Rationale and content of psychenet: the Hamburg Network for Mental Health

Abstract

With the public-funded research and development project psychenet: the Hamburg Network for Mental Health (2011-2014), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research contributes to strengthening healthcare regions in Germany by establishing new trans-sectoral cooperations and implement and evaluate selected innovations. More than 60 partners from research, health care, health industry and government in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg are promoting innovative measures to improve the treatment for mental disorders. The main objective is to implement integrated healthcare networks based on evidence for effective treatment methods, deriving from high-quality research throughout five indications such as psychosis, depression, somatoform and functional syndromes, anorexia and bulimia and addiction illnesses in adolescence. Those networks are accompanied by additional measures, for example, for improving information and education, addressing occupational health or strengthening the participation of patients and their families suffering from mental illness.

Drinking patterns of alcohol intoxicated adolescents in the emergency department: A latent class analysis

“…This study was prepared as part of the research project Health network 'alcohol abuse in adolescence': Improved access-to-care for children and adolescents with at-risk alcohol use (PI: R. Thomasius) which constitutes a sub-project of psychenet-the Hamburg Network for Mental Health (Härter et al, 2012). The project psychenet is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [grant number 01KQ1002B].…”

“…This study was conducted as part of the research project psychenet -the Hamburg Network for Mental Health (Härter et al, 2012). Psychenet (2011Psychenet ( -2015 aims at strengthening health care regions in Germany by establishing new transsectoral cooperations and implement and evaluate selected innovations.…”

Brief in Person Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults Following Alcohol-Related Events in Emergency Care: A Systematic Review and European Evidence Synthesis

“…This review was prepared as part of the research project Health network 'alcohol abuse in adolescence': improved access-to-care for children and adolescents with at-risk alcohol use, which constitutes a sub-project of psychenet -the Hamburg Network for Mental Health [72] . The research and development project psychenet (2011-2014) is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant number 01KQ1002B) and aims at strengthening health care regions in Germany by establishing new transsectoral cooperations and implement and evaluate selected innovations.…”

Psychosomatic Medicine in Germany: More Timely than Ever

“…Typical topics include developing screening instruments [29], assessing the need for psycho-oncological support for patients and caregivers [36], and evaluating naturalistic interventions [37]. Another example of psychosomatic-based health care research is a trans-sectoral networking initiative in the large city of Hamburg, which brought together more than 60 partners from the government and the research, health care, and health industries (Psychenet [38]). In cooperation with other academic partners, the local university's Department of Psychosomatic Medicine coordinates and evaluates screening, networking, and therapeutic interventions in patients with eating and somatoform disorders [39].…”