Skip to ContentSkip to Navigation
founded in 1614  -  top 100 university
Close
About us Practical matters How to find us dr. B.C.M. (Benno) Haarman

dr. B.C.M. (Benno) Haarman

Psychiatrist / Associate Professor (with promotion right) / Head of Program for Mood and Anxiety disorders
Research interests Publications Press/media

Research interests

Bartholomeus Cornelius Maria (Benno) Haarman (1978) is a Researcher at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and a Psychiatrist and Head of the Mood and Anxiety Disorder Program of the Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen.

The program for Mood and Anxiety Disorders of the Department of Psychiatry has a clear focus on academic patient care, integrating top level health care with the latest insights from experimental research and teaching. The program joins the ambition the Department in bringing innovative neurostimulating treatments such as rTMS and DBS as well as chronotherapy and psycho-stimulating medication that have been proven in research into clinical practice. 

Alongside continuing efforts to elucidate the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder, Dr. Haarman’s research currently focuses on the treatment of this severe psychiatric illness using immune modulating and chronobiological therapies. From October 2008 until March 2017 he performed his PhD-candidacy under the supervision of Prof. Willem Nolen, Prof. Hemmo Drexhage, Dr. Rixt Riemersma–Van der Lek and Dr. Huib Burger at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He participated in the MOODINFLAME study, where he coordinated the inclusion of the bipolar cohort, performed a combined positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging study and analyzed monocyte gene expression. In 2017 he obtained his PhD-degree with highest honor.

His publications include articles on the first neuroinflammation position emission tomography study in bipolar disorder and on the association between monocyte gene expression and specific psychiatric symptomatology in bipolar disorder, using a novel approach. This last publication earned him the Samuel Gershon award of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (2013).

Benno graduated from his medical studies with great honor in 2006 at the University Antwerp, Belgium. While studying medicine, he performed his master thesis on the topic of microvascular compression of the cochleovestibular nerve in the neurosurgery department of the Antwerp University Hospital, under the supervision of Prof. Dirk de Ridder. He also obtained his teaching certificate in biology.

Publications

Brain aging in bipolar disorder using a neuroimaging and machine learning-derived metric: Findings from the ENIGMA BD Working Group

ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group, 24-Jan-2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 403, p. 121234

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Can Physical Activity, Sleep Parameters, and Sleep-Wake Patterns Predict Outcome of Combined Chronotherapy in Mood Disorder During Routine Clinical Practice?: An Exploratory Study

Druiven, S. J. M., Minaeva, O., Haarman, B. C. M., Meesters, Y., Schoevers, R. A., Kamphuis, J. & Riese, H., 7-Feb-2026, In: Journal of personalized medicine. 16, 2, 11 p., 100.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Cortical morphometry might predict currently prescribed vs. discontinued medications in bipolar disorder, even after controlling for the cumulative dose effects: An ENIGMA mega-analysis

ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group, 27-Mar-2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Psychiatry.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Family History and Solar Insolation in Bipolar I Disorder

Bauer, M., Glenn, T., Achtyes, E. D., Alda, M., Agaoglu, E., Altınbaş, K., Andreassen, O. A., Angelopoulos, E., Ardau, R., Aydin, M., Ayhan, Y., Baethge, C., Bauer, R., Baune, B. T., Balaban, C., Becerra-Palars, C., Behere, A. P., Belete, H., Belete, T. & Belizario, G. O., Bellivier, F., Belmaker, R. H., Benedetti, F., Berk, M., Bersudsky, Y., Bicakci, Ş., Birabwa-Oketcho, H., Bjella, T. D., Brady, C., Cabrera, J., Cappucciati, M., Castro, A. M. P., Chen, W., Cheung, E. Y. W., Chiesa, S., Chanopoulou, M., Crowe, M., Cuomo, A., Dallaspezia, S., Desai, P., Dodd, S., Etain, B., Fagiolini, A., Fellendorf, F. T., Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, E., Fiedorowicz, J. G., Fountoulakis, K. N., Frye, M. A., Geoffroy, P. A., Gitlin, M. J., Gonzalez-Pinto, A., Gottlieb, J. F., Grof, P., Haarman, B. C. M., Harima, H., Hasse-Sousa, M., Henry, C., Hoffding, L., Houenou, J., Imbesi, M., Isometsä, E. T., Ivkovic, M., Janno, S., Johnsen, S., Kapczinski, F., Karakatsoulis, G. N., Kardell, M., Kessing, L. V., Kim, S. J., König, B., Kot, T. L., Koval, M., Kunz, M., Lafer, B., Landén, M., Larsen, E. R., Licht, R. W., Ludwig, V. M., Lopez-Jaramillo, C., MacKenzie, A., Madsen, H. Ø., Madsen, S. A. K. A., Mahadevan, J., Mahardika, A., Mahfoudh, K., Manchia, M., Marsh, W., Martinez-Cengotitabengoa, M., Martini, J., Martiny, K., Mashima, Y., McLoughlin, D. M., Meesters, A. N. R., Meesters, Y., Melle, I., Meza-Urzúa, F., Michaelis, E., Mikolas, P., Mok, Y. M., Monteith, S., Moorthy, M., Morken, G., Mosca, E., Mozzhegorov, A. A., Munoz, R., Mythri, S. V., Nadella, R. K., Nakanotani, T., Nielsen, R. E., O'Donovan, C., Omrani, A., Osher, Y., Ouali, U., Pantovic-Stefanovic, M., Pariwatcharakul, P., Petite, J., Pfennig, A., Pilhatsch, M., Ruiz, Y. P., Pinna, M., Pompili, M., Porter, R., Quiroz, D., Rabelo-da-Ponte, F. D., Ramesar, R., Rasgon, N., Ratta-Apha, W., Redahan, M., Reddy, M. S., Reif, A., Reininghaus, E. Z., Richards, J. G., Ritter, P., Rybakowski, J. K., Sathyaputri, L., Scippa, A. M., Simhandl, C., Smith, D., Smith, J., Stackhouse, P. W., Stein, D. J., Stilwell, K., Strejilevich, S., Su, K.-P., Subramaniam, M., Sulaiman, A. H., Suominen, K., Tanra, A. J., Tatebayashi, Y., Teh, W. L., Tondo, L., Torrent, C., Tuinstra, D., Uchida, T., Vaaler, A. E., Vieta, E., Viswanath, B., Volf, C., Yang, K.-J., Yoldi-Negrete, M., Yalcinkaya, O. K., Young, A. H., Zgueb, Y. & Whybrow, P. C., Apr-2026, In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 153, 4, p. 270-278 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

One treatment does not fit all: Indications that spinning therapy benefits only a subgroup of patients with depression characterized by a T memory cell inflation profile

Fromme, S. E., Arteaga-Henríquez, G., Haarman, B. C. M., Wijkhuijs, A., Berghmans, R., Munk-Olsen, T., Drexhage, H. & Baune, B. T., Mar-2026, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 133, p. 106228

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Psychotropic medications and their interactions with subcortical brain volume in bipolar disorder: An ENIGMA mega-analysis

ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group, 15-Jan-2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Psychiatry.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Anticonvulsant Use in Older Age Bipolar Disorder in a Global Sample from the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Project: Utilisation d’anticonvulsivants pour le traitement des troubles bipolaires du sujet âgé auprès d’un échantillon mondial provenant du projet GAGE-BD

Bodenstein, K. C., Lesage, M., Lavin, P., Schouws, S., Orhan, M., Beunders, A., Almeida, O. P., Altinbas, K., Balanzá-Martínez, V., Barbosa, I. G., Blumberg, H. P., Briggs, F. B. S., Calkin, C. V., Forlenza, O. V., Forester, B., Gildengers, A. G., Haarman, B. C. M., Hajek, T., Lafer, B. & Nune, P., Mulsant, B., Olagunju, A. T., Patrick, R. E., Radua, J., Sarna, K., Simhandl, C., Soares, J. C., Sutherland, A. N., Fiorelli, N., Teixeira, A. L., Tsai, S., Vieta, E., Yala, J., Eyler, L., Dols, A., Sajatovic, M. & Rej, S., 22-Sept-2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

A prediction model for electroconvulsive therapy effectiveness in patients with major depressive disorder from the Dutch ECT Consortium (DEC)

Loef, D., Hoogendoorn, A. W., Somers, M., Mocking, R. J. T., Scheepens, D. S., Scheepstra, K. W. F., Blijleven, M., Hegeman, J. M., van den Berg, K. S., Schut, B., Birkenhager, T. K., Heijnen, W., Rhebergen, D., Oudega, M. L., Schouws, S. N. T. M., van Exel, E., Rutten, B. P. F., Broekman, B. F. P., Vergouwen, A. C. M. & Zoon, T. J. C., Kok, R. M., Somers, K., Verwijk, E., Rovers, J. J. E., Schuur, G., van Waarde, J. A., Verdijk, J. P. A. J., Bloemkolk, D., Gerritse, F. L., van Welie, H., Haarman, B. C. M., van Belkum, S. M., Vischjager, M., Hagoort, K., van Dellen, E., Tendolkar, I., van Eijndhoven, P. F. P. & Dols, A., 2025, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 30, p. 1915–1924 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Biomarkers of intestinal permeability in major psychiatric disorders: Distinct biological roles call for a more nuanced application

Ioannou, M., Borkent, J., Severance, E. G., Yolken, R. H., Fasano, A., Sommer, I. E. C. & Haarman, B. C. M., 20-Jun-2025, In: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 139, 14 p., 111405.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Probiotic Formulation for Patients With Bipolar or Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: A Double-Blind, Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Borkent, J., Ioannou, M., Neijzen, D., Haarman, B. C. M. & Sommer, I. E. C., Nov-2025, In: Schizophrenia Bulletin. 51, 6, p. 1568-1580 13 p., sbae188.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Press/media

Documentaire over gender en psychiatrie in de RKZBios te Groningen

Haarman, B.

28/03/2025

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Leren leven met de gevolgen van cholesteatoom

Haarman, B.

28/03/2024

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

UMCG begint met hersenimplantaat bij psychiatrische stoornis

Haarman, B., Oterdoom, M., van Dijk, M. & Ho Pian, K. L.

09/09/2023

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular

Mensen met bipolaire stoornis hebben veel vaker stofwisselingsklachten

Haarman, B.

09/02/2022

Press/Media: Research › Popular

Twee keer zo vaak stofwisselingsklachten bij een bipolaire stoornis

Haarman, B.

06/02/2022

Press/Media: Research › Popular

UMCG: Patiënten met bipolaire stoornis hebben twee keer zoveel stofwisselingsklachten

Haarman, B.

03/02/2022

Press/Media: Research › Popular

UMCG: bipolaire patiënt vaker verhoogde bloeddruk en cholesterol

Haarman, B.

02/02/2022

Press/Media: Research › Popular

Patiënten met bipolaire stoornis hebben dubbel zoveel stofwisselingsklachten

Haarman, B.

02/02/2022

Press/Media: Research › Popular

View full research profile
Follow the UG
Set your cookie preferences. Read our privacy and cookie disclaimer for more information.