Enclosed you can find a selection of scientific research I have been fortunate to participate in. Its worth to me consists of being ahead with new developments in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Moreover I was able to contribute to new scientific findings and to get insights in scientific research in general. The creative as well as demanding work also forged friendship and committment.

At this point I want to thank the teams I had the pleasure working with and express my gratitude. These experiences run into my daily work with patients and clients and are - hopefully - part of the healing process I always try to establish.

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Scientific projects (selection):

Project and conduction of workshop: Drug addicts in General hospital
Internationaler Suchtgiftkongreß in Baden (1996)
Abteilung für Innere Medizin, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Eisenstadt

Project: Buprenorphine in the maintenance therapy of opioid dependent patients (1996)
Drogenambulanz der Klinischen Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Wien

Project: Comparison of morphine as hydrochloride and sulfatpentahydrate in
the maintenance therapy of opioid dependent patients (1997)
Drogenambulanz der Klinischen Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Wien

Project: Effectiveness of morphine combined with naloxone in the treatment
of opioid dependent patients (1997)
Drogenambulanz der Klinischen Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Wien

Project and conduction of workshop: "Azubis between euphoria and reality", AusZUBIldende im Spannungsfeld beruflicher, privater und ausbildungsbedingter An- und Überforderungen
2.Weltkongreß für Psychotherapie, Wien (1999)
Fachspezifischer psychotherapeutischer Ausbildungslehrgang VII
Lehranstalt für Systemische (Familien-)Therapie, Wien

Project: Emotional recognition in patients with schizophrenia as diagnosed by high-field functional MRI (2003)
Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie und Evaluationsforschung
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Wien

Project: Quality of life as valid criterion for psychosomatic patients, patients with eating disorder and borderline personality disorder following in-patient psychotherapeutic treatment (2003)
Mittlerer Bereich – Psychosomatik und Liaisonpsychiatrie
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Wien

Project: Trauma and quality of life - traumatic experiences as negative predictor of the outcome of in-patient psychotherapeutic treatment (2003)
Mittlerer Bereich – Psychosomatik und Liaisonpsychiatrie
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Wien

Project: Borderline personality disorder: Changes in quality of life under conditions of in-patient psychotherapy (2003)
Mittlerer Bereich – Psychosomatik und Liaisonpsychiatrie
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Wien

Project: Quality of life in patients with anxiety disorder following psychiatric treatment, accompanied by self-help-groups (2003)
Institut für Psychologie der Universität Wien in Zusammenarbeit mit Club D&A Wien und Ordination
Dr. Georg Schönbeck, Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, Wien

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Clinical studies (selection):

Clinical study: LY544344 in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (2004)
Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr. Georg Schönbeck
Zimmermanngasse 1a/2/8, 1090 Wien

Clinical study: Aripiprazol in Schizophrenia (2004)
Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr. Georg Schönbeck
Zimmermanngasse 1a/2/8, 1090 Wien

Clinical study: Duloxetine in Major Depression, HMDD (2004)
Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr. Georg Schönbeck
Zimmermanngasse 1a/2/8, 1090 Wien

Clinical study: Duloxetine in Generalized Anxiety Disorder, HMDV (2005)
Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr. Georg Schönbeck
Zimmermanngasse 1a/2/8, 1090 Wien

Clinical study: R092670 [Paliperidone Palmitate] in Subjects with Schizophrenia (2005)
Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr. Georg Schönbeck
Zimmermanngasse 1a/2/8, 1090 Wien

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Original papers:

Gombas W, Fischer G, Jagsch R, Eder H, Okamoto I, Schindler S, Müller Ch, Ferenci P, Kasper S (1998)
Prevalence and distribution of Hepatitis C subtypes in patients with opioid dependence
Eur Addict Res, 2000; 6(4): 198-204

Gombas W, Schindler S, Eder H, Peternell A, Fischer G (2002)
Fahrtauglichkeit mit Methadon und Buprenorphin
Arzt und Praxis, 2003; 876: 66-72

Gombas W, Schindler S, Peternell A, Ortner R, Eder H, Opgenoorth E, Fischer G (2002)
Influence of peak and trough level in maintenance therapy on driving aptitude.
Addiction, 2002, submitted

Fischer G, Gombas W, Eder H, Jagsch R, Peternell A, Stühlinger G, Pezawas L, Aschauer H, Kasper S (1999)
Buprenorphine versus methadone maintenance for the treatment of opioid dependence
Addiction, 1999; 94(9): 1337-1347

Fischer G, Gombas W, Eder H, Jagsch R, Stühlinger G, Aschauer H, Kasper S (1998)
Vergleichsuntersuchung von Buprenorphin und Methadon im Rahmen der Erhaltungstherapie Opiatkranker
Der Nervenarzt, 1999; 70(9): 795-802

Jagsch R, Gombas W, Schindler S, Eder H, Moody DE, Fischer G (2005)
Plasma concentrations in methadone- and buprenorphine-maintained patients
Addiction Biology, 2005; accepted

Eder H, Fischer G, Gombas W, Jagsch R, Stühlinger G, Kasper S (1998)
Comparison of buprenorphine and methadone maintenance in opiate addicts
Eur Addict Res, 1998; 4(suppl 1): 3-7

Kraigher D, Jagsch R, Gombas W, Ortner R, Eder H, Primorac A, Fischer G (2005)
Use of slow-release oral morphine for the treatment of opioid dependence
Eur Addict Res, 2005; 11: 145-151

Fischer G, Jagsch R, Eder H, Gombas W, Etzersdorfer P, Schmidl-Mohl K, Schatten C, Weninger M, Aschauer H (1998)
Comparison of methadone and slow-release morphine maintenance in pregnant addicts
Addiction, 1999; 94(2): 231-239

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Published abstracts (selection):

Gombas W, Eder H, Habeler A, Fischer G, Nagy C, Lennkh C (1998)
Prävalenz von Hepatitis C und HIV bei opiatabhängigen PatientInnen in einer ambulanten Drogentherapieeinrichtung
Abstractbook: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Neurologie und Psychiatrie (ÖGNP), Kongreß, Gmunden, Österreich, 22-25 April 1998

Gombas W, Fischer G, Eder H, Jagsch R, Okamoto I, Nagy C (1998)
Prevalence of hepatitis C in a consecutive investigation of opiate dependent subjects in a drug addiction clinic
Book of Abstracts: International Conference on the Reduction of Drug related Harm, (14-19 march 1998), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Eder H, Fischer G, Gombas W, Jagsch R, Habeler A, Nagy C, Lennkh C (1998)
Erhaltungstherapie mit synthetischen Opioiden zur Behandlung der Opiatabhängigkeit
Neuropsychiatrie; 12: 37 (1998); Österreichische Gesellschaft für Neurologie und Psychiatrie (22-25 april 1998), Gmunden, Österreich

Eder H, Fischer G, Gombas W, Jagsch R, Habeler A, Rössler B, Kasper S (1998)
Methadone and buprenorphine in maintenance therapy for opioid dependence
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol (1998), 8 (2): 286-287

Gombas W, Fischer G, Eder H, Jagsch R, Schmidl-Mohl K (1997)
Pregnant opiate addicts undergoing methadone or morphine maintenance
Book of Abstracts: Europe against drug abuse (EADA), (1-5 june 1997), Oslo, Norway

Gombas W, Fischer G, Jagsch R, Eder H, Okamoto I, Schindler S, Müller Ch, Ferenci P, Kasper S (1999)
Prävalenz und Häufigkeit von Hepatitis-C-Subtypen bei opiatabhängigen Patientinnen und Patienten
Abstractbook: 1. Interdisziplinärer Kongreß für Suchtmedizin (1-3 july 1999), München, Deutschland

Eder H, Fischer G, Gombas W, Jagsch R, Nagy C, Lennkh C, Kasper S (1998)
Buprenorphine versus methadone - a randomized comparison study
Book of Abstracts: College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), (1-5 june 1998), Nashville, USA

Jagsch R, Windhaber J, Gombas W, Eder H, Fischer G (1998)
Quality of life in opiate abusers
Abstractbook: Prevention and intervention, The 12th conference of the european health psychology society (31 august - 2 september 1998), Wien, Österreich

Robinson SD, Sachs G, Gombas W, Windischberger C, Rauscher A, Barth M, Moser E (2003)
Optimised 3T EPI enables fMRI of amygdala activation during emotion processing and induction
European society for magnetic resonance in medicine and biology (ESMRMB), 2003, 18-21 september 2003, Rotterdam, NL

Eder H, Fischer G, Jagsch R, Schindler S, Gombas W, Pezawas L (1997)
Comparison of morphine and methadone in opiate addicts
Book of Abstracts: College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), (14-19 june 1997), Nashville, USA

Gombas W, Fischer G, Eder H, Jagsch R, Schindler S, Pezawas L, Kasper S (1997)
Comparison of buprenorphine and methadone in opiate addicts
Book of Abstracts: Europe against drug abuse (EADA), (1-5 june 1997), Oslo, Norway

Eder H, Fischer G, Schmidl-Mohl K, Etzersdorfer P, Jagsch R, Gombas W, Kasper S (1997)
Buprenorphine maintenance in pregnant opiate addicts
Pharmacopsychiatry (1997), 30: 163

Etzersdorfer P, Fischer G, Eder H, Jagsch R, Schmidl-Mohl K, Gombas W, Schindler S (1997)
Comparison of morphine and methadone maintenance in pregnant opiate addicts
Book of Abstracts: College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), (14-19 june 1997), Nashville, USA

Fischer G, Eder H, Gombas W, Habeler A, Nagy C, Lennkh C (1998)
Drogenabhängigkeit und Schwangerschaft
Neuropsychiatrie; 12: 38 (1998); Österreichische Gesellschaft für Neurologie und Psychiatrie (22-25 april 1998), Gmunden, Österreich

Fischer G, Eder H, Jagsch R, Diamant K, Gombas W, Kasper S (1997)
Relapse prevention with opioid agonists and antagonists in heroin addiction
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol (1997), 7 (2): 99