Dr. M.Sc. Psych. Lea Ludwig

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Forschungsambulanzleitung Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
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Curriculum Vitae
Work experience
2023 – today | Head of the research outpatient clinic (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Hamburg) |
2023 – today | Research associate and psychotherapist at the University Outpatient Clinic (Hochschulambulanz, University of Hamburg) |
2022 | Psychologist at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) |
2016 – 2020 | Research assistant (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Hamburg) |
2015 | Study therapist (University of Edinburgh) |
2014 – 2015 | Research assistant, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences - Department of Clinical Neurosciences (University of Edinburgh) |
Education
2023 | Licensed clinical psychologist in CBT (German: Approbation zur Psychologischen Psychotherapeutin, Fachkunde Verhaltenstherapie) |
2020 | Doctoral degree – Dr. rer. nat. (University of Hamburg) |
2016 – 2020 | Doctoral student (University of Hamburg) |
2008 – 2014 |
M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Psychology (Universität Konstanz) |
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Publications
Artikel
Wrede, N. ... Ludwig, L.,, ... & Wilz, G. (2025). How do young-old and old-old adults benefit from cognitive-behavioral therapy compared to working-age adults? A large multicenter naturalistic study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 375, 456-464. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.01.145.
McLoughlin, C., ... Ludwig, L., ... McWhirter, L. (2023). Functional neurological disorder is a feminist issue. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 94(10), 855-862. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-330192.
Berezowski, L., Ludwig, L., Martin, A., & Löwe, B., Shedden Mora, M., (2022). Early Psychological Interventions for Somatic Symptom Disorder and Functional Somatic Syndromes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Psychosom Med., 84(3), 325-338. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001011.
Kammerer, M. K., Mehl, S., Ludwig, L., & Lincoln, T. M. (2021). Sleep and circadian rhythm disruption predict persecutory symptom severity in day-to-day life: A combined actigraphy and experience sampling study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 131(1), 78-88. doi: 10.1037/abn0000645.
Opoka, S., Ludwig, L., Mehl, S., & Lincoln, T.M. (2021). An experimental study on the effectiveness of emotion regulation in patients with acute delusions. Schizophrenia Research, 228, 206-217. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.11.054.
Ludwig, L., Mehl, S., Krkovic, K.., Lincoln, T.M., (2020). Effectiveness of emotion regulation in daily life in individuals with psychosis and non-clinical controls – an experience sampling study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. , 124(4), 408-421. doi: 10.1037/abn0000505.
Clamor, A., Ludwig L., Lincoln, T.M., (2020) Heart Rate Variability as an Index of Emotion (Dys)regulation? A Comparison of participants with psychotic disorders and healthy controls. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 158, 310-317. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.08.016.
Schlier, B., Ludwig, L., Wiesjahn, M., Jung, E. & Lincoln, T.M. (2020). Fostering coping as a mechanism of symptom change in cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 215, 416-423. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.07.047.
Ludwig, L., Mehl, S., Schlier, B., Krkovic, K.., Lincoln, T.M. (2019). Awareness and rumination moderate the affective pathway to paranoia. Schizophrenia Research. doi: 10.1016/J.SCHRES.2019.12.007
Ludwig, L., Werner, D., Lincoln, T.M. (2019). The relevance of cognitive emotion regulation to psychotic symptoms – A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review. doi: 10.1016/J.CPR.2019.101746
Gelauff, J.M., Carson, A., Ludwig, L., Tijssen, M.A.J., Stone, J. (2019). The prognosis of functional limb weakness: a 14-year case-control study. Brain, 142, 2137–2148. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz138
Ludwig, L., Pasman, J. A., Nicholson, T., Aybek, S., David, A. S., Tuck, S., … Stone, J. (2018). Stressful life events and maltreatment in conversion (functional neurological) disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies. The Lancet Psychiatry. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30051-8
Opoka, S., Ludwig, L., Lincoln, T. M., (2018). A Systematic Review of Trials Targeting Depression and Anxiety in Patients With Delusions - An Emotion-Focused Perspective. Hogrefe Publishing. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, In press. doi: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000331
McIntosh, R. D., McWhirter, L., Ludwig, L., Carson, A., & Stone, J. (2017). Attention and sensation in functional motor disorder. Neuropsychologia, 106(June), 207–215. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.09.031
Carson, A., Lehn, A., Ludwig, L., & Stone, J. (2016). Explaining functional disorders in the neurology clinic: a photo story. Practical Neurology, 16(1), 56–61. doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2015-001242
Lee, O., Ludwig, L., Davenport, R., & Stone, J. (2016). Functional foreign accent syndrome. Practical Neurology, 16(5), 409–11. doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001376
McWhirter, L., Ludwig, L., Carson, A., McIntosh, R. D., & Stone, J. (2016). Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment for functional (psychogenic) upper limb weakness. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 89, 102–106. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.08.010
Lehn A, Gelauff J, Hoeritzauer I, Ludwig L., McWhirter L, Williams S, et al. (2015) Functional neurological disorders: mechanisms and treatment. Journal of Neurology, 2015. doi: 10.1007/s00415-015-7893-2.
Ludwig, L., Whitehead, K., Sharpe, M., Reuber, M., & Stone, J. (2015). Differences in illness perceptions between patients with non-epileptic seizures and functional limb weakness. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.05.010
Ludwig L., Kuderer, B., Dettmers, C. (2015). Pilotstudie: Volitionale Schulungsmaßnahmen fördern das Walking bei Patienten mit Schlaganfall im Vergleich zur MS. 24. Rehabilitationswissenschaftliches Kolloquium. Deutscher Kongress für Rehabilitationsforschung. DRV-Schriften Band 107, 2015, 251-253.
Stone J., Ludwig L. (2015) Zur Diagnose und Behandlung funktioneller neurologischer Störungen. neurologisch, Supplementum 3/2015, pp 30, 31.
Bücher und Buchkapitel
Ludwig, L., Hug, V. (2023). Verfolgungswahn und Verfolgungsängste. Informationen für Betroffene und Angehörige. Ratgeber zur Reihe Fortschritte der Psychotherapie. Hogrefe.
Ludwig, L., McWhirter, L., Williams, S., Derry, C., & Stone, J. (2016). Functional coma. In Handbook of clinical neurology (Vol. 139, pp. 313–327). doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801772-2.00028-X
Carson, A., Ludwig, L., & Welch, K. (2016). Psychologic theories in functional neurologic disorders. In Handbook of clinical neurology (Vol. 139, pp. 105–120). doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801772-2.00010-2