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Dr. Katharina Bey

Functions

  • Head of the special ambulance for obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Research associate

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2018: PhD in Psychology (Endophenotypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder)
  • Since 2018: Training as a psychological psychotherapist
  • Since 2016: Affiliation with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn
  • Since 2014: Research assistant and PhD student at the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy (Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner), University Hospital Bonn
  • 2009-2014: Studied psychology at the University of Bonn

Clinical focus

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Scientific focus

  • Genetics, endophenotypes
  • Executive functions
  • Eye-tracking

Essential scientific publications

  • Campos-Martin, R.*, Bey, K.*, Elsner, B., Reuter, B., Klawohn, J., Philipsen, A., Kathmann, N., Wagner, M.*, & Ramirez, A.* (2023). Epigenome-wide analysis identifies methylome profiles linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder, disease severity, and treatment response. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02219-4
  • Bey, K.*, Campos-Martin, R.*, Klawohn, J., Reuter, B., Grützmann, R., Riesel, A., Wagner, M., Ramirez, A., & Kathmann, N. (2021). Hypermethylation of OXTR in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Further evidence for a biomarker of disease and treatment response. Epigenetics, 16, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2021.1943864
  • Mahjani, B., Bey, K., Boberg, J., & Burton, C. (2021). Genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychological Medicine, 51(13), 2247–2259. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721001744
  • Bey, K., Weinhold, L., Grützmann, R., Heinzel, S., Kaufmann, C., Klawohn, J., Riesel, A., Lennertz, L., Schmid, M., Ramirez, A., Kathmann, N., & Wagner, M. (2020). The polygenic risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder is associated with the personality trait harm avoidance. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 142(4), 326–336. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13226
  • Bey, K., Lennertz, L., Grützmann, R. L., Heinzel, S., Kaufmann, C., Klawohn, J., Riesel, A., Meyhöfer, I., Ettinger, U., Kathmann N., & Wagner, M. (2018). Impaired antisaccades in obsessive-compulsive disorder: evidence from meta-analysis and a large empirical study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 284. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00284
  • Bey, K., Lennertz, L., Riesel, A., Klawohn, J., Kaufmann, C., Heinzel, S., Grützmann, R., Kathmann, N., & Wagner, N. (2017). Harm avoidance and childhood adversities in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and their unaffected first-degree relatives. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 135(4), 328–338. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12707

PubMed link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Bey%2C+Katharina%5BAuthor%5D

 
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