Dr. Andreas Heißel
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Andreas Heißel ist Senior Research Fellow an der Professur für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin am Institut für Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften der Universität Potsdam, Deutschland. Er studierte Sport-, Politik- und Erziehungswissenschaften in Potsdam, Berlin und Sydney. Promotion in Sportpsychologie, zunächst an der Humboldt-Universität Berlin (2010-2013), 2013 Abschluss an der Universität Potsdam über adipöse Kinder, die von Sporttherapeuten autonomiefördernd betreut werden.
2006-2009 Athletik- und Rehabilitationstrainer für Erstliga- und Junioren-Nationalmannschaften im Volleyball (2007 Gewinn der Goldmedaille bei den Junioren-Europameisterschaften). 2010-2022 war er Leiter des Standortes im Sportforum des Sport- und Gesundheitsparks Berlin/ Zentrum für Sportmedizin (8000 trainierende Klienten/Patienten; 6000 sportmedizinische Untersuchungen, darunter 3000 Spitzensportler pro Jahr) und ist dort jetzt CRO. Er arbeitete über 20 Jahre in der Praxis mit Patienten und Sportlern, betreute und leitete ein Team von mehr als 30 Sporttherapeuten und verfügt über 17 Jahre klinische Erfahrung. Als Ausgründung aus der Universität Potsdam gründete er 2022 das Zentrum für emotionale Gesundheit Deutschland mit dem Ziel, die www.step-sporttherapie.de in der Versorgung zu implementieren
Dr. Heißel hat über 2,5 Mio. € an Forschungsgeldern eingeworben, darunter auch Fördermittel aus dem Innovationsfonds. Er betreute mehr als 10 Doktoranden in den Bereichen Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften, Psychologie und Medizin.
Forschungsinteressen / Lehre
Andreas Forschungsinteressen konzentrieren sich auf mentale/ emotionale Gesundheit und Gesundheitserziehung (psychologische Grundbedürfnisse/Motivation, Depression, Angst, chronische Schmerzen), körperliche Aktivität, Bewegung, Achtsamkeit und Meditation.
Er leitete die STEP.De-Studie (Sporttherapie bei Depression in der Versorgung) mit Prof. Rapp (Studienleitung Evaluation), in der er die Gesamtstudienleitung innehatte und die psychologischen) Schulungen des Fachpersonals und die spezifische Bewegungstherapie entwickelte, und die SPeED-Studie (mit Prof. Heinzel) (Neurobiologische Mechanismen von Sport und Psychotherapie bei Depression) sowie weitere Studien.
Er lehrt u.a. Mind-Body-Verfahren, Sporttherapie in Gesundheitssport und Psychiatrie, Methoden von Systematic Reviews in Bachelor-, Master- und PhD-Studiengängen.
Dr. Andreas Heißel
Campus Golm
Haus 62, Raum 2.18
Am Mühlenberg 9
14476 Potsdam
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Mittwoch 12:00-13:00 Uhr
Publikationen
2025
Kelly, S., Meyer, J., Stielow, C., Heinzel, S., & Heissel, A. (2025). Effects of an acute maximal exercise bout on serum insulin-like growth factor-1 in adults with MDD. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107215
Schwefel, M. K., Kaufmann, C., Gutmann, G., Henze, R., Fydrich, T., Rapp, M. A., Ströhle, A., Heissel, A., & Heinzel, S. (2025). Effect of physical exercise training on neural activity during working memory in major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 372, 269–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.12.016
2024
Kelly, S. J. E., Stielow, C., Heinzel, S., Heissel, A., & Meyer, J. D. (2024, Oktober). Influences Of An Acute Exercise Bout On Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 In Major Depressive Disorder. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0001055136.79571.f6
Schuch, F. B. (2024). The UNIversity students? LIFEstyle behaviors and Mental health cohort (UNILIFE-M): Study protocol of a multicenter, prospective cohort study. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3794023/v1
2023
Heinen, D., Heissel, A., Heinzel, S., Fydrich, T., Strohle, A., Rapp, M. A., & Vogel, H. (2023). Effect of acute and long-term exercise on leptin levels in depressed outpatients. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17362-4
Heinen, D., Heissel, A., Heinzel, S., Fydrich, T., Ströhle, A., Rapp, M., & Vogel, H. (2023). Effect of acute and long-term exercise on leptin levels in depressed outpatients. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2582531/v1
Heissel, A., Heinen, D., Brokmeier, L. L., Skarabis, N., Kangas, M., Vancampfort, D., Stubbs, B., Firth, J., Ward, P. B., Rosenbaum, S., Hallgren, M., & Schuch, F. (2023). Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression. British Journal of Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-106282
Heissel, A., Pietrek, A., Kangas, M., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., & Rapp, M. A. (2023). The Mediating Role of Rumination in the Relation between Basic Psychological Need Frustration and Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Clinical Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020395
Heissel, A., Sanchez, A., Pietrek, A., Bergau, T., Stielow, C., Rapp, M. A., & Van der Kaap-Deeder, J. (2023). Validating the German Short Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale in Individuals with Depression. Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030412
Schwefel, M. K., Kaufmann, C., Gutmann, G., Henze, R., Fydrich, T., Rapp, M. A., Ströhle, A., Heissel, A., & Heinzel, S. (2023). Physical fitness is associated with neural activity during working memory performance in major depressive disorder. NeuroImage: Clinical, 38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103401
2022
Heinen, D., Vogel, H., Schuch, F. B., Heinzel, S., Schurmann, A., Strohle, A., Fydrich, T., Rapp, M., & Heissel, A. (2022). Acute Exercise Increases Circulating IGF-1 Levels In Outpatients With Depression. Medicine {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Science in Sports {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Exercise, 54(9S), 595. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000882528.20715.84
Heinzel, S., Schwefel, M., Sanchez, A., Heinen, D., Fehm, L., Henze, R., Terán, C., Kallies, G., Rapp, M. A., Fydrich, T., Ströhle, A., & Heissel, A. (2022). Physical exercise training as preceding treatment to cognitive behavioral therapy in mild to moderate major depressive disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 319, 90–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.024
Pietrek, A., Kangas, M., Kliegl, R., Rapp, M. A., Heinzel, S., van der Kaap-Deeder, J., & Heissel, A. (2022). Basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration in major depressive disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.962501
Stielow, C., Heinen, D., Heinzel, S., Schwefel, M., Téran, C., Kallies, G., Fydrich, T., Rapp, M., Heissel, A., & Strohle, A. (2022). BDNF At Rest And After Acute Aerobic Exercise In Women With Depression. Medicine {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Science in Sports {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Exercise, 54(9S), 89. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000876156.74183.ae
van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Sanchez, A., Johannessen, M. R. A., Stenseng, F., Saksvik-Lehouillier, I., & Heissel, A. (2022). The validation of the Norwegian Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale: A stratified sampling procedure. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1032006
Vancampfort, D., Heissel, A., Waclawovsky, A., Stubbs, B., Firth, J., McGrath, R. L., Van Damme, T., & Schuch, F. B. (2022). Precision-based exercise in people with anxiety and stress related disorders: Are there interindividual differences in anxiolytic effects? An ancillary meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychiatry Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114803
2021
de Oliveira Tavares, V. D., Vancampfort, D., Hallgren, M., Heissel, A., Chaparro, C. G. A. P., Solmi, M., Tempest, G. D., de Oliveira Neto, L., Galvão-Coelho, N. L., Firth, J., & Schuch, F. B. (2021). Reliability and validity of physical fitness tests in people with mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Physiotherapy Research International, 26(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.1904
Heissel, A., Bollmann, J., Kangas, M., Abdulla, K., Rapp, M., & Sanchez, A. (2021). Validation of the German version of the work and social adjustment scale in a sample of depressed patients. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06622-x
Heissel, A., Bollmann, J., Kangas, M., Abula, K., Rapp, M., & Sanchez, A. (2021). Validation of the German Version of the Work and Social Adjustment Scale in a Sample of Depressed Patients. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-151437/v1
Pérez-Chaparro, C. G. A., Schuch, F. B., Zech, P., Kangas, M., Rapp, M. A., & Heissel, A. (2021). Recreational exercising and self-reported cardiometabolic diseases in German people living with HIV: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111579
Pérez-Chaparro, C., Kangas, M., Zech, P., Schuch, F. B., Rapp, M., & Heissel, A. (2021). Recreational exercise is associated with lower prevalence of depression and anxiety and better quality of life in German people living with HIV. AIDS Care, 34(2), 182–187. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2021.1889951
Pietrek, A., Rapp, M., Heinen, D., & Heissel, A. (2021, September). Erganzende Versorgung bei Depression: Wer geht in die Sporttherapie? Das Gesundheitswesen. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1732241
2020
Heißel, A. (2020). Sports therapy as adjuvant or alternative treatment for depression,Sporttherapie als adjuvante oder alternative Behandlung bei Depression. Psychotherapeut, 65(3), 149–155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-020-00425-x
Heissel, A., Pietrek, A., Rapp, M. A., Heinzel, S., & Williams, G. (2020). Perceived health care climate of older people attending an exercise program: Validation of the german short version of the health care climate questionnaire. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 28(2), 276–286. https://doi.org/10.1123/JAPA.2018-0350
Heissel, A., Pietrek, A., Schwefel, M., Abula, K., Wilbertz, G., Heinzel, S., & Rapp, M. (2020). STEP.De study—a multicentre cluster-randomised effectiveness trial of exercise therapy for patients with depressive symptoms in healthcare services: study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(4), e036287. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036287
Kangas, M., & Heissel, A. (2020). Mental health literacy, treatment preferences and the lived experience of mental health problems in an Australian cancer sample. Psycho-Oncology, 29(11), 1883–1894. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5520
Zech, P., Schuch, F., Pérez-Chaparro, C., Kangas, M., Rapp, M., & Heissel, A. (2020). Exercise, Comorbidities, and Health-Related Quality of Life in People Living with HIV: The HIBES Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(14), 5138. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145138
2019
Heissel, A., Zech, P., Rapp, M. A., Schuch, F. B., Lawrence, J. B., Kangas, M., & Heinzel, S. (2019). Effects of exercise on depression and anxiety in persons living with HIV: A meta-analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109823
Kallies, G., Rapp, M. A., Fydrich, T., Fehm, L., Tschorn, M., Terán, C., Schwefel, M., Pietrek, A., Henze, R., Hellweg, R., Ströhle, A., Heinzel, S., & Heissel, A. (2019). Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) at rest and after acute aerobic exercise in major depressive disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 102, 212–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.12.015
Schuch, F. B., Stubbs, B., Meyer, J., Heissel, A., Zech, P., Vancampfort, D., Rosenbaum, S., Deenik, J., Firth, J., Ward, P. B., Carvalho, A. F., & Hiles, S. A. (2019). Physical activity protects from incident anxiety: A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Depression and Anxiety, 36(9), 846–858. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22915
Zech, P., Pérez-Chaparro, C., Schuch, F., Wolfarth, B., Rapp, M., & Heissel, A. (2019). Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Cardiovascular Parameters for People Living with HIV: A Meta-analysis. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 30(2), 186–205. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000006
2018
Chaparro, C. G. A. P., Zech, P., Schuch, F., Wolfarth, B., & Rapp, M. (2018). Effects of aerobic and resistance exercise alone or combined on strength and hormone outcomes for people living with HIV. A meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 13(9), e0203384. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203384
Heinzel, S., Rapp, M. A., Fydrich, T., Ströhle, A., Terán, C., Kallies, G., Schwefel, M., & Heissel, A. (2018). Neurobiological mechanisms of exercise and psychotherapy in depression: The SPeED study?Rationale, design, and methodological issues. Clinical Trials, 15(1), 53–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/1740774517729161
Heissel, A., Pietrek, A., Flunger, B., Fydrich, T., Rapp, M. A., Heinzel, S., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2018). The Validation of the German Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale in the Context of Mental Health. European Journal of Health Psychology, 25(4), 119–132. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000017
2017
Chaparro, C. G. A. P., Zech, P. A., Heinzel, S., Mayer, F., Wolfarth, B., Rapp, M., & Heißel, A. (2017). Effects Of Aerobic {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Resistance Training On Cardiorespiratory Fitness In People Living with {HIV}. A Meta-analysis. Medicine {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Science in Sports {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Exercise, 49(5S), 842. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000519265.28705.86
Zech, P. A., Rapp, M., Heinzel, S., Wolfarth, B., Lawrence, J. B., & Heißel, A. (2017). Does Exercise Help People Living with HIV Improve Their Quality of Life? A meta-analysis. Medicine {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Science in Sports {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Exercise, 49(5S), 470. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000518177.22369.2f
2015
Heinzel, S., Lawrence, J. B., Kallies, G., Rapp, M. A., & Heissel, A. (2015). Using exercise to fight depression in older adults: A Systematic review and meta-analysis. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(4), 149–162. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000133
Heissel, A., Vesterling, A., White, S. A., Kallies, G., Behr, D., Arafat, A. M., Reischies, F. M., Heinzel, S., & Budde, H. (2015). Feasibility of an exercise program for older depressive inpatients: A pilot study. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(4), 163–171. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000134
2014
Heißel, A., Heinzel, S., Brand, R., Knisel, E., & Rapp, M. A. (2014). Supportive sport climate increases competence, relatedness, internalisation of motivation, and physical activity in overweight children. Obesity Research {\&}amp$\mathsemicolon$ Clinical Practice, 8, 43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2014.10.079