Felix Bermpohl

Prof. Dr. Felix Bermpohl is Chief Physician at St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus and Head of the Affective Disorders Department and Mood Disorders Research Group at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. He combines clinical psychiatry with neurobiological research, focusing on emotion, reward processing, social cognition, and cognitive control in affective and substance use disorders.

• Methodologies: Clinical assessment, neurocognitive testing, endocrine, genetic, epigenetic, and psychophysiological investigations (pupillometry, skin conductance, heart rate variability), functional MRI
• Current Projects: Principal Investigator for BIPOLIFE (early psychotherapeutic intervention in bipolar disorders), UBICA (mentalization-based interventions for children of mentally ill parents), and CANnaQUIT (group psychotherapy and high-intensity interval training for cannabis use disorder)

His work emphasizes non-pharmacological interventions and transgenerational stress transmission, bridging research and patient care across Charité’s Campus Mitte and St. Hedwig Hospital locations.