Dr. Angela M. Kunzler

• Landespsychotherapeutenkammer Baden-Württemberg
• Deutsche PsychotherapeutenVereinigung (DPtV)

• Clara F. Burmeister (M.Sc. Psych.)
  Long-term effects of psychotherapy in children and adolescents – insights from an overview of systematic reviews and a newly developed database
• Anna-Lena Müller (M.Sc. Psych.)
  Evidence-based interventions for the promotion of mental health and psychological resilience in secondary schools – insights from evidence synthesis and a large-scale clinical trial

• Weber, M., Stoll, M., Chasiotis, A., Breuer, C., Meerpohl, J. J., & Kunzler, A. M. (2025). Nutzer*innenerfahrung mit allgemeinverständlichen Kurzzusammenfassungen psychologischer systematischer Übersichtsarbeiten mit Metaanalyse („KLARpsy“-Texte) – eine qualitative Studie mit der „Lautes Denken“-Methode [User experience with plain language summaries of psychological systematic reviews with meta-analysis ("KLARpsy" texts) - A qualitative study using the think aloud method]. Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen, 196, 4–14. doi:10.1016/j.zefq.2025.04.003.
• Ziegler, A., Kunzler, A. M., Voigt-Radloff, S., Schmitt, J., Moerer, O., Scheithauer, S., Heytens, H., Apfelbacher, C., & Meerpohl, J. J. (2025). Priorisierung von Forschungsfragen in Gesundheitskrisen – Vorstellung eines Konzeptes, entwickelt in der COVID-19 Pandemie [Prioritization of research questions in health crises-presentation of a concept developed during the COVID-19 pandemic]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 68(1), 97–104. doi:10.1007/s00103-024-03985-4.
• Kunzler, A. M., Iannizzi, C., Burns, J., Metzendorf, M. I., Voigt-Radloff, S., Piechotta, V., Schmaderer, C., Holzmann-Littig, C., Balzer, F., Benstoem, C., Binder, H., Boeker, M., Dirnagl, U., Fichtner, F., Golinski, M., Grundmann, H., Hengel, H., Jabs, J., Kern, W. V., Kopp, I., … CEOsys consortium (2024). Informing pandemic management in Germany with trustworthy, living evidence syntheses and guideline development: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 evidence ecosystem (CEOsys). Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 111456. Advance online publication. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111456.
• Schäfer, S.K., von Boros, L., Schaubruch, L. M. et al. Digital interventions to promote psychological resilience: a systematic review and meta-analysis. npj Digit. Med. 7, 30 (2024). doi:10.1038/s41746-024-01017-8.
• Morello, K., Schäfer, S. K., Kunzler, A. M., Priesterroth, L. S., Tüscher, O., & Kubiak, T. (2023). Cognitive reappraisal in mHealth interventions to foster mental health in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Digital Health, 5, 1253390. doi:10.3389/fdgth.2023.1253390.
• Schäfer, S. K., Fritz, J., Sopp, M. R., Kunzler, A. M., von Boros, L., Tüscher, O., Göritz, A. S., Lieb, K., & Michael, T. (2023). Interrelations of resilience factors and their incremental impact for mental health: insights from network modeling using a prospective study across seven timepoints. Translational Psychiatry, 13(1), 328. doi:10.1038/s41398-023-02603-2.
• Schäfer, S. K., Lindner, S., Kunzler, A. M., Meerpohl, J. J., & Lieb, K. (2023). The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 52(9), afad170. doi:10.1093/ageing/afad170.
• Wendel, F., Bender, S., Breitinger, E., Coenen, M., Hummel, J., Immich, G., Kirschneck, M., Klünder, V., Kunzler, A. M., Lieb, K., Movsisyan, A., Li, L. Y., Ravens-Sieberer, U., Rehfuess, E., Voss, S., & Jung-Sievers, C. (2023). Interventions to build resilience and to ameliorate negative psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, doi:10.1007/s00787-023-02280-y.
• Behrendt, D., Boß, L., Hannibal, S., Kunzler, A. M., Wessa, M., & Lehr, D. (2023). Feasibility and efficacy of a digital resilience training: A pilot study of the strengths-based training RESIST. Internet Interventions, 33, 100649. doi:10.1016/j.invent.2023.100649.
• Schäfer, S. K., Lüder, C. C., Porcheret, K., Hu, X., Margraf, J., Michael, T., Holmes, E. A., Werner, G. G., Wilhelm, I., Woud, M. L., Zeng, S., Friesen, E., Haim-Nachum, S., Lass-Hennemann, J., Lieb, K., Kunzler, A. M., Wirth, B. E., & Sopp, M. R. (2023). To sleep or not to sleep, that is the question: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of post-trauma sleep on intrusive memories of analog trauma. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 167, 104359. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2023.104359.
• Schäfer, S. K., Kunzler, A. M., Lindner, S., Broll, J., Stoll, M., Stoffers-Winterling, J., & Lieb, K. (2023). Transdiagnostic psychosocial interventions to promote mental health in forcibly displaced persons: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(2), 2196762. doi:10.1080/20008066.2023.2196762.
• Kunzler, A. M., Lindner, S., Röthke, N., Schäfer, S. K., Metzendorf, M. I., Sachkova, A., Müller-Eberstein, R., Klinger, C., Burns, J., Coenen, M., & Lieb, K. (2023). Mental health impact of early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with pre-existing mental disorders: A systematic review of longitudinal research Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(2), 948. doi:10.3390/ijerph20020948.
• Schäfer, S. K., Kunzler, A. M., Kalisch, R., Tüscher, O., & Lieb, K. (2022). Trajectories of resilience and mental distress to global major disruptions. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(12), 1171–1189. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2022.09.017.
• Kunzler, A. M., Chmitorz, A., Röthke, N., Staginnus, M., Schäfer, S. K., Stoffers-Winterling, J., & Lieb, K. (2022). Interventions to foster resilience in nursing staff: A systematic review and meta-analyses of pre-pandemic evidence. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 134, 104312. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2022.104312.
• Blessin, M., Lehmann, S., Kunzler, A. M., van Dick, R., & Lieb, K. (2022). Resilience interventions conducted in Western and Eastern countries-A systematic review. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(11), 6913. doi:10.3390/ijerph19116913.
• Stratil, J. M., Biallas, R. L., Burns, J., Arnold, L., Geffert, K., Kunzler, A. M., Monsef, I., Stadelmaier, J., Wabnitz, K., Litwin, T., Kreutz, C., Boger, A. H., Lindner, S., Verboom, B., Voss, S., & Movsisyan, A. (2021). Non‐pharmacological measures implemented in the setting of long‐term care facilities to prevent SARS‐CoV‐2 infections and their consequences: a rapid review. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 9, CD015085. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD015085.pub2.
• Gilan, D., Müssig, M., Hahad, O., Kunzler, A. M., Samstag, S., Röthke, N., Thrul, J., Kreuter, F., Bosnjak, M., Sprengholz, P., Betsch, C., Wollschläger, D., Tüscher, O., & Lieb, K. (2021). Protective and risk factors for mental distress and its impact on health-protective behaviors during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic between March 2020 and March 2021 in Germany. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(17), 9167. doi:10.3390/ijerph18179167.
• Röthke, N., Wollschläger, D., Kunzler, A. M., Rohde, A., Molter, S., Bodenstein, M., Reif, A., Walter, H., Lieb, K., & Tüscher, O. (2021). Psychische Belastung, Resilienz und Absentismusneigung bei Gesundheitspersonal in Deutschland während der ersten COVID-19-Pandemiewelle im Frühjahr 2020: Eine Ad-hoc-Befragung [Mental burden, resilience and tendency towards absenteeism among healthcare personnel in Germany during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020: an ad hoc survey]. Der Nervenarzt, 92(6), 579–590. doi:10.1007/s00115-021-01132-x.
• Kunzler, A. M., Röthke, N., Günthner, L., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Tüscher, O., Coenen, M., Rehfuess, E., Schwarzer, G., Binder, H., Schmucker, C., Meerpohl, J. J., & Lieb, K. (2021). Mental burden and its risk and protective factors during the early phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: systematic review and meta-analyses. Globalization and Health, 17(1), 34. doi:10.1186/s12992-021-00670-y.
• Boldt, K., Coenen, M., Movsisyan, A., Voss, S., Rehfuess, E., Kunzler, A. M., Lieb, K., & Jung-Sievers, C. (2021). Interventions to ameliorate the psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children-a systematic review. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(5), 2361. doi:10.3390/ijerph18052361.
• Kunzler, A. M., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Stoll, M., Mancini, A. L., Lehmann, S., Blessin, M., Gilan, D., Helmreich, I., Hufert, F., & Lieb, K. (2021). Mental health and psychosocial support strategies in highly contagious emerging disease outbreaks of substantial public concern: a systematic scoping review. PloS One, 16(2), e0244748. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244748.
• Riehm, K. E., Brenneke, S. G., Adams, L. B., Gilan, D., Lieb, K., Kunzler, A. M., Smail, E. J., Holingue, C., Stuart, E. A., Kalb, L. G., & Thrul, J. (2021). Association between psychological resilience and changes in mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Affect Disord, 282, 381–385. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.071.
• Gilan, D., Röthke, N., Blessin, M., Kunzler, A., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Müssig, M., Yuen, K., Tüscher, O., Thrul, J., Kreuter, F., Sprengholz, P., Betsch, C., Stieglitz, R. D., & Lieb, K. (2020). Psychomorbidity, resilience, and exacerbating and protective factors during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Dtsch Arztebl Int, 117(38), 625–630. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0625.
• Kunzler, A. M., Helmreich, I., König, J., Chmitorz, A., Wessa, M., Binder, H., & Lieb, K. (2020). Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare students. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 7(7), CD013684. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD013684.
• Kunzler, A. M., Helmreich, I., Chmitorz, A., König, J., Binder, H., Wessa, M., & Lieb, K. (2020). Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 7(7), CD012527. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD012527.pub2.
• Ludolph, P., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Kunzler, A. M., Rösch, R., Geschke, K., Vahl, C. F., & Lieb, K. (2020). Non-pharmacologic multicomponent interventions preventing delirium in hospitalized people. J Am Geriatr Soc, 68(8), 1864–1871. doi:10.1111/jgs.16565.
• Linz, S., Helmreich, I., Kunzler, A., Chmitorz, A., Lieb, K., & Kubiak, T. (2020). Interventionen zur Resilienzförderung bei Erwachsenen [Interventions to promote resilience in adults – a narrative review]. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie, 70(1), 11–21. doi:10.1055/a-0830-4745.
• Ludolph, P., Kunzler, A. M., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Helmreich, I., & Lieb, K. (2019). Interventions to promote resilience in cancer patients. Dtsch Arztebl Int, 51–52(51–52), 865–872. doi:10.3238/arztebl.2019.0865.
• Kunzler, A. M., Chmitorz, A., Bagusat, C., Kaluza, A. J., Hoffmann, I., Schäfer, M., Quiring, O., Rigotti, T., Kalisch, R., Tüscher, O., Franke, A. G., van Dick, R., & Lieb, K. (2018). Construct validity and population-based norms of the German Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). Eur J Health Psychol, 25(3), 107–117. doi:10.1027/2512-8442/a000016.
• Bagusat, C., Kunzler, A., Schlecht, J., Franke, A. G., Chmitorz, A., & Lieb, K. (2018). Pharmacological neuroenhancement and the ability to recover from stress – a representative cross-sectional survey among the German population. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, 13(1), 37. doi:10.1186/s13011-018-0174-1.
• Gilan, D. A.*, Kunzler, A.*, & Lieb, K. (2018). Gesundheitsförderung und Resilienz. PSYCH up2date, 12(02), 155–169. doi:10.1055/s-0043-121606.
• Chmitorz, A.*, Kunzler, A.*, Helmreich, I., Tüscher, O., Kalisch, R., Kubiak, T., Wessa, M., & Lieb, K. (2018). Intervention studies to foster resilience – a systematic review and proposal for a resilience framework in future intervention studies. Clin Psychol Rev, 59, 78–100. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2017.11.002.
• Chmitorz, A., Wenzel, M., Stieglitz, R. D., Kunzler, A., Bagusat, C., Helmreich, I., Gerlicher, A., Kampa, M., Kubiak, T., Kalisch, R., Lieb, K., & Tüscher, O. (2018). Population-based validation of a German version of the Brief Resilience Scale. PloS One, 13(2), e0192761. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192761.
• Kunzler, A., Skoluda, N., & Nater, U. (2018). Die Bedeutung von Resilienzfaktoren für pflegende Angehörige von Demenzpatienten – eine Übersicht zu ausgewählten Faktoren [The role of resilience factors in informal caregivers of dementia patients – a review on selected factors]. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie, 68(1), 10–21. doi:10.1055/s-0043-118652.
• Helmreich, I.*, Kunzler, A.*, Chmitorz, A., König, J., Binder, H., Wessa, M., & Lieb, K. (2017). Psychological interventions for resilience enhancement in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2, CD012527. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD012527.
• Shammas, L., Von Haaren, B., Kunzler, A., Zentek, T., & Rashid, A. (2014). Detection of parameters to quantify neurobehavioral alteration in multiple sclerosis based on daily life physical activity and gait using ambulatory assessment. Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie, 25(4), 253–265. doi:10.1024/1016-264X/a000141.

Weitere Publikationen (Liste)

• Kunzler, A. M., Schäfer, S. K., & Lieb, K. (2023). Authors' response to "Comment on Kunzler et al. (2022) 'Interventions to foster resilience in nursing staff: A systematic review and meta-analyses of pre-pandemic evidence'". International Journal of Nursing Studies, 138, 104394. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2022.104394.
• Chmitorz, A., Gilan, D., Kunzler, A., Lieb, K., Mahler, C., Gödecke, C., Heidenreich, T., & Elsbernd, A. (2020). Die psychische Gesundheit stärken – Schutz für Pflegende in der Corona-Krise. Die Schwester, der Pfleger, 5.
• Kunzler, A. M., Gilan, D. A., Kalisch, R., Tüscher, O., & Lieb, K. (2018). Aktuelle Konzepte der Resilienzforschung [Current concepts of resilience research]. Der Nervenarzt, 89(7), 747–753. doi:10.1007/s00115-018-0529-x.
• Lehr, D.*, Kunzler, A.*, Helmreich, I., Behrendt, D., Chmitorz, A., & Lieb, K. (2018). Internetbasierte Resilienzförderung und Prävention psychischer Erkrankungen [Internet-based resilience training and prevention of mental disorders]. Der Nervenarzt, 89(7), 766–772. doi:10.1007/s00115-018-0532-2.
• Lieb, K., & Kunzler, A. M. (2018). Resilienz [Resilience]. Der Nervenarzt, 89(7), 745–746. doi:10.1007/s00115-018-0543-z.
• Helmreich, I., Kunzler, A., & Lieb, K. (2018). Resilienz: Die Widerstandskraft stärken. Physiopraxis, 16(04), 48–51. doi:10.1055/a-0594-7365.
• Kunzler, A. (2017) Dyaden steigern die soziale Verbundenheit. InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie, 19, 16–18. doi:10.1007/s15005-017-2172-7.
• Helmreich, I., Kunzler, A., & Lieb, K. (2016). Schutzschild gegen Stress. Im OP, 06(06), 270–274. doi:10.1055/s-0042-113669.
• Kunzler, A., Helmreich, I., & Lieb, K. (2016). Zauberformel für die Seele. Im OP, 06(06), 264­–269. doi:10.1055/s-0042-113711.

• Kunzler, A. M., Röthke, N., Weiss, B., Lieb, K., Rigotti, T., Coenen, M., Klünder, V., Jung-Sievers, C., Muller, A. E., Leonardi, M., at request of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) and managed by the Scientific Foresight Unit, within the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) of the Secretariat of the European Parliament. How are we coping with the pandemic? Mental health and resilience amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the EU. Available from: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/en/document/EPRS_STU(2022)697217

• Kapp, P., Kunzler, A. M., Berner, M. M., Rüther, A., Koch, K., Antes, G., Berger, M., & Meerpohl, J. J. (2024). Teil I: Grundlagen der Diagnostik und Therapie. 1: Einführung in die evidenzbasierte Medizin und die Rolle von Cochrane. In: Tebartz von Elst, L., Schramm, E., & Berger, M. (Hrsg.), Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. Klinik und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen. 7. Aufl. Elsevier: München.

• Kunzler, A. M. (2023, Sep 5). CEOsys – An ecosystem for COVID-19 evidence in Germany. Challenges and lessons learned as a guide for future networks
• [Conference talk]. 2023 Cochrane Colloquium, London, UK.
• Kunzler, A. M. (2022, Mar 15). Evidence syntheses in (biological) resilience research –  Benefits, common pitfalls and current developments [Conference talk]. 1^st Scotland - Rheinland-Pfalz Life Sciences and Biotechnology Conference, digital.
• Kunzler, A. M. (2021, Nov 24-27). Lebende Evidenzsynthesen zu psychischer Mitarbeitergesundheit und Resilienzförderung aus CEOsys [Living evidence syntheses on healthcare employees‘ mental health and interventions to foster resilience based on CEOsys] [Conference talk]. Congress of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics (DGPPN), hybrid.
• Kunzler, A. M. (2020, Nov 26-28). Interventionen zur Resilienzförderung bei Ärzten: Ergebnisse einer Metaanalyse [Interventions to foster resilience in physicians: results of a meta-analysis] [Conference talk]. Congress of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics (DGPPN), digital.
• Kunzler, A. M. (2020, Sep 23-25). Mental health consequences of the Corona crisis [Conference talk]. 6^th International Symposium on Resilience Research, digital.
• Kunzler, A. M. (2017, Dec 8-12). Eine systematische Übersicht über wirksame Programme zur Resilienzförderung [A systematic review about effective programmes to foster resilience] [Conference talk]. 17^th World Congress of Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Berlin, Germany.

• Kunzler, A. M. (2024, Jan 17). CEOsys - COVID-19 Evidenz-Ökosystem zur Bewältigung der Pandemie in Deutschland. [Conference Poster]. 1^st NUM Convention [Netzwerk Universitätsmedizin] Berlin, Germany.
• Kunzler, A. M., Röthke, N., Lindner, S., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Metzendorf, M. I., Sachkova, A., Schwarzer, G., Binder, H., Rehfuess, E., Burns, J., Jung-Sievers, C., Coenen, M., Schmucker, C., Meerpohl, J. J., & Lieb, K. (2021, Sep 29-Oct 1). Fostering mental health in healthcare staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic – Evidence from the CEOsys project. [Conference ePoster]. 7th International Symposium on Resilience Research, digital.
• Kunzler, A. M., Röthke, N., Weiss, B., Leonardi, M., Muller, A. E., Rehfuess, E., Jung-Sievers, C., Klünder, V., Coenen, M., Rigotti, T., & Lieb, K. (2021, Sep 29-Oct 1). Resilience amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the European Union – Evidence from longitudinal and repeated cross-sectional studies. [Conference ePoster]. 7^th International Symposium on Resilience Research, digital.
• Kunzler, A. M., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Stoll, M., Mancini, A. L., Lehmann, S., Blessin, M., Gilan, D., Helmreich, I., Hufert, F., & Lieb, K. (2020, Nov 26-28). Mental health and psychosocial support strategies in highly contagious emerging disease outbreaks: a systematic scoping review [Conference ePoster]. Congress of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics (DGPPN), digital.
• Kunzler, A. M., Helmreich, I., Chmitorz, A., König, J., Binder, H., Wessa, M., & Lieb, K. (2020, Nov 26-28). Fostering resilience in informal caregivers – What is the evidence? [Conference ePoster]. Congress of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics (DGPPN), digital.
• Kunzler, A. M. (2020, Sep 23-25). Psychological interventions in view of highly contagious emerging disease outbreaks of substantial public concern: a systematic scoping review [Conference ePoster]. 6^th International Symposium on Resilience Research, digital.
• Kunzler, A. M. (2020, Sep 23-25). Resilience interventions in healthcare students – What is the current evidence? [Conference ePoster]. 6^th International Symposium on Resilience Research, digital.
• Kunzler, A. M., Greeß, J., Helmreich, I., Chmitorz, A., König, J., Binder, H., Wessa, M., & Lieb, K. (2019, Nov 27-30). Interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professions – current evidence from a systematic Cochrane review [Conference ePoster]. Congress of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics (DGPPN), Berlin, Germany.
• Kunzler, A. M., Helmreich, I., Chmitorz, A., König, J., Binder, H., Wessa, M., & Lieb, K. (2019, Nov 27-30). Resilience interventions in informal caregivers – what is the evidence? [Conference ePoster]. Congress of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics (DGPPN), Berlin, Germany.
• Kunzler, A. M., Greeß, J., Helmreich, I., Chmitorz, A., König, J., Binder, H., Wessa, M., & Lieb, K. (2018, Nov 28-Dec 1). Resilience interventions in health professionals – what is the current evidence? [Conference ePoster]. Congress of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics (DGPPN), Berlin, Germany.
• Kunzler, A. M., Helmreich, I., Chmitorz, A., Kamp, S., Greeß, J., König, J., Binder, H., Wessa, M., & Lieb, K. (2017, Dec 8-12). Protocol for a Cochrane review and meta-analysis: psychological interventions for resilience enhancement in adults [Conference poster]. 17^th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, Berlin, Germany.
• Kunzler, A., Chmitorz, A., Helmreich, I., Lehr, D., Lieb, K., & Wessa, M. (2017, Jun 15-17). Development and evaluation of smartphone-based positivity training – study concept [Conference poster]. 5^th Biennial Conference of the Society for Ambulatory Assessment, Luxembourg.