Andrea Ertle

Dr. Andrea Ertle is a scientific collaborator at the Institute of Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin. She specializes in obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and behavioral experiments, with a focus on clinical and experimental psychology. Her work spans childhood, adolescence, and adulthood mental health research.

• Education: Diploma in psychology (1996), Dr. phil. (2010), and additional qualification in child/adolescent psychotherapy (2012).

Her research explores the intersection of rumination, anxiety, and behavioral therapy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent publications highlight her contributions to digital mental health interventions, stressor impacts, and psychometric scale validation.

Key contributions include longitudinal studies on pandemic mental health trajectories and stepped-care approaches using chatbots. Her clinical experience includes roles at the University Outpatient Clinic for Psychotherapy and international institutions like the University of Oxford and Ruhr University Bochum.