Oswald Kothgassner
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Oswald Kothgassner
@odkothgassner.bsky.social
Scientist | Professor | Head of @SCAR-Unit | @MedUni_Wien.

Stress mechanisms | traumatic stress | NSSI | digital health | EMA | child & adolescent psychiatry

Web: https://kinder-jugendpsychiatrie.meduniwien.ac.at/forschung/kothgassner-lab-scar-unit
We had a great time in Munich at #WASAD2025! Inspiring talks and discussions throughout the conference. And not to forget: congratulations to @andreasgoreis.bsky.social sgoreis.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster Award for the EMA findings of the FWF-funded project TORN 🥳
October 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Our new paper about the effect of ostracism on children with obesity is now published: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ostracism, cortisol reactivity, and motivation for high-calorie food in children and adolescents with obesity - International Journal of Obesity
International Journal of Obesity - Ostracism, cortisol reactivity, and motivation for high-calorie food in children and adolescents with obesity
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Great Symposia at #OEGKJP2025 about new developments in adolescent PTSD and NSSI research. We had a great time in Carinthia. Thank you 📣
September 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
New published research in @ejpt.bsky.social 📣. We compared autonomic responses to trauma narratives in adolescents with C-PTSD, PTSD & trauma-exposed controls.
🚩Slower heart rate recovery may be a biomarker for C-PTSD
🚩Higher guilt & shame in C-PTSD

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Stress reactivity during short trauma narratives in adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD
Background: Psychophysiological dysregulations and negative alterations in cognitions and mood characterize post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (C-PTSD), contributing to an incre...
www.tandfonline.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reposted by Oswald Kothgassner
Nice conference with many interesting talks; I especially enjoyed our joint symposium with @odkothgassner.bsky.social providing new insights into the long-term and short-term precursors of self-harm in adolescents.
July 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Oswald Kothgassner
⚠️Triggerwarnung: #Selbstverletzung

#ResearcheroftheMonth Andreas Goreis zeigt, dass Jugendliche mit einer entsprechenden Vorgeschichte eine verstärkte Aufmerksamkeit auf Abbildungen von Selbstverletzungen aufweisen. 🎥➜ bit.ly/42emDHu

#MedUniWien @andreasgoreis.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How does social media influence self-injury in adolescents? Our project TORN explores this. Grateful to @fwf-at.bsky.social for supporting and believing in our research. Read more in the latest scilog – the FWF magazine feature.
🔗 scilog.fwf.ac.at/magazin/soci...
#TORN #FWF #NSSI #SocialMedia
Soziale Medien triggern selbstverletzendes Verhalten bei Kindern und Jugendlichen
Viele Jugendliche verletzen sich selbst. Bilder auf Social Media können den Drang dazu verstärken, wie neue Forschung zeigt. Diese kann der Grundstein zur zielgerichteten Behandlung sein.
scilog.fwf.ac.at
May 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🥳🤩2 Awards for SCAR-Unit members in February! Andreas Goreis has received the Rudolf-Quatember Award, and Sofia Oehlke has been awarded as "Psychological Young Scientist of the Year 2024". Congratulations, we are incredibly proud! www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/ueber-un...
Auszeichnungen durch das psychologische Fachgremium der Medizinischen Universität Wien | MedUni Wien
www.meduniwien.ac.at
April 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today and tomorrow we are presenting our newst reseach on PTSD at #DeGPT 2024
February 23, 2024 at 10:49 PM
I was very excited to give a keynote talk and be part of the panel discussion about scientific careers at the CoBeNe PhD Academy 2024 in front of so many amazing researchers in this venerable halls 💫💪
February 11, 2024 at 11:12 AM