PD PhD, Dr. phil. Dorothée Bentz

Schicktanz, Nathalie, Dechent, Frieder, Huber, Carlo Andreas, Zimmer, Anja, Iseli, Galya Clara, Howald, Jeanne, Schenker, Maya Thalia, Gräff, Johannes, Lang, Undine, de Quervain, Dominique J.F., & Bentz, Dorothée. (2025). Effects of the histone deacetylase inhibitor valproic acid in combination with fear-memory retrieval before exposure therapy for spider phobia: A randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 55. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291725101475

Bentz, Dorothée, & Wulff Dirk U. (2025). Mapping OCD Symptom Triggers with Large Language Models. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/x4zrg_v1

Salazar Kämpf, Maike, Riehle, Marcel, Ehrenthal, Johannes C., Blackwell, Simon Edward, Möllmann, Anne, Cwik, Jan, Feneberg, Anja, Kräplin, Anja, Bentz, Dorothée, Burghardt, Juliane, Cludius, Barbara, Hilbert, Kevin, Fink-Lamotte, Jakob, Nazarenus, Edgar, Freund, Johanna, Schulze, Lars, Haberkamp, Anke, & Clamor, Annika. (2025). How to practice Open Science: a cookbook for clinical psychology research [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ztvjm_v1

Schicktanz, Nathalie Sarah, Dechent, Frieder, Huber, Carlo Andreas, Zimmer, Anja, Iseli, Galya Clara, Howald, Jeanne, Schenker, Maya Thalia, Graeff, Johannes, Lang, Undine, de Quervain, Dominique JF, & Bentz, Dorothee. (2025). Effects of the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Valproic Acid in Combination with Fear Memory Retrieval before Exposure Therapy for Spider Phobia: A Randomized Controlled Trial [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.12.25320288

Cwik, Jan Christopher, Cludius, Barbara, Bentz, Dorothée, Riehle, Marcel, Ehrenthal, Johannes C., Haberkamp, Anke, Clamor, Annika, Blackwell, Simon Edward, Salazar Kämpf, Maike, Nazarenus, Edgar, Rahal, Rima-Maria, Möllmann, Anne, Fink-Lamotte, Jakob, Burghardt, Juliane, Boehnke, Jan R., & Hilbert, Kevin. (2024). How to approach open science practices for clinical psychology research [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/c7xw8

Kieraité, Monika, Novoselac, Aleksandar, Bättig, Jael Jessica, Rühlmann, Charlotta, Bentz, Dorothée, Noboa, Vanessa, Seifritz, Erich, Egger, Stephan T., & Weidt, Steffi. (2024). Relationship between sense of coherence and depression, a network analysis [Journal-article]. Current Psychology, 43(27), 23295–23303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06034-0

Fink-Lamotte, Jakob, Hilbert, Kevin, Bentz, Dorothée, Blackwell, Simon, Boehnke, Jan R., Burghardt, Juliane, Cludius, Barbara, Ehrenthal, Johannes C., Elsaesser, Moritz, Haberkamp, Anke, Hechler, Tanja, Kräplin, Anja, Paret, Christian, Schulze, Lars, Wilker, Sarah, & Niemeyer, Helen. (2024). Response to responsible research assessment I and II from the perspective of the DGPs working group on open science in clinical psychology [Journal-article]. Meta-Psychology, 8. https://doi.org/10.15626/mp.2023.3794

Fehlmann, Bernhard, Mueller, Fabian D, Wang, Nan, Ibach, Merle K, Schlitt, Thomas, Bentz, Dorothée, Zimmer, Anja, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, & de Quervain, Dominique JF. (2023). Virtual reality gaze exposure treatment reduces state anxiety during public speaking in individuals with public speaking anxiety: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100627

Otte, Johanna, Schicktanz, Nathalie, & Bentz, Dorothée. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the Swiss general population [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1071205

Bentz, Dorothee, Huber, Carlo, Dechent, Frieder, Schicktanz, Nathalie, Howald, Jeanne, Schenker, Maya, Zimmer, Anja, Graff, Johannes, Lang, Undine, & de Quervain, Dominique. (2023). Influence of valproic acid combined with reactivation of fear memory on outcome of extinction-based therapy in patients with spider phobia. Journal of Neural Transmission.

Sabouhi, Sadegh, Vaezi, Atefeh, Sharbafchi, Mohammad Reza, Aerni, Amanda, Bentz, Dorothee, Coynel, David, deQuervain, Dominique, Fehlmann, Bernhard, Freytag, Virginie, Gerhards, Christiane, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, Schicktanz, Nathalie, Schlitt, Thomas, Zimmer, Anja, Zuber, Priska, & Amini, Ehssan. (2022). The Iranian Corona Stress Study: Psychological Impacts of COVID‑19 Pandemic in an Iranian Population. International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_281_21

Schicktanz, N., Loos, E., Bentz, D., Papassotiropoulos, A., & de Quervain, D.J.F. (2022). A working memory intervention to decrease fear of snakes in real-life: a randomised controlled trial [Journal-article]. Neuroscience Applied, 1, 100081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nsa.2022.100081

de Quervain, Dominique, Aerni, Amanda, Amini, Ehssan, Bentz, Dorothée, Coynel, David, Gerhards, Christiane, Freytag, Virginie, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, Schicktanz, Nathalie, Schlitt, Thomas, Zimmer, Anja, & Zuber, Priska. (2021). The Swiss Corona Stress Study: November 2021 [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/x6zu7

de Quervain, Dominique, Coynel, David, Aerni, Amanda, Amini, Ehssan, Bentz, Dorothée, Freytag, Virginie, Gerhards, Christiane, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, Schicktanz, Nathalie, Schlitt, Thomas, Zimmer, Anja, & Zuber, Priska. (2021). Swiss Corona Stress Study: survey in high school students, March 2021 [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/fswck

Bentz, Dorothée, Wang, Nan, Ibach, Merle K., Schicktanz, Nathalie S., Zimmer, Anja, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, & de Quervain, Dominique J. F. (2021). Effectiveness of a stand-alone, smartphone-based virtual reality exposure app to reduce fear of heights in real-life: a randomized trial. NPJ Digital Medicine, 4(1), 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00387-7

Zimmer, Anja, Wang, Nan, Ibach, Merle K., Fehlmann, Bernhard, Schicktanz, Nathalie S., Bentz, Dorothée, Michael, Tanja, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, & de Quervain, Dominique J. F. (2021). Effectiveness of a smartphone-based, augmented reality exposure app to reduce fear of spiders in real-life: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 82, 102442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102442

de Quervain, Dominique, Aerni, Amanda, Amini, Ehssan, Bentz, Dorothée, Coynel, David, Freytag, Virginie, Gerhards, Christiane, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, Schicktanz, Nathalie, Schlitt, Thomas, Zimmer, Anja, & Zuber, Priska. (2020). The Swiss Corona Stress Study: second pandemic wave, November 2020 [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/6cseh

Sabouhi, Sadegh, Vaezi, Atefeh, Sharbafchi, Mohammadreza, Aerni, Amanda, Bentz, Dorothée, Coynel, David, de Quervain, Dominique, Fehlmann, Bernhard, Freytag, Virginie, Gerhards, Christiane, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, Schicktanz, Nathalie, Schlitt, Thomas, Zimmer, Anja, Zuber, Priska, & Amini, Ehssan. (2020). The Iranian Corona Stress Study [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/cfgbk

de Quervain, Dominique, Aerni, Amanda, Amini, Ehssan, Bentz, Dorothée, Coynel, David, Gerhards, Christiane, Fehlmann, Bernhard, Freytag, Virginie, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, Schicktanz, Nathalie, Schlitt, Thomas, Zimmer, Anja, & Zuber, Priska. (2020). The Swiss Corona Stress Study [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/jqw6a

Fehlmann, Bernhard, Müller, Fabian, Wang, Nan, Ibach, Merle K., Schlitt, Thomas, Bentz, Dorothée, Zimmer, Anja, Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, & de Quervain, Dominique. (2020). Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality-Based Mutual Gaze Training to Reduce Fear of Public Speaking: A Randomised Controlled Trial [Journal-article]. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3666844

Gaab, Jens, Bürgin, David, Locher, Cosima, Werner, Christoph, Urech, Stefanie, Bratschi, Christine, Garcia, Lorena Bartolomé, Hauke, Milena, Bitter, Salome, Bohny, Marc, & Bentz, Dorothée. (2019). Endogenous cortisol and conditioned placebo effects on pain - A randomized trial. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 123, 109739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109739

Bentz, Dorothée, & Schiller, Daniela. (2015). Threat processing: models and mechanisms. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Cognitive Science, 6(5), 39–427. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1353

Bentz D., de Quervain D., Bolt O.C., Wilhelm F.H., Michael T., Wiederhold B.K., & Margraf J. (2013). Glucocorticoids enhance extinctionbased psychotherapy in virtual reality. Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation, 6(1), 26.

Bentz, Dorothée, Michael, Tanja, Wilhelm, Frank H., Hartmann, Francina R., Kunz, Sabrina, von Rohr, Isabelle R. Rudolf, & de Quervain, Dominique J.-F. (2013). Influence of stress on fear memory processes in an aversive differential conditioning paradigm in humans. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38(7), 1186–1197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.12.018

Bentz, Dorothée, & Mannstadt, Sandra. (2012). Spezifische Phobien. In Meinlschmidt, Gunther; Schneider, Silvia; Margraf, Jürgen (Ed.), Lehrbuch der Verhaltenstherapie: Vol. Bd. 4: Materialien für die Psychotherapie (pp. 253–266). Springer.

Bentz, Dorothée. (2012). The role of stress and glucocorticoids in the regulation of fear memory [Dissertation].

Bentz, D., Pfaltz, M. C., & Wilhelm, F. H. (2011). Therapie in virtueller Realität. In Lehrbuch der Verhaltenstherapie: Vol. Bd. 4 : Materialien für die Psychotherapie (p. S. 157–162). Springer.

Bentz, D, Steiner, M, & Meinlschmidt, G. (2011). SIPS - Screening-Instrument für prämenstruelle Symptome : Die deutsche Version des Premenstrual Symptoms Screening Tool zur Erfassung klinisch relevanter Beschwerden. Der Nervenarzt, 83(1), 33–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-010-3210-6

de Quervain, Dominique J.-F., Bentz, Dorothée, Michael, Tanja, Bolt, Olivia C., Wiederhold, Brenda K., Margraf, Jürgen, & Wilhelm, Frank H. (2011). Glucocorticoids enhance extinction-based psychotherapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(16), 6621–6625. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1018214108

Pfaltz, M. C., Bentz, D., & Wilhelm, F. H. (2011). Neue Technologien in der psychologischen Diagnostik und Therapie. In Lehrbuch der Verhaltenstherapie: Vol. Bd. 4 : Materialien für die Psychotherapie (p. S. 163–166). Springer.

Bentz, D., Michael, T., De Quervain, D., & Wilhelm, F. H. (2010). Enhancing exposure therapy for anxiety disorders with glucocorticoids : from basic mechanisms of emotional learning to clinical applications. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24(2), 223–230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.10.011

Bentz,Dorothée, & Margraf,Jürgen. (2010). Agoraphobie und Panikstörung. 31(21), 130–150.

Bentz, D., Michael, T., & Margraf, J. (2009). Konfrontation und Exposition. Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie up2date, 3, 409–425. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1223376

Wilhelm, Frank H., Michael, Tanja, Margraf, Juergen, Bentz, Dorothee, Bolt, Olivia, Wiederhold, Brenda K., & de Quervain, Dominique. (2009). Cognitive enhancers as adjuncts to psychotherapy: use of glucocorticoids in phobic individuals to facilitate extinction of fear. Psychophysiology.