Sebastian Brand, M.Sc.

Education

 

since 09/2019 Professional Training in Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
10/2017 - 07/2019 Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
10/2013 - 10/2017 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz

Academic and Clinical Positions

 

since 09/2020 Doctoral candidate, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy & experimental Psychopathology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
09/2019 - 08/2020 Psychological Training, Specialized Clinic Katzenelnbogen, Open Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Katzenelnbogen.
05/2019 - 08/2020 Research Assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy & experimental Psychopathology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
05/2019 - 07/2019 Tutor, Department of Personality and Psychological Assessment, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
02/2019 - 10/2019 Lecturer, Advanced Education in the Health Professions, Psychiatric Care, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
11/2014 - 05/2019 Tutor and Student Assistant, Department of Methods and Statistics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
09/2014 - 09/2017 Student Assistant, Department of Personality and Psychological Assessment, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz

 

Presentations on Conferences

Brand, S., Petzke, T. M., & Witthoeft, M. (2023). Interoceptive Accuracy or Attention? Which Weighs more in the Development of Somatic Symptoms: A Latent Modeling Approach. Deutscher Kongress für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie (Berlin, 03.-05.05.2023). [Poster]

Brand, S., Lang, K., Bellinghausen, C., Witthoeft, M., & Jungmann, S. M. (2023). Interozeption und Psychopathologie im Kindesalter: Eine Pilotstudie zur Prüfung interozeptiver Messverfahren. 2. Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress (Berlin, 10.-13.05.2023). [Poster]

Brand S., Kolb J., Witthöft, M. & Jungmann S. M. (2019). Dr. Google vs. medical diagnostic app: What are emotional and behavioral side effects? An Experimental Study. 9th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (Berlin, 17.-20.07.2019). [Poster]

 

Publications

 

2022

Brand, S., Jungmann, S. M., Kolb, J., & Witthoeft, M. (2022). The Importance of Independent Empirical Evidence and Why We Disagree With Multmeier et al. (2021). CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. Published. DOI
Brand, S., Meis, A. C., Tünte, M. R., Murphy, J., Woller, J. P., Jungmann, S., Witthöft, M., Hoehl, S., Weymar, M., Hermann, C., & Ventura-Bort, C. (2022). Bridging the Gap between Interoception and Mental Health: Subjective Interoceptive Accuracy as a Correlate of Psychopathological Symptom Burden in a Multicenter Study. In PsyArXiv. DOI
Brand, S., Petzke, T. M., & Witthoeft, M. (2022). The Differential Relationship Between Self-Reported Interoceptive Accuracy and Attention With Psychopathology A Latent Variable Approach. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KLINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE, 51(3-4), 165-175. DOI
Tünte, M. R., Petzke, T., Brand, S., Murphy, J., Witthöft, M., Hoehl, S., Weymar, M., & Ventura-Bort, C. (2022). He Who Seeks Finds (Bodily Signals): Differential Effects of Self-Reported Interoceptive Attention and Accuracy on Subclinical Psychopathology in a German-Speaking Sample. In PsyArXiv. DOI

2020

Jungmann, S. M., Brand, S., Kolb, J., & Witthöft, M. (2020). Do Dr. Google and Health Apps Have (Comparable) Side Effects? An Experimental Study. Clinical Psychological Science, 8(2), 306-317. DOI

 

Research Interests

  • Persistent somatic symptoms, somatic symptom disorder, and health anxiety in children and adolescents
  • Interoception and psychopathology in children and adolescents
  • e-mental health in the diagnosis of mental disorders and cyberchondria