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Publications 

Peer-reviewed publications

  1. Frommelt, T., Bäumler, L., Rohleder, N., Bartosch, A., Schneider, L., Sumpf, C., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. (2026) Investigating Interpretation Biases and Stress Responses as Risk Factors in children of parents with depression. BMC Psychiatry.
  2. Martin, F, Sfärlea, A., Radix, A., Beer, C.S., Fischer, H., Platt, B., Schulte-Körne, G., Holtmann, M., Legenbauer, T. (2026) Gaze Behaviour in Adolescent Patients With Anorexia Nervosa: The Special Role of Subjectively Unattractive Body Parts, European Eating Disorders Review: 1–11. DOI: 10.1002/erv.70138
  3. Paumen T, ..., Platt B.. et al. (2026) Implementation and evaluation of family-based interventions within the Germany-wide Children of Mentally Ill Parents-network: study protocol for three prospective, rater-blinded, cluster-randomized controlled multicenter trials. Front. Psychiatry 16:1735421. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1735421
  4. Lukas, L., Nuding, L., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. Sfärlea, A. (2025) Losing weight, gaining confidence? Actual weight does not predict body (dis)satisfaction and self-esteem in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Journal of Eating Disorders. 141. DOI: 10.1186/s40337-025-01338-3
  5. Frommelt, T., Fontaine, J., Hughes, V., Greimel, E. Schulte-Körne, G., Ehring, T., Watkins, E., Platt, B. (2025) Repetitive Negative Thinking as a Pathway from Rejection Sensitivity to Poorer Mental Health: The Role of Expectancy Versus Concern. Cognitive Therapy and Research. DOI: 10.1007/s10608-025-10611-3
  6. Platt, B., Löchner, J., Danzer, V., Geissler, S., Frey, M., Compas, B. E., Schuler, C., Graf, P., Wiegand-Grefe, S., & Schulte-Körne, G. (2025). Exploring the feasibility and acceptance of a group- and family-based online intervention (GuG-Auf-Online) versus treatment-as-usual (TAU) for preventing mental health problems in the offspring of parents with depression: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Kindheit und Entwicklung. DOI: 10.1026/0942-5403/a000470
  7. Funk, J., Müller, C., Rosenkranz, T., Aas, B., Botella, C., Burkhardt, F., Fontaine, J. R. J., Frost, M., Garcia-Palacios, A., Hoessle, C., Huyghe, V. E. I., Löchner, J., Newbold, A., Pekrun, R., Platt, B., Scherer, K., Schulte-Körne, G., Schuller, B. W., Voigt, V., Voss, M., … Ehring, T. (2025). An ecological momentary assessment study assessing repetitive negative thinking as a predictor for psychopathology. PloS one, 20(3), e0318453. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318453
  8. Joder, A., Geissler, S., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. (2025). Barriers to participating in an online family- and group-based prevention programme for parents with depression: an online survey. BMC Psychology, 13 (5), DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-02266-8
  9. Bralee, E., Mostazir, M., Warren, F. C., Newbold, A., Hulme, C., Cranston, T., Aas, B., Bear, H., Botella, C., Burkhardt, F., Ehring, T., Fazel, M., Fontaine, J. R. J., Frost, M., Garcia-Palacios, A., Greimel, E., Hößle, C., Hovasapian, A., Huyghe, V. E. I., Iversen, N., … Watkins, E. R. (2025). Brief use of behavioral activation features predicts benefits of self-help app on depression symptoms: Secondary analysis of a selective prevention trial in young people. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 93(4), 293–306. DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000917
  10. Watkins, E., …Platt, B. et al. (2024) Emotional competence self-help mobile app versus cognitive-behavioural self-help app versus self-monitoring app to promote wellbeing in healthy young adults (ECoWeB PROMOTE): an international parallel randomised controlled trial. Lancet Digital Health, 6(12), E904-E913. Doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(24)00149-3
  11. Watkins, E. …Platt, B. et al. (2024) Emotional competence self-help mobile app versus cognitive-behavioural self-help app versus self-monitoring app to prevent poor mental health in young adults with elevated risk (ECoWeB PREVENT): an international parallel randomised controlled trial. Lancet Digital Health, 6(12), E894-E903. Doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(24)00148-1
  12. Sfärlea, A., Lukas, L., Nuding, L., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B. (2024) Seeing oneself as an unattractive loser: Similar interpretation and memory biases in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and adolescents with depression or anxiety. European Eating Disorders Review, 32(5), 855-868. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3095

  13. Nudig, L., Lukas, L., Platt, B., Schulte-Körne, G., Sfärlea, A. (2024) Look me in the eyes! A preliminary study on eye-contact in adolescents with Anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32(1), 13-19. DOI: 10.1002/erv.3016.

  14. 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. DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2023.67
  15. Löchner, J., Hämmerle, S., Ghezih, S., Starman-Wöhrle, K., Schulte-Körne, G., Platt, B.  (2024) 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

  16. 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. DOI: 10.1186/s40814-023-01371-6

  17. 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). DOI: 10.1177/20438087231184753

  18. 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. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04926-2

  19. 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. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04803-y
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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, and allied disciplines, 10.1111/jcpp.13769. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13769
  23. 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
  24. Lukas, L., Nuding, L., Platt, B., Schulte-Körne, G-, Sfärlea, A. (2023) Kognitive Bias bei Adoleszenten mit Anorexia nervosa – Ergebnisse der KOALA-Studie. Adipositas – Ursachen, Folgeerkrankungen, Therapie, 17(3), 158-159. DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1771619
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. 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.
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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. 
  36. 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. 
  37. 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.
  38. Sfärlea, Greimel, Platt, B., Bartling, Dieler, Schulte-Körne (2018) Recognition of emotional facial expressions in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and adolescents with major depression. Psychiatry Research, 262, 586-594.
  39. 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]
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. B. Platt, K. Cohen Kadosch, J. Y. Lau (2013). The role of peer rejection in adolescent depression. Depression and Anxiety, 30 (9), 809-821.
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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

  1. 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
  2. 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

  1. Weber, B. (2026) Parental Mental Illness and Childhood Mental Health. Webinar for the University College Dublin Academic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit on 26.06.2026.
  2. Weber, B. (2026) Prevention of mental illness in children of parents with depression: from effectiveness to implementation. Invited talk by Prof. Abby Dunn on 26.02.2026.
  3. Platt, B. (2025) Interpretation biases and stress reactivity in youth. Talk at the WASAD conference in Munich on 25.10.2025.
  4. Platt, B. (2025) The association between interpretation biases and
    stress responses in children of parents with depression    . Talk at the ACBM conference in Munich on 14.09.2025.
  5. Platt, B. (2025) Help: my patient has children! How we can support parents with depression and their children. Invited talk in Dr. Saskia Scholten's lab on 09.07.2025.
  6. Platt, B. (2025) Parental mental illness and preventive interventions for children. Invited talk in Prof. Julian Schmitz's lab on 18.06.2025.
  7. 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.
  8. Platt, B. (2021) Die Beteiligung von Jugendlichen in der Gesundheitsforschung: Vorstellung der Übersichtsarbeit von Sellars et al. (2020). Vortrag am 04.11.2021.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.