Welcome to the Website of the Central Institute of Mental Health!
The following pages contain an overview about the Central Institute, its goals and research activities.
Laboratory and Research Building
The Central Institute of Mental Health (ZI) is a globally recognised centre of modern psychiatry delivering outstanding science, research and teaching in partnership with institutions at home and abroad. From hyperactivity disorders to depression and dementia, from addictive personalities to schizophrenia and "stalking", from eating disorders to dream research and phobias - the researchers at the ZI, which was founded in 1975, examine the ways in which mental illness occurs, develops and is medically treated.
With a view to determing the reasons behind psychologica! disorders, they develop new therapeutic methods and observe the complex interconnections in the human brain. The ZI is making an outstanding contribution to mental wellbeing - in the coordination centre of the Dementia Competence Network, the headquarters of the Baden-Württemberg Addiction Research Programme, the collaborative research centre 636 ("Learning, Memory and Brain Plasticity: implications for Psychopathology") and in numerous other areas of research.
Scientific papers Following this LINK you will find new and high-impact publications and additionally all papers of ZI staff since 2006.
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Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, the Director of the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim (ZI), the Medical Director of the Hospital for Psychiatrics and Psychotherapy at the ZI and Professor for Psychiatry at the Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim at Heidelberg University (see also the article in nature, June 2007: klick here for the pdf-Datei!)
Scientific papers 