Christian Huber is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Universität Basel, Switzerland, and a head of department at the Adult Psychiatry Clinic, Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK) Basel, Switzerland. At the UPK Basel, he is in charge of the Department of Psychotic Disorders and the Hometreatment Team.

His scientific interests are focused on translational research and rooted in clinical psychiatry, social psychiatry, and health services research, covering schizophrenia spectrum disorders, agitation and aggression, compulsory measures in psychiatry, stigmatization, early detection and treatment of psychiatric disorders, and psychodiagnostics.

Selected Publications

Schneeberger A.R., Kowalinski E., Frohlich D., Schroder K., von Felten S., Zinkler M., Beine K.H., Heinz A., Borgwardt S., Lang U.E., Bux D.A., & Huber C.G. (2017). Aggression and violence in psychiatric hospitals with and without open door policies: A 15-year naturalistic observational study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 95, 189–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.08.017

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Huber, Christian G., Schneeberger, Andres R., Kowalinski, Eva, Fröhlich, Daniela, von Felten, Stefanie, Walter, Marc, Zinkler, Martin, Beine, Karl, Heinz, Andreas, Borgwardt, Stefan, & Lang, Undine E. (2016). Suicide risk and absconding in psychiatric hospitals with and without open door policies: a 15 year, observational study. The Lancet. Psychiatry, 3(9), 842–849. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(16)30168-7

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Jungfer, Hermann-Alexander, Schneeberger, Andres R., Borgwardt, Stefan, Walter, Marc, Vogel, Marc, Gairing, Stefanie K., Lang, Undine E., & Huber, Christian G. (2014). Reduction of seclusion on a hospital-wide level: successful implementation of a less restrictive policy. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 54, 94–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.03.020

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Schimmelmann, Benno G., Huber, Christian G., Lambert, Martin, Cotton, Sue, McGorry, Patrick D., & Conus, Philippe. (2008). Impact of duration of untreated psychosis on pre-treatment, baseline, and outcome characteristics in an epidemiological first-episode psychosis cohort. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, 42, 982–990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2007.12.001

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Huber, Christian G., Lambert, Martin, Naber, Dieter, Schacht, Alexander, Hundemer, Hans-Peter, Wagner, Thomas T., & Schimmelmann, Benno G. (2008). Validation of a Clinical Global Impression Scale for Aggression (CGI-A) in a sample of 558 psychiatric patients. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, 100, 342–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2007.12.480

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Prof. Dr. med. Christian Huber

Selected Publications