Hospital director Vitos Weil-Lahn, Hessen, Germany
Leader CBASP Competence centre (scientific workgroup and supervision of clinical offer)
External Lecturer of the faculty of Bonn, clinic for psychiatry and psychotherapy
Former positions and academic grades
Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University clinic of Bonn (Prof. Dr. W. Maier)
2008-2018: Managing senior physician
2006-2018: Leader of competence centre CBASP
2016: Habilitation in psychiatry and psychotherapy at University clinic of Bonn
2003-2008: Senior physician
2002-2003: Senior consultant
2002: Medical specialist for psychiatry and psychotherapy
1998-2002: Scientific assistant
Clinic for psychotherapy and behavioural medicine, University clinic of Marburg (Prof. Dr. M. Pohlen)
1996-1997: Scientific assistant, participation in "Marburger Psychotherapieprogramm"
Clinic for psychiatry and psychotherapy, University clinic of Lübeck (Prof. Dr. H. Dilling)
1994-1996: Internship doctor and scientific assistant
Study and doctorate
1996: Doctorate in medicine, University of Hamburg, „magna cum laude“
1987-1994: Study of human medicine, University of Hamburg
Clinical focus and further qualifications
Affective and schizoaffective disorders over the entire life panorama
Disorder-specific psychotherapy
Convulsive and non-convulsive brain stimulation procedure
Further qualifications in form of certificates: DeGPT (Spezielle Psychotraumapsychotherapie); PITT (Psychodynamisch imaginative Traumatherapie); CBASP (USA, Europa, Therapeut, Trainer und Supervisor); EMDR (EMDRIA, Stufe II); OPD-II (operationalisierte psychodynamische Diagnostik); DGHP (Nicht-invasive nicht-konvulsive Hirnstimulationsverfahren); Mag & More (1. Depressionsbehandlung und 2. rTMS); Mibeg-Institut (1. Krankenhausleitung Ärztliche Direktoren und 2. Health Management)
Scientific focus
Clinical epidemiology with a focus on comorbidity and mortality studies in common psychiatric disorders
Differential therapy approaches for affective disorders
Main publications
Schramm E, Kriston L, Zobel I … Schoepf D, et al. (2017). Effect of disorder-specific versus non-specific psychotherapy for chronic depression: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA Psychiatry 74 (3): 233 – 242
Schmaal L, Veltman DJ, van Erp TGM, … Schoepf D, et al. (2016) Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group. Molecular Psychiatry 21: 806 – 812
Schoepf D, Uppal H, Potluri R, Heun R (2014) Physical comorbidity and its relevance on mortality in schizophrenia: A naturalistic 12-year follow-up in general hospital admissions. EAPCN 264 (1): 3-28
