Dipl.-Psych. Stefan Lüttke

Research interests

Depressive disorders in children and adolescents
E-mental health for children and adolescents with mental disorders
Conversational agents (chatbots) in the treatment and prevention of depressive disorders in children and adolescents
Digital phenotyping of depression
Everyday language as an indicator of depressive symptoms
Developmental psychopathology of the social brain
Relationship between emotion and cognition in interpersonal evaluation processes in unipolar depression

Research projects

iCAN - Intelligent, chatbot-assisted outpatient aftercare for depression in adolescents and young adults
CADY - Conversational agent for the treatment of depression in youth
What's up? An early warning system for children and adolescents with depression
Social cognition in depressed adolescents - the SAD adolescent study
Theory of Mind in depression and bipolar disorders (DFG project Dr Wolkenstein)

2021-2024	Project: iCAN - Intelligent, chatbot-assisted outpatient aftercare for depression in adolescents and young adults	€1,412,349.58 for consortium management, together with Prof. Brakemeier; total project: €3,586,731.88 (G-BA Innovation Fund)
2021	Project: An intelligent therapy chatbot for children with depression and suicidal thoughts	€5,000 (equipment from Cents for help e.V.)
22.07.-26.07.19	VIII CAN - 8th Cognitive and Affective Neurophysiology Summer School. Porto, Portugal	DAAD Travel Grant
2018-2020	Project: What's up? study	€32,384.02 (equipment through crowdfunding and donations)
2017-2019	Project: SAD Youth Study	€21,068.40 (equipment from the Robert Enke Foundation)
2016-2018	Project: SAD Youth Study	€2,2000 (equipment from various Tübingen businesses)
18.09-22.09.16	World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP). Calgary, Canada	Travel Grant
21.09-25.09.12	LSC International Summer School "Emotion Expressions in Human and Non-Human Communication". German Primate Centre, University of Göttingen	Travel Grant

Scholarship for a 9-month sabbatical at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL London, UK

Doctoral scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

Study scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation

Muntjan, M. (2023). CADY: A chatbot for the treatment of depression in adolescents and young adults - practitioners' perspective.
Hinze, M.-H. (2023). Chatbot-based cognitive behavioural therapy for adolescents and young adults with depression: Qualitative prototype analysis.
Metelmann, L.F. (2022). What do adolescents with depression really need? An affected-centred interview study with a focus on psychotherapy chatbots.
Kuhlmeier, F. O. (2020). What's up? Associations between instant messenger language use, depressive symptomatology and momentary mood in adolescents.
Beckmann, J. (2020). Depressive symptoms and smartphone behaviour in childhood and adolescence. A study on the effects of sport and social activity.
Aboutara, N. (2020). The effects of depressive symptoms in childhood and adolescence on digital language use.
Spiegel, J. (2019). Effect of depression severity and social network on adolescents' geospatial activity.
Sottru, V. (2018). Empirical investigation of the relationship between attachment, social cognition and depression in adolescents. Awarded the research prize of the Bundesvereinigung Verhaltenstherapie im Kindes- und Jugendalter e.V. 2019.
Trauthig, S. (2018). Social cognition and dysfunctional recruitment in adolescents with depression.
Eppler, C. C. (2017). Processing of emotional information in adolescents with depression: influence of severity and dysfunctional cognitions.
Scholz, T. M. (2016). Processing bias for emotional faces in adolescents with depressive symptoms.

Culmsee, J. (2024). Effects and usage behaviour of an app-based intervention for young people with depressive symptoms: Results of the iCAN pilot study SMARDY.
Uhlherr, L. (2023). User experiences of affected persons with a chatbot for adolescents with depression: A think-aloud study.
Stumpf, J. D. (2023). From therapy to chatbot. Conceptual development and feasibility study of interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents.
Bauch, L. (2023). Effectiveness of digital interventions in children and adolescents with anxiety and depressive symptoms - A meta-analysis.
Vogt, S. (2023). Investigating the influence of self-efficacy as a moderator on changes in depressive symptoms through the CBT-based Phönix-App among adolescents and young adults.
Niebusch, L. (2022). Incremental validity of complex affect dynamics in adolescents with and without depressive symptoms.
Seidel, J. (2019). Status: Offline. Smartphone-based investigation of social contacts and depression in adolescents.

Internet Interventions

Frontiers in Digital Health

Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

JMIR Mental Health

German Society for Psychology (DGPs)

German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (DGKJP)

European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment (EACLIPT)

Global Consortium for the Prevention of Depression (GCPD)

European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ESRII)

European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN)

International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)