Dr. Dörte Berthold
Research assistant
Dörte Berthold is head psychologist at the Lower Saxony Forensic Psychiatric Center and a research associate in the DFG-funded research project “Conditions for success addiction treatment of offenders – A criminological recidivism study.”
Her research focuses on forensic psychology and legal psychology, specifically on addiction treatment for offenders. In addition to clinical research, another focus is on legal evaluation research.
Curriculum vitae
- since 04/2026: Research assistant in the DFG-funded project Conditions for successful addiction treatment of offenders – A criminological recidivism study
- 04/2025 – 03/2026: Acting Chair of Psychology and Social Work at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HAWK)
- since 08/2024: Head psychologist at MRVZN Niedersachsen – Bad Rehburg
- since 11/2015: Psychologist at MRVZN Niedersachsen
- 2025: Doctorate in Psychology (Dr. phil.) from the University of Hildesheim
- 2022 – 2024: Postgraduate degree in Legal Psychology (M.Sc.) at the University of Hildesheim
- 2017 – 2022: Certified Psychotherapist (Behavioral Therapy)
- 2013 – 2015: Studied psychology (M.Sc.) at the University of Hildesheim
- 2010 – 2013: Studied psychology with a focus on educational psychology (B.Sc.) at the University of Hildesheim
Selected Publications
- Alexander Baur / Pietje Block / Elena Schaffeld / Dörte Berthold, Erste Entwicklungen in der Praxis des neu geregelten § 64 StGB, in: NK 2025, 107-125.
- Dörte Berthold / Sarah Kirchmann-Kallas / Daniel Quade / Christian Riedemann Mögliche Auswirkungen der Neuformulierung des Hangs im § 64 StGB auf die Unterbringungsanordnungen – und was die Global Assessment Scale of Functioning hierzu beitragen kann, in: Forens Psychiatr Psychol Kriminol 19(2025), 93-101.
- Alexander Baur / Dörte Berthold / Adelheid Bezzel / Jan Querengässer / Christian Riedemann / Christian Schlögl / Birgit Völlm, Ein Plädoyer für Empirie und Innovation in forensischer Suchtbehandlung, in: Forens Psychiatr Psychol Kriminol 18 (2024), 248–250.
Research project: Conditions for successful addiction treatment of offenders – A criminological recidivism study