Dr. Sophie Metz
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dr Sophie Metz possesses a solid academic background, having earned her Bachelor’s degree and Master Degree in Psychology. In 2021, she finished her PhD, which investigated early traumatization in female patients with borderline personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, at Freie Universität Berlin. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the institute of medical psychology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, while also taking on the role of a dedicated Lecturer. Beside this, she is licensed psychotherapist in cognitive behavioral therapy in Germany.
Awards
Ernst-Reuter-Prize for outstanding dissertations (Ernst-Reuter-Society, Freie Universität Berlin)
PhD stipend (Promotionsabschlussstipendium II der Charité)
Stipend of the European Exchange program (ERASMUS)
Research Interests
- Neurobiological correlates in individuals with psychiatric conditions (such as personality disorders, anxiety and affective disorders)
- Childhood trauma and related disorders
- Social and affective processes in healthy individuals and psychiatric disorders
Select Publications
- Research Articles Published
Metz, S. (2021). Stress-regulating systems and stress-relevant brain regions in posttraumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder: The role of childhood trauma (Doctoral dissertation).
Metz, S., Chae, W. R., Deuter, C. E., Otte, C., & Wingenfeld, K. (2021). Effects of hydrocortisone and yohimbine on selective attention to emotional cues. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 0269881121997100
Metz, S., Duesenberg, M., Hellmann-Regen, J., Wolf, O. T., Roepke, S., Otte, C., & Wingenfeld, K. (2020). Blunted salivary cortisol response to psychosocial stress in women with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Metz, S., Waiblinger-Grigull, T., Schulreich, S., Chae, W. R., Otte, C., Heekeren, H. R., & Wingenfeld, K. (2020). Effects of hydrocortisone and yohimbine on decision-making under risk. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 114, 104589.
Metz, S., & Wingenfeld, K. (2020). Increased Basolateral Amygdala Functional Connectivity With Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Fear-Related Memory Encoding in High Anxious Participants: A Premorbid Feature? Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 5(3), 256.
Metz, S., Fleischer, J., Gaertner, M., Golde, S., Duesenberg, M., Roepke, S., …. & Wingenfeld, K. (2019). Effects of hydrocortisone on autobiographical memory retrieval in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder: The role of childhood trauma. Neuropsychopharmacology. 44 (12), 2038-2044.
Metz, S., Fleischer, J., Gaertner, M., Golde, S., Duesenberg, M., Roepke, S., …. & Wingenfeld, K. (2019). Resting-state functional connectivity after hydrocortisone administration in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 29 (8), 936-946.
Research Presentations
Metz, S., Fleischer, J., Otte, C. & Wingenfeld, K. (2019). The role of childhood trauma in effects of hydrocortisone on autobiographical memory retrieval in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder. Vortrag: 9. World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Berlin.
Metz, S., Chae, WR. , Otte, C. & Wingenfeld, K. (2019). Effekte von Hydrocortison und Yohimbin auf emotionale Gesichtererkennung. Poster: 45. Tagung Psychologie und Gehirn, Dresden.
Metz, S., Fleischer, J., Grimm, S., Gärnter, M. Golde, S., Duesenberg, M., Roepke, S., Otte, C., Wolf, O.T. & Wingenfeld, K. (2018). Resting-state functional connectivity after hydrocortisone administration in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder. Poster: DGPPN (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde) Kongress, Berlin.
Metz, S., Fleischer, J., Otte, C., Wolf, O.T. & Wingenfeld, K. (2018). Effekte von Hydrocortison auf den Gedächtnisabruf und deren neuronale Korrelate bei gesunden Kontrollprobandinnen. Poster: 44. Tagung Psychologie und Gehirn, Gießen.
Metz, S., Fleischer, J., Golde, S., Otte, C., Wolf, O.T. & Wingenfeld, K. (2017). The Influence of Hydrocortisone on Memory Retrieval in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder and Healthy Controls. Poster: WPA XVII World Congress of Psychiatry, Berlin.
Metz, S., Fleischer, J., Otte, C. & Wingenfeld, K. (2017). Effekte von Hydrocortison auf den Gedächtnisabruf und deren neuronale Korrelate bei Patienten mit Borderline- Persönlichkeitsstörung. Vortrag: 43. Tagung Psychologie und Gehirn, Trier.
