sophisticated brain mechanisms for spatial navigation, combined with a genetically-based tendency for social cooperation. Much later, with the invention of agriculture and farming, the geographic settlement [...] nary research problem. Oxytocin modulates neural activity in the hippocampus Our brain is endowed with a core system, centred in the hippocampus, rich in spatially-selective neurons that respond to space [...] potential oxytocin treatment of alterations in individual territorial positioning occurred in patients with autism spectrum disorders, borderline personality disorder, major depression, and other psychiatric
show higher social competence and an altered brain structure in a part of the frontal lobe associated with resilience and risk for mental illness. The findings emphasize the importance of social contact in [...] better A team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Dr. Heike Tost and Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg , with significant participation by Dr. Gabriela Gan and Ren Ma , all from the Department of Psychiatry and [...] case the ability to seek social support in stressful situations and to be agreeable when interacting with others. “In addition, we were able to show for the first time that people who benefit more from social
funded project will work with healthy participants in order to gain a fundamental understanding of memory processes during sleep. On the other hand, key questions will also be tested with depressed people in [...] previously during subsequent sleep. This consolidates the memory and links newly learned information with old knowledge, thus transforming it. Despite enormous progress, this finding has not yet been used [...] research has made considerable progress over the past two decades, but this has largely been achieved with the help of relatively simple learning tasks. A decisive innovation in the funded project is the learning
individuals with mental illness. I am also grateful to the many gifted and dedicated scientists who I have had the good fortune to have worked with throughout my career and who share this honor with me, including [...] of new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and thus sustainably improved the lives of many people with mental illnesses,” said Wolfgang Pföhler, Chairman of the Heinrich Lanz Foundation, at the award ceremony [...] Weinberger, the Central Institute also stands for innovative approaches in research that benefit people with mental illness in the form of new treatment approaches. Daniel Weinberger is both a role model and
scientists to conduct research with the collected data, an IT infrastructure is being set up at the CIMH to store and evaluate the broad consent data in compliance with data protection regulations. The [...] correlations between symptoms and biological patterns, as much clinical data as possible from people with mental illnesses is required. This is why the clinical-scientific characterization of all patients [...] what data is collected during their treatment and how they can voluntarily support medical research with their data. In addition, broad, standardized diagnostics are carried out in which data is collected
to develop the Rhine-Neckar region into an internationally visible biomedical-technological beacon with a focus on life sciences, the healthcare industry and healthcare technologies. The Innovation Campus [...] cooperation and the transfer of research results into application. The focus was on personal exchanges with researchers and founders as well as the presentation of specific projects. Wide range of research [...] not only increase scientific progress, but also directly improve the quality of life of citizens. With the Forum Gesundheitsstandort BW, we as the state government have provided decisive impetus here in
new Hector Institute combines psychiatric research with the future technology of artificial intelligence and thus offers unimagined opportunities. With the generous grant from the Hector Foundation II, [...] improve treatments in the long term. The new research facility is funded by the Hector Foundation II with 11.5 million euros. In Germany, about one third of the adult population is affected by a mental illness [...] to around 17.8 million people. For those affected and their relatives, mental illness is associated with massive suffering and often leads to severe restrictions in social and professional life. In addition
received an important scientific award: the AGNP Prize for Research in Psychopharmacology, endowed with 5,000 euros, was awarded to Prof. Dr. Dr. Patrick Bach, head of the Neuroenhancement working group [...] the administration of cannabidiol (CBD) can significantly reduce the craving for alcohol in people with alcohol dependence. At the same time, a reduced reactivation of the reward system in the brain (nucleus [...] Hetzler Foundation. The AGNP awards its research prize every two years as part of the joint congress with the German Society for Biological Psychiatry (DGBP). The prize is awarded for work that provides new
there from 1944 to 1951. He graduated with a double doctorate in medicine and psychology. He began his medical training in internal medicine, which he followed with psychiatric and psychotherapeutic training [...] first director from 1975 to 1994, died on May 30, 2022, at the age of 96 at his home in Heidelberg. With the CIMH, his vision of linking innovative community-based psychiatric health care, research and teaching [...] The CIMH became the center of a model community psychiatric care network in the middle of the city with exemplary complementary facilities. Under his leadership, the institute successfully attracted two
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