[The German research network for mental disorders].

[The German research network for mental disorders]. Nervenarzt. 2016 Jul 20; Authors: Bauer M, Banaschewski T, Heinz A, Kamp-Becker I, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Padberg F, Rapp MA, Rupprecht R, Schneider F, Schulze TG, Wittchen HU Abstract Mental disorders are among the greatest medical and social challenges facing us. They can occur at all stages of life and are among the most important commonly occurring diseases. In Germany 28 % of the population suffer from a mental disorder every year, while the lifetime risk of suffering from a mental disorder is almost 50 %. Mental disorders cause great suffering for those affected and their social network. Quantitatively speaking, they can be considered to be among those diseases creating the greatest burden for society due to reduced productivity, absence from work and premature retirement. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding a new research network from 2015 to 2019 with up to 35 million euros to investigate mental disorders in order to devise and develop better therapeutic measures and strategies for this population by means of basic and translational clinical research. This is the result of a competitive call for research proposals entitled research network for mental diseases. It is a nationwide network of nine consortia with up to ten psychiatric and clinical psychology partner institutions from largely university-based research facilities for adults and/or children a...
Source: Der Nervenarzt - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research