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Alexander L. Gerlach
Researcher at University of Cologne
Publications - 178
Citations - 5610
Alexander L. Gerlach is an academic researcher from University of Cologne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Panic disorder. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 162 publications receiving 4748 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexander L. Gerlach include Stanford University & University of Marburg.
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Contingent biofeedback outperforms other methods to enhance the accuracy of cardiac interoception: A comparison of short interventions.
TL;DR: The results provide evidence for the trainability of heartbeat perception and exploration of biofeedback training procedures shall be continued with the aim of identifying relevant mediators of beneficial effects and future implementation in clinical practice.
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Can't suppress this feeling: automatic negative evaluations of somatosensory stimuli are related to the experience of somatic symptom distress.
TL;DR: The tactile AMP is suggested as a promising paradigm to study automatic evaluations of body sensations in people with somatoform disorders and related clinical conditions and significantly moderated this association with somatic symptom distress.
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Blushing propensity in social anxiety disorder: influence of serotonin transporter gene variation
Katharina Domschke,Stephan Stevens,Beate Beck,Anna Baffa,Christa Hohoff,Jürgen Deckert,Alexander L. Gerlach +6 more
TL;DR: A potential role of functional serotonin transporter gene variation in blushing propensity warranting replication and encouraging genetic analyses of further intermediate phenotypes of social anxiety disorder is suggested.
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Tactile perceptual processes and their relationship to somatoform disorders.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors tested whether touch illusions are more easily induced in individuals suffering from somatoform disorders and whether their perceptual threshold for tactile stimuli is lower compared to healthy controls.
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Depression Does Not Affect the Treatment Outcome of CBT for Panic and Agoraphobia: Results from a Multicenter Randomized Trial
Angela Emmrich,Katja Beesdo-Baum,Andrew T. Gloster,Susanne Knappe,Michael Höfler,Volker Arolt,Jürgen Deckert,Alexander L. Gerlach,Alfons O. Hamm,Tilo Kircher,Thomas Lang,Jan Richter,Andreas Ströhle,Peter Zwanzger,Hans-Ulrich Wittchen +14 more
TL;DR: Exposure-based CBT for primary PD/AG effectively reduces anxiety and depressive symptoms, irrespective of comorbid depression or depressive symptomatology.