Prof. Dr. Rahel Bachem

Beruflicher Abschluss

• 01/2023: Professional License as Psychotherapist [Berufsausübungsbewilligung], Kanton Zürich
• 04/2014 – 04/2022: Master of Advanced Studies in Cognitive-Behavioral and Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Klaus-Grawe-Institute for Psychological Therapy, Zurich
• 05/2012 – 10/2015: Ph.D. in Psychology (summa cum laude), University of Zurich, Zurich
• 09/2006 – 08/2011: Master of Science in Psychology , University of Zurich, Zurich
• 09/2006 – 09/2009: Bachelor of Science in Psychology , University of Zurich, Zurich

Fachliche Schwerpunkte

• Psychological trauma and stress response syndromes
• The impact of posttraumatic stress on family systems and dynamics
• Adjustment disorders within the ICD-11 framework
• Development and evaluation of psychological interventions
• Culture-specific trauma sequelae

Wissenschaftliche Auszeichnungen, Preise

• 01/2025 – 12/2027: Recipient of an SNSF Practice to Science grant
• 01/2020 – 12/2020: Recipient of an SNSF Postdoc.Mobility return grant - Project title: Forced migration and the family system: A cross-cultural investigation of social-interpersonal mechanisms of trauma transmission
• 11/2016 – 11/2019: Recipient of SNSF Early- and Advanced Postdoc.Mobility grants: Project title: From the front line to the home front: A social-interpersonal perspective on war traumatization

Berufspraxis

• 01/2025 - present: Professor for Psychopathology and Psychotherapy, Competence Center for Mental Health, Department of Health, OST - Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• 01/2025 - present: Psychotherapist in private practice
• 01/2022 – present: Senior Research Associate, Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, University of Zurich, Switzerland
• 12/2019 – 12/2024 Psychotherapist, Center for Psychotherapy of the University of Zurich
• 12/2019 – 12/2021: Post-doctoral Researcher, Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, University of Zurich, Switzerland
• 12/2016 – 11/2919: Post-doctoral Researcher, Bob Shappell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University
• 07/2015 – 06/2016: Psychotherapist, Integrierte Psychiatrie Winterthur, Special unit for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorders
• 01/2014 – 06/2015: Psychotherapist, Center for Psychotherapy of the University of Zurich

Spezialisierung

• Psychopathology and psychotherapy
• Quantitative and qualitative research projects

Aktuelle Projekte

• SNSF Practice to Science grant: The new stress- and trauma diagnoses: Consequences for clinical practice
• Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder & the Family System
• Cultural Scripts of Trauma Sequelae in Switzerland - an international network project

Fachzeitschrift

• Lüönd, A. M., Ayas, G., Bachem, R., Carranza-Neira, J., Eberle, D. J., Fares-Otero, N. E., Hashim, M., Iqbal, N., Jenkins, D., Songhorabadi, S. K., Ledermann, K., Makhashvili, N., Martin Soelch, C., Nebioğlu, E., Oe, M., Olayinka, J. N., Olff, M., Picot, L., Seedat, S., ... Ceylan, D. (2025). Childhood maltreatment and somatic symptoms in adulthood: Establishing a new research pathway. Neuropsychobiology. 10.1159/000543438
• Vancappel, A., Eberle, D. J. , Chkili, R., Kerbage, H., Maercker, A., El-Hage, W., Bachem, R. (2025). French Validation of the International Adjustment Disorder Questionnaire (IADQ) and its relationship with transdiagnostic skills. Journal of Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 6, 21–28. 10.1027/2698-1866/a000094
• Levin, Y., Mazza, A., Hyland, P., Karazias, T., Shevlin, M., McGinty, G., Hoffman, Y., Lis, E., Ben-Ezra, M., & Bachem, R. (2025). Positive symptoms of psychosis and ICD-11 complex post-traumatic stress disorder: A network analysis in a Canadian sample from Montreal. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 70(7), 583-592. 10.1177/07067437251337645
• Ditzer, J., Ray, J., Thoma, M. V., Bachem, R., Maercker, A., & Zietlow, A-L. (accepted) Rethinking Measurement of Physical Neglect in Research and Practice. Nature Mental Health, advance online publication. 10.1038/s44220-025-00425-3
• Nakagawa, A., Mitsuda, D., Umegaki, Y., Bachem, R., Nogami, W., Higuchi, R., Ito, A. & Kocha, H. (2025). Development and cross-cultural validation of the Japanese version of Adjustment Disorder-New Module-20. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports, 4(2), e70104. 10.1002/pcn5.70104
• Vancappel, A., Eberle, D.J., Chkili, R., Schenkel, J., Maercker, A., El-Hage, W. & Bachem, R. (accepted) Development of the Event-focused Repetitive Thoughts Questionnaire (ERTQ): A Tool for Assessing Cognitive Responses to Stressful Life Events. Journal of Affective Disorders, 389, 119616.
• Robinson, M., Levin, Y., Bachem, R., Badran, N., Papageorgiou, K., Fino, E. (2025). Assessing stressor Exposure and adjustment disorder in a sample of men who have sex with men. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1), 2519857. 10.1080/20008066.2025.2519857
• Levin, Y., Ben-Ezra, M., Hamama-Raz, Y., Maercker, A., Goodwin, R., Leshem, E., & Bachem R. (2024). The Ukraine-Russia war: A symptoms network of complex posttraumatic stress disorder during continuous traumatic stress. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16(4), 1110-1118. 10.1037/tra0001522
• Huang, J-L., Zhou, X., Stein, J. Y., Levin, Y., Bachem, R., Zerach, G., & Solomon, Z. (2024). Gender differences in posttraumatic stress symptoms, marital satisfaction, and parenting behaviors in adults following typhoon Lekima. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 16(6), 881–891. 10.1037/tra0001563
• Levin, Y., Bachem, R., Brafman, D., Ben-Ezra, M. (2024). The association between dissociative symptoms and schizophrenia-related negative symptoms: A transdiagnostic approach. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 169, 81-83. 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.11.016
• Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Yuval, K., Langer, N., Solomon, Z. & Bernstein, A. (2024). Complex posttraumatic stress disorder in intergenerational trauma transmission among Eritrean asylum-seeking mother-child dyads. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 15(1), 2300588. 10.1080/20008066.2023.2300588
• Vancappel, A., Chkili, R., Eberle, D., El-Hage, W., & Bachem, R. (2024). Exploring characteristics of preoccupation and failure to adapt among patients suffering from Adjustment Disorder: A qualitative study. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 6(2), e11565. 10.32872/cpe.11565
• Maercker, A., Bachem, R., Mutuyimana, C., Eberle, D. (2024). Auf dem Weg zu kulturellen Skripten von Traumafolgen. Psychotherapie - Psychosomatik - Medizinische Psychologie, 74(07), 276-285. 10.1055/a-2276-4992
• Bachem, R., Mazza, A., Eberle, D., Maercker, A. (2024). A new approach to cultural scripts of trauma sequelae assessment: The sample case of Switzerland. PLOS ONE, 19(4) e0301645. 10.1371/journal.pone.0301645
• Bachem, R., Maercker, A., Levin, Y., Köhler, K., Willlmund, G., Koglin, S., Roepke, S., Schoofs, N., Priebe, K., Wülfing, F., Schmahl, C., Stadtmann, M., Rau, H., & Augsburger, M. (2024). Assessing Complex PTSD and PTSD: Validation of the German version of the International Trauma Interview (ITI). European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 344364. 10.1080/20008066.2024.2344364
• Steil, R., Maercker, A., Jaworski, L., Bachem, R., Eberle, D. (2024). Evidenzbasierte Psychotherapie posttraumatischer Belastungsstörungen – ein Update. Der Nervenarzt, 95. 616-621. 10.1007/s00115-024-01694-6
• Haim-Nachum, S., Sopp, M. R. , Lüönd, A. M., Åhs, F., Allgaier, A-K. Arévalo, A., Asongwe, C., Bachem, R., …Pfalz, M. (2024). Childhood maltreatment is linked to larger preferred interpersonal distances towards friends and strangers across the globe. Translational Psychiatry, 14, 399. 10.1038/s41398-024-02980-2
• Eberle, D., Maercker, A., Levin, Y., Mutuyimana, C. Makhashvili, N., Javakhishvili, J., Papava, A., Wang, J., Yu, X., Qian, W., Wen, J., Katz, C., Bachem, R. (2024). Cultural Psychological Factors in Posttraumatic Symptom Development and Expression: A Study Protocol. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2364998. 10.1080/20008066.2024.2364998
• Fares-Otero, N, Sharp, T., Balle, S. R., Quaatz, S. M., Vieta, E., Åhs, F., Allgaier, A-K., Arévalo, A., Bachem, R., Belete, H., Mossie, T. B., Berengi, A. L., Capraz, N., Ceylan, D., Dukes,D., Essadek, A., Iqbal, N., Jobson, L., Levy-Gigi, E. (…) Halligan, S. (2024). Social support and (complex) posttraumatic stress symptom severity: does gender matter? European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1). 10.1080/20008066.2024.2398921
• Fares-Otero, N, Sharp, T., Balle, S. R., Quaatz, S. M., Vieta, E., Åhs, F., Allgaier, A-K., Arévalo, A., Bachem, R., Belete, H., Mossie, T. B., Berengi, A. L., Capraz, N., Ceylan, D., Dukes,D., Essadek, A., Iqbal, N., Jobson, L., Levy-Gigi, E. (…) Halligan, S. (2024). Social support and (complex) posttraumatic stress symptom severity: does gender matter? European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1). 10.1080/20008066.2024.2398921
• Ben-Ezra, M., Bachem, R., Hamana-Raz, Y., & Levin, Y. (2024). The Relationship Between Specific Auditory Hallucinations and Acute PTSD vs. Complex PTSD Following Direct and Indirect Exposure to the October 7 Events in Israel. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 179. 21-25. 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.08.039
• Bachem, R. & Maercker, A. (2024). Die „Kontinuierliche Traumatische Belastungsreaktions“-Skala auf Deutsch. Verhaltenstherapie. 34(3-4). 147–151. 10.1159/000540435
• Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Yuval, K., Bernstein, A., Maercker, A., & Solomon, Z. (2024). The role of maternal post-migration living difficulties in intergenerational trauma transmission among asylum-seeker mother-child dyads: Exploring complex posttraumatic stress disorder as a mechanism. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. 10.1037/tra0001767
• Ben-Ezra, M., Mor Ben-Ishai, S., Hamama-Raz, Y., Bachem, R., Leshem, E., & Levin, Y. (2024). The association between negative war-related beliefs and probable PTSD and complex PTSD among Ukrainians during the 2022 Russian invasion. Psychiatry Research. 339, 116051. 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116051
• Bachem, R. (2023). Trauma- und Belastungsfolgestörungen: Differenzialdiagnostik ICD 11 und DSM 5. Psychotherapie im Dialog. 24(02), 47-52. 10.1055/a-1879-0771
• Bachem, R., Makhashvili1, N., Maercker, A., Javakhishvilli, J. D., Aeschlimann, A., Pilauri, K., Latibashvili1, T., Levin, Y., Shengelia, N. (2023). University students' life stressors and mental health in Georgia and German speaking Switzerland: Exploring the role of fatalism, sense of coherence, cross-cultural coping and help-seeking. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 12(3), 164–174. 10.1027/2157-3891/a000067
• Levin, Y., Bachem, R., Goodwin, R., & Ben-Ezra, M. (2023). A cross-disasters comparison of psychological distress: Symptoms network analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 340, 405-411. 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.099
• Levin, Y., Bachem, R., Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Shevlin, M., Karatzias, T., McElroy, E., Vang, M. L., Lorberg, B., Ben-Ezra, M. & Martsenkovskyi, D. (2023). The association between daily life changes and anxiety among Ukrainians following the Russian invasion. Psychiatry Research, 329, 115530. 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115530
• Huang, J-L., Zhou, X., Stein, J. Y., Levin, Y., Bachem, R., Zerach, G., & Solomon, Z. (2024). Gender differences in posttraumatic stress symptoms, marital satisfaction, and parenting behaviors in adults following typhoon Lekima. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 16(6), 881–891. 10.1037/tra0001563
• Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., & Maercker, A. (2022). Validation of the international adjustment disorder questionnaire in Israel and Switzerland. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29(4), 1321-1330. 10.1002/cpp.2710
• Yaccarini, C., Simkin, H., Bachem, R., Azzollini, S. (2022). Validation and adaptation into Spanish of the revised Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-R): A scale associated with life satisfaction. The Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, 35, 146-156.
• Maercker, A., Cloitre, M., Bachem, R., Schlumpf, B., Khoury, B., Hitchcock, C., & Bohus, M. (2022). Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Lancet, 400 (10345), 60-72. 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00821-2
• Levin, Y., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Maercker, M., Ben-Ezra, M., and Bachem, R. (2022). The network structure of ICD-11 adjustment disorder: A comparing clinical and population samples. European Psychiatry, 65(1), e43, 1–7. 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2303
• Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Hamama-Raz Y., Goodwin, R., Leshem E., Ben-Ezra, M. (2022). Relationship between adjustment disorder symptoms and probable diagnosis before and after second lockdown in Israel: longitudinal symptom network analysis. BJPOpen, 8(6), e186. 10.1192/bjo.2022.588
• Stein, J. Y., Bachem, R., Lahav, Y., & Solomon, Z. (2021). The aging of heroes: Posttraumatic stress, resilience and growth among aging decorated veterans. The Journal of Positive Psychology 16(3), 390-397. 10.1080/17439760.2020.1725606
• Brenner, L., Härtter, C., Bachem, R., Knaevelsrud, C., & Köllner, V. (2021). Komplexe Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung und arbeitsbezogene Verhaltens- und Erlebensmuster. Psychotherapie - Psychosomatik - Medizinische Psychologie. 71(09/10): 381-388. 10.1055/a-1348-1896
• Levin, Y., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Bachem, R., Maercker, A., & Ben-Ezra, M. (2021). Comparing the network structure of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in three African countries. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 136, 80-86. 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.041
• Levin, Y., Bachem, R., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Maercker, A., & Ben-Ezra, M. (2021). Network structure of ICD-11 adjustment disorder: a cross-cultural comparison of three African countries. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 219(4), 557-564. 10.1192/bjp.2021.46.
• Bachem, R., Zhou, X., Levin, Y., & Solomon, Z. (2021). Trajectories of depression in aging veterans and former prisoners of war: The role of social support and hardiness. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 218(2017), 176-181. 10.1002/jclp.23168
• Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Zerach, G., Cloitre, M. & Solomon, Z. (2021). The interpersonal implications of PTSD and complex PTSD: The role of disturbances in self-organization. Journal of Affective Disorders, 290, 149-156 10.1016/j.jad.2021.04.075
• Tsur, N., Bachem, R., Zhou, X., Levin, Y., Abu-Raiya, H., & Maercker, A. (2021). Cross-cultural investigation of COVID-19 related acute stress: A network analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 143. 309-316. 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.09.019
• Levin, Y., Bachem, R., Palgi, Y., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., Maercker, A. (2021). Fatalism is associated with probable CPTSD and not probable PTSD: Results from Nigeria, Kenya & Ghana. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1988452. 10.1080/20008198.2021.1988452
• Vancappel, A., Jansen, E., Bachem, R., Bray, A., Egreteau, L., Ouhmad, N., Maercker A., Réveillère C., & El-Hage, W. (2021). Validation of the French ADNM-20 in the assessment of emotional difficulties resulting from COVID-19 quarantine and outbreak. BMC Psychology, 9(180), 10.1186/s40359-021-00683-7
• Cooper, D., Bachem, R., Meentken, M. G., Aceves, L., & Perez Barrios, A. G. (2019). Cumulative lifetime adversity and depression among a national sample of U.S. Latinx immigrants: Within-group differences in risk and protective factors using data form the HCHS/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Journal of Latinx Psychology. 8(3), 202–220. 10.1037/lat0000145
• Bachem, R., Scherf, J., Levin, Y., & Solomon, Z. (2020). The role of parental negative world assumptions in the intergenerational transmission of war trauma. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55(6) 745–755. 10.1007/s00127-019-01801-y
• Bachem, R., Levin, Y., & Solomon, Z. (2020). Posttraumatic stress and sexual satisfaction in husbands and wives: A dyadic analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 49, 1533–1543. 10.1007/s10508-020-01680-4
• Bachem, R., & Mäder, S. (2020). Posttraumatisches Wachstum im Wandel der Zeit. Eine Lebensspannenperspektive. Trauma und Gewalt, 14(4), 278-286. 10.21706/tg-14-4-278
• Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Stein, J. & Solomon, Z. (2020). Families in the shadow of traumatic experiences: Negative world assumptions and family relationships. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(1), 149-160. 10.1002/jts.22603
• Lorenz, L., Maercker, A., & Bachem, R. (2020). The 12-Month Course of ICD-11 Adjustment Disorder in the Context of Involuntary Job Loss. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2(3), e3027. 10.32872/cpe.v2i3.3027
• Bachem, R., Tsur, N., Levin, Y., Abu-Raya, H., & Maercker, A. (2020). Negative affect, fatalism, and perceived institutional betrayal in times of the Coronavirus pandemic: A cross-cultural investigation of control beliefs. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 589914. 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.589914
• Bachem, R., Levin, Y., & Solomon, Z. (2019). Trajectories of attachment in older age: Interpersonal trauma and its consequences. Attachment & Human Development 21(4). 10.1080/14616734.2018.1479871
• Bachem, R., Scherf, J., Levin, Y., & Solomon, Z. (2019). Double jeopardy: The effect of multiple secondary trauma exposure on subjective age. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 24 (3), 251-260. 10.1080/15325024.2018.1560663
• Bachem, R., Stein, J. Y., Levin, Y., & Solomon, Z. (2019). What doesn't kill you makes you feel older: Lifespan adversity and its association with subjective age among former prisoners of war. European Journal of Traumatic Stress, 10 (1), 1583522. 10.1080/20008198.2019.1583522
• Siegel, A., Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Zhou, X., & Solomon, Z. (2019). Long-term trajectories of marital adjustment: Does gender matter? Journal of Adult Development 27(3), (224-239). 10.1007/s10804-019-09338-9
• Bachem, R., Baumann, J., & Köllner, V. (2019). ICD-11 adjustment disorder among organ transplant patients and their relatives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(17), 3030. 10.3390/ijerph16173030
• Moser, C., Bachem, R., Berger, T., & Maercker, A. (2019). ZIEL: Internet-based self-help for adjustment disorders. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (10), 1655. 10.3390/jcm8101655
• Brenner, L., Köllner, V., & Bachem, R. (2019). Symptom burden and work-related impairment among patients with PTSD and complex PTSD. European Journal of Traumatic Stress. 10(1), 1694766, 10.1080/20008198.2019.1694766
• Bachem, R., Mikulincer, M., & Solomon, Z. (2019). Interpersonal manifestations of attachment avoidance: The moderating role of impostorism. Personality & Individual Differences, 154, 109669. 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109669
• Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Ben-Ezra, M., Karatzias, T., Cloitre, M., Vallières, F., Bachem, R., & Maercker, A. (2019). Measuring ICD-11 adjustment disorder: The development and initial validation of the international adjustment disorder questionnaire. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 141(3), 265-274. 10.1111/acps.13126
• Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Zerach, G., & Solomon, Z. (2018). The role of parental posttraumatic stress, marital adjustment, and dyadic self-disclosure in intergenerational transmission of trauma: A family systems approach. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 44(3), 543-555. 10.1111/jmft.12266
• Bachem, R., & Casey, P. (2018). Adjustment disorder: A diagnosis whose time has come. Journal of Affective Disorders, 227, 243–253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.10.034
• Stein, J. Y., Levin, Y., Bachem, R., & Solomon, Z. (2018). Growing apart: A longitudinal assessment of the relation between posttraumatic growth and loneliness among combat veterans. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(893), 1-12. 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00893
• Solomon, Z., Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Crompton, L., & Ginzburg, K. (2018). Long-term trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder: Categorical vs. continuous assessment. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 81(4), 376-390. 10.1080/00332747.2018.1485369
• Bachem, R., Mitreuter, S., Levin, Y., Zhou, X., & Solomon, Z. (2018). Longitudinal development of posttraumatic growth in aging veterans and their wives: Domain-specific trajectories. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 31(5), 730-741. 10.1002/jts.22331
• Bachem, R., Perkonigg, A., Stein, D. J., & Maercker, A. (2017). Measuring the ICD-11 adjustment disorder concept: Validity and sensitivity to change of the Adjustment Disorder – New Module questionnaire in a clinical intervention study. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 26(4), e1545. 10.1002/mpr.1545
• Bachem, R., & Maercker, A. (2016). Development and psychometric evaluation of a revised Sense of Coherence Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 34(3), 206–215. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000323
• Bachem, R., & Maercker, A. (2016). Self-help interventions for adjustment disorder problems: A randomized waiting-list controlled study in a sample of burglary victims. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45(5), 397–413. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2016.1191083
• Lorenz, L., Bachem, R., & Maercker, A. (2016). The Adjustment Disorder – New Module 20 as screening instrument: Cluster analysis and cut-off values. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 7(4), 215–220. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijoem.2016.775
• Levin, Y., Bachem, R., & Solomon, Z. (2016). Traumatization, marital adjustment, and parenting among veterans and their spouses: A longitudinal study of reciprocal relations. Family Process, 56(4), 926–942. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12257
• Maercker, A., Bachem, R., Lorenz, L., Moser, C. T., & Berger, T. (2015). Adjustment disorders – Uniquely suited for e-health interventions: Concept and case study. Journal of Medical Internet Research – Mental Health, 2(2), e15. https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.4157
• Kuhlman, K. R., Maercker, A., Bachem, R., Simmen, K., & Burri, A. (2013). Developmental and contextual factors in the role of severe childhood trauma in geriatric depression: The sample case of former indentured child laborers. Child Abuse & Neglect, 37(11), 969–978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.04.013
• Maercker, A., & Bachem, R. (2013). Life-review interventions as psychotherapeutic techniques in psychotraumatology. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 4, Article 19720. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.19720