Das Deutsche Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit

Research

To advance research in the field of mental health, it must address the multifaceted factors that influence people in their living environments.

DZPG Academy

The DZPG Academy is the central platform for further and advanced training, professional career and junior staff development and interdisciplinary networking.

Participation

People who have experienced or are currently living with mental disorders have valuable experiences and unique perspectives. This knowledge is of great important for research.

Better Together – Research for a Healthy Mind

As one of eight German Centers for Health Research, the DZPG aims to improve the mental health of the population and reduce the stigma associated with mental disorders. To achieve this, the scientists work closely together with experts from the field. These experts include people living with mental disorders, their families, and relatives, as well as international researchers.

Together, they are searching for new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat mental disorders. The DZPG aims to ensure that people can benefit from the results of this research as soon as possible.

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News

11/27/2025 Research

Rethinking schizophrenia

Two researchers at the DZPG site in Munich-Augsburg are pursuing promising new approaches to treating schizophrenia – with a focus on regeneration rather than just suppressing symptoms. Their exciting research projects are presented in the latest issue of the DZG magazine ‘SYNERGIE’. >>

11/21/2025 Research

Study shows increase in cannabis-induced psychosis following legalization

A pilot study funded by the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) suggests that the legalization of cannabis may be linked to an increase in psychotic disorders and psychiatric hospitalizations. The study, published in the German Medical Journal, was conducted by scientists from the Medical Faculty… >>

[Translate to English:] Entscheidungsprozesse im Gehirn

07/25/2025 Research

6 MILLION EUROS FOR RESEARCH PROJECT: FOCUS ON DECISION-MAKING BIAS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS

How does the human brain make decisions, and what happens when this process is thrown off balance? This question is at the heart of a new international research project at the DZPG site in Tübingen. The focus is on cognitive distortions in mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and… >>

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Knowledge

Mental Disorders - What they look like, how to prevent them

Mental crises, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or depression - here you will soon find information on these and other illnesses studied at the DZPG, as well as on the prevention of mental disorders.

KNOWLEDGE

Partner Sites

Berlin-Potsdam Bochum-Marburg Halle-Jena-Magdeburg Mannheim-Heidelberg-Ulm München-Augsburg Tübingen

Network for Success

The DZPG offers optimal conditions for accelerating the transfer of research results into practice (translation) through close networking and the expansion of existing research structures. The DZPG brings together the expertise of 27 universities, university hospitals, and non-university research institutions at six sites in Germany in the form of long-term, equal partnerships. During the two-year start-up phase, research projects will be set up, infrastructures will be established and extensive measures for networking, promotion of young talent and patient participation will be initiated.

DZPG Partner Sites