Publications

Preprints (under review)

  • Berwian, IM., Ren, Y., Pisupti, S., Ding, J., Moon, S., Chiu, J., Chandrasekhar, D., & Niv, Y. (under review).
    Selective maintenance of aversive memories as a mechanism of spontaneous recovery of fear. PsyArXiv.
    [Paper]

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  • Berwian, IM., Ren, Y., Pisupti, S., Ding, J., Moon, S., Chiu, J., Chandrasekhar, D., & Niv, Y. (under review).
    Selective maintenance of aversive memories as a mechanism of spontaneous recovery of fear. PsyArXiv.
    [Paper]

  • Ding, J., Chiu, J.C., Moon, S., Ren, Y., Turner, D.M., Shoval, G., Niv, Y., & Berwian, IM. (2026).
    Protocol for a randomized trial to predict the efficacy of cognitive and behavioral interventions for symptoms of depression.
    Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17:1774560.
    [Paper]

  • Brakemeier, E.-L., Klein, J.P., Zimmermann, J., …, Berwian, IM., et al. (2026).
    Efficacy, moderators and mediators of cognitive behavioural analysis system of psychotherapy (CBASP) versus behavioural activation (BA) in persistently depressed treatment-resistant patients.
    BMJ Open, 0:e107051.
    [Paper]

  • Elad, D., Story, G., Berwian, IM., A., Stephan, KE., Walter, H., & Huys, QJM (2026).
    Delay discounting correlates with depression but does not predict relapse after antidepressant discontinuation.
    Molecular Psychiatry.
    [Paper]

  • Volkmann, C., Abulikemu, S., Berwian, IM., Huys, QJM., & Walter, H. (2025).
    Do withdrawal symptoms predict depression relapse after antidepressant cessation?
    European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience.
    [Paper]

  • Berwian, IM., Hitchcock, P., Pisupati, S., Schoen, G., & Niv, Y. (2025).
    Using computational models of learning to advance cognitive behavioral therapy.
    Communications Psychology, 3(72).
    [Paper]

  • Erdmann, T., Berwian, IM., Stephan, KE., Seifritz, E., Walter, H., & Huys, QJM (2024).
    Amygdala reactivity, antidepressant discontinuation and relapse: a longitudinal, observational study with a randomized component.
    JAMA Psychiatry.
    [Paper]

  • Berwian, IM., Tröndle, M., de Miquel, C., Ziogas, A., Walter, H., Stephan, KE., & Huys, QJM (2024).
    Emotion-induced frontal alpha asymmetry as a candidate predictor of relapse after discontinuation of antidepressant medication.
    Biological Psychiatry CNNI.
    [Paper]

  • Deisenhofer, AK., Barkham, M., Beierl, ET., Schwartz, B., Aafjes-van Doorn, K., Beevers, CG., Berwian, IM., … & Cohen, ZD (2024).
    Implementation precision methods in personalizing psychological therapies: Barriers and possible ways forward.
    Behaviour Research and Therapy, 172.
    [Paper]

  • Dulburg, Z., Dubey, R., Berwian, IM., & Cohen, J. (2023).
    Having multiple selves helps learning agents explore and adapt in complex changing worlds.
    PNAS, 120(28).
    [Paper]

  • Story, GW., Smith, R., Moutoussis, M., Berwian, IM., Nolte, T., Bilek, E., & Dolan, RJ. (2023).
    A social inference model of idealization and devaluation.
    Psychological Review, 131(3), 749–780.
    [Paper]

  • Berwian, IM., Wenzel, J., Kuehn, L., Schnuerer, I., Seifritz, E., Stephan, KE., Walter, H., & Huys, QJM (2022).
    Low predictive power of clinical features for relapse prediction after antidepressant discontinuation in a naturalistic setting.
    Scientific Reports, 12(1):11171.
    [Paper]

  • Berwian, IM., Wenzel, J., Kuehn, L., Schnuerer, I., Seifritz, E., Stephan, KE., Walter, H., & Huys, QJM (2021).
    The relationship between resting-state functional connectivity, antidepressant discontinuation and depression relapse.
    Scientific Reports, 10(1):22346.
    [Paper]

  • Reiter, AM., Atiya, NA., Berwian, IM., & Huys, QJM (2021).
    Neuro-cognitive processes as mediators of psychological treatment effects.
    Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 38, 103–109.
    [Paper]

  • Berwian, IM., Wenzel, JG., Collins, AGE., Seifritz, E., Stephan, KE., Walter, H., & Huys, QJM (2020).
    Computational mechanisms of effort and reward decisions in depression and their relationship to relapse after antidepressant discontinuation.
    JAMA Psychiatry, 77(5), 513–522.
    [Paper]

  • Wade-Bohleber, LM., Boeker, H., Ernst, J., Grimm, S., Brügger, N., Berwian, IM., Vetter, J., Preller, KH., Himmighoffen, H., Kleim, B., Seifritz, E., & Richter, A. (2019).
    Thinking about the past to shape the present: neural activation during the recall of relationship episodes.
    Behavioural Brain Research, 359, 783–791.
    [Paper]

  • Berwian, IM., Walter, H., Seifritz, E., & Huys, QJM (2017).
    Predicting relapse after antidepressant withdrawal — a systematic review.
    Psychological Medicine, 47(3), 426–437.
    [Paper]

  • Huys, QJM., Renz, D., Petzschner, F., Berwian, IM., Stoppel, C., & Haker, H. (2016).
    German translation and validation of the Cognitive Style Questionnaire short form (CSQ-SF-D).
    PLoS One, 11(3):e0149530.
    [Paper]

Book Chapters and Invited Articles

  • Niv, Y., Hitchcock, P., Berwian, IM., & Schoen, G. (2021).
    Towards Precision Cognitive Behavioral Therapy via Reinforcement Learning Theory.
    In L. M. Williams (Ed.), Precision Psychiatry.

  • Berwian, IM., Seifritz, E., Walter, H., & Huys, QJM. (2016).
    Rückfallvorhersage nach Absetzen von Antidepressiva.
    Info Neurologie und Psychiatrie, 14(2), 16–19.