Julia Ditzer

Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, biomed engineering, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2

📢 Bitte teilen! Bei uns @cfmhlab.bsky.social sind ab 15.09.25 zwei Postdoc- oder WiMi-Stellen (50%, E13 TV-L, aufstockbar bis 100%) zu besetzen.

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🚀 Unsere Arbeitsgruppe an der TU Dresden sucht Verstärkung!

Wir bieten eine Postdoc-Stelle (E13 TV-L, Elternzeitvertretung) ab 01.10.2025 an der Professur für Klinische Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie.

Bewirb dich bis 15.8. und werde Teil unseres Teams!

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We're thrilled to see our new meta-analysis on childhood maltreatment and interoception published in Nature Mental Health! 🧠💔

Led by our @juliaditzer.bsky.social, we found that emotional abuse/neglect is linked to lower trust in bodily signals — a risk factor for mental health issues.

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🚀 Unsere Arbeitsgruppe an der TU Dresden sucht Verstärkung!

Wir bieten eine Postdoc- oder WiMi-Stelle (50%, E13 TV-L) ab 15.09.2025 an der Professur für Klinische Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie.

Bewirb dich bis 7.8. und werde Teil unseres Teams!

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tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...

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Thanks so much for sharing!

Thank you so much for sharing!

Thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks so much! I am glad to hear you like it :)

As fas as I know (and I also did another quick search), there is unfortunately no research on this topic yet. There’s some on medical trauma in adults, but I haven’t seen any on childhood medical trauma.

Thanks so much for sharing 🤩

Thank you so much, @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social :)

A meta-analytic review of child maltreatment and interoception Nature Mental Health - Interoception, the perception of internal bodily signals, is crucial for mental and physical well-being, yet the origins of disruptions in interoception are not well...

It was an honor to lead this project as first author.
Thanks to my wonderful co-authors Christian Woll, Clara Burger, Alisa Ernst, Ilka Böhm, @alzietlow.bsky.social & @susangarth.bsky.social for their support and expertise! 🫰

Full paper: rdcu.be/eu8bo

Our conclusions:

Emotional abuse and neglect can shape how safe and “at home” we feel in our own bodies.

These forms of trauma deserve more attention — in public discourse, clinical care, and prevention efforts. 🏥🏫💬

Why does this matter?

Low body trust can interfere with:
- Emotion regulation
- Identifying personal needs
- Processing stress

This may help explain why survivors of emotional trauma are at higher risk for anxiety, depression, or eating disorders. 🙍‍♀️

Our main finding:

🫀💭 People who experienced emotional abuse or emotional neglect in childhood tend to report lower trust in their bodily signals — a key part of interoception.

A meta-analytic review of child maltreatment and interoception Nature Mental Health - Interoception, the perception of internal bodily signals, is crucial for mental and physical well-being, yet the origins of disruptions in interoception are not well...

My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩

With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.

rdcu.be/eu8bo

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📣 Hot off the press! Comment on physical neglect in @naturementalhealth.bsky.social.
Thanks to Andreas Maercker & team for the collaboration & big shoutout to our very own @juliaditzer.bsky.social, @janaray.bsky.social & @alzietlow.bsky.social!

💬 We’d love to hear your thoughts! 👉 rdcu.be/elbbu

🚨 With @janaray.bsky.social, @alzietlow.bsky.social & amazing colleagues @UZH, I wrote a Comment for @naturementalhealth.bsky.social on the overlooked issue of physical neglect—the most common yet under-recognized form of child maltreatment.

I'd love to hear your thoughts!
👉 rdcu.be/elbbu

One thing that really bothered me about this discussion was the number of speakers who insisted that the gov attacks on US science are "unprecedented". They're not. Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Iran, Turkey & more all purged their academy. Surely learning from that history is essential. #EGU25

Human kind by Rutger Bregman

We’re proud to see our #PhD student @leakrumpholtz.bsky.social at #SRCD2025.

Can’t wait to hear about all the things she’s learning! 🤓

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I guess it’s time to bring the passion fruit juice 😉

I wouldn't have considered it to be one, but I guess one could consider it a BIG review paper in a way. 🤷‍♀️

@jensfoell.de Content für Nerds st work? 😉

Ein spannender und vielfältiger @dpk-kongress.bsky.social gemeinsam mit einem fantastischen Team! @cfmhlab.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @juliaditzer.bsky.social @stuermlingerl.bsky.social #dpk2025

Erstes Highlight auf dem @dpk-kongress.bsky.social. Jens Foell zum Thema Wissenschaftskommunikation. #DPK2025

Danke dir :) War wirklich toll, dass du da warst.