Dr. Volker Arolt
Professor
Neurology
University of Munster
Germany
Biography
Professor of Psychiatry, and Chair Head of Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Münster, Germany. 27.06.1954 Born in Arnsberg/ Westfalia 1960 - 1964 Primary school in Hamburg 1964 - 1972 Secondary school in Hamburg, mathematics and nature sciences 1973 - 1979 Medical Training at the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Medicine 1980 - 1981 Military Service (Medical Officer, Captain) 1982 MD, Thesis: „Catamnestic Studies in Suicide Patients“ (magna cum laude) Prof. Dr. J. Gross, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Hamburg 1983 - 1986 Specialist training in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Department of Psychiatry (Head: Prof. Dr. H. Dilling) and Department of Neurology (Head: Prof. Dr. J. Jörg) at Lübeck University Hospital, Center for Psychiatry, Neurology and Rehabilitation (Head: Dr. B. Schulze), Neustadt 1986 Specialist degree in Psychiatry 1986 - 1988 Studies of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Hamburg, Special Training in Methods of Empirical Social Research 1987 - 1988 Consultation/Liaison Psychiatrist at St. Mary´s Hospital Hamburg 1987 - 1988 Research Assistent at the Research Institute for Sexual Disorders (Head: Prof. Dr. Dr. R. Wille) at the Chris¬tian-Albrechts-University, Kiel 1988 Senior Registrar, 1989: Vice Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry (Head: Prof. Dr. H. Dilling) at University of Lübeck 1990 Specialist degree in „Psychotherapy" 1995 Habilitation /PhD „venia legendi“ , Thesis: „Psychiatric Disorders in internal and surgical Hospital Patients - Diagno¬stic Principles, Prevalence and Treatment“; Associate Professor 1997 Specialist Degree in Psychiatry und Psychotherapy (new regulation) 1998 Specialist Degree in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy 1998 Specialist Degree in Psychoanalysis 1998 Full Professor („C4“) for Psychiatry, Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Münster 2006 Specialist Degree in Forensic Psychiatry
Research Interest
Cognitive dysfunctions, immunology and genetics of affective disorders and schizophernia
Publications
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Klahn AL, Klinkenberg IA, Notzon S, Arolt V, Pantev C, et al. (2016) Prepare for scare-Impact of threat predictability on affective visual processing in spider phobia. Behav Brain Res 307: 84-91.
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Kuhlmann SL, Tschorn M, V Arolt, Beer K, Brandt J, et al. (2017) Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor and stability of depressive symptoms in coronary heart disease patients: A prospective study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 77: 196-202.
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Sundermann B, spring S, Wersching H, Teuber A, V Arolt, et al. (2017) Diagnostic classification of unipolar depression based on resting-state functional connectivity MRI: effects of generalization to a diverse sample. J Neural Transm 124: 589-605.
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Poletti S, Aggio V, Hoogenboezem TA, Ambrée O, Arolt V, et al. (2017) Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and gray matter volume in bipolar disorder. Eur Psychiatry 40: 33-37.
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Power RA, Tansey KE, Buttenschøn HN, Cohen Woods S, Arolt V, et al. (2017) Genome-wide Association for Major Depression Through Age at Onset Stratification: Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Biol Psychiatry 81: 325-335.
