Research interests

• Imaginal Retraining in substance use disorders and behavioral addictions
• metacognitive training for problem and pathological gamblers
• online interventions for depression in pain patients
• metacognitive training for depression in older adults

Selected Publications

Gehlenborg, J., Bücker, L., Berthold, M., Miegel, F., & Moritz, S. (2020). Feasibility, acceptance and safety of metacognitive training for problem and pathological gamblers (Gambling-MCT): A pilot study. Journal of Gambling Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-020-09975-w

Moritz, S., Bücker, L., Wittekind, C., Gaweda, Ł. & Gehlenborg, J. (2020). The dimensional structure of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale for Pathological Gambling: Functional differences between true compulsions and compulsive behavior. International Gambling Studies.https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2020.1808045

Moritz, S., Göritz, A. S., Kraj, M., Gehlenborg, J. ,Hottenrott, B., Tonn, P., Ascone, L., Pedersen, A. & Kühn, S. (2020). Imaginal retraining reduces cigarette smoking: A randomized controlled study. European Addiction Research.https://doi.org/10.1159/000509823

Miegel, F., Gehlenborg, J., Bücker, L., Lion, D., & Moritz, S. (2019). Kann eine Online-Intervention für Depressionen emotionale Probleme und Schmerzen lindern? Eine randomisiert-kontrollierte Studie. Verhaltenstherapie, 29 (3), 166-181.

Moritz, S., Göritz, A. S. Schmotz, S., Weierstall-Pust, R., Gehlenborg, J., Gallinat, J., & Kühn, S. (2019). Imaginal retraining decreases craving for high-calorie food in overweight and obese women: A randomized controlled trial. Translational Psychiatry, 9 (319), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0655-7