• Research focus

    • Body dysmorphic disorder

    • Obsessive-compulsive disorder

    • Anxiety disorders

    • Cognitive psychopathology

    • Experimental psychophysiology (primarily EMG)

    • Psychotherapy research

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  • CV

    Education

    PhD Thesis at University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
    Study of Psychology (Diploma), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Academic exchange (ERASMUS) with University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Positions

    Psychotherapist in training at AMEOS Clinic Osnabruck, Ward R2
    Visiting researcher at the Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Related Disorders Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Psychotherapist in training (CBT), Institut für Psychologische Psychotherapieausbildung (IPP) at University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
    PhD student/Clinical Research Fellow at University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

  • Publications

    Research Articles (Journals)

    • Kuck N, Dietel FA, Nohr L, Vahrenhold J, & Buhlmann U. (). A smartphone app for the prevention and early intervention of body dysmorphic disorder: Development and evaluation of the content, usability, and aesthetics. . Internet Interventions, 28(100521). doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2022.100521.
    • Dietel F A, Möllmann A, Bürkner P-C, Wilhelm S, & Buhlmann U. (). Interpretation Bias Across Body Dysmorphic, Social Anxiety and Generalized Anxiety Disorder— A Multilevel, Diffusion Model Account. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45, 715–729. doi: 10.1007/s10608-020-10180-7.
    • Schulte J, Dietel, F A, Wilhelm S, Nestler S, & Buhlmann U. (). Temporal Dynamics of Insight in Body Dysmorphic Disorder: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. . Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 130(4), 365–376. doi: 10.1037/abn0000673.
    • Drüge M, Buhlmann U, Dietel F A, Hansmeier J, Jäger A, Dworakowski O, Rück C, Enander J,. (). BDD-NET – Ein internetbasiertes Programm bei Körperunzufriedenheit zur niedrigschwelligen Behandlung der körperdysmorphen Störung für den deutschen Sprachraum . Verhaltenstherapie, xxx. doi: 10.1159/000520345.
    • Dondzilo L, Dietel F A, Buhlmann U, & MacLeod C. (). The role of biases in the judgement processing of (un)attractive faces in body dysmorphic symptomatology. . Behaviour Research and Therapy, 144. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2021.103919.
    • Dietel F A, Zache C, Bürkner P, Schulte J, Möbius M, Bischof A, Wilhelm S, & Buhlmann U. (). Internet-based Interpretation Bias Modication for body dissatisfaction: A three-armed randomized-controlled trial. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(6), 972–986. doi: 10.1002/eat.23280.
    • Schulte J, Dietel FA, & Buhlmann U. (). Störungseinsicht bei körperdysmorpher Störung, Zwangsstörung und sozialer Angststörung: Untersuchung eines transdiagnostisch relevanten Merkmals. Psychotherapeut, 65(2), 101–108. doi: 10.1007/s00278-020-00404-2.
    • Dusend C, De Putter LM, Koster EH, Dietel F, & Buhlmann U. (). Does Modification of Implicit Associations Regarding Contamination Affect Approach Behavior and Attentional Bias? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43(4), 693–704. doi: 10.1007/s10608-018-09991-6.
    • Dietel F A, Möbius M, Steinbach L, Dusend C, Wilhelm S, & Buhlmann U. (). Effects of induced appearance-related interpretation bias: A test of the cognitive-behavioral model of body dysmorphic disorder. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 61, 180–187. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.07.003.
    • Möllmann A, Dietel F A, Hunger A, & Buhlmann U. (). Prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder and associated features in German adolescents: A self-report survey. Psychiatry Research, 254, 263–267. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.04.063.

    Research Article (Book Contributions)

    • Dietel F, & Buhlmann U. (). Body Dysmorphic Disorder. In Wenzel, A (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology (1st Ed. , pp. 539–542).

    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)

    • Dietel FA, & Buhlmann U. (). Die transdiagnostische Relevanz umschriebener aussehensbezogener Sorgen, Belastung und Suizidalität: Ergebnisse eines Online-Screenings. In 9. Workshopkongress der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs, Dresden, Deutschland.
    • Dietel FA, Heitmann A, Suliman Y, & Buhlmann U. (). Hardly there or hard to find? - Selective attention for emotional faces: A comparison across body dysmorphic, obsessive- compulsive, and social anxiety disorder. In 22nd Annual OCD Conference der IOCDF, Boston, MA, USA.
    • Dietel FA, Gebauer U, Rief W, & Buhlmann U. (). Body dysmorphic disorder and body image concerns in the Western world: A cross-cultural comparison of features and treatment aspects. In 5th congress on Transcultural Psychosomatics, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Marburg, Deutschland.
    • Dietel F, Ertle A, & Buhlmann U. (). Breaking through the social mirror? Modulation von Redeleistung, Stressreaktion und kognitivem Bias infolge eines Aufmerksamkeitsmodifikationstrainings bei subklinischer körperdysmorpher Störung. In 32. Symposium Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Braunschweig, Deutschland.

  • Scientific Talks

    • Schulte, Johanna; Dietel, Fanny A.; Wilms, Simon; Buhlmann, Ulrike (): „Jumping to Conclusions in Body Dysmorphic Disorder“. 38. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs, Mannheim, Deutschland, .
    • Schulte, Johanna; Dietel, Fanny A.; Wilhelm, Sabine; Buhlmann, Ulrike (): ‘Dynamics of insight and associated features in body dysmorphic disorder’. 9th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Berlin, Deutschland, .
    • Dietel, FA, Zache, C, Hartleb, X, Bischof, A, Wilhelm, S, Buhlmann, U (): ‘Web-based interpretation bias modification (CBM-I) in an analogue BDD sample: A randomized-controlled trial ’. 52nd Annual Convention (ABCT), Washington D.C., USA, .
    • Dietel, FA, Zache, C, Hartleb, X, Bischof, A, Wilhelm, S & Buhlmann, U (): ‘SWAP your body image: Effects and predictors of an online reinterpretation training for body dissatisfaction ’. 25th Annual OCD Conference , Washington D.C., USA, .
    • Dietel, FA, Zache, C, Hartleb, X, Bischof, A, Wilhelm, S, Buhlmann, U (): „Kurz-, Langzeit- und Transfer-Effekte einer Online-CBM-I-Intervention zur Reduktion von Körperunzufriedenheit “. 36. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs, Landau, Deutschland, .
    • Dietel, FA, Zache, C, Wilhelm, S, Buhlmann, U (): ‘Effects of a multi-session online CBM-I program for body dissatisfaction (SWAP)’. 47th Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Ljubljana, Slowenien, .
    • Dietel, FA, Zache, C, Wilhelm, S, Buhlmann, U (): ‘SWAPing your body image? – Effects of an online CBM-I intervention for BDD: a randomized-controlled trial’. 24th Annual OCD Conference der IOCDF, San Francisco, USA, .
    • Dietel, FA, Zache, C, Wilhelm, S, Buhlmann, U (): „SWAPping your body image?! – Effekte einer Multi-Session Online-CBM-I-Inter- vention zur Reduktion von Körperunzufriedenheit“. 10. Workshopkongress für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie , Chemnitz, Deutschland, .
    • Dietel F, Möbius M, Steinbach L, Buhlmann U (): ‘Investigating the effects of an appearance-related one-session interpretation bias modification program on body image’. 46th European Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Congress , Stockholm, Schweden, .
    • Dietel, FA, Möbius, M, Steinbach, L, Wilhelm, S, Buhlmann, U (): „Das Körperbild als Frage der Interpretation? - Zwei Experimentalerhebungen zur transdiagnostischen Erfassung und Induzierbarkeit eines aussehensbezogenen Interpretationsbias“. 34. Symposium der Fachgruppe für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Bielefeld, Deutschland, .