New German Centre for Mental Health

Heidelberg, Mannheim and Ulm researchers succeed in application review procedure. Researchers from Heidelberg, Mannheim and Ulm, together with other selected locations, are going to take on the establishment of the new German Centre for Mental Health, operating jointly in the research alliance ZIHUb. That was announced today by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The ZIHUb alliance will be coordinated by the Central Institute of Mental Health (ZI) in Mannheim with the involvement of researchers from Heidelberg University and Ulm University. With its Germany-wide Centres for Health Research, the German Federal Government is promoting the long-term networking of excellent research institutions with the aim of speeding up the practical application of new medical findings. In the framework of the two-stage selection procedure, the ZIHUb researchers were able to demonstrate convincingly how pooling resources clearly accelerates the translational cycle in psychiatry and the mental health of the population can be measurably improved. This ranges from exploring individual risk and resilience factors through to developing new therapies and using mobile digital technologies to reach larger parts of the population.