During a visit to the Research and Treatment Center for Mental Health (FBZ) at the Ruhr University Bochum, Ina Brandes, Science Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, highly acknowledged the development phase of the DZPG. "The specialists we so urgently need in the field of health and psychotherapy are being trained and educated here in Bochum," said Minister Brandes. "The German Center for Mental Health is an impressive combination of science and practice. We can expect important results for the development of therapies, especially in the field of children and adolescents.”