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Priv. Doz. Dr. Claudia Klier

 

Specialist for Child and adolescent psychiatry, specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine

Language skills: German, English, French

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Über mich

Dr. Claudia Klier verbindet jahrzehntelange Erfahrung in der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie mit einem tiefen Verständnis für die individuellen Bedürfnisse von Kindern, Jugendlichen und deren Familien. Sie ist spezialisiert auf die psychische Gesundheit während Schwangerschaft, Wochenbett und Mutterschaft sowie auf die Begleitung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Entwicklungs-, Verhaltens- und Belastungsstörungen.

Ein Schwerpunkt ihrer Arbeit liegt auf der Peripartalen Psychiatrie – also der Betreuung von Frauen rund um Schwangerschaft und Geburt, insbesondere bei postpartalen Depressionen, Ängsten oder Traumafolgestörungen. Darüber hinaus begleitet sie Kinder und Jugendliche mit ADHS, Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen, Essstörungen und psychosomatischen Erkrankungen.

Spezialgebiete

  • Psychiatrische und psychotherapeutische Betreuung von Kindern und Jugendlichen
  • Peripartale Psychiatrie: psychische Gesundheit rund um Schwangerschaft und Geburt
  • Postpartale Depression und Angststörungen
  • Psychosomatische Beschwerden bei Kindern, Jugendlichen und Müttern
  • Entwicklungs- und Verhaltensstörungen (z. B. ADHS, Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen)
  • Essstörungen und Selbstwertprobleme
  • Familien- und Elternberatung

My services

  • ADHD in children, adolescents and adults – psychiatric diagnosis and treatment
  • Autism: drug treatment (no diagnosis)
  • Psychosomatic disorders: Diagnosis and treatment
  • Peripartum diseases (diseases around birth): Diagnosis and treatment

Education

  • Study of human medicine
  • Specialist training in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine
  • Many years of clinical and research activity as an associate professor at Vienna General Hospital and the Medical University of Vienna with a focus on child and adolescent psychiatry, peripartum psychiatry and family work
  • Head of the psychosomatic day clinic and outpatient clinic at the Vienna General Hospital Children’s Clinic

Additional diplomas

    • Additional diploma in psychotherapeutic medicine
    • Additional training in peripartum psychiatry / mother-child psychiatry
    • Further training in trauma therapy, systemic therapy and parent counseling

    Qualifications

    Current position External lecturer at the Medical University of Vienna
    2025 Generally sworn and court-certified experts for child and adolescent psychiatry
    2013-2025 Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna
    2010 Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna
    2009 Habilitation in child and adolescent psychiatry
    2005 Specialist in child and adolescent neuropsychiatry,

    Diploma of the ÖÄK
    1999 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Medicine
    (ÖÄK III)
    1998 Specialist in psychiatry and neurology
    (Diploma of the ÖÄK)

    1993

     

    		 Psychotherapist
    (Austrian Working Group for Group Therapy and group dynamics)
    1988 Doctorate/ PhD
    (University of Vienna)

    Professional experience

    01/2013– 06/2013

    		 Research stay at Orygen Youth Health, Melbourne (Prof. McGorry), Australia

    05/2010 ongoing

    		 Specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna

    05/2008 – 04/2010

    		 Primaria of a psychiatric rehabilitation facility “Sonnenpark pro mente”, Burgenland, Austria

    12/2005 – 04/2008

    Senior physician at the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry

    01/2004 – 11/2005

    		 Training position at the Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry,
    MedUni Vienna
    08/2002 – 12/2003 Maternity leave

    07/2000 – 08/2000

    		 Short-term research stay, Drexel Univ. Philadelphia (Prof. Pamela Geller)

    09/1998 – 07/2002

    		 Senior physician at the University of Vienna, Department of Psychiatry
    09/1996 – 08/1998 Training (counter subjects) in internal medicine and neurology

    08/1995 – 08/1996

    Research stay at Columbia University, New York
    Psychiatric Institute (Prof. Myrna Weissman).

    1992-1995

    		 Training as a specialist in adult psychiatry at the University of Vienna, Department of Psychiatry

    1991

    		 Training in adult psychiatry at the University of Innsbruck, University Clinic for Psychiatry

    1989-1991

    		 Research assistant at the University of Klagenfurt, Department of Technology and Science Studies

    Education & research methods

    01/2013 – 06/2013

    Orygen Youth Health, Melbourne, Australia:
    Indicated prevention studies, gender aspects of high-risk groups

    2004

    Training Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States (CAARMS) Edwards J, Orygen Youth Health

    06/1998 – 06/2000

    Transcultural Study Postpartum Depression: Qualitative Health Research, Attachment Style Interview ASI, Contextual Assessment of the Maternity Experience CAME, Mother-Child Interaction; SCID-PPD Training, Institute of Psychiatry and Royal Holloway College, London, UK

    1995 -1996

    Best Estimator training, K-SADS training in the Department of Clinical-Genetic Epidemiology, NYC, USA

    1995- 1996

    Training in Psychotherapy Research Methods in the Department of Clinical-Genetic Epidemiology, Columbia Univ., NYC, USA and Psychotherapy Training, Supervisor in Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Cornell University, NCY, USA

    1995- 1996

    Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program (PET) in the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia Univ., NCY,

     

    Psychotherapeutic training

    2019 Diploma in Psychosomatic Medicine (specialization 11.04.2019)
    2005 – 2006 Training in psychological trauma therapy: EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (BOJE), Vienna
    2001 Training in STEEP (Steps Toward Effective, Enjoyable Parenting) with Dr. Martha Farell, Children, Youth & Family Consortium; University of Minnesota
    1999 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Medicine PSY III
    1995 – 1996 Training as therapist and supervisor for interpersonal psychotherapy, Cornell University, New York, USA 02.10.1996
    30/06/1993 Entry in the list of psychotherapists of the Federal Ministry of Health, Sport and Consumer Protection (Psychodrama ÖAGG)
    1984 – 1986 Depth psychology and psychosomatics course (Prof. Wesiak, Innsbruck)

     

    Activities in scientific societies

    2018 – 2024 Secretary General of the Austrian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
    2020 – today Member of the Forensics Section of the International Marcé Society https://marcesociety.com/forensics-sig/
    2016 – 2020 Board member of the International Marcé Society www.marcesociety.com
    2015 – today Member of the examination board of the Austrian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, ÖGJKP
    2014 – 2015 Member of the Children’s Rights Monitoring Board of the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth
    2013 – 05/2019 Member of the Board of the German-speaking Marcé Society http://marce-gesellschaft.de
    2012 Tertio Loco, Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Innsbruck
    2010 – today Member of the Austrian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
    2008 – 2010 Member of the Board of the Austrian Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, ÖGPP
    2006 – 05/2019 Representative of the German-speaking society in the International Marcé Society
    2004 – 2010 Head of the Perinatal Psychiatry Section of the Austrian Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, ÖGPP
    2004 – 2008 Second Chairwoman of the Board of the German-speaking Marcé Society
    2002 – 2004 Scientific advisor to the City of Vienna, Office for Women’s Health
    2000 Editorial Board of the Archives of Women’s Mental Health
    1999 Founding member of the German-speaking Marcé Society
    1998 – today Member of the Austrian Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics ÖGPP

     

    Publications overview

    Focus on Child and adolescent psychiatry; perinatal psychiatry
    Publications

    A total of 115 scientific articles in listed journals including 34 articles in top journals and 28 articles in standard journals

    Research Gate: most cited paper 658 citations h-index: 39 Research Gate
    Total citations 6243
    Highlights

    2013 Top First-author paper had a worldwide coverage in the media (Reuters) and was the Editors Choice: BJOG. 2013 Mar;120(4):428-34. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12099.

    2016 Top Co-author paper was chosen as Top Ten of psychiatry papers by the New England Journal of Medicine. Nat Commun. 2015 Aug 11;6:7934. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8934.

    Prizes 2018 Veronika Fialka Moser Diversity Award 3rd place (together with Eisenwort, Felnhofer) MedUni Vienna

    Reviewer (journals in alphabetical order)
    Anxiety and Depression, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Archives of General Psychiatry, Archives of Women’s Mental Health, Child Abuse and Neglect, Early Intervention in Psychiatry, International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, PLOSone, Primary Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Child Abuse Review

    Guest Editorships/Editorial Board
    Archives of Women Mental Health February 2019 Topical Collection Filicide and Editorial board Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2009, No 1 British Journal of Psychiatry, February 2004, Vol184, Suppl 46 Neuropsychiatry: Scientific Advisory Board

    Expert opinions for funding bodies and universities
    German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Medical and Scientific Fund of the Mayor of Vienna, Jubilee Fund of the Austrian National Bank, International Dissertation Committee of Monash University, Australia 2016, Habilitation reviewer for the University of Vienna, Habilitation Committee University of Salzburg PMU and Medical University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Mayor’s Fund Vienna

    Selection of national and international lectures (since 2004)

    Event date Event date Topic
    2025 10th World Congress of Women’s Mental Health, Bengaluru, India The many faces of perinatal trauma and their consequences to maternal/infant wellbeing
    2024 North American Society Psychosomatics Obstetrics Gynecology NASPOG, Aurora, Colorado USA Is misconception of one’s reproductive potential the precursor of unperceived pregnancy?
    2023 23rd World Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna Managing risk in the perinatal period – suicide and infanticide.
    2022 The International Marce Society Conference, London UK Awareness for reproductive potential in neonaticide offenders
    2019 2019 Addressing Filicide: Fourth International Conference on Cross National Dialogue, Melbourne, AUS Key note speech: Neonaticide prevention- is it feasible
    2019 8th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health Paris, France PREVENTION of Neonaticide -is it feasible?
    2018 International Marcé Society Conference, Bangaluru, India Pregnancy and birth in repeat neonaticide events
    2018 Open Medical Institute Astana, Kazakhstan Autimus and ADHD
    2017 Open Medical InstituteCastle Ahrenberg, Salzburg Behavioral Pediatrics & Child Development.
    2017 World Psychiatric Association, Berlin Prevention of Filicide in the Context of the Perinatal Period
    2016 Brain Day, Medical University of ViennaUniversity Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy ADHD in children, adolescents and parents.
    2016 Meetings of Minds VIII Shire, Vienna Parent-Child Interaction Disorder in ADHD.
    2016 International Marcé Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia Prevention of Filicide in the Context of the Perinatal Period.
    2016 German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN) Pharmacology in the peripartum period – help with difficult decisions.
    2016 Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Linz 15 years of anonymous birth in Austria.
    2015 Open Medical InstituteCastle Ahrenberg, Salzburg Behavioral Pediatrics & Child Development.
    2015 32nd Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Salzburg New treatment options for ADHD.
    2014 International Marcé Society Biennial Conference on Perinatal Mental HealthSwansea, UK Anonymous Birth Law Saves Babies -Optimization, Sustainability and Public Awareness.
    2013 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia The European Collaboration of Filicide.
    2012 University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Vienna The role of attachment theory in the context of parental mental illness.
    2012 Baby Day, AGES – Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH Mental health of the mother during the puerperium and breastfeeding period.
    2011 State of the Art: Depression. University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Vienna Depression as a concomitant disorder in children and adolescents – antidepressant treatment.
    2010 Anniversary conference “Child and adolescent psychiatry up to date”Vienna Psychopharmacological treatment options for children and adolescents with consideration of suicidal crises
    2008 Enquete Pregnancy, Birth and Early Childhood Development of the City of Vienna. Vienna City Hall Infanticide in the context of peripartum crises.
    2008 International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions World Congress (IACAPAP), Istanbul Is prevention of neonaticide possible – An Austrian experience.
    2007
    30th Congress on Law and Mental Health
         		Fetal Abuse to Fatal Child Abuse.
    2005 Graduate Symposium of the Department of Cultural and Intellectual History of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Infanticide and maternal love in the process of civilization.
    2004 2nd World Congress on Women’s Mental HealthWashington, DC. From fetal abuse to child abuse – a case report.

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