Program

Aggression is frequent transdiagnostic phenomenon in mental disorders. Despite receiving a constantly high interest in public media, still little is known about the neuropsychobiological underpinnings of aggression in mental disorders and how this knowledge can be used to improve prediction, prevention, and treatment. The new transregio SFB 379 „Neuropsychobiology of Agression: a Transdiagnostic Approach in Mental Disorders“ aims at addressing these issues by combining innovative experimental neurobiological studies with prospective assessments in a large transdiagnostic sample of adolescents and adults. In this symposium, we will first introduce the research consortium’s concept and primary goals (Katja Bertsch, JMU Würzburg) and then present existing data from ongoing studies of the partner sites. These presentations include a talk by Ke Chen (ZI Mannheim) who will speak about lifespan normative modelling of aggression and individual risk profiling. Following this, Lisa Wagels (RWTH Aachen) will present transdiagnostic data of anger, hostility and aggression and Kornelius Kammler-Sücker & Christoph Korn (ZI Mannheim, University Hospital Heidelberg) will introduce a novel VR and online aggression learning paradigm eliciting anger. Finally, Nadine Steinbach (PhD student from University Hospital Frankfurt) will talk about the identification of mediators of threat-aggression and experimental manipulation by tDCS.