Curriculum Vitae - Anka Bernhard, Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Psych.

Professional Experience

since 09/2024	Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Project: German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ)
10/2020-08/2024	Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany Project: “Sex- and disorder-specific neurobiological and environmental risk factors in Children and adolescents with depression and conduct disorder” (EER-2101-0002, EER-2201-01)
10/2013-09/2020	Predoctoral Researcher Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany Project: “Neurobiology andTreatment of Adolescent Female Conduct Disorder: The Central Role of Emotion Processing” (FemNAT-CD, European Union’s Seventh Framework Program, coordinator Prof. Dr. C. M. Freitag)
05/2012-09/2013	Clinical Psychologist Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Sächsisches Krankenhaus Arnsdorf, Arnsdorf, Germany
10/2010-03/2011	Honorary Research Student & Research Assistant Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia
04/2009-09/2010	Student Assistant Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Sächsisches Krankenhaus Arnsdorf, Radebeul, Germany
09/2008 – 10/2008	Clinical Internship Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Sächsisches Krankenhaus Arnsdorf, Radebeul, Germany
03/2006 – 04/2006	Clinical Internship ISISgGmbH, Counseling and therapy center for outpatient medical addiction rehabilitation, Dresden, Germany

Education & Training

since 2012	Master of Advanced Studies in Behavioral Psychotherapy University of Bern, Switzerland
since 2012	Training in Behavioral Psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults German Academy of Behavioral Therapy (DGVT), Dresden, Germany
2014-2020	PhD in Psychology Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany Thesis:“Environmental and neuroendocrinological risk factors and their associations in females and males with Conduct Disorder” (in cooperation with TU Dresden, School of Science, Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Prof. Dr. C. Kirschbaum, Dresden, Germany)
2008-2011	M. Sc. Studies of Psychology (German Diplom) TU Dresden, School of Science, Dresden, Germany Thesis: "The Improvement of Prospective Memory by Using Future Thinking as an Encoding Strategy“ (in cooperation with Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia)
2006-2008	B. Sc. Studies of Psychology (German Vor-Diplom) Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany

Selected Publications

Staginnus M, Cornwell H, Toschi N, Oosterling M, Paradysz M, Smaragdi A, González-Madruga K, Pauli R, Rogers J, Bernhard A, … Fairchild G: Testing the ecophenotype model: cortical structure alterations in conduct disorder with versus without childhood maltreatment. Biological psychiatry: cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 8(6), 609-619, 2023.
Diaconu B, Kohls G, Rogers J C, Pauli R, Cornwell H, Bernhard A, … De Brito S A: Emotion processing in maltreated boys and girls: Evidence for latent vulnerability. European Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 2523-2536, 2023.
Baumann S, Bernhard A, … Kohls G: Perpetrators and Victims of Cyberbullying among Youth with Conduct Disorder. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32(9), 1643-1653, 2022
Chiocchetti A G, Yousaf A, Waltes R, Bernhard A … Freitag C M: The methylome in females with adolescent Conduct Disorder: Neural pathomechanisms and Environmental Risk Factors. PLOS One, 17(1), e0261691, 2022.
Bernhard A, Ackermann K, Martinelli A, … Freitag C M: Neuroendocrine stress response in females and males with Conduct Disorder and associations with early adversity. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(5), 698–710, 2022.
Oldenhof H, Jansen L, Ackermann K, Baker R, Batchelor M, Baumann S, Bernhard A, … Popma A: Psychophysiological Responses to Sadness in Girls and Boys with Conduct Disorder. Journal of Psychology and Clinical Science, 131(3), 314, 2022.
Bernhard A, Mayer J S, Fann N, & Freitag C M: Cortisol response to acute psychosocial stress in ADHD compared to Conduct Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: A systematic review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 127, 899-916, 2021.
Pauli R, Kohls G, Tino P, Rogers J C, Baumann S, Ackermann K, Bernhard A … De Brito S A: Machine learning classification of Conduct Disorder with high versus low levels of callous-unemotional traits based on facial emotion recognition abilities. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 589-600, 2021.
Mayer J S, Bernhard A, Fann N, Boxhoorn S, Hartman C A, Reif A & Freitag C M: Cognitive mechanisms underlying depressive disorders in ADHD: A systematic review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 121, 307-345, 2021.
Konrad K, Kohls G, Baumann S, Scharke W, Bernhard A …Freitag C M: Sex differences in psychiatric comorbidity and clinical presentation in youths with Conduct Disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(2), 218-228, 2021.
Bernhard A, Kirchner M, … Freitag C M: Sex-specific associations of basal steroid hormones and neuropeptides with Conduct Disorder and neuroendocrine mediation of environmental risk. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 49, 40-53, 2021.
Kohls G, Fairchild G, Bernhard A, … Konrad K: Neuropsychological subgroups of Emotion Processing in Youths with Conduct Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 11: 585052, 2020.
Kohls G, Baumann S, Gundlach M, Scharke W, Bernhard A, … Konrad K: Investigating Sex Differences in Emotion Recognition, Learning, and Regulation Among Youths With Conduct Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(2), 263–273, 2020.
Ackermann K, Kirchner M, Bernhard A, … Freitag C M: Relational Aggression in Adolescents with Conduct Disorder: Sex Differences and Behavioral Correlates. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(10), 1625–1637, 2019.
Raschle N M, Fehlbaum L V, Menks W M, Martinelli A, Prätzlich M, Bernhard A, … Stadler C: Atypical Dorsolateral Prefrontal Activity in Female Adolescents With Conduct Disorder During Effortful Emotion Regulation. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4(11), 984–994, 2019.
Ackermann K, Martinelli A, Bernhard A, Freitag C M, Büttner G, & Schwenck C: Friendship Quality in Youth With and Without Disruptive Behavior Disorders: The Role of Empathy, Aggression, and Callousness. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 50(5), 776–788, 2019.
Oldenhof H, Prätzlich M, Ackermann K, Baker R, Batchelor M, Baumann S, Bernhard A, … Popma A: Baseline autonomic nervous system activity in female children and adolescents with conduct disorder: Psychophysiological findings from the FemNAT-CD study. Journal of Criminal Justice, 65: 101564, 2019.
Bernhard A, van der Merwe C, Ackermann K, Martinelli A, Neumann I D, & Freitag C M: Adolescent oxytocin response to stress and its behavioral and endocrine correlates. Hormones and Behavior, 105, 157-165, 2018.
Martinelli A, Ackermann K, Bernhard A, Freitag C M & Schwenck C: Hostile attribution bias and aggression in children and adolescents: A systematic literature review on the influence of aggression subtype and gender. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 39, 25-32, 2018.
Bernhard A, Martinelli A, Ackermann K, Saure D & Freitag C M: Association of trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Conduct Disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 91, 153-169, 2018.
Smaragdi A, Cornwell H, Toschi N, Riccelli R, Gonzalez-Madruga K, Wells A, Clanton R, Baker R, Rogers J, Martin-Key N, Puzzo I, Batchelo M, Sidlauskaite J, Bernhard A, … Fairchild G: Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Conduct Disorder and Cortical Structure in Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 56(8), 703-712, 2017.
Kersten L, Vriends N, Steppan M, Raschle N M, Praetzlich M, Oldenhof H, Vermeiren R, Jansen L, Ackermann K, Bernhard A, … Stadler C: Community Violence Exposure and Conduct Problems in Children and Adolescents with Conduct Disorder and Healthy Controls. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11, 1-14, 2017.
Altgassen M, Rendell P, Bernhard A, Henry J, Bailey P, Phillips L, & Kliegel M: Future thinking improves prospective memory performance in older adults. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68(1), 192-204, 2014.

Grants and Awards

2024:: Travel Award, 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy
2023-2024:: Research Grant, „Early Career Researchers with child“, Franz Adickes Stiftungsfond, GRADE Frankfurt
2022-2023:: Research Grant, „Nachwuchswissenschaftler/innen im Fokus“, Förderlinie A|B, GRADE Frankfurt
2021-2024:: Research Grant, EER-foundation (EER-2101-0002, EER-2201-01), Vereinigung von Freunden und Förderern der Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
2021:: PhD Award, „Stifterpreis Sozialpsychiatrie Frankfurt“, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
2016:: Poster Prize, 1st research conference DGKJP e.V.
2015:: Poster Prize, 45th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology
Travel Award, Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern, TU Dresden e.V.
Travel Award, Vereinigung von Freunden und Förderern der Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
Travel Award, Graduate Academy TU Dresden
2010-2011:: Scholarship, „PROMOS“, TU Dresden in cooperation with DAAD

Overall amount: 143.173,47 €

Other Research Interests & Activities

Research Interests: Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Conduct Disorder, Aggression, Depression, Childhood and Adolescence, Neurobiology, Neuroendocrinology, Neurophysiology, Stress (response)
Teaching: Review and supervision of students Bachelor, Master and Doctoral Thesis, lectures on child and adolescent psychiatry
Memberships: DGPs, DGVT, GRADE, Graduate Academy TU Dresden, ISRA, SSSP
Ad-hoc Peer-Reviewer: Child Maltreatment, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (Advances), Psychoneuroendocrinology, The American Journal of Psychiatry, Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Contact

Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus
Technische Universität Dresden
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden

0351 458-11891
Email: Anka.Bernhard@ukdd.de