Iris E. Sommer

Research interests

Publications

• Efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation on cognitive functioning in brain disorders: a meta-analysis

  Psychological Medicine · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291720003670

• Neurobiological Divergence of the Positive and Negative Schizophrenia Subtypes Identified on a New Factor Structure of Psychopathology Using Non-negative Factorization: An International Machine Learning Study

  Biological Psychiatry · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.08.031

• An update on the efficacy of anti-inflammatory agents for patients with schizophrenia: a meta-analysis

  Psychological Medicine · 2019 · 10.1017/s0033291719001995

• Physical exercise improves quality of life, depressive symptoms, and cognition across chronic brain disorders: a transdiagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  Journal of Neurology · 2019 · 10.1007/s00415-019-09493-9

• Neuroinflammation in schizophrenia: meta-analysis of in vivo microglial imaging studies

  Psychological Medicine · 2018 · 10.1017/s0033291718003057

• Preventive strategies for mental health

  The Lancet Psychiatry · 2018 · 10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30057-9

• Amisulpride and olanzapine followed by open-label treatment with clozapine in first-episode schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder (OPTiMiSE): a three-phase switching study

  The Lancet Psychiatry · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30252-9

• Amisulpride and olanzapine followed by open-label treatment with clozapine in first-episode schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder (OPTiMiSE): a three-phase switching study

  The Lancet Psychiatry · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30252-9

• Immune involvement in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia: a meta-analysis on postmortem brain studies

  Translational Psychiatry · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2017.4

• Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis (TRRIP) Working Group Consensus Guidelines on Diagnosis and Terminology

  American Journal of Psychiatry · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16050503

• Interaction of language, auditory and memory brain networks in auditory verbal hallucinations

  Progress in Neurobiology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2016.11.002

• Exercise Improves Clinical Symptoms, Quality of Life, Global Functioning, and Depression in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

  Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2015 · 10.1093/schbul/sbv164

• Schizophrenia

  Nature Reviews Disease Primers · 2015 · 10.1038/nrdp.2015.67

• The neurobiology and treatment of first-episode schizophrenia

  Molecular Psychiatry · 2014 · 10.1038/mp.2014.66

• Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Persons With and Without a Need for Care

  Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2014 · 10.1093/schbul/sbu005

• Efficacy of Anti-inflammatory Agents to Improve Symptoms in Patients With Schizophrenia: An Update

  Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2013 · 10.1093/schbul/sbt139

• Meta-analysis of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations: Update and effects after one month

  Schizophrenia Research · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2012.08.025

• The Characteristic Features of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Clinical and Nonclinical Groups: State-of-the-Art Overview and Future Directions

  Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2012 · 10.1093/schbul/sbs061

• The Same or Different?

  The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry · 2011 · 10.4088/jcp.09m05797yel

• Cannabis with high cannabidiol content is associated with fewer psychotic experiences

  Schizophrenia Research · 2011 · 10.1016/j.schres.2011.04.017

• Should We Expand the Toolbox of Psychiatric Treatment Methods to Include Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)?

  The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry · 2010 · 10.4088/jcp.08m04872gre

• Self-recognition Deficits in Schizophrenia Patients With Auditory Hallucinations: A Meta-analysis of the Literature

  Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbq144

• The Relationship of DNA Methylation with Age, Gender and Genotype in Twins and Healthy Controls

  PLoS ONE · 2009 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0006767

• Sex differences in handedness, asymmetry of the Planum Temporale and functional language lateralization

  Brain Research · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2008.01.003

• Auditory verbal hallucinations predominantly activate the right inferior frontal area

  Brain · 2008 · 10.1093/brain/awn251

• Healthy Individuals With Auditory Verbal Hallucinations; Who Are They? Psychiatric Assessments of a Selected Sample of 103 Subjects

  Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2008 · 10.1093/schbul/sbn130

• Efficacy of Slow Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Resistant Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

  The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry · 2007 · 10.4088/jcp.v68n0310

• Do women really have more bilateral language representation than men? A meta-analysis of functional imaging studies

  Brain · 2004 · 10.1093/brain/awh207

• Language lateralization in schizophrenia, an fMRI study

  Schizophrenia Research · 2001 · 10.1016/s0920-9964(00)00180-8

• Handedness, language lateralisation and anatomical asymmetry in schizophrenia

  The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.178.4.344

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