• Stressoren, Bewältigungsverhalten und Anpassungsstörungssymptome im Verlauf der COVID-19-Pandemie – Eine europaweite Studie der European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS)
• Prävention und Behandlung von Suchtproblemen bei Geflüchteten (PREPARE)
• Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie bei Patientinnen mit Posttraumatischen Störungen und Substanzmissbrauch
• Risikoeinschätzung bei Eltern mit Substanzmissbrauch: Entwicklung eines evidenzbasierten Instrumentes
• Learning how to ask – ein Trainings-Programm für Suchthilfeeinrichtungen

• Schäfer I, Heinz A, Penka S, Lindert J, Klein M, Albayrak S, Lotzin A, Hiller P, Milin S, Raiser P (2023) Prävention und Behandlung von substanzbezogenen Störungen bei Geflüchteten: Der Forschungsverbund PREPARE. Sucht; 69, 5, pp. 235–242. https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000832
• Lotzin A, de Pommereau F, Laskowsky I (2023) Promoting recovery from disasters, pandemics, and trauma: A systematic review of brief psychological interventions to reduce distress in adults, children, and adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 20(7), 5339. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20075339
• Lotzin A, Krause L, Acquarini E, Ajdukovic D, Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous X, Ardino V, Bondjers K, Böttche M, Dragan M, Figueiredo-Braga M, Gelezelyte O, Grajewski P, Javakhishvili D, Kazlauskas E, Lenferink L, Lioupi C, Lueger-Schuster B, Mooren T, Sales L, Stevanovic A, Sveen J, Tsiskarishvili L, Zrnic I, Schäfer I, ADJUST Study Consortium (2022) Risk and protective factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic – Findings from a pan-European study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology; 13(2):2138099. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2138099
• Lotzin A, Ketelsen R, Krause L, Ozga A-K B, Böttche M, Schäfer I (2022) The Pandemic Coping Scale – validity and reliability of a brief measure of coping during a pandemic. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine; 10(1): 762-785. https://doi.org/10.1080/ 21642850.2022.2112198
• Kenntemich L, von Hülsen L, Schäfer I, Böttche M, Lotzin A (2022) Coping profiles and differences in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent profile analysis. Stress & Health; 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3196
• Jernslett M, Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous X, Lioupi C, Syros I, Kapatais A, Karamanoli V, Evgeniou E, Messas K, Palaiokosta T, Papathanasiou E, Lotzin A (2022) Disentangling the associations between past childhood adversity and psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating roles of specific pandemic stressors and coping strategies. Child Abuse & Neglect; 129: 105673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105673
• Lueger-Schuster B, Zrnić Novaković I, Lotzin A (2022) Two years of COVID-19 in Austria – Exploratory longitudinal study of mental health outcomes and coping behaviors in the general population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 19(13): 8223. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138223
• Nguyen-Feng N V, Shrestha P, Kafle N, Asplund A, Lotzin A, Zhou X, Wamser-Nanney R (2022) COVID-related posttraumatic stress and adjustment disorder symptoms in a sample of Nepali adults. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health; 34(6-7): 684-691. https://doi.org/ 10.1177/10105395221112833
• Schäfer I, Hiller P, Milin S, & Lotzin A (2022) A multicenter, randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of STARC-SUD (Skills Training in Affect Regulation – a Culture-sensitive approach) versus treatment as usual in trauma-exposed refugees with substance use problems. Trials. 202228, 23(1):915. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06761-4
• Zrnic Novaković I, Lueger-Schuster B, Verginer L, Dajdukovic D, Bakic H, Javakhishivili J, Dragan M, Borges C, Lotzin A (2022) You can't do anything about it, but you can make the best of it: a qualitative analysis of pandemic-related experiences in six European countries. European Journal of Psychotraumatology; 13(1): 2065431. https://doi.org/10.1080/ 20008198.2022.2065431
• Javakhishvili JD, Arnberg F, Greenberg N, Kazlauskas E, Lotzin A, Xavier M (2022) Dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: five lessons from the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Eur J Psychotraumatol; 13(1):2046330. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2022.2046330
• Lotzin A, Hinrichsen I, Kenntemich L, Freyberg RC, Lau W, O'Donnell M (2022) The SOLAR group program to promote recovery after disaster and trauma-A randomized controlled feasibility trial among German trauma survivors. Psychol Trauma;14(1):161-171. doi: 10.1037/tra0001105
• Roberts NP, Lotzin A, Schäfer I (2022) A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions for comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder. Eur J Psychotraumatol; 13(1):2041831. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2022.2041831
• Zhou X, Nguyen-Feng VN, Wamser-Nanney R, Lotzin A (2022) Racism, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Racial Disparity in the U.S. COVID-19 Syndemic. Behav Med; 48(2):85-94. doi: 10.1080/08964289.2021.2006131
• Lotzin A, Ketelsen R, Zrnic I, Lueger-Schuster B, Böttche M, Schäfer I (2022) The Pandemic Stressor Scale: factorial validity and reliability of a measure of stressors during a pandemic. BMC Psychol; 8:92. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00790-z
• Deen A, Biedermann SV, Lotzin A, Krüger-Gottschalk A, Dyer A, Knaevelsrud C, Rau H, Schellong J, Ehring T, Schäfer I (2022) The dissociative subtype of PTSD in trauma-exposed individuals: a latent class analysis and examination of clinical covariates. Eur J Psychotraumatol; 3:13. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2022.2031591
• Lotzin A, Lindert J, Koch T, Liedl A, Schäfer I (2021) STARC-SUD – Adaptation of a transdiagnostic intervention for refugees with substance use disorders. Clinical Psychology in Europe; 3: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.5329
• Gelezelyte O, Dragan M, Grajewski P, Kvedaraite M, Lotzin A, Skrodzka M, Nomeikaite A, Kazlauskas E (2021) Predictors of suicide ideation in Lithuania and Poland amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000814
• Wamser-Nanney R, Nguyen-Feng V, Lotzin A, Zhou X (2021) Parenting amidst COVID-19: Pandemic-related stressors inequities and treatment utilization and perceptions. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000189 
• Lotzin A, Krause L, Acquarini E, Ajdukovic D, Ardino V, Arnberg F, Böttche M, Bragesjö M, Dragan Figueiredo-Braga M, Gelezelyte O, Grajewski P, Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous X, Javakhishvili D, Kazlauskas E, Lenferink L, Lioupi C, Lueger-Schuster B,  Tsiskarishvili L, Mooren T, Sales L,  Stevanovic A, Zrnic I,  Schäfer I & ADJUST Study Consortium (2021) Risk and protective factors stressors and symptoms of adjustment disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic – First results of the ESTSS COVID-19 pan-European ADJUST Study, European Journal of Psychotraumatology; 12:1964197
• Hannig C, Lotzin A, Milin S, Schäfer I (2021) Stress-und Traumaprävention für Beschäftigte im Gesundheitsbereich. Trauma & Gewalt; 15: 232-242. https://doi.org/10.21706/tg-15-3-232
• Raj N, Verthein U, Grundmann J, Lotzin A, Hiller P, Schulte B, Driessen M, Hillemacher T, Scherbaum N, Schäfer M, Schneider B, Schäfer I (2021) Internalizing and externalizing subtypes in female patients with co-occurring post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders. J Subst Abuse Treat;121:108198. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108198. 
• Weber M, Schumacher S, Hannig W, Barth J, Lotzin A, Schäfer I, Ehring T, Kleim B (2021) Long-term Outcomes of Psychological Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Corrigendum. Psychol Med. 2021 Oct 27:1. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721003214. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34702377.
• Lotzin A, Hinrichsen I, Kenntemich L, Freyberg R,-C, Lau W, O'Donnell M (2021) The SOLAR group program to promote recovery after disaster and trauma – A randomized controlled feasibility trial among German trauma survivors, Psychological Trauma: Theory Research Practice and Policy, Advance online publica­tion, https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001105
• Lotzin A, Hinrichsen I, Kenntemich L, Freyberg RC, Lau W, Gibson K, O’Donnell M (2021) Das SOLAR Programm – Eine Kurzintervention zur Reduktion anhaltender subklinischer Belastung nach Katastrophen und anderen schweren Belastungen. Psychotherapeut; 66: 533-542
• Kahl J, Holl J, Grundmann J, Lotzin A, Hiller P, Schroeder K, Schulte B, Barnow S, Schäfer I (2020)  Difficulties in emotion regulation as an underlying mechanism for the development and maintenance of PTSD in female patients with substance use disorders. Substance Use & Misuse, 55:13, 2184-2193, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1797805
• Grundmann J, Lotzin A, Sehner S, Verthein U, Hiller P, Hiersemann R, Lincoln TM, Hillemacher T, Schneider B, Driessen M, Scherbaum N, Dotten AC, Schäfer I (2020) Predictors of attendance in outpatient group treatment for women with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder. Psychother Res. 15:1-12. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2020.1817604
• Lotzin A, Acquarini E, Ajdukovic D, Ardino V, Böttche M, Bondjers K, Bragesjo? M, Dragan M,  Grajewski P, Figueiredo-Braga M, Gelezelyte O, Darejan Javakhishvili J, Kazlauskas E, Knefel M, Lueger-Schuster B, Makhashvili N, Mooren T, Sales L, Stevanovic A, Schäfer I (2020) Stressors, coping and symptoms of adjustment disorder in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic – study protocol of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) pan-European study, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11:1, 1780832, DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1780832
• Muehlhan M, Höcker A, Miller R, Trautmann S, Wiedemann K, Lotzin A, Barnow S, Schäfer I (2020) HPA axis stress reactivity and hair cortisol concentrations in healthy controls and recently detoxified alcoholics with and without childhood maltreatment. Addiction Biology, 25(1):e12681
• Gaebel W, Stricker J, Riesbeck M, Zielasek J, Kerst A, Meisenzahl-Lechner E, Köllner V, Rose M, Hofmann T, Schäfer I, Lotzin A, Briken P, Klein V, Brunner F, Keeley JW, Rebello TJ, Andrews HF, Reed GM, Vogel U, Hasan A, Falkai P (2020) Accuracy of Diagnostic Classification and Clinical Utility Assessment of ICD-11 Compared to ICD-10 in 10 Mental Disorders: Findings From a Web-Based Field Study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 270(3): 281-289
• Melchior H, Hüsing P, Grundmann J, Lotzin A, Hiller P, Pan Y, Driessen M, Scherbaum N, Schneider B, Hillemacher T, Stolzenburg S, Schomerus G, Schäfer I; Cansas Study Group (2019) Substance Abuse-Related Self-Stigma in Women with Substance Use Disorder and Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Eur Addict Res; 25:20-29
• Gidzgier P, Grundmann J, Lotzin A, Hiller P, Schneider B, Driessen M, Schäfer M, Scherbaum N, Hillemacher T, Schäfer I (2019) The dissociative subtype of PTSD in women with substance use disorders: Exploring symptom and exposure profiles. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; 99: 73-79 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.01.004
• Lotzin A, Schäfer I (2019) Diagnostik der Komplexen Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung. Trauma und Gewalt, 13, 20-27
• Lotzin A, Grundmann J, Hiller P, Pawils S, Barnow S, Schäfer I (2019) Profiles of Childhood Trauma in Women with Substance Use Disorder and Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 674; doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00674
• Lotzin A, Buth S, Sehner S, Hiller P, Pawils S, Metzner F, Read J, Härter M, Schäfer I (2019) Reducing barriers to trauma inquiry in substance use disorder treatment a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 29; 14:23. doi: 10.1186/s13011-019-0211-8
• Schäfer I, Lotzin A, Hiller P, Sehner S, Driessen M, Hillemacher T, Schäfer M, Scherbaum N, Schneider B & Grundmann J (2019) A multisite randomized controlled trial of Seeking Safety vs. Relapse Prevention Training for women with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders. European Journal of Psychotraumatology; 10:1577092
• Schäfer I, Lotzin A (2018) Komplexe Traumafolgestörungen und ihre Behandlung bei Patienten mit Suchterkrankungen. Suchtmedizin, 20, 219-228
• Lotzin A, Lejeune N, Chuy-Ferrer L, Schäfer I (2018) Schwierigkeiten der Emotionsregulation bei alkoholabhängigen Patienten mit komorbiden posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen [Difficulties in emotion regulation in patients with comorbid postraumatic stress disorders]. Suchttherapie, 19, 76-87
• Gaebel W, Riesbeck M, Zielasek J, Kerst A, Meisenzahl-Lechner E, Köllner V, Rose M, Hofmann T, Schäfer I, Lotzin A, Briken P, Klein V, Brunner F, Keeley JW, Rebello TJ, Andrews HF, Reed GM, Kostanjsek NFI, Hasan A, Russek P, Falkai P (2018) Web-based field studies on diagnostic classification and code assignment of mental disorders: comparison of ICD-11 and ICD-10. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 86:163-171. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-100508.
• Lotzin A, Mehmet M, Buth S, Milin S, Kalke J & Schäfer I. (2018) Profiles of childhood adversities in pathological gamblers – A latent class analysis. Addictive Behaviors; 81: 60-69.
• Schäfer I, Chuey-Ferrer L, Hofmann A, Lieberman P, Mainusch G, Lotzin A (2017) Effectiveness of EMDR for patients with substance use disorder and comorbid PTSD – A randomized controlled trail. BMC Psychiatry, 17:95 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-017-1255-9
• Pawils S, Nick S, Metzner F, Lotzin A, Schäfer I (2017) Versorgungssituation von Kindern, Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen mit sexuellen Gewalterfahrungen in Deutschland. [Healthcare situation for children, adolescent and adult victims of sexual violence in Germany. A critical overview]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz, 60, 1046-1054; DOI 10.1007/s00103-017-2601-2
• Schäfer I, Chuey-Ferrer L, Hofmann A, Lieberman P, Mainusch G, Lotzin A (2017) Effectiveness of EMDR in patients with substance use disorder and comorbid PTSD: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry DOI: 10.1186/s12888-017-1255-9;
• Lotzin A, Buth S, Sehner S, Hiller P, Martens M.-S., Pawils S, Metzner F, Read J, Härter M, Schäfer I. (2017) Learning how to ask’ about traumatic experiences in clients – Effectiveness of a training for trauma inquiry and response in substance use disorder healthcare professionals. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. DOI:10.1037/tra0000269
• Lotzin A, Haupt L, von Schönfels J, Wingenfeld K, Schäfer I (2016) Profiles of childhood trauma and severity of addiction-related problems in patients with alcohol dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40(3), 543-452
• Milin S, Kleinau C, Lüdorf S, Lotzin A, Degkwitz P, Verthein U, Schäfer I (2016) Konsummotive bei Stimulanzienkonsum. Ein Vergleich von Amphetamin- und Methamphetamin-Konsumenten. Suchttherapie, 17(1), 17-21
• Schäfer I, Lotzin A, Milin S (2014) Ungedeckte psychotherapeutische Bedarfe bei Stimulanzienkonsumenten. Bedeutung komorbider Störungen und traumatischer Erfahrungen. Psychotherapeut 59(4), 300-305. DOI: 10.1007/s00278-014-1059-z
• Ramsauer, B., Lotzin, A., Mühlhan, C., Romer, G., Nolte, T., Fonagy, P., & Powell, B. (2014) A randomized controlled trial comparing Circle of Security Intervention and treatment as usual as interventions to increase attachment security in infants of mentally ill mothers: Study Protocol. BMC psychiatry, 14(1), 24.
• Schäfer I, Lotzin A, & Milin S (2014) Ungedeckte psychotherapeutische Bedarfe bei Stimulanzienkonsumenten. Psychotherapeut, 59(4), 300-305
• Ramsauer, B., Lotzin, A., Quitmann, J. H., Becker-Stoll, F., Tharner, A., & Romer, G. (2014) Insightfulness and later infant attachment in clinically depressed and nonclinical mothers. Infant Mental Health Journal, 35(3), 210-219
• Zschocke I, Mrowietz U, Lotzin A, Karakasili E, & Reich K (2014) Assessing adherence factors in patients under topical treatment: development of the Topical Therapy Adherence Questionnaire (TTAQ). Archives of Dermatological Research, 306(3), 287-297
• Lotzin A, Kriston, L, Richter-Appelt H, Leichsenring I, Ramsauer B, Schäfer I (2013) Dimensionen elterlicher Erziehungsstile bei alkoholabhängigen Patienten: Erste Befunde zum Fragebogen zu Erziehungseinstellungen und Erziehungspraktiken (FEPS). Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 2013; 63(07): 264-271 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1321884

Projects

• PREPARE – Prävention und Behandlung von Suchtproblemen bei Geflüchteten