title: The German Research Network on Schizophrenia--impact on the management of schizophrenia.
abstract: The German Research Network On Schizophrenia (GRNS) is a nationwide network currently comprising 16 psychiatric university departments and 14 state and district hospitals, as well as six local networks of psychiatric practices and general practitioners collaborating on about 25 interrelated, multicenter projects on schizophrenia research. The GRNS aims to intensify collaboration and knowledge exchange between leading research institutions and qualified routine care facilities, both within (horizontal network) and between (vertical network) the two levels of research and care, in order to create the scientific preconditions for optimization of the management of schizophrenia. The concept and the first results of studies aiming at the investigation of (i) strategies for early detection and early intervention in the prodromal stage of psychosis; (ii) treatment in first-episode schizophrenia; (iii) quality management; and (iv) destigmatization, are described as examples of this effort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Postbox 12 05 10, D-40605 Düsseldorf, Germany. woelwer@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wölwer
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bechdolf
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buchkremer
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Häfner
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klosterkötter
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: Hans-Jürgen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ruhrmann
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gaebel
mesh_terms: D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D019058:Community Networks / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006288:Health Planning Organizations; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D012306:Risk; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*