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Petra Buys serves as a Researcher at Ruhr University Bochum's Research and Treatment Center for Mental Health (FBZ), specifically within the Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology department. Since November 2024, she has held the position of Managing Director for the Psychotherapy Outpatient Clinic for Children and Adolescents, while maintaining her role as Scientific Employee at the Chair of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology since 2020.
Her academic background includes a psychology degree from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (2006-2012), where she previously worked as a student assistant in Developmental and General Psychology departments (2008-2011).
Dr. Buys' research critically examines:
- Lifespan clinical diagnostics through tools like the Kinder-DIPS evaluation project
- Behavioral therapy applications for youth populations with specialization in eating disorders
- Digital mental health solutions to enhance diagnostic accessibility and quality
As a licensed Psychological Psychotherapist (2023) and Child/Adolescent Psychotherapist (2019), both with behavioral therapy specialization, she integrates evidence-based clinical practice with research objectives. Her work directly supports the FBZ's crisis intervention services for young people through structured outpatient care protocols.
Petra Buys operates within the FBZ's Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology team (Team-KiJu), which focuses on transdiagnostic approaches, familial transmission research, and improving real-world mental health access for youth populations through digital and traditional therapeutic frameworks.
