The Central Institute of Mental Health was established on April 8th, 1975 as a public foundation with the support of the FRG, the Land Baden-Württemberg and the Volkswagen Foundation.
The Institute has a broad spectrum of activities:
research in psychiatry, addiction medicine, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, clinical psychology and medical sociology, focussing on psychiatric epidemiology, social psychiatry and evaluation of treatment methods and facilities;
prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of mental diseases;
university teaching for medical students of the Mannheim Faculty for Clinical Medicine belonging to Heidelberg University in the disciplines mentioned under point 1 a and 2 according to an agreement with the University of Heidelberg;
training and advancement of younger scientific staff; postgraduate education of physicians and psychologists; education and training in non-clinical medical and social vocations in the disciplines mentioned under point 1 and 2;
Councelling with regard to planning and developing of facilities and services in the field of mental health.
