Expansion phase of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG): Implementation at the Berlin-Potsdam site
Abstract
The aim of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) is to improve the mental health of the population through innovative research on the causes of mental disorders, the development of new prevention and therapy methods based on this and their implementation in the Environment. Scientists from different disciplines are working on this
and disciplines along the translation chain in a targeted, long-term and practice-oriented manner.
Together with young scientists and experts from experience, i.e. affected persons and their families, and supported by joint research infrastructures on new Methods for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses. The aim is to: that people benefit from the research results as quickly as possible.
The Berlin-Potsdam site of the DZPG is a scientific network under the leadership of the Charité, with the participation of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Potsdam, the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, the Robert Koch Institute, the Max Delbrück Center, and the Computational Psychiatry Working Group of the Max Planck Institute Berlin-London. Research focuses on biopsychosocial risk models and early childhood traumatization (BE1), innovative clinical trials on pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy as well as digital techniques (BE2), community health care and social inequality (BE3), participatory research (BE4), and global collaborations against stigma and to promote community-based interventions (BE5). BE1 and BE3 relate directly to domains I and III, while BE2 enables studies at all six locations with the Clinical Trials Platform coordinated by Berlin-Potsdam. BE4 promotes participatory approaches in close coordination with the PPI platform, while BE5 promotes international best practice models for Domain III.
Principal investigators
- Lüken, Ulrike Prof. Dr. ⧉ (Psychotherapy)
- Dziobek-Ferber, Isabel Prof. Dr. ⧉ (Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction)
Participating organisational units of HU Berlin
Participating external organisations
Financer
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Duration of project
Start date: 08/2025
End date: 07/2030
