Mag.a Dr.in Gabriele Kohlböck

Position: Clinical Psychologist
Orchid: 0000-0002-1051-3825 
E-Mail: gabriele.kohlboeck@tirol-kliniken.at


Keywords: childhood, psychiatric epidemiology, gifted children, psychological assessment, psychiatric diagnosis, mental health, psychopathology, quantitative methods and advanced statistics, longitudinal course of mental disorders in the general population, birth cohort studies

Research interests: 

I conduct research working on Mental Health in children in clinical settings and in the general population.

Interested in:

  • Early trauma, adverse childhood experiences and creativity
  • Personality functioning and Mental Disorders in Adolescence
  • Child behavior problems and associated physiological correlates: cortisol, stress relates inflammation and HPA activation, biomarkers


Selected peer-reviewed publications

Comparative study of children's mental health outcomes in Tyrol, Austria, and South Tyrol, Italy, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kohlboeck G, Barbieri V, Wenter A, Piccoliori G, Engl A, Sevecke K, Wiedermann CJ, Exenberger S. Neuropsychiatr. 2023 Nov 21. doi: 10.1007/s40211-023-00483-y. Online ahead of print.

Differences in perceived threat and trauma in children during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kohlboeck G, Wenter A, Sevecke K, Exenberger S. Accepted. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 2022 doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2326439/v1.

Role of dietary protein and exercise on biomarkers of immune activation in older patients during hospitalization.
Strasser B, Kohlboeck G, Hermanky M, Leitzmann M. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2020 Nov;32(11):2419-2423. doi: 10.1007/s40520-019-01461-7. Epub 2020 Jan 1.PMID: 31894562

Healthcare use and costs associated with children's behavior problems.
Kohlboeck G, Romanos M, Teuner CM, Holle R, Tiesler CM, Hoffmann B, Schaaf B, Lehmann I, Herbarth O, Koletzko S, Bauer CP, von Berg A, Berdel D, Heinrich J.Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Aug;23(8):701-14. doi: 10.1007/s00787-013-0504-9. Epub 2013 Dec 11.PMID: 24327267

Peer problems are associated with elevated serum leptin levels in children.
Kohlboeck G, Romanos M, Tiesler C, Koletzko S, Kratzsch J, Thiery J, Bauer CP, von Berg A, Berdel D, Hoffmann B, Schaaf B, Lehmann I, Herbarth O, Heinrich J; GINI-plus Study Group; LISA-plus stuStudy Group.Psychol Med. 2014 Jan;44(2):255-65. doi: 10.1017/S003329171300069X. Epub 2013 Apr 8.PMID: 23561045

Association of atopic and non-atopic asthma with emotional symptoms in school children. Kohlboeck G, Koletzko S, Bauer CP, von Berg A, Berdel D, Krämer U, Schaaf B, Lehmann I, Herbarth O, Heinrich J; GINI-plus Study groups; LISA-plus Study groups.Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2013 May;24(3):230-6. doi: 10.1111/pai.12056.PMID: 23590416

Food intake, diet quality and behavioral problems in children: results from the GINI-plus/LISA-plus studies.
Kohlboeck G, Sausenthaler S, Standl M, Koletzko S, Bauer CP, von Berg A, Berdel D, Krämer U, Schaaf B, Lehmann I, Herbarth O, Heinrich J; GINI-plus and LISA-plus Study Groups.Ann Nutr Metab. 2012;60(4):247-56. doi: 10.1159/000337552. Epub 2012 Jun 1.PMID: 22677949

Is there a relationship between hyperactivity/inattention symptoms and poor oral health? Results from the GINIplus and LISAplus study.
Kohlboeck G, Heitmueller D, Neumann C, Tiesler C, Heinrich J, Heinrich-Weltzien R, Hickel R, Koletzko S, Herbarth O, Kühnisch J; GINIplus Study Group, LISAplus Study Group.Clin Oral Investig. 2013 Jun;17(5):1329-38. doi: 10.1007/s00784-012-0829-7. Epub 2012 Aug 29.PMID: 22927131

Effect of fatty acid status in cord blood serum on children's behavioral difficulties at 10 y of age: results from the LISAplus Study.
Kohlboeck G, Glaser C, Tiesler C, Demmelmair H, Standl M, Romanos M, Koletzko B, Lehmann I, Heinrich J; LISAplus Study Group.Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Dec;94(6):1592-9. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.015800. Epub 2011 Nov 9.PMID: 22071708

Acting out and self-harm in children, adolescents and young adults and mental illness 18 years later: The Longitudinal Upper Bavarian Community Study. Kohlboeck, G., Quadflieg, N., & Fichter, M. M. (2011). The European Journal of Psychiatry, 25(1), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.4321/S0213-61632011000100004

Psychologische Testverfahren zur Messung intellektueller Begabung. Kipman, U., Kohlböck, G. & Weilguny, W. (2011).. Salzburg: ÖZBF.

Twenty-five-year course and outcome in anxiety and depression in the Upper Bavarian Longitudinal Community Study.
Fichter MM, Quadflieg N, Fischer UC, Kohlboeck G.Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2010 Jul;122(1):75-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01512.x. Epub 2009 Nov 18.PMID: 19922523

From childhood to adult age: 18-year longitudinal results and prediction of the course of mental disorders in the community.
Fichter MM, Kohlboeck G, Quadflieg N, Wyschkon A, Esser G.Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;44(9):792-803. doi: 10.1007/s00127-009-0501-y. Epub 2009 Feb 11.PMID: 19212695

The Upper Bavarian longitudinal community study on psychopathology 1975-2004: 1. Methods and first results.
Fichter MM, Quadflieg N, Kohlboeck G, Dilling H, Niedermeier T.Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008 Dec;258(8):463-75. doi: 10.1007/s00406-008-0820-0. Epub 2008 Jul 5.PMID: 18604627

The Upper Bavarian longitudinal community study 1975-2004. 2. Long-term course and outcome of depression. A controlled study.
Fichter MM, Kohlboeck G, Quadflieg N.Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008 Dec;258(8):476-88. doi: 10.1007/s00406-008-0821-z. Epub 2008 Jun 27.PMID: 18587524 Clinical Trial.

Prognosis of multifactorial outcome in lumbar discectomy: a prospective longitudinal study investigating patients with disc prolapse.
Kohlboeck G, Greimel KV, Piotrowski WP, Leibetseder M, Krombholz-Reindl M, Neuhofer R, Schmid A, Klinger R.Clin J Pain. 2004 Nov-Dec;20(6):455-61. doi: 10.1097/00002508-200411000-00011.PMID: 15502690 Clinical Trial.