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Birgit Derntl was a researcher, psychotherapist and psychologist.

Birgit Derntl is an Austrian clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. She a professor at the Tübingen Center for Mental Health, University of Tübingen, Germany.

Education Derntl studied psychology (Diplom) at the University of Vienna. She obtained her doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in psychology (summa cum laude) from the University of Vienna in 2006. After completing her doctoral studies, she joined RWTH Aachen University as a postdoctoral research fellow of the International Research Training Group. She returned to the University of Vienna in 2009 where she completed her Habilitation in 2012.

Research Derntl's research investigates the influences of sex/gender and sex hormones on behavior, brain architecture, and mental health. In this research she uses functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine differences between men and women in the empathy they exhibit. As a graduate student she investigated the role of the amygdala for explicit emotion recognition and studied the effects of ethnic group as well as sex hormone profile. She has researched emotion processing and recognition, and the impairment of empathic abilities in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. In depressed individuals, Derntl reported sex/gender differences in approach and avoidance behavior, as well as causal attribution and emotion regulation.

Honors and awards In 2015 Derntl received the Luc Ciompi Award from the Swiss Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.

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Education
University of Vienna
Employers
University of Tübingen, RWTH Aachen University, University of Vienna

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