Translational intervention and prevention
Background
Mental disorders are considered one of the greatest health-related challenges of the 21st century, affecting about 13 percent of children and adolescents worldwide and one in four children in Germany. The course of mental disorders is characterized by chronicity, a low level of psychosocial functioning, and suicidality, and is associated with considerable costs for the health system. In socio-political terms, the topic of prevention of mental disorders now enjoys a high priority. However, in relation to the increasing number of publications, programs and studies in German-speaking countries, the evidence for effective methods continues to be low.
German Center of Prevention Research in Mental Health (DZPP)
Not least for this reason, the German Center of Prevention Research in Mental Health (DZPP) was founded in Würzburg in 2019 to implement scientific standards and to disseminate effective prevention programs on a broad scale. Through the nationally unique networking of cooperation partners, an innovative and sustainable structure for prevention work against mental disorders was created.
Research aims
The working group "Translational Prevention and Intervention" of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (CAPPP) Würzburg is part of the DZPP and pursues the following goals:
- Causal research on the development of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence
- Development, evaluation and dissemination of prevention programs in everyday life
- Early detection and prevention of severe courses of illness in the sense of targeted prevention
Current projects
Research team
Leader
Prof. Dr. med. Marcel Romanos
Team
Dr. phil. Arne Bürger, Postdoc
Sabrina Mittermeier M.Sc., doctoral student
Christin Scheiner M.Sc., doctoral student
Alexandra Seidel M.Sc., doctoral student
Felix Farschon, auxiliary scientist
Sarah Franke, auxiliary scientist
Viktoria Haase, assistant scientist
Malin Hager, Master student
Sarah Franke, Master student
Sophia Hütter, Master student
Lea Panning, Master student
Clinical Team
Dipl.-Psych. Lena Kittel
Dipl.-Psych. Isabel Paul
Contact
Prof. Dr. med.
Lorenz Deserno
W2-Professur für Experimentelle Neurowissenschaften in der Entwicklungspsychiatrie
+49 931 201-78090
Contact
Telephone
Clinic and policlinic for CAPPP
Policlinic and private outpatient clinic
+49 931 201-78600
Central service number & duty doctor
+49 931 201-78888
Gate Center for Mental Health
+49 931 201-76050
Day clinic secretary's office
+49 931 250-8040
Directorate
Prof. Dr. Marcel Romanos
+49 931 201-78000
Deputy Directorate
PD Dr. Regina Taurines
+49 931 201-78010
Directorate / Prof. Dr. Marcel Romanos
kj_office@ ukw.de
PD Dr. Regina Taurines
taurines_r@ ukw.de
Address
Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Universitätsklinikums | Margarete-Höppel-Platz 1 | 97080 Würzburg | Deutschland