The Department of Clinical Psychology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany, led by Carina Heller, is dedicated to conducting research on mental health. They collaborate with the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Jena University Hospital, as well as the Center for Intervention and Research on adaptive and maladaptive brain Circuits underlying mental health (C-I-R-C) in Halle, Germany. Additionally, they are part of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) in Jena-Magdeburg-Halle.
In other parts of the world, researchers are also studying mental health. In Boston, MA, USA, Carina Heller and Zora Kikinis from the Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are conducting research. Meanwhile, Claudia Barth from the Department of Psychiatric Research at Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Oslo, Norway is contributing to our understanding of mental health.
In Australia, Tim J. Silk and Nandita Vijayakumar from Deakin University and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne are studying early emotional development in children. Nandita Vijayakumar also works at the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.
In Spain, Susana Carmona and Magdalena Martínez-García from the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM) in Madrid are engaged in mental health research.
Finally, two research centers located in California are also conducting studies on mental health: The Imaging Genetics Center at the University of Southern California in Marina del Rey and the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles are both led by researchers such as Nicole Petersen.
