The German Research Network on Schizophrenia--impact on the management of schizophrenia.
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.
Wölwer
Wolfgang
W
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Postbox 12 05 10, D-40605 Düsseldorf, Germany. woelwer@uni-duesseldorf.de
Baumann
Anja
A
Bechdolf
Andreas
A
Buchkremer
Gerhard
G
Häfner
Heinz
H
Janssen
Birgit
B
Klosterkötter
Joachim
J
Maier
Wolfgang
W
Möller
Hans-Jürgen
HJ
Ruhrmann
Stephan
S
Gaebel
Wolfgang
W
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*