The World Health Organization (WHO) designates centres for collaboration in research and training in mental health in the WHO member states. The Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim was first designated in 1980 and has ever since held that function permanently.
Regarding the current Redesignation Period from 3rd May 2010 until 3rd May 2014 the CIMH decided in close agreement with the WHO to coordinate new collaborations and activities mutually beneficial and practicable for WHO and CIMH:
Current terms of reference:
1. Representation of the interest of the WHO Regional Office for Europe Mental Health Programme in the framework of the European Mental Health Initiative
Responsible person: Coordinator of this Initiative: Prof. Dr. Gunter Schumann, MD
Chair of Addiction Biology, MRC-SGDP Centre, Institute of Psychiatry
King's College, London, Participants for the CIMH are: Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg (Director) and Prof. Dr. Rainer Spanagel (Head of Department Psychopharmacology)
2. Development of concepts and evaluation of innovative models of long-term care for people with dementia
Responsible persons: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Weyerer, Ph.D., Dr. Martina Schäufele, Ph.D., Research Unit “Psychiatric Epidemiology and Demographic Change” |
