prof. dr. W. (Wiepke) Cahn
prof. dr. W. (Wiepke) Cahn
- Psychiatry
Research Programs
Biography
Biography
Prof. Wiepke Cahn has been a research psychiatrist at the University Medical Center Utrecht since 1996. In 2003 she obtained her PhD titled ‘brain morphology during the early course of schizophrenia’. She has set up various (multicenter) research projects, including GROUP. She has been chief psychiatrist for the schizophrenia program at the UMCUtrecht and project manager for the Utrecht Youth Cohort. Currently she is heading the ‘body & life’ clinic at the department of psychiatry. In 2016 she was appointed professor of psychiatry. Her research interest is the physical (ill-)health in psychiatric disorders and lifestyle psychiatry.
Wiepke Cahn has (co)authored more than 300 papers and book chapters and has been chief editor of the textbooks 'schizophrenia spectrum disorders' and 'lifestyle psychiatry' and is the author of 'focus on the families with psychiatric problems'. Her non-research-based activities consist of treating patients and their families with psychiatric and somatic co-morbidities.
Research Line
Physical health in psychiatric disorders and lifestyle psychiatry.
Key publications
1. de Boer N, Cahn W. Antipsychotic-induced weight gain: Is the weight over? New guidelines needed. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2022 Sep;146(3):185-189
2. Burin LM, Hahn MK, da Rocha NS, van Amelsvoort T, Bartels-Velthuis AA, Bruggeman R, de Haan L, Schirmbeck F, Simons CJP, van Os J, Cahn W. Long-term treatment of antipsychotics and combined therapy with other psychotropic medications inducing weight gain in patients with non-affective psychotic disorder: Evidence from GROUP, a longitudinal study. Psychiatry Res. 2022 Aug;314:114680.
3. de Nijs J, Pet MA; GROUP Investigators.. Metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia patients associated with poor premorbid school performance in early adolescence. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2016 Apr;133(4):289-97.
4. Scheewe TW, Backx FJ, Takken T, Jörg F, van Strater AC, Kroes AG, Kahn RS, Cahn W. Exercise therapy improves mental and physical health in schizophrenia: a randomised controlled trial. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2013 Jun;127(6):464-73.
5. Welie H, Derks EM, Verweij KH, de Valk HW, Kahn RS, Cahn W. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increased in relatives of patients with a non-affective psychotic disorder. Schizophr Res. 2013 Feb;143(2-3):354-7.
Side Activities
GGz Breburg Supervisory Board
Full Professor, Altrecht Science
Chair Social Run Foundation
Committee Member of the national psychosis guidelines
Mind Ypsilon Advisory Board
Fellowship and Awards
- Move2 (MUVA) project
- Tactic project
- Lifestyle - A multi-modal lifestyle intervention program in routine clinical care for children with mental disorders.
- FOCUS
- MELIA project
- Psychosis Prognosis Predictor
- Genetic Risk and Outcome of Psychosis (GROUP project) Collaboration between AMC, UMCG en Universiteit van Maastricht and various psychiatric institutions in the Netherlands
- Topfit project – i.s.m. met sportgeneeskunde
- GRUMPY or Depressed – i.s.m. de sociale faculteit UU
Research Output (343)
Lin Bochao Danae, Vermeulen Jentien M., Bolhuis K., Chang Xiao, Schirmbeck Frederike, van Eijk Kristel R., Alizadeh Behrooz Z., Bartels-Velthuis Agna A., van Amelsvoort Therese, Bruggeman Richard, Cahn Wiepke, de Haan Lieuwe, Rutten Bart P.F., Guloksuz Sinan, Luykx Jurjen J., van Os Jim, Simons Claudia J.P., van Winkel Ruud, Blankers Matthijs, van den Brink W., May 2023, In: Psychiatry Research. 323 , p. 1-8
Schijven Dick, Postema Merel C., Fukunaga Masaki, Matsumoto Junya, Miura Kenichiro, de Zwarte Sonja M.C., van Haren Neeltje E.M., Cahn Wiepke, Hulshoff Pol Hilleke E., Kahn René S., Ayesa-Arriola Rosa, Ortiz-García de la Foz Víctor, Tordesillas-Gutierrez Diana, Vázquez-Bourgon Javier, Crespo-Facorro Benedicto, Alnæs Dag, Dahl Andreas, Westlye Lars T., Agartz Ingrid, Andreassen Ole A., Jönsson Erik G., Kochunov Peter, Bruggemann Jason M., Catts Stanley V., Michie Patricia T., Mowry Bryan J., Quidé Yann, Rasser Paul E., Schall Ulrich, Scott Rodney J., Carr Vaughan J., Green Melissa J., Henskens Frans A., Loughland Carmel M., Pantelis Christos, Weickert Cynthia Shannon, Weickert Thomas W., de Haan Lieuwe, Brosch Katharina, Pfarr Julia Katharina, Ringwald Kai G., Stein Frederike, Jansen Andreas, Kircher Tilo T.J., Nenadić Igor, Krämer Bernd, Gruber Oliver, Satterthwaite Theodore D., Bustillo Juan, Janssen Joost, 4 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120
van Dee Violet, Schnack Hugo G, Cahn Wiepke 28 Feb 2023, In: Schizophrenia Research. 254 , p. 133-142 10 p.
Lachowicz Aleksandra M., Vaessen Thomas, van Aubel Evelyne, Butjosa Anna, Reininghaus Ulrich, Myin-Germeys Inez, van Amelsvoort Therese, Bartels-Velthuis Agna A., Bruggeman Richard, Cahn Wiepke, de Haan Lieuwe, Schirmbeck Frederike, Simons Claudia J.P., van Os Jim, Dec 2022, In: Schizophrenia Research. 250 , p. 92-99 8 p.
Koomen Lisanne Elisabeth Maria, van de Meent Ilona Hendrika Theodora, Deenik Jeroen, van Dellen Edwin, Schnack Hugo Gerard, van Werkhoven Henri, Swildens Wilma Elisabeth, van Meijel Berno, Staal Wouter, Jörg Frederike, Scheepers Floortje, Cahn Wiepke 11 Nov 2022, In: BMC Psychiatry. 22
Koomen Lisanne E.M., van der Horst Marte Z., Deenik Jeroen, Cahn Wiepke 28 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13
de Boer Nini, Wilting I, Cahn Wiepke, Luykx JJ 1 Sep 2022, In: Psyfar. 2022 3 p.
de Boer Nini, Cahn Wiepke Sep 2022, In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 146 , p. 185-189 5 p.
Burin Luisa M., Hahn Margaret K., da Rocha Neusa S., van Amelsvoort Therese, Bartels-Velthuis Agna A., Bruggeman Richard, de Haan Lieuwe, Schirmbeck Frederike, Simons Claudia J.P., van Os Jim, Cahn Wiepke Aug 2022, In: Psychiatry Research. 314
Deenik Jeroen, Koomen Lisanne E M, Scheewe Thomas W, van Deursen Frank P, Cahn Wiepke 21 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Psychiatric Research. 154 , p. 19-27 9 p.