better deal with their addiction disease as well as on self-care and parenting topics. This includes, for example, how to prepare a snack for the break or relaxation exercises together with the child. In [...] support system in Germany basically provides those affected with good access to therapy programmes throughout the country. However, parents with addiction problems often experience access to these services [...] In Baden-Württemberg, 250,000 children live in families with an addicted parent. These mothers and fathers are often also affected by other mental illnesses. It is a great challenge for them to remain
Modulating neuronal activity in the brain In the project, patients with various addictive disorders are examined and additionally treated with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) during their inpatient [...] Trust as a US non-profit charitable organization with initial funding of USD 300 million, the LEAP funding programs target complex human health challenges with the aim of promoting breakthrough science and [...] technologies and methods, the US foundation Wellcome LEAP is supporting innovative research projects with a total of 50 million US dollars. A research project at the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH)
the administration of psilocybin in combination with psychotherapy helps in patients with treatment-resistant depression. "Psilocybin is a substance with a psychedelic mechanism of action that is found [...] experience in the treatment room with the patient are the most moving experiences of my professional career for me as a therapist." The study will likely be completed in late 2023, with the final results expected [...] linked to a malfunction of the brain that can only be treated by long-term treatment with medication, but studies with psilocybin show that a long-lasting improvement in symptoms of the disease can occur
long-term use of methylphenidate was not associated with impaired growth or with a higher risk of psychiatric or neurological symptoms but was associated with, albeit modest, average increases in systolic and [...] the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, with a global prevalence of around 7 percent in children and 2 percent in adults. When untreated, individuals with ADHD are prone to adverse outcomes such as [...] is the first prospective study to directly compare children and adolescents with ADHD who received long-term treatment with methylphenidate and those who did not receive pharmacotherapy. The results of
intoxicating effects. With their ICONIC study, the scientists at the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) provide the first evidence that this cannabis active ingredient could help with alcohol problems [...] of their study in the journal Molecular Psychiatry . First clinical study with CBD Alcohol-related diseases are associated with a high level of suffering and are among the most common and devastating diseases [...] brain region associated with reward and addiction. Tests also in a bar-like environment The double-blind, randomised and controlled study comprised 28 people aged between 18 and 60 with mild to severe alco
application phase. In addition to Mannheim (with Heidelberg and Ulm), Berlin (with Potsdam), Bochum (with Marburg), Halle (with Jena and Magdeburg), Munich (with Augsburg) and Tübingen are represented in [...] CIMH Executive Board and Medical Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Together with the Universities of Heidelberg and Ulm and the German Cancer Research Center, the CIMH forms the research
manage their daily lives and to deal better with crises. With the help of CBT, patients will also be taught a number of skills that will help them deal with their symptoms and difficulties during their [...] will receive either oxytocin in combination with treatment in the Soteria or intensive cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) at home. Learning to cope better with crises In the Soteria, patients live in an [...] interaction, perception and bonding through its effect in the brain. By combining the prosocial oxytocin with therapeutic interventions that act through social interaction, the two researchers expect a significant
earliest. Until then, no approved treatment options with psilocybin are available. However, physicians have the option of treating seriously ill patients with drugs that have not yet been approved via an Expanded [...] substance in the European Union. In the future, individual adult patients with treatment-resistant depression can be treated with psilocybin at the CIMH in Mannheim and at the day clinic of the OVID Clinic [...] conditions must be met, for example, there must be no satisfactory treatment with approved drugs and participation in a clinical trial with the drug must not be possible. Each case must be carefully examined in
randomised, double-blind study with psilocybin for depression in Germany The randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (phase II) will include 144 patients with depression aged 25 to 65 years [...] assumed that mental illnesses are associated with specific molecular dysfunctions that can only be corrected by long-term pharmacological therapy. The experience with psychedelics challenges this assumption [...] past years, classical psychedelics have become the focus of psychopharmacological research again, with recent clinical trials showing promising safety and efficacy results. Promising for various mental
rated, multi-center longitudinal study conducted on 74 women with alcohol use disorder who have a natural menstrual cycle and 278 men with alcohol use disorder shows significant correlations between menstrual [...] directly associated with a lower likelihood of binge drinking and any alcohol consumption. These results suggest that a higher progesterone-to-estradiol ratio may protect women and men with alcohol use disorder [...] The study shows that during the late luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, the probability of days with binge drinking in women was 13 % and lower than in the menstrual (17 %), follicular (19 %) and ovulatory
