Rainer Schaefert

University of Basel — Switzerland

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments(48), Mental Health and Psychiatry(23), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research(19), Health, psychology, and well-being(18), Gastrointestinal motility and disorders(16)

Publications138 total

Patient- and Ward-Level Determinants of Psychosomatic-Psychiatric Consultations for Mentally Distressed Inpatients from Medical Hospitals: Findings from the SomPsyNet Stepped-Wedge-Trial
2026Open Access
Protocol of the digital long COVID study: A single-center, registry-based, feasibility and clinical evaluation study to investigate a 12-week digital intervention program for people affected by post-COVID-19 condition
PLoS ONE·2026Open Access
Assessing DSM-5 criteria of somatic symptom disorder in medically hospitalized inpatients: A cross-sectional analysis
General Hospital Psychiatry·2026Open Access
Mental distress and health-related quality of life among somatic inpatients: social gradients and hospital mental health implications based on the SomPsyNet study population
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of somatic symptom disorder (SSD) in the basel long COVID cohort study (BALCoS; ClinicalTrial.gov ID: NCT05781893)
Journal of Psychosomatic Research·2025
The promise and pitfalls of psychosocial data in cardiovascular prevention: reply to Taha Bhatti
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology·2025
Basel Long COVID Cohort Study (BALCoS): protocol of a prospective cohort study
BMJ Open·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A Randomized Trial of Shared Decision-Making in Code Status Discussions
NEJM Evidence·2025· 8 cited
The Relationship Between Chronic Pruritus, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Skin Picking—A Case Series and Narrative Review
Journal of Clinical Medicine·2025Open Access
Assessment of psychosocial aspects in adults in post-COVID-19 condition: the EURONET-SOMA recommendations on core outcome domains for clinical and research use
Universität Zürich, ZORA·2025Open Access
Assessment of psychosocial aspects in adults in post-COVID-19 condition: the EURONET-SOMA recommendations on core outcome domains for clinical and research use
BMC Medicine·2025· 9 citedOpen Access
Assessing DSM-5 Criteria of Somatic Symptom Disorder in Somatic Hospital Inpatients: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Exploring Biases of Large Language Models in the Field of Mental Health: Comparative Questionnaire Study of the Effect of Gender and Sexual Orientation in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Case Vignettes
JMIR Mental Health·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
The Basel Long COVID Cohort Study (BALCoS): protocol of a prospective cohort study
2024Open Access
Do positive psychosocial factors contribute to the prediction of coronary artery disease? A UK Biobank–based machine learning approach
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Characterization of psychosocial distress in somatic hospital inpatients: First results from the stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial ‘SomPsyNet’ (NCT04269005)
Journal of Psychosomatic Research·2024
The association of vaccination status with perceived discrimination in patients with COVID-19: results from a cross-sectional study
Swiss Medical Weekly·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Exploring Bias(es) of Large Language Models in the Field of Mental Health – A Comparative Study Investigating the Effect of Gender and Sexual Orientation in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Case Vignettes (Preprint)
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Determinants of workload-related clinician stress levels in general hospital consultation liaison psychiatry services during the COVID-19 pandemic in England and Ireland. Short report
Journal of Psychosomatic Research·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Integrative group psychotherapy for patients with somatic symptom disorder: A randomized controlled trial
Psychiatry Research·2023· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Sabina Hunziker(11), Kurt Fritzsche(10), Rainer Leonhart(10), Annika Gauss(9), Christoph Becker(9), Winfried Häuser(9), Jonas Tesarz(8), Wolfgang Herzog(8), Sabrina Berens(8), Katharina Beck(7), Alessia Vincent(6), Stefano Bassetti(6), Jing Wei(6), Wolfgang Eich(6), Xudong Zhao(6), Peter Henningsen(5), Joachim Szécsényi(5), Beate Niesler(4), Claudia Kaufmann(4), Constanze Hausteiner‐Wiehle(4)