Psychotherapy
| Call for proposals: | 2004 |
| Funding period: | 2006 - 2013 |
| Funding volume: | 30 mio Euro |
| Number of projects: | 5 Networks (24 institutions) |
Economic evaluations within the psychotherapy research network
Eating Disorders Diagnostic and Treatment Research Network (EDNET)
Social Phobia Psychotherapy Research Network (SOPHO-Net)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Network (ADHD-net)
1. Objectives of funding
Mental disorders belong to the most important disease groups. They have a lifetime prevalence of 30 % and are often responsible for early retirement and sickleave. Due to the demographic development of the population in Germany it is expected that the frequency of mental disorders and their impact on the health care system will increase. Psychotherapeutic interventions of various kinds are routinely applied in the treatment of many mental disorders. To date, psychotherapeutic treatments play an important role in the national health care system. The aim of the present funding measure is to advance psychotherapy research, to improve the interdisciplinary cooperation in the field and to ameliorate the structural conditions. The accelerated transfer of scientific results into heath care is another goal. The funding measure supports nationwide networks, dedicated to a single specific disorder or a group of closely related disorders. Funding occurs within the framework of the Federal Government's "Health Research – Research for the People" programme and includes provisions for a network-wide organisation and communication structure as well as for specific research projects. The funded research networks are expected to perform high quality research, to have synergistic effects in terms of interdisciplinarity and cooperation between research and health care. In addition, they shall improve education of health professionals and provide benefits for the health care system.
2. State of funding measure
Since 2006, the Federal Ministry for Education and Research supports psychotherapy research in Germany by implementation of the funding measure „Psychotherapy Research”. Out of 31 submitted grant proposals, five nationwide networks have been chosen for funding by a two step evaluation procedure. In total, the ministry will allocate up to 25 mio Euros for a funding period of 6 years, divided in two 3yr phases.
3. Funded projects
a) short description of current projects
(Sort according to project number)
Economic evaluations within the psychotherapy research network
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Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf |
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Psychotherapy of Psychotic Syndrome
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stefan Klingenberg (Tübingen)
Psychotic disorders and in particular positive symptoms represent a major clinical challenge and economic burden. According to meta-analyses, cognitive behavioural treatment (CBT) has positive effects on the general mental state. However, the specific evidence for reducing positive symptoms has to be improved. This network is designed to conduct a full scale clinical trial addressing positive symptoms which is accompanied by related synergistic research projects. The network comprises process-outcome research, neurobiological research addressing basic questions of delusion formation and treatment research investigating extensions of CBT for special populations. Problems of transfer into routine care will be identified and addressed by projects on cost effectiveness.
Subproject of the university Duisburg Essen
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Universität Duisburg-Essen |
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Subproject of the university Bonn
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Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
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Subproject of the RWTH Aachen
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Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen |
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Network coordination and subproject of the university Tübingen
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Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
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Eating Disorders Diagnostic and Treatment Research Network (EDNET)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martina de Zwaan (Erlangen)
The lifetime prevalence of eating disorders is approximately 5%; women are much more frequently affected. Eating disorders can be considered as developmental disorders because they usually become manifest during adolescence and often continue into adulthood. Accordingly, practitioners in child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry, clinical psychology and psychosomatic medicine typically treat these patients. The leading researchers of Eating Disorders in Germany collaborate in this network. The network involves three major treatment studies including patients with the “classical” eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa; AN, BN): 1. an outpatient treatment trial for AN, 2. a trial comparing inpatient and day patient treatment in adolescents with AN, 3. a relapse prevention trial in patients with AN and BN after discharge from inpatient treatment. Psychosocial variables will be assessed across the treatment trials. Furthermore the network addresses scientific questions concerning genetics, epigenetics, endocrinology and neurobiology. In addition, members of the network will continue to work on treatment guidelines for Eating Disorders.
For further information see: http://www.ednet-essstoerungen.de/
Subproject of the university Essen
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Universität Duisburg-Essen |
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Subproject of the university Tübingen
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Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
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Subproject of the university Marburg
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Philipps-Universität Marburg |
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Subproject of the clinic Roseneck
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Klinik Roseneck GmbH & Co. Betriebs-KG |
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Subproject of the university Dresden
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Technische Universität Dresden |
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Subproject of the RWTH Aachen
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Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen |
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Subproject of the university Erlangen
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
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Social Phobia Psychotherapy Research Network (SOPHO-Net)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Falk Leichsenring (Göttingen)
A major aim of the proposed network is to improve the insufficient response rates of patients with social phobia (SP, for abbreviations see Glossary). For that purpose, refined manualized and disorder-specific forms of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) will be applied, thus focusing on the most frequently applied methods of psychotherapy in SP. The transfer of manual-guided psychotherapy from research settings into routine clinical practice will be explicitly addressed in specific projects. Studies of adults, children and elderly patients are included, and a specific focus is on women and female children with SP who suffer particularly from SP. Cost-effectiveness analyses will be applied to see if the treatments pay off. Psychological, genetic and neural parameters will be studied and their relation to treatment outcome will be assessed.
For further information see: http://www.sopho-net.de/ (only in German)
Subprojects of the university Dresden
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Technische Universität Dresden |
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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hoyer |
Subprojects of the university Heidelberg
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Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
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Subprojects of the university Frankfurt
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main |
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Subprojects of the university Mainz
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Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
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Subproject of the university Jena
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Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena |
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Network coordination and subproject of the university Göttingen
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
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Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Volker Arolt (Münster)
Panic disorder with agoraphobia (PD/AG) is the most costly and disabling of all anxiety disorders, characterized by a unfavourable natural course resulting in a diversity of secondary mental health problems. Although effective psychological and drug treatments are available, surprisingly few PD/AG patients are diagnosed. Although cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy (CBT) is the best studied and obviously most effective therapy for PD/AG, the essential active ingredients of CBT in the treatment of PD/AG and their relation to neurobiological fear circuit mechanisms are still poorly understood. This network represents a collaborative effort to elucidate these knowledge deficits by systematically employing an integrated approach that links targeted psychological interventions to the specific neurobiology of fear circuit mechanisms as made accessible by highly sophisticated technologies. A concerted stepwise action on different levels will be carried out, including epidemiological, clinical and basic research as well as the transfer into the public health system.
For further information see: http://www.panik-netz.de/ (only in German)
Subproject of the university Bremen
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Universität Bremen |
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Subproject of the university Würzburg (Genetics)
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg |
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Subproject of the university Dresden
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Technische Universität Dresden |
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Subproject of the university Greifswald
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Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald |
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Subproject of the university Berlin (Charité)
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
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Subproject of the RWTH Aachen
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Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen |
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Network coordination and subproject of the university Münster
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Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Network (ADHD-net)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Andreas Warnke (Würzburg)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a serious mental disorder with a persistent pattern of severely impaired attention and concentration, hyperactive and impulsive behaviour, emotional instability, restlessness and disorganized behaviour. The prevalence in childhood is estimated to be about 5% and in adulthood the prevalence is indicated to 2 and 4%. Pharmacotherapy and to a limited extent psychotherapy are well established and evaluated therapeutic options in childhood ADHD, but are lacking for adult ADHD. Main focus of the network is the comparison of pharmacological treatment versus psychotherapy. The network will also examine whether there are specific neurobiological marker which can differentially predict therapeutic response to pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy or a combination of both. Besides Würzburg and Freiburg, five additional university centres are contributing to the network.
For further information see: http://www.klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de/deutsch/einrichtungen/kliniken/kjp/forschung/ADHD/ForschungsverbundPsychotherapieADHS/content.html (only in German).
Subproject of the university Freiburg
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Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg |
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Subproject of the university Würzburg
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg |
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