Dr. David Bürgin

Bürgin, David, Nishimi, Kristen, Clemens, Vera, Meier, Maria, Unternaehrer, Eva, Gurri, Laura, Bruttin, Evelyne, Rohleder, Nicolas, Klauser, Paul, Dwir, Daniella, Varghese, Nimmy, Eckert, Anne, Seker, Süheyla, d’Huart, Delfine, Boonmann, Cyril, Schmid, Marc, & O’Donovan, Aoife. (2025). Associations of lifetime stressors and health behaviors with inflammation in young adults previously placed in youth residential care. Brain Behavior and Immunity Health, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2025.101098

Meier, Maria, Schalinski, Inga, Boonmann, Cyril, Jenkel, Nils, Seker, Süheyla, D’Huart, Delfine, Fegert, Jörg M., Clemens, Vera, Schmid, Marc, & Bürgin, David. (2025). Differential effects of childhood maltreatment types and timing on psychopathology in formerly out-of-home placed young adults. European Psychiatry, 68. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.10127

Gurri, Laura, Beck, Katharina, d’Huart, Delfine, Seker, Süheyla, Leiting, Milou, Boonmann, Cyril, Jenkel, Nils, Fegert, Jörg M., Clemens, Vera, Schmeck, Klaus, Schmid, Marc, & Bürgin, David. (2025). Belastende Kindheitserfahrungen und potenziell traumatische Lebensereignisse bei ehemals fremdplatzierten jungen Erwachsenen. Kindheit und Entwicklung. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000493

Seker, Süheyla, Bürgin, David, Boonmann, Cyril, d’Huart, Delfine, Jenkel, Nils, Beck, Katharina, Leiting, Milou, Crivelli, Alison, Bürgin, Dina, Fegert, Jörg M., Schmeck, Klaus, & Schmid, Marc. (2025). Die Prävalenz psychischer Störungen von Care Leavern [Journal-article]. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 53(3), 139–154. https://doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a001012

Bürgin, David, Witt, Andreas, Seker, Süheyla, D’Huart, Delfine, Meier, Maria, Jenkel, Nils, Boonmann, Cyril, Schmeck, Klaus, Fegert, Jörg M., & Schmid, Marc. (2025). Childhood maltreatment and mental health problems in a 10-year follow-up study of adolescents in youth residential care: A latent transition analysis. Development and Psychopathology, 37(1), 68–83. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579423001426

Meier, Maria, Kantelhardt, Sina, Gurri, Laura, Stadler, Christina, Schmid, Marc, Clemens, Vera, O’Donovan, Aoife, Boonmann, Cyril, Bürgin, David, & Unternaehrer, Eva. (2024). Childhood trauma is linked to epigenetic age deceleration in young adults with previous youth residential care placements [Journal-article]. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2379144

Geprägs, A., Bürgin, D., Fegert, J. M., Brähler, E., & Clemens, V. (2024). Dealing with the challenges of the pandemic – results of a population-based survey during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic contrasting benefits and burden. BMC Public Health, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19203-4

Habersaat, Stéphanie, Urben, Sébastien, Palix, Julie, Bürgin, David, Fegert, Jörg M., Schmeck, Klaus, Boonmann, Cyril, & Schmid, Marc. (2024). Assessing the Gendered General Strain Theory Over Time in Individuals with a Residential Care History. Deviant Behavior, 45(4), 567–578. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2023.2255918

Geprägs, A., Bürgin, D., Fegert, J. M., Brähler, E., & Clemens, V. (2023). Parental stress and physical violence against children during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a population-based survey in Germany. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00571-5

Kind, Nina, Seker, Süheyla, d’Huart, Delfine, Bürgin, Dina, Jenkel, Nils, Boonmann, Cyril, Habersaat, Stéphanie, Urben, Sébastien, Fegert, Jörg M., Clemens, Vera, Bürgin, David, & Schmid, Marc. (2023). High-risk substance use and psychosocial functioning in young adult care leavers: Findings from a 10-year follow-up study. Children and Youth Services Review, 155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107290

Kind, Nina, Seker, Süheyla, d’Huart, Delfine, Bürgin, Dina, Jenkel, Nils, Boonmann, Cyril, Habersaat, Stéphanie, Urben, Sébastien, Fegert, Jörg M., Clemens, Vera, Bürgin, David, & Schmid, Marc. (2023). High-risk substance use and psychosocial functioning in young adult care leavers: Findings from a 10-year follow-up study [Journal-article]. Children and Youth Services Review, 155, 107290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107290

Nishimi, K., Bürgin, D., & O’Donovan, A. (2023). Psychological resilience to lifetime trauma and risk for cardiometabolic disease and mortality in older adults: A longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111539

Bürgin, D., Clemens, V., Witt, A., Sachser, C., Jud, A., Brähler, E., Strauß, B., Petrowski, K., Schmid, M., & Fegert, J. M. (2023). Adverse childhood experiences increase the risk for low perceived social participation and health-related quality of life in a large-scale population-based study in Germany. Child Abuse and Neglect, 144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106382

d’Huart, Delfine, Seker, Süheyla, Bürgin, David, Birkhölzer, Marc, Boonmann, Cyril, Schmid, Marc, & Schmeck, Klaus. (2023). The stability of personality disorders and personality disorder criteria: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102284

d’Huart, Delfine, Seker, Süheyla, Bürgin, David, Birkhölzer, Marc, Boonmann, Cyril, Schmid, Marc, Schmeck, Klaus, & Bach, Bo. (2023). Key insights from studies on the stability of personality disorders in different age groups. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1109336. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1109336

d’Huart, Delfine, Seker, Süheyla, Bürgin, David, Birkhölzer, Marc, Boonmann, Cyril, Schmid, Marc, Schmeck, Klaus, & Bach, Bo. (2023). Key insights from studies on the stability of personality disorders in different age groups [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1109336

Bürgin, David, Clemens, Vera, Varghese, Nimmy, Eckert, Anne, Huber, Mara, Bruttin, Evelyne, Boonmann, Cyril, Unternährer, Eva, O’Donovan, Aoife, & Schmid, Marc. (2022). Adverse and traumatic exposures, posttraumatic stress disorder, telomere length, and hair cortisol – Exploring associations in a high-risk sample of young adult residential care leavers. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, 26, 100524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100524

Bürgin, David, Varghese, Nimmy, Eckert, Anne, Clemens, Vera, Unternährer, Eva, Boonmann, Cyril, O’Donovan, Aoife, & Schmid, Marc. (2022). Higher hair cortisol concentrations associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length in high-risk young adults. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 11730. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14905-4

Bürgin D, Clemens V, Varghese N, Eckert A, Huber M, Bruttin E, Boonmann C, Unternährer E, O’Donovan A, & Schmid M. (2022). Adverse and traumatic exposures, posttraumatic stress disorder, telomere length, and hair cortisol – Exploring associations in a high-risk sample of young adult residential care leavers. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, 26, 100524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100524

Bürgin D, Varghese N, Eckert A, Clemens V, Unternährer E, Boonmann C, O’Donovan A, & Schmid M. (2022). Higher hair cortisol concentrations associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length in high-risk young adults. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 11730. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14905-4

d’Huart, Delfine, Hutsebaut, Joost, Seker, Süheyla, Schmid, Marc, Schmeck, Klaus, Bürgin, David, & Boonmann, Cyril. (2022). Personality functioning and the pathogenic effect of childhood maltreatment in a high-risk sample. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-022-00527-1

Urben, Sébastien, Habersaat, Stéphanie, Palix, Julie, Fegert, Jörg M, Schmeck, Klaus, Bürgin, David, Seker, Süheyla, Boonmann, Cyril, & Schmid, Marc. (2022). Examination of the importance of anger/irritability and limited prosocial emotion/callous-unemotional traits to understand externalizing symptoms and adjustment problems in adolescence: A 10-year longitudinal study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 939603. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.939603

Urben S, Habersaat S, Palix J, Fegert JM, Schmeck K, Bürgin D, Seker S, Boonmann C, & Schmid M. (2022). Examination of the importance of anger/irritability and limited prosocial emotion/callous-unemotional traits to understand externalizing symptoms and adjustment problems in adolescence: A 10-year longitudinal study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 939603. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.939603

Geprägs, A., Bürgin, D., Fegert, J. M., Brähler, E., & Clemens, V. (2022). The Impact of Mental Health and Sociodemographic Characteristics on Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction during the Second Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Results of a Population-Based Survey in Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148734

d’Huart, Delfine, Steppan, Martin, Seker, Süheyla, Bürgin, David, Boonmann, Cyril, Birkhölzer, Marc, Jenkel, Nils, Fegert, Jörg M, Schmid, Marc, & Schmeck, Klaus. (2022). Prevalence and 10-Year Stability of Personality Disorders From Adolescence to Young Adulthood in a High-Risk Sample. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 840678. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.840678

d’Huart, Delfine, Steppan, Martin, Seker, Süheyla, Bürgin, David, Boonmann, Cyril, Birkhölzer, Marc, Jenkel, Nils, Fegert, Jörg M., Schmid, Marc, & Schmeck, Klaus. (2022). Prevalence and 10-Year Stability of Personality Disorders From Adolescence to Young Adulthood in a High-Risk Sample [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.840678

d’Huart D, Steppan M, Seker S, Bürgin D, Boonmann C, Birkhölzer M, Jenkel N, Fegert JM, Schmid M, & Schmeck K. (2022). Prevalence and 10-Year Stability of Personality Disorders From Adolescence to Young Adulthood in a High-Risk Sample. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 840678. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.840678

d’Huart, Delfine, Bürgin, David, Seker, Süheyla, Birkhölzer, Marc, Jenkel, Nils, Boonmann, Cyril, Fegert, Jörg M., Schmid, Marc, & Schmeck, Klaus. (2022). Risikofaktoren für und Stabilität einer Persönlichkeitsstörung vom Jugendalter bis ins junge Erwachsenenalter in einer Hochrisikopopulation. Kindheit Und Entwicklung, 31, 40–51. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000367

d’Huart, Delfine, Bürgin, David, Seker, Süheyla, Birkhölzer, Marc, Jenkel, Nils, Boonmann, Cyril, Fegert, Jörg M., Schmid, Marc, & Schmeck, Klaus. (2022). Risikofaktoren für und Stabilität einer Persönlichkeitsstörung vom Jugendalter bis ins junge Erwachsenenalter in einer Hochrisikopopulation [Journal-article]. Kindheit und Entwicklung, 31(1), 40–51. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000367

Schmid, Marc, Fegert, Jörg M., Clemens, Vera, Seker, Süheyla, d’Huart, Delfine, Binder, Melanie, Schröder, Martin, Friden, Liz, Boonmann, Cyril, Jenkel, Nils, & Schmeck, Klaus Bürgin, David. (2022). Misshandlungs- und Vernachlässigungserfahrungen in der Kindheit: Ein Risikofaktor für die soziale Teilhabe ehemals außerfamiliär platzierter junger Erwachsener. Kindheit Und Entwicklung, 31, 22–39. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000366

Schmid, Marc, Fegert, Jörg M., Clemens, Vera, Seker, Süheyla, d’Huart, Delfine, Binder, Melanie, Schröder, Martin, Friden, Liz, Boonmann, Cyril, Jenkel, Nils, Schmeck, Klaus, & Bürgin, David. (2022). Misshandlungs- und Vernachlässigungserfahrungen in der Kindheit: Ein Risikofaktor für die soziale Teilhabe ehemals außerfamiliär platzierter junger Erwachsener [Journal-article]. Kindheit und Entwicklung, 31(1), 22–39. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000366

Schröder M, Bürgin D, Hutzenthaler N, Buchheim A, & Schmid M. (2022). [Attachment Representations and Burnout of Social Workers]. Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie, 71(1), 72–93. https://doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2022.71.1.72

Schwartz L, Nakonechna M, Campbell G, Brunner D, Stadler C, Schmid M, Fegert JM, & Bürgin D. (2022). Addressing the mental health needs and burdens of children fleeing war: a field update from ongoing mental health and psychosocial support efforts at the Ukrainian border. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), 2101759. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2022.2101759

Seker, Süheyla, Boonmann, Cyril, d’Huart, Delfine, Bürgin, David, Schmeck, Klaus, Jenkel, Nils, Steppan, Martin, Grob, Alexander, Forsman, Hilma, Fegert, Jörg M., & Schmid, Marc. (2022). Mental disorders into adulthood among adolescents placed in residential care: A prospective 10-year follow-up study. European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 65(1). https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.30

Seker, Süheyla, Bürgin, David, d’Huart, Delfine, Schmid, Marc, Schmeck, Klaus, Jenkel, Nils, Fegert, Jörg M., Steppan, Martin, & Boonmann, Cyril. (2022). Der Verlauf von psychischen Problemen bei fremdplatzierten Kindern und Jugendlichen bis in deren Erwachsenenalter. Kindheit Und Entwicklung, 31, 9–21. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000365

Clemens V, Bürgin D, Huber-Lang M, Plener PL, Brähler E, & Fegert JM. (2021). The interplay between child maltreatment and stressful life events during adulthood and cardiovascular problems —a representative study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173937

Bürgin D, Kind N, Schröder M, Clemens V, Fegert JM, Eckert A, Buchheim A, O’Donovan A, Boonmann C, & Schmid M. (2020). The Stress of Caring—Resilience and HPA-Axis Activity in Hair Samples of Youth Residential Caregivers. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 556486. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.556486

Clemens V, Bürgin D, Eckert A, Kind N, Dölitzsch C, Fegert JM, & Schmid M. (2020). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation in a high-risk sample of children, adolescents and young adults in residential youth care – Associations with adverse childhood experiences and mental health problems. Psychiatry Research, 284, 112778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112778

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

Haag, C., Bürgin, D., Bueeler, L. A., Janousch, C., Bechtiger, L., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., Shanahan, L., & von Wyl, V. (2025). Thinking about tomorrow: A population-based natural language processing analysis of young adults’ hopes and worries for the future [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/8bfy2_v1

Bürgin, D., Haag, C., Bueeler, L. A., Bechtiger, L., Janousch, C., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., von Wyl, V., & Shanahan, L. (2025). Major life events from adolescence to young adulthood: A longitudinal natural language processing analysis of a large urban cohort [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/psa8c_v1

Meier, M., Schalinski, I., Boonmann, C., Jenkel, N., Seker, S., d’Huart, D., Fegert, J., Clemens, V., Schmid, M., & Bürgin, D. (2024). Differential effects of childhood maltreatment types and timing on psychopathology in formerly out-of-home placed young adults [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2vrjt

Schmid, M., Fegert, J. M., Clemens, V., Seker, S., d’Huart, D., Binder, M., Schröder, M., Friden, L., Boonmann, C., Jenkel, N., Schmeck, K., & Bürgin, D. (2022). Misshandlungs- und Vernachlässigungserfahrungen in der Kindheit: Ein Risikofaktor für die soziale Teilhabe ehemals außerfamiliär platzierter junger Erwachsener [Journal-article]. Kindheit und Entwicklung, 31(1), 22–39. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000366

Schmid, M., Fegert, J. M., Clemens, V., Seker, S., d’Huart, D., Binder, M., Schröder, M., Friden, L., Boonmann, C., Jenkel, N., Schmeck, K., & Bürgin, D. (2022). Misshandlungs- und Vernachlässigungserfahrungen in der Kindheit: Ein Risikofaktor für die soziale Teilhabe ehemals außerfamiliär platzierter junger Erwachsener [Journal-article]. Kindheit und Entwicklung, 31(1), 22–39. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000366

Schmid, M., Fegert, J. M., Clemens, V., Seker, S., d’Huart, D., Binder, M., Schröder, M., Friden, L., Boonmann, C., Jenkel, N., Schmeck, K., & Bürgin, D. (2022). Misshandlungs- und Vernachlässigungserfahrungen in der Kindheit: Ein Risikofaktor für die soziale Teilhabe ehemals außerfamiliär platzierter junger Erwachsener [Journal-article]. Kindheit und Entwicklung, 31(1), 22–39. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000366

Schmid, M., Fegert, J. M., Clemens, V., Seker, S., d’Huart, D., Binder, M., Schröder, M., Friden, L., Boonmann, C., Jenkel, N., Schmeck, K., & Bürgin, D. (2022). Misshandlungs- und Vernachlässigungserfahrungen in der Kindheit: Ein Risikofaktor für die soziale Teilhabe ehemals außerfamiliär platzierter junger Erwachsener [Journal-article]. Kindheit und Entwicklung, 31(1), 22–39. https://doi.org/10.1026/0942-5403/a000366

Bürgin, David, Boonmann, Cyril, Schmeck, Klaus, Schmid, Marc, Tripp, Paige, Nishimi, Kristen, & O’Donovan, Aoife. (2021). Compounding Stress: Childhood Adversity as a Risk Factor for Adulthood Trauma Exposure in the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(1), 124–136. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22617

Jäggi, Lena, Schmid, Marc, Bürgin, David, Saladin, Nadine, Grob, Alexander, & Boonmann, Cyril. (2021). Shared residential placement for child welfare and juvenile justice youth: current treatment needs and risk of adult criminal conviction. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 15(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-020-00355-1

Bürgin, David, Boonmann, Cyril, Schmid, Marc, Tripp, Paige, & O’Donovan, Aoife. (2020). Fact or artefact? Childhood adversity and adulthood trauma in the U.S. population-based Health and Retirement Study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11(1), 1721146. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1721146

Kind, Nina, Bürgin, David, Fegert, Jörg M., & Schmid, Marc. (2020). What Protects Youth Residential Caregivers from Burning Out? A Longitudinal Analysis of Individual Resilience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2212. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072212

Bürgin, David, O’Donovan, Aoife, d’Huart, Delfine, di Gallo, Alain, Eckert, Anne, Fegert, Jörg, Schmeck, Klaus, Schmid, Marc, & Boonmann, Cyril. (2019). Adverse Childhood Experiences and Telomere Length a Look Into the Heterogeneity of Findings - A Narrative Review. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, 490. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00490

Bürgin D, Anagnostopoulos D, Board and Policy Division of ESCAP, Vitiello B, Sukale T, Schmid M, & Fegert JM. (2022). Impact of war and forced displacement on children’s mental health—multilevel, needs-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches (Patent No. 6). European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 31(6), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-01974-z