Education:
M.D., 1989, University of Vienna
M.S., 2009, University of Michigan
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy License, Austrian Ministry of Health
Residency in Adult Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vienna, Austria
Residency in Adult Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor MI
Infant Mental Health Certificate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Certifications: 2006, Adult Psychiatry
Clinical Interests:
Perinatal Psychiatry: Depression and Anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum
Prevention and Therapy of Mother-Infant relationship and attachment disturbances
Impact of maternal/family psychiatric illness on early child development
Research Interests:
Trauma, Stress & Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during childbearing years
Neurobiology of Stress, Depression and PTSD
Parent-Infant Relationships in Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Disorders; Infant Attachment Disorders
Precursors of early infant stress and emotion regulation
Academic Appointment:
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Human Growth & Development, University of Michigan
Recent or Representative Publications:
Klier, C.M.& Muzik, M. (2004). Mother-Infant Bonding Disorders and the Use of the Parental Bonding Questionnaire in clinical practice. World Psychiatry 3: 102-103.
Bifulco A., Figuerido B., Guedeney N., Gorman L., Hayes S., Muzik M., Glatigny-Dallay E., Valoriani V., Kammerer M. & Henshaw C. (2004). Maternal attachment style and depression associated with childbirth: preliminary results from a European and US cross-cultural study. Br J Psychiatry 184 (Suppl 46): 31-37.
Rosenblum, K.L., McDonough, S., Muzik, M., Miller, A., & Sameroff, A.J. (2002) Maternal Representations of the Infant: Effects on Infant Response to the Still Face. Child Development, 73/4: 999-1015.
Muzik, M., Klier, C., Rosenblum, K.L., Holzinger, A., Umek, W.& Katschnig, H. (2000). Are commonly used self-report inventories suitable for screening postpartum depression and anxiety disorders? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 102, 71-73.
