022). Attention Biases for Eating Disorder-Related Stimuli Versus Social Stimuli in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa - An Eye-Tracking Study. Research on child and adolescent psychopathology, 51, 541-555. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00993-3
- Löchner, J., Starman-Wöhrle, K., Takano, K., Engelmann, L., Voggt, A., Loy, F., Bley, M., Winogradow, D., Hämmerle, S., Neumeier, E., Wermuth, I., Schmitt, K., Oort, F., Schulte-Körne, G., & Platt, B. (2021). A randomised controlled trial of a family-group cognitive-behavioural (FGCB) preventive intervention for the children of parents with depression: short-term effects on symptoms and possible mechanisms. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 15(1), 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-021-00394-2
- Buhl, C., Sfärlea, A., Loechner, J., Starman-Wöhrle, K., Salemink, E., Schulte-Körne, G., & Platt, B. (2021). Biased Maintenance of Attention on Sad Faces in Clinically Depressed Youth: An Eye-Tracking Study. Child psychiatry and human development, 10.1007/s10578-021-01229-z. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01229-z
- Sfärlea, A., Takano, K., Buhl, C., Loechner, J., Greimel, E., Salemink, E., Schulte-Körne, G., & Platt, B. (2021). Emotion Regulation as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Cognitive Biases and Depressive Symptoms in Depressed, At-risk and Healthy Children and Adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49(10), 1345-1358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-021-00814-z
- Platt B, Sfärlea A, Buhl C, Loechner J, Neumüller J, Asperud Thomsen L, Starman-Wöhrle K, Salemink E, Schulte-Körne G (2021) An Eye-Tracking Study of Attention Biases in Children at High Familial Risk for Depression and Their Parents with Depression. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01105-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33398688.
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Sfärlea, A., Lukas, L., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. (2021) The KOALA-study: study protocol for a comprehensive study of cognitive biases in adolescent anorexia nervosa patients compared to healthy and clinical controls. Journal of Eating Disorders, 9(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00494-6
- Newbold, A., Warren, F. C., Taylor, R. S., Hulme, C., Burnett, S., Aas, B., Botella, C., Burkhardt, F., Ehring, T., Fontaine, J. R. J., Frost, M., Garcia-Palacios, A., Greimel, E., Hoessle, C., Hovasapian, A., Huyghe, V. E. I., Lochner, J., Molinari, G., Pekrun, R., … Watkins, E. R. (2020). Promotion of mental health in young adults via mobile phone app: Study protocol of the ECoWeB (emotional competence for well-being in Young adults) cohort multiple randomised trials. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02857-w
- Frey, M., Pietsch, K., Weninger, L., Brockhaus, M., Loy, F., Claus, N., Wagenbüchler, P., Kornbichler, S., Kroboth, J., Georgii, B., Wermuth, I., Kititsina, A., Heiser, K., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. (2020) The adaptation and evaluation of a CBT-based manual for the inpatient treatment of youth depression: a pilot study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00573-6
- Sfärlea, A., Buhl, C., Loechner, J., Neumüller, J., Thomsen, L. A., Starman, K., Salemink, E., Schulte- Körne, G., Platt, B. (2020) "I Am a Total...Loser" - The Role of Interpretation Bias in Youth Depression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48(10), 1337- 1350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00670-3
- Löchner, J., Sfärlea, A., Starman, K., Oort, F., Thomsen, L.A., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. (2019) Risk of depression in the offspring of parents with depression: the role of emotion regulation, cognitive style, parenting and life events. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-019-00930-4
- Claus, N., Marzano, L., Löchner, J. Starman, K., Voggt, A., Loy, F., Wermuth, I., Haemmerle, S., Engelmann, L., Bley, M., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. (2019) Qualitative evaluation of a preventive intervention for the offspring of parentswith a history of depression.BMC Psychiatry, 19, 290.
- A. Sfärlea, J. Loechner, J. Neumüller, L. Asperud Thomsen, K. Starman, E. Salemink, G. Schulte-Körne, B. Platt (2019) Passing on the half-empty glass: A transgenerational study of interpretation biases in children at risk for depression and their parents with depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(2), 151-161.
- J. Loechner, K. Starman, K. Galuschka, J. Tamm, G. Schulte-Körne, J. Rubel, B. Platt (2018) Preventing depression in the offspring of parents with depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Psychology Review, 60, 1-14.
- B. Platt, A. M. Waters, G. Schulte-Körne, L. Engelmann, E. Salemink (2017). A review of cognitive biases in youth depression: attention, interpretation and memory. Cognition and Emotion, 31 (3), 462-483. Jan 19:1-22. [Epub ahead of print]
- A. Sfärlea, E. Greimel, B. Platt, J. Bartling, G. Schulte-Körne, A. Dieler (2016). Alterations in neural processing of emotional faces in adolescent anorexia nervosa patients - an event-related potential study. Biological Psychology, 119, 141-155.
- B. Platt, S. E. Murphy, J. Y. Lau (2015). The association between negative attention biases and symptoms of depression in a community sample of adolescents. Peerj Oct 29;3:e1372. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1372.
- B. Platt, C. A. Campbell, A. C. James, S. E. Murphy, M. J. Cooper, J. Y. Lau (2014). Cognitive reappraisal of peer rejection in depressed versus nondepressed adolescents: Functional connectivity differences. Journal of Psychiatric Research in press; dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.11.016
- B. Platt, K. Pietsch, K. Krick, F. Oort, G. Schulte-Körne (2014). Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioural prevention programme for the children of parents with depression: the PRODO trial. BMC Psychiatry, 14:263
- A. D. Haddad, B. Platt, A. C. James, J. Y. Lau (2013). Anxious and non-anxious adolescents experiences of non-clinical magnetic resonance imaging research. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 44 (4), 556-560. doi: 10.1007/s10578-012-0350-x
- B. Platt, K. Cohen Kadosch, J. Y. Lau (2013). The role of peer rejection in adolescent depression. Depression and Anxiety, 30 (9), 809-821.
- B. Platt, K. Hawton, S. Simkin, R. J. Mellanby (2012). Suicidal behaviour and psychosocial problems in veterinary surgeons: a systematic review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47 (2), 223-240. doi: 10.1007/s00127-010-0328-6. Epub 2010 Dec 23
- B. Platt, K. Hawton, S. Simkin, R. Dean, R. J. Mellanby (2012). Suicidality in the veterinary profession: interview study of veterinarians with a history of suicidal ideation or behavior. Crisis, 33 (5), 280-289. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000143
- K. Hawton, E. Agerbo, S. Simkin, B. Platt, R. J. Mellanby (2011). Risk of suicide in medical and related occupational groups: a national study based on Danish case population-based registers. Journal of Affective Disorders, 134 (1-3), 320-326. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.05.044. Epub 2011 Jun 14.
- B. Platt, K. Hawton, S. Simkin, R. J. Mellanby (2010). Systematic review of the prevalence of suicide in veterinary surgeons. Occupational Medicine, 60 (6), 436-446. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqq044. Epub 2010 Jun 30.
- R. J. Mellanby, B. Platt, S. Simkin, K. Hawton (2009). Incidence of alcohol-related deaths in the veterinary profession in England and Wales, 1993-2005. The Veterinary Journal, 181 (3), 332-335.
Editorial commentaries
- Platt B. (2023). Commentary: Understanding emotion processing in offspring of mothers with depression - A commentary on Burkhouse and Kujawa (2022). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64(4), 608-610. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13769
- Platt, B., Danzer, V. & Schulte-Körne, G. (2021) Critical reflections on the manuscript “Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of life and mental health in children and adolescents in Germany” published in ECAP on January 25th 2021. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01928-x
Presentations
- Platt, B. (2023) From Fish and Chips to Sausage and Pretzels: Lessons learnt about preventing mental illness in children of parents with depression in Germany. Keynote Talk at the "Parental Mental Health Network" Meeting in Brighton, UK. 16.11.2023.
- Platt, B. (2021) Die Beteiligung von Jugendlichen in der Gesundheitsforschung: Vorstellung der Übersichtsarbeit von Sellars et al. (2020). Vortrag am 04.11.2021.
- Platt, B. (2021) Schulbasierte Prävention von psychischen Erkrankungen im Jugendalter: Theorie, Evidenz und Umsetzung in der Praxis. Vortrag für die Stadt München im Rahmen der Ausbildung von Schulpsycholog*innen am 18.10.2021.
- Platt, Loechner, Starman-Wöhrle, Takano, Engelmann, Voggt, Loy, Bley, Winogradow, Hämmerle, Dammer, Wermuth, Schmitt, Oort,Schulte-Körne (2021) Randomised controlled trial of a family-, group- and CBT-based intervention to prevent depression in children of depressed parents: effects at 15-month follow- up. Presentation on 14.05.2021 at the 38th Conference of the Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of the DGPs in Mannheim. Video available here.