About Us
We have 20 years of research
Not just because we like to do it, but we want to make sure that our program works, is safe and does what families need.
If you have any specific question or interest in our research in detail, just contact us.
Here you will find a selection of our published papers:
Wilken, M., Vaz, J., Boehme, J., & Jockenhoefer, A. (2023).Psychodynamic Treatment for Infants with Feeding Tube Dependency. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 22(1), 28-42
Wilken, M. Hesse, M., Jockenhöfer, A., Pohl, N. (2021). Are Feeding Disorders and Feeding Tube Dependency the Same? A Discrimination Study Between Feeding Disorders, Feeding Tube Dependency, and Healthy Eaters. Journal of Paediatric and Child Health, 58, 63-68.
Wilken M, Ehrmann, S. Rottinghaus, S. Bagci, S.(2020)Behandlung von Sondendependenz: Meta-Analyse zur Erfolgsvorhersage bei Sondendependenz. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde
Wilken, M., Bartmann, P., Dovey, T. M., & Bagci, S. (2018). Characteristics of feeding tube dependency with respect to food aversive behaviour and growth. Appetite, 123, 1-6.
Dovey, T. M., Wilken, M., Martin, C. I., & Meyer, C. (2018). Definitions and clinical guidance on the enteral dependence component of the avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder diagnostic criteria in children.Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 42 (3), 499-507.
Wilken, M. & Bartmann, P. (2014). Posttraumatic Feeding Disorder in Low Birth Weight Young Children: A Nested Case-Control Study of a Home-Based Intervention Program. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 29, 466-473.
Wilken, M., Cremer, V., Berry, J., & Bartmann, P. (2013). Rapid home-based weaning of small children with feeding tube dependency: Positive effects on feeding behaviour without deceleration of growth. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 98, 856–861.
Wilken, M. (2012). The impact of child tube feeding on maternal emotional state and identity: A qualitative meta-analysis. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 27, 248–255.
Dunitz-Scheer, M., Levine, A., Roth, Y., Kratky, E., Beckenbach, H., Braegger, C., Hauer, A., Wilken, M., Wittenberg, J., Trabi, T. & Scheer, P. J. (2009). Prevention and Treatment of Tube Dependency in Infancy and Early Childhood. ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition, 1, 73-82.