Dr Katharina Brosch

Research

Publications

ORCID Profile 100+ peer-reviewed publications · 3,000+ citations · h-index 34 ·

First Author Publications:

  1. Brosch, K., Hammes, V., Usemann, P., Stein F., Tang, S. X., Schwartz, R. M., Thomas-Odenthal, F., Teutenberg, L., Javaheripour, N., Meinert, S., Grotegerd, D., Leehr E.J., Borgers, T., Flinkenflügel, K., Goltermann, J., Hildebrand, A., Teckentrup, S., Vogler R., Hahn, T., Dannlowski, U., Kanske, P., Straube, B., Jamalabadi, H., Jansen, A., Nenadić I., Kircher, T., Alexander, N. Secure Attachment despite Childhood Maltreatment: Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Interpersonal Resilience. bioRxiv 2026.07.20.739488 (2026). DOI Link (Preprint, Submitted)
  2. Brosch, K., Wiersch, L., Christensen, E., Rakesh, D., Hanson, J., Schwartz, R. M. & Dhamala, E. Shared Neural Signatures of Socioeconomic Status, Scarcity, and Neighborhood Threat in Youth. bioRxiv 2025.06.11.659188 (2025). DOI Link (Preprint, In Revision)
  3. Brosch, K., Hammes, V., Usemann, P., Stein, F., Zika, S., Schrott, F., … & Alexander, N. (2025). Unique Neural Signatures of Childhood Sexual Abuse Revisited. medRxiv. DOI Link (Preprint, In Revision)
  4. Brosch, K., Christensen, E., Wiersch, L., Hagen, D., Orchard, E. R., D’Anna-Hernandez, K., Stolzenberg, D. S., & Dhamala, E. (2025). Commentary on “Having two children might be best for women’s mental health: Evidence from UK Biobank”. Journal of Affective Disorders, 119687. Advance online publication. DOI Link
  5. Brosch, K. & Dhamala, E. (2024). Influences of Sex and Gender on the Associations Between Risk and Protective Factors, Brain, and Behavior. Biology of Sex Differences, 15, 97. DOI Link
  6. Brosch, K., Stein, F., Schmitt, S., Pfarr, J. K., Ringwald, K. G., Thomas-Odenthal, F., Meller, T., Steinsträter, O., Waltemate, L., Lemke, H., Meinert, S., Winter, A., Breuer, F., Thiel, K., Grotegerd, D., Hahn, T., Jansen, A., Dannlowski, U., Krug, A., Nenadić, I., … Kircher, T. (2022). Reduced Hippocampal Gray Matter Volume Is a Common Feature of Patients with Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. Molecular Psychiatry, 27(10), 4234–4243. DOI Link (Accessed 29k+ times)
  7. Brosch, K., Meller, T., Pfarr, J. K., Stein, F., Schmitt, S., Ringwald, K. G., Waltemate, L., Lemke, H., Thiel, K., Schrammen, E., Hülsmann, C., Meinert, S., Dohm, K., Leehr, E. J., Opel, N., Krug, A., Dannlowski, U., Nenadić, I., & Kircher, T. (2022). Which Traits Predict Elevated Distress During the Covid-19 Pandemic? Results from a Large, Longitudinal Cohort Study with Psychiatric Patients and Healthy Controls. Journal of Affective Disorders, 297, 18–25. DOI Link
  8. Brosch, K., Stein, F., Meller, T., Schmitt, S., Yuksel, D., Ringwald, K. G., Pfarr, J. K., Waltemate, L., Lemke, H., Opel, N., Meinert, S., Dohm, K., Grotegerd, D., Goltermann, J., Repple, J., Winter, A., Jansen, A., Dannlowski, U., Nenadić, I., Kircher, T., … Krug, A. (2021). DLPFC Volume Is a Neural Correlate of Resilience in Healthy High-Risk Individuals with Both Childhood Maltreatment and Familial Risk for Depression. Psychological Medicine, 52(16), 1–7. Advance online publication. DOI Link
For the full publication list, see my CV or ORCID.