Mgr. Daniel Dančík, PhD.

Teaching specialization

Clinical Psychology, Methodology in Clinical Psychology

Teaching activities

Master's level:

Experience Sampling: Practical Use of the Method of Capturing Everyday Experience

Research focus

clinical psychology, relational bonding, loneliness, experience sampling, digital phenotyping

Currently ongoing grants

VAIA - Financované EÚ Next Generation EU prostredníctvom Plánu obnovy a odolnosti SR v rámci projektu č. 09I03-03-V03-00035, Sociálne stiahnutie v bežnej a klinickej populácii: porozumenie komplexným vzťahom medzi sociálnymi, psychologickými a neurobiologickými procesmi (DISCONNECT), Co-investigator

Horizon 2020 research and innovation Programme grant č. 945263., The implementation of Digital Mobile Mental Health in clinical care pathways: Towards person-centered care in psychiatry (IMMERSE), Researcher

Most significant publications

Myin-Germeys, I., Schick, A., Ganslandt, T., Hajdúk, M., Heretik, A., Dančík, D., … Reininghaus, U. (2024). The experience sampling methodology as a digital clinical tool for more person-centered mental health care: an implementation research agenda. Psychological Medicine, 54(11), 2785–2793. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724001454

Reininghaus, U., Schwannauer, M., Barne, I., Beames, J. R., Bonnier, R. A., Brenner, M., Breznoščáková, D., Dančík, D., De Allegri, M., Di Folco, S., Durstewitz, D., Gugel, J., Hajdúk, M., Heretik, A., Izáková, Ľ., Katreniakova, Z., Kiekens, G., Koppe, G., Kurilla, A., … Schick, A. (2024). Strategies, processes, outcomes, and costs of implementing experience sampling-based monitoring in routine mental health care in four European countries: Study protocol for the IMMERSE effectiveness-implementation study. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), 465. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05839-4

Hajdúk, M., Straková, A., Januška, J., Ivančík, V., Dančík, D., Čavojská, N., Valkučáková, V., Heretik, A., Pečeňák, J., Abplanalp, S. J., & Green, M. F. (2023). Connections between and within extended psychosis and autistic phenotypes and social relationships in the general population. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 157, 36–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.11.022

Hajduk, M., Dancik, D., Januska, J., Strakova, A., Turcek, M., Heretik, A., & Pecenak, J. (2021). Depression and anxiety among College Students in Slovakia – Comparison of the Year 2018 and during COVID-19 pandemic. Bratislava Medical Journal, 123(01), 44–49. https://doi.org/10.4149/BLL_2022_007

Hajdúk, M., Dančík, D., Januška, J., Svetský, V., Straková, A., Turček, M., Vašečková, B., Forgáčová, Ľ., Heretik, A., & Pečeňák, J. (2020). Psychotic experiences in student population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schizophrenia Research, 222, 520–521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2020.05.023

About me

I work as an assistant professor and psychologist at the Psychiatric Clinic of LF UK and UNB and collaborate on several projects (VEGA, APVV, Horizon) at the Department of Psychology FIF UK. My research interests include the possibilities of using mobile technologies in capturing everyday experiences of people with mental health problems, digital phenotyping and diagnosis.