The genetics of major depression remain elusive
Nature didn’t want our commentary ;) … so we publish it here instead. A commentary by Eiko Fried, Sophie van der Sluis, and Angelique Cramer (PDF) A recent study published in… Read more »
Author Archives: Eiko
Blog about our STAR*D depression heterogeneity paper
John McManamy has written a great piece on depression heterogeneity at healthcentral.com that nicely sums up our study “Depression is not a consistent syndrome: an investigation of unique symptom patterns… Read more »
New review paper on depression symptoms
BMC Medicine published our new paper “Depression sum-scores don’t add up: why analyzing specific depression symptoms is essential” (PDF). It was published in the section Current Controversies in Psychiatry that… Read more »
New paper on problematic assumptions in depression research
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My first solo album I mean paper was released a few days ago ;). My special thanks to Randolph Nesse, Laura Bringmann, Denny Borsboom, and Francis Tuerlinckx for the great… Read more »
ICPS Amsterdam 2015 presentation online
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The presentation about psychopathological symptom networks I gave at ICPS 2015 in Amsterdam, “From Loss to Loneliness: The Relationship Between Bereavement and Depressive Symptoms” (PDF of the study), is online… Read more »
Bereavement paper published !
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Our new paper “From Loss to Loneliness: The Relationship Between Bereavement and Depressive Symptoms” was just published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (PDF). In the paper we examined a… Read more »
Media reaction to our new bereavement paper
The KU Leuven press office did an amazing job with the press release of our new paper “From Loss to Loneliness: The Relationship Between Bereavement and Depressive Symptoms” (PDF) that… Read more »
New paper on life stress and depression symptoms
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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica just published our paper “The differential influence of life stress on individual symptoms of depression”! » Fried, E. I., Nesse, R. M., Guille, C., & Sen, S…. Read more »
New paper on symptom heterogeneity
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The Journal of Affective Disorders just published our second STAR*D paper! » Fried, E. I., & Nesse, R. M. (2015). Depression is not a consistent syndrome: An investigation of unique… Read more »
Nature correspondence published
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Our commentary regarding the NIMH’s decision to solely fund research investigating the neurobiological roots of mental disorders was published in today’s issue of Nature. » Fried, E. I., Tuerlinckx, F.,… Read more »
New postdoctoral position
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Starting in May 2014, I will be working as a postdoctoral research fellow on psychopathological network models with a focus on affective disorders in the ‘Research Group of Quantitative Psychology… Read more »
Press release: STAR*D impairment paper
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Check out this German press release that covers our STAR*D paper! Gesundheitsstadt-Berlin.de also writes about our STAR*D research.
Paper on depression symptoms and impairment
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The paper I wrote together with Randolph Nesse about individual symptoms of depression and their differential impact on impairment of psychosocial functioning was just published in PLoS ONE. » Fried,… Read more »
Ph.D finished
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I successfully finished my Ph.D with summa cum laude! Thanks to everybody who supported me over the last years. You can find the online version of my dissertation “Covert Heterogeneity… Read more »
Paper on depression symptoms and risk factors
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Check out our new paper “Depression is more than the sum-score of its parts: individual DSM symptoms have different risk factors” in Psychological Medicine! » Fried, E. I., Nesse, R…. Read more »